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1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forceearns 5silver25copperafter selling for 11silver97copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellcosts 2silver15copper

recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritearns 12silver84copperafter selling for 29silver52copper

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 5silver94copper

25–33Craft ~9× Minor Mageblood Elixirearns 17silver10copperafter selling for 25silver11copper

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

33–35Craft ~2× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 2silver98copperafter selling for 2copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 70silver89copper

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potionearns 10silver65copperafter selling for 13silver65copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 10silver

40–64Craft ~26× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 13silver52copperafter selling for 2silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial

64–76Craft ~14× Minor Mana Potioncosts 8silver40copperafter selling for 2silver80copper

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial

76–85Craft ~9× Rage Potioncosts 8silver55copperafter selling for 2silver70copper

recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Rage Potion first: 5silver

85–92Craft ~8× Lesser Spellblasting Potioncosts 4silver88copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 14silver85copper

92–105Craft ~13× Elixir of Giant Growthcosts 11silver31copperafter selling for 12silver35copper

recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vialbuy Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth first: 3silver

105–138Craft ~39× Elixir of Wisdomcosts 31silver98copperafter selling for 39silver

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial

138–160Craft ~26× Fire Oilcosts 2silver86copperafter selling for 41silver8copper

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

160–199Craft ~51× Greater Discolored Healing Potioncosts 69silver87copperafter selling for 63silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Murloc Eye

199–231Craft ~59× Troll's Blood Elixirearns 8gold2silver99copperafter selling for 10gold62silver

recipe →each: 1× Liferoot, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Troll's Blood Elixir first: 1gold49silver

231–235Craft ~8× Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibilitycosts 71silver28copperafter selling for 12silver

recipe →each: 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Fadeleaf, 1× Leaded Vial

235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilearns 18silverafter selling for 1gold12silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial

260–278Craft ~36× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 13gold46silver76copperafter selling for 3gold60silver

recipe →each: 1× Blindweed, 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)

278–289Craft ~13× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 16gold11silver35copperafter selling for 65silver

recipe →each: 2× Stonescale Oil, 1× Sungrass, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)

289–300Craft ~12× Greater Stoneshield Potioncosts 19gold13silver28copperafter selling for 90silver

recipe →each: 3× Stonescale Oil, 1× Thorium Ore, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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61× Crystal Vialvendor15gold25silver

12× Thorium Ore12gold

13× Sungrass9gold87silver87copper

62× Stonescale Oil8gold66silver76copper

36× Blindweed6gold48silver

44× Khadgar's Whisker1gold94silver4copper

59× Liferoot1gold64silver2copper

163× Leaded Vial1gold63silver

87× Briarthorn56silver55copper

45× Stonescale Eel49silver50copper

51× Kingsblood46silver92copper

52× Firefin Snapper40silver4copper

8× Fadeleaf40silver

61× Bruiseweed37silver21copper

51× Murloc Eye35silver70copper

83× Mageroyal30silver71copper

189× Empty Vial28silver35copper

37× Earthroot17silver76copper

62× Peacebloom17silver36copper

13× Deviate Fish15silver47copper

68× Silverleaf11silver56copper

9× Sharp Claw4silver5copper

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.