Tailoring Guide 1-450

Welcome to Warcraft Tavern’s Tailoring guide! In this comprehensive guide, we’ll provide everything you need to max out your Tailoring, from the materials required to level up your profession to the best recipes to follow.

In WoW, Tailoring is one of the most useful professions for cloth wearers of any class. It involves turning the cloth you lot from mobs throughout Azeroth into high-powered gear like Spellweave and Royal Moonshroud Robe. In Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard also added Embroidery, which are Tailor specific enchants, such as Lightweave, that can greatly increase the stats on gear. Like Engineers, Tailors also make profession-specific mounts, like the Frosty Flying Carpet.

Because Tailoring uses loot dropped from monsters, there is no explicit gathering profession that it is paired with. Instead, players usually choose to level Enchanting coterminously, disenchanting the excess gear for dusts and essences. There are also no items required to purchase in order to start leveling, so once you train in Apprentice, you can immediately begin!

Required Materials

Below you can find the materials you’ll need to level from 1-450, as well as a few tips and things to keep in mind.

• Sometimes we will have to craft yellow recipes that don’t guarantee a level up on every craft, therefore the materials required are estimates, rather than exact figures.
• Specific recipes will require items you have previously crafted, so check the lists before getting rid of crafts!
• Some recipes don’t come from trainers but instead are acquired from drops or vendors.

All of these things are accounted for in the materials listed below. Listed separately from the material list are those recipes not acquired from a trainer, but rather from a vendor or world drop.

Trainer Locations

If you use TomTom You can copy-paste the location and coordinates provided (after the name) to track down the trainer you need more easily.

/way Orgrimmar 43.6, 28.2

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Training Route

Certain crafts need to be used later to further level up the profession, other times the materials can be bought from a vendor instead of the Auction House, or the crafting recipe is not acquired from a trainer. Other times we use recipes that turn yellow and as such do not have a 100% chance to level up your profession with every craft, this means some randomness enters the equation when it comes to materials. We indicate all of these situations with the following icons to make this guide as clear as possible.

	Keep crafted items for later crafts.
	Buy material from the vendor.
	Craft amount depends on variance.

• Classic (1-300)
• Master (300-350)
• Grand Master (350-450)

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Apprentice (1-75)

Materials

• 184 (± 54 ) Linen Cloth

Vendor Items

• 49 (± 9 ) Coarse Thread

Crafting

• We will need roughly 44 Bolt of Linen Cloth to reach level 75, but will use a few more later, you can either craft these now or wait to see exactly how many you will need.

Level	Amount	Materials
1 45	92 (± 23 ) Bolt of Linen Cloth	184(± 54 ) Linen Cloth
45 70	34 (± 9 ) Linen Belt	34 (± 9 ) Bolt of Linen Cloth 34 (± 9 ) Coarse Thread
70 75	5 Reinforced Linen Cloak	10 Bolt of Linen Cloth 15 Coarse Thread

Journeyman (75-125)

Materials

• 135 Wool Cloth

Vendor Items

• 42 (± 2 ) Fine Thread

Crafting

• We only need to craft 45 Bolt of Wool Cloth to level up from 110 to 125 with Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders.

Level	Amount	Materials
75 100	45Bolt of Wool Cloth	135 Wool Cloth
90 110	12 (± 2 ) Simple Kilt	48 (± 8 ) Bolt of Linen Cloth 12 (± 2 ) Fine Thread
110 125	15 Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders	45 Bolt of Woolen Cloth 30 Fine Thread

Expert (125-215)

Materials

• 796 (± 8 ) Silk Cloth
• 340 (± 4 ) Mageweave Cloth

Vendor Items

• 81 (± 1 ) Fine Thread
• 20 Silken Thread
• 32 (± 2 ) Blue Dye
• 10 Bleach
• 60 Red Dye

Crafting

Level	Amount	Materials
125 145	199 (± 2 ) Bolt of Silk Cloth	796 (± 8 ) Silk Cloth
145 160	16 (± 1 ) Azure Silk Hood	32 (± 2 ) Bolt of Silk Cloth 32 (± 2 ) Blue Dye 16 (± 1 ) Fine Thread
160 170	10 Silk Headband	30 Bolt of Silk Cloth 20 Fine Thread
170 175	5 Formal White Shirt	15 Bolt of Silk Cloth 10 Bleach 5 Fine Thread
175 185	85 (± 1 )Bolt of Mageweave	340 (± 4 ) Mageweave Cloth
185 205	20 Crimson Silk Vest	80 Bolt of Silk Cloth 40 Red Dye 40 Fine Thread
205 215	10 Crimson Silk Pantaloons	40 Bolt of Silk Cloth 20 Red Dye 20 Silken Thread

Artisan (215-300)

Materials

• 704 (± 64 ) Runecloth
• 40 (± 4 ) Rugged Leather*
  * = If you decide to make Runecloth Bag

Vendor Items

• 5 Orange Dye
• 65 (± 2 ) Heavy Silken Thread
• 66 (± 6 ) Rune Thread

Crafting

Level	Amount	Materials
215 220	5 Orange Mageweave Shirt	5 Bolt of Mageweave 5 Orange Dye 5 Heavy Silken Thread
220 230	10 Black Mageweave Gloves	20 Bolt of Mageweave 20 Heavy Silken Thread
230 250	20 (± 1 ) Black Mageweave Shoulders OR 20 (± 1 ) Black Mageweave Headband	60 (± 3 ) Bolt of Mageweave 40 (± 2 ) Heavy Silken Thread
250 260	176 (± 16 ) Bolt of Runecloth	704 (± 64 ) Runecloth
260 280	22 (± 2 ) Runecloth Belt OR 20 (± 1 ) Runecloth Bag	66 (± 6 ) Bolt of Runecloth 22 (± 2 ) Rune Thread OR 100 (± 5 ) Bolt of Runecloth 40 (± 4 ) Rugged Leather 20 (± 1 ) Rune Thread
280 300	22 (± 2 ) Runecloth Gloves	110 (± 10 ) Bolt of Runecloth 44 (± 4 ) Rune Thread

Materials

• 925 Netherweave Cloth
• 10 Arcane Dust
• 10 Knothide Leather*
  *Depending on the price difference between Knothide Leather and Netherweave Cloth you might want to get some extra, see the notes later.

Vendor Items

• 35 Rune Thread
• 1 Pattern / Pattern

Crafting

• Note you can keep on crafting Netherweave Boots up to level 345 (instead of crafting Netherweave Robe) until they turn yellow if 2 Knothide Leather is cheaper than 10 Netherweave Cloth.
• Netherweave Robe and Netherweave Tunic are interchangeable once you reach level 345, both take the same materials and the pattern can be bought from Eiin.

Level	Amount	Materials
300 325	185Bolt of Netherweave	925 Netherweave Cloth
325 330	5 Bolt of Imbued Netherweave	15 Bolt of Netherweave 10 Arcane Dust
330 335	5 Netherweave Pants	60 Bolt of Netherweave 10 Rune Thread
335 340	5 Netherweave Boots	30 Bolt of Netherweave 10 Knothide Leather 5 Rune Thread
340 350	10 Netherweave Robe OR 5 Netherweave Robe and 5 Netherweave Tunic	80 Bolt of Netherweave 20 Rune Thread 1 Pattern / Pattern

Materials

• 2340 (± 240 ) Frostweave Cloth
• 40 Infinite Dust
• Material from 440 to 450 is not included. This highly depends on the crafts you want to do based on your realm’s economy.

Vendor Items

• 130 (± 10 ) Eternium Thread

Crafting

• Note if you only want to level tailoring up until your cloak embroid you only have to follow this guide up to level 420.
• Crafting 468 (± 48 ) Bolt of Frostweave should be enough to take us roughly to 440 Tailoring, after which most recipes will require Bolt of Imbued Frostweave instead. If you are crafting up to level 420 you will only need to craft 360 (± 30 ) Bolt of Frostweave or 1800 (± 150 ) Frostweave Cloth.
• You might need to make a couple of extra Frostwoven Cowl, stop once you reach 395.
• You will need to make additional Bolt of Imbued Frostweave for levels 440 to 450 once you reach that stage.
• You might need to make a couple of extra Duskweave Boots, stop once you reach 425.
• You might need to make a couple of extra Frostweave Bag, stop once you reach 440.

Level 440 to 450

Once at level 440 the cost per level up increases significantly. I highly recommend using either Nexus Hub or TradeSkillMaster (or a similar alternative) to determine which crafts are the least costly or will potentially turn you a profit. Note that for the epic crafts you want to consider diversification, such that you aren’t left with a bunch of the same epics before they all sell.

• Frostweave Bag depending on the selling price on your server might or might not be a viable option, on the least you can use it to fill out your bag slot, bank slots, and those of your alts / guildies.
• Crafting epic gloves whether Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave is another option, it is relativly expensive but you got guaranteed level-ups until level 445. Note that it might take a fair while to sell them.
• At level 445 you can keep crafting bags, gloves or turn towards Epic chests Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave for guaranteed level-ups, they tend to be more expansive on the material side, but they offer a form of diversification.
• Another alternative is Glacial Bag, do note that you can only craft a single one every week and it requires you to be exalted with the Sons of Hodir

Level	Amount	Materials
350 375	468 (± 48 ) Bolt of Frostweave	2340 (± 240 ) Frostweave Cloth
375 380	5 Frostwoven Belt	15 Bolt of Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread
380 385	5 Frostwoven Boots	20 Bolt of Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread
385 395	11 (± 2 ) Frostwoven Cowl	55 (± 10 ) Bolt of Frostweave 11 (± 2 ) Eternium Thread
395 400	5 Duskweave Belt	35 Bolt of Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread
400 405	20 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave	40 Bolt of Frostweave 40 Infinite Dust
405 410	5 Duskweave Wristwraps	40 Bolt of Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread
410 415	5 Duskweave Gloves	45 Bolt of Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread
415 425	11 (± 2 ) Duskweave Boots	110 (± 20 ) Bolt of Frostweave 11 (± 2 ) Eternium Thread
425 440	18 (± 3 ) Frostweave Bag	108 (± 18 ) Bolt of Imbued Frostweave 18 (± 6 ) Eternium Thread
440 445	31 (± 11 ) Frostweave Bag OR 5 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave	186 (± 66 ) Bolt of Imbued Frostweave 62 (± 12 ) Eternium Thread OR 20 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave 20 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread 5 Frozen Orb
445 450	77 (± 52 ) Frostweave Bag OR 5 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave OR 5 Glacial Bag*	462 (± 312 ) Bolt of Imbued Frostweave 154 (± 104 ) Eternium Thread OR 40 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave 30 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave 5 Eternium Thread 5 Frozen Orb OR 20 Moonshroud 20 Ebonweave 5 Eternium Thread 1 Pattern

And with that, you’ve finished! Keep reading to find out about all of the uses for Tailoring in the Endgame!

Endgame Tailoring

Specializations

Tailoring has 3 Specializations: Mooncloth, Spellfire, and Shadoweave. While each had specific sets to craft in TBC, Blizzard has changed their purpose in WotLK. Now, they offer you the chance to proc an additional piece of cloth when you craft Moonshroud, Spellweave, or Ebonweave. All of the specialization quests begin from Lower City in Shattrath.

• To specialize in Mooncloth Tailoring, you must take the quest Becoming a Mooncloth Tailor from Nasmara Moonsong. Then, you’ll need to head over to Cenarion Refuge in Zangarmarsh.
  • This will give you the chance to proc additional Moonshroud.
• For Spellfire Tailoring, you’ll need to find Gidge Spellweaver and begin. She’ll send you out to Netherstorm, and then you return back to Shattrath.
  • Spellweave is Spellfire’s proc.
• To specialize in Shadoweave Tailoring Andrion Darkspinner is the trainer. He’ll offer Becoming a Shadoweave Tailor, which sends you to the Altar of Shadows in Shadowmoon Valley.
  • Shadoweave Tailors proc on Ebonweave.

Embroidery, Bags, and Mounts

Blizzard added Embroidery — Tailor specific enchants that cause items to become Soulbond — to diversify Tailoring in TBC. In WotLK, it takes the form of two Spellthread patterns. Each is only available for purchase after reaching Exalted reputation with the necessary faction, and is sold by the respective Quartermasters listed below. The two Embroideries are:

• Pattern: Brilliant Spellthread
  • Aliocha Segard – Argent Crusade
• Pattern: Sapphire Spellthread
  • Archmage Alvareaux – Kirin Tor

Bags are another vital, and potentially profitable item created by Tailors at all levels. In WotLK, Profession and Class bags got bumped up to 32 slots, and bags for all players were increased to 22. While some of the patterns are available to learn from trainers, there are three that require specific reputation levels to purchase from faction’s Quartermasters. They are:

• Pattern: Abyssal Bag
  • Duchess Mynx – Revered, Ebon Blade
• Pattern: Glacial Bag
  • Lillehoff – Exalted, Sons of Hodir
• Pattern: Mysterious Bag
  • Cielstrasza – Revered, Wyrmrest Accord

Like Engineering, Tailoring is able to craft its own mounts: Flying Carpets. Two — the Flying Carpet and the Magnificent Flying Carpet are each taught by trainers, and can be learned once you reach an appropriate skill level. Frosty Flying Carpet, on the other hand, is learned by purchasing Pattern: Frosty Flying Carpet from Frozo the Renowned in Dalaran for 6x Frozen Orb

Raiding Patterns

Like all crafting professions, Tailoring patterns have a small chance to drop (or be purchased) from each of the raiding tiers in WotLK. These patterns create Epic, BoE gear, some of which is BiS or pre-raiding BiS. These items are constantly in high demand and Tailors who know these patterns become incredibly important to raiding groups and guilds or stand to make a good amount of gold from selling their services.

• In Ulduar, Belt and Boot patterns drop from all the bosses and caches. They include:
  • Pattern: Sash of Ancient Power
  • Pattern: Spellslinger’s Slippers
  • Pattern: Cord of the White Dawn
  • Pattern: Savior’s Slippers
• In ToC, bosses drop patterns for chest pieces and bracers. They are:
  • Pattern: Royal Moonshroud Robe
  • Pattern: Royal Moonshroud Bracers
  • Pattern: Merlin’s Robe
  • Pattern: Bejeweled Wizard’s Bracers
• For the price of 1 Primordial Saronite, Tailors can buy ICC patterns from Alchemist Finklestein on the Lower Level of the Citadel. They’re for legs and boots, and they include:
  • Pattern: Leggins of Woven Death
  • Pattern: Deathfrost Boots
  • Pattern: Lightweave Leggings
  • Pattern: Sandals of Consecration

Thank you for taking the time to read our Tailoring leveling guide for WotLK. I hope it was helpful, and if you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to leave a comment below.