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Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 12silver76copperafter selling for 14silver52copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stoneearns 5silver43copperafter selling for 19silver91copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–108Craft ~26× Heavy Sharpening Stoneearns 46silver28copperafter selling for 1gold21silver42copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

108–110Craft ~4× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 12silver16copperafter selling for 5silver

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

110–129Craft ~22× Iron Bucklecosts 16silver94copperafter selling for 74silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

129–138Craft ~13× Bronze Shortswordcosts 29silver51copperafter selling for 1gold98silver90copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

138–150Craft ~13× Iridescent Hammercosts 1gold42silver35copperafter selling for 4gold80silver9copper

recipe →each: 10× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux, 1× Iridescent Pearl, 2× Coarse Grinding Stone, 2× Medium Leatherbuy Plans: Iridescent Hammer first: 63silver66copper

150–158Craft ~9× Bronze Warhammercosts 73silver62copperafter selling for 1gold79silver73copper

recipe →each: 8× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux, 1× Medium Leather

158–160Craft ~2× Hardened Iron Shortswordcosts 27silver50copperafter selling for 1gold9silver36copper

recipe →each: 6× Iron Bar, 2× Strong Flux, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 2× Lesser Moonstone, 3× Heavy Leatherbuy Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword first: 47silver

160–184Craft ~35× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold2silver55copperafter selling for 2gold2silver30copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

184–196Craft ~33× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 4gold92silver69copperafter selling for 11gold1silver21copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

196–208Craft ~17× Golden Scale Leggingscosts 12gold88silver94copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone

208–215Craft ~7× Mithril Plate Glovescosts 10gold26silver97copperafter selling for 3gold11silver29copper

recipe →each: 8× Mithril Bar, 6× Heavy Leather, 4× Mageweave Cloth

215–235Craft ~27× Dense Sharpening Stonecosts 3gold49silver65copperafter selling for 4gold59silver

recipe →each: 1× Dense Stone

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

260–263Craft ~5× Radiant Beltcosts 41gold70silver25copperafter selling for 3gold79silver75copper

recipe →each: 10× Thorium Bar, 2× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Belt (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

263–265Craft ~3× Scarlet Soldier's Protectorscosts 36gold96silver

recipe →each: 16× Thorium Barneeds Plans: Scarlet Soldier's Protectors (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

265–290Craft ~26× Radiant Bootscosts 310gold38silver54copperafter selling for 42gold69silver46copper

recipe →each: 14× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

290–291Craft ~1× Radiant Circletcosts 14gold95silver66copperafter selling for 1gold70silver34copper

recipe →each: 18× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Circlet (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

291–300Craft ~9× Radiant Leggingscosts 141gold30copperafter selling for 22gold79silver70copper

recipe →each: 20× Thorium Bar, 4× Heart of Fireneeds Plans: Radiant Leggings (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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Copy for Auctionator

660× Thorium Bar508gold20silver

154× Heart of Fire107gold80silver

534× Iron Bar22gold26silver78copper

56× Mithril Bar11gold13silver28copper

27× Dense Stone8gold8silver65copper

267× Bronze Bar6gold48silver81copper

34× Gold Bar4gold13silver44copper

26× Strong Flux2gold8silver

19× Heavy Grinding Stone1gold86silver20copper

66× Sharp Claw1gold65silver

28× Mageweave Cloth1gold46silver44copper

35× Solid Stone99silver75copper

13× Iridescent Pearl96silver20copper

48× Heavy Leather89silver76copper

26× Coarse Grinding Stone87silver88copper

26× Heavy Stone75silver14copper

66× Large Fang52silver80copper

52× Weak Fluxvendor52silver

61× Medium Leather43silver31copper

4× Lesser Moonstone24silver

406× Rough Stone16silver24copper

4× Lesser Magic Essence11silver96copper

4× Coarse Sharpening Stone5silver20copper

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.