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Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 66silver15copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

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

Skill 15–25: 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).

25–35Craft ~17× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 50silver15copperafter selling for 4silver25copper

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

35–59Craft ~26× Sulfuric Acidcosts 1gold27silver66copperafter selling for 32silver50copper

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

59–60Craft ~1× Elixir of Minor Agilitycosts 6silver24copperafter selling for 15copper

recipe →each: 1× Swiftthistle, 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Elixir of Minor Agility (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

60–110Craft ~58× Rage Potioncosts 1gold97silver20copperafter selling for 17silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Sharp Claw, 1× Briarthorn, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Rage Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

110–130Craft ~22× Elixir of Wisdomcosts 1gold47silver40copperafter selling for 22silver

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

130–135Craft ~5× Lesser Mana Potioncosts 27silverafter selling for 1silver50copper

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

135–160Craft ~29× Fire Oilcosts 1gold27silver60copperafter selling for 6silver96copper

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

160–169Craft ~18× Lesser Mana Potioncosts 97silver20copperafter selling for 5silver40copper

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

169–175Craft ~6× Mana Potioncosts 79silver80copperafter selling for 7silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Stranglekelp, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)

175–209Craft ~37× Great Rage Potioncosts 4gold7silverafter selling for 55silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vial (vendor)needs Recipe: Great Rage Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

209–235Craft ~34× Draught of Detect Lesser Invisibilitycosts 5gold61silverafter selling for 51silver

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

235–260Craft ~45× Flask of Everlasting Nightmarescosts 11gold25silver

recipe →each: 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)

260–265Craft ~92× Restorative Potioncosts 94gold76silverafter selling for 1gold84silver

recipe →each: 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Crystal Vial (vendor)

Skill 265–300: 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

92× Elemental Earth36gold80silver

92× Goldthorn36gold80silver

137× Crystal Vialvendor34gold25silver

43× Kingsblood3gold65silver50copper

102× Briarthorn3gold6silver

34× Khadgar's Whisker2gold72silver

34× Fadeleaf2gold72silver

52× Pyrite1gold54silver96copper

77× Leaded Vialvendor1gold54silver

58× Firefin Snapper1gold28silver76copper

79× Mageroyal1gold18silver50copper

29× Stranglekelp1gold16silver

37× Large Fang74silver

22× Silverleaf70silver40copper

197× Empty Vialvendor39silver40copper

58× Sharp Claw29silver

1× Swiftthistle2silver99copper

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.