Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 11silver34copperafter selling for 14silver76copper

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).

10–58Craft ~49× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 5silver88copperafter selling for 4silver90copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

58–100Craft ~44× Rainbow Fin Albacoreearns 29silver48copperafter selling for 37silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacoreneeds Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

100–120Craft ~20× Crispy Lizard Tailearns 2silver40copperafter selling for 50silver

recipe →each: 1× Thunder Lizard Tail, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail first: 50silver

120–161Craft ~41× Crocolisk Gumboearns 8silver20copperafter selling for 41silver

recipe →each: 1× Tender Crocolisk Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo first: 99silver

161–207Craft ~107× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 3gold8silver16copperafter selling for 4gold45silver12copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 34silver

207–222Craft ~41× Rockscale Codearns 27silver47copperafter selling for 32silver39copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 85silver

222–228Craft ~8× Giant Clam Scorchocosts 2silver8copperafter selling for 24silver96copper

recipe →each: 1× Giant Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho first: 89silver

228–300Craft ~117× Spotted Yellowtailearns 1gold47silver42copperafter selling for 1gold98silver90copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

107× Raptor Egg94silver16copper

176× Hot Spicesvendor70silver40copper

117× Raw Spotted Yellowtail51silver48copper

20× Thunder Lizard Tail39silver60copper

8× Giant Clam Meat23silver84copper

41× Tender Crocolisk Meat16silver40copper

49× Small Spider Leg10silver78copper

44× Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore7silver92copper

41× Raw Rockscale Cod4silver92copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

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.