Tailoring leveling guide 1-450
Tailoring can be rather expensive to level. Especially if you make 10 of an item and flood the market all at one time to drop them to make some gold back.
Below is a general guide on how to level it. The results on how much you spend (or even gain) leveling will depend on your server prices. The trick is to pay attention more to the process on what I select than the actual item it’s self. If the item in the guide says to make it to say 135 but its still green and will make you a profit to DE/sell, keep making them, these are “free” levels when you look at the net cost to you.
I also tend to lean towards DE’ing items than selling them. You will usually recoup more of your cost of leveling the profession to tip a friend to DE all your items than to list the items for sale. The reasoning behind this is Enchant mats have no listing fee. You can re list the item till it sells with no cost to you if it doesn’t and many craftables have a steep listing fee, which cuts into recouping your gold from leveling. Enchant mats also tend to sell quicker. Someone power leveling enchanting will buy about 4-5 stacks of a dust in 1 day, while someone leveling will most likely buy only one item.
General rules when leveling crafting professions:
1. Spending more mats on something that is more desirable or gives a higher DE value will give you a smaller net loss.
2. If you have to sell items, don’t list them all on the same day. List 1-2 items at a time
3. Have an enchanter handy. Either one of your other characters (strongly recommended even if it’s an alt you rarely use) or a friend that you can trust, and just give a tip to DE the items.
4. Look for the smallest net lost, not the cheapest to make. Sometimes it’s the same item, sometimes it’s not.
5. Profits will vary by server. If you have a lot of people DE’ing for profit you won’t make as much back. If you don’t you will make quite a bit of gold.
6. You may be making things that don’t get you a skill point every level however, you are not “losing” gold if you evaluate the cost, AH value and DE value properly.
And now for the tailoring guide.
| Lvl 1-50 | Bolt of Linen Cloth: Even if its 49 and you’re not getting a lot of skill ups. Make as many as possible. You will need them. |
| Lvl 51-90 | Brown Linen Robe: De them. On my server they cost around 20 silver to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 40silver. For more information on making a profit on these, check out the Tailoring Gold Guide. |
| Lvl 91-115 | Blue Linen Vest: Recipe can be purchased at the tailoring vendor but is limited supply. DE them. On my server they cost around 22 silver to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 40 silver. |
| Lvl 116-125 | Blue Linen Robe: Recipe can be purchased at the tailoring vendor but is limited supply. DE them. On my server they cost around 22 silver to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 40 silver. |
| ** This guide avoids using wool cloth due to it being more costly than linen and silk cloth on most servers** | |
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| Lvl 125-145 | Bolt of Silk Cloth: Even if its 144 and you’re not getting a lot of skill ups. Make as many as possible. You will need them. |
| Lvl 146-175 | Azure Silk Pants: DE them. On my server they cost around 52 silver to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 40 silver. It is a loss, but DE mats are free to list, items are not. If they don’t sell you won’t lose gold plus it will sell quicker as DE mats than an item. |
| Lvl 176-185 | Bolt of Mageweave: Craft until Gray |
| Lvl 186-225 | Azure Silk Cloak: Recipe can be purchased but is limited supply. DE them. On my server they cost around 39 silver to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 80 silver. Craft until gray, if you make a profit from crafting it. |
| Lvl 215-230 | White Bandit Mask: Random drop recipe that you need to look out for on the AH. This is a big money maker for me! On my server they cost around 1.16g to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 3.25g. Craft until gray, if you make a profit from crafting it. |
| *Alternate Lvl 215-230 if recipe cannot be found- Black Mageweave Gloves: On my server they cost around 2.3g to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 3.25g. |
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| Lvl 231-240 | Black Mageweave Gloves: On my server they cost around 2.3g to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 3.25g. |
| Lvl 240-250 | Black Mageweave Headband: On my server they cost around 3.3g to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 4.2g. |
| *Alternate Lvl 240-250 – Enchanted Mageweave Pouch: On my server they cost around 7g to craft and sell for 15g. Only down side is now you have an item that has a listing fee and you can only list 1-2 at a time. | |
| Lvl 250-260 | Bolt of Runecloth: Craft until Gray |
| Lvl 261-300 | Runecloth Belt: DE them. On my server they cost around 4.25g to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 4.7g. |
| Lvl 300-325 | Bolt of Netherweave: Craft until Gray |
| Lvl 326-340 | Netherweave Bag: On my server they cost around 3.5g to craft and sell for 9g. I sell about 100 a week for profit. For more information look at the Tailoring Gold Guide. |
| Lvl 341-350 | Netherweave Boots: DE Them. On my server they cost around 5g to craft and the DE mats on average sell for 4.5g. |
| Lvl 350-375 | Bolt of Frostweave: Craft until Gray |
| From here on it is harder to make a net gain because the markets have not stabilized from WOLK. The Selections I have made are due to the least amount of mats or the quickest sell time of the items. When they stabilize more I will tweak the rest of this guide. | |
| Lvl 376-400 | Frostwoven Boots: 4 Frostweave bolts and 1 Eternium Thread – DON’T DE, you can use them for more skill ups later on! |
| Lvl 400-405 | Bolt of Imbued Frostweave: You will need lots of these! |
| Lvl 405-410 | Duskweave Wristwraps> –40 Bolt of Frostweave, 5 Eternium Thread |
| Lvl 411-420 | Frostweave Bag: Costs a total of 6 Frostweave bolts and 12 infinite dusts. I was able to sell all for slightly more than what I paid for mats |
| *Optional* Craft a Flying Carpet if you want an extra mount if you’re going for the mount achievement of 50 mounts. |
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| Lvl 421-423 | Moonshroud, Ebonweave, and Spellweave Xmutes. : This is making quite a bit of profit now. If you’re in no rush to level tailoring this can be used to get you to 435 (can only xmute each one once every 3 days) |
| Lvl 424-435 | Frostweave Bag: Costs a total of 6 Frostweave bolts and 12 infinite dusts. I was able to sell all for slightly more than what I paid for mats |
There are several things you can do for the last 15 levels depending on your needs and your sever prices
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Patch 3.0.3
January 19th, 2009
Thanks so much dude! I’ve been looking everywhere for something like this that is a bit better then what’s already out there.
Take care
May 14th, 2009
level gold…
Nice ,keep up the good work ,waiting for the next update…..
June 30th, 2009
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July 31st, 2009
why not de the frostweave boots? wasn’t clear