Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP II · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials394gold63silver89copper
Sell back201gold43silver12copper
Net cost193gold20silver77copper

Steps

1–47Craft ~74× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 8silver88copperafter selling for 39silver96copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
47–60Craft ~43× Linen Bagcosts 4silver30copperafter selling for 86silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
60–69Craft ~16× Linen Beltcosts 7silver68copperafter selling for 3silver52copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
69–74Craft ~8× Blue Linen Vestearns 14silver96copperafter selling for 34silver8copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 30silver
74–82Craft ~11× Blue Linen Robeearns 23silver32copperafter selling for 62silver70copper
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)
82–95Craft ~22× Red Linen Bagearns 2silver64copperafter selling for 88silver44copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver19copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 13silver30copperafter selling for 2gold76silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 75silver24copperafter selling for 1gold48silver20copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–149Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 1gold81silver64copperafter selling for 4gold33silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–164Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 4gold67silver52copperafter selling for 11gold69silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold94silver
164–177Craft ~14× Black Silk Packearns 2gold44silver86copperafter selling for 10gold23silver26copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 2gold
177–180Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 59silver94copperafter selling for 72silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 4gold27silverafter selling for 11gold30silver50copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 1gold9silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold60silver8copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 2gold99silver25copperafter selling for 5gold23silver45copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–219Craft ~10× Long Silken Cloakcosts 4gold12silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–224Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 4gold50silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
224–226Craft ~2× Runecloth Beltcosts 1gold71silver76copperafter selling for 1gold2silver24copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
226–230Craft ~4× Brightcloth Robecosts 3gold52silver44copperafter selling for 4gold83silver56copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Robe first: 1gold
230–257Craft ~30× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 24gold85silver20copperafter selling for 29gold14silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 58silver
257–270Craft ~14× Runecloth Headbandcosts 18gold53silver88copperafter selling for 15gold90silver12copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 5gold
270–292Craft ~39× Wizardweave Robecosts 60gold51silver63copperafter selling for 62gold76silver27copper
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)
292–300Craft ~27× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 66gold65silver22copperafter selling for 33gold93silver90copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

703× Bolt of Runecloth203gold87silver
116× Rune Threadvendor58gold
82× Ironweb Spider Silk32gold80silver
267× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold21silver44copper
78× Dream Dust13gold29silver90copper
38× Bolt of Mageweave11gold40silver
108× Rugged Leather10gold68silver12copper
95× Runecloth8gold22silver70copper
68× Gold Bar4gold76silver
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold63silver20copper
52× Silken Threadvendor2gold60silver
195× Fine Threadvendor1gold95silver
86× Heavy Leather1gold89silver20copper
301× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold80silver60copper
14× Black Dyevendor1gold40silver
148× Linen Cloth31silver8copper
10× Mana Potion30silver
54× Blue Dye26silver46copper
175× Coarse Threadvendor17silver50copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
28× Red Dyevendor14silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper

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.