Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 44copperafter selling for 3silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 12silver67copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–110Craft ~29× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 51silver91copperafter selling for 36silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Bucklecosts 16silver72copperafter selling for 60silver28copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–135Craft ~8× Bronze Shortswordcosts 22silver80copperafter selling for 98silver80copper

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

135–160Craft ~25× Green Iron Shoulderscosts 1gold19silver75copperafter selling for 6gold42silver75copper

recipe →each: 7× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Plans: Green Iron Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

160–184Craft ~35× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold5silverafter selling for 1gold96silver

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

184–197Craft ~39× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 2gold94silver45copperafter selling for 13gold1silver43copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

197–215Craft ~19× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 11gold10silver74copperafter selling for 23gold78silver80copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–234Craft ~22× Dense Sharpening Stonecosts 1gold32silverafter selling for 4gold18silver

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

234–235Craft ~2× Big Black Macecosts 1gold22silver12copperafter selling for 3gold45silver82copper

recipe →each: 16× Mithril Bar, 1× Black Pearl, 4× Shadowgem, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 2× Thick Leather

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–265Craft ~17× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 20gold70silver94copperafter selling for 24gold58silver20copper

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)

265–290Craft ~26× Radiant Bootscosts 125gold26silver54copperafter selling for 42gold69silver46copper

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

290–300Craft ~10× Radiant Leggingscosts 60gold27silverafter selling for 25gold33silver

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

564× Thorium Bar197gold40silver

566× Mithril Bar65gold59silver94copper

144× Heart of Fire56gold16silver

587× Iron Bar20gold54silver50copper

22× Dense Stone5gold50silver

38× Citrine4gold55silver62copper

72× Thick Leather4gold46silver40copper

38× Solid Grinding Stone4gold18silver

34× Core of Earth3gold74silver

78× Large Fang1gold94silver22copper

76× Heavy Leather1gold82silver40copper

25× Heavy Grinding Stone1gold25silver

35× Solid Stone91silver

40× Bronze Bar73silver60copper

29× Coarse Sharpening Stone44silver95copper

29× Lesser Magic Essence43silver21copper

78× Sharp Claw36silver66copper

32× Weak Fluxvendor32silver

2× Black Pearl27silver86copper

25× Green Dyevendor25silver

406× Rough Stone24silver36copper

8× Shadowgem22silver40copper

16× Medium Leather16silver

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.