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Steps

1–65Craft ~175× Linen Bagearns 19silver25copperafter selling for 3gold50silver

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)

65–76Craft ~16× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver28copperafter selling for 25silver76copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

76–86Craft ~15× Blue Linen Robecosts 13silver35copperafter selling for 36silver45copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

86–95Craft ~17× Red Linen Bagcosts 16silver49copperafter selling for 45silver5copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 15silver

95–118Craft ~30× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 18silver60copperafter selling for 2gold56silver20copper

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

118–133Craft ~22× Red Woolen Bagearns 1gold62silver58copperafter selling for 4gold59silver58copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Woolen Bag first: 14silver88copper

133–146Craft ~13× Bolt of Mageweaveearns 22silver10copperafter selling for 3gold58silver15copper

recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth

146–150Craft ~5× Small Silk Packcosts 74silver85copperafter selling for 1gold4silver50copper

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

150–155Craft ~5× Green Silk Packearns 1gold16silver95copperafter selling for 3gold61silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 1gold99silver98copper

155–165Craft ~10× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 1gold84silver40copperafter selling for 2gold5silver20copper

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

165–170Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 83silver30copperafter selling for 1gold21silver50copper

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

170–180Craft ~10× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold56silver80copperafter selling for 4gold83silver20copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread

180–187Craft ~8× White Bandit Maskearns 11gold64silverafter selling for 15gold58silver

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: White Bandit Mask (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

187–195Craft ~10× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 1gold56silver80copperafter selling for 4gold83silver20copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread

195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 4gold34silver50copperafter selling for 4gold40silver

recipe →each: 5× Runecloth

214–215Craft ~2× Long Silken Cloakcosts 88silver92copper

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

215–250Craft ~125× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 80gold

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread

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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298× Bolt of Mageweave86gold42silver

103× Bolt of Silk Cloth9gold25silver97copper

447× Silken Thread8gold94silver

110× Runecloth8gold74silver50copper

701× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold71silver53copper

65× Mageweave Cloth3gold36silver5copper

88× Bolt of Woolen Cloth2gold64silver

120× Silk Cloth2gold37silver60copper

8× Heavy Silken Threadvendor1gold60silver

89× Fine Threadvendor89silver

25× Heavy Leather73silver75copper

571× Coarse Threadvendor57silver10copper

69× Red Dyevendor34silver50copper

46× Blue Dyevendor23silver

2× Mana Potion13silver

5× Green Dyevendor5silver

8× Bleachvendor2silver

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.