Runecloth Farming Spots for Levels 50–60: Winterspring, Felwood and the Plaguelands

Runecloth is the last and most valuable cloth of the old world. Tailors need it for their highest recipes and the largest bags of the era, First Aid students need it for their best bandages, and many players hand in stacks of it for reputation with their faction's cities. That demand keeps the price high long after a realm has settled. Every humanoid from about level 50 upwards carries some, and so do many of the undead in the Plaguelands, so the only question is which camp packs the most kills into the shortest loop. This runecloth farming guide covers six such camps for both factions, with honest numbers, for a character on a vanilla-era realm such as WoW Forever.

Where and what you need

Levels. Runecloth begins dropping around level 48 and becomes the main cloth by 52. A level 60 character farms every camp below comfortably; a level 55 should stick to the first three.

Getting there. Felwood and Winterspring sit in northern Kalimdor, the Plaguelands in northern Lordaeron, Burning Steppes south of Blackrock Mountain and Silithus at the bottom of Kalimdor. Everlook, Light's Hope Chapel and Cenarion Hold are neutral bases with a vendor nearby.

Professions. None are required. Herbalism and Mining both pay well on the walk between these camps, because Felwood, Winterspring and the Plaguelands are full of high-level herbs and Thorium.

Gear. Anything that kills humanoids fast. Area damage classes do best on the dense Scarlet and furbolg camps; hunters and warlocks are comfortable everywhere.

Bag space. Runecloth stacks to 20, so cloth rarely fills more than a few slots, but the gray loot and green items at this level do. Plan for at least four 14- or 16-slot bags.

The route

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

1. Felwood satyrs (48–54). The Jadefire satyrs at the southern end of Felwood and the Deadwood furbolgs to the north drop Runecloth from the very start of the range. The satyr casters hit hard, so pull them one at a time.
2. Burning Steppes orcs (50–56). The Blackrock orcs in their camps around the zone are dense and drop Runecloth alongside coin. Morgan's Vigil and Flame Crest are close enough to sell.
3. Winterspring furbolgs (53–58). The Winterfall furbolgs at their villages in Winterspring stand close together and respawn quickly. Killing them also raises your standing with the Timbermaw, which some players want anyway.
4. Western Plaguelands, Andorhal and Hearthglen (54–60). The Scourge in the ruins of Andorhal and the Scarlet Crusade around Hearthglen both drop Runecloth. Chillwind Camp and the Bulwark are the nearest faction bases.
5. Silithus Twilight camps (56–60). The Twilight cultists at their camps across Silithus drop Runecloth and coin. Cenarion Hold is a neutral base with a vendor and a flight path.
6. Eastern Plaguelands, Tyr's Hand (57–60). The Scarlet Crusade at Tyr's Hand is the densest humanoid camp in the game. Stay on the outskirts; the inner buildings hold elites and casters in large packs.

What you get

Product	What it takes	Who wants it
Runecloth	Stacks of 20 from humanoids and undead	Tailors, First Aid students, reputation hunters
Bolt of Runecloth	Five Runecloth on a tailor's loom	Tailors with high-level recipes
Runecloth bags	Bolts and thread from a tailor	Every player at 60 who wants more bag space
Runecloth Bandages	Runecloth in First Aid	The last bandages most players learn
Reputation turn-ins	Stacks handed to a cloth quartermaster in a capital	Players raising standing with their faction's races
Coin and green items	Every kill	Repairs, food and the auction house

Gold per hour

A level 58–60 character on a dense camp kills roughly 140–200 enemies an hour and loots roughly three to five stacks of Runecloth. At typical prices that is roughly 2.5–5 gold an hour from the cloth, plus roughly one to two gold of coin and vendor loot, a little more at the Scarlet camps.

What moves the number: the realm's age and how many players are chasing reputation turn-ins, which can push prices up sharply; how crowded the camp is; and whether you sell full stacks at the auction house or keep them. Tyr's Hand and the Winterfall villages usually pay the most because they are dense and respawn quickly.

Tips

• Kill humanoids a few levels below you; at Tyr's Hand that means staying on the outer streets.
• Sell Runecloth in full stacks of 20; buyers for turn-ins want exactly that.
• Keep a few stacks if you plan to finish First Aid or chase reputation yourself.
• Use Everlook, Light's Hope Chapel or Cenarion Hold as your base; all three are neutral with a vendor nearby.
• Watch for Felcloth and other rare cloth from demons and satyrs in Felwood; it sells to tailors.
• Leave the camp when another player arrives; a shared camp pays less than a quiet one further away.

Running it with ForeverBot

Open the Farming section and walk one lap of the camp with Record loop on. Fill the Targets list with + Current target for each humanoid or undead type you meet, leave the elites unticked, and tick Go to a vendor when bags are full and Repair at vendors. Keep Auto loot and Sell gray items on so the Runecloth stays and the junk goes; the Gold/hour and Kills counters show within twenty minutes whether the camp is worth it.

In Settings, set Route mode to safest at Tyr's Hand and Hearthglen so ForeverBot keeps to the edges where the packs are smaller. Automation is against the game's terms and carries risk, so decide for yourself how long to leave it running. For a full Scarlet route, see the Tyr's Hand gold farm; for the orc camps, the Burning Steppes Dark Iron farm. Every section comes with every plan; see plans and pricing.

FAQ

Where is the best place to farm Runecloth?

At level 60, Tyr's Hand in Eastern Plaguelands is hard to beat for density, followed by the Winterfall furbolgs in Winterspring. Below 57, the Felwood satyrs and the Blackrock orcs of Burning Steppes are safer and still pay well. The Winterspring farming route covers the furbolg camps in more detail.

What are Runecloth turn-ins for?

Each capital city has a cloth quartermaster who accepts stacks of Runecloth in return for reputation with that city's race. Players who want high standing, for example to ride another race's mount, buy a lot of Runecloth, which is why it keeps its value. The quartermaster in your capital explains what each turn-in needs.

Should I make bolts of Runecloth?

Only if you are a tailor who needs them. A bolt takes five Runecloth and usually sells for about the same as the cloth inside it, while turn-in buyers want the raw cloth. For the cloth before this, see the Mageweave farming spots.