Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · Roleplay I · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials564gold89silver7copper
Sell back143gold75silver41copper
Net cost421gold13silver66copper

Steps

1–48Craft ~82× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 5silver74copperafter selling for 43silver46copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
48–73Craft ~39× Linen Beltcosts 21silver27copperafter selling for 17silver34copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
73–77Craft ~7× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 2silver94copperafter selling for 11silver62copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
77–95Craft ~27× Red Linen Bagcosts 39silver96copperafter selling for 96silver66copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 2silver
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 29silver5copperafter selling for 2gold90silver85copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–124Craft ~7× Red Woolen Bagearns 13silver23copperafter selling for 1gold39silver65copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 18silver
124–129Craft ~6× Gloves of Meditationcosts 66silver36copperafter selling for 57silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Elixir of Wisdom
129–131Craft ~2× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 25silver8copperafter selling for 22silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–135Craft ~6× Gloves of Meditationcosts 66silver36copperafter selling for 57silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Elixir of Wisdom
135–151Craft ~17× Small Silk Packcosts 3gold48silver33copperafter selling for 3gold55silver30copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
151–161Craft ~10× Green Silk Packearns 1gold42silverafter selling for 7gold3silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 4gold22silver50copper
161–172Craft ~12× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold18silver56copperafter selling for 4gold44silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
172–174Craft ~3× Long Silken Cloakcosts 80silver76copperafter selling for 74silver88copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
174–180Craft ~6× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold83silver48copperafter selling for 1gold45silver80copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 2gold70silver62copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 1gold
191–195Craft ~6× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 2gold8silver8copperafter selling for 2gold89silver92copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–196Craft ~1× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 51silver33copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
196–208Craft ~13× Long Silken Cloakcosts 6gold74silver44copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
208–211Craft ~3× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold23silver99copperafter selling for 1gold4silver1copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
211–217Craft ~9× Long Silken Cloakcosts 4gold66silver92copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
217–241Craft ~38× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 31gold54silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
241–250Craft ~10× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 27gold6silverafter selling for 9gold71silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Threadbuy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 56silver
250–281Craft ~38× Runecloth Headbandcosts 109gold28silver80copperafter selling for 43gold16silver4copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Threadneeds Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
281–300Craft ~45× Wizardweave Turbancosts 221gold67silver90copperafter selling for 57gold45silver60copper
recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Dream Dust, 1× Star Ruby, 1× Rune Threadneeds Pattern: Wizardweave Turban (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

462× Bolt of Runecloth346gold26silver90copper
93× Rune Thread37gold20silver
180× Dream Dust36gold27silver
102× Bolt of Mageweave34gold68silver
271× Bolt of Silk Cloth29gold72silver87copper
76× Ironweb Spider Silk23gold32silver44copper
45× Star Ruby22gold50silver
170× Silken Threadvendor8gold50silver
76× Bolt of Woolen Cloth3gold14silver64copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
20× Gold Bar2gold79silver60copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold61silver80copper
15× Runecloth2gold28silver
177× Fine Threadvendor1gold77silver
64× Heavy Leather1gold75silver36copper
161× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold43silver29copper
25× Mana Potion75silver
164× Linen Cloth37silver72copper
72× Red Dyevendor36silver
12× Elixir of Wisdom12silver
10× Green Dyevendor10silver
60× Coarse Threadvendor6silver
14× Bleachvendor3silver50copper
4× Blue Dyevendor2silver
1× Iron Buckle1silver45copper

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.