Leatherworking leveling guide
Leatherworking from 1 to 300
What to make at every skill, what one craft takes, where to train each rank and which recipes to buy before you need them. The beta caps skill at 225 for now; the route carries on to 300.
- Beta cap
- 225
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The route
Shopping list
Buy or gather these before you start. An alternative replaces its whole row: take whichever costs less.
Skill 1–225
| Material | Or, if cheaper |
|---|---|
Trainers
Start with Apprentice Leatherworking for 10 from character level 5. Any of these trainers teaches it; the capital cities are listed first.
Alliance
Horde
Both factions
Apprentice Leatherworking (1–75)
Any Leatherworking trainer teaches Apprentice from character level 5 for 10. Where they stand.
Skill 1–30
Orange until 20, yellow from 20.
33 × Light Leather
Materials: 99 Ruined Leather Scraps
Or
60 × Light Armor Kit
Materials: 60 Light Leather
Bought leather, not scraps? Kits take 1 Light Leather each.
Skill 30–55
Orange until 50, yellow from 50.
27 × Cured Light Hide
Materials: 27 Light Hide, 27 Salt
Keep the output
Set 24 aside for the 100 pants.
Skill 55–75
Orange until 70, yellow from 70.
Materials: 63 Light Leather, 42 Coarse Thread
Train Journeyman by 75.
Ruined
Light
Salt
CoarseMaterials for this rank5 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
Journeyman Leatherworking (75–150)
A Leatherworking trainer teaches Journeyman from Leatherworking 50 and character level 10 for 5.
Alliance
Skill 75–80
Yellow throughout.
8 × Medium Leather
Materials: 32 Light Leather
Skill 80–90
Orange throughout.
10 × Cured Medium Hide
Materials: 10 Medium Hide, 10 Salt
Keep the output
Dark Leather Belts at 100 use these.
Skill 90–100
Yellow throughout.
19 × Fine Leather Belt
Materials: 114 Light Leather, 38 Coarse Thread
Keep the output
Dark Leather Belts later take 10.
Skill 100–115
Yellow throughout.
24 × Light Leather Pants
Materials: 240 Light Leather, 24 Cured Light Hide, 24 Fine Thread
Skill 115–125
Orange throughout.
10 × Dark Leather Belt
Materials: 10 Fine Leather Belt, 10 Cured Medium Hide, 20 Fine Thread, 10 Gray Dye
Skill 125–130
Yellow throughout.
7 × Heavy Leather
Materials: 35 Medium Leather
Skill 130–140
Orange until 135, yellow from 135.
20 × Cured Heavy Hide
Materials: 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt
Keep the output
Hide route: cheapest when Heavy Hide ×20 undercuts the leather.
Or, skill 130–175
Skill 130–15530 × Hillman's Leather Gloves
Materials: 420 Medium Leather, 120 Fine Thread
Skill 155–17017 × Barbaric Leggings
Materials: 170 Heavy Leather, 34 Fine Thread, 17 Moss Agate
Skill 170–1755 × Barbaric Harness
Materials: 70 Heavy Leather, 10 Fine Thread, 5 Iron Buckle
No Heavy Hide? These three cover 130–175 in its place.
Skill 140–155
Orange until 145, yellow from 145.Materials: 280 Medium Leather, 80 Fine Thread
Train Expert by 150. Train Expert before 150.
Medium
Cured
Fine
Fine
Cured
Gray
Medium
Heavy
Heavy
Moss
IronMaterials for this rank8 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 386 Light Leather
- 10 Medium Hide
- 70 Salt
- 38 Coarse Thread
- 124 Fine Thread
- 10 Gray Dye
- 307 Medium Leather
- 20 Heavy Hide
Expert Leatherworking (150–225)
A Leatherworking trainer teaches Expert from Leatherworking 125 and character level 20 for 50.
Alliance
Horde
Skill 155–165
Orange throughout.
10 × Barbaric Shoulders
Materials: 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread
Skill 165–175
Orange throughout.10 × Guardian Gloves
Materials: 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread
Skill 175–195
Orange until 185, yellow from 185.26 × Guardian Gloves
Materials: 104 Heavy Leather, 26 Cured Heavy Hide, 26 Silken Thread
Cure your Heavy Hides first: 3 Salt per hide.
Skill 195–210
Orange until 200, yellow from 200.
21 × Nightscape Headband
Materials: 105 Thick Leather, 42 Silken Thread
Skill 210–225
Orange throughout.
15 × Nightscape Pants
Materials: 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread
Taught only in Feralas and the Hinterlands (Artisan trainers).
Cured
Silken
ThickMaterials for this rank5 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 217 Heavy Leather
- 20 Fine Thread
- 138 Silken Thread
- 26 Cured Heavy Hide
- 315 Thick Leather
Artisan Leatherworking (225–300)
A Leatherworking trainer teaches Artisan from Leatherworking 200 and character level 35 for 5. The beta caps skill at 225 for now, so this rank waits until it goes up.
Recipes to buy for this stretch: Pattern: Wicked Leather Gauntlets, Pattern: Frostsaber Boots and Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Helm. Buy them on your way so you are not stuck at the vendor-sold steps.
Pattern:The beta stops at 225: skill cannot go past it for now. The steps below wait for the cap to go up.
Skill 225–233
Yellow until 230, green from 230.
15 × Cured Rugged Hide
Materials: 15 Rugged Hide, 15 Refined Deeprock Salt
Keep the output
Skill 233–236
Yellow until 235, green from 235.
6 × Rugged Armor Kit
Materials: 30 Rugged Leather
Skill 236–258
Orange until 255, yellow from 255.
Materials: 184 Rugged Leather, 23 Black Dye, 23 Rune Thread
Recipe to buyPattern: Wicked Leather Gauntlets from Alliance: Leonard Porter (Western Plaguelands); Horde: Werg Thickblade (Tirisfal Glades). Pick it up before you get here.Skill 258–280
Orange until 270, yellow from 270.
26 × Frostsaber Boots
Materials: 104 Rugged Leather, 156 Frostsaber Leather, 26 Rune Thread
Recipe to buyPattern: Frostsaber Boots from Both factions: Qia (Winterspring). Pick it up before you get here.Skill 280–300
Orange until 290, yellow from 290.
24 × Heavy Scorpid Helm
Materials: 192 Rugged Leather, 288 Heavy Scorpid Scale, 24 Cured Rugged Hide, 24 Rune Thread
Recipe to buyPattern: Heavy Scorpid Helm from Both factions: Zannok Hidepiercer (Silithus). Pick it up before you get here.
Rugged
Refined
Rugged
Black
Rune
Frostsaber
Heavy
CuredMaterials for this rank7 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.