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1–34Craft ~42× Light Leathercosts 2silver94copperafter selling for 8silver40copper

recipe →each: 3× Ruined Leather Scraps

34–35Craft ~2× Light Armor Kitcosts 70copperafter selling for 30copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

35–69Craft ~67× Cured Light Hideearns 64silver99copperafter selling for 1gold40silver70copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Hide, 1× Salt (vendor)

69–75Craft ~6× Deviate Scale Cloakcosts 4silver32copperafter selling for 24silver78copper

recipe →each: 8× Deviate Scale, 1× Cured Light Hide, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Deviate Scale Cloak first: 99silver

75–96Craft ~23× Cured Medium Hideearns 33silver58copperafter selling for 87silver17copper

recipe →each: 1× Medium Hide, 1× Salt (vendor)

96–110Craft ~17× Dark Leather Tunicearns 43silver1copperafter selling for 1gold69silver49copper

recipe →each: 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Gray Dyebuy Pattern: Dark Leather Tunic first: 3silver70copper

110–140Craft ~31× Hillman's Leather Bootsearns 61silver69copperafter selling for 3gold84silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Cured Medium Hide, 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Hillman's Leather Boots first: 25silver

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 8gold61silver12copperafter selling for 28gold48silver32copper

recipe →each: 6× Raptor Hide, 4× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

180–200Craft ~21× Swift Bootsearns 4gold31silver41copperafter selling for 13gold61silver71copper

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 2× Swiftness Potion, 2× Thick Spider's Silk, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Swift Boots first: 11silver

200–205Craft ~5× Stalker's Mail Bootsearns 70copperafter selling for 2gold21silver50copper

recipe →each: 8× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Medium Hide, 2× Elemental Airbuy Pattern: Stalker's Mail Boots first: 2gold70silver

205–208Craft ~7× Swift Bootsearns 2gold21silver90copperafter selling for 5gold32silver

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 2× Swiftness Potion, 2× Thick Spider's Silk, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

208–210Craft ~4× Nightscape Tunicearns 22silver60copperafter selling for 1gold90silver

recipe →each: 7× Thick Leather, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

210–245Craft ~87× Nightscape Pantsearns 2gold94silver6copperafter selling for 75gold75silver96copper

recipe →each: 14× Thick Leather, 4× Silken Thread (vendor)

245–255Craft ~10× Blue Suede Shoescosts 2gold58silver50copperafter selling for 9gold66silver50copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoes (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

255–260Craft ~5× Chimeric Leggingscosts 1gold18silver35copperafter selling for 8gold11silver65copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 8× Chimera Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Chimeric Leggings (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

260–300Craft ~92× Blue Suede Shoulderscosts 1gold12silver24copperafter selling for 128gold59silver76copper

recipe →each: 10× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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1,040× Rugged Leather93gold60silver

1,246× Thick Leather56gold69silver30copper

107× Rune Threadvendor53gold50silver

384× Silken Threadvendor19gold20silver

688× Heavy Leather12gold24silver64copper

552× Raptor Hide11gold48silver16copper

56× Thick Spider's Silk4gold20silver

40× Chimera Leather3gold20silver

238× Fine Threadvendor2gold38silver

288× Medium Leather2gold13silver12copper

41× Cured Medium Hide2gold3silver77copper

56× Swiftness Potion1gold82silver

10× Elemental Air99silver90copper

194× Blue Dyevendor97silver

90× Saltvendor45silver

67× Light Hide42silver21copper

23× Medium Hide42silver9copper

17× Gray Dye34silver

6× Cured Light Hide13silver50copper

126× Ruined Leather Scraps11silver34copper

48× Deviate Scale9silver60copper

2× Light Leather1silver

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.