Level a profession

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Profession
→
Materials21gold86silver70copper
Sell back22gold23silver43copper
You earn36silver73copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 7silverafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 6silver44copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomearns 1silver2copperafter selling for 85silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 6copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 17silver50copper
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 9silver69copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–210Craft ~42× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 14silver28copperafter selling for 1gold68silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 29silver99copper
210–270Craft ~281× Mageweave Bandageearns 2gold30silver42copperafter selling for 11gold54silver91copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 1gold20silver95copper
270–294Craft ~93× Heavy Mageweave Bandagecosts 39silver66copperafter selling for 5gold72silver28copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageweave Cloth
294–300Craft ~7× Heavy Runecloth Bandageearns 2silver80copperafter selling for 1gold7silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

467× Mageweave Cloth15gold36silver43copper
141× Silk Cloth2gold58silver3copper
14× Runecloth1gold5silver
102× Small Venom Sac84silver66copper
96× Linen Cloth23silver4copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver10copper

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.