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Profession
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Materials26gold39silver57copper
Sell back19gold74silver11copper
Net cost6gold65silver46copper

Steps

1–45Craft ~50× Linen Bandagecosts 4silverafter selling for 5silver
recipe →each: 1× Linen Cloth
45–85Craft ~65× Heavy Linen Bandagecosts 10silver40copperafter selling for 13silver
recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth
85–130Craft ~82× Anti-Venomcosts 24silver82copperafter selling for 85silver88copper
recipe →each: 1× Small Venom Sac
130–135Craft ~6× Strong Anti-Venomearns 6copperafter selling for 11silver16copper
recipe →each: 1× Large Venom Sacneeds Manual: Strong Anti-Venom (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
135–180Craft ~57× Silk Bandageearns 6silver27copperafter selling for 1gold14silver
recipe →each: 1× Silk Cloth
180–240Craft ~281× Heavy Silk Bandageearns 61silver82copperafter selling for 11gold24silver
recipe →each: 2× Silk Clothneeds Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)
240–255Craft ~41× Mageweave Bandagecosts 54silver94copperafter selling for 1gold91silver47copper
recipe →each: 1× Mageweave Clothbuy Manual: Mageweave Bandage first: 1gold89silver99copper
255–290Craft ~47× Runecloth Bandagecosts 2gold79silver18copperafter selling for 3gold19silver60copper
recipe →each: 1× Runecloth
290–300Craft ~11× Heavy Runecloth Bandagecosts 1gold70silver28copperafter selling for 1gold10silver
recipe →each: 2× Runecloth

Shopping list

619× Silk Cloth11gold69silver91copper
69× Runecloth8gold79silver6copper
41× Mageweave Cloth2gold46silver41copper
82× Small Venom Sac1gold10silver70copper
180× Linen Cloth32silver40copper
6× Large Venom Sac11silver10copper

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.