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Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 1silver5copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

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

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellearns 1silver95copperafter selling for 3silver80copper

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

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 12silver48copperafter selling for 3silver

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

25–32Craft ~8× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 12silver24copperafter selling for 2silver

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

32–35Craft ~3× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 6silver39copperafter selling for 3copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 50silver

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 2silver30copperafter selling for 5copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 2silver99copper

40–74Craft ~41× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 11silver48copperafter selling for 7silver79copper

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

74–105Craft ~35× Rage Potioncosts 27silver30copperafter selling for 10silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Rage Potion first: 5silver

105–135Craft ~34× Elixir of Wisdomcosts 25silver50copperafter selling for 34silver

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

135–162Craft ~33× Fire Oilearns 26silver40copperafter selling for 49silver50copper

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

162–175Craft ~13× Greater Discolored Healing Potioncosts 14silver56copperafter selling for 16silver25copper

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

175–228Craft ~88× Great Rage Potioncosts 83silver60copperafter selling for 1gold41silver68copper

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Great Rage Potion first: 94silver86copper

228–232Craft ~16× Troll's Blood Elixirearns 60silverafter selling for 1gold4silver64copper

recipe →each: 1× Liferoot, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Troll's Blood Elixir first: 2gold

232–235Craft ~6× Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibilitycosts 30silver12copperafter selling for 9silver

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

235–257Craft ~26× Stonescale Oilcosts 87silver62copperafter selling for 65silver

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

257–283Craft ~60× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 3gold91silver44copperafter selling for 6gold75silver36copper

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

283–290Craft ~9× Elixir of Greater Defensecosts 88silver20copperafter selling for 3gold24silver90copper

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

290–300Craft ~10× Greater Frost Protection Potioncosts 4gold35silverafter 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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79× Crystal Vial5gold53silver

60× Blindweed5gold38silver80copper

10× Dreamfoil4gold

18× Stonescale Oil2gold15silver10copper

9× Sungrass1gold35silver

26× Stonescale Eel1gold30silver

149× Leaded Vial1gold29silver63copper

66× Khadgar's Whisker1gold18silver80copper

88× Large Fang1gold3silver84copper

101× Kingsblood51silver51copper

56× Mageroyal44silver24copper

10× Elemental Water40silver

197× Empty Vialvendor39silver40copper

103× Briarthorn39silver14copper

16× Liferoot24silver96copper

6× Fadeleaf23silver10copper

35× Sharp Claw17silver50copper

66× Firefin Snapper16silver50copper

13× Murloc Eye12silver87copper

24× Earthroot11silver4copper

63× Peacebloom10silver71copper

19× Bruiseweed6silver84copper

67× Silverleaf6silver70copper

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.