Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP I · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials26gold41silver63copper
Sell back18gold4silver50copper
Net cost8gold37silver13copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 6silver50copperafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 5silver98copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomearns 1silver54copperafter selling for 88silver24copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomcosts 24copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 28silver
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 8silver55copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 84silver30copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 74silver50copper
240–261Craft ~38× Superior Poulticecosts 1gold57silver70copperafter selling for 1gold42silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Elemental Water, 1× Hot Spices (vendor), 1× Skin of Dwarven Stoutbuy Manual: Superior Poultice first: 16silver
261–290Craft ~41× Runecloth Bandagecosts 4gold18silver20copperafter selling for 2gold5silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 2gold24silver40copperafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth11gold45silver15copper
63× Runecloth9gold57silver60copper
38× Elemental Water2gold47silver
102× Small Venom Sac86silver70copper
96× Linen Cloth22silver8copper
38× Hot Spicesvendor15silver20copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver40copper

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.