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Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 3silverafter selling for 12silver

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 25silver50copperafter selling for 3gold

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)

65–77Craft ~18× Blue Linen Vestcosts 9silver36copperafter selling for 28silver98copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

77–88Craft ~18× Blue Linen Robeearns 7silver34copperafter selling for 65silver66copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Blue Linen Robe first: 5silver70copper

88–95Craft ~14× Red Linen Bagearns 7silver56copperafter selling for 57silver12copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Red Linen Bag first: 6silver90copper

95–119Craft ~35× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 7silverafter selling for 2gold66silver

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

119–131Craft ~12× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 79silver20copperafter selling for 1gold36silver80copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

131–146Craft ~15× Bolt of Mageweavecosts 3silver30copperafter selling for 3gold47silver70copper

recipe →each: 5× Mageweave Cloth

146–148Craft ~3× Small Silk Packcosts 20silver16copperafter selling for 73silver44copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)

148–150Craft ~2× Green Silk Packearns 84silver30copperafter selling for 1gold68silver90copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)buy Pattern: Green Silk Pack first: 10gold

150–194Craft ~67× Black Silk Packearns 23gold21silver55copperafter selling for 55gold37silver55copper

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye, 4× Fine Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: Black Silk Pack first: 7gold45silver

194–198Craft ~5× Crimson Silk Beltcosts 1gold80silver70copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Iron Buckle, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 1× Silken Thread

198–211Craft ~14× Long Silken Cloakcosts 5gold42silver50copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread

211–228Craft ~26× Crimson Silk Shoulderscosts 12gold16silver80copper

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Fire Oil, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread

228–230Craft ~3× Runecloth Beltcosts 3gold11silver19copperafter selling for 1gold53silver36copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)

230–261Craft ~38× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 41gold28silver32copperafter selling for 36gold92silver8copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

261–286Craft ~32× Wizardweave Robecosts 73gold16silver80copperafter selling for 51gold49silver76copper

recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Dream Dust, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

286–300Craft ~38× Wizardweave Turbancosts 117gold1silver34copperafter selling for 48gold51silver84copper

recipe →each: 6× Bolt of Runecloth, 4× Dream Dust, 1× Star Ruby, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Wizardweave Turban (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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Copy for Auctionator

645× Bolt of Runecloth225gold42silver75copper

216× Dream Dust64gold77silver84copper

111× Rune Threadvendor55gold50silver

582× Bolt of Silk Cloth46gold56silver

38× Star Ruby21gold26silver10copper

76× Gold Bar6gold8silver

75× Mageweave Cloth3gold51silver

632× Bolt of Linen Cloth3gold22silver32copper

309× Fine Threadvendor3gold9silver

67× Black Dye2gold68silver

140× Silk Cloth2gold59silver

71× Silken Thread1gold42silver

14× Mana Potion66silver50copper

504× Coarse Threadvendor50silver40copper

52× Fire Oil46silver80copper

78× Blue Dyevendor39silver

76× Red Dyevendor38silver

12× Heavy Leather25silver20copper

50× Linen Cloth9silver

5× Iron Buckle5silver70copper

2× Green Dyevendor2silver

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.