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Steps

1–35Craft ~35× Light Armor Kitcosts 47silver25copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

35–68Craft ~57× Cured Light Hidecosts 22silver80copperafter selling for 62silver70copper

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

68–75Craft ~8× Embossed Leather Glovescosts 31silver92copperafter selling for 5silver68copper

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

75–105Craft ~65× Cured Medium Hidecosts 32silver50copperafter selling for 1gold30silver

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

105–119Craft ~35× Fine Leather Bootscosts 3gold6silver25copperafter selling for 68silver25copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Fine Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

119–120Craft ~1× Heavy Leathercosts 37silver33copperafter selling for 2silver67copper

recipe →each: 5× Medium Leather

120–125Craft ~5× Cured Heavy Hidecosts 40silver65copperafter selling for 11silver25copper

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

125–127Craft ~3× Heavy Leather Ballcosts 21silver75copperafter selling for 15copper

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

127–130Craft ~3× Cured Heavy Hidecosts 24silver39copperafter selling for 6silver75copper

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

130–140Craft ~10× Hillman's Cloakcosts 74silver80copperafter selling for 1gold2silver70copper

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

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 1gold25silver12copperafter 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)

180–185Craft ~5× Thick Armor Kitcosts 1goldafter selling for 50silver

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

185–210Craft ~29× Nightscape Headbandcosts 1gold67silver62copperafter selling for 8gold47silver38copper

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

210–245Craft ~87× Nightscape Pantscosts 2gold54silver4copperafter selling for 75gold75silver96copper

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

245–260Craft ~67× Big Voodoo Maskcosts 58gold29silver

recipe →each: 8× Thick Leather, 6× Flask of Mojo, 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)

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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1,924× Thick Leather96gold20silver

411× Silken Threadvendor20gold55silver

402× Flask of Mojo18gold9silver

552× Raptor Hide13gold80silver

67× Heavy Silken Threadvendor13gold40silver

424× Heavy Leather13gold35silver60copper

304× Light Leather4gold56silver

207× Fine Threadvendor2gold7silver

65× Medium Hide1gold30silver

146× Saltvendor73silver

8× Heavy Hide71silver4copper

57× Light Hide57silver

5× Medium Leather40silver

86× Coarse Threadvendor8silver60copper

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.