Tailoring 1-300. Every pattern moved down the ladder. Runecloth is the bill.
Tailoring is still the most expensive profession to level in Forever. Almost every pattern moved 20 to 35 points down the skill ladder, so you can learn it sooner and it goes grey sooner by the same amount, and bolts only give a few points each. The route below is the cheapest the data allows, and it still asks for about 2,500 Runecloth. Level it alongside your character and keep every scrap.
Crafts~383
Recipes19
Materials18
New in Forever2
SHOPPING LIST · 1 TO 300
Everything you need, before you start.
The total for the whole route below, with anything you craft along the way already broken down into what you buy or gather. Items marked Vendor come from trade or profession suppliers. Hover any item for its Wowhead Forever tooltip.
- 2,530
Runecloth - 690
Mageweave Cloth - 664
Silk Cloth - 150
Linen Cloth - 123
Fine ThreadVendor - 116
Essence of Earth - 111
Rune ThreadVendor - 103
Silken ThreadVendor - 93
Wool Cloth - 88
Rugged Leather - 75
Coarse ThreadVendor - 52
Blue DyeVendor - 38
Red DyeVendor - 20
Mooncloth - 16
Ironweb Spider Silk - 10
BleachVendor - 10
Yellow Dye - 10
Golden Pearl
Crafted along the way
Already counted in the list above. Make them when the step needs them.
Split by trainer rank, if you buy as you go
Apprentice 1-75
- 150Linen Cloth
- 75Coarse ThreadVendor
Journeyman 75-150
- 360Silk Cloth
- 93Wool Cloth
- 85Fine ThreadVendor
- 52Blue DyeVendor
- 45Mageweave Cloth
- 10BleachVendor
- 10Yellow Dye
Expert 150-225
- 645Mageweave Cloth
- 304Silk Cloth
- 255Runecloth
- 103Silken ThreadVendor
- 38Fine ThreadVendor
- 38Red DyeVendor
- 17Rune ThreadVendor
Artisan 225-300
- 2,275Runecloth
- 116Essence of Earth
- 94Rune ThreadVendor
- 88Rugged Leather
- 20Mooncloth
- 16Ironweb Spider Silk
- 10Golden Pearl
THE ROUTE
Craft this, this many times.
Craft counts are the expected number for that range at Forever's skill-up colours, rounded up. The small numbers are the skill where the recipe turns yellow, green and grey; below the yellow number every craft is a guaranteed point. If a step finishes early, move on.
- 1-30skill30crafts
- 30-78skill75crafts
- 78-100skill31crafts
- 100-115skill17crafts
- 115-124skill10crafts
- 124-135skill13crafts
- 135-140skill5crafts
- 140-148skill9crafts
- 148-161skill13crafts
- 161-178skill19crafts
- 178-193skill17crafts
- 193-205skill12crafts
- 205-214skill12crafts
- 214-222skill14crafts
- 222-236skill17crafts
- 236-249skill14crafts
- 249-256skill8crafts
- 256-285skill35crafts
- 285-297skill27crafts
- 297-300skill5crafts
Trainer taught by your profession trainerVendor pattern bought from a supplierQuest reward from a quest, per WowheadNew in Forever in the beta data, how you learn it is not confirmed
WHAT FOREVER CHANGED
Why a Classic guide gets this wrong.
- Bolts moved down too and give skill for 10 to 20 points: Silk is learned at 100 and grey at 120, Mageweave at 140 and 150, Runecloth at 205 and 215. Bolt of Woolen Cloth goes grey at 85 instead of 105. Beta data
- Most older patterns are learned and go grey 20 to 35 points sooner than in Classic. Enchanter’s Cowl is learned at 130 and goes grey at 180, against 165 and 215. Beta data
- Around 180 new recipes, including Earthenweave and Ghostweave sets past 230 and reagent bags at 30, 75, 135, 205, 230 and 270. Some top-end crafts now need alchemist-made dyes. Their source is not confirmed. Beta data
- Tailors get gear embroidery, including five tiers of cloak embroidery that the beta data does not list yet. Blizzard
- Camp objects: Faction Banner at 20 (a Spirit buff), Spinning Wheel at 140, Loom at 300. Blizzard
Blizzard official panel or recapBeta data Wowhead's Forever databaseReported community write-upsClassic Classic rule, not shown to have changed
TIPS
Before you spend a copper.
- Do not sell cloth while levelling your character. The route wants 150 Linen, 93 Wool, 664 Silk, 690 Mageweave and 2,530 Runecloth.
- Several steps are vendor patterns (Bright Yellow Shirt, Azure Silk Cloak, Runecloth Gloves and Boots, Mooncloth Robe). Buy them as you pass the vendor.
- Pair it with Enchanting and disenchant what you make, or send the greens to an enchanter friend.
Training ranks
- Journeyman unlocks at skill 50, Expert at 125 and Artisan at 200, each raising the cap by 75. Beta data
- Character level gates of 5, 10, 20 and 35 for the four ranks carry over from Classic. Beta players report Cooking reaching 150 before level 10, and a forum moderator called that a bug. Reported
- Hitting 150, 225 and 300 in a profession each award a Legacy point the first time you do it on the account. Blizzard
How this was built
- Every skill-up colour, reagent and recipe on these pages comes from Wowhead’s Forever database, which is mined from the beta client. Nothing is copied from a Classic guide.
- A skill point is certain while a recipe is orange. From yellow to grey the chance falls in a straight line: (grey − skill) ÷ (grey − yellow). The craft counts are the expected number of crafts under that rule, rounded up, so real runs land a few either side.
- The route is the cheapest expected path through all 300 points, costed with rough early-Classic auction and vendor prices, with a small cost for every recipe change so you are not buying a new pattern every three points. Recipes a trainer teaches win ties. Vendor patterns and quest rewards are allowed. Recipes that are new in Forever are only picked when they are clearly cheaper, and they are flagged, because Blizzard has not said how you learn them.
- The shopping list expands anything you craft along the way (bolts, cured hides, grinding stones, blasting powder) into the raw goods, and counts crafted leftovers against later steps. Those intermediate crafts can give a few free points of their own, so you usually finish slightly early.
- These routes were rebuilt on November 2 from Wowhead’s last Forever data before launch (the beta closed on October 23). Since the September version, most Tailoring, Blacksmithing and Leatherworking recipes became learnable 20 to 35 points earlier, with their colours moving down by the same amount. Launch hotfixes can still move colours, most likely above skill 225.
Pairs well with
- Enchanting 1-300: Half the dust it used to cost.
Every bonus, camp object and Legacy perk is on the professions overview.
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