Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials382gold54silver19copper
Sell back174gold85silver74copper
Net cost207gold68silver45copper

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 8silver80copperafter selling for 33silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 2silver80copper
78–89Craft ~18× Blue Linen Robecosts 2silver88copperafter selling for 54silver72copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 15silver
89–95Craft ~12× Red Linen Bagearns 3silverafter selling for 45silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 4silver
95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 1gold87silver65copperafter selling for 3gold67silver65copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
120–131Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold6silver81copperafter selling for 1gold4silver39copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–149Craft ~19× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold22silver30copperafter selling for 3gold95silver20copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–165Craft ~17× Green Silk Packearns 2gold86silver45copperafter selling for 10gold33silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 2gold74silver
165–171Craft ~6× Long Silken Cloakcosts 94silver50copperafter selling for 1gold53silver90copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken 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 3gold12silverafter selling for 8gold55silver
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 28silver99copper
190–195Craft ~7× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold16silver76copperafter selling for 3gold38silver24copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold24silver30copperafter selling for 6gold89silver70copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–216Craft ~3× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold24silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
216–232Craft ~19× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 12gold35silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
232–250Craft ~19× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 19gold91silver96copperafter selling for 18gold46silver4copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 1gold
250–287Craft ~54× Runecloth Headbandcosts 66gold8silver52copperafter selling for 61gold33silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 4gold
287–300Craft ~37× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 97gold40silver62copperafter 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: 2gold40silver99copper

Shopping list

551× Bolt of Runecloth181gold83silver
110× Rune Threadvendor55gold
182× Ironweb Spider Silk49gold10silver36copper
82× Bolt of Mageweave20gold50silver
148× Rugged Leather19gold98silver
183× Bolt of Silk Cloth15gold73silver80copper
110× Runecloth8gold14silver
114× Silken Threadvendor5gold70silver
38× Gold Bar3gold80silver
705× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold52silver50copper
12× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold40silver
180× Silk Cloth1gold80silver
89× Heavy Leather1gold64silver65copper
131× Fine Threadvendor1gold31silver
581× Coarse Threadvendor58silver10copper
78× Blue Dyevendor39silver
9× Mana Potion18silver
17× Green Dyevendor17silver
12× Red Dyevendor6silver
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.