Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 5silver13copperafter selling for 8silver55copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: 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).

10–50Craft ~40× Kaldorei Spider Kabobearns 4silverafter selling for 11silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 9silver99copper

50–90Craft ~40× Longjaw Mud Snapperearns 2silver80copperafter selling for 5silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapperbuy Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper first: 8silver50copper

90–131Craft ~41× Clam Chowderearns 41copperafter selling for 30silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Clam Meat, 1× Ice Cold Milk, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Clam Chowder (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

131–173Craft ~77× Crispy Lizard Tailearns 23silver10copperafter selling for 1gold92silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Thunder Lizard Tail, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)needs Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

173–208Craft ~109× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 56silver54copperafter selling for 2gold24silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 7silver

208–214Craft ~7× Spinefin Halibutcosts 4silver62copperafter selling for 14silver

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spinefin Halibut

214–225Craft ~13× Sagefish Delightearns 52copperafter selling for 29silver64copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Greater Sagefish, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Sagefish Delight first: 30silver

225–300Craft ~120× Spotted Yellowtailearns 1gold86silverafter selling for 2gold26silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

77× Thunder Lizard Tail1gold38silver60copper

109× Raptor Egg1gold24silver26copper

199× Hot Spicesvendor79silver60copper

120× Raw Spotted Yellowtail40silver80copper

13× Raw Greater Sagefish23silver92copper

7× Raw Spinefin Halibut18silver62copper

41× Clam Meat14silver35copper

41× Ice Cold Milk11silver89copper

40× Small Spider Leg7silver20copper

41× Mild Spicesvendor4silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

40× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper2silver80copper

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.