Tailoring Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various pieces of cloth into armor , bags , shirts , and other cloth items . Tailors play an especially important role in guilds because they can create bags for the entire guild , provided the guild members gather the proper ingredients . Tailors are responsible for creating cloth items for cloth - armor wearing classes : Mage s , Warlock s , and Priest s . They occasionally make items for other classes , such as cloaks or spellthread for pants . They also make decorative shirts . Tailors are also able to make special cloth equipment which requires that the user have a high level tailoring skill in order to use the item as well as a special Tailoring Mount . Getting Started . The first staple for tailors is Linen Cloth , followed by Wool Cloth , Silk Cloth , Mageweave , Runecloth , Netherweave ( Burning Crusade Expansion ) , Frostweave ( Wrath of the Lich King Expansion ) , and Embersilk Cloth ( Cataclysm Expansion ) . Typically , humanoid monsters drop these items , although most undead do as well , while demons can occasionally drop Felcloth ( used in high - level pre - Burning Crusade patterns ) . Recipes usually require thread and sometimes a colored dye ( mostly only lower level recipes ) , both of which are purchased from NPC trade merchants . Additionally , tailoring recipes sometimes call for leather , gems , potions , or other special ingredients created by other craftsmen . Leather is gathered by skinners and must be purchased from other players ( altough it can occasionally be obtained by fishing ) . Gems are found from monster drops , treasure chests , mining , prospecting ore , fishing , and Rogue pick pocketing . Potions will need to be purchased from an Alchemist . Requirements . Tailors generally don ' t require any special equipment or locations to process their materials into finished products . As long as the tailor has all of the required materials for the creation of an item , it can be made anywhere in the world at any time . However , some high - level cloth types have cooldowns , or require special equipment and locations to be crafted . As of Patch 3 . 3 . 3 , the cool downs associated with , and have been removed . Suggested 2nd Profession . Tailoring does not require a gathering skill to acquire materials , unlike Alchemy ( which needs herbalism ) or Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing ( which need mining ) . This gives tailors a lot of freedom when selecting their second profession . Types of crafted items . Cloth Armor . Tailors can create many pieces of cloth armor , appropriate for Mage s , Warlock s , and Priest s . Other caster classes , like Holy Paladin s and Balance or Restoration Druid s , may sometimes opt to wear cloth gear due to the pieces ' greater bonuses to caster related attributes . In addition to making stand - alone cloth armor pieces , tailors can also craft multi - item collections , sets of gear that share a name and visual design . Some of the collections give a set bonus . Bags . The most popular tailored item is bags , which can only be made by tailors and leatherworkers ( engineers can also make engineering bags ) . Players without these skills can acquire bags from loot drops , quests , or from merchants , but tailors can sell bags in larger quantities and for lower cost . This provides an excellent opportunity to make money , especially from players looking for large 18 - and 20 - slot bags . Make sure to get the bag patterns as soon as they are available . Tailors can also craft three types of specialty craft bags : Enchanting Bag s for Enchanters , Herb Bag s for Herbalists , and Gem Bag s for Jewelcrafters . Such bags are larger than the generic non - specialty ones , but are only allowed to carry a certain type of item . If an item is collected that is of the correct type , it ' s automatically placed into the special bag . Shirts . Tailors can create a wide array of shirt s in different colors and styles . Although shirts have no stats and provide no game play benefits , they can sometimes show prominently on a character , depending on what equipment they are wearing . A shirt has the potential to make a character look much better . Tailors can sell shirts to players looking to improve their appearance . Special clothes . Tailors can create special outfits , such as dresses and tuxedo s , that have no stats and are merely decorative . These can impress other people in town or be used for special occasions . The people most likely to buy these will be those who roleplay . Faction recipes . Some recipes are only learnable after achieving a certain reputation level with a particular faction . These are listed at the faction recipes entry . In The Burning Crusade . The Burning Crusade expansion introduced Netherweave Cloth as the primary material for tailoring ; as in Classic WoW , netherweave cloth drops primarily from humanoid monsters . Five pieces of cloth yield one Bolt of Netherweave . For higher level patterns , tailors must craft Bolts of Imbued Netherweave from normal cloth bolts and Arcane Dust . Mana Looms were once required to craft these ( requirement removed with Patch 3 . 0 . 2 ) , and can still be found either in Shattrath ' s Lower City or in Silvermoon . To advance beyond 300 tailoring players no longer need to head to the Hellfire Peninsula in Outland but to any major city trainer . Horde Players find their Master Tailoring Trainer " Dalinna " in the Thrallmar inn . Alliance players need to go upstairs in the inn at Honor Hold . Specialization . " Note " " : Tailoring Specializations were removed after patch 4 . 0 . Tailors no longer need to complete quests associated with these crafts to unlock them . As a result , crafting these new items will no longer yield double the cloth . " Tailors of level 60 or higher with a skill of 350 or greater can choose a Tailoring Specialization - - Mooncloth Tailoring , Shadoweave Tailoring , or Spellfire Tailoring - - by completing a quest from one of the neutral specialists in Shattrath ' s Lower City . These specialists also sell patterns relating to their specialty . Specializing allows the tailor to make two pieces of Primal Mooncloth , Shadowcloth , or Spellcloth ( respectively ) per cooldown instead of just one , and from a single set of mats . The three types of specialty cloth in originally had an unshared 3 day 20 hour cooldown , so specializing was vital ; with Patch 3 . 0 . 8 the cooldown was removed , but being able to make items with essentially half the mats is still a major advantage . More importantly , the specialty you choose in Outland carries over into Northrend where new cloths become available in the same specialties . Each cloth must also be crafted at a specific place . Specialization provides access to recipes for highly desirable epic cloth gear . Each specialization is associated with one epic 3 - piece gear set . The recipes and pieces for each set are BoP and are tailor - only . Furthermore , the set can only be worn as long as the tailor retains its particular specialization . The boosts spell power , mp5 , and intelligence ; boosts spell power , stamina and intelligence ; and boosts spell power , crit , and intelligence . Originally , the three sets boosted Healing Power , Shadow and Frost spell damage , and Fire and Arcane spell damage respectively . However , the WotLK expansion brought an end to school - specific spell damage buffs on gear , and ushered in the unification of healing power and spell damage into a single stat . The bonuses on these TBC sets have been altered to reflect those changes while retaining the sets ' benefits for particular specs . To re - specialize , you may return to the cloth merchants in lower Shattrath to unlearn your old specialization . It will cost to unlearn the current specialization at level 70 and to learn a new specialization . At level 63 , the cost to learn another specialization remains the same but the cost to unlearn is only , so it seems to scale with the character level . WARNING : Unlearning a particular specialization will disable your ability to use the items previously crafted under that school . Note that all tailors can make ( 20 slot bag ) , ( 28 slot soul bag ) and ( 28 slot enchanting bag ) . The recipes are bind on pickup , but the bags are not . Spellthread . Spellthreads are tailor - crafted augments that grant caster - class bonuses to leg armor . Applying a thread will overwrite another augment or enchant on the item . The recipes require gaining reputation with the Aldor or Scryer factions . As these two factions are at war , tailors who wish to learn all four recipes must grind to exalted with one faction , then drop it and grind to exalted with the other . Notable resist sets . Burning Crusade tailors can create two epic resist sets that are useful for level 70 raid encounters . The Soulcloth Embrace 3 - piece set provides a total of + 110 Arcane Resistance and is useful for players attempting The Curator in Karazhan . The Soulguard 4 - piece set ( plus cloak ) provides + 260 Shadow Resist and is required for attempting Mother Shahraz in Black Temple . In Wrath of the Lich King . Trainers may be found in the starting zone areas Valiance Keep ( in Borean Tundra ) or Valgarde ( in Howling Fjord ) . A trainer is also located in the Magus Commerce Exchange region of Dalaran . At Tailoring 325 , tailors may learn Northern Cloth Scavenging from a Northrend trainer ( this skill may apparently also be taught from the book " A Guide to Northern Cloth Scavenging " which drops randomly in Northrend ) . This allows them to loot additional Frostweave cloth off humanoids in Northrend . This works much like skinning : after other members of the party have looted their mobs , tailors will see newly lootable corpses that contain ~ 3 - 7 pieces of additional cloth . If there are multiple tailors in the group , they will all see the mob as lootable . Specialization . There are three types of rare specialty cloth that become available at Tailoring 415 : Ebonweave , Moonshroud , and Spellweave . These are used to craft high - end items , such as epic robes and 22 - slot bags . Tailors that specialize in one type of cloth will receive 2 pieces every time they use their cooldown ; however , this is tied to the Burning Crusade decision to specialize in Shadowcloth , Mooncloth , or Spellcloth and is not a separate choice . To respecialize , tailors must travel back to Shattrath ' s Lower City and speak to the cloth trainers there . You must first speak to your current specialty cloth trainer to unlearn your current specialization before you can learn a new specialty . At level 80 , the cost to unlearn your old specialization is . You will be charged to learn your new specialization . You do not unlearn recipes specific to your old spec when you swap , nor do you have to relevel Tailoring . The Tailoring 440 + epic crafted cloth pieces are Bind on Equip . They do not require a particular specialization or profession , and can be sold to and worn by non - tailors . ( The TBC Tailoring 375 sets such as were formerly Bind on Pickup , but have also been changed to Bind on Equip . ) Prior to Patch 3 . 3 . 2 , creating Wrath of the Lich King cloths gave tailors a 30 - minute buff which were removed in this patch . As of Patch 4 . 0 . 1 , tailors who have specialized in one of the three kinds of cloth will only generate one piece now instead of two in that specialization . Rare bags . As of Patch 3 . 2 . 2 , there is no equivalent Jewelcrafting bag . The largest tailored gem bag is the 24 - slot , a TBC pattern available via Consortium rep . Notable resist sets . At levels 420 and 425 , tailors learn the recipes to craft the 3 - piece Glacial Set . This cloth frost resist gear is useful when attempting Sapphiron in both 10 - and 25 - man Naxxramas . However , few people choose to wear the chest piece as the DPS loss is too great . The mats are relatively easy to come by , so making the belt and boots for yourself and for friends by request provides nice skill - up points . They also sell fairly well on the AH . Embroidery . Spellthread . As in Burning Crusade , tailors may craft thread that adds stats to leg items . The rare versions provide buffs similar to the Aldor and Scryer Spellthread recipes , but require Wrath - specific materials . The epic thread comes in two versions . Master ' s and Sanctified Spellthread require modest mats and can only be applied to the tailor ' s gear . Their BoE cousins , learned from faction reputation - dependent recipes , require much more expensive mats to craft . Cloak embroidery . At 420 , tailors are able to craft embroidery threads that are BoP and can be applied only to the tailor ' s cloak . The three thread types are Swordguard , Lightweave , and Darkglow Embroidery . These add melee , spell damage , or mana over time effects respectively and require a single piece of , , or to craft . The tooltip for the embroidery states that these threads can be used only by tailors of at least 400 skill , but as of patch 3 . 0 . 3 the recipe cannot be learned until level 420 . Achievement cloaks . Upon reaching 420 , tailors unlock two cloak recipes that can be learned from the Dalaran trainer once the proper achievement s have been completed . ( Note that this information appears in the trainer ' s gossip text window , rather than the normal training screen . ) To learn the , players must complete the achievement , which requires you to complete the majority of quests in every Northrend zone . The requires the achievement , which requires you to complete every 5 - man dungeon in Northrend . Both cloaks are Bind on Equip and can be sold . Mounts . Tailors with a skill of 310 and higher can craft flying carpet mounts for themselves . Riders appear to " surf " on the carpet as it moves along . In Cataclysm . Like other professions , new Tailoring recipes in Cataclysm have been simplified with a smaller variety ingredients than in the past . Otherwise , tailors get a good selection of new recipes . Garrison . Players building their garrison s while on Draenor that have tailoring should consider building a level 1 Barn ( for fur ) and / or a level 3 Barn ( for ) . The Barn is classified as a medium building .