Bags: free quest bags, vendor bags and what to craft
You start with a 16-slot backpack and four empty bag slots. Filling those four slots is the cheapest upgrade in the game: a 6-slot bag in an empty slot gives you six spaces, while swapping a 6-slot bag for an 8-slot one gives you only two. Fill every slot first, then upgrade the smallest bag.
In the first hour: quest bags
Several starting-area quests reward a 6-slot bag. Two easy ones:
- Alliance, Teldrassil: the leatherworker in Dolanaar asks for Nightsaber pelts from level 4 and rewards a small sack.
- Horde, Durotar: the quest giver in the Razor Hill watchtower asks for canvas scraps from level 4 and rewards a handmade leather bag. It binds on pickup.
Do them if you pass by. Do not cross a continent for a 6-slot bag.
The general goods vendor
Every town has a general goods vendor with the same four bags. Prices are base prices; reputation discounts lower them.
| Item | Level | Where to get |
|---|---|---|
 Small Brown Pouch6 slots | ||
| Brown Leather Satchel8 slots | ||
 Heavy Brown Bag10 slots | ||
| Huge Brown Sack12 slots |
The 6-slot pouch for 5 silver is the best buy of your first evening. The bigger ones get expensive quickly: at level 10 to 20 a crafted bag from another player is usually cheaper than the 10-slot vendor bag.
Crafted bags
Tailors make most of the bags players use while levelling, from the cloth that drops anyway. Leatherworkers make a few too. If you are not a tailor, give a tailor the cloth and a tip; it is cheaper than the Auction House.
| Item | Level | Where to get |
|---|---|---|
 Linen Bag6 slots | ||
 Red Linen Bag8 slots | ||
| Woolen Bag8 slots | ||
 Green Woolen Bag8 slots | ||
 Small Silk Pack10 slots | ||
 Mageweave Bag12 slots | ||
 Runecloth Bag14 slots |
Open a recipe to count the cloth and thread in the crafting calculator. For a Linen Bag that is three bolts of linen (six Linen Cloth) and three Coarse Thread.
Every bag in the database
All bags with a known source: quest rewards, vendors, drops and recipes, from the smallest. Drops from rare monsters and world drops are listed too; treat them as a bonus, not a plan.
Small things that save space
- Sell grey items at every vendor stop. They exist only to be sold.
- Keep one slot for quest items; the game will not loot them into a full bag.
- Profession bags (herb, enchanting, soul bags, quivers) only hold their own kind of item. They are good second bags for the profession, not general space.
- Your bank has slots for more bags. Put the bags you replaced there instead of selling them for a few copper.