Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold32silverafter selling for 1gold36silver84copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stoneearns 3silver62copperafter selling for 43silver44copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–110Craft ~31× Heavy Sharpening Stoneearns 44silver2copperafter selling for 1gold52silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

110–128Craft ~19× Iron Bucklecosts 74silver10copperafter selling for 64silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

128–145Craft ~29× Bronze Shortswordcosts 3gold37silver56copperafter selling for 3gold29silver44copper

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

145–156Craft ~11× Bronze Warhammercosts 3gold65silver20copperafter selling for 1gold69silver84copper

recipe →each: 8× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Medium Leather

156–160Craft ~4× Green Iron Bracerscosts 1gold21silver40copperafter selling for 57silver80copper

recipe →each: 6× Iron Bar, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

160–185Craft ~45× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold68silver30copperafter selling for 2gold67silver30copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

185–191Craft ~17× Truesilver Skeleton Keycosts 4gold67silver16copperafter selling for 2gold12silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Truesilver Bar, 1× Solid Grinding Stone

191–205Craft ~15× Heavy Mithril Gauntletcosts 17gold43silverafter selling for 3gold71silver40copper

recipe →each: 6× Mithril Bar, 4× Mageweave Cloth

205–215Craft ~10× Mithril Plate Glovescosts 14gold53silver70copperafter selling for 4gold44silver70copper

recipe →each: 8× Mithril Bar, 6× Heavy Leather, 4× Mageweave Cloth

215–233Craft ~19× Dense Sharpening Stonecosts 12gold28silver55copperafter selling for 2gold91silver45copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

233–235Craft ~3× Mithril Spurscosts 4gold11silver78copperafter selling for 7silver50copper

recipe →each: 4× Mithril Bar, 3× Solid Grinding Stonebuy Plans: Mithril Spurs first: 11gold

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–266Craft ~22× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 60gold35silver4copperafter selling for 31gold81silver20copper

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherneeds Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

266–289Craft ~24× Radiant Bootscosts 385gold86silver96copperafter selling for 39gold41silver4copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

289–292Craft ~4× Radiant Circletcosts 79gold74silver64copperafter selling for 6gold81silver36copper

recipe →each: 18× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Circlet (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

292–300Craft ~8× Radiant Leggingscosts 168gold53silver60copperafter selling for 20gold26silver40copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Leggings (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

568× Thorium Bar556gold64silver

144× Heart of Fire144gold

578× Mithril Bar115gold25silver32copper

19× Dense Stone15gold20silver

48× Solid Grinding Stone9gold60silver

233× Bronze Bar8gold10silver84copper

100× Mageweave Cloth5gold33silver

44× Core of Earth5gold28silver

88× Thick Leather3gold52silver

17× Truesilver Bar3gold39silver66copper

43× Iron Bar3gold13silver90copper

11× Strong Fluxvendor2gold20silver

116× Weak Fluxvendor1gold16silver

31× Heavy Stone1gold8silver50copper

45× Solid Stone99silver

60× Heavy Leather90silver

69× Medium Leather55silver20copper

406× Rough Stone44silver66copper

4× Green Dyevendor4silver

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.