subject: Tailoring Guide The Basic Things You Should Know About Tailoring [print this page] Tailoring is the primary profession in Warcraft that enables characters to craft pieces of gear and equipment from cloth. The profession mostly works very well for cloth armor-wearing classes such as the Warlocks, Mages, and Priests. In this tailoring guide, you will know more about the profession from the basics of Tailoring to tips on maximizing the benefits of the profession.
Cloth abounds in the game and can be obtained in a variety of ways from picking up the drop offs of monsters to quest rewards and direct purchases off of the Auction House. Mostly though, for low-level cloths, Humanoid-type enemies provide the most abundant resources. It doesnt matter from where you have obtained your items, what is important is that these could be transformed into pants, bags, shoes, robes, dress-up clothing and even novelty shirts.
Tailoring supplies all classes and professions at all levels though. At the starting levels, tailors can manufacture equipment and special bags which many other players can use. Although the goods produced by tailors are nowhere as good as those sold off at the Auction House or those rewarded in quests, they are nevertheless generally better than what can be randomly gathered in the wild. At higher levels, Tailoring comes in very handy in creating superb armor sets whose qualities are further augmented with the use of Spellthread. Tailoring can also be a very profitable profession for almost anyone since many players rely on the goods produced by tailors. Over all, it is a solid primary profession from beginning levels to grand master levels.
{Items Needed In This Profession}
Unlike other professions, Tailoring doesnt require any special tool to create goods like armors. Tailors can create items wherever and whenever they want so long as they have the necessary recipes and the ingredients required by the recipes they are using.
{Getting Started}
It's not necessary to pick up a profession while your character is still fresh. As a general practice, players begin specializing in their chosen professions once they reach level 30 to 40.
To start, look for a trainer in any major zones in Azeroth. Your trainer will teach you the ropes of the profession. You will start as an Apprentice Tailor after paying the training fee.
Tailoring follows several ranks, starting from Apprentice Tailor all the way to Master. As your progress with the profession, you will come to a point when you can no longer increase your skill to advance through the ranks of the profession. In which case, you will have to return to your trainer and pay the fee he asks to increase your level.
{Choosing Your Secondary Profession}
As a primary profession, Tailoring pairs up pretty neatly with all gathering secondary professions. Skinning, Mining, Enchanting, and Herbalism are a few of the professions that depend on Tailoring. Although less desirable than other professions because of their high demand in material ingredients, engineering leatherworking, blacksmithing and jewelcrafting also work well with tailoring.
A rule of thumb suggested in this tailoring guide in choosing a secondary profession is to pick one that is categorized as a gathering profession. If it gathers, it is a safe bet that it will match Tailoring. If it's a profession that depends on another profession for resource, be sure that you have enough gold to buy your supplies.
