Level a profession

Steps

1–14Craft ~16× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 1silver76copperafter selling for 4silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial

14–20Craft ~6× Mana Wellearns 1silver68copperafter selling for 5silver64copper

recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritearns 14silver16copperafter selling for 39silver84copper

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 20silver

25–34Craft ~12× Minor Mageblood Elixirearns 55silver56copperafter selling for 65silver76copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 1gold1silver

34–35Craft ~1× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 1silver77copperafter selling for 1copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 39silver33copper

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potionearns 3silver10copperafter selling for 7silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialneeds Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

40–58Craft ~19× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 16silver15copperafter selling for 95copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial

58–82Craft ~29× Minor Mana Potioncosts 21silver75copperafter selling for 7silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial

82–85Craft ~3× Rage Potioncosts 2silver79copperafter selling for 2silver70copper

recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Rage Potion first: 17silver

85–93Craft ~9× Lesser Spellblasting Potionearns 8silver1copperafter selling for 16silver92copper

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 40silver

93–135Craft ~46× Elixir of Giant Growthearns 95silver68copperafter selling for 2gold4silver24copper

recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth first: 9silver50copper

135–160Craft ~29× Fire Oilearns 64silver67copperafter selling for 1gold23silver54copper

recipe →each: 2× Firefin Snapper, 1× Empty Vial

160–175Craft ~15× Elixir of Ogre Strengthearns 13silver20copperafter selling for 46silver95copper

recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial

175–232Craft ~118× Great Rage Potionearns 1gold53silver40copperafter selling for 4gold48silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Great Rage Potion first: 1gold10silver

232–235Craft ~5× Greater Mana Potioncosts 15silver25copperafter selling for 33silver

recipe →each: 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Leaded Vial

235–259Craft ~35× Stonescale Oilearns 7gold64silver75copperafter selling for 9gold63silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial

259–273Craft ~24× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 5gold29silver92copperafter selling for 2gold61silver84copper

recipe →each: 1× Blindweed, 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)

273–280Craft ~8× Superior Mana Potioncosts 1gold90silverafter selling for 2gold66silver

recipe →each: 2× Sungrass, 2× Blindweed, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Superior Mana Potion first: 1gold90silver

280–296Craft ~21× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 5gold66silver79copperafter selling for 7gold97silver79copper

recipe →each: 2× Stonescale Oil, 1× Sungrass, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)

296–300Craft ~4× Greater Holy Protection Potioncosts 3gold85silver96copperafter selling for 30silver

recipe →each: 1× Elemental Air, 1× Dreamfoil, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Greater Holy Protection Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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Copy for Auctionator

57× Crystal Vialvendor14gold25silver

42× Stonescale Oil6gold8silver58copper

37× Sungrass4gold7silver

4× Dreamfoil2gold59silver96copper

40× Blindweed2gold

35× Stonescale Eel1gold75silver

118× Large Fang1gold16silver82copper

173× Leaded Vial1gold15silver91copper

133× Kingsblood1gold11silver72copper

29× Khadgar's Whisker86silver71copper

46× Deviate Fish66silver70copper

85× Earthroot62silver90copper

4× Elemental Air56silver

58× Firefin Snapper53silver94copper

71× Peacebloom34silver79copper

187× Empty Vial31silver79copper

5× Goldthorn29silver95copper

64× Mageroyal21silver76copper

58× Silverleaf13silver92copper

3× Briarthorn3silver30copper

3× Sharp Claw1silver68copper

1× Bruiseweed93copper

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.