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Tailoring Powerleveling Guide

Posted April 18th, 2007 by Xerin

Ten Ton Hammer's Tailoring Guide

Tailoring 1 - 375 Leveling Guide

We present for your reading pleasure a guide on the best way to “power” skill to 350 or 375 for the Tailoring profession in World of Warcraft. We’ve gone and found the cheapest items to create that don’t require super expensive recipes. As a matter of a fact, outside of the Outland recipes and Runecloth Bags all of the recipes can be obtained from the trainer!

Before you embark on getting Tailoring to 350 or 375 you’ll need to get a few things first. You’ll need between 250 and 350 gold (depending on your market) to get Tailoring to 300. After that you’ll need between 1,000 and 2,000 gold to get it to 375 (once again heavily depending on your market) if you buy most of your cloth (you’ll only need a few hundred gold if you farm ALL of the cloth yourself). You’ll need about 150 Linen, 150 Wool, 800 Silk, 375 Mageweave, 750 Runecloth and about 3,000 (!!) Netherweave. If you’re near the Auction House then you can pretty much figure out how much you’ll need to spend.

It may be a wise idea if you’re level 70 to farm instances like Deadmines for Wool and Scarlet Monastery for Silk then farm your own Netherweave to save on the very expensive costs.

Return to our Tailoring Guide for more Tailoring information!

Table of Contents

Apprentice
Journeyman
Expert
Artisan
Master

Skill	Item Name	Reasoning
Apprentice Tailor [Return to Top]
1-50	Bolt of Linen Cloth 2x Linen Cloth	Bolts are always the cheapest items to create. The Bolt of Linen Cloth will also be required for upcoming items and therefore is the most efficent path from 1 to 50. If you start failing at around 45 to 50 you can create Linen Belts (1x Bolt of Linen Cloth and 1x Coarse Thread) or Brown Linen Shirts (same). Heavy Linen Gloves (requiring a skill of 35) are also very good.
Journeyman Tailor [Return to Top]
50-60	Heavy Linen Gloves 1x Bolt of Linen Cloth 1x Coarse Thread OR Linen Bag 3x Bolt of Linen Cloth 3x Coarse Thread	You've got two choices. Once is the Heavy Linen Gloves which you learn at a skill of 35 and are about yellow at 50 (or turning green). They're VERY cheap and you can make three of them to one Linen Bag. However, if you have a ton of Linen Cloth and want to go through 50 to 60 as fast as possible then make the Linen Bags. They remain orange until 70 and 75 is the next bolt. So your choice.
60-65	Red Linen Shirt 2x Bolt of Linen Cloth 1x Red Dye 1x Coarse Thread OR Linen Bag 3x Bolt of Linen Cloth 3x Coarse Thread	You can create Red Linen Shirts (or Blue, whichever you prefer - although if on a serious budget only buy one of the recipes). They turn yellow at 65 so they remain pretty good until then.
65-75	Reinforced Linen Cape 2x Bolt of Linen Cloth 3x Coarse Thread OR Linen Bag 3x Bolt of Linen Cloth 3x Coarse Thread	Same debate. If you're saving cloth go with the Reinforced Linen Cape. If not just keep making the Linen bags with all of the bolts you made to get to 50 skill.
75-105	Bolt of Woolen Cloth 3x Woolen Cloth	You're going to need A LOT of woolen cloth (well, a lot of cloth for anything) so creating bolts until they grey out is in no way a bad idea. Between 100 and 105 if you're having any trouble getting skill gains and have a ton of woolen bolts then make a Gray Woolen Shirt (2x Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 1x Fine Thread, 1x Grey Dye). You can also make Woolen Capes (5x Bolt of Woolen Cloth and 5x Fine Thread) but I don't see why you would want to.
105-115	Gray Woolen Shirt 2x Bolt of Woolen Cloth 1x Fine Thread 1x Grey Dye	There really isn't anything better to be honest aroiund these levels.
115-125	Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders 3x Bolt of Woolen Cloth 2x Fine Thread	Looking at the alternatives, you could probably get away with making Red Woolen Bags or Stylish Red Shirts although they're barely more expensive. Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders are the best for this area.
Expert Tailor [Return to Top]
125-145	Bolt of Silk Cloth 4x Silk Cloth	You're going to need more then 150 silk bolts to get past silk so... just make them and make them and make them. They go grey at 145 but you may want to keep on going just so that you won't have to fool with them. Make about 150 to 175 then see what you need after that.
145-160	Azure Silk Hood 1x Bolt of Silk Cloth 2x Blue Dye 1x Fine Thread	I'm suprised, to be honest that this is still one of the best things to make for leveling up. Back when WoW first came out and my friend was doing Tailoring he made these and gave me one. If that isn't reasoning I don't know what is. Got spare leather? At 150 you can make Small Silk Packs which actually sell on the Auction House (not all the time though). That's a risky option (since they're more expensive to make) that might make you some money back.
160-170	Silk Headband 3x Bolt of Silk Cloth 2x Fine Thread	Here is a kind of area that's just meh. You can make Dark Silk Shirts (which are very popular and might sell kinda on the Auction House) for just a little bit more (they require 2x silk bolts, 2x gray dye, and 1x fine thread). Up to you though.
170-175	Formal White Shirt 3x Bolt of Silk Cloth 2x Bleach 1x Fine Thread	Starting to get expensive at this point. Nothing better for these five levels.
175-185	Bolt of Mageweave 5x Mageweave Cloth	You get a total of ten levels out of the Mageweave Bolts!!! Ahhhhhhh. You're going to need over 80 of these so meh I guess kind of like 10 free points.
185-210	Crimson Silk Vest 4x Bolt of Silk Cloth 2x Red Dye 2x Fine Thread	Can't argue the price or location of this recipe. You can also make Black Silk Packs if you want and have a extra silk. They sell decently well on the Auction House, but not worth the extra investment or time if you don't want to bother with it. You'll be making these until 210, however be sure to train for Artisan at 200!!
Artisan Tailor [Return to Top]
210-215	Crimson Silk Pantaloons 4x Bolt of Silk Cloth 2x Red Dye 2x Silken Thread	Silk cloth this high up?! Why, yes, thank you for these five inexpensive points compared to Mageweave.
215-225	Orange Mageweave Shirt 1x Bolt of Mageweave 1x Orange Dye 1x Heavy Silken Thread	Ten points, one bolt... why yes. Thank you again for these inexpensive points! You are not in Mageweave for long so this area is VERY good. You can also make White Bandit Masks which is a droped recipe or a Red Mageweave Vest and some Red Mageweave pants for yourself if you're a caster.
225-235	Black Mageweave Gloves 2x Bolt of Mageweave 2x Heavy Silken Thread	At 225 you can start making Mageweave Bags and if you want to fool with the Auction House I suggest you do it. They might not sell, but if they do you'll be able to make back a little bit of the money you spent. Outside of that, 2 bolts and 2 threads. What's not to like?
235-250	Black Mageweave Shoulders 3x Bolt of Mageweave 2x Heavy Silken Thread OR Black Mageweave Headband 3x Bolt of Mageweave 2x Heavy Silken Thread	Either or work since they require the same amount of items. Since they're so cheap and everything else requires so much more. Fifteen points later you'll be at Runecloth or also known as "man this is getting expensive".
250-260	Bolt of Runecloth 5x Runecloth	Make these until you get to 260. Make more too, you'll probably need over 100.
260-275	Runecloth Belt 3x Bolt of Runecloth 1x Rune Thread	Not bad, but you can also make Runecloth Bags which cost more (a lot more) but also sell decently well. You can also make Mooncloth at this level which makes some money (not as much as it used too since TBC made it kind of useless). You can make these until 280 (Runecloth Gloves) if you want to.
Master Tailor [Return to Top]
275-280	Runecloth Bags 5x Bolt of Runecloth 2x Rugged Leather 1x Rune Thread	Might as well make bags for yourself or to sell. Recipe sold is Winterspring.
280-300	Runecloth Gloves 4x Bolt of Runelcoth 2x Rugged Leather 1x Rune Thread	You'll be starting on Netherweave soon, so just make gloves until 300.
The Burning Crusade At this point things are going to get expensive. You may have spent about 200 gold getting here. From here own expect to spend 1000-2000 gold to get to 375 unless you farm a lot of the cloth yourself.
300-325	Bolt of Netherweave 6x Neatherweave Cloth	Might as well save as much money as possible.
325-340	Bolt of Imbued Neatherweave 3x Bolt of Netherweave 2x Arcane Dust	Fifteen points for an item you'll be using in a few things anyway, not a bad deal. Don't bother if you're taking Tailoring only to 350. Recipe sold in Shattrath City/Exodar/Silvermoon City.
335-345	Neatherweave Boots 6x Bolt of Neatherweave 2x Knothide Leather 1x Rune Thread	Expensive. Recipe sold in Shattrath City/Exodar/Silvermoon City.
345-360	Netherweave Tunic 8x Bolt of Netherweave 2x Rune Thread	At 350 you can make spellthread if you buy the recipe from either the Aldors or Scryers which can make you money and save yourself some trouble. If all you want from Tailoring is Primal Mooncloth (which can also be used past 350 for a free point) and Spellcloth then just stop here. Go onward if you want to make the caster three piece set. Recipe sold in Shattrath City/Exodar/Silvermoon City.
360-374 (or 375)	Imbued Netherweave Robe or Imbued Neatherweave Tunic 6x Bolt of Imbued Netherweave 2x Netherweb Spider Silk 1x Rune Thread	EXPENSIVE. Each of these cost like 13 gold to create. If you're making the super special caster gear then make the third piece at 374 which is still orange and gets you to 375. Recipe bought from the Scryers in Shattrath City. A friend CAN buy it for you if you're Aldor.
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