Farming Windwool Cloth — Retail

WoW Farming · March 22, 2012

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Where to farm Windwool Cloth
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Updated farming route

Retail · Mists of Pandaria materials
Updated 23 October 2026

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For a focused Windwool run, start at approximately 58.1, 48.4 in Dread Wastes and work through the Ik’thik packs toward the Valley of the Four Winds boundary.

Adapt the run to your character

Comfortable outdoor pulls: clear and loot the mantid packs in a loop.
Elites slow you down: skip the scorpions and avoid pulling more than you can safely handle.
Busy or unsuitable area: try Sra’Vess in Townlong Steppes or Howlingwind Cavern in Kun-Lai Summit.

Tailors can improve cloth collection with Cloth Scavenging, learned through Charles Worth’s quest in Northrend Dalaran. Non-tailors can still farm Windwool. Use the Kun-Lai map for the cave alternative and the Dread Wastes map for the outdoor loop.

Reference: WoW-Professions: Windwool.

This is the Retail guide for Windwool Cloth. It covers an older expansion’s crafting material, not Midnight’s new reagents.

The old character-level recommendations have been removed because Retail zones and enemies use level scaling. Check your map’s level range and the relevant zone phase before traveling.

Where to farm Windwool Cloth

Dread Wastes
Townlong Steppes
Kun-Lai Summit

Farm the humanoid enemies in the marked area and loot every group. Work through nearby packs in a loop; avoid camping a single spawn when other eligible enemies are available.

Targets and farming method

Start near 58.1, 48.4 in Dread Wastes and clear the Ik’thik packs toward the Valley of the Four Winds boundary. Leave the elite scorpions unless you can handle them. Howlingwind Cavern’s snow sprites in Kun-Lai Summit are an alternative.

References: WoW-Professions