Leveling Sewing

European Chapter

Required Recipe Books
Secret Book of Textile Materials (all six capital cities, Craftsman shop) 5000D
Secret Book of Woven Fabric (Amsterdam, Groningen, Antwerp, Dell ****, Plymouth, Oporto, Malaga, Valencia, Palma, Barcelona, Genoa, Ancona, Zadar, Ragusa, Madeira, Syracuse, Cagliari) 10000D
Secret Book of Luxury Textile Fabrics (all six capital cities, after 200,000D in investment, Crafts shop) 100,000D
Introduction to Sewing [optional] (Groningen, Dublin, Plymouth, Oporto, Madeira, Barcelona, Pisa, Genoa, Las Palmas, Antwerp, Syracuse) 10000D

Required Skills
Livestock trade (livestock trader)
Fibre trade (yarn trader)
Sewing (yarn trader, accountant)

Level 1
(3 x Chicken/Duck >>> Feather)
The chicken plucking exploit should be well known now. Venetians can pluck Chicken between Zadar and Ancona, French players can pluck Duck at Montpellier, Spanish and Portuguese players can buy Chicken atLisbon, English can make Wool in Edinburgh, and Dutch players can go to Den Helder.
Use the Secret book of Textile Materials to produce Feather from Chicken/Duck

Level 2
(3 x Chicken/Duck >>> Feather or Hemp>>> 2 x Spare Sails)

Path A
Southern European players should stay in the Mediterranean and keep plucking Chicken/Duck

Path B
Players from North Europe can sail to Amsterdam, purchase Hemp and use the Introduction of Sewing book to produce Spare Sail, which can be sold back to the Peddler at 1600D, and only costing under 500D to make.

Level 3 
(2 x Sheep/3 x Goat >>> Wool/Goat's Hair, 2 x Wool/Goat's Hair >>> Woolen Fabric)
Using the Secret Book of Woven Fabric turn Wool or Goat's Hair into Woolen Fabric.
Spanish players can purchase Wool from Valencia.
Venetian players can produce Goat Hair from Goats in Zadar from theSecret Book of Textile Materials.
French players can go to Cagliari and purchase Goat
Dutch players will have Den Helder which exports Sheep or can go toOslo which sells Wool.
English players will have a huge advantage as Edinburgh produces both Sheep and Wool, making their levelling twice as fast, but the downside is that you can not sell Woolen Fabric back to the market in Edinburgh, because the town already produces Woolen Fabric.
Portuguese players are encouraged to sail either to Edinburgh or Oslofor Wool.

Level 4 
(Wool >>> Knit)
In the same Ports as above, turn Wool into Knit. Edinburgh is probably the best Port to do so, as you can sell Knit directly back to the market

Level 5 - 7 
(Wool >>> Knit or 3 x Cotton >>> Cotton Fabric)

Path A
Unfortunately, for Tailors operating out of Europe, there is only one efficient way to level up their sewing from 5 to 7. English players will have the natural advantage of being able to purchase more Sheep and more Wool

Path B
Venetians and French players can choose to sail to Alexandria and Cairoinstead of the North Sea. Alexandria and Cairo both produce Cotton, and players can produce Cotton Fabric from the Cotton using theSecret Book of Woven Fabric.

Level 7 
(4 x Wool >>> Flannel)
Time for a book change, this time use the Secret Book of Luxury Textile Fabrics to craft Flannel from Wool. A Wool exporting Port is recommended. Usually players go to Oslo or Edinburgh.

Level 8 - 10 
(3 x Wool >>> Tweed)
You must be sick of Wool now. But the good thing is all the recipes are from the same book, and you don't have to travel far from the Port where you first started out.

Level 10 
(10 x Linen >>> Lace)
Many players leveling up their sewing choose Oslo, because at level 10 they can craft Lace from the Linen purchased there, as well as other products that require Wool.



Level 10+

See Late Game



Indian Chapter

This guide is alternate route for levelling up Sewing. It is recommended for Portuguese players because they can access the Indian Permits the fastest. I highly recommend this route for traders from Portugal.


Required Recipe Books
Secret Book of Textile Materials (all six capital cities, Craftsman shop) 5000D
Introduction to Sewing (Groningen, Dublin, Plymouth, Oporto, Madeira, Barcelona, Pisa, Genoa, Las Palmas, Antwerp, Syracuse) 10000D
Secret Book of Woven Fabric (Amsterdam, Groningen, Antwerp, Dell ****, Plymouth, Oporto, Malaga, Valencia, Palma, Barcelona, Genoa, Ancona, Zadar, Ragusa, Madeira, Syracuse, Cagliari) 10000D
Secret Book of Luxury Textile Fabrics (all six capital cities, after 200,000D in investment, Crafts shop) 100,000D
Secret Book of Fabric Dyeing (Machilipatnam, Den Helder, reward after 800,000D in investment)

Required Skills
Livestock trade (livestock trader)
Fibre trade (yarn trader)
Sewing (yarn trader, accountant)
Dye trading (yarn trader)

Level 1 
(3 x Chicken/Duck >>> Feather)
The chicken plucking exploit should be well known now. Venetians can pluck Chicken between Zadar and Ancona, French players can pluck Duck at Montpellier, Spanish and Portuguese players can buy Chicken at Lisbon, and English and Dutch players can go to Hel Der.
Use the Secret book of Textile Materials to produce Feather from Chicken/Duck

Level 2
(3 x Chicken/Duck >>> Feather or 2 x Hemp>>> Spare Sails)

Path A
Southern European players should stay in the Mediterranean and keep plucking Chicken/Duck

Path B
Players from North Europe can sail to Amsterdam, purchase Hemp and use the Introduction of Sewing book to produce Spare Sail, which can be sold back to the Peddler at 1600D, and only costing under 500D to make.

Level 3
(2 x Sheep>>> Wool, 2 x Wool/Goat's Hair >>> Woolen Fabric; 2 x Cotton >>> Earplugs)
Like in the European Chapter, use the Secret Book of Woven Fabric to turn Wool or Woolen Fabric.
In addition, to Woolen Fabric, you can also use the Introduction to Sewing Book to turn Cotton into Earplugs
The best Ports to do so is either in Goa, which stocks both Goat Hair and Wool or between the neighbouring Ports of Machilipatnam (Cotton) and Pondicherry (Cotton, Sheep).

Level 4 
(2 x Sheep >>> Wool, Wool >>> Knit; 2 x Cotton >>> Earplugs)
Because Goa doesn’t produce Wool or Sheep, its best to sail to theMachilipatnam and Pondicherry area. Using the same route as above except, this time producing Knit instead of Woolen Fabric.

Level 5 - 7 
(2 x Sheep>>> Wool, Cotton + Wool >>> Corduroy; 3 x Cotton >>> Cotton Fabric)
Here is why India is so much more superior than Europe in terms of Sewing. the neighbouring ports of Machilipatnam and Pondicherry offer ingredients three crafting processes at once.
Use Secret Book of Textile Materials to make Wool from Sheep, Combine Wool with Cotton to produce Corduroy, and then use any leftover Cotton to make Cotton Fabric.
Both Corduroy and Cotton Fabric can be found in the Secret Book of Woven Fabric.

Level 7 
(2x Sheep >>> Wool, 4 x Wool >>> Flannel)
Time for a book change, this time use the Secret Book of Luxury Textile Fabrics to craft Flannel from Wool. Flannel is also considered a Specialty Product from Europe, and therefore can be sold for extra profit in India.
The route between Machilipatnam and Pondicherry is still the most efficient.

Level 8 - 10
(2x Sheep, 3 x Wool >>> Tweed; Wool + Cotton >> Muslin; 2 x Silk >>> Silk Fabric)
Once again, multiple crafting processes using materials easily purchased from the Machilipatnam and Pondicherry area.
Using Secret Book of Luxury Textile Fabrics, you can craft Tweed and Muslin, both at level 8 Sewing, and using the Secret Book of Woven Fabric, you can produce Silk Fabric. Silk can be purchased from Machilipatnam.

Level 9 
(2x Sheep, 3 x Wool >>> Tweed; Wool + Cotton >>> Muslin; 2 x Silk >>> Silk Fabric; 3 x Cotton >>> Cotton Fabric, Cotton Fabric + 2 x Indian Blue >>> Chintz)
You can still level up pretty fast using the previous method, you can also add Chintz to your production line. Indian Blue dye can be purchased from Pondicherry after some investment. Using the Secret Book of Dyeing, which can be conveniently obtained from Machilipatnamif you are not Dutch, combine Indian Blue with Cotton Fabric made from Cotton using the Secret Book of Woven Fabric. Sell the Chintz inPondicherry.

Level 10 
(2 x Sheep >>> Wool, 2 x Silk >>> Silk Fabric, 2 x Silk + 4 x Wool + Silk Fabric >>> Turkish Rug)
This process can seem complicated but all the materials are available from the Ports of Machilipatnam and Pondicherry. Its important to have high levels in Livestock Trade and Fibre Trade.
Purchase Sheep, Cotton and Indian Blue from Pondicherry, purchase Silk and Cotton from Machilipatnam. Produce Wool from Sheep, Produce Silk Fabric from Silk and combine Silk Fabric, Wool and 2 addition Silk to produce Turkish Rug. Use the Cotton to make Cotton Fabric, combine with Indian Blue to produce Chintz.
Sell both in Pondicherry.

Level 10+


See Late Game