Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP II · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials23gold42silver96copper
Sell back17gold95silver28copper
Net cost5gold47silver68copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 7silver50copperafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–65Craft ~23× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 6silver90copperafter selling for 4silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
65–130Craft ~102× Anti-Venomearns 1silver64copperafter selling for 97silver52copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomcosts 66copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacbuy Manual: Strong Anti-Venom first: 50silver
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 2silver28copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 22silver48copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothbuy Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage first: 79silver85copper
240–245Craft ~11× Mageweave Bandagecosts 31silver68copperafter selling for 44silver
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 81silver49copper
245–290Craft ~57× Runecloth Bandagecosts 2gold28silverafter selling for 2gold85silver
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 88silverafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth12gold13silver24copper
79× Runecloth7gold11silver
102× Small Venom Sac95silver88copper
11× Mageweave Cloth75silver68copper
96× Linen Cloth24silver
6× Large Venom Sac11silver82copper

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.