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WoW Classic Tailoring - Alternate Cheap Leveling 1-300 Methods
Pubblicato
02/10/2019 alle 02:13
da
RenataKane
Not rolling in gold? Want to level tailoring without losing your shirt? Learn to analyze recipes, recognize the money makers vs. losers, and level cheaply.
Introduction
Welcome to Cheapskate Tailoring, a guide to help you learn how to level tailoring the most economically. At worst, you'll lose far less money than traditional "efficient" tailoring methods. At the best, you'll make even more money!
My interest in the economical approach to professions goes back all the way to 2003, when I published my very first profession gaming guide for Everquest:
The Economical Guide to Smithing, or, Making mail without losing your shirt.
This guide was a whopping 88 pages, partly due to the scope of that game's profession system, and partly due to the fact I hadn't learned to self-edit.
This guide will be much snappier. I promise.
Concepts Behind Cheapskate Tailoring
Most 1-300 leveling guides assume that money isn't an concern. It's about getting to 300 with as few combines as possible. While they may seem like the most cost-effective approach, it often isn't. Most of these look only at the number of main materials (in this case, cloth) without taking into account other costs, such as:
vendor materials
acquiring other farmed materials
acquiring recipes
selling the finished products
Materials Cost
I analyzed all tailoring recipes in Classic to determine their base costs. The costs of a recipe are as follows:
Cost of Vendor Purchased Mats + Opportunity Cost of Farmed/Crafted Materials = Final Cost
The cost of vendor purchased materials is easy; for this, it's calculated by the price of a vendor object (mostly Thread and Dye) at Friendly reputation. Your costs may vary slightly based on your reputation.
Opportunity Cost of Farmed/Crafted Materials can be trickier to calculate, but I went with the worst case scenario.
Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost is what money you would have gotten if you sold the components rather than using them to make the finished product. One of the sad realities of a mature World of Warcraft economy is that in most cases, you would make more selling the components than you would by creating and selling the finished product.
Never sell an item on the Auction House below the Opportunity Cost.
Selling below vendor price is bad enough.
Example 1: A
Bolt of Linen Cloth
sells to a vendor for . Tailoring vendors sell
Coarse Thread
for and
Bleach
for . A White Linen Shirt that takes 1
Bolt of Linen Cloth
, 1
Coarse Thread
and 1
Bleach
has an opportunity cost of . The same White Linen Shirt sells to a vendor for , so the Profit/Loss on a White Linen Shirt is 0. It's a break-even recipe.
Example 2: Tailoring vendors sell
Fine Thread
for , and
Green Dye
for . A Green Linen Shirt takes 3
Bolt of Linen Cloth
, 1
Fine Thread
and 1
Green Dye
, so its opportunity cost is . The Green Linen Shirt sells to a vendor for , so selling it to a vendor will result in a loss.
For my opportunity cost calculations, I'm using the price at which a farmed or crafted item would sell back to a vendor, not the profit or loss from the Auction House. There are two reasons for this.
First, Auction House prices will fluctuate over time and change dramatically as the servers age. It also depends on your server's population/faction balance -- so there really isn't a good way to figure this into a generalized guide. You are, of course, fully capable of doing these calculations yourself based on local auction prices.
Second, this is meant, in some ways, to project a worst-case scenario, where you can't sell your farmed goods or your finished products on the Auction House and are forced to vendor them. If you can make money vendoring, or at least not lose too much money, you have already placed yourself into a position where you can do much, much better if you ARE successful on the Auction House.
Because, yes, Virginia, you can make money vendoring. Not a lot, but some. And that's better than losing money any day.
Vendor Components Deconstructed
My exploration into this idea started when my friend and podcast cohost Starman complained to me that the prices between making two closely-leveled recipes was a lot different. They used the same cloth bolts in the same amount, but the difference was that one used Fine Thread (1s each) and the other used Silken Thread (5s each).
Most 1-300 tailoring guides show you an efficient method -- how to get from 1-300 with the least amount of cloth. But cloth isn't the only factor to consider, since it's just one material in the recipe (the only recipes that contain only cloth are creating cloth Bolts). Everything else contains vendored items, or farmed/player crafted materials, or both. The efficient model may avoid other farmed or crafted materials, but they almost never take the prices of vendored ingredients into account. That can be an expensive mistake.
Vendor components can be deceptively expensive. Thread, in particular, goes up exponentially:
Coarse Thread
:
Fine Thread
:
Silken Thread
:
Heavy Silken Thread
:
Rune Thread
:
Dyes aren't always cheap either.
Bleach
:
Blue Dye
&
Red Dye
:
Green Dye
:
Gray Dye
:
Yellow Dye
:
Black Dye
&
Orange Dye
:
Pink Dye
&
Purple Dye
:
It's one of the reasons I recommend never using dyes other than
Bleach
,
Blue Dye
, and
Red Dye
, at least for skilling purposes. It's also why I paid attention to thread as much as any other component when coming up with the Cheapskate Tailoring Skill Path.
Seven Rules of the Cheapskate Tailor
Even if you decide to forge your own path, here are some basic principles of the Cheapskate Tailor Skilling Path:
Farm, don't buy.
Unless by some miracle you can find cloth or other components on sale for below vendor price, do your own farming.
Avoid recipes that use items you can't farm yourself.
For example, if you aren't an herbalist (and don't have one in your stable of alts), don't use recipes that need herbs. You'll end up paying a lot more for them on the AH. (There are a couple exceptions to this with two high-profit items where you will need components from Skinning. See if you can work out a deal; it's worth it in this case)
Avoid recipes that use items crafted by other professions.
Profession-created items include Alchemy components such as potions or Ghost Dye, Iron Buckles from Blacksmithing. It's highly likely you'd pay far more for these items than the end product is worth. Even in cases where you can make these on other characters or can get a deal from a friend, these are almost always money losers.
Never using dyes higher than
Bleach
,
Blue Dye
, and
Red Dye
.
As it turns out, higher level dyes are nearly always used in the most expensive (money-losing) recipes.
Never make shirts or other cosmetic items for skill.
They are the #1 money losers of any single category. Out of the 34 cosmetic items, 25 had a rate of return of 50% or less and 15 rated at 25% or less. Because of the dyes, they are more expensive to make, and they sell for a pittance at vendors. They also don't auction well on less developed servers because they are 100% cosmetic. Players still struggling to pay for skills every two levels aren't spending hard earned cash on shirts and dresses.
If you're really short on cash, you don't even need to learn all the tailoring recipes right away.
Follow this method and you'll only need to pick the 11-12 trainer recipes required to skill up, as well as 2-3 vendor-purchased recipes.
Understand what items generally lose more or less money than others.
You can figure this out by adding up the prices of the raw materials, and then determine what they sell for, either to the vendor or to the Auction House. Selling below Vendor Cost is only part of your problem; don't sell below Opportunity Cost.
Categories of Money Makers and Money Losers
These percentages represent the average rate of return on making items vs. selling them at vendor prices.
The higher the number, the more money you'll make or the less money you'll lose.
The lower the number, the more important it is that you either not make these for skill, or pick ones that will sell for the highest possible returns on the Auction House. I would strongly recommend buying anything with an average return of less than 50% from the Auction House rather than make it yourself; you'll likely come out money ahead.
Bolts: 109%
Bags (except Specialty Bags)*: 80%
Pants: 70%
Helms: 62%
Cloak: 61%
Chest: 60%
Shoulders: 57%
Boots: 48%
Belts: 47%
Gloves: 41%
Specialty Bags*: 37%
Cosmetic Items: 35%
*Specialty Bags: Soul Pouch, Cenarion Herb Bag, Enchanted Mageweave Pouch, Enchanted Runecloth Bag
The Cheapskate Tailoring Method: "Bolts & Bags"
The "Bolts & Bags" method of Cheapskate Tailoring focuses primarily on two things:
making Bolts of Cloth until they grey out (you'll usually need all of these and more to complete your tasks)
making the most profitable Bags from an opportunity/vendor cost standpoint
filling in as necessary with some of the most cost-effective tailored items.
This will insulate you from losing too much money if you somehow can't sell your wares on the Auction House for much.
Here's an important thing to remember about crafting bags vs. crafting cloth armor: only three classes -- priest, mage, and warlock -- will regularly want cloth armor pieces (and some holy paladins who are just acting as healers, and then they'll want very specific items).
Everyone
needs bags
.
Not only do they need bags, they will need to be upgrading bags as they can afford to do so. Not only that, but they need bags for themselves, and eventually for up to 6 bank slots. That
Dreamweave Circlet
might be cool as all-get-out, but you'll sell
dozens
of bags for every one of those.
No, this isn't the most interesting way to level. I realize that most people will want to learn tailoring to help gear themselves, but please pay attention to the list of Money Makers and Money Losers. It may not really be as efficient to make your own gear in many cases. It also doesn't mean you can't do a quick side combine for your own needs. It just means that the bulk of your efforts will be spent making Bolts & Bags.
Ingredients are calculated based on the following scale, for the highest confidence interval:
Shopping List
Amounts are calculated for a high confidence interval but are not 100% guaranteed; your numbers may vary slightly due to the random-number generator.
Farmed
150-180
Linen Cloth
300
Wool Cloth
600 or 800
Silk Cloth
(depends on path)
800
Mageweave Cloth
900 to 1080
Runecloth
(depends on path)
Farmed from Other Profession
50
Heavy Leather
(optional)
70
Rugged Leather
(optional)
Vendor Items
75
Coarse Thread
155
Fine Thread
120
Silken Thread
70 or 80
Rune Thread
(depends on path)
18
Red Dye
150
Blue Dye
(100 optional)
Vendor-Purchased Recipes
Pattern: Red Woolen Bag
Pattern: Azure Silk Cloak
Pattern: Runecloth Bag
(optional)
Levels and Recipes
1-50:
Bolt of Linen Cloth
- about 90 bolts
Each = 2
Linen Cloth
. Opportunity Cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 154%
Needed: 180
Linen Cloth
This is actually more than you will use -- you only need 75 -- but this recipe is stubborn about giving up its last points. If you're ever in a position where you need to vendor linen, always always ALWAYS combine it into bolts before selling. Feel free to stop any time after 75.
50-75:
Linen Bag
- 25 bags
Each = 3
Bolt of Linen Cloth
+ 3 Coarse Thread. Opportunity Cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 133%.
Needed: 75
Bolt of Linen Cloth
, 75
Coarse Thread
75-107:
Bolt of Woolen Cloth
- 50 bolts (will need 100 bolts to complete all projects)
Each = 3
Wool Cloth
. Opportunity Cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 101%.
Needed: 150
Wool Cloth
107-115:
Woolen Bag
- 12 bags
Each = 3
Bolt of Woolen Cloth
, 1 Fine Thread. Opportunity Cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 75%.
Needed: 36
Bolt of Woolen Cloth
, 12
Fine Thread
This is the first item where you'll lose some money if you choose to vendor the bags. However, you should be able to sell these at more than on the Auction House; just be sure to account for AH fees and deposits when you do.
115-125:
Red Woolen Bag
, Part 1 - 10 bags
Each = 4
Bolt of Woolen Cloth
+ 1
Red Dye
+ 1
Fine Thread
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 127%.
Needed: 40
Bolt of Woolen Cloth
, 10
Red Dye
, 10
Fine Thread
Pattern: Red Woolen Bag
is
sold by several vendors
, so you can easily acquire a copy. The pattern costs . It's a recipe that the vendor will not always have in stock, so it may take a couple tries to get it. It's very much worth the effort, since this recipe has one of the higher rates of return, even if you are forced to vendor some of your bags. You will use this again after greying out Bolts of Silk.
125-145:
Bolt of Silk Cloth
- 40 bolts (will need 150 bolts to complete all projects)
Each = 4
Silk Cloth
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 100%.
Needed: 160
Silk Cloth
. (Will need 600 total for 150
Bolt of Silk Cloth
to complete all projects)
145-150:
Red Woolen Bag
, Part 2 - 8 Bags
Needed: 24
Bolt of Woolen Cloth
, 8
Red Dye
, 8
Fine Thread
150-175
Small Silk Pack
- 25 bags
(see below for Non-Leather Alternate Path)
Each = 3
Bolt of Silk Cloth
, 3
Fine Thread
, 2
Heavy Leather
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 90%.
Needed: 75
Bolt of Silk Cloth
, 75
Fine Thread
, 50
Heavy Leather
This is one of two recipes that breaks the no-farming rule, but in this case, it's likely you'll be able to sell Small Silk Packs on the Auction House for more than the opportunity cost. Be sure to calculate in the additional opportunity cost of Medium Leather if you're forced to buy it on the Auction House (it only accounts for a total in the original OC calculation).
(Non-Leather Alternate Path Instead of Small Silk Pack)
150-175
Azure Silk Vest
(25 vests)
Each = 5
Bolt of Silk Cloth
, 4
Blue Dye
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to Vendor: . Score: 59%.
Needed: 125
Bolt of Silk Cloth
, 100
Blue Dye
If you don't want to deal with acquiring
Heavy Leather
, you can use this as an alternate route between 150-175. Believe it or not, this is the least money-losing item that requires no farmed ingredients in this level range. It does use considerably more silk. Not a great alternative, but it does avoid the leather.
175-185
Bolt of Mageweave
- 30 bolts (will need 160 bolts to complete all projects)
Each = 5
Mageweave Cloth
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 100%.
Needed: 150
Mageweave Cloth
185-205
Azure Silk Cloak
- 25 Cloaks
Each: 3
Bolt of Silk Cloth
+ 2 . Sell to vendor: . Score: 107%.
Needed: 75
Bolt of Silk Cloth
, 50
Fine Thread
, 50
Blue Dye
Pattern: Azure Silk Cloak
is sold by two vendors:
Brienna Starglow
in Feralas and
Jun'ha
in Arathi Highlands. The recipe costs , but you'll make that up in fewer than 10 combines, even if you can't sell even one of these on the Auction House for above the OC.
205-225
Black Mageweave Leggings
- 20 Pants
Each = 2
Bolt of Mageweave
, 3
Silken Thread
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 121%.
Needed: 40
Bolt of Mageweave
, 60
Silken Thread
These pants are favorites of those wishing to make certain bold style statements, so these are popular Auction House offerings. Even if you have to vendor them, though, you won't lose above vendoring the components.
225-250
Mageweave Bag
- 30 Bags
Each = 4
Bolt of Mageweave
, 2
Silken Thread
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 42%.
Needed: 120
Bolt of Mageweave
, 60
Silken Thread
Mageweave Bag
is one of two bags that has a poor vendoring outcome. However, these are in high-enough demand that as long as you can sell for better than the OC, you'll do just fine for profit. There are also no other recipes in this level range that will get you through this same bridge which will do much better, so go with what you can easily sell on the Auction House.
250-260
Bolt of Runecloth
- 20 Bolts (will need either 225 or 270 bolts to complete all projects)
Each: 5
Runecloth
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 100%
Needed: 80
Runecloth
Bolt of Runecloth
has a very short skillup window. It won't take you many to finish the ten points, even as quickly as it turns green.
260-290
Runecloth Bag
- 35 bags (see below for Non-Leather Alternate Path)
Each: 5
Bolt of Runecloth
, 2
Rugged Leather
, 1
Rune Thread
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 31%
.
Needed: 150
Bolt of Runecloth
, 70
Rugged Leather
, 35
Rune Thread
Pattern: Runecloth Bag
is sold for from
Qia
in Winterspring
This actually isn't the most cost-effective method, but it's the most lucrative. It uses a lot more Runecloth (you'll use another 40 Runecloth getting to 300 for closing the gap between 290 and 300, for a total of 190 Runecloth), but the Runecloth Bags WILL sell. Just be sure you can sell them for above the OC if at all possible.
Non-Leather Alternate Path Instead of Runecloth Bag
260-285:
Runecloth Belt
- 30 Belts
Each: 3
Bolt of Runecloth
,
Rune Thread
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 86%.
Needed: 90
Bolt of Runecloth
, 30
Rune Thread
This method doesn't require the Rugged Leather to make, so use this if you can't get Rugged Leather at a good enough price to justify making them for profit (the Rugged Leather counts for in Opportunity Cost).
285 or 290-300:
Runecloth Belt
- Up to 45 Belts
Each: 3
Bolt of Runecloth
,
Rune Thread
. Opportunity cost: . Sell to vendor: . Score: 86%.
Needed: Up to 145
Bolt of Runecloth
, 45
Rune Thread
It may seem inefficient using a recipe that greens out, but there are three reasons to consider it.
It's the last recipe you can get from a trainer; nearly all the recipes after this are rare drops and difficult to obtain.
It remains the highest rate of return for materials of any item after 255.
It is one of only a couple recipes that has no farmed materials (the other recipes are all Mooncloth recipes, which have their own challenges).
Threee recipes for
Wizardweave Leggings
,
Cindercloth Pants
and
Frostweave Pants
, also in the 285-300 range, could also be used (each has a score of about 77%), but there are a couple issues. All three recipes are rare drops, so there's no guarantee you can even get the recipe. They use a lot more Runecloth, so even if you get the points in fewer combines, you'll use fewer materials with the
Runecloth Belt
method. All three also require other materials; Wizardweave uses
Dream Dust
and the others use
Essence of Fire
or
Essence of Water
. The farming is a minor issue compared to the hurdle of acquiring the recipe in the first place.
RenataKane is an OG (Original Gamer), starting with a Telstar Pong console her father brought home in the mid-1970s, leading to years of arcade, console, and PC games. She has played World of Warcraft since a couple months after launch, and has mained an Orc Rogue since the original
Burning Crusade
. She loves professions, grinding reputations, leveling way too many alts, and finding interesting ways to play the game outside "normal" pursuits such as raiding. Co-host of the
World of Warcast
podcast 2006-2011, and again from 2016 to present. Drop her a line on Twitter
@warcast_renata
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