Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: no recipe we can price here (its reagents aren't on this auction house right now, or it needs a pattern you can't buy).

10–30Craft ~20× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 17silver60copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

30–50Craft ~21× Slitherskin Mackerelcosts 10silver29copperafter selling for 21copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Slitherskin Mackerelneeds Recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–118Craft ~88× Longjaw Mud Snapperearns 1silver76copperafter selling for 25silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapperneeds Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

118–130Craft ~13× Cooked Crab Clawcosts 11silver5copperafter selling for 3silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Crawler Claw, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

130–150Craft ~20× Curiously Tasty Omeletcosts 18silverafter selling for 30silver

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

150–175Craft ~25× Tasty Lion Steakcosts 15silverafter selling for 75silver

recipe →each: 2× Lion Meat, 1× Soothing Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

175–225Craft ~95× Rockscale Codcosts 12silver35copperafter selling for 5silver70copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codneeds Recipe: Rockscale Cod (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

225–300Craft ~120× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 1gold11silver60copperafter selling for 6silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

120× Raw Spotted Yellowtail1gold17silver60copper

50× Lion Meat50silver

20× Raptor Egg40silver

25× Soothing Spicesvendor40silver

88× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper23silver76copper

20× Small Spider Leg19silver60copper

95× Raw Rockscale Cod18silver5copper

13× Crawler Claw13silver

21× Raw Slitherskin Mackerel10silver50copper

20× Hot Spicesvendor8silver

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

13× Mild Spicesvendor1silver30copper

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.