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Steps

1–14Craft ~16× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 15silver4copperafter selling for 4silver

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

14–20Craft ~6× Mana Wellcosts 15silver90copper

recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 1gold56copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

25–32Craft ~8× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 63silver60copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

32–35Craft ~3× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 39silver57copperafter selling for 3copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 18silver15copperafter selling for 5copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

40–65Craft ~27× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 75silver33copperafter selling for 22silver95copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

65–90Craft ~29× Blackmouth Oilcosts 92silver80copperafter selling for 2silver90copper

recipe →each: 2× Oily Blackmouth, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

90–135Craft ~49× Elixir of Giant Growthcosts 1gold68silver56copperafter selling for 46silver55copper

recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

135–165Craft ~42× Fire Oilcosts 79silver80copperafter selling for 10silver8copper

recipe →each: 2× Firefin Snapper, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

165–175Craft ~10× Elixir of Ogre Strengthcosts 71silver40copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)

175–235Craft ~192× Great Rage Potioncosts 9gold31silver20copperafter selling for 2gold88silver

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Great Rage Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilcosts 4gold27silver5copperafter selling for 1gold12silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)

Skill 260–300: 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).

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

247× Leaded Vialvendor4gold94silver

202× Kingsblood4gold74silver70copper

45× Stonescale Eel4gold49silver55copper

192× Large Fang3gold84silver

83× Earthroot2gold48silver17copper

50× Peacebloom1gold22silver50copper

58× Oily Blackmouth89silver90copper

22× Mageroyal88silver

84× Firefin Snapper81silver48copper

49× Deviate Fish58silver80copper

48× Silverleaf47silver52copper

197× Empty Vialvendor39silver40copper

3× Bruiseweed15silver

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.