Skill Overview
While many in the world arm themselves with spear and shield, the tailor prefers as his weapons, the needle and thread. With it he attacks the wear and tear that plagues Iridine's clothing. Of course most tailor can easily advance beyond this, leaving such mending to apprentices, and begin to craft clothing for others to buy and wear. A truly gifted tailor can look forward to being hired exclusively as a house tailor for a patrician or his wife, and can watch as his creations are worn to parties of the rich and famous.
Tailoring is mainly focused on sewing and clothes-making activities, as well as various cloth items such as dolls and bedding. Materials include all types of cloth and soft leathers, threads and yarns, and cloth accessories for beginners, such as beads, buttons, fringes, fur, etc.
The art of tailoring has been around since ancient times, when the primitive peoples of Midlight began to cover themselves with skins and furs and gather into small communities. The craft has evolved in recent generations with the development of the loom and working of wool and cotton. A great variety of clothes can be made by anybody with some basic tailoring knowledge.
Much of this page is created from or inspired by Nyhpistra's Monster Catalogus.
For guidance on using the skill set, see the Tailoring Guide(in progress).
| Skill Info | Ranks Taught by Trainer | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skills/Actions | Difficulty | Josephus | Pomoura | Xantheros | Gestus | Demetrius | Circiana | Periona |
| Basic Tailoring | Easy | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 35 | 301 | 102 |
| Patternwork | Easy | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 150 | 25 |
| Tailor's Shears | Easy | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 150 | 25 |
| Basic Sewing | Easy | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 150 | 25 |
| Basic Hemming | Easy | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 150 | 25 |
| Stitch Pattern | Average | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 150 | 25 |
| Basic Mending | Average | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 150 | 25 |
Directions to Josephus (Iridine Harbor): Walk to Toga, W, SWx2, Sx3, SW, Sx2, SWx4, Wx2, SW, Wx3, SW, S, W.
Directions to Pomoura (Town of Rock Valley): Walk to Hospice, wait for drover to appear, follow drover, (once you arrive) Ex12, Nx2, Ex20, Nx2, Ex2, Nx5, Ex2, Nx3, E, Nx2, Wx3, N
Directions to Xantheros (City of Monlon): Walk to Vetallun Road, Walk to Vetallun Crossroads, Ex2, NE, Ex2, SE, S, E, buy ticket, W, S, wait for and take ferry to City of Monlon, Nx3, W, N, NW, W, Nx3, NEx3, Nx2, NE, Nx2, E, NE, Ex2, Sx2
Directions to Gestus (Town of Rock Valley): Walk to Hospice, wait for drover to appear, follow drover, (once you arrive) Ex12, Nx2, Ex9, Nx9, Ex2, S
Directions to Demetrius (Eastern Steps): TBC
Directions to Circiana (Blackvine): Walk to Blackvine, S, SE, Ex5, S
Directions to Periona (Quartz Heights): Walk to Emerald Square, Nx4, NE, E
Notes on Learning
- You cannot train 'Basic Tailoring'. Your basic tailoring rank increases as you train the tailoring sub-skills.
- To view and learn related lores from trainers, use the learn lore and the learn lore from <trainer> commands.
- Tailoring requires the knowledge of specific lores & recipes. Once these lores are known, you do not need to learn additional ranks.
- Tailors can optionally use the knot & refit commands, which requires no skill to learn or use.
- Custom Tailoring Lores (Edgings/Patterns) can be requested via RP Purchases.
- You can unlearn recipes, you cannot unlearn lores.
- For a list of available fabrics for each recipe see the Tailoring Guide Fabric Chart.
#Fabric Chart
This section will soon be moved to the tailoring guide page.
The below chart columns reference the base materials, but includes all variants of that type of fabric.
- Wool also includes: fine wool, homespun wool, rough wool & tightly woven wool.
- Linen also includes: fine linen & poorly-woven linen.
- Cotton also includes: rough cotton & cotton brocade.
- Silk also includes: silk brocade.
- Velvet also includes: silk velvet.
To find where the appropriate fabric is sold, you can search for 'length of cloth' in the shops list.
Related Commands
Related commands are commands that require no skill or training to use, but are necessary as part of the Tailoring skill set.
#Recall recall <lore>
To stitch a pattern or sew a patch, you first need to recall <lore> before working on your garment. You can type lore by itself to see a list of your known lores and view the full list of all available tailoring lores.
Maker's mark is a special lore, in that it allows someone to identify the maker of an item by inspecting it.
Each asterisk (*) in the recall gives you an idea of how many attempts you'll need to complete your item. Example: Maker's Mark requires only 1 stitch, while zigzag edging will require 9 stitches.
When you see this in use you see:
> recall maker's mark
The maker's mark allows someone to identify the maker of an item by inspecting it.
To add a maker's mark:
* Stitch your Maker's Mark onto the garment.
> recall zigzag edging stitch
* Begin stitching a zigzag line onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Finish stitching the zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
#Threading thread <needle> with <thread>
Before performing actions such as stitching, your needle must be threaded. Your needle must be re-threaded, if ever you get to the end of your spool of thread.
When you see this in use you see:
> thread need with my thread
You thread a silver sewing needle with a spiraled grip carefully with a spool of undyed homespun wool thread.
#Knot knot <spool> with <spool>
What is a tailor to do with the remnants of their spools of thread? Combine them with other remnants using the knot command. No skill is necessary.
When you see this in use you see:
> knot spool with 2 spool
You knot a spool of undyed homespun wool thread carefully with a spool of undyed homespun wool thread.
#Refit refit <garment>
Once a tailor has completed the garment, it can be altered slightly through the refit menu. No skill training is required beyond a basic knowledge of Tailoring. Simply REFIT <garment> and you will be shown a menu listing the ways in which you can modify the garment. As you improve in tailoring skill, more adjectives will become available. These adjectives are listed in the table below. It may be incomplete.
Skill Details
#Patternwork layout <fabric>
Laying out fabric in preparation for its use in a tailoring recipe. You must be holding the corresponding pattern, and have recalled the recipe you wish to perform.
When you see this in use you see:
> layout quarter
[Success: 1, Roll: 3] You lay out a quarter length of brown homespun wool cloth.
#Tailor's Shears cut <fabric>
The basic action of cutting fabric. When used in the course of a recipe, you must have recalled the recipe you wish to perform. This can also be used to cut a full length of cloth into two half lengths of cloth, etc.
When you see this in use you see:
> cut laid
[Success: 1, Roll: 28] You deftly cut the piece from a brown homespun wool cloth laid out for a tunic sleeve.
#Basic Sewing sew <part> to <part>
The basic action of sewing to pieces of cloth together. When used in the course of a recipe, you must have recalled the recipe you wish to perform. This can also be used to to sew two half lengths of cloth to create a full length of cloth, etc.
Note: For related cloth, you have to sew back to front. If you try to sew front to back, it won't work.
When you see this in use you see:
> sew sleeve to sleeve
[Success: 1, Roll: 72] You sew a brown homespun wool cloth in the shape of a tunic sleeve closed.
> sew back to front
[Success: 1, Roll: 93] You sew a brown homespun wool cut-out in the shape of a tunic back to a brown homespun wool cut-out in the shape of a tunic front.
> sew 1 cut to 2 cut
[Success: 1, Roll: 58] You sew a black fine wool cut-out in the shape of a sack square to a black fine wool cut-out in the shape of a sack square.
#Basic Hemming hem <incomplete garment>
Most garments must be hemmed to complete the garment and prevent fraying. When used in the course of a recipe, you must have recalled the recipe you wish to perform.
When you see this in use you see:
> hem incomplete
[Success: 1, Roll: 51] You hem an incomplete tunica.
#Stitch Pattern stitch <garment>
The practice of stitching a design into a garment. There are a wide variety of designs, and some will require that you complete the action multiple times. The color of the thread used will be reflected in the completed stitching.
To stitch a pattern, you first need to recall a lore before you stitch your garment. The details of the lore will give you an idea of how many stitches are needed. You can type lore by itself to see a list of your known lores and view the full list of all available tailoring lores.
Once the lore is recalled, repeat the stitch as many times as is required.
- A piece of clothing can have up to 5 lores (i.e. edgings, patterns) applied to it. However, only the first one will show up in the short description.
Required Tools: Threaded needle, a thimble.
When you see this in use you see:
> recall zigzag edging stitch
* Begin stitching a zigzag line onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Continue stitching a zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
* Finish stitching the zigzag onto the edge of the garment.
> stitch ribbon
You begin to carefully sew a zigzag as an edging onto an undyed homespun wool hair ribbon.
[Success: 1, Roll: 100]
You are no longer busy.
> stitch ribbon
You continue to carefully sew a zigzag as an edging onto an undyed homespun wool hair ribbon partially edged with a zigzag line.
[Success: 1, Roll: 99]
You are no longer busy.
> stitch ribbon
You continue to carefully sew a zigzag as an edging onto an undyed homespun wool hair ribbon partially edged with a zigzag.
[Success: 1, Roll: 98]
You are no longer busy.
(5 more stitches)
> stitch ribbon
You finish sewing a zigzag as an edging onto an undyed homespun wool hair ribbon partially edged with a zigzag.
You complete the accessory.
[Success: 1, Roll: 97]
#Basic Mending mend <garment> with <fabric>
Damaged garments can be mended by a tailor. Occasionally NPC's will offer a tailor mending jobs (by Marcavia, Iraetia, etc). You may need to mend a garment more than once before it is completely mended.
When you see this in use you see:
> mend apron with eighth
[Success: 1, Roll: 34] Positioning an eighth length of undyed homespun wool cloth carefully, you sew it into place and finish fully repairing the damage done to a homespun apron.