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WoW Forever Tailoring Guide: How Do I Start?
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Learn Tailoring from a trainer, then loot cloth from humanoid enemies: no gathering profession needed, which is why Tailors usually pair it with Enchanting. You make bags and cloth armor for Mages, Priests and Warlocks. In WoW Forever you also get new patterns, reagent bags, and camp items: a Faction Banner that buffs Spirit, then a Spinning Wheel and a Loom.
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How do I start Tailoring?
- Visit a Tailoring trainer in a capital or a starting area town.
- Loot cloth. It drops from humanoid enemies, not from nodes, so you collect it just by questing.
- Turn cloth into bolts first. Most patterns use bolts, not raw cloth.
- Buy thread from trade supply vendors and craft from your Professions window (K).
Cloth climbs with your level: Linen, then Wool, Silk, Mageweave and Runecloth. Higher ranks come from trainers as you climb.
What does a Tailor make?
- Bags, always useful and easy to sell.
- Cloth armor for Mages, Priests and Warlocks.
- Reagent bags: WoW Forever gives reagent bags their own bag slot, alongside your five regular bags.
What's new for Tailoring in WoW Forever?
- Lots of new patterns. warcraft.wiki.gg lists over a hundred so far, from vendors, drops, trainers and quests.
- New gear, like the Filigreed robes. Method's Warlock leveling guide recommends the Filigreed Shadow Gown for Affliction and the Filigreed Flame Gown for Destruction and Demonology.
- Spell power versions of some cloth gear, with Shadow, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Holy and Healing variants (per Warcraft Tavern).
- Vendor patterns for Merchant's Favor, a new currency from filling world crates and turning them in at the Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance, Redridge Mountains) or Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde, the Barrens).
What can I build at a campfire?
| Camp item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Faction Banner | A Spirit buff for your camp; it's like Divine Spirit and doesn't stack with it |
| Spinning Wheel | A station for many Tailoring recipes; the blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran dungeon |
| Loom | A station for some top patterns |
Blizzard says the first camp item is learned around skill 20 from a trainer, and better ones come from dungeon Blueprints. A Cook provides the campfire. WoW Forever Cooking Guide.
What pairs with Tailoring?
Enchanting. Craft cloth gear, then disenchant what you don't need for Enchanting materials. Method's Priest guide suggests disenchanting a linen robe or two to make your own early wand. Fishing helps too: floating wreckage can hold cloth. Best profession pairs.
Can Willo help?
Ask me "Where do humanoids drop wool at my level?" or "Is this robe an upgrade?" Say "Write down that I need ten linen cloth" and it's in my Notes tab. Set a goal like "I want to max Tailoring" and I'll tell you how close you are (goals come with Hero and up).
FAQ
Where do I get cloth in WoW Forever?
From humanoid enemies. Cloth drops as loot, so Tailoring needs no gathering profession.
What profession goes with Tailoring in WoW Forever?
Enchanting. You can disenchant the cloth gear you make.
What does the Tailoring Faction Banner do?
It gives a Spirit buff to your camp, like the Priest's Divine Spirit, and doesn't stack with it.
Which classes benefit most from Tailoring?
Mages, Priests and Warlocks, who wear cloth.
Sources
- World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap (Blizzard)
- Tailoring Overview (Warcraft Tavern)
- Forever tailoring patterns (warcraft.wiki.gg)
- Camping Objects & Buffs (Warcraft Tavern)
- WoW Forever Camping Guide (wow-professions.com)
- WoW Forever Warlock Leveling Guide (Method)
- WoW Forever Priest Leveling Guide (Method)
- Professions Overview (Warcraft Tavern)
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