Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · RP II · Horde prices ·

Profession
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Materials362gold67silver51copper
Sell back183gold96silver91copper
Net cost178gold70silver60copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 19silver25copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–76Craft ~16× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver28copperafter selling for 25silver76copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 34silver
76–86Craft ~15× Blue Linen Robeearns 19silver35copperafter selling for 69silver15copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 23silver
86–95Craft ~17× Red Linen Bagearns 7silver31copperafter selling for 68silver85copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 3silver50copper
95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 2gold8silver35copperafter selling for 3gold64silver95copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
120–130Craft ~10× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 91silver10copperafter selling for 99silver70copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–147Craft ~18× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 31silver50copperafter selling for 4gold27silver50copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
147–149Craft ~3× Small Silk Packcosts 29silver46copperafter selling for 68silver40copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–165Craft ~17× Green Silk Packearns 3gold79silver78copperafter selling for 11gold30silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold49silver
165–171Craft ~6× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 91silver86copperafter selling for 1gold31silver10copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
171–180Craft ~9× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold50silver12copperafter selling for 4gold34silver88copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–190Craft ~12× White Bandit Maskearns 6gold99silver60copperafter selling for 12gold42silver60copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 1gold25silver
190–195Craft ~7× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold16silver76copperafter selling for 3gold38silver24copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 98silver55copperafter selling for 7gold43silver85copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
215–216Craft ~2× Long Silken Cloakcosts 83silver92copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
216–229Craft ~15× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold75silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
229–230Craft ~1× Brightcloth Robecosts 90silver41copperafter selling for 1gold20silver89copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Robe first: 53silver
230–254Craft ~26× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 22gold13silver64copperafter selling for 25gold26silver16copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
254–283Craft ~38× Runecloth Headbandcosts 46gold9silver40copperafter selling for 43gold16silver4copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
283–287Craft ~8× Wizardweave Robecosts 13gold52silver8copperafter selling for 12gold87silver44copper
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)
287–300Craft ~37× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 85gold16silver66copperafter selling for 46gold50silver90copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 3gold20silver

Shopping list

584× Bolt of Runecloth169gold36silver
110× Rune Threadvendor55gold
150× Ironweb Spider Silk51gold66silver
74× Bolt of Mageweave18gold50silver
148× Rugged Leather12gold58silver
129× Bolt of Silk Cloth11gold1silver66copper
135× Runecloth8gold42silver40copper
95× Silken Threadvendor4gold75silver
54× Gold Bar4gold40silver10copper
90× Mageweave Cloth3gold96silver
16× Dream Dust3gold83silver52copper
701× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold71silver53copper
12× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold40silver
180× Silk Cloth1gold56silver60copper
57× Heavy Leather1gold14silver
99× Fine Threadvendor99silver
571× Coarse Threadvendor57silver10copper
66× Blue Dyevendor33silver
17× Green Dyevendor17silver
29× Red Dyevendor14silver50copper
2× Mana Potion5silver60copper
12× Bleachvendor3silver

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.