Level a profession

Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 1silver76copperafter selling for 4silver84copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 16silver29copperafter selling for 9silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–112Craft ~33× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 47silver52copperafter selling for 41silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

112–150Craft ~65× Bronze Shortswordcosts 94copperafter selling for 9gold48silver6copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

150–160Craft ~11× Bronze Warhammercosts 2gold10silver10copperafter selling for 1gold69silver84copper

recipe →each: 8× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Medium Leather

160–185Craft ~45× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold83silver60copperafter selling for 3gold2silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

185–187Craft ~5× Truesilver Skeleton Keycosts 1gold21silver90copperafter selling for 62silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Truesilver Bar, 1× Solid Grinding Stone

187–190Craft ~3× Heavy Mithril Shouldercosts 1gold67silver85copperafter selling for 1gold11silver3copper

recipe →each: 8× Mithril Bar, 6× Heavy Leather

190–206Craft ~16× Mithril Plate Pantscosts 6gold25silver76copperafter selling for 12gold88silver48copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar

206–215Craft ~10× Heavy Mithril Axecosts 4gold11silver20copperafter selling for 12gold52silver

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar, 2× Citrine, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Heavy Leather

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stonecosts 1gold68silver75copperafter selling for 20silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–262Craft ~6× Runed Mithril Hammercosts 6gold1silver44copperafter selling for 8gold67silver60copper

recipe →each: 18× Mithril Bar, 2× Core of Earth, 1× Solid Grinding Stone, 4× Thick Leatherneeds Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

262–266Craft ~5× Thorium Greatswordcosts 13gold50silver30copperafter selling for 11gold76silver70copper

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Grinding Stone, 4× Rugged Leather

266–289Craft ~24× Radiant Bootscosts 81gold62silver64copperafter selling for 39gold41silver4copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

289–300Craft ~11× Radiant Leggingscosts 44gold60silver6copperafter selling for 27gold86silver30copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Firebuy Plans: Radiant Leggings first: 5gold51silver

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

636× Thorium Bar163gold70silver64copper

140× Heart of Fire50gold38silver60copper

444× Mithril Bar44gold26silver68copper

413× Bronze Bar6gold93silver84copper

21× Solid Grinding Stone4gold17silver48copper

10× Dense Grinding Stone2gold70silver

260× Weak Fluxvendor2gold60silver

11× Strong Fluxvendor2gold20silver

20× Rugged Leather1gold97silver80copper

27× Dense Stone1gold89silver

20× Citrine1gold80silver

141× Medium Leather1gold55silver10copper

24× Thick Leather1gold44silver

12× Core of Earth1gold29silver

58× Heavy Leather1gold27silver60copper

45× Solid Stone1gold18silver80copper

5× Truesilver Bar85silver

33× Lesser Magic Essence49silver50copper

33× Coarse Sharpening Stone39silver27copper

406× Rough Stone28silver42copper

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.