Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials106gold48silver51copper
Sell back3gold37silver68copper
Net cost103gold10silver83copper

Steps

1–25Craft ~31× Enchant Bracer - Inferior Staminacosts 2silver79copper
recipe →each: 1× Mote of Magic
25–55Craft ~30× Enchant Chest - Minor Intellectcosts 50silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Magic Essencebuy Formula: Enchant Chest - Minor Intellect first: 18silver
55–60Craft ~5× Enchant Chest - Inferior Staminacosts 6silver15copper
recipe →each: 1× Strange Dust
60–93Craft ~39× Lesser Magic Wandcosts 24silver96copperafter selling for 55silver38copper
recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor), 1× Lesser Magic Essence
93–107Craft ~15× Enchant Bracer - Minor Spiritcosts 25silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Magic Essencebuy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Minor Spirit first: 2silver
107–136Craft ~45× Greater Magic Wandcosts 36silverafter selling for 1gold32silver30copper
recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor), 2× Lesser Magic Essence
136–151Craft ~15× Enchant Boots - Minor Staminacosts 73silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Strange Dustneeds Formula: Enchant Boots - Minor Stamina (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
151–156Craft ~5× Enchant Bracer - Lesser Staminacosts 25silver
recipe →each: 1× Soul Dust
156–166Craft ~10× Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strengthcosts 50silver
recipe →each: 1× Soul Dustbuy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength first: 34silver
166–201Craft ~44× Enchant Boots - Lesser Agilitycosts 2gold20silver
recipe →each: 1× Soul Dust
201–216Craft ~17× Enchant Chest - Greater Intellectcosts 1gold78silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Mystic Essence
216–259Craft ~65× Enchant Gloves - Agilitycosts 9gold40silver55copper
recipe →each: 1× Vision Dust
259–270Craft ~15× Lesser Mana Oilcosts 7gold79silver40copperafter selling for 1gold50silver
recipe →each: 1× Dream Dust, 1× Purple Lotus, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)needs Formula: Lesser Mana Oil (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
270–271Craft ~3× Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agilitycosts 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Lesser Nether Essencebuy Formula: Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility first: 1gold50silver
271–290Craft ~32× Enchant Bracer - Greater Staminacosts 28gold79silver4copper
recipe →each: 3× Dream Dustbuy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina first: 1gold22silver
290–300Craft ~16× Enchant Boots - Greater Staminacosts 28gold79silver4copper
recipe →each: 6× Dream Dustbuy Formula: Enchant Boots - Greater Stamina first: 17gold

Shopping list

207× Dream Dust62gold7silver93copper
65× Vision Dust9gold40silver55copper
15× Crystal Vialvendor3gold75silver
59× Soul Dust2gold95silver
174× Lesser Magic Essence2gold92silver32copper
17× Lesser Mystic Essence1gold78silver50copper
3× Lesser Nether Essence1gold14silver
15× Purple Lotus1gold4silver55copper
65× Strange Dust79silver95copper
84× Simple Woodvendor31silver92copper
31× Mote of Magic2silver79copper

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.