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Comment by Lmjkdd6

Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various pieces of cloth into armor, bags, shirts, and other cloth items. Tailors play an especially important role in guilds because they can create bags for the entire guild, provided the guild members gather the proper ingredients. Tailors are responsible for creating cloth items for cloth-armor wearing classes: Mages, Warlocks, and Priests. They occasionally make items for other classes, such as cloaks or spellthread for pants. They also make decorative shirts. Tailors are also able to make special cloth equipment which requires that the user have a high level tailoring skill in order to use the item as well as a special Tailoring Mount.

While they can create a variety of items, they strangely cannot repair these items when damaged, and must still use the services of a repair vendor.

Taken from WoWWiki.

Comment by gahrek

Question, I didn't know where else to put this, when you learn your 2 professions, can you "unlearn" one and change it ?

Thx..

Wow noob.. yeah, I know ! ;0)

Comment by 654396

Hello i have one ? for you. I am a lvl 46 rogue human. I am tailoring and i am up to 300/300. Where do i go to get the others to tailor or do i have to be a bigger lvl to have the rest. I baan looking everywhere for the others but cant find them please help.

Comment by 705183

can any1 help me out i cant think on what profession to pick but i want to go for tailoring and what is a good secong like leatherworking or something?

Comment by Jesterz

As of patch 4.0.3 there are currently no "NPC recipes" (dropped by monsters) to make Cataclysm gear. Currently there is only Dreamcloth gear for 359 epics (PvE), and the rest is mainly PvP gear (339 item level and lower). I wonder if they will bring out new recipes or if they will keep only the rare 7 day cooldown cloth epics.

Comment by sidelsky18

Players with a Tailoring skill of 400 or higher have a 50% chance (up from 25% due to a recent change) to find additional cloth on any mob that drops cloth. This perk appears to work on even on mobs that it isn't your "turn" to loot in group loot (i.e. dungeons). On average you will find about 3-5 extra cloth of the current level.

Comment by misk38

Does anyone know what the numbers/arrow is for on the right side of the profession box? I have several recipes that have a 2 or 3 and an 'up' arrow beside them. This is not only in tailoring, but my enchant, too. thanks.

Comment by 748448

Why don't embroideries show up under the "Required By" tab on Wowhead?

Comment by 717014

I know that back in BC days Spellfire was for Mages, Shadoweave was for Warlocks, and Mooncloth was for Priests (in general). Is it still the same with Ebonweave/Spellweave/Moonshroud in terms of stats? I know the specialisations were removed, it's just that I don't want to waste mats on making stuff that's no good for me while I'm levelling.

Comment by Tirixian

Talismanic Textiles store in Dalaran, base trainer with Trade item vendor, also Mooncloth, Shadoweave and Fireweave trainers in there aswell.
For each of the Specialisations, the Base Cloth recipe costs 3g, 20 and Recipes are 4g, 80.

Comment by Arenn21

I'm a Restoration paladin. My primary is enchanting. Would tailoring help me out by making gear with the stats I need? Because Blacksmithing has mostly +Strength and Stamina, and I can't think of a good secondary. Any opinions would be appreciated.

Comment by 783639

i wouldn't recomend using cloth as a paladin. but enchanting/tailoring is a great combination since u can disenchant almost everything u make. and if u wanna take blacksmithing u should drop enchanting and take mining instead.

Comment by 709793

~These are the cloths you need to collect to level~
From 1-75- Linen Cloth
75-125- Wool Cloth
125-175- Silk Cloth
175-250- Mageweave Cloth (as well as silk cloth until about level 205)
250-300- Runecloth
300-350- Runecloth + Netherweave Cloth
350-425- Frostweave Cloth
425+- Embersilk cloth

*This can differ depending on what items you can make at a particular level.*

Comment by danicadb1

I was wondering why tailors can't make lvl 85 shoulders that are at least 346, I thought that maybe quartermasters would have some nice shoulder pieces, but there don't seem to be any anywhere, I don't do dungeons, as I don't care about tier stuff, can anyone tell me what are the best shoulders for cloth wearers? That you can get outside of a dungeon. Thank-you:)

Comment by 759403

Hey, anyone know when we get shiny new recipes? I'm getting bored stockpiling my cloth/Dreamcloth.

Comment by Hanz0

Passing the frostweave cloth requirement for getting a skill point gap is proving to be quite exhausting... so far i have had 44 stacks of frostweave and only made it with that from 350 to 403.

At this point I get 1 skill point per 8 Bolt of frostweaves meaning 1 skill point per 2 stacks of frostweave cloth.. now thats just.. bothering...

Comment by Frahaleah

Does it make sense for a warrior to take this? Since I have heard of death knights taking tailoring.

Comment by George14

This is what the Swedish guy said, thanks to Google Translate.

I used this strategy: if you start and do not have high character, continue to play the highest or create something new and get to level 40-50, and throughout the playing time, not to sell any cloth you will receive and pit it in the bank; later when you get enough money for bags or have a friend tailors, creating some bags and buy al bank slots if you have money. and put all your cloth in the bank than when you think you have enough fabric to make another character and learn Tailoring with enchanting, and use all your cloth, also see what other things you need for 200 - tailoring and when you get them, put them in banking too.
Short version:

1st Post new characters / continue playing your highest

2nd Get him to the 45-50 when you can get mageweave

3rd Save all fabrics and other items needed for sewing in the bank, buy all bank slots as you have money

4th Make new signs, learn Tailoring (good with enchanting) and use your carpets from bank

?

6th Win!

This is exactly what I used and it works!. at least for me. try it if you want and after results!

Comment by 908014

As an aside, Tailoring can be especially lucrative on RP realms like Wyrmrest Accord and Moon Guard, where people will buy lower level and vanity cloth items specifically to construct roleplay outfits for their characters, regardless of their class.

Comment by Pelikanen

I must say, as a swed, that the swedish translation earlier, it was probably done with Google Translator, cus it sucked. And the Swedish->English translation just made it more confusing.

Comment by 941923

This profession is primarily for priest, warlocks and mages. A very good combo with enchanting because enchanting mats come form green items which can be crafted by most professions. The main advantage is you farm for cloth by finding a mob and its respawn rate and just farm. While blacksmithing and jewelcrafting require more movement. All professions. are profittable but this one involves fighting for your mats. be aware that at endgame most crafting proffesion recipes are hard to find or involve a lot of work. Gathering proffesions may be advisable for fast gold, but in the long haul once you find the recipes you can profit 1-10 k gold a day . Hopes this helps any one having trouble with deciding if this is a viable proffesion.

Comment by Xcalib00r

Gold Capped at WowInsider recently posted a great guide for skilling up Tailoring relatively pain-free.

http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/12/23/gold-capped-a-tailoring-leveling-guide/

Comment by 843868

Ok all you Tailoring enthusiasts out there, I would like to know why all of us fine makers of bags; for (i.e.) Herbalists, Enchanters, Jewelcrafters all with their big beautiful 36 slot bags, and us stuck with our wonderful 22 slot Embersilk Bag, that is in such high demand because it holds anything you want in it, ( oops sorry started to RANT sorry, lol ) so that leaves us holding the bag, so to speak.. whats up with that. I would like to add another thing about bags; Dear ( WoW ) we start with a 16 slot backpack, very nice thank you for the no fee bag; But I feel, I need to add my two cents, at level 50 my bag is looking pretty tattered, and I want a new one, I am willing to pay 50 gold to up-grade my pack for, ( 4 ) extra slots. And at lvl 80, 100 gold for a ( 22 ) slot pack, and yes it's non-negotiable to wait till lvl 80 to save 50 gold for your replacement bag.. that generates a lot of gold for WoW. just think about that, but don't take to long…..thanks for your understanding : ^) 10,000.000(members)X$150 gold = $1500,000.000 gold in WoW's pockets. wow

Comment by Jollygood

For new players, especially clothies, I strongly recommend dropping a gathering profession (probably skinning) at level 15 (when you can start running instances) and taking up tailoring. No matter where you go, humanoid mobs have a good drop rate on cloth. Someone mentioned dovetailing it with enchanting. I agree wholeheartedly. If you are a PvPer or don't run instances, then this is not all that germane, but there you have it. I pug a lot and tailoring is great for puggers.

At BC level, that's when you can start consistently making gold. Buying netherweave bags is the WoW equivalent of going down the street to pick up a loaf of bread and quart of milk. Pretty much everyone leveling up goes through netherweave bags. LK and Cata level bags sell well. Specialist bags are very useful, too.

Tailored items are sellable and top-level stuff goes well on the AH. Tailoring is extremely useful for PvP players, because there's always a list of decent level tailored gear to choose from. Plus there are nets that you can make. My big income producers are spellthreads and bags.

A side note is that there is a pattern that looks like blue overalls that is 'moggable. I had an acquaintance who lamented that his cartoon "wears a dress" (sheesh. get over it), so I gave him overalls to shut him up.

Comment by Misy

Please, pretty please, add a 50 slot bag in MoP! With all these transmo sets all of my illusionary bags are filled and a good amount of guild bank slots too! :(

Comment by 368785

36 slot tailoring cabinet

made by engineering

make it so

Comment by 1035607

"Tailors can combine 30 Volatiles with 8 Bolt of Embersilk Cloth to form Dreamcloth. Tailors can substitute 4 Chaos Orb for the Volatiles", how does this work? I can't do Dreamcloth with 8 Bolt of Embersilk Cloth AND 4 Chaos Orb!

Comment by 999038

too bad there is only one new MOP bag... at it takes a boat load of windwool :(

Comment by Valdesca

really there is no trainers on Pandaria? (not the ones on starter Island) otherwise wow head list say, ..where they are please...

Comment by 319936

compare to other Profession Perks:

Mining: Toughness (+480 Stamina)
Herbalism: Lifeblood (+480 Haste)
Skinning: Master of Anatomy (+480 Critical Strike)
Tailoring:

(-180 Critical Strike, Hit or -200 Stamina; +1,000 Attack Power)
(+320 Intellect)
(-180 Intellect +750 Spirit)

Leatherworking:

Fur Lining - Strength (+320 Strength)
Fur Lining - Agility (+320 Agility)
Fur Lining - Intellect (+320 Intellect)
Fur Lining - Stamina (-170 Mastery, Dodge; +750 Stamina)

Blacksmithing: Socket Bracer & Socket Gloves (

+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect or
+480 Stamina or
+640 PvP Power, PvP Resilience, Mastery, Critical Strike, Haste, Hit, Expertise, Spirit, Dodge, Parry)

Jewelcrafting: Jeweler's Facet*2 (

+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect, Mastery, Critical Strike, Haste, Hit, Expertise, Spirit, Dodge, Parry or
+480 Stamina or
+640 1/2/3 PvP Power, 1/2/3 PvP Resilience)

Engineering:

Synapse Springs (+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect)
Phase Fingers (+480 Dodge)
Incendiary Fireworks Launcher (Incendiary Fireworks every 45 sec)

Enchanting:

Enchant Ring - Greater Strength (+320 Strength)
Enchant Ring - Greater Agility (+320 Agility)
Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect (+320 Intellect)
Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina (+480 Stamina)

Inscription:

Secret Tiger Fang Inscription (+320 Strength)
Secret Tiger Claw Inscription (+320 Agility)
Secret Crane Wing Inscription (+320 Intellect)
Secret Ox Horn Inscription (+450 Stamina)

Alchemy:

Alchemist's Flask (+320 Strength, Agility or Intellect)
Mixology (

+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect or
+480 Stamina, Spirit)

Comment by 319936

compare fun Profession Perks:

Tailoring: Frostweave Net (Frostweave Net every 1 min)
Leatherworking:

Drums of Panic (Drums of Panic every 2 min)
Drums of Speed (Drums of Speed every 2 min)

Engineering:

Belt:

Frag Belt (Cobalt Frag Bomb every 1 min)
EMP Generator (Electromagnetic Pulse every 1 min)
Watergliding Jets (Watergliding Jets every 30 sec)
Invisibility Field (Invisibility Field every 3 min)
Mind Amplification Dish (Mind Amplification Dish every 10 min)
Nitro Boosts (Nitro Boosts every 3 min)
Grounded Plasma Shield (Grounded Plasma Shield every 5 min)
Spinal Healing Injector (Spinal Healing Injector, share CD with Portions)
Cardboard Assassin (Cardboard Assassin every 5 min)

Cloak:

Goblin #$%^&* (Goblin ^&*!@# every 5 min)
Flexweave Underlay (Parachute every 1 min)

Alchemy:

Alchemist's Rejuvenation (restore health and mana at same time)
Trinket:

Zen Alchemist Stone (effect of Alchemist's Rejuvenation or Potion of Focus increase by 40%.)

PS: Frostweave Net, Drums of Panic, Drums of Speed, Frag Belt share CD.

PPS: what's wrong with "G l i d e r"? can NOT post this word, odd

Comment by 930739

Fire the person who only allowed one bag for tailors in the expac, fire him and the person that instructed him to only have one bag.

Comment by tonydizzle

For those leveling through the Frostweave Cloth portion, trying to find a good place to farm, Marmotteuh from the Frostweave Cloth comments has brought me to this... Mjordin Combatant are numero uno for Frostweave Cloth. I've done a few of the quests (can do the dailies) and it's not phased for me at all.

As an Affliction Warlock Tailor with Cloth Scavenging I just hit the mobs with Corruption and run back to the center (if I have to move at all). Shadow Priest with Shadow Word: Pain, Death Knight with Chains of Ice, or Hunter with a '/stopattack' macro would probably work just as well. The key is to just hit them with a no-cooldown dot or other ability that doesn't kill them instantly and that you can chain-cast to get them to run to you at the middle. At level 90 with 442 ilvl I'm doing just enough damage so they die basically as they get to me unless they leap to me. Only times it's annoying is when (VERY rarely) they will knock me in the air just as I hit Corruption, so I have to recast. Just dot up the next ones that repop, rinse and repeat. 3 up at all times means chain pulls are very easy to accomplish. I usually chain for about 30 seconds or so before stopping to loot so I make sure not to lose any. The insults they sling make it a little more interesting, as does the constant respawn, than anywhere else. Not to mention the 460 cloth gathered in an hour mentioned by Marmotteuh is right on track, even stopping in between to go vendor at the Shadow Vault. I'm guessing with completely empty bags and dropping a Jeeves or Scrapbot Construction Kit as an Engineer, you could get upwards of even 600 per hour.

Use the Vrykul Bones for turn-ins to get Fate Rune of Fleet Feet for those times when you have to move a bit to tag one.

Another nice thing is you don't have to feel bad for taking quest mobs from players that come through. The instant respawn allows you to stop for a minute (take a bio break maybe? :P) and let them get the mobs they need, perhaps even helping them kill them. Then you can go right back to work without having to stop the bloodshed. Fantastic spot, absolutely perfect. I've done other places too such as the Converted Hero area, and it's just not as good.

TL;DR - If you're looking for the 1200 Frostweave Cloth to level Tailoring you'll spend maybe 2-3 hours here (still not short, but the best I have seen). Need the 76 for ? Maybe 5 minutes. (Numbers based on wow-professions.)

Comment by Dave1976

So are they going to make bigger bag patterns for the new patch? Or are we stuck with just the Embersilk bags?

Comment by Sentiray

Enchanting is a really good combo with Tailoring if you're looking for a second profession.
Mostly because you can disenchant the items that you make with tailoring

Comment by 812686

Approximate Materials Required for 1-600:

260 Linen Cloth
135 Wool Cloth
780 Silk Cloth
396 Mageweave Cloth
780 Runecloth
790 Netherweave Cloth
20 Knothide Leather
20 Infinite Dust
20 Eternal Life or Fire or Shadow
1200 Frostweave Cloth
885 Embersilk Cloth
30 Hypnotic Dust
450 Windwool Cloth
Spirit of Harmony

Comment by Therax

Comment by 1137291

Is there a proffesion that goes with this?

Comment by 974472

I think that creators should add more BoE mounts for tailoring profession .

Comment by Stizelswik

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Comment by bobsta2311

Why is it, at higher levels, there are far more pvp patterns? This might be ok on pvp servers but the majority are pve so I think that there should be at least as many pve patterns as pvp. This applies not only to tailoring but also leather, mail and plate armour (and yes I am English so it is spelt Armour).
That's my gripe done, not that Blizz will do anything about it!

Comment by spoonman184

A macro for those who would like for automating recipes (bolts). Simply replace "Windwool" for your tier of cloth.

#showtooltip Windwool Cloth
/cast Tailoring
/run local spell = "Windwool Cloth"; for i=1,GetNumTradeSkills() do if GetTradeSkillInfo(i)== ("Bolt of " .. spell) then CloseTradeSkill() DoTradeSkill(i, GetItemCount(spell)/5) break end end

Comment by Thaleras

Actually one of the best profession to make gold especially if you're on a RP realm. Shirts, bags, nice-looking items are easy to sell for a good price at the AH.

Think also about all the BoP items you can craft for your character if you yourself are a roleplayer :) (and think about all the gold you could save by crafting instead of buying gear from others players, eheh)

Comment by barbasol

It would be nice on the master recipe list if wowhead listed the amount of skillup each gives when you make it, without having to view each item individually. Or is that somewhere I'm not seeing?

Comment by Draewind

In WoW professions we now buid items that can rival the raid drop items and are far better than the dungeon drop items. They start small and can be made bigger and bigger. They all are created with what is called a <Random Enchantment>. We even craft items to take another roll at the <Random Enchantment> on the gear. The random enchant includes 2 of the secondary stats (giving us a measurable chance or RNG). Items for the Back (cloak), neck, neck, finger(ring), weapon, and shield, have a greater number of possibilities than other armor items, because they can contain the secondary statistics of Bonus Armor and Spirit (fortunately they do not include the combination of both those statistics ;-).

All of the items have a name in the form of "<ItemName> of the <RandomEnchantComboName>". If you click on the <RandomEnchantComboName> link, it will take you to a chart with all the possible names and combinations. I wish I could add a picture here.

http://compuball.com/forum/WoWRandomEnchantment.png

Examples:
"Steelforged Shield of the Guileful" would have Critical Strike and Bonus Armor as the <Random Enchant>
"Truesteel Breastplate of the Harmonious" would have Mastery and Versatitility as the <Random Enchant>
(I think I threw up a little bit there)

Most Armor Items:
As we see from this graph, the number of possible <Random Enchantments> for most armor items will be 10. So, you have a 1 in 10 (1/10 or 10%) possibility of getting just the mixture of statistics you want.

Cloaks, Necks, Rings, Shields, Weapons:
These items have an additional 2 statisctics added to the normal 4. The added statistics, as mentioned earlier, are Bonus Armor and Spirit (Tank and Healer statistics, respectively). Fortunately there is no combination of both Bonus Armor and Spirit (ever here of teats on a boar hog?)

Only weapon types intended for a healing class will have the possibility of Spirit, and only weapon types intended for a tanking class will have Bonus Armor. Weapons intended for both, will have the same chances as all the jewelry, cloaks, and shields. So if it can be enchanted (by enchanting) or is a shield, it fits in this class of item.

So your chances of getting the perfect necklace with just the right two secondary statistics is 1 in 20 (1/20 or 5%). I am not certain whether Bonus Armor and Spirit have the same chance of being included. If they are given a single chance and then chosen between the two, then your chance for an item with perfect statistics not including Bonus Armor or Spirit would be 1 in 15 (1/15 or 6.67%).

I would list here all the values associated with the <Random Enchantments>, however they vary depending on the slot and material. They also vary with the level of the individual wearing or looking at them.

There you have it. All the possible names and combinations. All items of the same level contain the same amount of statistic, such as "54 Critical Strike" and I have not seen a crafted item with a double a statistic (only one statistic but twice the value).

EDIT: None of content, just spelling and highlighting.

Comment by lankybrit

Note that they just hotfixed the leveling up crafted Draenor gear to require Sumptuous Fur instead of Hexweave Cloth. They now require 50 Sumptuous Fur.

Comment by 1490719

How do you upgrade the gear level now with new patch

Comment by oruchimaru102

Skinning is the gathering skill for tailoring, so if like me, you pick enchanting as your second proffession you won't be able to make some of the recipes. But as a blood elf mage this is probably the best combo. You just have to get things like light leather and etc from your guild or friends.

Comment by Nabonidus

Just dinged 100 after not playing for 5-6 yrs.
I was/am always a tailor and I cannot find a single recipe for a 100lvl item, however I keep spotting on items this: Upgrade Level: */*
First can I craft anything that will let me queue for more dungeons than 1 and is that upgrade thing to change items to 100lvl?
Cheers

Comment by lasholof

I am mage, and i havent learn tailoring yet, when i talk to the guy ho learn you it you hit train to learn it but nothing happends for me when i hit train. Do any body know whats the problem

Comment by Cowoth

Unfortunately in Legion, the size of the bags tailors can craft did not increase but actually deceased to 24 slots with the Silkweave Satchel!

So the largest bag that can be crafted by Tailors is still the Hexweave Bag from the Warlords of Draenor expansion.

Unless you want to pay 500,000g for the unique 34 slot Madman's Luggage!

Comment by tootallleo

can someone tell me if the abilities on silkweave cloaks change depending on the wearer? if I craft one for say a mail wearer, would the cloak have say agility instead of int?

Comment by Sututiv

I raised my Tailoring skill from 1 to 300 on my mage, just so i could ride the Frosty Flying Carpet mount. It cost me over 2000 Gold to buy the mats

Comment by MavisSiobhan

Very Important:
With Battle for Azeroth, Tailoring (and all other profession skills) have been broken down into Cataclysm Tailoring, Northrend Tailoring, Pandarian Tailoring, etc. Previously, this would mean that you just level up and get to the skill set where you can learn those patterns from a Tailor (any Tailor).

Leveling up a profession at a single tailor is no longer an option.

You can now level up Pandarian Tailoring without knowing a single Northrend, Outland, etc. pattern and vice versa.

So! If you are looking to learn a pattern introduced in Pandaria, go to Pandaria and find a tailor there to learn it. If you are looking to learn a pattern in the Outlands, go to the Outlands and find a tailor. I think you're getting my drift.

Do not, do not, for the love of all that is Holy do not level up Northrend Tailoring expecting to be given Cataclysm Tailoring when done. You will have some nice, shiny clothes or whatever, a full 75 skill in Northrend Tailoring and a bored looking trainer in Dalaran (Crystalsong Forest) and no other patterns to learn...and you'll be out a bunch of money if you've been buying all your mats from the AH instead of working with what you've collected like most of us who are trying to level a skill. :-p

Also, I'm writing this the morning after spending more time than necessary on the Inspire Me! because I had all the patterns except one...from Northrend. :sigh:
So, learn from my mistake and find out where that pattern you're looking for comes from and then to to that zone to find a tailor who can teach you that pattern.

Also, I just woke up and don't really care if I've misspelled the names of stuff. Take that as you will. I just wanted to put this out there because I have yet to find *anywhere* that provides this information.

Happy Tailoring!

Comment by Kilrathi3

yea, so.. i picked the wrong profession for my class, tailoring, just because i want to make bags bags and more bags!

i cannot use most of the stuff i can make, because i wear plate.
nor can i trade or sell the really good stuff if i could ever get to make them, on the ah.

to get the stuff to make the real good stuff you have to suffer through dozens of runs with tunnelers, taking a good chunk of your paid time to do it.
only to have it replaced by something green in quality in the next level update, usually shortly after you have become able to make 1 of these good items.

professions in general have become an undesirable leveling action for the most part, ever since socketing your own gear was taken away, LK era.
Blizz has lost its way when it comes to professions and why it was such a wanted thing to level up for.

if you can make it, you should be able to sell it.

the really good stuff should not take you a month of gaming to get the materials to make 1.

Comment by Ozerozon

Hi! :) As for something here, I prepared my own tutorial: WOW classic tailoring guide. Maybe it will be beneficial to someone

Comment by Metoda

Orgrimmar trainer localization:

Trainer - Magar

https://youtu.be/sQ2dk_u9A7U

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