Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials318gold66silver23copper
Sell back127gold25silver43copper
Net cost191gold40silver80copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 3silver50copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–66Craft ~2× Linen Beltearns 58copperafter selling for 1silver90copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
66–76Craft ~15× Blue Linen Vestearns 8silver55copperafter selling for 42silver75copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 5silver99copper
76–83Craft ~10× Blue Linen Robeearns 22silver60copperafter selling for 57silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 9silver
83–95Craft ~21× Red Linen Bagearns 1silver5copperafter selling for 79silver59copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver
95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 86silver85copperafter selling for 3gold71silver25copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
120–121Craft ~2× Red Woolen Bagearns 7silver10copperafter selling for 42silver18copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 8silver99copper
121–132Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold23silver96copperafter selling for 1gold13silver88copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
132–149Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold37silver6copperafter selling for 3gold74silver4copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
149–164Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 2gold51silver68copperafter selling for 9gold87silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold70silver50copper
164–171Craft ~7× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold26silver84copperafter selling for 1gold43silver64copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
171–176Craft ~6× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold10silver28copperafter selling for 1gold49silver76copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 89silver36copperafter selling for 97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskearns 1gold65silver20copperafter selling for 9gold44silver30copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 14silver75copper
191–195Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 1gold71silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 40silver4copperafter selling for 7gold97silver6copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
214–219Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold46silver72copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
219–221Craft ~3× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 1gold70silver25copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
221–230Craft ~11× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 9gold43silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–250Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 25gold61silver58copperafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 50silver
250–287Craft ~54× Runecloth Headbandcosts 77gold54silver40copperafter selling for 61gold33silver32copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Headband first: 2gold
287–300Craft ~13× Loomcosts 65gold51silver87copper
recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

Shopping list

352× Bolt of Runecloth134gold25silver28copper
13× Bottled Screams45gold48silver83copper
75× Rune Threadvendor37gold50silver
108× Ironweb Spider Silk29gold49silver48copper
273× Bolt of Silk Cloth24gold32silver43copper
36× Bolt of Mageweave12gold74silver40copper
110× Runecloth8gold37silver10copper
696× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold89silver76copper
42× Gold Bar3gold48silver18copper
65× Silken Threadvendor3gold25silver
180× Silk Cloth2gold84silver40copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
84× Heavy Leather1gold77silver24copper
151× Fine Threadvendor1gold51silver
562× Coarse Threadvendor56silver20copper
14× Mana Potion37silver80copper
8× Bolt of Woolen Cloth32silver8copper
59× Blue Dyevendor29silver50copper
59× Red Dyevendor29silver50copper
52× Simple Woodvendor19silver76copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
4× Iron Buckle4silver96copper
6× Fire Oil3silver60copper
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.