Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials320gold15silver63copper
Sell back127gold53silver25copper
Net cost192gold62silver38copper

Steps

1–62Craft ~110× Linen Bagcosts 7silver70copperafter selling for 2gold20silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
62–69Craft ~13× Linen Beltearns 3silver38copperafter selling for 12silver35copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
69–75Craft ~9× Red Linen Vestearns 3silver96copperafter selling for 25silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dyebuy Pattern: Red Linen Vest first: 1silver75copper
75–80Craft ~7× Blue Linen Robeearns 8silver33copperafter selling for 33silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 9silver
80–95Craft ~24× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver20copperafter selling for 91silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dyebuy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 26silver95copperafter selling for 2gold88silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–120Craft ~2× Red Woolen Bagearns 6silver36copperafter selling for 42silver14copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 8silver98copper
120–132Craft ~13× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold37silver54copperafter selling for 1gold22silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–149Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold41silver56copperafter selling for 3gold74silver22copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–164Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold54silver40copperafter selling for 9gold95silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold63silver
164–171Craft ~7× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold28silver94copperafter selling for 1gold43silver64copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
171–176Craft ~6× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold2silver42copperafter selling for 1gold59silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 90silver56copperafter selling for 97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold45silver84copperafter selling for 9gold84silver6copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 14silver69copper
191–193Craft ~3× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 88silver83copperafter selling for 1gold51silver5copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
193–195Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 85silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold68silver15copperafter selling for 6gold84silver95copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–219Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 4gold36silver70copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–231Craft ~15× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 11gold99silver40copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
231–250Craft ~20× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 24gold18silver40copperafter selling for 19gold43silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 50silver
250–287Craft ~54× Runecloth Headbandcosts 74gold97silver36copperafter selling for 61gold33silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold
287–288Craft ~2× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 5gold95silver78copperafter selling for 2gold51silver40copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 1gold24silver
288–300Craft ~12× Loomcosts 60gold38silver76copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

358× Bolt of Runecloth135gold86silver10copper
12× Bottled Screams41gold98silver92copper
76× Rune Threadvendor38gold
112× Ironweb Spider Silk28gold34silver72copper
260× Bolt of Silk Cloth23gold37silver40copper
50× Bolt of Mageweave16gold24silver
95× Runecloth8gold53silver10copper
80× Silken Threadvendor4gold
40× Gold Bar3gold25silver60copper
494× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold91silver46copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold61silver80copper
84× Heavy Leather1gold78silver8copper
155× Fine Threadvendor1gold55silver
8× Rugged Leather1gold14silver64copper
16× Mana Potion43silver36copper
366× Coarse Threadvendor36silver60copper
8× Bolt of Woolen Cloth32silver80copper
61× Red Dye29silver89copper
40× Blue Dyevendor20silver
48× Simple Woodvendor18silver24copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
2× Iron Buckle2silver

At every skill point we pick the recipe with the lowest expected cost per skill-up: reagents at today's lowest (or the vendor) minus what the result fetches from a vendor (the safe minimum; the auction house is added for the few the market takes in about two days), divided by the classic skill-up chance (orange always, then falling to zero at grey). Crafts are expected counts, so luck can move them a little. Trainer recipes count as learnable 15 points before they turn yellow (their exact level isn't in the game data). Patterns that bind on pickup are left out; tradeable patterns that aren't listed right now are flagged. Trainer fees and the rank-ups (75, 150, 225) aren't included. Buying hundreds of a reagent will cost more than its lowest price.