This WoW Forever Tailoring leveling guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way to level your Tailoring skill from 1 to 300. You will also find every trainer location and where to train Tailoring past 75, 150 and 225.
Below you will find the full shopping list, the Tailoring trainers by starting zone and capital city, and the cheapest recipes for every skill range from Apprentice to Artisan. Tailoring uses cloth as its main material, but cloth drops from humanoids, so you don't need a gathering profession and you can combine Tailoring with anything. Enchanting is a popular choice because you can disenchant the things you make while leveling and use the dust to level Enchanting.
Shopping List
These numbers are estimates. Once a recipe turns yellow you won't get a skill point from every craft, so you might need a few more or a few less.
NOTE: Most trainers have a Tailoring Supply vendor nearby that sells the threads and dyes, except the trainer in Tirisfal Glades. For that one, buy the Coarse Thread in Brill from
Abigail Shiel.
An alternative replaces the whole row, so buy the one that is cheaper.
1-150
| Material | Alternative (if cheaper) | |
|---|---|---|
| 65x |
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| 423x |
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| 20x |
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| 160x |
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| 372x |
85x |
150-225
| Material | Alternative (if cheaper) | |
|---|---|---|
| 544x |
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| 900x |
180x If you want to level it on the beta, your only option is usually to try to buy Bolt of Mageweave instead of Mageweave. |
Tailoring Trainer Locations
Apprentice Tailoring has no level requirement in Forever right now, so you can learn it on a fresh character.
Capital Cities
Every capital city has a trainer. You can also ask a guard, then it will be marked with a red flag on your map.
Horde trainers:
- Orgrimmar:
Snang - Undercity:
Victor Ward - Thunder Bluff:
Vhan
Alliance trainers:
- Stormwind City:
Lawrence Schneider - Ironforge:
Uthrar Threx - Darnassus:
Trianna
Starting Zones
Not every zone has a trainer, the table shows the closest one for each race.
| Race | Zone | Closest trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Orc, Troll | Durotar | There is no Tailoring trainer in Durotar, go to |
| Tauren | Mulgore | There is no Tailoring trainer in Mulgore, go to |
| Undead | Tirisfal Glades | |
| Human | Elwynn Forest | |
| Dwarf, Gnome | Dun Morogh | There is no Tailoring trainer in Dun Morogh, go to |
| Night Elf | Teldrassil | There is no Tailoring trainer in Teldrassil, go to |
| Skyborne | Zephras Isle | Othesia Evengale in Valanaar, Taleen Shimmerthread in Shen'dar Village |
You can find every Tailoring trainer for Horde and Alliance on my WoW Forever Tailoring Trainers page.
Apprentice Tailoring (1-55)
- 1-30
30x
Bolt of Linen Cloth - 60 Linen Cloth
Keep the bolts, you need all of them for the belts.
- 30-55
28x
Linen Belt - 28 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 28 Coarse Thread
Journeyman Tailoring (55-125)
To train past 75, visit one of these trainers and learn Journeyman Tailoring, it requires Tailoring 50 and level 10:
Horde trainers:
- Orgrimmar:
Magar - Undercity:
Rhiannon Davis - Thunder Bluff:
Tepa
Alliance trainers:
- Stormwind City:
Sellandus - Ironforge:
Jormund Stonebrow - Darnassus:
Me'lynn
- 55-80
45x
Bolt of Woolen Cloth - 135 Wool Cloth
You can reach past 75 with these, so learn Journeyman Tailoring before you start, especially if you go AFK while crafting.
Make all 45, you need every one of them for the next steps.
- 80-95
22x
Woolen Cape - 22 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 22 Fine Thread
If the bolts already took you past 80, just make capes until 95.
- 95-100
5x
Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders - 15 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 10 Fine Thread
- 100-120
40x
Bolt of Silk Cloth - 160 Silk Cloth
Keep the bolts, you will need them later. In total you will need 176 Bolt of Silk Cloth (704 Silk Cloth) until 190, so you can also make all of them now.
Beta Note: If you don't plan to level past 150 on the beta, skip the bolts and make the shoulders until 125 instead:
29x
Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders - 87 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 58 Fine Thread
- 120-125
8x
Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders - 24 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 16 Fine Thread
They are yellow here, so you might need one or two more.
Expert Tailoring (125-225)
To train past 150, visit
Josef Gregorian in Undercity (Horde) or
Georgio Bolero in Stormwind City (Alliance) and learn Expert Tailoring, it requires Tailoring 125 and level 20 and costs 50 silver.
- 125-140
20x
Gloves of Meditation - 80 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 60 Fine Thread, 20 Elixir of Wisdom
The gloves are yellow the whole way, so you might need a few more.
You can buy
Elixir of Wisdom from the Auction House or ask an Alchemist.
- 140-150
17x
Bolt of Mageweave - 85 Mageweave Cloth
Keep the bolts, you will need them later. In total you will need 180 Bolt of Mageweave (900 Mageweave Cloth) until 225, so you can also make all of them now.
Alternative:
Mageweave Cloth only drops from level 40 mobs, so on the beta it's rare and expensive, and the bolts will probably only be worth it on live. I don't know yet how fast people will reach 40 on live, so I will update this part once Forever is out. Until then, keep making the gloves until 150:
31x
Gloves of Meditation instead - 124 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 93 Fine Thread, 31 Elixir of Wisdom.The gloves are green from 140, so you might need a few more.
- 150-170
20x
Crimson Silk Vest - 80 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 40 Red Dye, 40 Fine Thread
- 170-190
24x
Crimson Silk Pantaloons - 96 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 48 Red Dye, 48 Silken Thread
The pants turn yellow at 180, so the last 10 points take around 14 crafts.
Beta Note: Buy
Bolt of Mageweave from the Auction House, Mageweave Cloth is very rare on the beta.
- 190-215
38x
Black Mageweave Gloves - 76 Bolt of Mageweave, 76 Heavy Silken Thread
These are yellow from 195 and green from 210, so you will probably need a few extra.
- 215-225
26x
Mageweave Bag - 104 Bolt of Mageweave, 52 Silken Thread
Artisan Tailoring (225-300)
To train past 225, visit
Daryl Stack in Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad Foothills (Horde) or
Timothy Worthington in Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh (Alliance) and learn Artisan Tailoring, it requires Tailoring 200 and level 35.
This section can't be tested on the beta right now. I have a rough draft based on the datamined skill ranges and what I expect the materials to cost, and I will probably post it later, but everything here will only be tested properly after live, once I can get high enough to level through it. Meanwhile I'm checking vendors for recipe changes.
A lot of skill ranges changed compared to Classic Era, so don't follow the Classic guide for this part, most of its recipes turn grey 25 to 45 points earlier in Forever.