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Steps

1–30Craft ~29× Light Armor Kitcosts 1silver45copperafter selling for 4silver35copper

recipe →each: 1× Light Leather

30–65Craft ~36× Rugged Leather Pantsearns 4silver32copperafter selling for 58silver32copper

recipe →each: 5× Light Leather, 5× Coarse Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Rugged Leather Pants (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

65–125Craft ~150× Fine Leather Bootsearns 52silver50copperafter selling for 2gold92silver50copper

recipe →each: 7× Light Leather, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Fine Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

125–130Craft ~7× Heavy Leathercosts 25silver6copperafter selling for 14silver84copper

recipe →each: 5× Medium Leather

130–140Craft ~10× Hillman's Cloakcosts 42silver30copperafter selling for 1gold2silver70copper

recipe →each: 5× Heavy Leather, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

140–161Craft ~21× Raptor Hide Harnessearns 1gold8silver36copperafter selling for 6gold50silver16copper

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)

161–190Craft ~81× Barbaric Shouldersearns 7silver29copperafter selling for 21gold13silver29copper

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

190–208Craft ~42× Guardian Leather Bracerscosts 1gold1silver22copperafter selling for 10gold74silver78copper

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Heavy Hide, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Guardian Leather Bracers (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

208–211Craft ~11× Comfortable Leather Hatcosts 73silver59copperafter selling for 4gold54silver41copper

recipe →each: 12× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Heavy Hide, 2× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Comfortable Leather Hat (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

211–217Craft ~7× Guardian Leather Bracerscosts 1gold96silver

recipe →each: 6× Heavy Leather, 2× Cured Heavy Hide, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

217–235Craft ~22× Rugged Armor Kitcosts 6gold60silverafter selling for 2gold20silver

recipe →each: 5× Rugged Leather

235–257Craft ~23× Blue Suede Shoescosts 4gold10silver55copperafter selling for 22gold22silver95copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Suede Shoes (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

257–260Craft ~3× Tooled Leather Bootscosts 58silver74copperafter selling for 3gold13silver26copper

recipe →each: 8× Rugged Leather, 1× Rune Thread (vendor), 1× Orange Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Tooled Leather Boots (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

260–300Craft ~92× Blue Suede Shouldersearns 8gold7silver76copperafter selling for 128gold59silver76copper

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

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Copy for Auctionator

1,238× Rugged Leather99gold4silver

118× Rune Threadvendor59gold

1,208× Heavy Leather30gold20silver

201× Cured Heavy Hide8gold4silver

71× Silken Threadvendor3gold55silver

126× Raptor Hide2gold89silver80copper

1,259× Light Leather2gold51silver80copper

224× Fine Threadvendor2gold24silver

207× Blue Dyevendor1gold3silver50copper

480× Coarse Threadvendor48silver

35× Medium Leather39silver90copper

3× Orange Dyevendor30silver

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.