Tailoring

"Clothes are identity and confidence. They are the disguise the naked beast dons to fool the world." - Tad the Tailor

Training

A sewing kit is required when tailoring. While not required, it is strongly suggested to keep a pair of scissors handy to cut up any clothing you have crafted for additional cloth. You can purchase bolts of cloth in bulk from Tailor NPCs, and leather from Tanner NPCs.

• 0.0 - 30.0: Train from NPC Tailor
• 30.0 - 42.0: Fancy Shirts
• 42.1 - 51.0: Cloaks
• 51.1 - 71.0: Robe
• 71.1 - 76.0: Leather Gorgets
• 76.1 - 100.0: Studded Gorgets

Alternative items to make:

• 74.1 - 81.3: Leather Tunic
• 81.4 - 95.6: Studded Gorget
• 95.7 - 100.0: Studded Tunic

Craftables

Tailors can craft the following items:

Category	Picture	Item Name	Resources Needed	Minimum Skill Required
Hats		Skull Cap	2 Cloth	0.0
Hats		Bandana	2 Cloth	0.0
Hats		Floppy Hat	11 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Cap	11 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Wide-brim Hat	12 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Straw Hat	10 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Tall Straw Hat	13 Cloth	6.7
Hats		Wizard's Hat	15 Cloth	7.2
Hats		Bonnet	11 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Feathered Hat	12 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Tricorne Hat	12 Cloth	6.2
Hats		Jester Hat	15 Cloth	7.2
Shirts		Doublet	8 Cloth	0.0
Shirts		Shirt	8 Cloth	20.7
Shirts		Fancy Shirt	8 Cloth	24.8
Shirts		Tunic	12 Cloth	0.0
Shirts		Surcoat	14 Cloth	8.2
Shirts		Plain Dress	10 Cloth	12.4
Shirts		Fancy Dress	12 Cloth	33.1
Shirts		Cloak	14 Cloth	41.4
Shirts		Robe	16 Cloth	53.9
Shirts		Jester Suit	24 Cloth	8.2
Pants		Short Pants	6 Cloth	24.8
Pants		Long Pants	8 Cloth	24.8
Pants		Kilt	8 Cloth	20.7
Pants		Skirt	10 Cloth	29.0
Miscellaneous		Body Sash	4 Cloth	4.1
Miscellaneous		Half Apron	6 Cloth	20.7
Miscellaneous		Full Apron	10 Cloth	29.9
Footwear		Sandals	4 Leather	12.4
Footwear		Shoes	6 Leather	16.5
Footwear		Boots	8 Leather	33.1
Footwear		Thigh Boots	10 Leather	41.4
Leather Armor		Leather Gorget	4 Leather	53.9
Leather Armor		Leather Cap	2 Leather	6.2
Leather Armor		Leather Gloves	3 Leather	51.8
Leather Armor		Leather Sleeves	4 Leather	53.9
Leather Armor		Leather Leggins	10 Leather	66.3
Leather Armor		Leather Tunic	12 Leather	70.5
Studded Armor		Studded Gorget	6 Leather	78.8
Studded Armor		Studded Gloves	8 Leather	82.9
Studded Armor		Studded Sleeves	10 Leather	87.1
Studded Armor		Studded Leggings	12 Leather	91.2
Studded Armor		Studded Tunic	14 Leather	94.0
Female Armor		Leather Shorts	8 Leather	62.2
Female Armor		Leather Skirt	6 Leather	58.0
Female Armor		Leather Bustier	6 Leather	58.0
Female Armor		Studded Bustier	8 Leather	82.9
Female Armor		Female Leather Armor	8 Leather	62.2
Female Armor		Studded Armor	10 Leather	87.1
Bone Armor		Bone Helmet	4 Leather 2 Bones	75.0
Bone Armor		Bone Gloves	6 Leather 2 Bones	79.0
Bone Armor		Bone Arms	8 Leather 4 Bones	82.0
Bone Armor		Bone Leggings	10 Leather 6 Bones	85.0
Bone Armor		Bone Armor	12 Leather 10 Bones	86.0
Bone Armor		Orc Helm	6 Leather 4 Bones	80.0

Bulk Order Deeds

Basics

Acquaint yourself with the "Message of the Day" menu.

Type [motd in game and you will be presented with a menu. For BODs, select the bottom tab on the right-hand side. You will see two sections, one for Tailoring, and one for Smithing. In each section, you will see three important counters. They are titled as follows:

• Next BOD Available
• Remaining [Tailor/Smith] Flips
• Next Flip Increment

These counters tell you your account's BOD availability status.

Here is a video of the BOD collection and flipping process, hopefully it is clear enough to understand how things work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHQ-G5Hjg4Y

The rest of this post will elaborate on what was shown in the video.

Collection

To start doing BODs, the first step is of course to collect empty BODs from NPCs, intending to fill them and turn them in for reward. The method to collect BODs works as follows:

• Character must have 70.1 Tailoring or Blacksmithing to be offered the respective BOD.
• The BOD type offered must be craftable at the character's skill level (e.g. it is required to have 82.9 Tailoring to have a chance to craft the item "studded bustier," therefore if you have 82.8 or less Tailoring skill, you will not have a chance to be offered a BOD of "studded bustier" type).
• Only at 100.0 skill will you have a 20% chance to be offered a Large BOD; at 99.9 or lower, you will have a 0% chance at a Large BOD.
• A BOD can be collected from both the tailor and smith every 5h30m, as shown in the [motd menu.
• To collect available BOD, an item must be sold to the relevant NPC (Tailoring: "tailor" or "weaver" titles in paperdoll; Smithing: "blacksmith" title).
• Upon sale of item (I use one bandana for tailoring, and one iron ingot for smithing), you will see a menu pop up offering you the BOD. Click accept, and it will go into your inventory.

Filling & Turn-In for Reward

The next step after collecting the BOD is to fill it!

• To fill a small BOD, simply craft the item type requested as many times as requested, then combine it with the deed. Upon double clicking the BOD, you will get a menu with an option "Combine this deed with the item requested." * Select this option, then target the item you crafted, or more conveniently, target your character's inventory pack shown in their paperdoll (Alt+P will bring up the paperdoll by default) and it will combine all relevant items your character is carrying. Repeat this as many times as needed for the quantity the BOD requests (10, 15, or 20).
• Once filled, the small BOD can be turned in for reward, or saved for future combination with a respective Large BOD.
• To turn in for reward, simply drag & drop the BOD onto the NPC tailor or weaver for tailoring, or blacksmith for smithing. The reward will be placed in your inventory or bank box, depending how large the reward is.

Flipping

The last step in the BODing world is called flipping. You can "flip" BODs in order to increase the variety of BODs you receive. Since the high reward BODs tend to be rare, increasing the number of BODs you are offered logically increases your chances at receiving a rare BOD. Generally, you will choose to flip less desirable BODs in hopes that the new BOD you are offered will be a more desirable one!

• The flip status is located in [motd as explained above.
• To flip means: to reset the BOD availability counter by turning in a filled BOD to the NPC for reward.
• An account is given a default of 4 flip opportunities per 23 hour period.
• First, make sure that if a BOD is already available that you collect it before proceeding to the next steps. Generally if a BOD will be available shortly anyway (less than an hour or two), it is best to wait that time and collect that free BOD before doing flips; waiting is not necessary however.
• Upon turning in a filled BOD, you will notice the "Next BOD Available" counter will change its status to "Now" and that your "Remaining [Tailor/Smith] Flips" will decrement by 1.
• At this point you should sell an item to collect a fresh BOD, which will set the timer back to 5h30m.
• Repeat these last two steps until your "Remaining [Tailor/Smith] Flips" is at 0.
• Each flip is reset to available 23 hours after last used.
• You can purchase Flip Increment Deeds from the platinum vendor for 25 platinum coins. This will permanently increase your daily flip opportunities by 1.

Rewards

There is a special collection of Bulk Order Deeds available for Tailors to fill out. Returning these provides specially colored cloth, sandals, and other items as rewards.

The list of BOD Rewards can be found here: https://uolostlands.com/bod-rewards/

Ancient Tailoring Needles

An ancient tailoring needle can be purchased from a vendor located in Britain at the gates to Lord British's castle for 25 platinum coins. To use the ancient tailoring needle, you simply need to equip it to your paperdoll, then begin crafting with a sewing kit in your backpack.

• Increases Tailoring skill by 25.0%
• 600 uses/charges

Notes

A Bolt of Cloth contains 50 yards of cloth

Sheep regrow their wool after one full UO day has passed

Holding an ancient tailoring needle when cutting clothing with scissors may have a chance to produce additional cloth

Sewing kits crafted by grandmaster tinkers have higher crafting durability