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Steps

1–5Craft ~9× Basic Campfireearns 7silver65copperafter selling for 11silver7copper

recipe →each: 1× Simple Wood (vendor)

Skill 5–10: 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).

10–50Craft ~40× Kaldorei Spider Kabobcosts 2silverafter selling for 4silver

recipe →each: 1× Small Spider Legbuy Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob first: 20silver99copper

50–60Craft ~10× Longjaw Mud Snapperearns 70copperafter selling for 90copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapperbuy Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper first: 20silver

60–90Craft ~30× Blood Sausageearns 3silver60copperafter selling for 24silver

recipe →each: 1× Bear Meat, 1× Boar Intestines, 1× Spider Ichorbuy Recipe: Blood Sausage first: 12silver

90–131Craft ~41× Clam Chowderearns 2silver5copperafter selling for 30silver75copper

recipe →each: 1× Clam Meat, 1× Ice Cold Milk, 1× Mild Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Clam Chowder first: 10silver

131–209Craft ~171× Curiously Tasty Omeletearns 58silver14copperafter selling for 2gold56silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Raptor Egg, 1× Hot Spices (vendor)buy Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet first: 5silver

209–225Craft ~55× Rockscale Codearns 7silver70copperafter selling for 17silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Rockscale Codbuy Recipe: Rockscale Cod first: 78silver

225–300Craft ~120× Spotted Yellowtailearns 80silver40copperafter selling for 1gold80copper

recipe →each: 1× Raw Spotted Yellowtailneeds Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

171× Raptor Egg1gold29silver96copper

171× Hot Spicesvendor68silver40copper

120× Raw Spotted Yellowtail20silver40copper

41× Clam Meat14silver35copper

41× Ice Cold Milk10silver25copper

55× Raw Rockscale Cod9silver90copper

30× Bear Meat9silver

40× Small Spider Leg6silver

30× Spider Ichor6silver

30× Boar Intestines5silver40copper

41× Mild Spicesvendor4silver10copper

9× Simple Woodvendor3silver42copper

10× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper20copper

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.