Level a profession

Steps

1–60Craft ~149× Rough Dynamiteearns 13silver41copperafter selling for 89silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

60–65Craft ~5× Arclight Spannercosts 49silver80copperafter selling for 7silver20copper

recipe →each: 6× Copper Bar

65–70Craft ~5× Copper Tubecosts 2silver75copperafter selling for 21silver25copper

recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

70–93Craft ~30× Coarse Blasting Powderearns 1silver80copperafter selling for 24silver

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone

93–100Craft ~13× Coarse Dynamitecosts 29silver64copperafter selling for 9silver75copper

recipe →each: 3× Coarse Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

100–110Craft ~11× Bronze Tubeearns 29silver26copperafter selling for 1gold16silver82copper

recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

110–132Craft ~24× Heavy Blasting Powderearns 70silver32copperafter selling for 1gold57silver92copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

132–133Craft ~2× Flying Tiger Gogglescosts 5silver96copperafter selling for 8silver16copper

recipe →each: 6× Light Leather, 2× Tigerseye

133–160Craft ~30× Bronze Frameworkearns 1gold6silver50copperafter selling for 3gold82silver50copper

recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth

160–185Craft ~29× Solid Blasting Powderearns 1gold65silver30copperafter selling for 2gold95silver80copper

recipe →each: 2× Solid Stone

185–225Craft ~92× Craftsman's Monoclecosts 44silver16copperafter selling for 24gold21silver44copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Citrineneeds Schematic: Craftsman's Monocle (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

225–251Craft ~31× Catseye Ultra Gogglescosts 5gold74silver74copperafter selling for 13gold63silver38copper

recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Aquamarine, 1× Catseye Draughtbuy Schematic: Catseye Ultra Goggles first: 48silver

251–280Craft ~41× Green Lenscosts 15gold76silver4copperafter selling for 31gold85silver70copper

recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 3× Jade, 3× Aquamarine, 2× Heart of the Wild, 2× Wildvine

280–287Craft ~22× Tinkerbox: Magnetic Displacementcosts 16gold5silver56copper

recipe →each: 1× Unstable Trigger, 2× Iron Strut

287–300Craft ~64× Thorium Widgetcosts 184gold15silver36copperafter selling for 16gold

recipe →each: 3× Thorium Bar, 1× Runeclothneeds Schematic: Thorium Widget (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

192× Thorium Bar192gold

185× Aquamarine22gold20silver

452× Thick Leather22gold5silver76copper

184× Citrine14gold72silver

22× Unstable Trigger10gold78silver

552× Heavy Leather9gold93silver60copper

123× Jade8gold73silver30copper

64× Runecloth8gold15silver36copper

82× Heart of the Wild7gold54silver40copper

31× Catseye Draught5gold89silver

44× Iron Strut5gold27silver56copper

82× Bronze Bar2gold85silver36copper

58× Solid Stone1gold30silver50copper

24× Heavy Stone87silver60copper

40× Copper Bar76silver

82× Wildvine57silver40copper

149× Rough Blasting Powder49silver17copper

30× Wool Cloth43silver20copper

39× Coarse Blasting Powder37silver5copper

162× Linen Cloth29silver16copper

30× Medium Leather24silver

30× Coarse Stone22silver20copper

16× Weak Fluxvendor16silver

12× Light Leather9silver

4× Tigerseye5silver12copper

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.