Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 1silver89copperafter selling for 5silver31copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: no recipe we can price here (its reagents aren't on this auction house right now, or it needs a pattern you can't buy).

10–71Craft ~70× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 14silverafter selling for 21silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 4silver40copper

71–90Craft ~19× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 2silver28copperafter selling for 3silver4copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacorebuy Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore first: 5silver22copper

90–131Craft ~41× Clam Chowderearns 5silver74copperafter selling for 30silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Clam Meat, 1× Ice Cold Milk, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Clam Chowder first: 13silver99copper

131–175Craft ~45× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 5silver40copperafter selling for 67silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 5silver97copper

175–195Craft ~21× Rockscale Codearns 2silver31copperafter selling for 3silver15copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 27silver

195–217Craft ~26× Spinefin Halibutearns 9silver10copperafter selling for 52silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spinefin Halibut

217–229Craft ~88× Rockscale Codearns 9silver68copperafter selling for 13silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Cod

229–300Craft ~116× Filet of Redgillearns 25silver52copperafter selling for 59silver16copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Redgillbuy Recipe: Filet of Redgill first: 2gold99silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

45× Raptor Egg44silver10copper

26× Raw Spinefin Halibut42silver90copper

116× Raw Redgill33silver64copper

45× Hot Spicesvendor18silver

41× Clam Meat11silver48copper

41× Ice Cold Milk9silver43copper

70× Small Spider Leg7silver

109× Raw Rockscale Cod4silver36copper

41× Mild Spicesvendor4silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

19× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore76copper

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.