Midnight Season 2

Midnight Tailoring leveling, 1 to 100

The fastest and cheapest route from 1 to 100 Midnight Tailoring: stockpile 66 bolts, imbue 14, sweep the first-craft bonus to 50, then take the slow daily cooldown or rush to the cap. Full material list, trainer location, and the lining and Elegant Artisan choices.

Patch 12.1.0Crafting →Specialisation trees →Embellishments →

The short answer

Stockpile bolts first, then spend the yellow skill-ups on them.

The first thing you make is all 66 Bright Linen Bolts, even after they go grey around 20 - the rest of the 1-50 route consumes the full stack, so grey bolts are materials, not wasted skill-ups.

Every recipe gives one Midnight Tailoring Knowledge point the first time you craft it, and the 40-45 step is a deliberate sweep of every remaining recipe for that bonus. The run to 50 costs 66 Bright Linen and 14 Eversinging Dust, plus thread and floss from the supply vendor in amounts the source never states.

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Where to learn it

Everything the route needs, and who sells what the trainer does not.

  • Midnight Tailoring trainer

    Profession trainer

    Silvermoon City

    Teaches Midnight Tailoring and sells new recipes as you level. The source names no NPC, only the location.

  • Tailoring supply vendor

    Trade supplies

    Silvermoon City, near the trainer

    Sells Silverleaf Thread and Embroidery Floss for the early crafts, and the Elegant Artisan recipes - the Cooking Hat costs 150 Artisan Tailor's Moxie. The source names no NPC, only the location.

Buy this once, for 1 to 50

Summed from the route below rather than quoted, so it cannot drift from the steps it is meant to pay for. The list stops at 50 because past that the cost depends on which recipes you own, and any single number would be invented.

Bright Linen Bolt is a shopping-list line because the later steps consume it, but you craft all 66 yourself from the Bright Linen - buy nothing for it. Eversinging Dust is modelled at one per Imbued Bolt, which is the assumption that makes the source's 14-dust list close; the source never states the per-craft cost.

MaterialQuantity
Bright Linen66
Bright Linen Bolt66
Eversinging Dust14
The route

1 to 50, in order

Rows marked First craft are in the route for the Knowledge point, so craft those before you repeat anything. Quantities are already multiplied out. 1 first crafts in total.

1 → 25

Make all 66 bolts up front

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

Sixty-six Bright Linen Bolts from 66 Bright Linen. The recipe goes grey around skill 20, and you make all 66 anyway - the later steps consume the full stock, so every grey bolt is one you do not have to remake later.

  • 66x

    Bright Linen Bolt

    • 66x Bright Linen

    Silverleaf Thread and Embroidery Floss come from the tailoring supply vendor near the trainer and are used somewhere in this early stretch, but the source gives no counts and does not say which recipes take them.

25 → 40

Imbue 14 bolts

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

Fourteen Imbued Bright Linen Bolts at two regular bolts each. Twenty-eight bolts of your stock go here; the remaining bolt stock funds the first-craft sweep and the shoulders after it.

  • 14x

    Imbued Bright Linen Bolt

    • 28x Bright Linen Bolt
    • 14x Eversinging Dust

    The source's shopping list demands 14 Eversinging Dust for exactly 14 imbued-bolt crafts, but never states the dust cost per craft. The data assumes one per craft; that assumption is what makes the totals close.

40 → 45

Sweep the first-craft bonus

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

Filter the profession book by First Craft Bonus and craft each recipe once until the filter shows nothing left. These crafts are grey by now on purpose - the early yellow skill-ups went into bolt stock instead. Equip the Bright Linen Tailoring Robe you make here; it is profession gear. You land somewhere around 45, and the next step's range starts at 44, so the hand-off is fuzzy.

  • 1x

    First-craft bonus sweep

    First craft
    • 26x Bright Linen Bolt

    Not a real recipe: the source never names the sweep's recipes or their costs (only the Tailoring Robe is mentioned, by name, to equip). This line closes the bolt-stock accounting - 66 bolts made, 28 imbued, 12 in the shoulders below, 26 remaining - so the derived list balances. The 14 Imbued Bolts are also stock for this stretch, but the source never says which crafts consume them.

45 → 50

Courtly Shoulders to 50

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

Six Courtly Shoulders at two bolts each, burning the last 12 bolts of the stock. If 50 is not reached, make a few more - the source treats six as the plan and extras as normal.

  • 6x

    Courtly Shoulders

    • 12x Bright Linen Bolt

    Make a few extra if you did not reach 50.

50 to 100: slow and profitable, or fast and expensive

Above 50 there are two methods and no single cheapest answer. The slow one is a bolt crafting cooldown behind 5 Knowledge Points in Nimble Needlework - 2 skill points a day to 80, then Patron Crafting Orders finish the run. The rush is spellthreads to 65, one lining recipe to 90, and an Elegant Artisan recipe to 100, at whatever your realm charges today.

Daily cooldowns

  • Bolt crafting cooldown (Nimble Needlework)

    Orange to 80Specialisation: 5 Knowledge Points in the Nimble Needlework root node, then pick one of its sub-specs. About two weeks of daily crafts to 80.

    Material cost not stated on the source - 2 skill points per craft up to 80

  • Patron Crafting Orders

    Orange to 100Random availability. Pair with epic recipes from vendors or specialisations, which start showing up in the 90s.

    Varies by order - the source says only a few are needed

Rush to 100

  • Bright Linen Spellthread

    Orange to 65Trainer recipe. You arrive at 50 with zero Imbued Bolts in stock, so craft 60 first - 120 Bright Linen Bolt, i.e. 120 Bright Linen cloth, plus dust. The source never calls this pre-step out.

    2x Imbued Bright Linen Bolt, 2x Eversinging Dust

  • Sunfire Silk Lining

    Orange to 90World drop - buy the recipe on the Auction House. Pick one lining recipe and skip the other; they turn yellow at 80 and may need a few extra crafts past that.

    6x Sunfire Silk, 2x Sunfire Silk Bolt

  • Arcanoweave Lining

    Orange to 90World drop - buy the recipe on the Auction House. Pick one lining recipe and skip the other; they turn yellow at 80 and may need a few extra crafts past that.

    6x Arcanoweave, 2x Arcanoweave Bolt

  • Elegant Artisan's Cooking Hat

    Orange to 100Tailoring supply vendor: 150x Artisan Tailor's Moxie for the recipe. Any Elegant Artisan recipe works - the Cooking Hat is the source's example.

    ~5x Mote of Light, ~8x Sunfire Silk Bolt, ~3x Radiant Shard

Things that change the bill

  • Buy the cheapest cloth, whatever the quality

    observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

    Material quality does not matter for levelling. The cheapest Bright Linen on the Auction House makes exactly the same bolts as the expensive kind, so sort by price and stop thinking about it.

  • Make all 66 bolts before anything else

    observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

    The whole 1-50 route is a bolt-stock problem: 66 bolts made, 28 imbued, 12 in the shoulders, the rest in the first-craft sweep. Crafting them after they go grey around skill 20 feels wrong; stopping early and re-buying cloth later costs more.

  • Do not sprint past 50 without a reason

    practice. Convention among strong players. Widely followed, but it is not a rule and it can be wrong.

    The source recommends the slow daily-cooldown method over rushing because guaranteed Gold-quality crafts are a long way off. Two skill points a day from the bolt cooldown for about two weeks gets you to 80 while making gold, not spending it.

  • Price both linings before you pick one

    practice. Convention among strong players. Widely followed, but it is not a rule and it can be wrong.

    Sunfire Silk Lining and Arcanoweave Lining do the same job from 65 to 90, and both recipes are world drops bought off the Auction House. Check the price of both recipes and both material sets, then buy the cheap one - the other choice is a second recipe and a second shopping list.

Questions people actually ask

Where do I learn Midnight Tailoring?
The trainer is in Silvermoon City. The tailoring supply vendor stands near the trainer and sells Silverleaf Thread, Embroidery Floss, and the Elegant Artisan recipes for the 90-100 stretch. The source names neither NPC, only their locations.
What materials do I need for 1-50?
The source's shopping list is short: 66x Bright Linen and 14x Eversinging Dust. Buy Silverleaf Thread and Embroidery Floss from the supply vendor too, but in unstated amounts - the source never says how much of each the early crafts take. The bolts are intermediate crafts, not purchases: you make all 66 yourself from the Bright Linen.
Why do I keep making bolts after they go grey?
Because the rest of the route eats the full stock: 28 bolts become Imbued Bolts, 12 become Courtly Shoulders, and the remainder go into the first-craft sweep. The source says to craft all 66 up front even after they stop giving skill around 20 - the grey bolts are materials, not skill-ups.
How much Eversinging Dust does an Imbued Bolt cost?
Probably one. The source's shopping list asks for 14 dust and the route crafts exactly 14 Imbued Bolts, but the page never states the dust cost per craft. The guide models it as one per craft so the totals close - treat it as the most likely reading, not a verified fact.
Should I rush to 100 or take it slow?
The source recommends the slow route: 5 Knowledge Points in the Nimble Needlework root node plus one sub-spec unlocks a bolt crafting cooldown worth 2 skill points a craft to 80 - about two weeks of daily crafts - then Patron Crafting Orders finish the job. Rush only if you want the cap now: 30 Bright Linen Spellthreads to 65, one lining recipe to 90, and an Elegant Artisan recipe to 100, at whatever your realm charges.
How do I get the Elegant Artisan recipes?
The tailoring supply vendor near the trainer sells them for Artisan Tailor's Moxie - the Cooking Hat example costs 150. Any Elegant Artisan recipe works for the 90-100 stretch; the hat is just the source's example.
When do I pick a specialisation?
The first one unlocks at skill 25. If you are taking the slow 50-100 route, put 5 Knowledge Points into the Nimble Needlework root node and pick one of its sub-specs - that unlocks the bolt crafting cooldown the method depends on. The source points to its separate specialisation guide for builds and Knowledge spending.

What we could not confirm

  • Imbued Bright Linen Bolt: the Eversinging Dust cost per craft is unstated on the source. The data assumes one per craft because 14 crafts pair with 14 dust on the shopping list; if the true cost is different, the dust line is wrong.

  • First-craft sweep: the source never lists which recipes it contains or what they cost - only the Bright Linen Tailoring Robe is named, to be equipped. The sweep's material line is bolt-stock arithmetic (66 made minus 28 imbued minus 12 shoulders), not a real recipe cost, and the fate of the 14 Imbued Bolts in that stretch is unstated.

  • Range overlap: the sweep is labelled 40-45 and lands "somewhere around 45", while Courtly Shoulders starts at 44. The hand-off point is fuzzy on the source; the data uses a clean 45 boundary.

  • Imbued bolt skill points: 14 crafts are listed against a 15-point range (25-40) - one point more than one-per-craft would yield. Approximate, not a promise.

  • Silverleaf Thread and Embroidery Floss: bought from the supply vendor, but the source gives no quantities and does not say which early recipes consume them.

  • Rush 50-65: you arrive at 50 with zero Imbued Bolts in stock and must craft 60 first (120 Bright Linen cloth plus dust) - a pre-step the source never calls out. The source gives no 50-100 shopping list at all.

  • Rush 65-90: the ~28 lining count is an estimate, and the recipes turn yellow at 80, so a few extra crafts past that are normal.

  • Rush 90-100: the source gives totals of 67 Mote of Light, 107 Sunfire Silk Bolt and 40 Radiant Shard for ~13 crafts - not clean multiples, so the ~5/8/3 per-craft costs are inferred, not stated.

  • Slow method: no counts, no material totals, and no timetable past "about two weeks" to 80; the 90-100 finish relies on randomly available Patron Crafting Orders.

  • Skill points per craft, and the level each recipe stops being orange at, are the community guide's figures. Blizzard does not publish skill-up tables, so these cannot be verified anywhere except in the profession window.

Sources

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