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• #1 by James on November 21, 2008 - 2:57 am

  

  Nice guide. Thanks for the rundown. Certainly going to help level up my tailoring skills to 450.

• #2 by monkey on November 29, 2008 - 1:11 pm

  

  I don’t know if this is just because mats are new, or its just my server, but making bags is a terrible way to level. Mats for the bags run about 300g, bags only sell for 200-250. Might as well pick a cheaper path and DE everything, to cut your losses more.

• #3 by Eleanore on December 2, 2008 - 3:48 am

  

  How on earth are you cutting your losses when each Imbued Frostweave requires 2 Infinite Dust + 15 Frostweave Cloth and the high level tailoring items you make will get you one Dream Shard if DE’d??

  It’s impossible to make a profit from high level tailoring on most servers I’d say so try crafting items for free if people just bring the mats (farm for the Wispcloak pattern for instance) or just sell the bags for a small loss…

• #4 by Megarea on December 16, 2008 - 1:00 pm

  

  Once I got to about 420, I had very little trouble leveling to 440 (where you learn the last recipes) just by crafting things that either I or fellow guildies wanted. If you’re not trying to power level to 450 in one day, put it out there that you can craft 20-slot bags and that you have the recipes for epic Frost Resist cloth gear for Naxx 25, and the levels will come. Don’t forget to see which pieces are upgrades for you and make those first!

• #5 by Fyzz on January 10, 2009 - 5:53 pm

  

  The minimum character level for becoming a Grand Master is level 60.

• #6 by Scritty on May 19, 2009 - 10:37 am

  

  Cutting losses does not equal making profit..

  Cutting losses means just that, cutting them – NOT eliminating them.

  Every (and I mean every) crafting profession costs upwards of 3500g to level from 375 to 450 – on PvP servers or servers without a thriving high level character AH market you can double that.

  I’ve got alts with every profession maxxed out, the only ones that make you money while levelling are the Herbalism, Skinning and Mining..the rest cost LOADS.

  The way to make money is different depending on your server status. I foyu have an “immature” server (i.e low level 80 pop ) then mats is the way to make cash.

  Farm mats for your BS, Tailor, Leatherworker to make stuff to disenchant.

  Saronite Dirks, Horned helms for Blacksmiths (give you guaranteed Dream Shards ar 3.5 average infinite dust for very little outlay) LIkewise, there are similar “sweet spots” for Leatherworking amd Tailoring.

  Be warned. You will never make money overall levelling anything other than a harvesting profession. The money is made “endgame” and with rare/epic recipies.

  Sure a few Neatherweave bags, or Big Bronze Knives will make a few bob along the way, but you can figure on spending 35 -70G a point from level 400 onwards, and getting very little in return – that’s regardless of which crafting profession you have chosen.

  Enchating is the most expensive of all, but potentially the most rewarding.
  Having saifd that, there ain’t much in it. They are all VERY expensive, and the really valuable recipies are endgame instance drops).both for the recipies themselves, and the key reagents needed to make them)
  The VERY best are BOP items from level 80 heroics, Blizzard want to encourage you to go endgame (There is more play time in the high level instances than there will ever be on the mobs and quests that get you through Northrend)

  Bear ALL off this in mind when thinking of professions as a money maker, but do them all the same, and have fun.

  A couple of months (years) down the line, when you have 2 or 3 professions maxxed out, the money will come (normally by combining the skills of several alts)

  Cheers

  Scritty

• #7 by Scritty on May 20, 2009 - 4:10 am

  

  Just a quick note – the minimum level for becoming GM is now 65.

  Gathering professions are mostly 60, crafting mostly 65.

  Also you can (for a couple of hundred gold) obtain a “perk” from the trainer in Northrend that allows you to find more cloth. (from memory it’s about 200g – but don’t quote me on that)
  This is a tailoring only perk ! Non tailors cannot purchase it, and it only increases the amount of loot you find in Northrend.

  Having done it, I think it converts the cloth scrap you would normally loot into Frostweave (it seems entirely transparent, you just have a lot less scrap looted, and a fair bit more cloth)

  This means that to effectively harvest cloth in NR you really need to be a tailor, and have purchased this perk. It seems to increase drop rate by over 50% (it may be much higher than that).

  It makes an enormous difference when levelling tailoring at GM level, sure if your alts find cloth they don’t need pass it to your tailor, but the real looting for levelling is going to be yout tailor (IMO this is fair, makes tailoring more self sufficient, and in line with other professions)

  

• #8 by Birchenor on June 1, 2009 - 11:48 am

  

  Agreed. Server status is vital when working out your cash strategy. Mature servers need mature items. No-one buys low level stuff for high level characters. And most of the lows you DO see are ALT’s, who rely on a quick instance run to get the greens they need (by the senior character)

  Blues on mature servers Esspecially Tailoring blues it seems just don’t sell. No-one wants to give a level 38 character expensive blues when they will be obsolete 4 levels later (and guys with a couple of 80’s in the stable know how to level fast and efficiently – and that means not wasting money or time at the AH searching for Blues)

  Course twinks for PvP are a bit of an exception, but they only buy the nuts, and aren’t a very quick moving market.

  Great tip on the tailoring perk BTW., i think the increase is at least 50%, some areas I can farm a stack in 40 minutes.

  Finally – 1 profession will rarely make you real big money, like the guy above said, 2 or 3 professions at a very high level combined will start making the dough-ray-me, and lots of it. (no one said it would be quick or easy did they ?)

• #9 by Scritty on June 6, 2009 - 8:10 pm

  

  Hmm, In some cases the gathering and the crafting professions are obvious stablemates. minng/blacksmithing or skinning leatherwork.

  But something like enchanting goes well as a third, and you can be even more efficient if you have a high level alt with 2 gathering professions(mining/skinning or herb/skinning i reccomend – i.e NOT mining/herb, as that means constantly spamming minimap between the 2, yes it can be done, but it really would be a pain in the arse).

  End of the day, the more professions you have at GM level the more money you will make. 2 is a bare minimum, a third (say enchanting) opens up loads of extra cash making opportunities, then the more the merrier, but the game is geared that 2 really doesn’t make you that much.

  Blizzard want you to use Alt’s – that way you play the same content over and over (and pay your subs while you are doing it)

  I would say 3 or 4 professions to 400+ (preferrably 450) and the money will come. A double gatherer is a great money maker also (essp if this is AS WELL as some very high level crafters and enchanters)

  So 3 characters to level 80 ?

  Yeah maybe..that’s a LOT of playing

• #10 by Honorgaurd on July 9, 2009 - 9:06 pm

  

  If you r a low lvl tailor struggling to get the mats in bull to lvl, a good way to get all the cloth u need is have a friend or guild mate run u through some low level raids like deadmines for wool and linen(and a lot of greens). If u can get a high lvl friend to run u through these and other dungeons, Its easy cheap tailor lvls. Of course ucould just run through the dungeons youself : ) happy tailoring!

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