In order to carry around all your hard-earned loot, you'll need bags. And it won't be long before that 16-slot pack you begin the game with starts to burst at the seams.

Two introductory notes:
1) Unless you're seriously strapped, don't buy bags from an NPC vendor; they're overpriced in an effort to drive business towards the tailors.
2) Humanoid mobs often drop linen cloth; save it! Even if you don't choose tailoring as a profession, you might wish to try out First Aid as a secondary profession. And if you're not into First Aid, you can sell off the linen (which stacks 20 tall) for a nice profit at the Auction House later on.

At no time during the game will you feel the need for a bag moreso than in the first 10 levels, especially if you don't get some high-level help with coin or bags. If you lack a sugar daddy (or mommy), no worries; just remember to sell off unneeded items every time you're near a vendor and you'll be fine. Really, all bags do is extend your time in the field and, until you leave the "newbie garden," this really shouldn't be an issue.

You start with a 16-slot bag, and if by level 7 you haven't looted two more 6-slot bags, I'd be very surprised. Crank out those quests, kill mobs while in transit, and before long you'll have some serious transit space. As you finish out the series of quests in the newbie zone, you'll likely be asked to travel into a mine or cavern of some sort. This area represents the first true challenge to your container space, so be sure to empty out your bags before you dive in.

The list of 10+ slot dropped bags is far too long for this guide, suffice it to say that good bags typically come from named mobs (rares / elites) and random mobs and bosses in various instances.

Tailoring is a great money-making profession, especially if you're playing a class limited to cloth armor (or "wet paper bag" armor, as it's sometimes called). Contrary to popular belief, you need not forego First Aid as a tailor (or buy cloth for ridiculous prices at the Auction House). But in order to comfortably craft First Aid bandages, you might need to "outgrow" a certain type of cloth in tailoring before you can begin using this cloth in First Aid. For example, at Tailoring 100 or so, you'll need wool rather than linen cloth to raise your skill. So as linen continues to drop from mobs, use it to level your First Aid skill, if you wish. For more details on these professions, check out our First Aid and Tailoring guides.

And one of tailoring's biggest draws is the ability to make bags. If you begin tailoring at level 10 (and you've been saving up your linen from humanoid mobs), you should have around 2 and a half stacks of linen to work with. Craft all your linen bolts, then buy some coarse thread. Produce linen belts until you hit Tailoring (45), then buy the recipe for linen bagse. These six slot bags are adequate for your teens, so craft as many as you need (they also sell back to NPC vendors for a nice 2 silver, or auction them for a little more). Hopefully these hints will get you started in tailoring.

Here are the other tailored bags (excluding soul bags and tradeskill bags which we'll look at later) and the skill necessary to craft them. Click the bag to research it using TenTonHammer Search.

While tailoring is one of the best ways to get decent bags, questing is one of the worst. By the time you get these quest rewards, you'll probably have come across a better bag by other means.Nevertheless, you may want to complete these quests for the experience or faction benefit (or to replace non-soulbound bags of similar size, which you can sell off).

Quests offering bags as a possible reward are listed below, categorized by Horde, Alliance, and Neutral quest-givers. Click the item or the quest name to research the terms using TenTonHammer Search.

The easiest way to get an extra bag eary in the game is to play a Dranei or Blood Elf as they both receive quests early on (level 4ish) for free 4 slot bag.

Neutral Quests

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