What does it cost to level Tailoring right now?

32.8kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 413 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 32.8kg.

Where do these numbers come from?

The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:31 UTC.

Why does the route change when I reload?

Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

Profession leveling · Classic Tailoring · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Tailoring leveling 1 → 340 · Classic Tailoring

32.8kg in reagents over about 413 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 32.8kg.

Start skill

Trainer recipes only

Recipe names carry the colour the profession window gives them: orange is a point every craft, yellow is three in four, green is one in four.

Before the first craft — buy it all at once

One trip to the auction house. Vendor lines are cheaper from the profession vendor than from the board.

ReagentNeedEachTotal

Essence of Water×148103

15,390

×14815,390

Ironweb Spider Silk×29629

Bolt of Runecloth×1484

Mageweave Cloth×15112

Total32,834

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 50

Orange→Yellow

Linen Bandage

About 53 crafts.1

per skill point3

Linen Cloth×53

Step 2 · Skill 50 → 195

Orange→Yellow

Silk Bandage

trainer

About 150 crafts.7

per skill point5

Silk Cloth×150

Step 3 · Skill 195 → 210

Orange

Heavy Silk Bandage

needs the recipe item

About 15 crafts.1

per skill point10

Silk Cloth×30

Step 4 · Skill 210 → 245

Orange→Yellow

Mageweave Bandage

needs the recipe item

About 37 crafts.4

per skill point12

Mageweave Cloth×37

Step 5 · Skill 245 → 275

Orange→Green

Heavy Mageweave Bandage

research

About 57 crafts.13

per skill point45

Mageweave Cloth×114

Step 6 · Skill 275 → 295

Orange→Yellow

Runecloth Bandage

research

About 22 crafts.29

per skill point1

Runecloth×22

Step 7 · Skill 295 → 300

Orange

Heavy Runecloth Bandage

research

About 5 crafts.13

per skill point2

Runecloth×10

Step 8 · Skill 300 → 340

Orange→Green

Glacial Wrists

needs the recipe item

About 74 crafts.32,762

per skill point819

Frozen Rune×296

Bolt of Runecloth×148

Essence of Water×148

Ironweb Spider Silk×296

Skill 340 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Glacial Wrists7415

7411

Heavy Mageweave Bandage578

Heavy Silk Bandage154

1560

Heavy Runecloth Bandage510

550

Linen Bandage538

534

Capped at what the market takes in 3 days, so a route never pretends to sell hundreds at once.

Back in your pocket32,812

What's worth crafting with Tailoring right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Tailoring right now?: 32.8kg in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 413 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 32.8kg.
Where do these numbers come from?: The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:31 UTC.
Why does the route change when I reload?: Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

A first craft pays Knowledge, not skill, so it is shown as a badge and left out of the craft count. Vendor reagents are priced at the lower of the vendor and the auction house.