Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP I · Horde prices ·

Profession
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Materials35gold47silver30copper
Sell back25gold74silver76copper
Net cost9gold72silver54copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 5silverafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–82Craft ~56× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 11silver20copperafter selling for 11silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
82–130Craft ~85× Anti-Venomcosts 46silver75copperafter selling for 71silver40copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 6copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 45silver
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 5silver70copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 56silver20copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 45silver50copper
240–263Craft ~85× Mageweave Bandagecosts 56silver95copperafter selling for 3gold40silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 1gold60silver
263–297Craft ~143× Heavy Mageweave Bandagecosts 4gold77silver62copperafter selling for 8gold58silver
recipe →each: 2× Mageweave Cloth
297–300Craft ~4× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 1gold86silver48copperafter selling for 40silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

371× Mageweave Cloth17gold32silver57copper
619× Silk Cloth11gold76silver10copper
8× Runecloth2gold26silver48copper
85× Small Venom Sac1gold18silver15copper
162× Linen Cloth32silver40copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver10copper

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.