Level a profession

Cheapest path with TW · PvP · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials448gold27silver69copper
Sell back194gold77silver60copper
Net cost253gold50silver9copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 35silverafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–78Craft ~20× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver80copperafter selling for 32silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
78–88Craft ~16× Blue Linen Robecosts 12silver32copperafter selling for 38silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
88–95Craft ~14× Red Linen Bagearns 1silver26copperafter selling for 50silver12copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread, 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver10copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 20silver65copperafter selling for 2gold99silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–132Craft ~14× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold6silver96copperafter selling for 1gold72silver90copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread
132–150Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold50silver61copperafter selling for 4gold3silver94copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread
150–163Craft ~14× Green Silk Packearns 5gold16silver74copperafter selling for 11gold70silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread, 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 13gold88silver88copper
163–172Craft ~10× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold47silver60copperafter selling for 2gold42silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread
172–176Craft ~5× Long Silken Cloakcosts 52silver60copperafter selling for 1gold66silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 90silver80copperafter selling for 97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 31silver18copperafter selling for 8gold4silver68copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 3gold
191–195Craft ~4× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold75silver8copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothearns 1gold19silver88copperafter selling for 7gold94silver88copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
215–220Craft ~9× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold93silver93copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
220–223Craft ~4× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 3gold40silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
223–229Craft ~7× Runecloth Beltcosts 6gold42silver95copperafter selling for 3gold57silver84copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
229–230Craft ~1× Brightcloth Robecosts 1gold5silver66copperafter selling for 1gold20silver89copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
230–261Craft ~38× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 37gold39silver20copperafter selling for 36gold92silver8copper
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)
261–290Craft ~41× Wizardweave Robecosts 84gold73silver47copperafter selling for 65gold98silver13copper
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)
290–300Craft ~32× Wizardweave Turbancosts 98gold43silver84copperafter selling for 40gold85silver76copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Dream Dust, 1× Star Ruby, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Turban (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

698× Bolt of Runecloth216gold31silver2copper
210× Dream Dust73gold16silver40copper
119× Rune Threadvendor59gold50silver
269× Bolt of Silk Cloth24gold21silver
32× Star Ruby19gold20silver
78× Gold Bar8gold42silver40copper
22× Bolt of Mageweave7gold70silver
135× Runecloth6gold75silver
705× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold52silver50copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold78silver60copper
38× Silken Threadvendor1gold90silver
80× Heavy Leather1gold79silver20copper
147× Fine Thread1gold45silver53copper
577× Coarse Threadvendor57silver70copper
18× Mana Potion49silver86copper
80× Blue Dyevendor40silver
42× Red Dyevendor21silver
14× Green 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.