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1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 7silver80copperafter selling for 11silver32copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–84Craft ~141× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 4silver31copperafter selling for 18silver25copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

84–85Craft ~1× Runed Copper Beltcosts 3silver52copperafter selling for 1silver98copper

recipe →each: 10× Copper Bar

85–104Craft ~20× Heavy Sharpening Stonecosts 32silverafter selling for 8silver

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

104–146Craft ~94× Heavy Copper Broadswordcosts 1gold96silver46copperafter selling for 10gold66silver90copper

recipe →each: 14× Copper Bar, 2× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Tigerseye, 2× Medium Leather

146–149Craft ~6× Silvered Bronze Bootscosts 67silver92copperafter selling for 55silver8copper

recipe →each: 6× Bronze Bar, 1× Silver Bar, 2× Coarse Grinding Stone

149–157Craft ~9× Silvered Bronze Leggingscosts 1gold90silver26copperafter selling for 2gold12silver94copper

recipe →each: 12× Bronze Bar, 4× Silver Bar, 2× Coarse Grinding Stoneneeds Plans: Silvered Bronze Leggings (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

157–159Craft ~3× Green Iron Gauntletscosts 64silver17copperafter selling for 38silver85copper

recipe →each: 4× Iron Bar, 2× Small Lustrous Pearl, 2× Coarse Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

159–160Craft ~1× Green Iron Bracerscosts 24silver68copperafter selling for 11silver6copper

recipe →each: 6× Iron Bar, 1× Green Dye (vendor)

160–183Craft ~30× Solid Sharpening Stonecosts 2gold88silverafter selling for 12silver

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

183–195Craft ~29× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 8gold84silver21copperafter selling for 9gold67silver73copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Large Fang, 2× Sharp Clawneeds Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

195–212Craft ~28× Golden Scale Leggingscosts 41gold97silver20copper

recipe →each: 10× Iron Bar, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone

212–218Craft ~7× Mithril Plate Glovescosts 31gold19silver83copperafter selling for 3gold11silver29copper

recipe →each: 8× Mithril Bar, 6× Heavy Leather, 4× Mageweave Cloth

218–230Craft ~13× Mithril Coifcosts 67gold80silver67copperafter selling for 10gold34silver15copper

recipe →each: 10× Mithril Bar, 6× Mageweave Cloth

230–235Craft ~6× Heavy Mithril Bootscosts 39gold90silver6copperafter selling for 3gold46silver14copper

recipe →each: 14× Mithril Bar, 4× Thick Leather

235–260Craft ~45× Baleful Pauldronscosts 0copper

recipe →each:

Skill 260–300: 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).

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270× Mithril Bar134gold86silver50copper

588× Iron Bar34gold4silver52copper

106× Mageweave Cloth17gold95silver64copper

28× Heavy Grinding Stone14gold

56× Gold Bar11gold76silver

1,326× Copper Bar7gold29silver30copper

144× Bronze Bar3gold74silver40copper

30× Solid Stone3gold

188× Tigerseye2gold14silver32copper

188× Weak Fluxvendor1gold88silver

42× Heavy Leather1gold59silver60copper

24× Thick Leather1gold40silver40copper

188× Medium Leather1gold37silver24copper

42× Silver Bar1gold21silver80copper

58× Large Fang1gold16silver

58× Sharp Claw56silver84copper

20× Heavy Stone40silver

36× Coarse Grinding Stone36silver

326× Rough Stone26silver8copper

6× Small Lustrous Pearl24silver54copper

4× Green Dyevendor4silver

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.