Level a profession

Steps

1–21Craft ~20× Rough Blasting Powderearns 2silver60copperafter selling for 3silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

21–60Craft ~129× Rough Dynamiteearns 34silver98copperafter selling for 84silver

recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

60–65Craft ~5× Arclight Spannercosts 19silver80copperafter selling for 7silver20copper

recipe →each: 6× Copper Bar

65–81Craft ~16× Copper Tubeearns 40silver64copperafter selling for 85silver44copper

recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)

81–86Craft ~5× Crafted Heavy Shotcosts 8silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Blasting Powder, 1× Copper Bar

86–95Craft ~10× Coarse Dynamitecosts 10silverafter selling for 14silver20copper

recipe →each: 3× Coarse Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth

95–112Craft ~18× Silver Contactcosts 37silver80copperafter selling for 25silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Silver Bar

112–115Craft ~3× Heavy Blasting Powdercosts 2silver58copperafter selling for 9silver12copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

115–156Craft ~73× Flying Tiger Gogglesearns 11silver68copperafter selling for 2gold97silver84copper

recipe →each: 6× Light Leather, 2× Tigerseye

156–190Craft ~99× Bronze Frameworkearns 3gold37silver59copperafter selling for 9gold35silver55copper

recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth

190–195Craft ~12× EZ-Thro Fireproof Fusecosts 3silver48copperafter selling for 36silver

recipe →each: 1× Silver Contact, 1× Pristine Hideneeds Schematic: EZ-Thro Fireproof Fuse (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

195–203Craft ~30× Gyrochronatomearns 8gold28silverafter selling for 10gold83silver

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core

203–217Craft ~20× Craftsman's Monoclecosts 1gold11silver60copperafter selling for 5gold26silver40copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Citrineneeds Schematic: Craftsman's Monocle (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

217–240Craft ~37× Mithril Casingearns 10gold95silver11copperafter selling for 19gold26silver50copper

recipe →each: 3× Mithril Bar

240–249Craft ~12× Catseye Ultra Gogglescosts 3gold89silver52copperafter selling for 5gold27silver76copper

recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Aquamarine, 1× Catseye Draughtbuy Schematic: Catseye Ultra Goggles first: 20silver

249–258Craft ~12× Mithril Gyro-Shotcosts 6gold35silver76copperafter selling for 1gold20silver

recipe →each: 2× Mithril Bar, 2× Solid Blasting Powder

258–285Craft ~79× Green Lenscosts 60gold97silver22copperafter selling for 61gold38silver30copper

recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 3× Jade, 3× Aquamarine, 2× Heart of the Wild, 2× Wildvine

Skill 285–300: 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).

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

158× Heart of the Wild39gold50silver

680× Thick Leather35gold42silver80copper

261× Aquamarine33gold40silver80copper

237× Jade16gold59silver

135× Mithril Bar10gold11silver15copper

24× Solid Blasting Powder5gold76silver

40× Citrine3gold80silver

198× Bronze Bar3gold72silver24copper

12× Catseye Draught3gold60silver

158× Wildvine3gold20copper

120× Heavy Leather2gold58silver

146× Tigerseye1gold59silver14copper

30× Gold Power Core1gold50silver

99× Wool Cloth1gold31silver67copper

438× Light Leather1gold27silver2copper

30× Iron Bar1gold5silver

99× Medium Leather94silver5copper

18× Silver Bar63silver

67× Copper Bar60silver30copper

12× Pristine Hide35silver88copper

139× Linen Cloth27silver80copper

35× Coarse Blasting Powder25silver90copper

129× Rough Blasting Powder23silver22copper

16× Weak Fluxvendor16silver

3× Heavy Stone11silver70copper

12× Silver Contact3silver60copper

20× Rough Stone80copper

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.