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Steps

1–20Craft ~19× Bolt of Linen Clothcosts 15silver20copperafter selling for 7silver60copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

20–41Craft ~22× White Linen Shirtcosts 13silver20copperafter selling for 16silver50copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Bleach (vendor)

41–48Craft ~8× Brown Linen Vestcosts 6silver32copperafter selling for 2silver48copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

48–57Craft ~10× Linen Beltcosts 8silver80copperafter selling for 2silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

57–81Craft ~32× Bolt of Woolen Clothcosts 35silver20copperafter selling for 32silver

recipe →each: 3× Wool Cloth

81–95Craft ~23× Red Linen Bagcosts 44silver50copperafter selling for 82silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Red Linen Bag (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 84silverafter selling for 2gold10silver

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold74silver60copperafter selling for 89silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

131–147Craft ~17× Bolt of Mageweavecosts 2gold55silverafter selling for 2gold12silver50copper

recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth

147–151Craft ~5× Small Silk Packcosts 95silver50copperafter selling for 1gold

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)

151–155Craft ~4× Green Silk Packearns 2gold83silver80copperafter selling for 4gold96silver40copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Green Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

155–174Craft ~20× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 4gold49silver60copperafter selling for 4gold10silver40copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

174–190Craft ~20× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 5gold34silverafter selling for 4gold86silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

190–197Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 4gold8silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

197–232Craft ~73× Long Silken Cloakcosts 39gold42silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

232–250Craft ~105× Crimson Silk Robecosts 320gold25silver

recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 4× Elemental Fire, 2× Mana Potion, 4× Red Dye (vendor), 1× 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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420× Elemental Fire210gold

1,379× Bolt of Silk Cloth137gold90silver

283× Mana Potion25gold47silver

226× Silken Threadvendor11gold30silver

85× Mageweave Cloth4gold67silver50copper

140× Silk Cloth2gold94silver

539× Red Dyevendor2gold69silver50copper

132× Bolt of Linen Cloth1gold32silver

102× Fine Threadvendor1gold2silver

96× Wool Cloth67silver20copper

22× Heavy Leather67silver10copper

8× Iron Buckle40silver

38× Linen Cloth22silver80copper

24× Blue Dyevendor12silver

22× Bleachvendor5silver50copper

40× Coarse Threadvendor4silver

4× Green Dyevendor4silver

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.