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Steps

1–30Craft ~29× Light Armor Kitcosts 2silver3copperafter selling for 4silver93copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

30–65Craft ~36× Rugged Leather Pantscosts 2silver88copperafter selling for 58silver32copper

recipe →each: 5× Light Leather, 5× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Rugged Leather Pants first: 3silver

65–125Craft ~150× Fine Leather Bootsearns 10silver50copperafter selling for 2gold92silver50copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Fine Leather Boots first: 4silver

125–134Craft ~11× Hillman's Beltcosts 13silver75copperafter selling for 77silver55copper

recipe →each: 8× Medium Leather, 1× Elixir of Wisdom, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Hillman's Belt first: 9silver99copper

134–140Craft ~6× Hillman's Leather Glovescosts 11silver46copperafter selling for 62silver94copper

recipe →each: 14× Medium Leather, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 6gold51silver36copperafter 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)

180–199Craft ~20× Swift Bootscosts 2gold77silver40copperafter selling for 8gold50silver60copper

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 2× Swiftness Potion, 2× Thick Spider's Silk, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Swift Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

199–216Craft ~22× Turtle Scale Breastplatecosts 3gold59silver26copperafter selling for 16gold64silver74copper

recipe →each: 6× Thick Leather, 12× Turtle Scale, 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)

216–235Craft ~23× Rugged Armor Kitcosts 8gold5silverafter selling for 2gold30silver

recipe →each: 5× Rugged Leather

235–257Craft ~23× Blue Suede Shoescosts 5gold94silver55copperafter selling for 22gold22silver95copper

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)

257–260Craft ~3× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 82silver74copperafter selling for 3gold13silver26copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Orange Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Tooled Leather Boots (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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Copy for Auctionator

1,243× Rugged Leather111gold87silver

118× Rune Threadvendor59gold

568× Heavy Leather13gold34silver80copper

552× Raptor Hide11gold48silver16copper

132× Thick Leather10gold56silver

264× Turtle Scale5gold28silver

22× Heavy Silken Threadvendor4gold40silver

40× Thick Spider's Silk3gold58silver

1,259× Light Leather3gold2silver16copper

230× Fine Threadvendor2gold30silver

40× Swiftness Potion2gold

207× Blue Dyevendor1gold3silver50copper

172× Medium Leather1gold3silver20copper

20× Silken Threadvendor1gold

480× Coarse Threadvendor48silver

3× Orange Dyevendor30silver

11× Elixir of Wisdom16silver50copper

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.