Tailoring

Tailoring is a crafting skill. You turn hides from hunting and fights into leather, and crops from Farming into cloth. Then you sew clothes, light armour, bowstrings, rope and bags. Some places need cloth to be rebuilt.

How to train

Start with Sew a cap from leather, Sew leather cap or Tan small hides at level 1. New activities open as you level up: see the table below.
Tool: Copper shears (+15% speed, made with Smithing). Better ones: Iron shears (+20%), Cobalt shears (+30%).
Potion: Weaver's potion (10% chance to spare materials, made with Medicine).

Activities

Materials and parts

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
1	Tan small hides	Leather	2 × Small hide, 2 × Bark	16
2	Twist sinew bowstring	Sinew bowstring	1 × Wolf pelt	6
6	Tan a wolf pelt	Leather	1 × Wolf pelt, 2 × Bark	16
6	Twist rope	Rope	4 × Wild fibre	6
6	Weave rye cloth	Rye cloth	2 × Rye sheaf	9
8	Twist a sinew bowstring	Sinew bowstring	2 × Sinew	6
10	Dye cloth red	Red cloth	1 × Rye cloth, 1 × Madder root	20
12	Dye cloth yellow	Yellow cloth	1 × Rye cloth, 1 × Weld	20
12	Weave flax cloth	Flax cloth	2 × Flax sheaf	14
18	Sew a kingdom banner	Kingdom banner	1 × Red cloth, 1 × Yellow cloth, 1 × Pine handle	90
20	Weave oat cloth	Oat cloth	2 × Oats sheaf	19
30	Weave hemp cloth	Hemp cloth	2 × Hemp sheaf	24
42	Weave wheat cloth	Wheat cloth	2 × Wheat sheaf	29
55	Weave cotton cloth	Cotton cloth	2 × Cotton sheaf	34
82	Weave goldthread cloth	Goldthread cloth	2 × Goldthread sheaf	44
95	Weave kingsflax cloth	Kingsflax cloth	2 × Kingsflax sheaf	49

Armour and trinkets

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
1	Sew a cap from leather	Leather cap	1 × Leather	12
1	Sew leather cap	Leather cap	1 × Wolf pelt	12
3	Sew a vest from leather	Leather vest	2 × Leather	22
3	Sew leather vest	Leather vest	2 × Wolf pelt	22
4	Sew archer's gloves	Archer's gloves	1 × Wolf pelt	14
5	Sew leather trousers	Leather trousers	2 × Wolf pelt	16
7	Sew marching boots	Marching boots	1 × Wolf pelt, 1 × Bandit scrap	18
15	Sew a quilted coat	Quilted coat	2 × Flax cloth, 2 × Wool	55
20	Sew dire wolf cloak	Dire wolf cloak	3 × Dire wolf hide, 5 × Rye cloth	90
22	Sew a woollen cloak	Woollen cloak	4 × Wool, 1 × Rope	60
36	Sew an archer's arm guard	Archer's arm guard	2 × Leather, 1 × Wool	120
40	Sew a hunter's hood	Hunter's hood	3 × Leather, 2 × Wool	140
55	Sew cotton body armour	Cotton body armour	3 × Cotton cloth, 2 × Wool	150
95	Sew a kingsflax cloak	Kingsflax cloak	3 × Kingsflax cloth, 1 × Goldthread cloth, 1 × Rope	400

Skill gear

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
5	Sew reaper's gloves	Reaper's gloves	2 × Wolf pelt, 3 × Comfrey	40
8	Sew a timber sling	Timber sling	3 × Wolf pelt, 2 × Pine log	55
9	Sew traveller's cloak	Traveller's cloak	2 × Wolf pelt, 1 × Sinew bowstring	24
12	Knot a throwing net	Throwing net	4 × Sinew bowstring, 1 × Wolf pelt	65
16	Sew forge gauntlets	Forge gauntlets	4 × Wolf pelt, 1 × Copper bar	80
16	Sew gatherer's bag	Gatherer's bag	3 × Rootbreaker hide, 2 × Boar tusk, 1 × Sinew bowstring	60
20	Sew a tent	Tent	3 × Oat cloth, 2 × Rope, 2 × Pine handle	80
30	Sew a canvas apron	Canvas apron	2 × Hemp cloth, 1 × Leather	90
32	Sew smoke hood	Smoke hood	4 × Ash felt, 3 × Oat cloth	70

Goods

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
68	Weave silkgrass cloth	Silkgrass cloth	2 × Silkgrass sheaf	39

"Sells for" is what one action's items sell for, at the level the activity opens, before bonuses. Every skill uses the same XP table: see Levels and XP.

Mastery

Each of the 40 Tailoring activities has its own mastery level, from 1 to 99. Every completed action gives that activity mastery XP, and higher mastery makes the activity better (table below).

A quarter of that mastery XP (half once Tailoring is level 99) also goes into the Tailoring mastery pool, which holds up to 37,000,000 XP. You can spend pool XP on any Tailoring activity: 1 pool XP gives 1 mastery XP. See Mastery for the exact numbers.

Each activity's own mastery

Activity mastery	Adds to that activity
10	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
20	+5 points high-quality chance
30	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
40	+5 points high-quality chance
50	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
60	+5 points high-quality chance
70	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
80	+5 points high-quality chance
90	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
99	+10% sell price on the items it makes, +10% chance to spare materials (or arrows)

Pool checkpoints

While the pool is filled to a checkpoint or above, its bonus counts for every Tailoring activity. If you spend the pool below a checkpoint, that bonus stops until the pool fills up again.

Pool filled	Pool XP	Adds to every activity of the skill
10%	3,700,000	+5% mastery XP
25%	9,250,000	+10% XP
50%	18,500,000	+5% speed
95%	35,150,000	+10% chance to spare materials (or arrows)

Gear for this skill

Dyer's smock — +8 points high-quality chance
Spindle charm — +8% speed
Tailor's thimble — +12% XP
Weaver's book — +15% XP
The king's measure — +5 points high-quality chance
Silk slippers — +10% speed
Goldthread sash — +10 points high-quality chance
Copper shears — +15% speed
Iron shears — +20% speed
Cobalt shears — +30% speed, +1 item per action

Gear only helps while it is equipped. A high-quality piece gives 1.5 times the bonus, rounded down. See also every boost for Tailoring.

Faster from rebuilt places

The silent weaving shed — +15% speed while you are there, once it is rebuilt
The weavers' guildhall — +20% speed while you are there, once it is rebuilt
The silk house — +20% speed while you are there, once it is rebuilt

Places that need this skill

You need this level to find and rebuild the place. Some places accept another skill instead.

The silent weaving shed — level 12 (or Farming 12)
The weavers' guildhall — level 40 (or Farming 35)
The silk house — level 60 (or Medicine 50)

Story

Weave cloth, and sew clothes, leather armour, bowstrings and rope from what you farm and hunt.