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Steps

1–15Craft ~21× Elixir of Minor Forcecosts 2silver10copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

15–20Craft ~5× Mana Wellcosts 1silver10copperafter selling for 2silver

recipe →each: 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

20–25Craft ~12× Elixir of Minor Spiritearns 1silver20copperafter selling for 16silver32copper

recipe →each: 2× Earthroot, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Minor Spirit first: 24silver

25–34Craft ~12× Minor Mageblood Elixircosts 72copperafter selling for 8silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mageblood Elixir first: 10silver

34–35Craft ~1× Minor Mender's Potioncosts 5copperafter selling for 1silver70copper

recipe →each: 2× Mageroyal, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Mender's Potion first: 14silver99copper

35–40Craft ~5× Minor Spellblasting Potioncosts 1silver80copperafter selling for 2silver5copper

recipe →each: 1× Silverleaf, 1× Peacebloom, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Minor Spellblasting Potion first: 11silver50copper

40–72Craft ~37× Elixir of Minor Strengthcosts 7silver40copperafter selling for 17silver39copper

recipe →each: 1× Earthroot, 1× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

72–85Craft ~14× Blackmouth Oilearns 42copperafter selling for 13silver30copper

recipe →each: 2× Oily Blackmouth, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

85–93Craft ~9× Lesser Spellblasting Potioncosts 1silver8copperafter selling for 5silver94copper

recipe →each: 1× Mageroyal, 2× Silverleaf, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Lesser Spellblasting Potion first: 90silver45copper

93–120Craft ~27× Elixir of Giant Growthearns 15silver39copperafter selling for 71silver82copper

recipe →each: 1× Deviate Fish, 1× Earthroot, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)buy Recipe: Elixir of Giant Growth first: 89silver

120–135Craft ~15× Discolored Healing Potionearns 10silver65copperafter selling for 35silver55copper

recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial, 1× Bruiseweed, 1× Murloc Eye

135–161Craft ~31× Fire Oilcosts 5silver58copperafter selling for 12silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Firefin Snapper, 1× Empty Vial (vendor)

161–193Craft ~38× Greater Discolored Healing Potionearns 49silver2copperafter selling for 1gold23silver88copper

recipe →each: 1× Leaded Vial, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Murloc Eye

193–219Craft ~38× Great Rage Potioncosts 44silver84copperafter selling for 61silver18copper

recipe →each: 1× Large Fang, 1× Kingsblood, 1× Leaded Vialbuy Recipe: Great Rage Potion first: 36silver

219–235Craft ~24× Elixir of Defensecosts 2silver16copperafter selling for 1gold14silver

recipe →each: 1× Wild Steelbloom, 1× Goldthorn, 1× Leaded Vial

235–260Craft ~45× Stonescale Oilearns 79silver20copperafter selling for 1gold60silver20copper

recipe →each: 1× Stonescale Eel, 1× Leaded Vial

260–286Craft ~77× Elixir of Greater Intellectearns 1gold7silver80copperafter selling for 10gold81silver8copper

recipe →each: 1× Blindweed, 1× Khadgar's Whisker, 1× Crystal Vial

286–290Craft ~4× Greater Stoneshield Potionearns 4gold42silverafter selling for 5gold70silver

recipe →each: 3× Stonescale Oil, 1× Thorium Ore, 1× Crystal Vialbuy Recipe: Greater Stoneshield Potion first: 7gold99silver99copper

290–300Craft ~10× Greater Frost Protection Potioncosts 1gold87silver20copperafter selling for 75silver

recipe →each: 1× Elemental Water, 1× Dreamfoil, 1× Crystal Vialneeds Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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77× Blindweed4gold62silver

91× Crystal Vial3gold99silver49copper

77× Khadgar's Whisker1gold73silver25copper

10× Dreamfoil1gold58silver30copper

76× Kingsblood98silver80copper

4× Thorium Ore87silver88copper

160× Leaded Vial81silver60copper

24× Goldthorn79silver68copper

10× Elemental Water60silver

45× Stonescale Eel58silver5copper

27× Deviate Fish42silver39copper

38× Large Fang37silver24copper

174× Empty Vialvendor34silver80copper

88× Earthroot28silver16copper

24× Wild Steelbloom24silver24copper

12× Stonescale Oil22silver56copper

16× Bruiseweed15silver84copper

81× Silverleaf12silver15copper

62× Firefin Snapper11silver78copper

28× Oily Blackmouth10silver8copper

35× Mageroyal9silver80copper

22× Peacebloom9silver24copper

53× Murloc Eye8silver48copper

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.