Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials236gold79copper
Sell back15gold27silver3copper
Net cost220gold73silver76copper

Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 63copperafter selling for 5silver25copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial
15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellearns 10copperafter selling for 4silver75copper
recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial
20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 5silver64copperafter selling for 39silver12copper
recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 5silver50copper
25–32Craft ~8× Minor Mageblood Elixirearns 6silver40copperafter selling for 23silver4copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 1gold95silver3copper
32–35Craft ~3× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 8silver82copperafter selling for 3copper
recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 69silver
35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 1silver65copperafter selling for 4silver
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 1gold15silver
40–74Craft ~41× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 44silver28copperafter selling for 2silver5copper
recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial
74–85Craft ~11× Rage Potioncosts 20silver35copperafter selling for 5silver17copper
recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Rage Potion first: 19silver
85–93Craft ~9× Lesser Spellblasting Potioncosts 8silver28copperafter selling for 5silver4copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 50silver
93–98Craft ~6× Rage Potioncosts 11silver10copperafter selling for 2silver82copper
recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial
98–130Craft ~34× Elixir of Giant Growthearns 25silver50copperafter selling for 1gold43silver14copper
recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth first: 3silver90copper
130–135Craft ~5× Lesser Mana Potioncosts 15silver50copperafter selling for 2silver15copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 1× Stranglekelp, 1× Empty Vial
135–166Craft ~46× Fire Oilcosts 92copperafter selling for 38silver64copper
recipe →each: 2× Firefin Snapper, 1× Empty Vial
166–173Craft ~8× Elixir of Fire Powercosts 20silver16copperafter selling for 2silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Fire Oil, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial
173–177Craft ~5× Greater Discolored Healing Potionearns 18silver75copperafter selling for 40silver35copper
recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Murloc Eye
177–180Craft ~3× Mana Potioncosts 5silver34copperafter selling for 7silver92copper
recipe →each: 1× Stranglekelp, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial
180–203Craft ~24× Troll's Blood Elixirearns 28silver56copperafter selling for 1gold23silver84copper
recipe →each: 1× Liferoot, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Troll's Blood Elixir first: 5gold40silver
203–235Craft ~40× Elixir of Defenseearns 80copperafter selling for 2gold5silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Wild Steelbloom, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Leaded Vial
235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilearns 65silver70copperafter selling for 1gold99silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial
260–279Craft ~40× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 2gold92silver40copperafter selling for 4gold16silver80copper
recipe →each: 1× Blindweed, 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Crystal Vial
279–287Craft ~9× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 2gold4silver30copperafter selling for 88silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Stonescale Oil, 1× Sungrass, 1× Crystal Vial
287–290Craft ~3× Greater Stoneshield Potioncosts 29silver37copperafter selling for 92silver10copper
recipe →each: 3× Stonescale Oil, 1× Thorium Ore, 1× Crystal Vialbuy Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion first: 3gold20silver
290–300Craft ~10× Greater Frost Protection Potioncosts 2gold42silver40copperafter selling for 75silver
recipe →each: 1× Elemental Water, 1× Dreamfoil, 1× Crystal Vialbuy Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion first: 199gold91silver

Shopping list

40× Blindweed3gold52silver
62× Crystal Vial3gold40silver38copper
27× Stonescale Oil1gold89silver
10× Dreamfoil1gold80silver
40× Khadgar's Whisker1gold37silver60copper
40× Goldthorn1gold32silver
125× Leaded Vial1gold23silver75copper
9× Sungrass1gold16silver91copper
45× Stonescale Eel89silver55copper
10× Elemental Water82silver50copper
58× Earthroot81silver20copper
34× Deviate Fish67silver32copper
63× Peacebloom53silver55copper
24× Liferoot50silver64copper
3× Thorium Ore42silver
36× Mageroyal36silver
92× Firefin Snapper35silver88copper
40× Wild Steelbloom32silver80copper
27× Bruiseweed23silver49copper
17× Briarthorn21silver25copper
8× Stranglekelp19silver60copper
85× Silverleaf17silver
17× Sharp Claw16silver83copper
206× Empty Vial16silver48copper
16× Kingsblood15silver68copper
5× Murloc Eye11silver75copper
16× Fire Oil7silver20copper

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.