WoW Forever Tailoring Guide: Leveling 1–300, Pattern Sets, Gold

WoW Forever tailoring guide: what changed from Classic

Tailoring still has no specialization. WoW Handbook lists specializations only for Engineering, Blacksmithing and Leatherworking, so every tailor can learn the same book. The differences from Classic sit in four places.

Change	What it means for you	Source
Cloth sets by spell school and for healing	One family per school, so you build gear that matches your spec	Warcraft Tavern; Metabot
Merchant's Favor recipe vendors	67 Tailoring patterns sold for the new currency	WoW-Professions
Reagent bags	Seven reagent bags, from Linen (skill 5) to Bottomless (300)	Warcraft Wiki
Camp objects	Faction Banner, Spinning Wheel and Loom	Warcraft Wiki; The Forever Era
Bigger starter bag	Red Linen Bag holds 8 slots, up from 6	Warcraft Tavern

Cloth by character level

Cloth	Drops from humanoids around level	Bolt recipe
Linen Cloth	1–19	2 cloth per Bolt of Linen Cloth
Wool Cloth	15–30	3 cloth per Bolt of Woolen Cloth
Silk Cloth	26–40	4 cloth per Bolt of Silk Cloth
Mageweave Cloth	41–50	5 cloth per Bolt of Mageweave
Runecloth	51–60	5 cloth per Bolt of Runecloth
Felcloth	50–60, from demons	—

Drop levels are Warcraft Tavern's. Cloth-per-bolt ratios come from the material counts in Wowhead's and WoW-Professions' routes.

Tailoring camp objects

Object	Skill	Effect	How you get it	Source
Faction Banner	20	+32 Spirit at level 60; doesn't stack with Divine Spirit	Quest reward	Warcraft Wiki; The Forever Era
Spinning Wheel	140	Workstation for 74 recipes	Blueprint drop from the Unstable Sentinel in City of Dalaran	WoW Handbook; The Forever Era
Loom	300	Workstation for 43 recipes	No source listed yet	Warcraft Wiki; The Forever Era

Warcraft Tavern says the Spirit buff grows as you move from the Banner to the Wheel and then the Loom. The Forever Era adds that most Blueprint objects replace the basic one and keep everything it gave. The Loom also needs a reagent called Bottled Screams that has no known source in the client (The Forever Era), so treat it as a later goal. Our camping guide explains how camp buffs stack, and our City of Dalaran guide covers the boss that drops the Spinning Wheel.

How to level tailoring in WoW Forever

Tailoring levels the way every crafting profession does. Each recipe shows a color for your current skill:

• Orange: every craft gives a skill point.
• Yellow: most crafts give a point, and the odds fall as you climb toward green.
• Green: points are rare, and rarer still near grey.
• Grey: no points at all.

Because cloth falls off the humanoids you kill while questing, Tailoring keeps pace with your character without a gathering partner. You will still buy thread, dyes and a few reagents from vendors, Alchemists and Enchanters.

Train each rank

Rank	Skill to train	Character level	Trainers named by WoW-Professions
Apprentice	—	No requirement	Any capital trainer; Othesia Evengale (Valanaar) or Taleen Shimmerthread (Shen'dar Village) for Skyborne
Journeyman	50	10	Magar, Rhiannon Davis, Tepa (Horde); Sellandus, Jormund Stonebrow, Me'lynn (Alliance)
Expert	125	20	Josef Gregorian, Undercity (Horde); Georgio Bolero, Stormwind (Alliance)
Artisan	200	35	Daryl Stack, Tarren Mill (Horde); Timothy Worthington, Theramore Isle (Alliance)

Rank thresholds match WoW Handbook's table. WoW-Professions built its trainer list on beta data, and other sites name different Expert trainers, so ask a city guard if a trainer isn't where you expect. WoW-Professions also warns that nothing above 75 gives a point until you've learned Journeyman, so train each rank before you craft past its cap.

WoW Forever tailoring leveling guide 1–300

This route is Wowhead's. "Crafts" is Wowhead's average, which allows for yellow and green recipes that miss a point now and then.

Skill	Recipe	Learned from	Materials	Crafts
1–43	Bolt of Linen Cloth	Known	108 Linen Cloth	54
43–45	Brown Linen Vest	Trainer	2 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2 Coarse Thread	2
45–70	Linen Belt	Trainer	33 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 33 Coarse Thread	33
70–75	Reinforced Linen Cape	Trainer	14 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 21 Coarse Thread	7
75–81	Bolt of Woolen Cloth	Trainer	36 Wool Cloth	12
81–100	Woolen Cape	Trainer	28 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 28 Fine Thread	28
100–110	Bolt of Silk Cloth	Trainer	40 Silk Cloth	10
110–125	Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders	Trainer	57 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 38 Fine Thread	19
125–132	Azure Silk Hood	Trainer	14 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 14 Blue Dye, 7 Fine Thread	7
132–139	Lesser Wizard's Robe	Trainer	16 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 16 Fine Thread, 16 Spider's Silk	8
139–140	Formal White Shirt	Trainer	3 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2 Bleach, 1 Fine Thread	1
140–149	Bolt of Mageweave	Trainer	55 Mageweave Cloth	11
149–160	Earthen Vest	Trainer	33 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 11 Elemental Earth, 22 Fine Thread	11
160–170	Robe of Power	Trainer	20 each of Bolt of Mageweave, Elemental Earth, Elemental Water, Elemental Fire, Elemental Air and Silken Thread	10
170–180	Black Mageweave Vest	Trainer	20 Bolt of Mageweave, 30 Silken Thread	10
180–190	Orange Mageweave Shirt	Trainer	11 Bolt of Mageweave, 11 Orange Dye, 11 Heavy Silken Thread	11
190–205	Black Mageweave Gloves	Trainer	34 Bolt of Mageweave, 34 Heavy Silken Thread	17
205–214	Bolt of Runecloth	Trainer	5 Runecloth per bolt	Not given
214–234	Runecloth Belt	Trainer	3 Bolt of Runecloth, 1 Rune Thread per belt	Not given
234–250	Runecloth Cloak	Darnall, Nighthaven, Moonglade	72 Bolt of Runecloth, 18 Ironweb Spider Silk, 18 Rune Thread	18
250–260	Runecloth Boots	Darnall, Nighthaven, Moonglade	48 Bolt of Runecloth, 24 Ironweb Spider Silk, 48 Rugged Leather, 12 Rune Thread	12
260–280	Runecloth Cuffs	Vendor (Pexmit, per Wowhead)	125 Bolt of Runecloth, 25 Ironweb Spider Silk, 25 Rune Thread	25
280–285	Wisdom of the Timbermaw	Meilosh, Timbermaw Hold, Felwood	64 Bolt of Runecloth, 24 Essence of Earth, 24 Living Essence, 16 Ironweb Spider Silk	8
285–292	Venomspew Gloves	Mishta, Cenarion Hold, Silithus	28 Bolt of Runecloth, 7 Small Brilliant Shard, 21 Essence of Air, 42 Rune Thread	7
292–299	Venomspew Cord	Mishta, Cenarion Hold, Silithus	54 Bolt of Runecloth, 9 Small Brilliant Shard, 27 Essence of Air, 54 Rune Thread	9
299–300	Venomspew Footpads	Mishta, Cenarion Hold, Silithus	20 Bolt of Runecloth, 4 Small Brilliant Shard, 12 Essence of Air, 24 Rune Thread	4

Vendor locations are from WoW-Professions' NPC pages. Wowhead gives no average count for the two Runecloth rows at 205–234, so the per-craft materials there come from WoW-Professions. Warcraft Wiki marks Runecloth Cuffs and all three Venomspew patterns as new in Forever, and we couldn't confirm Pexmit's location in a second source.

Reputation gates to plan for. WoW-Professions lists Wisdom of the Timbermaw at Honored with Timbermaw Hold. Venomspew Gloves need Friendly with the Cenarion Circle, and the Cord and Footpads need Honored. If your reputation isn't there when you reach 280, those rows will stall you. Start the Timbermaw and Silithus reputations while you're still in the 250s.

A second route to compare

WoW-Professions built a different path from the beta and warns that most recipes "turn grey 25 to 45 points earlier in Forever." Only its 1–225 part was played through, because the beta's level cap stopped testing there. The site labels everything from 225 to 300 as untested and says it found no trainer or vendor recipe that keeps leveling past 265. It also says Bolt of Runecloth no longer gives skill points, which conflicts with Wowhead's 205–214 row.

Skill	WoW-Professions recipe
1–30	Bolt of Linen Cloth
30–55	Linen Belt
55–80	Bolt of Woolen Cloth
80–95	Woolen Cape
95–100	Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders
100–120	Bolt of Silk Cloth
120–140	Gloves of Meditation (each needs an Elixir of Wisdom)
140–150	Bolt of Mageweave
150–170	Crimson Silk Vest
170–190	Crimson Silk Pantaloons
190–215	Black Mageweave Shoulders
215–225	Mageweave Bag
225–240	Runecloth Belt (untested; skill colors taken from game data)
240–265	Runecloth Gloves, pattern from Qia, Winterspring (untested; skill colors taken from game data)
265–300	No confirmed recipe (possible world drops: Runecloth Shoulders, Wizardweave Turban)

Our read: follow Wowhead's route because it covers 1 to 300, but open the profession window before each row. If a recipe already shows green where the table says orange, skip to the next row. That is exactly the shift WoW-Professions describes.

Tailoring shopping list

These totals are our math from Wowhead's route. They count the raw cloth needed to weave every bolt the route uses. They exclude the Runecloth Belt row, which Wowhead gives no count for, so add 3 bolts (15 Runecloth) and 1 Rune Thread per belt you make.

Material	Amount	Where it comes from
Linen Cloth	108	Humanoids, levels 1–19
Wool Cloth	255	Humanoids, levels 15–30
Silk Cloth	264	Humanoids, levels 26–40
Mageweave Cloth	425	Humanoids, levels 41–50
Runecloth	2,055	Humanoids, levels 51–60
Coarse Thread	56	Tailoring supply vendor
Fine Thread	112	Tailoring supply vendor
Silken Thread	50	Tailoring supply vendor
Heavy Silken Thread	45	Tailoring supply vendor
Rune Thread	175	Tailoring supply vendor
Blue Dye	14	Vendor
Orange Dye	11	Vendor
Bleach	2	Vendor
Spider's Silk	16	Spider drops or the Auction House
Elemental Earth	31	Elemental drops or the Auction House
Elemental Water, Fire, Air	20 each	Elemental drops or the Auction House
Ironweb Spider Silk	83	Spider drops or the Auction House
Rugged Leather	48	Skinning or the Auction House
Essence of Earth	24	Elemental drops or the Auction House
Living Essence	24	Elemental drops or the Auction House
Essence of Air	60	Elemental drops or the Auction House
Small Brilliant Shard	20	Enchanting or the Auction House

That is 334 crafts across the rows Wowhead counts (our math). WoW-Professions notes that most trainers have a Tailoring supply vendor nearby. Tirisfal Glades is the exception, so Horde players there buy Coarse Thread from Abigail Shiel in Brill.

Example: a Gnome Mage weaves Linen and Wool bolts as they drop and doesn't sell any cloth before level 30. At skill 125 they're already carrying most of the 57 woolen bolts the shoulders need, so the only shopping is Fine Thread from the supply vendor. They bank Runecloth from 51 onward and pick up Timbermaw reputation in Felwood while questing, so Wisdom of the Timbermaw is open when they reach 280.

Tailoring pattern sets in WoW Forever

Forever gives tailors families of cloth gear instead of a specialization. Each family serves one spell school or healing. All the pieces Metabot lists bind on pickup, so you craft them for your own character, and the trade crates (not the Auction House) are how tailoring turns them into value. The patterns come from the Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance) and Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde). Mivin Shadowweave sells them in Three Corners, Redridge Mountains, and Jim'bek sells them west of the Crossroads in the Barrens (WoW-Professions). Our Merchant's Favor guide explains how to earn the currency.

Pattern sets for skill 60 to 125

Every family has six pieces: Boots (60), Gloves (75), Sash (85), Circlet (100), Gown (110) and Leggings (125). Each pattern costs 30 Merchant's Favor with no reputation requirement (WoW-Professions).

Family	Focus	Reagent that sets it apart
Pristine	Healing plus some spell damage	Pristine Leather
Silky	Frost damage	Spider's Silk
Flame	Fire damage	Fire Oil
Shadow	Shadow damage	Shadowgem
Pearly	Arcane damage	Small Lustrous Pearl
Shining	Holy damage	Pyrite

The focus column is from Warcraft Tavern, and Metabot's item data confirms it. Every Gown in these families takes 12 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2 Silken Thread, 6 Cerulean Dye, 2 Silver Bar and 2 Greater Astral Essence, plus 6 of the family's own reagent. Metabot gives each Gown +7 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Spirit and either +13 damage for its school or, on the Pristine Gown, +20 Healing and +7 Spell Damage. The Gown needs character level 22. Cerulean Dye comes from Alchemists (our alchemy guide), and Greater Astral Essence from Enchanters.

Shopping list for one full 60–125 family. We added up Metabot's reagents for all six Pristine pieces and spot-checked the Shadow Boots, Silky Gloves and Flame Sash, which use the same counts with their own reagent swapped in. So one list covers every family:

Material	For all six pieces
Bolt of Woolen Cloth	14 (Boots and Gloves)
Bolt of Silk Cloth	44 (Sash, Circlet, Gown, Leggings)
Fine Thread	13
Silken Thread	4
Cerulean Dye	26
Family reagent (Pristine Leather, Spider's Silk, Fire Oil, Shadowgem, Small Lustrous Pearl or Pyrite)	24
Silver Bar	5
Greater Astral Essence	7

Per piece, the family reagent climbs from 1 on the Boots to 8 on the Leggings. If you only want the Gown and Leggings for your spec, you need 14 of it, not 24.

Pattern sets for skill 150 to 235

Family	Focus	Reagent that sets it apart
Gilded	Healing plus some spell damage	Gold Bar
Frothing	Frost damage	Globe of Water
Fiery	Fire damage	Heart of Fire
Black	Shadow damage	Black Pearl
Golden	Arcane damage	Golden Pearl
Radiant	Holy damage	Large Radiant Shard

Warcraft Wiki lists six pieces per family. The Slippers come from a trainer; Warcraft Wiki puts them at skill 150 and Metabot at 140. The Merchant's Favor vendor sells the Handwraps (165), Waistcord (215) and Sandals (235): 60 Favor each at Friendly for the first two and 90 Favor at Honored for the Sandals (WoW-Professions). The Gilded Handwraps aren't on the vendor's list. Warcraft Wiki gives no source yet for the Cord (190) or Gloves (235). Metabot's Sandals need character level 50 and take 10 Bolt of Runecloth, 4 Heavy Silken Thread, 10 Magenta Dye, 6 Cerulean Dye, 4 Pristine Leather and 14 of the family reagent.

Shopping list for one full 150–235 family, summed from Metabot's six Gilded recipes:

Material	For all six pieces
Bolt of Mageweave	48 (Slippers 8, Handwraps 12, Cord 28)
Bolt of Runecloth	26 (Waistcord 8, Gloves 8, Sandals 10)
Heavy Silken Thread	24
Magenta Dye	32
Cerulean Dye	22
Pristine Leather	4 (Sandals only)
Family reagent (Gold Bar, Globe of Water, Heart of Fire, Black Pearl, Golden Pearl or Large Radiant Shard)	48

The Cord and Waistcord eat 24 of those 48 family reagents between them. If the reagent is scarce on your server, those two are the pieces to weigh before you commit.

Nether shoulders and cuffs: skill 195 to 205

Six more families add only two pieces each: Shoulders at 195 and Cuffs at 205, both 60 Favor at Friendly (WoW-Professions). They add Spirit on top of the usual stats (Warcraft Tavern).

Family	Focus
Nethergeld	Healing plus some spell damage
Netherfroth	Frost damage
Netherflame	Fire damage
Netherpearl	Shadow damage
Nethershine	Arcane damage
Netherlight	Holy damage

As one example, Metabot's Netherpearl Shoulders take 16 Bolt of Mageweave, 3 Heavy Silken Thread, 4 Magenta Dye, 3 Cerulean Dye, 8 Black Pearl and 2 Greater Nether Essence, and give +17 Shadow Damage at character level 42.

Shopping list for a Nether pair. Adding Metabot's Nethergeld Shoulders (level 42) and Cuffs (level 45) gives 34 Bolt of Mageweave, 6 Heavy Silken Thread, 10 Magenta Dye, 7 Cerulean Dye, 6 Greater Nether Essence and 18 of the family reagent: 8 for the Shoulders and 10 for the Cuffs. The family reagents match the 150–235 line, so Netherpearl takes Black Pearl, Netherflame takes Heart of Fire, and so on.

Filigreed patterns

Warcraft Wiki lists 18 Filigreed patterns, all of them drops: a Gown (75), Leggings (100) and Circlet (125) for each of the Flame, Pearly, Pristine, Shadow, Shining and Silky families. Warcraft Tavern says the Shadow Gown and Leggings drop in low-level dungeons. We couldn't confirm the boss for each pattern in a primary database, so check the loot tables in our new dungeons guide and on boss pages before you farm.

Making gold with tailoring in WoW Forever

The set gear binds on pickup, so tailoring income comes from what still trades. These are our ideas, built on the sourced item data above:

• Bags. Every character needs bag space, and bags bind on equip, so they sell. Metabot lists the Linen Reagent Bag at 6 slots, the Runecloth Reagent Bag at 14 and the Bottomless Reagent Bag at 20. Two reagent bag patterns (Mageweave and Runecloth) cost 60 Favor at Friendly (WoW-Professions). Bags are the steadiest market, but also the most crowded.
• Bolts into Fabrics crates. Crafted crates pay twice the Merchant's Favor of raw ones, so a Journeyman Fabrics crate filled with bolts beats one filled with cloth (our Merchant's Favor guide). The Forever Era also counts 31 Tailoring writs for reputation.
• Rare patterns. A Filigreed or reputation pattern that few tailors own makes you one of a handful of sellers for anything in it that trades.
• Gear that still trades. Not every tailored piece binds on pickup. Metabot shows the Runecloth Cloak from the leveling route as bind on equip with a level 48 requirement, so leveling pieces like it, and any endgame cloth that binds on equip, can go to buyers who don't tailor. Read the binding line on the tooltip before you craft extras. Learning early which pieces casters want while leveling gives you the head start on that market.
• Check margins. Before you list anything, compare the finished price with what its cloth, thread and dyes would fetch on their own. When the materials are worth more, sell those instead.

Our gold farming guide compares tailoring with the other money routes.

Best professions to pair with tailoring

Because cloth falls off the humanoids you kill, your second slot is free for another craft instead of a gathering skill.

Pair	Why it works	Source
Tailoring + Enchanting	Disenchant the cloth you outgrow for dust and essences; Greater Astral Essence goes back into the set recipes	WoW Handbook; Warcraft Tavern
Tailoring + Alchemy	Brew your own Cerulean and Magenta Dye and Elixir of Wisdom	Our alchemy guide
Tailoring + Engineering	A second craft for players who want gadgets more than dust; you'll buy or farm its ore, since Tailoring gives it nothing	Our reading of the recipes
Tailoring + a gathering skill	Sell herbs, ore or leather on top of your cloth income; Skinning also covers the Rugged Leather in the route	Our reading of the recipes

Enchanting is the usual pick, and our professions guide lists Tailoring and Enchanting as the pair for Priests, Mages and Warlocks. Warcraft Tavern also points to Fishing, a secondary skill that doesn't use a primary slot, because it can catch crates with bolts of cloth inside.

Best class for tailoring in WoW Forever

Any class can wear cloth, but Tailoring's gear binds to the tailor and is built for casters. So the best class for tailoring is the one that will wear what it makes. That ranking is ours, based on which spell schools each class uses:

Class	Spell schools	Families to make
Mage	Arcane, Fire, Frost	Pearly, Golden, Nethershine; Flame, Fiery, Netherflame; Silky, Frothing, Netherfroth
Priest	Holy, Shadow, healing	Shining, Radiant, Netherlight; Shadow, Black, Netherpearl; Pristine, Gilded, Nethergeld
Warlock	Shadow, Fire	Shadow, Black, Netherpearl; Flame, Fiery, Netherflame

Each school has a family at every bracket, and a respec doesn't strand you, because you can sew the other school's set too. Healing Druids, Shamans and Paladins can use the healing pieces, at the cost of their heavier armor. Our Mage, Priest and Warlock guides cover each class's builds.

Example: a Shadow Priest levels with Tailoring and Enchanting. From skill 60 they buy the Shadow patterns for 30 Favor each, and from 165 they buy the Black pieces once Friendly. They also keep a Pristine Gown in their bags for dungeon nights as a healer. Gear they outgrow goes to the disenchanter, and the essences return as set reagents.

Tailoring Legacy bonuses in WoW Forever

No Legacy perk is Tailoring-only, but five help. Values are from our Legacy guide (beta client and Blizzard).

Perk	Ranks	Effect at max rank
Working Overtime	5	+20% chance of a skill-up in any tradeskill
Dedicated Study	1	+1 a day to your lowest tradeskill; random Elemental Essences once all five tradeskills reach 300
Performance Bonus	3	15% chance of double Merchant's Favor when you hand in a crate
Field Guide	3	Camp feature cooldown 25% shorter
Reagent Economy	1	No vendor reagents for class abilities, and tier 1 camp features cost no materials

Sources differ on how many Elemental Essences Dedicated Study grants, so read the tooltip in game. Our read: Performance Bonus matters more to tailors than to most crafters, because so many of the pattern sets cost Merchant's Favor. Reaching 150, 225 and 300 in Tailoring also earns Legacy points, since it's one of the six non-gathering professions that count (Blizzard, via our Legacy guide).

The WoW Forever hub links our other profession, class and zone guides.

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FAQ

Is tailoring a good profession in WoW Forever? Yes for Mages, Priests and Warlocks. It needs no gathering skill, it makes a cloth set for every spell school and for healing, and its bags sell to every character. Non-casters get less from it because the set pieces bind on pickup.

How do you level tailoring to 300 in WoW Forever? Follow the cloth tiers in order, Linen first and Runecloth last, using the route above (Wowhead). Most cloth comes from questing. The last 20 points need Timbermaw Hold and Cenarion Circle reputation for the vendor patterns (WoW-Professions).

What is the best profession to pair with tailoring in WoW Forever? Our pick is Enchanting, because you can disenchant the gear you outgrow and use the essences in your own set recipes. Alchemy is the alternative if you'd rather make your own dyes, and Engineering suits players who want a second craft for its gadgets.

What does tailoring add to camps in WoW Forever? At skill 20 you get a Faction Banner that gives the camp Spirit (+32 at level 60). The Spinning Wheel follows at 140 and the Loom at 300, which are workstations for 74 and 43 recipes (Warcraft Wiki; The Forever Era).

Where do you buy tailoring patterns in WoW Forever? The new set patterns come from Mivin Shadowweave in Three Corners (Alliance) and Jim'bek near the Crossroads (Horde), for Merchant's Favor. The Runecloth and Venomspew patterns used to finish leveling come from Darnall in Moonglade, Meilosh in Felwood and Mishta in Silithus (WoW-Professions).

Does tailoring have a specialization in WoW Forever? No. As in Classic, Tailoring has none. WoW Handbook lists specializations only for Engineering, Blacksmithing and Leatherworking.

Related guides

• WoW Forever professions guide
• Merchant's Favor guide
• WoW Forever camping guide
• WoW Forever alchemy guide
• Legacy system guide
• WoW Forever Mage guide
• WoW Forever Priest guide
• WoW Forever Warlock guide