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1–36Craft ~44× Rough Sharpening Stoneearns 9silver78copperafter selling for 11silver54copper

recipe →each: 1× Rough Stone

36–85Craft ~181× Rough Grinding Stoneearns 1silver81copperafter selling for 16silver29copper

recipe →each: 2× Rough Stone

85–112Craft ~38× Heavy Sharpening Stoneearns 1gold6silver40copperafter selling for 1gold44silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone

112–127Craft ~16× Iron Buckleearns 1gold42silver56copperafter selling for 2gold11silver84copper

recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar

127–147Craft ~37× Bronze Shortswordcosts 1gold5silver8copperafter selling for 4gold20silver32copper

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

147–160Craft ~13× Green Iron Shoulderscosts 1gold37silver80copperafter selling for 3gold34silver23copper

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)

160–165Craft ~5× Solid Sharpening Stonecosts 6silver30copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Solid Stone

165–185Craft ~21× Glinting Steel Daggerearns 3gold1silver77copperafter selling for 16gold95silver12copper

recipe →each: 10× Steel Bar, 2× Strong Flux (vendor), 1× Moss Agate, 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Heavy Leather

185–225Craft ~111× Steel Breastplateearns 27gold91silver65copperafter selling for 62gold32silver65copper

recipe →each: 16× Steel Bar, 3× Heavy Grinding Stone

225–231Craft ~13× Golden Scale Coifcosts 7gold16silver30copper

recipe →each: 8× Steel Bar, 2× Gold Bar, 2× Heavy Grinding Stone

231–235Craft ~9× Golden Scale Cuirasscosts 7gold47silver90copper

recipe →each: 12× Steel Bar, 2× Gold Bar, 4× Heavy Grinding Stone, 2× Jade

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

2,198× Steel Bar21gold98silver

408× Heavy Grinding Stone20gold40silver

42× Strong Fluxvendor8gold40silver

44× Gold Bar8gold16silver20copper

107× Iron Bar4gold63silver31copper

185× Bronze Bar3gold33silver

21× Elemental Earth2gold10silver

148× Weak Fluxvendor1gold48silver

18× Jade1gold26silver

21× Moss Agate84silver

21× Heavy Leather49silver35copper

74× Medium Leather44silver40copper

38× Heavy Stone38silver

406× Rough Stone16silver24copper

13× Green Dyevendor13silver

5× Solid Stone8silver30copper

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.