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Tailoring Leveling Guide
for WoW Forever (1-300)
Tailoring turns the cloth that drops from humanoids into bags, cloth armor and enchanting materials. It is one of the cheapest professions to level because the materials come from mobs you are already killing, and 16-slot Runecloth Bags stay in demand forever.
Beta note: WoW Forever keeps the Classic 1-300 profession structure, the rank gates match Classic (see the table below) and new recipes have been datamined, so details can shift between beta snapshots. The routes below are Classic-tested; check the current recipe before buying materials in bulk.
Tailoring skill brackets and ranks
WoW Forever uses the Classic rank gates, so use these. You cannot train the next rank until you meet both the character level and the skill minimum.
| Rank | Skill cap | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | 75 | Character level 5 |
| Journeyman | 150 | Character level 10 and 50 skill |
| Expert | 225 | Character level 20 and 125 skill |
| Artisan | 300 | Character level 35 and 200 skill |
Tailoring leveling route: 1 to 300
Make bolts first, then finished goods. The cloth comes from humanoids in level-appropriate zones, so a leveling tailor gathers most of it passively.
| Skill | What to craft | How many | Main materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-45 | Bolt of Linen Cloth | 104 | Linen Cloth |
| 45-70 | Linen Belt | 40 | Bolt of Linen Cloth, Coarse Thread |
| 70-75 | Reinforced Linen Cape | 5 | Bolt of Linen Cloth, Coarse Thread |
| 75-100 | Bolt of Woolen Cloth | 45 | Wool Cloth |
| 100-110 | Simple Kilt | 13 | Bolt of Woolen Cloth, Fine Thread |
| 110-125 | Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders | 15 | Bolt of Woolen Cloth, Fine Thread |
| 125-145 | Bolt of Silk Cloth | 201 | Silk Cloth |
| 145-160 | Azure Silk Hood | 18 | Bolt of Silk Cloth, Blue Dye |
| 160-170 | Silk Headband | 10 | Bolt of Silk Cloth, Fine Thread |
| 170-175 | Formal White Shirt | 5 | Bolt of Silk Cloth, Bleach |
| 175-185 | Bolt of Mageweave | 94 | Mageweave Cloth |
| 185-205 | Crimson Silk Vest | 20 | Bolt of Silk Cloth, Red Dye, Fine Thread |
| 205-215 | Crimson Silk Pantaloons | 10 | Bolt of Silk Cloth, Silken Thread |
| 215-220 | Orange Mageweave Shirt | 5 | Bolt of Mageweave, Orange Dye, Heavy Silken Thread |
| 220-230 | Black Mageweave Gloves | 10 | Bolt of Mageweave, Heavy Silken Thread, Rugged Leather |
| 230-250 | Black Mageweave Headband | 23 | Bolt of Mageweave, Heavy Silken Thread |
| 250-260 | Bolt of Runecloth | 239 | Runecloth |
| 260-280 | Runecloth Belt | 25 | Bolt of Runecloth, Rune Thread |
| 280-290 | Runecloth Bag | 18 | Bolt of Runecloth, Rune Thread, Rugged Leather (pattern from Everlook) |
| 290-300 | Runecloth Gloves | 18 | Bolt of Runecloth, Rune Thread (pattern from Everlook) |
Tailoring materials shopping list
Buy about 10% extra cloth to cover yellow and green skill-up luck. Dye and thread come from trade vendors.
- 204x Linen Cloth
- 135x Wool Cloth
- 804x Silk Cloth
- 470x Mageweave Cloth
- 1195x Runecloth
- 55x Coarse Thread
- 126x Fine Thread
- 20x Silken Thread
- 71x Heavy Silken Thread
- 61x Rune Thread
- 36x Blue Dye
- 10x Bleach
- 60x Red Dye
- 5x Orange Dye
- 108x Rugged Leather
Recipe sources
- Almost every recipe is trainer-taught.
- Pattern: Runecloth Bag and Pattern: Runecloth Gloves come from Qia in the Everlook bank building, Winterspring (limited stock, restocks over time). The Mooncloth recipe is sold there too (needs 250 Tailoring).
- Artisan trainer: Daryl Stack in Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad (Horde) or Timothy Worthington on Theramore Isle (Alliance).
Where to farm cloth
- Linen and Wool: Duskwood, Wetlands. Silk: Scarlet Monastery, Arathi Highlands.
- Mageweave: Zul'Farrak. Runecloth: Stratholme undead and Eastern Plaguelands scarlets (200 to 300 cloth per hour in a duo).
Making gold with Tailoring
- Runecloth Bags (16 slots): 20 to 50 gold profit per bag, and everyone needs them.
- Mooncloth (4-day transmute cooldown): 10 to 20 gold each, basically free money.
- Truefaith Vestments (Scarlet Monastery pattern): around 200 gold in healer commissions.
Best professions to pair with Tailoring
Enchanting is the number one partner: disenchant everything you sew for a self-feeding material loop.
Tailoring in WoW Forever: what is new
186 new Tailoring recipes have been datamined for Forever, plus Forever-only Embroidery for cloth gear (bonuses not yet revealed). Your camp buff is Spirit, which does not stack with a Priest's Divine Spirit.
Tailoring leveling FAQs
Is Tailoring profitable?
Yes. Bags are the engine: Runecloth Bags sell to every new level 60. Mooncloth is free gold on a cooldown.
Do I need to farm all that cloth myself?
Humanoids drop it while you quest, so a leveling tailor gathers most of it passively. Buy the rest in bulk for the bracket you are pushing.
Tailoring or Leatherworking for a cloth class?
Tailoring. It makes your armor, your bags and your enchanting materials in one profession.
What is Mooncloth?
A 4-day cooldown transmute at 250 skill. The cloth sells well and the cooldown prints gold while you play.
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026.