Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials433gold16silver80copper
Sell back186gold58silver89copper
Net cost246gold57silver91copper

Steps

1–62Craft ~110× Linen Bagcosts 7silver70copperafter selling for 2gold20silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
62–69Craft ~13× Linen Beltcosts 6silver11copperafter selling for 2silver86copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
69–75Craft ~9× Blue Linen Vestearns 4silver32copperafter selling for 25silver65copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 4silver
75–81Craft ~8× Blue Linen Robeearns 1silver92copperafter selling for 30silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 5silver70copper
81–95Craft ~23× Red Linen Bagcosts 1silver84copperafter selling for 86silver94copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 6silver90copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 1silver40copperafter selling for 2gold66silver
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 79silver20copperafter selling for 1gold36silver80copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
131–146Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweavecosts 3silver30copperafter selling for 3gold47silver70copper
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
146–148Craft ~3× Small Silk Packcosts 14silver73copperafter selling for 79silver77copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
148–163Craft ~16× Green Silk Packearns 6gold83silver84copperafter selling for 13gold67silver84copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Green Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
163–173Craft ~11× Long Silken Cloakcosts 41silver94copperafter selling for 3gold85silver96copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
173–180Craft ~7× Black Mageweave Leggingsearns 52silver15copperafter selling for 4gold98silver75copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–190Craft ~12× White Bandit Maskcosts 1gold16silver76copperafter selling for 4gold19silver4copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 2gold
190–204Craft ~24× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold42silver22copperafter selling for 13gold88silver98copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
204–217Craft ~16× Long Silken Cloakcosts 6gold22silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
217–233Craft ~20× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 12gold76silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
233–261Craft ~35× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 38gold30silver40copperafter selling for 34gold60copper
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)
261–286Craft ~32× Wizardweave Robecosts 73gold29silver60copperafter selling for 51gold49silver76copper
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)
286–300Craft ~38× Wizardweave Turbancosts 117gold12silver74copperafter selling for 48gold51silver84copper
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

624× Bolt of Runecloth218gold40silver
216× Dream Dust64gold77silver84copper
105× Rune Threadvendor52gold50silver
114× Bolt of Mageweave27gold81silver60copper
38× Star Ruby21gold26silver10copper
205× Bolt of Silk Cloth16gold40silver
180× Silken Threadvendor9gold
70× Gold Bar5gold81silver
75× Mageweave Cloth3gold51silver
494× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold91silver46copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold64silver60copper
12× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold40silver
54× Heavy Leather1gold21silver50copper
92× Fine Threadvendor92silver
27× Mana Potion51silver30copper
368× Coarse Threadvendor36silver80copper
49× Blue Dyevendor24silver50copper
16× Green Dyevendor16silver
23× Red Dyevendor11silver50copper
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.