Mageweave Cloth Farming Spots for Levels 35–50 (Both Factions)

Mageweave is the cloth that pays for the middle of the game. Tailors burn it for bags and their 250-point recipes, every player who levels First Aid needs a few stacks for bandages, and on most realms it sells faster than it drops. The good news is that almost every humanoid between level 35 and 50 carries some, so the only question is which camp packs the most enemies into the shortest walk. This mageweave cloth farming guide lists six spots that do, both factions, with the levels, the walk and the cloth you can expect per hour, for a character on a vanilla-era realm such as WoW Forever.

Where and what you need

Levels. Mageweave starts dropping from humanoids around level 35 and dominates until about 48, when Runecloth takes over. The sweet spot is killing mobs three to five levels below you, so they die in a few hits.

Professions. None are required. Skinning is useless on humanoids, so if you gather, Mining or Herbalism pays better on the walk between camps. Tailors should keep everything; everyone else sells.

Gear. Anything that kills humanoids quickly. Area damage classes and hunters with a good pet do best, because the camps are dense.

Bag space. Cloth stacks to 20, so even a full evening rarely fills more than five slots. The vendor junk takes more room than the cloth does; empty it often.

The route

The numbers go roughly from the lowest-level camp to the highest.

1. Stranglethorn trolls (35–42). The Bloodscalp and Skullsplitter trolls in northern and central Stranglethorn camp in tight ruins. Both factions can reach them, and they drop Silk at the low end and Mageweave as you climb.
2. Desolace centaurs (33–40). The Kolkar and Magram clans hold large camps in Desolace. They come in packs, so pull carefully, but the drop rate is steady.
3. Badlands ogres (40–45). The Dustbelcher ogres in the Badlands stand in a sprawling camp near the mountains. Ogres hit hard but have few spells, which makes them easy for melee.
4. Tanaris bandits (41–46). The Wastewander bandits, thieves and rogues around the ruins near Gadgetzan are among the best mageweave farms in the game, with short respawns and a neutral town next door.
5. Feralas ogres (41–47). The Gordunni ogres in north-western Feralas fill a huge camp with casters and brutes. Pull the casters out of line of sight.
6. Hinterlands trolls (44–49). The Witherbark trolls in the Hinterlands drop Mageweave and the first Runecloth. Avoid the elite temple at the zone's center; the outer camps are enough.

What you get

Source	Drops	Why it sells
Mageweave Cloth	Stacks of 20	Tailors need it for bags and their 250-point recipes
Bolts of Mageweave	Made from five cloth each by tailors	Many tailors buy cloth to save time on the loom
Silk Cloth (low end)	From the 35–40 camps	Still in demand for Silk bags and First Aid
Runecloth (high end)	From the 46–50 camps	The most valuable cloth in the game
Coin and gray loot	Silver from every humanoid	Covers repairs and food
Green items	Occasional drops	Sell at the auction house or disenchant

Gold per hour

A level 40–45 character farming a dense camp kills roughly 120–180 humanoids an hour and loots roughly two to four stacks of Mageweave. At typical prices that is roughly 1.5–3 gold an hour from the cloth, plus roughly a gold of coin and vendor loot.

What moves the number: realm age, because cloth costs the most in the first months; how many other players share the camp; and whether you sell stacks at the auction house or vendor the leftovers. The Tanaris and Feralas camps usually pay the most because they respawn quickly and sit near a vendor.

Tips

• Kill mobs three to five levels below you; slower kills lose more than the experience gains.
• Sell Mageweave in full stacks of 20 at the auction house; buyers rarely want odd numbers.
• Use Gadgetzan in Tanaris as your base; it has a vendor, a repair shop and a mailbox for both factions.
• Carry plenty of bandages or food; humanoid camps punish downtime.
• Stop once Runecloth starts dropping often; that is your cue to move to higher zones.
• Keep a few stacks for yourself if you plan to level First Aid.

Running it with ForeverBot

Open the Farming section and walk one lap of the camp with Record loop on. Build the Targets list with + Current target for each type of humanoid you meet, leave the elites unticked, and tick Go to a vendor when bags are full and Repair at vendors. In the loot rules, keep Auto loot and Sell gray items on so the cloth stays and the junk goes.

In Settings, set Route mode to safest around the ogre and troll camps so the path keeps to the edges. The Kills and Gold/hour counters show within twenty minutes whether the camp is worth staying on. For lower-level cloth, see the linen and wool farming spots; for Runecloth, the Tyr's Hand gold farm. Every section comes with every plan; see plans and pricing.

FAQ

Where is the best place to farm Mageweave?

For most characters, the Wastewander bandits in Tanaris. They are dense, respawn quickly and sit next to Gadgetzan, a neutral town with a vendor and mailbox. At 44 and above, the Gordunni ogres in Feralas and the Witherbark trolls in the Hinterlands drop just as much and begin to add Runecloth.

At what level does Mageweave start dropping?

Humanoids around level 35 begin dropping Mageweave alongside Silk, and by level 40 it is the main cloth. It keeps dropping until roughly level 50, where Runecloth takes over. Farming mobs between 38 and 46 gives the best mix of drop rate and kill speed.

Should I sell Mageweave or make bolts?

Sell the cloth unless you are a tailor. A Bolt of Mageweave takes five cloth, and on most realms the bolt sells for about the same as the cloth inside it. Tailors who need the bolts for their own recipes should keep the cloth; everyone else should sell full stacks at the auction house.