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Steps

1–20Craft ~19× Faction Bannercosts 20silver90copper

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

20–41Craft ~22× White Linen Shirtcosts 13silver20copperafter selling for 16silver50copper

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

41–48Craft ~8× Brown Linen Vestcosts 6silver32copperafter selling for 2silver48copper

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

48–74Craft ~42× Linen Beltcosts 36silver96copperafter selling for 9silver24copper

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

74–78Craft ~8× Reinforced Linen Capecosts 13silver4copperafter selling for 5silver36copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)

78–99Craft ~37× Red Linen Bagcosts 1gold11silverafter selling for 92silver50copper

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)

99–116Craft ~20× Bolt of Silk Clothcosts 1gold84silverafter selling for 1gold20silver

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

116–133Craft ~18× Azure Silk Hoodcosts 4gold5silver90copperafter selling for 1gold34silver10copper

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

133–152Craft ~20× Small Silk Packcosts 6gold20silverafter selling for 4gold

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

152–155Craft ~3× Green Silk Packcosts 1gold17silverafter selling for 90silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 3× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Green Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Green Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

155–172Craft ~18× Crimson Silk Vestcosts 6gold92silver64copperafter selling for 3gold69silver36copper

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

172–185Craft ~14× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 5gold97silver80copperafter selling for 3gold40silver20copper

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

185–186Craft ~1× White Bandit Maskcosts 55silver33copperafter selling for 34silver92copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: White Bandit Mask (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

186–190Craft ~7× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 2gold98silver90copperafter selling for 1gold70silver10copper

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

190–205Craft ~21× Earthen Vestcosts 17gold64silver

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

205–250Craft ~135× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 209gold25silver

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).

Shopping list

Copy for Auctionator

271× Bolt of Mageweave189gold70silver

327× Bolt of Silk Cloth45gold78silver

447× Silken Threadvendor22gold35silver

21× Elemental Earth8gold40silver

80× Silk Cloth3gold4silver

255× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold55silver

202× Fine Threadvendor2gold2silver

49× Heavy Leather1gold47silver

115× Red Dyevendor57silver50copper

1× Heavy Silken Threadvendor20silver

36× Blue Dyevendor18silver

115× Coarse Threadvendor11silver50copper

23× Bleachvendor5silver75copper

3× Green Dyevendor3silver

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.