Profession Guide · Prices from November 11, 2026 (10:43 PM scan)
Tailoring turns cloth into bolts, then bolts into cloth armor, bags and shirts. Cloth drops from humanoid mobs while you level, so saving it brings the cost down a lot. I went through every Tailoring recipe in the game and priced each material at whichever is cheapest: the auction house on the US PvP ruleset, a vendor, or making it yourself. Each step uses the recipe with the lowest cost per skill point, counting the crafts that don’t give a point.
At a glance
1–300 ~367gSteps 14
- Make your own Linen, Silk and Mageweave bolts. It’s cheaper than buying them and gives skill points. Runecloth bolts are the exception: right now they’re cheaper to buy.
- Thread and dye are always cheaper from a trade-supplies vendor.
- Train the next rank before you reach each cap at 75, 150 and 225.
1–150: Apprentice and Journeyman
1–31Bolt of Linen Cloth
- Craft: about 31
- Each needs: 2 Linen Cloth
- Buy: Linen Cloth: auction house, 15c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 9s 21c (30c per craft)
31–80Linen Belt
- Craft: about 85
- Each needs: 1 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1 Coarse Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Linen Cloth: make it yourself (2 Linen Cloth), about 30c each; Coarse Thread: vendor, 9c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 32s 85c (39c per craft)
80–100Simple Kilt
- Craft: about 38
- Each needs: 4 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1 Fine Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Linen Cloth: make it yourself (2 Linen Cloth), about 30c each; Fine Thread: vendor, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 78s 35c (2s 10c per craft)
100–118Bolt of Silk Cloth
- Craft: about 25
- Each needs: 4 Silk Cloth
- Buy: Silk Cloth: auction house, 1s 9c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 5s (4s 36c per craft)
118–120Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders
- Craft: about 3
- Each needs: 3 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 2 Fine Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Woolen Cloth: make it yourself (3 Wool Cloth), about 3s 87c each; Fine Thread: vendor, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 35s 44c (13s 41c per craft)
120–135Azure Silk Hood
- Craft: about 17
- Each needs: 2 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2 Blue Dye, 1 Fine Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Silk Cloth: make it yourself (4 Silk Cloth), about 4s 36c each; Blue Dye: vendor, 45c; Fine Thread: vendor, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 73s (10s 52c per craft)
135–150Formal White Shirt
- Craft: about 17
- Each needs: 3 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2 Bleach, 1 Fine Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Silk Cloth: make it yourself (4 Silk Cloth), about 4s 36c each; Bleach: vendor, 23c; Fine Thread: vendor, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 2g 37s (14s 44c per craft)
150–225: Expert
150–175Crimson Silk Vest
- Craft: about 26
- Each needs: 4 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2 Red Dye, 2 Fine Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Silk Cloth: make it yourself (4 Silk Cloth), about 4s 36c each; Red Dye: vendor, 45c; Fine Thread: vendor, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 5g 15s (20s 14c per craft)
175–197Crimson Silk Belt
- Craft: about 23
- Each needs: 4 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1 Iron Buckle, 2 Red Dye, 1 Silken Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Silk Cloth: make it yourself (4 Silk Cloth), about 4s 36c each; Iron Buckle: auction house, 1s 10c; Red Dye: vendor, 45c; Silken Thread: vendor, 4s 50c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 5g 27s (23s 94c per craft)
197–228Long Silken Cloak
- Craft: about 51
- Each needs: 4 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1 Mana Potion, 1 Silken Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Silk Cloth: make it yourself (4 Silk Cloth), about 4s 36c each; Mana Potion: auction house, 3s 70c; Silken Thread: vendor, 4s 50c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 12g 83s (25s 64c per craft)
225–300: Artisan
Unlocking Artisan
- Trainer: Daryl Stack, Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad Foothills
- Needs: character level 35 and skill 200
- When to go: as soon as you reach 200. You can’t go past 225 until you train Artisan.
- Forever is new, so confirm in game.
228–239Black Mageweave Vest
- Craft: about 21
- Each needs: 2 Bolt of Mageweave, 3 Silken Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Mageweave: make it yourself (5 Mageweave Cloth), about 31s 50c each; Silken Thread: vendor, 4s 50c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 15g 39s (76s 50c per craft)
239–251Brightcloth Cloak
- Craft: about 13
- Each needs: 4 Bolt of Runecloth, 2 Gold Bar, 1 Rune Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Runecloth: auction house, 35s 75c; Gold Bar: auction house, 8s 41c; Rune Thread: vendor, 45s
- Recipe: Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak, from the auction house (about 95s)
- Est. cost: 26g 69s (2g 4s per craft)
251–280Runecloth Headband
- Craft: about 35
- Each needs: 4 Bolt of Runecloth, 2 Ironweb Spider Silk, 1 Rune Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Runecloth: auction house, 35s 75c; Ironweb Spider Silk: auction house, 32s 80c; Rune Thread: vendor, 45s
- Recipe: Pattern: Runecloth Headband, from the auction house (about 5g)
- Est. cost: 91g 99s (2g 53s per craft)
280–300Runecloth Shoulders
- Craft: about 46
- Each needs: 7 Bolt of Runecloth, 2 Ironweb Spider Silk, 4 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread
- Buy: Bolt of Runecloth: auction house, 35s 75c; Ironweb Spider Silk: auction house, 32s 80c; Rugged Leather: auction house, 12s 99c; Rune Thread: vendor, 45s
- Recipe: Pattern: Runecloth Shoulders, from the auction house (about 13g 88s)
- Est. cost: 203g 68s (4g 12s per craft)
Shopping list: 1 to 300
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Silk Cloth | 2,040 |
| Linen Cloth | 536 |
| Bolt of Runecloth | 514 |
| Mageweave Cloth | 210 |
| Rugged Leather | 184 |
| Ironweb Spider Silk | 162 |
| Silken Thread | 137 |
| Fine Thread | 130 |
| Red Dye | 98 |
| Rune Thread | 94 |
| Coarse Thread | 85 |
| Mana Potion | 51 |
| Blue Dye | 34 |
| Bleach | 34 |
| Wool Cloth | 27 |
| Gold Bar | 26 |
| Iron Buckle | 23 |
How the costs are worked out: material prices come from the latest auction house scan on the US PvP ruleset (the 7-day typical price for anything not seen in the last few days), the vendor price, or the cost to make it yourself, whichever is cheapest. Orange recipes always give a point; yellow and green ones give a point less often as your skill rises, so the craft counts and costs include the extra crafts that don’t give a point. Recipe colors are the ones Forever uses, not the classic ones. These are averages, so your counts may differ by a few.