Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials319gold18silver10copper
Sell back133gold99silver28copper
Net cost185gold18silver82copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagcosts 1silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–66Craft ~2× Linen Beltearns 56copperafter selling for 1silver90copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
66–76Craft ~15× Red Linen Vestearns 7silver65copperafter selling for 42silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dyebuy Pattern: Red Linen Vest first: 1silver74copper
76–79Craft ~4× Blue Linen Robeearns 5silver8copperafter selling for 19silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 9silver
79–95Craft ~25× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver25copperafter selling for 92silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread, 1× Red Dyebuy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 32silver90copperafter selling for 2gold89silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–120Craft ~2× Red Woolen Bagearns 7silver90copperafter selling for 42silver84copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye, 1× Fine Threadbuy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 8silver97copper
120–130Craft ~10× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold1silver40copperafter selling for 94silver90copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread
130–149Craft ~22× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 3gold37silver4copperafter selling for 6gold98silver94copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
149–165Craft ~17× Green Silk Packearns 3gold1silver75copperafter selling for 10gold65silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold55silver
165–172Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold41silver60copperafter selling for 1gold64silver16copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye, 2× Fine Thread
172–176Craft ~5× Black Silk Packearns 42silver20copperafter selling for 3gold32silver50copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Threadbuy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 1gold50silver99copper
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 87silver76copperafter selling for 97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold45silver70copperafter selling for 9gold97silver36copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach, 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 14silver25copper
191–192Craft ~2× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 65silverafter selling for 98silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
192–195Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 1gold27silver17copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 34silver98copperafter selling for 7gold90silver2copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–220Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 4gold48silver96copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
220–230Craft ~12× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold82silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–250Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 25gold22silver94copperafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 50silver
250–286Craft ~50× Runecloth Headbandcosts 70gold92silverafter selling for 56gold79silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 1gold99silver
286–288Craft ~4× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 11gold46silver72copperafter selling for 5gold2silver80copper
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 60gold31silver32copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

360× Bolt of Runecloth136gold8silver
12× Bottled Screams41gold98silver68copper
75× Rune Threadvendor37gold50silver
108× Ironweb Spider Silk29gold27silver88copper
213× Bolt of Silk Cloth18gold78silver66copper
42× Bolt of Mageweave14gold4silver90copper
110× Runecloth8gold25silver
688× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold92silver16copper
110× Mageweave Cloth3gold61silver90copper
69× Silken Threadvendor3gold45silver
42× Gold Bar3gold38silver10copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold56silver20copper
16× Rugged Leather1gold74silver24copper
124× Fine Thread1gold22silver76copper
51× Heavy Leather96silver90copper
550× Coarse Threadvendor55silver
5× Black Dyevendor50silver
88× Red Dye42silver24copper
48× Simple Woodvendor18silver24copper
17× Green Dyevendor17silver
28× Blue Dyevendor14silver
16× Fire Oil8silver48copper
3× Iron Buckle3silver45copper
14× Bleach3silver36copper

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.