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Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 84copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

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

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellcosts 1silver75copper

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

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 8silver16copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 5silver

25–35Craft ~17× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 7silver65copperafter selling for 4silver25copper

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

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 2silver15copperafter selling for 5copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 3silver

40–65Craft ~27× Elixir of Minor Strengthcosts 81copperafter selling for 14silver85copper

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

65–80Craft ~19× Minor Mana Potionearns 6silver65copperafter selling for 18silver5copper

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

80–85Craft ~6× Elixir of Minor Fortitudecosts 3silver6copperafter selling for 2silver52copper

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)

85–92Craft ~8× Lesser Spellblasting Potioncosts 3silver4copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

92–149Craft ~79× Elixir of Giant Growthcosts 42silver66copperafter selling for 75silver5copper

recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth first: 2silver80copper

149–160Craft ~15× Fire Oilcosts 28silver80copperafter selling for 3silver60copper

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

160–189Craft ~32× Greater Discolored Healing Potioncosts 49silver28copperafter selling for 40silver

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

189–215Craft ~34× Great Rage Potioncosts 77silver86copperafter selling for 51silver

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

215–216Craft ~1× Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibilitycosts 4silver40copperafter selling for 1silver50copper

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

216–235Craft ~23× Catseye Draughtcosts 1gold3silver50copperafter selling for 34silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Goldthorn, 1× Fadeleaf, 1× Leaded Vial

235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilearns 27silverafter selling for 1gold12silver50copper

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

260–270Craft ~118× Lesser Stoneshield Potioncosts 71gold9silver50copperafter selling for 4gold42silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Mithril Ore, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Leaded Vialneeds Recipe: Lesser Stoneshield Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

Skill 270–300: 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

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118× Mithril Ore70gold80silver

141× Goldthorn4gold23silver

253× Leaded Vial2gold53silver

79× Deviate Fish79silver

34× Large Fang68silver

66× Kingsblood52silver14copper

24× Fadeleaf48silver

214× Empty Vialvendor42silver80copper

142× Earthroot41silver18copper

45× Stonescale Eel40silver50copper

32× Murloc Eye32silver

30× Firefin Snapper29silver40copper

61× Mageroyal15silver25copper

47× Peacebloom7silver5copper

69× Silverleaf6silver21copper

1× Khadgar's Whisker2silver90copper

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.