Thera WotLK 3.3.5a profession

Tailoring: from raw material to finished item.

Turn cloth into bolts, bags, cloth armor, spellthreads, flying carpets, specialty cloth cooldowns, and raid-pattern epics.

Current as of July 26, 2026Thera may change recipes, vendors, cooldowns, or drop rates. Use this standard 3.3.5a route, then verify the in-game tooltip before buying expensive materials.

Skill cap450

TypeCrafting / Cloth

Best pairHumanoid farming

TrainerTrain Grand Master Tailoring in Northrend; Tailors gather extra cloth opportunities from humanoids.

A-to-Z route

Level it with a purpose.

Do not craft random orange recipes. Pick a finished-item lane, secure the materials, and use first crafts, Knowledge, cooldowns, or server phase rules to advance.

1
1–75
Linen Bolts and basic cloth gear.
2
75–150
Wool and Silk crafts.
3
150–225
Mageweave crafts.
4
225–300
Runecloth bolts/bags.
5
300–350
Netherweave bolts/gear/bags.
6
350–450
Frostweave Bolts, Imbued Frostweave, bags, spellthreads, specialty cloth, and raid patterns.

Specialization / focus

Choose the lane you want to supply.

MoonclothSpellfireShadoweave

Your first points should support the items you plan to craft or gather every week. Avoid spreading points across unrelated branches before your first market or guild-support lane is functional.

Production catalog

What you can make or gather—and how.

Each card shows the ingredient family, acquisition method, recipe source, and a repeatable production workflow.

Bolt of Frostweave

Ingredients: 5 Frostweave Cloth (standard recipe)
Get the ingredients: Farm Northrend humanoids or AH.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: Base Northrend cloth.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Bolt of Imbued Frostweave

Ingredients: Frostweave Bolts + Infinite Dust
Get the ingredients: Tailoring + Enchanting/AH.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: High-end cloth.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Frostweave Bag / Glacial Bag

Ingredients: Frostweave/Imbued bolts + thread
Get the ingredients: Farm cloth and buy thread; Glacial pattern/materials phase dependent.
Unlock / source: Trainer/pattern
Why make it: Inventory bags.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Moonshroud

Ingredients: Imbued Frostweave + Eternal Life/Shadow (recipe dependent)
Get the ingredients: Farm Eternals; use cooldown/cloth location.
Unlock / source: Specialty cloth cooldown
Why make it: High-end cloth.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Spellweave

Ingredients: Imbued Frostweave + Eternal Fire
Get the ingredients: Farm fire elementals; use cooldown.
Unlock / source: Specialty cloth cooldown
Why make it: High-end cloth.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Ebonweave

Ingredients: Imbued Frostweave + Eternal Shadow
Get the ingredients: Farm shadow elementals; use cooldown.
Unlock / source: Specialty cloth cooldown
Why make it: High-end cloth.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Sapphire Spellthread / Brilliant Spellthread

Ingredients: Eternal Life/Iceweb Spider Silk/cloth reagents
Get the ingredients: Farm spiders and Eternals.
Unlock / source: Trainer/vendor recipe
Why make it: Caster leg enchant.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Lightweave / Darkglow / Swordguard Embroidery

Ingredients: Tailoring materials
Get the ingredients: Tailoring-only cloak embroidery.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: Personal profession bonus.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Flying Carpet / Magnificent Flying Carpet

Ingredients: Bolts + Eternals + vendor materials
Get the ingredients: Tailoring-only mount recipe.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: Mount.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Ulduar cloth patterns

Ingredients: Runed Orbs + specialty cloth/Eternals
Get the ingredients: Raid/AH for Orbs and pattern.
Unlock / source: Ulduar pattern
Why make it: Ulduar crafted cloth.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

ToC/ICC cloth patterns

Ingredients: Crusader Orbs/Primordial Saronite + specialty cloth
Get the ingredients: Raid/AH; phase dependent.
Unlock / source: Raid pattern
Why make it: Endgame cloth gear.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Material acquisition

Farm, buy, disenchant, or commission it.

Use this source map before purchasing. Farm when the route also advances your character or weekly objectives; buy when opportunity cost is higher than the AH price.

Material	Method	Where / how	Used for
Copper / Tin / Bronze	Farm / AH	Starter-zone and low-level mining loops; smelt Bronze from Copper and Tin.	Early Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Iron / Steel / Mithril	Farm / AH	Arathi, Badlands, Hinterlands, Tanaris, and comparable level zones.	Mid-level metal crafts
Thorium	Farm / AH	Un'Goro, Winterspring, Silithus, Eastern Plaguelands.	High Classic profession levels
Fel Iron / Adamantite	Farm / AH	Outland routes: Hellfire, Zangarmarsh, Nagrand, Netherstorm.	300–375 metal crafts
Cobalt / Saronite / Titanium	Farm / AH	Cobalt in early Northrend; Saronite broadly; Titanium in high-level zones.	375–450 metal crafts
Titansteel Bar	Mining cooldown / AH	Smelt from Titanium plus Eternal elements; standard Wrath uses a cooldown.	Best crafted weapons and armor
Peacebloom / Silverleaf / Briarthorn	Farm / AH	Starter and low-level herbalism routes.	Early Alchemy and Inscription
Goldthorn / Sungrass / Golden Sansam	Farm / AH	Mid/high Classic herb routes.	Mid-level consumables and inks
Felweed / Dreaming Glory / Terocone	Farm / AH	Outland herbalism routes.	300–375 Alchemy and Inscription
Goldclover / Tiger Lily / Talandra's Rose	Farm / AH	Borean/Howling, Sholazar, and Zul'Drak routes.	Northrend potions and inks
Adder's Tongue / Lichbloom / Icethorn	Farm / AH	Sholazar for Adder's Tongue; Icecrown/Storm Peaks for Lichbloom and Icethorn.	Endgame flasks, potions, inks
Frost Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side gather from Northrend herbs.	Endgame flasks
Borean Leather / Heavy Borean Leather	Skin / AH	Skin Northrend beasts; convert Borean to Heavy Borean through Leatherworking.	Northrend leather/mail and kits
Arctic Fur / Icy Dragonscale / Nerubian Chitin	Rare skin / AH	Rare skin or target dragonkin/nerubians.	High-end Leatherworking
Frostweave Cloth	Humanoid drop / AH	Farm Northrend humanoids; Tailors receive improved cloth opportunities.	Tailoring and First Aid
Infinite Dust / Cosmic Essence / Dream Shard / Abyss Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Northrend gear by quality and item level.	Endgame Enchanting
Eternal elements	Farm / AH	Combine ten crystallized elements or farm elementals and Wintergrasp/Sholazar routes.	Metal, engineering, tailoring, alchemy
Frozen Orb / Runed Orb / Crusader Orb	Dungeon/raid currency / AH	Heroic final bosses and raid content by phase.	Epic crafted gear
Northern Spices	Cooking daily / AH	Complete Dalaran cooking dailies or buy from players.	Northrend stat food and feasts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Thread	Vendor	Stock Eternium Thread and lower tiers.
Specialty tailoring locations	World	Some cooldown cloths may require location; verify standard 3.3.5a/server rule.

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Choose earlier Tailoring specialization if bonus cloth procs are active.
Use specialty cloth cooldowns daily when profitable.

Buying rule

Never buy blind.

Pin the recipe and write down all reagents.
Check finished-item price, material price, commission, and expected quality.
Use Work Orders for soulbound reagents; do not expect them on the AH.
Craft one test item before a large batch.
Verify the tooltip before spending expensive currency.

Addon setup

Track cost, routes, and quality.

Auctionator

Auction House pricing and shopping lists

Install the version compatible with your client; run a full AH scan before buying materials.

TradeSkillMaster

Crafting cost, sale rate, and restock groups

Create one group per profession and import only recipes you actually sell.

GatherMate2 + Routes

Gathering node database and route loops

Import or record nodes, then create clockwise loops by zone.

TomTom

Trainer, vendor, and farming coordinates

Paste /way coordinates from each guide and keep the arrow visible.

Final audit

Profession readiness checklist.

Trainer and current rank learned

Tool and accessories equipped

Primary production lane chosen

Material source list saved

Weekly quest and cooldown tracked

One profitable or guild-use craft tested

Thera may change recipes, vendors, cooldowns, or drop rates. Use this standard 3.3.5a route, then verify the in-game tooltip before buying expensive materials.

Sources and verification

Current profession overview and recipe-source reference