Level a profession

Cheapest path with US · Roleplay II · Alliance prices ·

Profession
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Materials324gold73silver77copper
Sell back173gold76silver86copper
Net cost150gold96silver91copper

Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 8silver75copperafter selling for 3gold50silver
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
65–76Craft ~16× Blue Linen Vestearns 32silver32copperafter selling for 68silver16copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dyebuy Pattern: Blue Linen Vest first: 30silver
76–86Craft ~15× Blue Linen Robeearns 34silver80copperafter selling for 85silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dyeneeds Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
86–95Craft ~17× Red Linen Bagearns 4silver93copperafter selling for 67silver83copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver24copper
95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 21silver70copperafter selling for 3gold1silver70copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
119–133Craft ~15× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold3silver50copperafter selling for 1gold98silver60copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
133–150Craft ~18× Small Silk Packcosts 2gold41silver92copperafter selling for 4gold10silver40copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
150–155Craft ~5× Green Silk Packearns 1gold23silver90copperafter selling for 3gold70silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 3gold
155–176Craft ~22× Long Silken Cloakcosts 2gold51silver40copperafter selling for 7gold5silver60copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
176–180Craft ~4× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 92silver8copperafter selling for 97silver20copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–192Craft ~16× White Bandit Maskearns 4gold77silver76copperafter selling for 12gold92silver
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Threadbuy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 1gold22silver
192–193Craft ~2× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 65silver32copperafter selling for 96silver64copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
193–195Craft ~2× Long Silken Cloakcosts 87silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
195–213Craft ~19× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 4gold5silver65copperafter selling for 4gold49silver35copper
recipe →each: 5× Runecloth
213–218Craft ~8× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold48silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
218–226Craft ~8× Runecloth Beltcosts 5gold88silver64copperafter selling for 4gold8silver96copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)
226–230Craft ~4× Brightcloth Robecosts 2gold99silver56copperafter selling for 4gold83silver56copper
recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Robe first: 1gold
230–251Craft ~22× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 16gold21silver84copperafter selling for 21gold37silver52copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak first: 61silver
251–281Craft ~37× Runecloth Headbandcosts 34gold4silverafter selling for 42gold2silver46copper
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)
281–291Craft ~22× Wizardweave Robecosts 27gold10silver18copperafter selling for 35gold40silver46copper
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)
291–296Craft ~13× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 24gold77silver2copperafter selling for 16gold34silver10copper
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)
296–300Craft ~4× Runed Stygian Beltcosts 24gold90silver72copperafter selling for 4gold76silver32copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Runecloth, 6× Dark Rune, 2× Felcloth, 2× Enchanted Leather, 2× Ironweb Spider Silkneeds Pattern: Runed Stygian Belt (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

555× Bolt of Runecloth138gold19silver50copper
106× Rune Threadvendor53gold
108× Ironweb Spider Silk30gold22silver92copper
248× Bolt of Silk Cloth22gold51silver84copper
8× Enchanted Leather12gold80silver
95× Runecloth8gold55silver
44× Dream Dust7gold68silver24copper
24× Dark Rune6gold96silver
20× Bolt of Mageweave6gold59silver80copper
8× Felcloth5gold67silver92copper
52× Gold Bar5gold53silver28copper
52× Rugged Leather4gold67silver48copper
701× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold85silver55copper
16× Heavy Silken Thread2gold82silver40copper
140× Silk Cloth2gold80silver
46× Silken Threadvendor2gold30silver
51× Heavy Leather1gold53silver
101× Fine Threadvendor1gold1silver
32× Mana Potion69silver76copper
571× Coarse Threadvendor57silver10copper
76× Blue Dye37silver24copper
25× Red Dyevendor12silver50copper
5× Green Dyevendor5silver
16× Bleachvendor4silver

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.