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Steps

1–51Craft ~64× Light Armor Kitcosts 41silver60copperafter selling for 9silver60copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

51–54Craft ~6× Handstitched Leather Cloakcosts 8silver16copperafter selling for 2silver4copper

recipe →each: 2× Light Leather, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

54–55Craft ~1× Small Leather Ammo Pouchcosts 2silver55copperafter selling for 25copper

recipe →each: 3× Light Leather, 4× Coarse Thread (vendor)

55–75Craft ~21× Embossed Leather Glovescosts 39silver69copperafter selling for 14silver91copper

recipe →each: 3× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)

75–94Craft ~20× Medium Armor Kitcosts 42silverafter selling for 40silver

recipe →each: 4× Medium Leather, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

94–111Craft ~18× Fine Leather Pantscosts 48silver78copperafter selling for 1gold49silver22copper

recipe →each: 8× Medium Leather, 1× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Fine Leather Pants (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

111–120Craft ~9× Heavy Leathercosts 22silver5copperafter selling for 22silver95copper

recipe →each: 5× Medium Leather

120–141Craft ~24× Cured Heavy Hidecosts 78silverafter selling for 54silver

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Hide, 3× Salt (vendor)

141–153Craft ~14× Hillman's Cloakcosts 94silver22copperafter selling for 1gold43silver78copper

recipe →each: 5× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

153–166Craft ~14× Dusky Leather Leggingscosts 1gold54silver42copperafter selling for 4gold33silver58copper

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Dusky Leather Leggings (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

166–179Craft ~16× Thick Leathercosts 1gold24silver80copperafter selling for 1gold63silver20copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather

179–184Craft ~6× Dusky Bracerscosts 2gold79silver24copperafter selling for 1gold28silver76copper

recipe →each: 16× Heavy Leather, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

184–185Craft ~1× Thick Armor Kitcosts 55silverafter selling for 10silver

recipe →each: 5× Thick Leather, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

185–210Craft ~29× Nightscape Headbandcosts 11gold82silver62copperafter selling for 8gold47silver38copper

recipe →each: 5× Thick Leather, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

210–225Craft ~15× Rugged Leathercosts 10gold5silverafter selling for 75silver

recipe →each: 6× Thick Leather

225–237Craft ~18× Nightscape Pantscosts 18gold16silver56copperafter selling for 15gold67silver44copper

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

237–250Craft ~64× Nightscape Bootscosts 102gold66silver88copperafter selling for 45gold81silver12copper

recipe →each: 16× Thick Leather, 2× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)

Skill 250–300: 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

1,516× Thick Leather181gold92silver

128× Heavy Silken Threadvendor25gold60silver

402× Heavy Leather12gold6silver

143× Silken Threadvendor7gold15silver

269× Medium Leather2gold69silver

20× Black Dyevendor2gold

142× Light Leather1gold13silver60copper

24× Heavy Hide96silver

74× Fine Threadvendor74silver

18× Bolt of Woolen Cloth36silver

72× Saltvendor36silver

72× Coarse Threadvendor7silver20copper

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.