Silk Cloth Farming Spots for Levels 25–38 (Alliance and Horde)

Silk is the cloth that every tailor, every First Aid student and every new bag maker needs at the same time. It is the step between the cheap Wool of the low teens and the Mageweave of the forties, and on a young realm it sells faster than almost anything a level 30 character can gather. Almost every humanoid between level 25 and 38 carries a chance of Silk, so the job is to find camps where those humanoids stand close together and come back quickly. This silk cloth farming guide lists six such camps for both factions, what the cloth turns into, and the honest numbers to expect for a character on a vanilla-era realm such as WoW Forever.

Where and what you need

Levels. Silk begins dropping from humanoids in the mid twenties and stays the main cloth until about level 38, when Mageweave takes over. Farm mobs three to five levels below you so each kill takes a few seconds.

Faction. Three of the camps sit in contested zones that both factions can reach, and three lean towards one side's quest hubs. Each step below names the town that is friendliest to you.

Professions. None are needed. Skinning is no use against humanoids, so Mining or Herbalism is the better second skill for the walk between camps. Tailors should keep every piece; everyone else sells.

Gear. Anything that kills humanoids quickly. Classes with area damage and hunters with a good pet do best at the denser camps.

Bag space. Silk stacks to 20, so a full evening fills only a few slots. Vendor junk takes more room; empty it at every visit to town.

The route

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

1. Thousand Needles centaurs (25–30). The Galak centaurs in the north-western canyons of Thousand Needles stand in open camps. Horde characters base at Freewind Post; Alliance players can reach the zone from the Barrens.
2. Ashenvale furbolgs and satyrs (25–31). The furbolg camps in northern Ashenvale and the satyrs further east drop Silk at a steady rate. Astranaar serves the Alliance and Splintertree Post serves the Horde.
3. Hillsbrad Syndicate (27–34). The Syndicate around Durnholde Keep and the ruins on the edge of Alterac are thick with humanoids. Southshore and Tarren Mill are both close, so expect company from the other side.
4. Arathi Highlands Syndicate and ogres (30–36). The Syndicate at the manor in northern Arathi and the Boulderfist ogres in the hills are both dense. Refuge Pointe serves the Alliance and Hammerfall the Horde.
5. Stranglethorn north (32–37). The Kurzen soldiers in their compound and the Bloodscalp trolls in their ruins drop Silk freely. The Rebel Camp serves the Alliance and Grom'gol Base Camp the Horde.
6. Desolace centaurs (33–38). The Kolkar and Magram centaurs fill some of the largest camps in the game, and Silk starts mixing with Mageweave here. Nijel's Point serves the Alliance and Shadowprey Village the Horde.

What you get

Product	What it takes	Who buys it
Silk Cloth	Stacks of 20 from humanoids	Tailors, First Aid students and bag makers
Bolt of Silk Cloth	Four Silk Cloth on a tailor's loom	Tailors who want to skip the loom work
Silk bags	Bolts and thread from a tailor	Every player short of bag space at this level
Silk and Heavy Silk Bandages	Silk Cloth in First Aid	Players levelling First Aid towards 150 and beyond
Wool and Mageweave	The low and high end of the route	Both still sell steadily
Coin and green items	Every humanoid and the odd lucky drop	Repairs, food and the auction house

Gold per hour

A level 32–38 character on a dense camp kills roughly 120–170 humanoids an hour and loots roughly two to four stacks of Silk. At common prices that is roughly 1–2.5 gold an hour from the cloth, plus roughly half a gold to a gold of coin and vendor loot.

What moves the number: the age of the realm, because Silk is worth the most in the first months when everyone is making bags; how many other players share the camp; and whether you sell full stacks at the auction house or vendor the leftovers. A tailor who turns the cloth into bags can do better again, but only if the bags sell.

Tips

• Kill mobs three to five levels below you; a slow kill wastes more than the experience is worth.
• Sell Silk in full stacks of 20; odd numbers sit on the auction house for days.
• Keep a stack or two if you plan to level First Aid, since buying it back later costs more.
• Watch the Kurzen and Bloodscalp camps for the other faction; both sit in contested Stranglethorn.
• Pull Syndicate casters out of line of sight so they come to you instead of standing back.
• Move on once Mageweave drops more often than Silk; that is the sign the camp is behind you.

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 type of humanoid you meet, leave any elites out, and tick Go to a vendor when bags are full and Repair at vendors. Keep Auto loot and Sell gray items on so the cloth stays and the junk goes, and watch the Kills and Gold/hour counters to see within twenty minutes whether the camp is worth staying on.

In Settings, set Route mode to safest in Stranglethorn and Hillsbrad so ForeverBot keeps to the edges of the contested ground. Automation is against the game's terms and carries risk, so weigh that before you leave it running. For the cloth before Silk, see the linen and wool farming spots; for the cloth after it, the Mageweave farming spots. Every section comes with every plan; see plans and pricing.

FAQ

Where is the best place to farm Silk Cloth?

For most characters in their thirties, the Desolace centaurs or the Syndicate in Arathi Highlands. Both camps are dense, close to a town for each faction, and quick to respawn. Lower characters do well in Thousand Needles or Ashenvale. The Desolace farming route adds leather, herbs and ore to the centaur camps.

At what level do mobs drop Silk Cloth?

Humanoids around level 24 or 25 begin dropping Silk alongside Wool, and by level 30 Silk is the main cloth. It keeps dropping into the late thirties, when Mageweave takes over. Farming mobs from about 28 to 36 gives the best mix of drop rate and kill speed.

Should I sell Silk or make bolts and bags?

Sell the cloth unless you are a tailor with recipes to level. A bolt takes four Silk and often sells for about what the cloth inside it is worth, so it adds little. Silk bags can sell well on a young realm, but check the auction house first. Players levelling First Aid should keep a few stacks; see the First Aid guide.