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Profession
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Materials55gold36silver44copper
Sell back54gold83silver74copper
Net cost52silver70copper

Steps

1–60Craft ~149× Rough Dynamiteearns 34silver27copperafter selling for 98silver34copper
recipe →each: 1× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
60–65Craft ~6× Rough Copper Bombcosts 9silver66copperafter selling for 7silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Copper Bar, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts, 2× Rough Blasting Powder, 1× Linen Cloth
65–70Craft ~5× Copper Tubecosts 9silver60copperafter selling for 6silver
recipe →each: 2× Copper Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)
70–90Craft ~22× Coarse Blasting Powdercosts 5silver6copperafter selling for 13silver20copper
recipe →each: 1× Coarse Stone
90–104Craft ~19× Crude Scopecosts 23silver56copperafter selling for 23silver75copper
recipe →each: 1× Copper Tube, 1× Malachite, 1× Handful of Copper Bolts
104–110Craft ~7× Bronze Tubecosts 3silver71copperafter selling for 26silver39copper
recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Weak Flux (vendor)
110–115Craft ~5× Heavy Blasting Powderearns 3silver50copperafter selling for 18silver95copper
recipe →each: 1× Heavy Stone
115–120Craft ~5× Flying Tiger Gogglescosts 5silverafter selling for 20silver40copper
recipe →each: 6× Light Leather, 2× Tigerseye
120–130Craft ~10× Shadow Gogglesearns 73silverafter selling for 1gold52silver
recipe →each: 4× Medium Leather, 2× Shadowgembuy Schematic: Shadow Goggles first: 2silver48copper
130–155Craft ~27× Bronze Frameworkearns 57silver78copperafter selling for 1gold91silver43copper
recipe →each: 2× Bronze Bar, 1× Medium Leather, 1× Wool Cloth
155–171Craft ~16× Gyrochronatomearns 12silver32copperafter selling for 1gold20silver
recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core
171–180Craft ~10× Solid Dynamiteearns 70silver80copperafter selling for 1gold24silver
recipe →each: 1× Solid Blasting Powder, 1× Silk Cloth
180–210Craft ~160× Gyrochronatomearns 1gold23silver20copperafter selling for 12gold
recipe →each: 1× Iron Bar, 1× Gold Power Core
210–232Craft ~52× Large Seaforium Chargeearns 4gold17silver4copperafter selling for 9gold84silver88copper
recipe →each: 2× Solid Blasting Powder, 2× Heavy Leather, 1× Refreshing Spring Waterbuy Schematic: Large Seaforium Charge first: 15silver98copper
232–235Craft ~3× Catseye Ultra Gogglesearns 1gold18silver47copperafter selling for 2gold77silver86copper
recipe →each: 4× Thick Leather, 2× Aquamarine, 1× Catseye Draughtbuy Schematic: Catseye Ultra Goggles first: 9silver
235–257Craft ~26× Dense Blasting Powderearns 1gold54silver44copperafter selling for 4gold42silver
recipe →each: 2× Dense Stone
257–258Craft ~2× Mithril Gyro-Shotcosts 9silver48copperafter selling for 44silver
recipe →each: 2× Mithril Bar, 2× Solid Blasting Powder
258–266Craft ~9× Tinkerboxcosts 2gold22silver84copper
recipe →each: 1× Mithril Casing, 2× Gold Power Core
266–285Craft ~20× Thorium Widgetcosts 1gold83silver80copperafter selling for 9gold86silver80copper
recipe →each: 3× Thorium Bar, 1× Runeclothbuy Schematic: Thorium Widget first: 2gold60silver
285–300Craft ~15× Thorium Shellscosts 32silver26copperafter selling for 7gold46silver54copper
recipe →each: 2× Thorium Bar, 1× Dense Blasting Powderbuy Schematic: Thorium Shells first: 3gold25silver9copper

Shopping list

90× Thorium Bar15gold30silver90copper
194× Gold Power Core7gold52silver72copper
176× Iron Bar5gold1silver60copper
118× Solid Blasting Powder4gold11silver82copper
52× Dense Stone2gold87silver56copper
15× Dense Blasting Powder2gold68silver50copper
104× Heavy Leather1gold97silver60copper
9× Mithril Casing1gold53silver
20× Runecloth1gold50silver
68× Bronze Bar1gold12silver20copper
6× Aquamarine78silver
12× Thick Leather63silver48copper
20× Shadowgem53silver
67× Medium Leather43silver55copper
4× Mithril Bar39silver52copper
155× Linen Cloth37silver20copper
161× Rough Blasting Powder30silver59copper
25× Handful of Copper Bolts28silver25copper
27× Wool Cloth27silver
19× Copper Tube22silver80copper
10× Silk Cloth18silver30copper
22× Coarse Stone18silver26copper
3× Catseye Draught17silver91copper
16× Copper Bar16silver96copper
5× Heavy Stone15silver45copper
10× Tigerseye12silver80copper
30× Light Leather12silver60copper
12× Weak Fluxvendor12silver
52× Refreshing Spring Water7silver28copper
19× Malachite3silver4copper

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.