Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stonecosts 1silver32copperafter selling for 2silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 19silver91copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–106Craft ~22× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 34silver32copperafter selling for 27silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

106–110Craft ~4× Bronze Shortswordcosts 4silver80copperafter selling for 49silver40copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Bucklecosts 14silver74copperafter selling for 47silver96copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–142Craft ~21× Bronze Shortswordcosts 25silver20copperafter selling for 2gold59silver35copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

142–150Craft ~8× Green Iron Leggingscosts 39silver36copperafter selling for 2gold32silver48copper

recipe →each: 8× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

150–200Craft ~121× Barbaric Iron Helmearns 1gold80silver29copperafter selling for 40gold37silver77copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

200–212Craft ~13× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 1gold94silver35copperafter selling for 19gold1silver90copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

212–215Craft ~3× Mithril Coifcosts 93silver42copperafter selling for 2gold62silver20copper

recipe →each: 10× Mithril Bar, 6× Mageweave Cloth

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stoneearns 94silver23copperafter selling for 2gold43silver54copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–265Craft ~6× Thorium Greatswordcosts 8gold42silver28copperafter selling for 14gold12silver4copper

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Grinding Stone, 4× Rugged Leather

265–288Craft ~24× Radiant Bootscosts 27gold33silver36copperafter selling for 39gold41silver4copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Boots first: 5gold

288–300Craft ~12× Radiant Leggingscosts 15gold22silver32copperafter selling for 30gold39silver60copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 1gold

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Copy for Auctionator

672× Thorium Bar114gold30silver72copper

1,296× Iron Bar36gold93silver60copper

186× Mithril Bar18gold37silver68copper

144× Heart of Fire14gold38silver56copper

12× Dense Grinding Stone3gold60silver

242× Large Fang2gold90silver40copper

24× Rugged Leather2gold61silver36copper

26× Citrine2gold52silver20copper

125× Bronze Bar2gold6silver25copper

13× Solid Grinding Stone2gold3silver97copper

27× Dense Stone1gold49silver31copper

242× Sharp Claw1gold18silver58copper

100× Weak Fluxvendor1gold

52× Heavy Leather98silver80copper

8× Heavy Grinding Stone81silver44copper

18× Mageweave Cloth59silver22copper

50× Medium Leather32silver50copper

406× Rough Stone32silver48copper

22× Lesser Magic Essence31silver46copper

22× Coarse Sharpening Stone30silver36copper

8× Green Dyevendor8silver

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.