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1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 0copperafter selling for 6silver93copper

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

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellearns 2silver65copperafter selling for 5silver55copper

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

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 12silver12copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 16silver

25–34Craft ~12× Minor Mageblood Elixirearns 43silver68copperafter selling for 56silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 31silver

34–35Craft ~1× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 2silver4copperafter selling for 1copper

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 3silver50copperafter selling for 5copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 18silver99copper

40–78Craft ~49× Elixir of Minor Strengthearns 8silver82copperafter selling for 41silver65copper

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

78–83Craft ~6× Elixir of Minor Fortitudecosts 5silver46copperafter selling for 2silver10copper

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

83–85Craft ~2× Lesser Discolored Healing Potioncosts 2silver36copperafter selling for 50copper

recipe →each: 1× Empty Vial (vendor), 1× Briarthorn, 1× Murloc Eye

85–93Craft ~9× Lesser Spellblasting Potioncosts 5silver76copperafter selling for 2silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 70silver

93–98Craft ~7× Lesser Discolored Healing Potioncosts 8silver26copperafter selling for 1silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Empty Vial (vendor), 1× Briarthorn, 1× Murloc Eye

98–105Craft ~8× Draught of Tonguescosts 13silver92copper

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

105–131Craft ~28× Elixir of Wisdomcosts 49silverafter selling for 28silver

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

131–135Craft ~4× Discolored Healing Potioncosts 9silver64copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial (vendor), 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Murloc Eye

135–163Craft ~36× Fire Oilcosts 1silver44copperafter selling for 33silver84copper

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

163–192Craft ~34× Greater Discolored Healing Potionearns 1gold11silver86copperafter selling for 2gold26silver10copper

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

192–198Craft ~7× Great Rage Potioncosts 12silver88copperafter selling for 23silver17copper

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Great Rage Potion first: 41silver99copper

198–216Craft ~23× Troll's Blood Elixirearns 1gold31silver33copperafter selling for 2gold45silver64copper

recipe →each: 1× Liferoot, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Troll's Blood Elixir first: 1gold50silver

216–235Craft ~27× Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibilitycosts 1gold70silver91copperafter selling for 40silver50copper

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

235–259Craft ~35× Stonescale Oilearns 1gold21silver49copperafter selling for 3gold1silver74copper

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

259–275Craft ~29× Elixir of Greater Intellectearns 3gold59silver2copperafter selling for 10gold81silver12copper

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

275–290Craft ~17× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 6gold54silver16copperafter selling for 85silver

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

290–300Craft ~10× Greater Frost Protection Potioncosts 4gold6silver60copperafter selling for 75silver

recipe →each: 1× Elemental Water, 1× Dreamfoil, 1× Crystal Vialneeds Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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29× Blindweed5gold50silver71copper

10× Dreamfoil3gold89silver20copper

34× Stonescale Oil3gold39silver66copper

17× Sungrass3gold31silver67copper

130× Leaded Vialvendor2gold60silver

56× Crystal Vial2gold23silver44copper

35× Stonescale Eel1gold10silver25copper

56× Khadgar's Whisker1gold7silver52copper

27× Fadeleaf1gold5silver57copper

65× Briarthorn68silver90copper

10× Elemental Water52silver50copper

41× Kingsblood48silver79copper

23× Liferoot45silver54copper

201× Empty Vialvendor40silver20copper

101× Earthroot34silver34copper

79× Mageroyal33silver97copper

72× Firefin Snapper28silver8copper

28× Bruiseweed27silver72copper

7× Large Fang13silver72copper

93× Silverleaf12silver9copper

28× Peacebloom10silver64copper

47× Murloc Eye7silver99copper

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.