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Steps

1–35Craft ~35× Light Armor Kitcosts 12silver25copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

35–69Craft ~67× Cured Light Hideearns 1gold13silver90copperafter selling for 1gold90silver95copper

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

69–75Craft ~7× Embossed Leather Glovescosts 3silver29copperafter selling for 8silver61copper

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

75–96Craft ~23× Medium Armor Kitcosts 3silver91copperafter selling for 65silver55copper

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

96–110Craft ~15× Fine Leather Pantscosts 23silver25copperafter selling for 1gold24silver35copper

recipe →each: 8× Medium Leather, 1× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Fine Leather Pants first: 8silver

110–140Craft ~31× Hillman's Leather Bootsearns 4silver34copperafter selling for 3gold84silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Cured Medium Hide, 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Hillman's Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 49silver68copperafter 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× Swift Bootscosts 54silver65copperafter selling for 2gold12silver65copper

recipe →each: 10× Heavy Leather, 2× Swiftness Potion, 2× Thick Spider's Silk, 1× Silken Threadbuy Pattern: Swift Boots first: 1gold60silver

185–200Craft ~15× Nightscape Headbandearns 56silver25copperafter selling for 6gold41silver25copper

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

200–205Craft ~5× Skycaller's Mail Bootscosts 15silver45copperafter selling for 2gold19silver35copper

recipe →each: 8× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Medium Hide, 2× Elemental Waterbuy Pattern: Skycaller's Mail Boots first: 1gold17silver

205–210Craft ~8× Nightscape Headbandearns 30silverafter selling for 3gold42silver

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

210–242Craft ~51× Nightscape Pantsearns 99silver12copperafter selling for 55gold5silver12copper

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

242–256Craft ~14× Blue Suede Shoescosts 14gold78silver54copperafter selling for 13gold53silver10copper

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)

256–260Craft ~4× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 4gold29silver36copperafter selling for 4gold17silver68copper

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)

260–286Craft ~27× Blue Suede Shoulderscosts 27gold24silver84copperafter selling for 37gold74silver6copper

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)

286–300Craft ~15× Blue Suede Bracerscosts 20gold88silver90copperafter selling for 15gold14silver10copper

recipe →each: 10× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Bracers (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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Copy for Auctionator

564× Rugged Leather106gold99silver8copper

829× Thick Leather58gold3silver

60× Rune Threadvendor30gold

552× Raptor Hide15gold29silver4copper

458× Heavy Leather13gold51silver10copper

255× Silken Thread5gold10silver

398× Medium Leather2gold90silver54copper

41× Cured Medium Hide2gold82silver8copper

230× Fine Threadvendor2gold30silver

10× Thick Spider's Silk74silver90copper

10× Elemental Water48silver

15× Bolt of Woolen Cloth45silver

67× Light Hide43silver55copper

83× Blue Dyevendor41silver50copper

4× Orange Dyevendor40silver

10× Swiftness Potion34silver90copper

67× Saltvendor33silver50copper

56× Light Leather28silver

37× Coarse Threadvendor3silver70copper

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.