Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP II · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials367gold36silver90copper
Sell back202gold90silver10copper
Net cost164gold46silver80copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagcosts 1silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–66Craft ~2× Linen Beltcosts 90copperafter selling for 44copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
66–75Craft ~13× Blue Linen Vestearns 25silver48copperafter selling for 55silver38copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 30silver
75–85Craft ~14× Blue Linen Robeearns 31silver36copperafter selling for 79silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dyeneeds Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
85–95Craft ~18× Red Linen Bagearns 3silver96copperafter selling for 72silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver24copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 17silver50copperafter selling for 2gold97silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–132Craft ~14× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 92silver96copperafter selling for 1gold85silver36copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–150Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold38silver83copperafter selling for 4gold33silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
150–155Craft ~5× Green Silk Packearns 1gold20silver50copperafter selling for 3gold60silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 3gold
155–176Craft ~22× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold39silver96copperafter selling for 7gold5silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 90silverafter selling for 97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–192Craft ~16× White Bandit Maskearns 4gold81silver60copperafter selling for 12gold92silver
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 1gold22silver
192–193Craft ~2× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 64silver36copperafter selling for 96silver64copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
193–195Craft ~2× Long Silken Cloakcosts 85silver96copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 4gold3silver75copperafter selling for 4gold51silver25copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–218Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold43silver84copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–225Craft ~7× Runecloth Beltcosts 5gold17silver16copperafter selling for 3gold57silver84copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
225–230Craft ~5× Brightcloth Robecosts 3gold64silver95copperafter selling for 6gold4silver45copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Robe first: 1gold
230–258Craft ~32× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 22gold95silver4copperafter selling for 31gold9silver12copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 58silver
258–296Craft ~70× Wizardweave Robecosts 86gold28silver90copperafter selling for 112gold65silver10copper
recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Dream Dust, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
296–300Craft ~4× Runed Stygian Beltcosts 31gold47silver60copperafter selling for 4gold76silver32copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Runecloth, 6× Dark Rune, 2× Felcloth, 2× Enchanted Leather, 2× Ironweb Spider Silkneeds Pattern: Runed Stygian Belt (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

742× Bolt of Runecloth185gold50silver
114× Rune Threadvendor57gold
140× Dream Dust23gold94silver
249× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold28silver55copper
8× Enchanted Leather12gold80silver
8× Ironweb Spider Silk8gold80silver
95× Runecloth8gold55silver
74× Gold Bar6gold98silver56copper
24× Dark Rune6gold96silver
20× Bolt of Mageweave6gold55silver
8× Felcloth5gold67silver92copper
694× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold95silver58copper
16× Heavy Silken Thread2gold82silver40copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold80silver
46× Silken Threadvendor2gold30silver
53× Heavy Leather1gold46silver28copper
104× Fine Threadvendor1gold4silver
32× Mana Potion69silver76copper
568× Coarse Threadvendor56silver80copper
69× Blue Dye33silver81copper
26× Red Dyevendor13silver
5× Green Dyevendor5silver
16× Bleachvendor4silver

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.