Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP I · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials562gold22silver3copper
Sell back141gold72silver85copper
Net cost420gold49silver18copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~63× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 1silver89copperafter selling for 33silver39copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
45–49Craft ~5× Brown Linen Vestearns 1silver50copperafter selling for 5silver75copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
49–68Craft ~26× Linen Beltcosts 7silver62copperafter selling for 14silver48copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
68–76Craft ~10× Bolt of Woolen Clothearns 15silver50copperafter selling for 38silver
recipe →each: 3× Wool Cloth
76–95Craft ~28× Red Linen Bagcosts 19silver60copperafter selling for 1gold6silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 2silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 14silverafter selling for 2gold92silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–124Craft ~7× Red Woolen Bagearns 23silver80copperafter selling for 1gold46silver30copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 16silver
124–127Craft ~4× Gloves of Meditationcosts 42silverafter selling for 38silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Elixir of Wisdom
127–132Craft ~6× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 69silver30copperafter selling for 62silver70copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–133Craft ~2× Gloves of Meditationcosts 21silverafter selling for 19silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Elixir of Wisdom
133–151Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 3gold34silver2copperafter selling for 3gold97silver10copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
151–161Craft ~10× Green Silk Packearns 1gold99silver80copperafter selling for 7gold22silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 4gold22silver50copper
161–175Craft ~15× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold34silver35copperafter selling for 3gold74silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
175–180Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold33silver50copperafter selling for 1gold21silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 2gold70silver48copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 48silver
191–193Craft ~3× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold3silver98copperafter selling for 1gold44silver96copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
193–210Craft ~18× Long Silken Cloakcosts 8gold50silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
210–211Craft ~1× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 41silver33copperafter selling for 34silver67copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
211–218Craft ~11× Long Silken Cloakcosts 5gold19silver75copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–241Craft ~37× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 30gold70silver26copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
241–250Craft ~10× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 26gold23silver60copperafter selling for 9gold71silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 56silver
250–282Craft ~40× Runecloth Headbandcosts 114gold92silver80copperafter selling for 45gold43silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadneeds Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
282–300Craft ~44× Wizardweave Turbancosts 218gold27silver8copperafter selling for 56gold17silver92copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Dream Dust, 1× Star Ruby, 1× Rune Threadneeds Pattern: Wizardweave Turban (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

464× Bolt of Runecloth347gold44silver32copper
94× Rune Thread37gold60silver
176× Dream Dust34gold97silver12copper
94× Bolt of Mageweave31gold95silver6copper
305× Bolt of Silk Cloth30gold50silver
80× Ironweb Spider Silk24gold55silver20copper
44× Star Ruby24gold19silver56copper
174× Silken Threadvendor8gold70silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold78silver60copper
52× Bolt of Woolen Cloth2gold8silver
20× Gold Bar2gold
68× Heavy Leather1gold86silver32copper
146× Fine Threadvendor1gold46silver
143× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold7silver25copper
44× Mana Potion99silver
5× Runecloth76silver
126× Linen Cloth31silver50copper
30× Wool Cloth22silver50copper
45× Red Dyevendor22silver50copper
10× Green Dyevendor10silver
6× Elixir of Wisdom6silver
12× Blue Dyevendor6silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
31× Coarse Threadvendor3silver10copper

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.