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1–23Craft ~23× Light Leathercosts 69copperafter selling for 5silver52copper

recipe →each: 3× Ruined Leather Scraps

23–47Craft ~32× Light Armor Kitcosts 4silver48copperafter selling for 4silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

47–63Craft ~17× Rugged Leather Pantscosts 5silver61copperafter selling for 27silver54copper

recipe →each: 5× Light Leather, 5× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Rugged Leather Pants first: 24silver

63–65Craft ~2× Embossed Leather Glovesearns 40copperafter selling for 2silver54copper

recipe →each: 3× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)

65–120Craft ~82× Fine Leather Bootscosts 22silver96copperafter selling for 1gold59silver90copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Fine Leather Boots first: 25silver

120–130Craft ~11× Hillman's Beltcosts 18silver92copperafter selling for 77silver55copper

recipe →each: 8× Medium Leather, 1× Elixir of Wisdom, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Hillman's Belt first: 28silver90copper

130–140Craft ~10× Hillman's Cloakcosts 10silver80copperafter selling for 1gold2silver70copper

recipe →each: 5× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 8gold72silver16copperafter selling for 28gold48silver32copper

recipe →each: 6× Raptor Hide, 4× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

180–200Craft ~32× Barbaric Harnesscosts 89silver60copperafter selling for 8gold76silver16copper

recipe →each: 14× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Iron Buckle

200–205Craft ~5× Skycaller's Mail Bootscosts 24silver15copperafter selling for 2gold19silver35copper

recipe →each: 8× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Medium Hide, 2× Elemental Waterbuy Pattern: Skycaller's Mail Boots first: 5gold

205–210Craft ~13× Swift Bootscosts 1gold78silver49copperafter selling for 5gold52silver89copper

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 2× Swiftness Potion, 2× Thick Spider's Silk, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Swift Boots first: 99silver99copper

210–235Craft ~29× Rugged Armor Kitcosts 12gold71silver65copperafter selling for 2gold90silver

recipe →each: 5× Rugged Leather

235–256Craft ~21× Blue Suede Shoescosts 8gold40silver21copperafter selling for 20gold29silver65copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Suede Shoes first: 5gold46silver

256–260Craft ~4× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 1gold66silver96copperafter selling for 4gold17silver68copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Orange Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Tooled Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

260–294Craft ~43× Blue Suede Shoulderscosts 8gold13silver56copperafter selling for 60gold10silver54copper

recipe →each: 10× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

294–299Craft ~6× Blue Suede Bracerscosts 3gold43silver56copperafter selling for 6gold5silver64copper

recipe →each: 10× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Bracers (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

299–300Craft ~1× Blue Suede Hatcosts 68silver63copperafter selling for 1gold55silver69copper

recipe →each: 16× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 4× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Hat (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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Copy for Auctionator

851× Rugged Leather91gold65silver27copper

75× Rune Threadvendor37gold50silver

1,036× Heavy Leather19gold37silver32copper

552× Raptor Hide11gold4silver

290× Fine Threadvendor2gold90silver

26× Thick Spider's Silk2gold85silver48copper

697× Light Leather2gold2silver13copper

26× Swiftness Potion1gold37silver80copper

10× Cured Medium Hide99silver90copper

10× Elemental Water68silver80copper

13× Silken Threadvendor65silver

32× Iron Buckle64silver

88× Medium Leather62silver48copper

117× Blue Dyevendor58silver50copper

4× Orange Dyevendor40silver

253× Coarse Threadvendor25silver30copper

11× Elixir of Wisdom11silver99copper

69× Ruined Leather Scraps6silver21copper

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.