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Steps

1–49Craft ~95× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 1gold53silver90copperafter selling for 2gold1silver40copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

49–55Craft ~7× Linen Beltcosts 16silver66copperafter selling for 1silver54copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor)

55–84Craft ~50× Bolt of Woolen Clothearns 3gold75silver10copperafter selling for 4gold75silver60copper

recipe →each: 3× Wool Cloth

84–95Craft ~19× Red Linen Bagcosts 1gold71silverafter selling for 47silver50copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Red Linen Bag (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 25silver20copperafter selling for 3gold43silver80copper

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

120–131Craft ~11× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 1gold37silver83copperafter selling for 81silver95copper

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

131–140Craft ~9× Small Silk Packcosts 5silver4copperafter selling for 2gold90silver61copper

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

140–171Craft ~38× Earthen Vestcosts 3gold30silver98copperafter selling for 10gold24silver48copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

171–177Craft ~7× Long Silken Cloakcosts 1gold26silverafter selling for 1gold74silver72copper

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

177–182Craft ~6× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold35silver96copperafter selling for 1gold45silver80copper

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

182–186Craft ~4× White Bandit Maskcosts 96silver84copperafter selling for 1gold39silver68copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)buy Pattern: White Bandit Mask first: 2gold18silver

186–195Craft ~11× Earthen Silk Cuffscosts 2gold73silver57copperafter selling for 2gold50silver69copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Earthen Silk Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

195–214Craft ~22× Bolt of Runeclothcosts 3gold30silverafter selling for 4gold40silver

recipe →each: 5× Runecloth

214–223Craft ~17× Long Silken Cloakcosts 7gold30silver32copper

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

223–250Craft ~117× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 108gold52silver92copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)

Skill 250–300: no recipe we can price here (its reagents aren't on this auction house right now, or it needs a pattern you can't buy).

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Copy for Auctionator

238× Bolt of Mageweave92gold53silver44copper

327× Bolt of Silk Cloth29gold39silver73copper

398× Silken Threadvendor19gold90silver

110× Runecloth7gold70silver

49× Elemental Earth3gold28silver30copper

180× Silk Cloth3gold18silver60copper

83× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold7silver50copper

133× Fine Threadvendor1gold33silver

150× Wool Cloth1gold50copper

4× Heavy Silken Threadvendor80silver

24× Mana Potion48silver

190× Linen Cloth47silver50copper

18× Heavy Leather25silver92copper

31× Red Dyevendor15silver50copper

22× Blue Dyevendor11silver

4× Bleachvendor1silver

7× Coarse Threadvendor70copper

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.