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1–42Craft ~52× Bolt of Linen Clothcosts 3silver84copperafter selling for 35silver68copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

42–47Craft ~6× Brown Linen Vestcosts 6silver54copperafter selling for 1silver86copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

47–74Craft ~43× Linen Beltcosts 50silver74copperafter selling for 9silver46copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

74–78Craft ~8× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 17silver84copperafter selling for 5silver36copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)

78–95Craft ~26× Red Linen Bagcosts 1gold9silver20copperafter selling for 65silver

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)

95–118Craft ~30× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 1gold8silverafter selling for 1gold80silver

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

118–134Craft ~17× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 2gold47silver35copperafter selling for 1gold26silver65copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

134–150Craft ~17× Small Silk Packcosts 3gold57silverafter selling for 3gold40silver

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)

150–155Craft ~5× Black Silk Packcosts 1gold20silverafter selling for 2gold

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Black Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

155–165Craft ~10× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 2gold24silver80copperafter selling for 2gold5silver20copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

165–196Craft ~46× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 9gold52silver20copperafter selling for 11gold17silver80copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread

196–203Craft ~14× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 7gold79silver52copperafter selling for 6gold76silver48copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread

203–205Craft ~2× Black Mageweave Shoulderscosts 2gold64silver42copperafter selling for 1gold9silver58copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Mageweave, 2× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)

205–250Craft ~135× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 140gold40silver

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread

Skill 250–300: no recipe we can price here (its reagents aren't on this auction house right now, or it needs a pattern you can't buy).

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Copy for Auctionator

304× Bolt of Mageweave148gold96silver

334× Bolt of Silk Cloth33gold40silver

539× Silken Thread10gold78silver

120× Silk Cloth2gold88silver

169× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold19silver70copper

34× Heavy Leather1gold36silver

134× Fine Threadvendor1gold34silver

4× Heavy Silken Threadvendor80silver

138× Red Dyevendor69silver

5× Black Dyevendor50silver

104× Linen Cloth39silver52copper

34× Blue Dyevendor17silver

73× Coarse Threadvendor7silver30copper

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.