Level a profession

Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfirecosts 3silver42copper

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).

10–20Craft ~10× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 1gold29silverafter selling for 1silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legneeds Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

20–30Craft ~10× Scorpid Surprisecosts 8silver90copperafter selling for 1silver

recipe →each: 1× Scorpid Stingerbuy Recipe: Scorpid Surprise first: 2gold50silver

30–50Craft ~21× Brilliant Smallfishcosts 12silver39copperafter selling for 21copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Brilliant Smallfishneeds Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

50–100Craft ~52× Strider Stewcosts 9silver36copperafter selling for 18silver72copper

recipe →each: 1× Strider Meat, 1× Shiny Red Apple (vendor)buy Recipe: Strider Stew first: 30silver

100–180Craft ~212× Crispy Lizard Tailearns 21silver20copperafter selling for 5gold30silver

recipe →each: 1× Thunder Lizard Tail, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail first: 2gold70silver

180–186Craft ~11× Goblin Deviled Clamscosts 4silver84copperafter selling for 10silver45copper

recipe →each: 1× Tangy Clam Meat, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)

186–225Craft ~41× Mithril Headed Troutcosts 36silver49copperafter selling for 2silver46copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Mithril Head Troutneeds Recipe: Mithril Head Trout (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

225–300Craft ~120× Spotted Yellowtailcosts 54silverafter selling for 6silver

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

212× Thunder Lizard Tail4gold24silver

10× Small Spider Leg1gold30silver

223× Hot Spicesvendor89silver20copper

120× Raw Spotted Yellowtail60silver

41× Raw Mithril Head Trout38silver95copper

52× Strider Meat15silver8copper

52× Shiny Red Applevendor13silver

21× Raw Brilliant Smallfish12silver60copper

11× Tangy Clam Meat10silver89copper

10× Scorpid Stinger9silver90copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

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.