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.

Materials

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Materials

  • 2340 (± 240 ui grouploot dice up) 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.

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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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  • Refik Exodar 64.6, 68.6
  • Hama Hellfire Peninsula 54.6, 63.6
  • Neii (buy 2Pattern Vendor) Exodar 64.6, 68.6

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  • Eiin (buy 2Pattern Vendor)- Shattrath 66.2, 68.8
  • Arrond (buy 2Pattern Vendor) Shadowmoon Valley 55.8, 58.2
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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.

greenarrow8Keep crafted items for later crafts.
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Materials

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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.

LevelAmountMaterials
1 4592 (± 23 ui grouploot dice up) greenarrow8Bolt of Linen Cloth184(± 54 ui grouploot dice up) Linen Cloth
45 7034 (± 9 ui grouploot dice up) Linen Belt34 (± 9 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Linen Cloth
34 (± 9 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Coarse Thread
70 75 5 Reinforced Linen Cloak10 Bolt of Linen Cloth
15 buy 2Coarse Thread

Materials

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Crafting

LevelAmountMaterials
75 10045greenarrow8Bolt of Wool Cloth135 Wool Cloth
90 11012 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) Simple Kilt48 (± 8 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Linen Cloth
12 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Fine Thread
110 12515 Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders45 Bolt of Woolen Cloth
30 buy 2Fine Thread

Materials

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LevelAmountMaterials
125 145199 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) greenarrow8Bolt of Silk Cloth796 (± 8 ui grouploot dice up) Silk Cloth
145 16016 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up) Azure Silk Hood32 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Silk Cloth
32 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Blue Dye
16 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Fine Thread
160 17010 Silk Headband30 Bolt of Silk Cloth
20 buy 2Fine Thread
170 1755 Formal White Shirt15 Bolt of Silk Cloth
10 buy 2Bleach
5 buy 2Fine Thread
175 18585 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up)greenarrow8Bolt of Mageweave340 (± 4 ui grouploot dice up) Mageweave Cloth
185 20520 Crimson Silk Vest80 Bolt of Silk Cloth
40 buy 2Red Dye
40 buy 2Fine Thread
205 21510 Crimson Silk Pantaloons40 Bolt of Silk Cloth
20 buy 2Red Dye
20 buy 2Silken Thread

Materials

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Crafting

LevelAmountMaterials
215 2205 Orange Mageweave Shirt5 Bolt of Mageweave
5 buy 2Orange Dye
5 buy 2Heavy Silken Thread
220 23010 Black Mageweave Gloves20 Bolt of Mageweave
20 buy 2Heavy Silken Thread
230 25020 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up) Black Mageweave Shoulders
OR
20 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up) Black Mageweave Headband
60 (± 3 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Mageweave
40 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Heavy Silken Thread
250 260176 (± 16 ui grouploot dice up) greenarrow8Bolt of Runecloth704 (± 64 ui grouploot dice up) Runecloth
260 28022 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) Runecloth Belt
OR
20 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up) Runecloth Bag
66 (± 6 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Runecloth
22 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Rune Thread
OR
100 (± 5 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Runecloth
40 (± 4 ui grouploot dice up) Rugged Leather
20 (± 1 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Rune Thread
280 30022 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) Runecloth Gloves110 (± 10 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Runecloth
44 (± 4 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Rune Thread

Materials

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Crafting

LevelAmountMaterials
300 325185greenarrow8Bolt of Netherweave925 Netherweave Cloth
325 3305 Bolt of Imbued Netherweave15 Bolt of Netherweave
10 Arcane Dust
330 3355 Netherweave Pants60 Bolt of Netherweave
10 buy 2Rune Thread
335 3405 Netherweave Boots30 Bolt of Netherweave
10 Knothide Leather
5 buy 2Rune Thread
340 35010 Netherweave Robe
OR
5 Netherweave Robe and 5 Netherweave Tunic
80 Bolt of Netherweave
20 buy 2Rune Thread
1 buy 2Pattern / Pattern

Materials

  • 2340 (± 240 ui grouploot dice up) 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.

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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 ui grouploot dice up) 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 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Frostweave or 1800 (± 150 ui grouploot dice up) 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
LevelAmountMaterials
350 375468 (± 48 ui grouploot dice up) greenarrow8Bolt of Frostweave2340 (± 240 ui grouploot dice up) Frostweave Cloth
375 3805 Frostwoven Belt15 Bolt of Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
380 3855 Frostwoven Boots20 Bolt of Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
385 39511 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) Frostwoven Cowl55 (± 10 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Frostweave
11 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Eternium Thread
395 4005 Duskweave Belt35 Bolt of Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
400 40520 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave40 Bolt of Frostweave
40 Infinite Dust
405 4105 Duskweave Wristwraps40 Bolt of Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
410 4155 Duskweave Gloves45 Bolt of Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
415 42511 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) Duskweave Boots110 (± 20 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Frostweave
11 (± 2 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Eternium Thread
425 44018 (± 3 ui grouploot dice up) Frostweave Bag108 (± 18 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
18 (± 6 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Eternium Thread
440 44531 (± 11 ui grouploot dice up) Frostweave Bag
OR
5 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave
186 (± 66 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
62 (± 12 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Eternium Thread
OR
20 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave
20 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
5 Frozen Orb
445 45077 (± 52 ui grouploot dice up) Frostweave Bag
OR
5 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave
OR
5 Glacial Bag*
462 (± 312 ui grouploot dice up) Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
154 (± 104 ui grouploot dice up) buy 2Eternium Thread
OR
40 Spellweave / Moonshroud / Ebonweave
30 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
5 buy 2Eternium Thread
5 Frozen Orb
OR
20 Moonshroud
20 Ebonweave
5 buy 2Eternium 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.

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:

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:

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.


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.

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Kerub
Kerub
4 years ago

If you can’t get 20 Knothide Leathers, you can craft 10 more Netherweave Pants and then craft 10 Netherweave Robes to get to 350.

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Fatherfrank
Fatherfrank
5 years ago

I really like the new look of the website!

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Furious
Furious
Reply to  Fatherfrank
5 years ago

Glad you’re liking it!

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Kici
Kici
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4 years ago

and great guides too.

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Coolio
Coolio
4 years ago

Cool Site and Guides!

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ddsads
ddsads
2 years ago

Bolt of Woolen Cloth has incorrect material count.
Says 90, but actually requires 135. It’s 3 Cloth per bolt, not 2.

Coolio
Coolio
4 years ago

It’s cool!

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Zulazane
Zulazane
2 years ago

Skill Level 90-110
20 Skillpoints in 12+/-2 crafts ?

BrazilianNoob
BrazilianNoob
2 years ago

hello, thanks for the guide, it’s wonderful.
I got level 300 in tailoring and went to exotar to continue. But in exotar the coach n has nothing to teach. Go try the hellfire peninsula. But the guide said that in exotar you could level from 300 to 375

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BrazilianNoob
BrazilianNoob
2 years ago

this guide says there is a level 300 tailoring trainer in exotar. But refik and neii in exotar are not master in tailoring (level 300+)
Refik ðŸ – Exodar 64.6, 68.6
Hama ðŸ – Hellfire Peninsula 54.6, 63.6
Neii ðŸ – Exodar 64.6, 68.6″

Last edited 2 years ago by BrazilianNoob