Tailoring leveling guide

This guide will show you how to get your tailoring skill up from 0 to 375. The guide will use recipes available at a trainer as much as possible. See the preparation section for some exceptions.

This guide only uses recipes that require cloth and vendor-bought material (thread, dye). The only exceptions are the vendor bought recipes to get to 375 which require rugged leather, arcane dust and Netherweb Spider Silk. Rugged Leather is acquired through skinning, Arcane Dust comes from disenchanting green items from Outland, and Netherweb Spider Silk drops from spiders in Outland. Of course, you can buy these from the Auction House as well.

This guide assumes everything you make is sold to a vendor. If you have an enchanter alt, you can send the green items you make to her for disenchanting, however this guide does not combine leveling enchanting and tailoring. This guide also doesn't tell you how to make money with tailoring.

This guide does not tell you how to get all the different recipes from quests, vendors or drops. What you do once you hit 375 is entirely up to you.

This guide is primarily aimed at those who want to switch profession at high level.

The only trainer you need is the Grand Master Tailor in either Honor Hold or Thrallmar. She teaches all five levels of tailoring, and sells every thread and dye required.

Preparation

The recipes used require vendor bought components such as threads and dye. These cost gold. To learn recipes from a trainer also costs gold. The amount of gold needed is approximately 150 gold if you farm all of the cloth. If you want to buy everything you need from the auction house, expect to spend upwards to 250 gold to get tailoring to 300 and an additional 1200 to 1500 gold to get your skill up to 375. This does not include gold for recipes from vendors or the auction house.

You are going to need a lot of linen and wool cloth, huge amounts of silk, mageweave and runecloth and an insane amount of netherweave cloth. Below is a table that shows the amount of cloth needed. The minimum amount column shows the minimum amount needed if you would get a skill point every time you make something. However, at some point a recipe will be yellow or even green when you make something, so you won't always get a skill point. The estimated amount column deals with this, so try to get the estimated amount of cloth. If you are buying all the cloth you need from the auction house, get the minimum amount and only buy more when needed.

This table shows the materials needed

Component	Minimum Amount (Stacks)	Estimated Amount (Stacks)
Linen Cloth	150 (7.5)	180 (9)
Wool Cloth	150 (7.5)	200 (10)
Silk Cloth	780 (39)	860 (43)
Mageweave Cloth	375 (18.75)	460 (23)
Runecloth	750 (37.5)	900 (45)
Netherweave Cloth	2790 (139.5)	3600 (180)
Rugged Leather	90 (4.5)	120 (6)
Knothide Leather	10 (0.5)	20 (1)
Arcane Dust	180 (9)	240 (12)
Netherweb Spider Silk	30 (3)	40 (4)

This guide uses trainer-available recipes, because they are the easiest to get. However, sometimes vendor-bought or dropped recipes are needed or simply cheaper to use, so there are some exceptions. Below is a table with those exceptions. Check the Auction House for the dropped recipes. The vendor for the Imbued Netherweave Robe and Tunic recipes belongs to the Scryer faction. However, the recipes are not BoP, so ask a guild member or friend to buy them for you if you are Aldor. You can also buy the recipes if you haven't made a choice yet and are still neutral to both.

This table shows the vendor bought and dropped recipes.

Recipe	Vendor / Dropped by	Where	Faction
Runecloth Bag	Qia	Everlook in Winterspring	Neutral
Bolt of Imbued Netherweave	Eiin Neii Deynna	Shattrath City The Exodar Silvermoon City	Neutral Alliance Horde
Netherweave Robe	Eiin Neii Deynna	Shattrath City The Exodar Silvermoon City	Neutral Alliance Horde
Netherweave Tunic	Eiin Neii Deynna	Shattrath City The Exodar Silvermoon City	Neutral Alliance Horde
Imbued Netherweave Robe and Imbued Netherweave Tunic	Arrond	Shadowmoon Valley	Scryer

Getting from 1 to 50

Getting from 1 to 50 seems easy enough. Making a bolt of linen cloth greys out at 50, so it looks like this is the easiest way to get to 50. However, since making a bolt of linen cloth becomes yellow at 25 and green at 37, you will most likely make much more bolts than needed to get from 50 and further.

Getting from 50 and further requires at least 75 bolts of linen cloth, so lets make those first and set those aside. If you haven't reached 50 yet, make a bolt of linen cloth and then a linen belt. The linen belt will give a skill point. Repeat this until 50.

Once you hit 50, talk to the appropriate trainer to become Journeyman Tailor. You have to be level 10 to become Journeyman Tailor.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from 0 to 50.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
1	25	50	Bolt of Linen Cloth	2x Linen Cloth	1 - 50 (50)	100x Linen Cloth
15	50	85	Linen Belt	1x Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1x Coarse Thread	45 - 50 (5)	5x Bolt of Linen Cloth, 5x Coarse Thread

Getting from 50 to 125

Use the bolts of linen cloth set aside earlier to make linen bags to get from 50 to 75.

There are two other recipes that can be used to get from 50 to 75: the heavy linen gloves and the reinforced linen cape. These recipes are cheaper in components than the linen bag, but since the bag sells for more silver at a vendor (2 silver for the bag versus 29 copper for the gloves and 67 copper for the cape) and you have to make a lot of bolts to get to 50 anyway, I decided to go for the linen bag. So you can recoup a bit more of the money you lose wasting material.

At 75, you can train to make bolt of woolen cloth. Bolt of woolen cloth grays out at 105. To get from 105 to 125, you need at least 50 bolts of woolen cloth, so lets make those and see how far we get.

If you haven't reached 105, make 1 bolt of woolen cloth and then make a woolen cape until you do reach 105.

Now use the 50 bolts of woolen cloth made earlier and make gray woolen shirts until 115, and double-stitched woolen shoulders to get from 115 to 125.

Once you hit 125, talk to the appropriate trainer to become Expert Tailor. You have to be level 20 to become Expert Tailor.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from 50 to 125.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
45	70	105	Linen Bag	3x Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3x Coarse Thread	50 - 75 (25)	75x Bolt of Linen Cloth, 75x Coarse Thread
75	90	105	Bolt of Woolen Cloth	3x Wool Cloth	75 - 105 (30)	90x Wool Cloth
75	100	135	Woolen Cape	1x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1x Fine Thread	100 - 105 (5)	5x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 5x Fine Thread
100	110	130	Gray Woolen Shirt	2x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1x Fine Thread, 1x Gray Dye	105 - 115 (10)	20x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 10x Fine Thread, 10x Gray Dye
110	135	170	Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders	3x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 2x Fine Thread	115 - 125 (10)	30x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 20x Fine Thread

Getting from 125 to 200

At 125, you can make bolt of silk cloth, which grays out at 145. Since you're going to need at least 175 bolts of silk cloth for your skill up recipes, you will most likely reach 145 with that, so lets make those bolts of silk cloth.

Make azure silk hoods to get from 145 to 160, silk headbands to get from 160 to 170, and formal white shirts to get from 170 to 175.

At 175, you can make bolt of mageweave which grays out at 185. Later on, you're going to need at least 90 bolts of mageweave, so lets make those bolts. This should get you to 185 easily.

Now back to silk. Make Crimson Silk Vests to get from 185 to 200.

Once you hit 200, talk to the appropriate trainer to become Artisan Tailor. You have to be level 35 to become Artisan Tailor.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from 125 to 200.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
125	135	145	Bolt of Silk Cloth	4x Silk Cloth	125 - 145 (20)	80x Silk Cloth
145	155	165	Azure Silk Hood	2x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Blue Dye, 1x Fine Thread	145 - 160 (15)	30x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 30x Blue Dye, 15x Fine Thread
160	170	180	Silk Headband	3x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Fine Thread	160 - 170 (10)	30x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 20x Fine Thread
170	180	190	Formal White Shirt	3x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Bleach, 1x Fine Thread	170 - 175 (5)	15x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 10x Bleach, 5x Fine Thread
175	180	185	Bolt of Mageweave	5x Mageweave Cloth	175 - 185 (10)	50x Mageweave Cloth
185	205	225	Crimson Silk Vest	4x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Red Dye, 2x Fine Thread	185 - 200 (15)	60x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 30x Red Dye, 30x Fine Thread

Getting from 200 to 275

First, make some more crimson silk vests to get from 200 to 210, and crimson silk pantaloons to get to 215.

Make orange mageweave shirts to get 225.

Make black mageweave gloves to get from 225 to 235 and black mageweave shoulders to get from 235 to 250.

At 250, you can make bolts of runecloth, which grays out at 260. Make bolts of runecloth until you reach 260 skill and use those to make runecloth belts. The runecloth belt recipe becomes yellow at 270, so you should be able to reach 275 using this recipe.

Once you hit 275, talk to the appropriate trainer to become Master Tailor. You have to be level 50 to become Master Tailor.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from 200 to 275.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
185	205	225	Crimson Silk Vest	4x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Red Dye, 2x Fine Thread	200 - 210 (10)	40x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 20x Red Dye, 20x Fine Thread
195	215	235	Crimson Silk Pantaloons	4x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Red Dye, 2x Silken Thread	210 - 215 (5)	20x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 10x Red Dye, 10x Silken Thread
215	220	230	Orange Mageweave Shirt	1x Bolt of Mageweave, 1x Orange Dye, 1x Heavy Silken Thread	215 - 225 (10)	10x Bolt of Mageweave, 10x Orange Dye, 10x Heavy Silken Thread
215	230	260	Black Mageweave Gloves	2x Bolt of Mageweave, 2x Heavy Silken Thread	225 - 235 (10)	20x Bolt of Mageweave, 20x Heavy Silken Thread
230	245	275	Black Mageweave Shoulders	3x Bolt of Mageweave, 2x Heavy Silken Thread	235 - 250 (15)	45x Bolt of Mageweave, 30x Heavy Silken Thread
250	255	260	Bolt of Runecloth	5x Runecloth	250 - 260 (10)	50x Runecloth
255	270	300	Runecloth Belt	3x Bolt of Runecloth, 1x Rune Thread	260 - 275 (15)	45x Bolt of Runecloth, 15x Rune Thread

Getting from 275 to 375

Make runecloth bags to get to 280 (you can opt by start doing runecloth gloves since 275 if you value rugged leather lesser than runecloth). Make runecloth gloves to get to 300.

At 300, you can make Bolt of Netherweave, which becomes gray at 325. You are going to need at least 430 Bolts of Netherweave to get to 360, so make those. This should get you to 325 just fine.

At 325, you can make Bolt of Imbued Netherweave, which becomes gray at 340. You are going to need at least 90 Bolts of Imbued Netherweave to eventually get to 375, so make those. If you are not at 340, make some more Bolts of Imbued Netherweave until you are. The bolts are needed in most high-level tailoring recipes, so they are not wasted. However, if you do not want to make more bolts than needed for this guide, make Netherweave Boots for those last points to 340 instead.

Make Netherweave Robes to get to 350, and Netherweave Tunics to get to 360.

Make Imbued Netherweave Robes or Imbued Netherweave Tunics to get to 375.

Congratulations, you now have 375 skill in tailoring.

A couple nice money savers:

• It could be much cheaper to craft Bolt of Soulcloth from 345 to 355. And use those bolts to craft Soulcloth Gloves later on. It depends on prices of your server and how far is your guild in Karazhan.
  
• At 350, make your first mooncloth/spellcloth/shadowcloth -- good chance for 3 "free" bumps. (free 'cause you know you're going to do it anyway ;))
  
• If you are a caster who is trying to make the 3-piece purple BoP set, make the first peice at 360, and the second piece at 374 (it's still orange, so it might save you multiple attempts), and you will save the cost of making 2 Imbued Netherweave Robes, which are well over 25g worth of materials each.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from 275 to 375.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
260	275	305	Runecloth Bag	5x Bolt of Runecloth, 2x Rugged Leather, 1x Rune Thread	275 - 280 (5)	25x Bolt of Runecloth, 10x Rugged Leather, 5x Rune Thread
275	290	320	Runecloth Gloves	4x Bolt of Runecloth, 4x Rugged Leather, 1x Rune Thread	280 - 300 (20)	80x Bolt of Runecloth, 80x Rugged Leather, 20x Rune Thread
300	305	325	Bolt of Netherweave	6x Netherweave Cloth	300 - 325 (25)	150x Netherweave Cloth
325	330	340	Bolt of Imbued Netherweave	3x Bolt of Netherweave, 2x Arcane Dust	325 - 340 (15)	45x Bolt of Netherweave, 30x Arcane Dust
335	345	355	Netherweave Boots	6x Bolt of Netherweave, 2x Knothide Leather, 1x Rune Thread	340 - 345 (5)	30x Bolt of Netherweave, 10x Knothide Leather, 5x Rune Thread
345	355	365	Netherweave Tunic	8x Bolt of Netherweave, 2x Rune Thread	345 - 360 (15)	120x Bolt of Netherweave, 30x Rune Thread
360	370	380	Imbued Netherweave Robe or Imbued Netherweave Tunic	6x Bolt of Imbued Netherweave, 2x Netherweb Spider Silk, 1x Rune Thread	360 - 375 (15)	90x Bolt of Imbued Netherweave, 30x Netherweb Spider Silk, 15x Rune Thread

An alternative if you're just trying to get to 350, for Primal Mooncloth:

This table shows the different recipes used to get from 300 to 350.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
300	305	325	Bolt of Netherweave	6x Netherweave Cloth	300 - 325 (25)	150x Netherweave Cloth
325	330	340	Netherweave Pants	6x Bolt of Netherweave, 1x Rune Thread	325 - 335 (10)	60x Bolt of Netherweave, 10x Rune Thread
335	345	355	Netherweave Boots	6x Bolt of Netherweave, 2x Knothide Leather, 1x Rune Thread	335 - 345 (10)	60x Bolt of Netherweave, 20x Knothide Leather, 10x Rune Thread
345	355	365	Netherweave Tunic	8x Bolt of Netherweave, 2x Rune Thread	345 - 350 (5)	40x Bolt of Netherweave, 10x Rune Thread