Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials79gold48silver70copper
Sell back5gold58silver63copper
Net cost73gold90silver7copper

Steps

1–25Craft ~31× Enchant Bracer - Inferior Staminacosts 9silver30copper
recipe →each: 1× Mote of Magic
25–55Craft ~30× Enchant Chest - Minor Intellectcosts 50silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Magic Essencebuy Formula: Enchant Chest - Minor Intellect first: 6silver99copper
55–60Craft ~5× Enchant Chest - Inferior Staminacosts 5silver95copper
recipe →each: 1× Strange Dust
60–93Craft ~39× Lesser Magic Wandcosts 21silver6copperafter selling for 59silver28copper
recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor), 1× Lesser Magic Essence
93–107Craft ~15× Enchant Bracer - Minor Spiritcosts 25silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Magic Essencebuy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Minor Spirit first: 2silver
107–136Craft ~45× Greater Magic Wandcosts 76silver50copperafter selling for 91silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor), 2× Lesser Magic Essence
136–140Craft ~4× Enchant Boots - Minor Staminacosts 19silver4copper
recipe →each: 4× Strange Dustneeds Formula: Enchant Boots - Minor Stamina (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
140–156Craft ~16× Enchant Bracer - Lesser Staminacosts 73silver28copper
recipe →each: 1× Soul Dust
156–166Craft ~10× Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strengthcosts 45silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Soul Dustbuy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength first: 49silver
166–202Craft ~46× Enchant Boots - Lesser Agilitycosts 2gold10silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Soul Dust
202–214Craft ~14× Enchant Chest - Greater Intellectcosts 1gold36silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Mystic Essence
214–215Craft ~1× Enchant Cloak - Greater Defensecosts 12silver25copper
recipe →each: 1× Vision Dust
215–254Craft ~51× Enchant Gloves - Agilitycosts 6gold24silver75copper
recipe →each: 1× Vision Dust
254–275Craft ~33× Lesser Mana Oilcosts 8gold95silver95copperafter selling for 4gold7silver55copper
recipe →each: 1× Dream Dust, 1× Purple Lotus, 1× Crystal Vialbuy Formula: Lesser Mana Oil first: 1gold99silver
275–281Craft ~9× Enchant Bracer - Greater Staminacosts 7gold55silver73copper
recipe →each: 3× Dream Dustbuy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina first: 20silver
281–300Craft ~23× Enchant Cloak - Greater Resistancecosts 31gold51silver69copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Eternal Essence, 1× Heart of Fire, 1× Core of Earth, 1× Globe of Water, 1× Breath of Wind, 1× Ichor of Undeathbuy Formula: Enchant Cloak - Greater Resistance first: 9gold99silver

Shopping list

23× Lesser Eternal Essence20gold24silver
60× Dream Dust16gold79silver40copper
52× Vision Dust6gold37silver
23× Heart of Fire4gold36silver54copper
72× Soul Dust3gold29silver76copper
23× Globe of Water3gold14silver87copper
174× Lesser Magic Essence2gold92silver32copper
33× Purple Lotus1gold90silver41copper
33× Crystal Vial1gold89silver42copper
23× Breath of Wind1gold61silver92copper
14× Lesser Mystic Essence1gold36silver50copper
23× Core of Earth1gold22silver36copper
23× Ichor of Undeath92silver
84× Simple Woodvendor31silver92copper
21× Strange Dust24silver99copper
31× Mote of Magic9silver30copper

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.