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Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 21copperafter selling for 5silver88copper

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

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellearns 2silver95copperafter selling for 4silver70copper

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

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritcosts 9silver84copperafter selling for 3silver

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 3silver

25–31Craft ~6× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 33silver12copperafter selling for 42silver60copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 1gold

31–35Craft ~4× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 52silver12copperafter selling for 4copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion (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: 48silver97copper

40–78Craft ~49× Elixir of Minor Defensecosts 19silver11copperafter selling for 2silver45copper

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

78–90Craft ~14× Elixir of Minor Fortitudecosts 12silver18copperafter selling for 2silver80copper

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)

90–96Craft ~6× Lesser Frenzy Potioncosts 7silver2copperafter selling for 6copper

recipe →each: 1× Briarthorn, 2× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Lesser Frenzy Potion first: 18silver

96–135Craft ~43× Elixir of Giant Growthearns 2gold59silver72copperafter selling for 3gold58silver19copper

recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth first: 1silver49copper

135–160Craft ~29× Fire Oilearns 16silver82copperafter selling for 53silver94copper

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

160–175Craft ~15× Elixir of Ogre Strengthearns 13silver20copperafter selling for 39silver90copper

recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial

175–230Craft ~100× Great Rage Potioncosts 53silver80copperafter selling for 1gold81silver20copper

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

230–235Craft ~9× Elixir of Defensecosts 11silver61copperafter selling for 40silver68copper

recipe →each: 1× Wild Steelbloom, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Leaded Vial

235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilcosts 4silver50copperafter selling for 1gold12silver50copper

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

260–262Craft ~3× Elixir of Greater Intellectcosts 29silver25copperafter selling for 85silver41copper

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

262–287Craft ~35× Elixir of Holy Powercosts 13gold85silver65copperafter selling for 12silver25copper

recipe →each: 3× Fire Oil, 3× Firebloom, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Holy Power first: 99silver

287–291Craft ~7× Limited Invulnerability Potioncosts 4gold28silver12copperafter selling for 2silver10copper

recipe →each: 2× Blindweed, 1× Ghost Mushroom, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Limited Invulnerability Potion first: 27silver

291–300Craft ~9× Greater Frost Protection Potioncosts 8gold94silver87copperafter selling for 67silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Elemental Water, 1× Dreamfoil, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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54× Crystal Vialvendor13gold50silver

9× Dreamfoil6gold75silver

105× Firebloom4gold20silver

17× Blindweed1gold90silver91copper

169× Leaded Vial1gold69silver

20× Mageroyal1gold24silver20copper

105× Fire Oil1gold2silver90copper

7× Ghost Mushroom98silver

100× Large Fang93silver

43× Deviate Fish74silver39copper

45× Stonescale Eel72silver

9× Elemental Water62silver37copper

115× Kingsblood48silver30copper

122× Earthroot43silver92copper

194× Empty Vialvendor38silver80copper

9× Goldthorn35silver82copper

58× Firefin Snapper31silver32copper

85× Peacebloom12silver75copper

9× Wild Steelbloom7silver47copper

75× Silverleaf6silver75copper

3× Khadgar's Whisker5silver97copper

4× Bruiseweed1silver68copper

6× Briarthorn1silver56copper

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.