Tailoring

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Tailoring is one of the primary WoW Tradeskills. It allows a character to create cloth armor. Tailoring is often paired with Enchanting as the second primary profession, as the items created by the tailor can be disenchanted to make materials for the enchanter.

External Links

Allakhazam's page
Thottbot's page

Tailoring in Classic WoW

Tailoring trainers are found in every main city.

A player can become an Apprentice Tailor and begin creating items with patterns in Classic WoW at Level 5. Apprentice Tailors can learn patterns up to 75 skill.

A player can become a Journeyman Tailor and begin creating items with patterns in Classic WoW at Level 10, with a Tailoring skill of 50. Journeyman Tailors can learn patterns up to 150 skill.

A player can become an Expert Tailor and begin creating items with patterns in Classic WoW at Level 20, with a Tailoring skill of 125. Expert Tailors can learn patterns up to 225 skill.

A player can become an Artisan Tailor and begin creating items with patterns in Classic WoW at Level 35, with a Tailoring skill of 200. Artisan Tailors can learn patterns up to 300 skill.

Tailoring Patterns in Classic WoW

Leveling Tailoring Cheaply, 255+

255 Skill - Runecloth Belt

Source: Daryl Stack inside the church in Tarren Mills.

Materials: 3x Bolt of Runecloth, 1x Rune Thread


Create an alternate character and get it to level 5, and then mail it all the belts you make, which you can disenchant, mostly into dream dust, an average of 3 each time, and then sell or use. I suggest you don't do this until 52 or so, when you can grind the first farm in western plaguelands for runecloth. Done this way, it costs 45s (1 rune thread bought at honored faction), and the results more than pay for themselves.

275 Skill - Brightcloth Cloak

Source: Drop (I bought it at Auction House)

Materials: 4x Bolt of Runecloth, 2x Gold Bar, 1x Rune Thread


Again, I disenchanted this. I only did this pattern because I mined the gold myself, but if you don't spend too much on gold bars, this is another cheap pattern, and I made 300 by making 26 of these. (Note: You CAN level to 300 doing mooncloth if you want to. It only takes 200 days at minimum.)

Cloth Drop Guide

I (Nvts) always liked to kill humanoids due to them not dropping as much ‘sell loot’ and almost solely cloth, coin, and magic items. I would look for mobs to kill on Thott, but it was always annoying to do, due to the huge amount of low drop % mobs that is within the data. Now that I have a tailor, I have even more reason to hunt cloth dropping mobs.

I took all of the Linen, Silk, Mageweave, and Runcloth drops from Thottbot. In theory, the ones killed the most either were easiest to kill, popped fast, or some other reason to let them get killed often. I took the first five or six pages of most killed mobs per type and copied it into excel.

I removed all Elites, Chests and such, and instance mobs. I then removed all the lower % drops ( typically under 10% )This should leave me with the most killed, highest rate of cloth drops.

I added in a highlight for drop rates over 40%, and split it into a couple categories due to the Wiki not liking large tables. I made a table for each continent as well.

By Level
Sorted by level then zone. Should let you see all the mobs around your level at a glance.
ClothDropsEasternUnder30ByLevel
ClothDropsEasternOver30ByLevel

ClothDropsKalimdorUnder30ByLevel
ClothDropsKalimdorOver30ByLevel

By Zone
Sorted by zone then level. Lets you see the natural killing progression, if you wish to stay in the same zone a while.
ClothDropsEasternUnder30ByZone
ClothDropsEasternOver30ByZone

ClothDropsKalimdorOver30ByZone
ClothDropsKalimdorUnder30ByZone

Tailoring Pattern Locations

This is a somewhat incomplete chart of where to get Tailoring patterns. Right now, since my master list only includes drops, that's what's listed here. --Soraia 16:58, 17 Nov 2005 (GMT)


Skill Type Name Location Found
Shoulders Azure Shoulders World drop
Waist Belt of the Archmage BoE from Knot Thimblejack's Cache in Dire Maul North
Bag Black Silk Pack Syndicate Assassins in Alterac Mountains and Wastewander Assassins and Scofflaws in Tanaris
Bag Bottomless Bag World drop (high-end content only?)
Feet Boots of the Enchanter World drop
Cloak Brightcloth Cloak World drop
Hands Brightcloth Gloves World drop
Legs Brightcloth Pants World drop
Chest Brightcloth Robe World drop
Cloak Cindercloth Cloak Thaurissan Flamewalkers, Burning Steppes
Hands Cindercloth Gloves Twilight Fire Guards, Searing Gorge
Legs Cindercloth Pants Thaurissan Flamewalkers, Burning Steppes
Chest Cindercloth Vest Twilight Fire Guards, Searing Gorge
Cloak Cloak of Fire BoP pattern from Overmaster Pyron, Blackrock Mountain
Cloak Cloak of Warding BoP pattern from Knot Thimblejack's Cache, Dire Maul North
Legs Colorful Kilt World drop
Shoulders Crimson Silk Shoulders World drop
Waist Earthen Silk Belt World drop
Feet Felcloth Boots World drop
Hands Felcloth Gloves BoP pattern from Knot Thimblejack's Cache, Dire Maul North
Head Felcloth Hood World drop
Chest Felcloth Robe World drop
Shoulders Felcloth Shoulders World drop
Hands Frostweave Gloves World drop
Legs Frostweave Pants World drop
Chest Frostweave Robe World drop
Chest Frostweave Tunic World drop
Waist Ghostweave Belt Lingering Highborne, Azshara
Hands Ghostweave Gloves Lingering Highborne, Azshara and Unseen Servants, Eastern Plaguelands
Legs Ghostweave Pants Spectral Citizens, Stratholme
Chest Ghostweave Vest Unseen Servants, Eastern Plaguelands
Hands Gloves of Spell Mastery World drop (high-end content only?)
Chest Gray Woolen Robe World drop
Chest Green Silk Armor World drop
Bag Green Silk Pack World drop
Bag Green Woolen Bag World drop
Hands Hands of Darkness World drop
Cloak Heavy Woolen Cloak World drop
Hands Inferno Gloves BoP pattern from Knot Thimblejack's Cache, Dire Maul North
Bag Mooncloth Bag World drop
Head Mooncloth Circlet World drop (high-end content only?)
Hands Mooncloth Gloves BoP pattern from Knot Thimblejack's Cache, Dire Maul North
Legs Mooncloth Leggings World drop
Shoulders Mooncloth Shoulders World drop
Chest Mooncloth Vest World drop
Hands Phoenix Gloves World drop
Legs Phoenix Pants World drop
Chest Red Linen Robe World drop
Chest Red Linen Vest World drop
Gloves Red Mageweave Gloves World drop
Head Red Mageweave Headband World drop
Legs Red Mageweave Pants World drop
Shoulders Red Mageweave Shoulders World drop
Chest Red Mageweave Vest World drop
Shoulders Reinforced Woolen Shoulders World drop
Shirt Rich Purple Silk Shirt World drop
Chest Robe of the Archmage Firebrand Pyromancers, Lower Blackrock Spire
Chest Robe of the Void Darkmaster Gandling, Scholomance
Chest Robe of Winter Night Cobalt Mageweavers, Winterspring
Chest Robes of Arcana Dark Strand Voidcallers, Darkshore and Defias Enchanters, Duskwood
Head Runecloth Headband World drop
Legs Runecloth Pants World drop
Shoulders Runecloth Shoulders World drop
Chest Runecloth Tunic World drop
Waist Runed Stygian Belt Possible reward for turning Encrypted Twilight Texts in to the hermit in Silithus
Feet Runed Stygian Boots Possible reward for turning Encrypted Twilight Texts in to the hermit in Silithus
Legs Runed Stygian Leggings Possible reward for turning Encrypted Twilight Texts in to the hermit in Silithus
Head Shadow Hood World drop
Waist Spider Belt World drop
Feet Spider Silk Slippers World drop
Waist Star Belt World drop
Shirt Stylish Blue Shirt World drop
Shirt Stylish Green Shirt World drop
Hands Truefaith Gloves World drop
Chest Truefaith Vestments Balnazzar, Stratholme (Scarlet-side)
Head White Bandit Mask World drop
Legs Wizardweave Leggings Dark Summoners, Eastern Plaguelands
Chest Wizardweave Robe Dark Casters, Eastern Plaguelands
Head Wizardweave Turban Dark Casters, Eastern Plaguelands

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Tailoring in The Burning Crusade

A player can become a Master Tailor and begin creating items with patterns from the Burning Crusades expansion at Level 50, with a Tailoring skill of 275. Tailoring trainers are found in Hellfire Peninsula at Honor Hold (Alliance) and Thrallmar (Horde), and in Shattrath City at Scryer's and Aldor's Tiers . Master Tailors can learn patterns up to 375 skill.

Tailoring Patterns in The Burning Crusade

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Tailoring in Wrath of the Lich King

A player can become a Grand Master Tailor and begin creating items with patterns from the Wrath of the Lich King expansion at Level 65, with a Tailoring skill of 350. Tailoring trainers are found in the Borean Tundra at Valiance Keep (Alliance) and Warsong Hold (Horde), in Howling Fjord at Valgarde (Alliance) and Vengeance Landing (Horde), in Dalaran at the Magus Commerce Exchange, and in Icecrown at the Argent Tournament. Grand Master Tailors can learn patterns up to 450 skill.

Tailoring Patterns in Wrath of the Lich King

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