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1–35Craft ~35× Light Armor Kitcosts 8silver75copperafter selling for 5silver25copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

35–86Craft ~65× Kodo Hide Bagcosts 18silver20copperafter selling for 1gold62silver50copper

recipe →each: 3× Thin Kodo Leather, 4× Light Leather, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Kodo Hide Bag first: 47silver

86–93Craft ~8× Medium Armor Kitcosts 4silver64copperafter selling for 18silver56copper

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

93–106Craft ~16× Fine Leather Bootscosts 5silver60copperafter selling for 42silver40copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Fine Leather Boots first: 1silver98copper

106–110Craft ~4× Hillman's Beltcosts 4silver88copperafter selling for 29silver92copper

recipe →each: 8× Medium Leather, 1× Elixir of Wisdom, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Hillman's Belt first: 4silver

110–140Craft ~31× Hillman's Leather Bootsearns 85silver56copperafter selling for 3gold84silver40copper

recipe →each: 1× Cured Medium Hide, 6× Medium Leather, 1× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Hillman's Leather Boots first: 40silver

140–180Craft ~92× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 10gold96silver36copperafter selling for 30gold79silver88copper

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)

180–182Craft ~5× Barbaric Shoulderscosts 5silver10copperafter selling for 1gold30silver45copper

recipe →each: 8× Heavy Leather, 1× Cured Heavy Hide, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

182–199Craft ~26× Barbaric Harnesscosts 62silver92copperafter selling for 7gold11silver88copper

recipe →each: 14× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Iron Buckle

199–200Craft ~1× Nightscape Headbandcosts 1silver70copperafter selling for 35silver15copper

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

200–205Craft ~5× Skycaller's Mail Bootsearns 16silver85copperafter selling for 2gold19silver35copper

recipe →each: 8× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Medium Hide, 2× Elemental Waterbuy Pattern: Skycaller's Mail Boots first: 34silver

205–209Craft ~6× Nightscape Headbandcosts 10silver20copperafter selling for 2gold10silver90copper

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

209–210Craft ~1× Big Voodoo Robeearns 9silver50copperafter selling for 95silver

recipe →each: 10× Thick Leather, 4× Flask of Mojo, 1× Heavy Silken Threadneeds Pattern: Big Voodoo Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

210–243Craft ~57× Nightscape Pantscosts 4gold61silver70copperafter selling for 49gold63silver56copper

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

243–260Craft ~17× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 11gold11silver46copperafter selling for 17gold75silver14copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread, 1× Orange Dyebuy Pattern: Tooled Leather Boots first: 3gold

260–289Craft ~32× Blue Suede Shoulderscosts 7gold63silver88copperafter selling for 53gold76silver92copper

recipe →each: 10× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread, 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoulders (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

289–300Craft ~12× Blue Suede Bracerscosts 10gold85silver52copperafter selling for 12gold11silver28copper

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

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576× Rugged Leather83gold80silver80copper

843× Thick Leather45gold26silver91copper

61× Rune Thread27gold69silver40copper

812× Heavy Leather15gold34silver68copper

242× Silken Threadvendor12gold10silver

552× Raptor Hide11gold4silver

285× Fine Threadvendor2gold85silver

41× Cured Medium Hide1gold82silver4copper

250× Medium Leather1gold75silver

407× Light Leather1gold62silver80copper

17× Orange Dye1gold36silver

10× Elemental Water82silver50copper

195× Thin Kodo Leather70silver20copper

5× Cured Heavy Hide49silver95copper

76× Blue Dyevendor38silver

26× Iron Buckle34silver84copper

1× Heavy Silken Thread19silver84copper

4× Flask of Mojo11silver96copper

105× Coarse Threadvendor10silver50copper

4× Elixir of Wisdom4silver40copper

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.