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1–50Craft ~120× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 7silver20copperafter selling for 55silver20copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

50–67Craft ~23× Linen Beltcosts 17silver25copperafter selling for 5silver6copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

67–77Craft ~13× Bolt of Woolen Clothearns 4silver42copperafter selling for 35silver62copper

recipe →each: 3× Wool Cloth

77–79Craft ~3× Red Linen Bagcosts 4silver98copperafter selling for 9silver96copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 1silver

79–95Craft ~21× Woolen Capecosts 58silver17copperafter selling for 29silver82copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

95–118Craft ~30× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 41silver70copperafter selling for 2gold79silver30copper

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

118–131Craft ~18× Red Woolen Bagearns 85silver32copperafter selling for 3gold42silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 19silver

131–138Craft ~11× Gloves of Meditationcosts 1gold76copperafter selling for 83silver60copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Elixir of Wisdom

138–140Craft ~2× Small Silk Packcosts 36silver80copperafter selling for 40silver

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)

140–163Craft ~25× Earthen Vestcosts 3gold99silver75copperafter selling for 6gold74silver

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

163–171Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold47silver60copperafter selling for 1gold90silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

171–175Craft ~5× Long Silken Cloakcosts 95silver75copperafter selling for 1gold37silver75copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

175–183Craft ~9× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 2gold33silver10copperafter selling for 2gold18silver70copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

183–187Craft ~5× White Bandit Maskearns 2gold82silverafter selling for 6gold3silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 95silver

187–194Craft ~9× Earthen Silk Cuffscosts 2gold96silver64copperafter selling for 2gold5silver11copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Earthen Silk Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

194–195Craft ~1× Long Silken Cloakcosts 46silver70copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

195–215Craft ~27× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 1gold28silver52copperafter selling for 6gold92silver28copper

recipe →each: 5× Runecloth

215–219Craft ~7× Long Silken Cloakcosts 3gold26silver90copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

219–227Craft ~9× Runecloth Beltcosts 7gold57silver80copperafter selling for 4gold60silver8copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)

227–230Craft ~3× Brightcloth Robecosts 2gold70silver3copperafter selling for 3gold62silver67copper

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

230–250Craft ~21× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 17gold91silver30copperafter selling for 20gold40silver36copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

250–286Craft ~50× Runecloth Headbandcosts 50gold17silverafter selling for 56gold79silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Runecloth Headband (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

286–293Craft ~14× Runecloth Shoulderscosts 28gold99silver40copperafter selling for 17gold59silver80copper

recipe →each: 7× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Ironweb Spider Silk, 4× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders first: 5gold

293–300Craft ~7× Loomcosts 34gold38silver96copper

recipe →each: 1× Bottled Screams, 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Simple Wood (vendor)

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452× Bolt of Runecloth128gold54silver88copper

97× Rune Threadvendor48gold50silver

128× Ironweb Spider Silk32gold10silver24copper

7× Bottled Screams26gold32silver

237× Bolt of Silk Cloth23gold22silver60copper

135× Runecloth8gold20silver80copper

56× Rugged Leather4gold69silver84copper

48× Gold Bar4gold48silver80copper

137× Bolt of Woolen Cloth4gold37silver3copper

34× Elemental Earth3gold92silver70copper

120× Silk Cloth2gold37silver60copper

5× Bolt of Mageweave2gold20silver

40× Silken Threadvendor2gold

147× Fine Threadvendor1gold47silver

5× Heavy Silken Threadvendor1gold

240× Linen Cloth48silver

13× Mana Potion32silver50copper

39× Wool Cloth31silver20copper

35× Bolt of Linen Cloth30silver45copper

55× Red Dyevendor27silver50copper

4× Heavy Leather12silver

11× Elixir of Wisdom11silver

28× Simple Woodvendor10silver64copper

23× Coarse Threadvendor2silver30copper

5× Bleachvendor1silver25copper

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.