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Steps

1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 20silver68copperafter selling for 26silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–84Craft ~141× Rough Grinding Stonecosts 29silver61copperafter selling for 7silver5copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

84–85Craft ~1× Runed Copper Beltcosts 6silver12copperafter selling for 1silver98copper

recipe →each: 10× Copper Bar

85–115Craft ~42× Blackfathom Sharpening Stonecosts 39silver48copperafter selling for 52silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Coarse Sharpening Stone, 1× Lesser Magic Essence

115–126Craft ~11× Iron Bucklecosts 22copperafter selling for 60silver6copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

126–150Craft ~51× Bronze Shortswordcosts 1gold13silver44copperafter selling for 6gold59silver72copper

recipe →each: 5× Bronze Bar, 4× Weak Flux (vendor), 2× Medium Leather

150–157Craft ~8× Bronze Warhammercosts 1gold38silver88copperafter selling for 1gold52silver

recipe →each: 8× Bronze Bar, 1× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Medium Leather

157–160Craft ~3× Green Iron Shoulderscosts 66silver75copperafter selling for 77silver13copper

recipe →each: 7× Iron Bar, 1× Heavy Grinding Stone, 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Plans: Green Iron Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

160–185Craft ~45× Solid Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold7silver10copperafter selling for 3gold41silver10copper

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

185–190Craft ~10× Barbaric Iron Helmcosts 3gold50silver10copperafter selling for 3gold33silver70copper

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)

190–211Craft ~22× Mithril Plate Pantscosts 16gold60silver34copperafter selling for 17gold71silver66copper

recipe →each: 12× Mithril Bar

211–232Craft ~23× Mithril Coifcosts 23gold19silver55copperafter selling for 18gold29silver65copper

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

232–235Craft ~4× Heavy Mithril Helmcosts 5gold56silver40copperafter selling for 2gold31silver60copper

recipe →each: 14× Mithril Bar, 1× Aquamarineneeds Plans: Heavy Mithril Helm (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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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Copy for Auctionator

550× Mithril Bar71gold50silver

138× Mageweave Cloth11gold59silver20copper

132× Iron Bar7gold23silver36copper

319× Bronze Bar6gold25silver24copper

45× Solid Stone2gold34silver

204× Weak Fluxvendor2gold4silver

8× Strong Fluxvendor1gold60silver

20× Large Fang1gold20silver

110× Medium Leather74silver80copper

42× Lesser Magic Essence67silver20copper

4× Aquamarine60silver

326× Rough Stone42silver38copper

3× Heavy Grinding Stone25silver80copper

42× Coarse Sharpening Stone24silver78copper

20× Sharp Claw15silver80copper

10× Copper Bar8silver10copper

3× Green Dyevendor3silver

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.