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Steps

1–37Craft ~37× Light Armor Kitearns 21silver83copperafter selling for 31silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

37–65Craft ~29× Rugged Leather Pantscosts 3silver77copperafter selling for 46silver98copper

recipe →each: 5× Light Leather, 5× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Rugged Leather Pants first: 4silver

65–96Craft ~31× Fine Leather Bootsearns 36silver72copperafter selling for 97silver17copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Fine Leather Boots first: 10silver

96–101Craft ~5× Dark Leather Tunicearns 4silver45copperafter selling for 34silver45copper

recipe →each: 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Gray Dyebuy Pattern: Dark Leather Tunic first: 9silver99copper

101–116Craft ~15× Dark Leather Pantsearns 51silver45copperafter selling for 1gold86silver45copper

recipe →each: 12× Medium Leather, 1× Gray Dye, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

116–140Craft ~25× Hillman's Leather Bootsearns 35silverafter selling for 3gold10silver

recipe →each: 1× Cured Medium Hide, 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Hillman's Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 4gold93silver12copperafter 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)

180–185Craft ~5× Swift Bootscosts 57silver25copperafter selling for 2gold12silver65copper

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 2× Swiftness Potion, 2× Thick Spider's Silk, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Swift Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

185–210Craft ~29× Nightscape Tunicearns 1gold24silver99copperafter selling for 11gold25silver49copper

recipe →each: 7× Thick Leather, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

210–245Craft ~87× Nightscape Pantsearns 15gold72silver96copperafter selling for 75gold75silver96copper

recipe →each: 14× Thick Leather, 4× Silken Thread (vendor)

245–246Craft ~4× Nightscape Bootscosts 97silver68copperafter selling for 2gold86silver32copper

recipe →each: 16× Thick Leather, 2× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)

246–253Craft ~14× Big Voodoo Maskcosts 10gold92silver

recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 6× Flask of Mojo, 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)

253–256Craft ~3× Blue Suede Shoescosts 6gold17silver55copperafter selling for 2gold89silver95copper

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

256–262Craft ~7× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 14gold53silver6copperafter selling for 7gold30silver94copper

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)

262–283Craft ~22× Blue Suede Shoulderscosts 49gold76silver84copperafter selling for 30gold75silver16copper

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)

283–300Craft ~18× Blue Suede Bracerscosts 47gold62silver8copperafter selling for 18gold16silver92copper

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)

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480× Rugged Leather151gold20silver

1,597× Thick Leather55gold89silver50copper

50× Rune Threadvendor25gold

411× Silken Threadvendor20gold55silver

418× Heavy Leather12gold12silver20copper

552× Raptor Hide11gold4silver

22× Heavy Silken Threadvendor4gold40silver

84× Flask of Mojo4gold20silver

229× Fine Threadvendor2gold29silver

360× Medium Leather1gold80silver

25× Cured Medium Hide1gold75silver

399× Light Leather99silver75copper

10× Thick Spider's Silk80silver

7× Orange Dyevendor70silver

20× Gray Dye40silver

65× Blue Dyevendor32silver50copper

207× Coarse Threadvendor20silver70copper

10× Swiftness Potion19silver90copper

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.