Level a profession

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Profession
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Materials486gold59silver99copper
Sell back77gold16silver
Net cost409gold43silver99copper

Steps

1–20Craft ~19× Bolt of Linen Clothcosts 11silver40copperafter selling for 15silver96copper
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
20–42Craft ~24× White Linen Shirtcosts 14silver16copperafter selling for 18silver
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Bleach (vendor)
42–48Craft ~7× Brown Linen Vestcosts 5silver46copperafter selling for 2silver17copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
48–74Craft ~42× Linen Beltcosts 36silver54copperafter selling for 9silver24copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)
74–77Craft ~6× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 9silver66copperafter selling for 4silver2copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)
77–95Craft ~27× Red Linen Bagcosts 79silver92copperafter selling for 67silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Red Linen Bag (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 1gold80silver90copperafter selling for 5gold35silver50copper
recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth
120–130Craft ~10× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 2gold25silver50copperafter selling for 74silver50copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)
130–148Craft ~19× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 76silverafter selling for 6gold46silver
recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth
148–152Craft ~5× Small Silk Packcosts 1gold23silver25copperafter selling for 1gold31silver75copper
recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)
152–155Craft ~3× Green Silk Packearns 48silverafter selling for 2gold55silver
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 5gold99silver99copper
155–172Craft ~18× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 6gold92silver64copperafter selling for 3gold69silver36copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)
172–180Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 3gold41silver60copperafter selling for 1gold94silver40copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)
180–191Craft ~14× White Bandit Maskcosts 3gold54silver62copperafter selling for 4gold88silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: White Bandit Mask (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
191–198Craft ~11× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 5gold13silver48copperafter selling for 5gold31silver52copper
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
198–210Craft ~13× Long Silken Cloakcosts 10gold52silver87copper
recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)
210–230Craft ~22× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 20gold90silver
recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)
230–264Craft ~45× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 59gold77silver80copperafter selling for 43gold72silver20copper
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)
264–300Craft ~91× Scarlet Augur's Cuffscosts 291gold20silver
recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runeclothneeds Pattern: Scarlet Augur's Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

908× Bolt of Runecloth363gold20silver
203× Bolt of Silk Cloth28gold42silver
45× Rune Threadvendor22gold50silver
90× Gold Bar9gold
128× Silken Threadvendor6gold40silver
95× Mageweave Cloth5gold70silver
180× Silk Cloth3gold54silver60copper
14× Heavy Silken Threadvendor2gold80silver
13× Mana Potion2gold59silver87copper
193× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold91silver7copper
97× Fine Threadvendor97silver
19× Heavy Leather57silver
79× Red Dyevendor39silver50copper
38× Linen Cloth27silver36copper
20× Blue Dyevendor10silver
38× Bleachvendor9silver50copper
91× Coarse Threadvendor9silver10copper
3× Green Dyevendor3silver

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.