Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials456gold5silver29copper
Sell back158gold25copper
Net cost298gold5silver4copper

Steps

1–50Craft ~120× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 32silver40copperafter selling for 75silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
50–73Craft ~37× Linen Beltcosts 23silver31copperafter selling for 8silver14copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
73–76Craft ~6× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 6silver78copperafter selling for 4silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
76–95Craft ~28× Red Linen Bagearns 14silver28copperafter selling for 1gold40silver28copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 20silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 29silver40copperafter selling for 2gold38silver
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodearns 2gold19silver60copperafter selling for 4gold35silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–148Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 18silver90copperafter selling for 5gold35silver50copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
148–165Craft ~18× Green Silk Packearns 4gold73silver40copperafter selling for 12gold24silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 5gold99silver
165–178Craft ~15× Black Silk Packcosts 2gold10silverafter selling for 6gold
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 2gold99silver
178–180Craft ~2× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 37silver40copperafter selling for 48silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 2gold19silver80copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 99silver
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold64silver52copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–208Craft ~14× Long Silken Cloakcosts 5gold59silver44copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
208–211Craft ~3× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold4silver58copperafter selling for 86silver67copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
211–220Craft ~14× Long Silken Cloakcosts 5gold59silver44copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
220–237Craft ~25× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 18gold93silver50copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
237–250Craft ~14× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 22gold75silver84copperafter selling for 13gold60silver24copper
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)
250–284Craft ~45× Runecloth Headbandcosts 86gold56silver20copperafter selling for 51gold11silver10copper
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)
284–300Craft ~41× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 147gold68silver61copperafter selling for 51gold53silver70copper
recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

523× Bolt of Runecloth235gold29silver77copper
172× Ironweb Spider Silk65gold34silver28copper
100× Rune Threadvendor50gold
345× Bolt of Silk Cloth27gold60silver
76× Bolt of Mageweave23gold8silver12copper
164× Rugged Leather18gold45silver
125× Silken Threadvendor6gold25silver
28× Gold Bar4gold16silver64copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
140× Silk Cloth2gold67silver40copper
208× Fine Threadvendor2gold8silver
15× Runecloth1gold91silver25copper
90× Heavy Leather1gold71silver
15× Black Dyevendor1gold50silver
161× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold20silver75copper
28× Mana Potion82silver88copper
240× Linen Cloth43silver20copper
18× Green Dyevendor18silver
32× Red Dyevendor16silver
24× Blue Dyevendor12silver
55× Coarse Threadvendor5silver50copper
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.