Leatherworking Guide

WoW Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 600 This WoW Leatherworking guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way how to level your Leatherworking skill up from 1 to 600. Updated for WoW patch 5.4

Leatherworking is the best combined with Skinning, it's not required to have skinning, but it's strongly recommended. Check out the Skinning Leveling Guide if you want to level Skinning. You can also buy the materials at the Auction House, but then make sure you have enough gold.

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold.

If you are still leveling your character or you just started a new alt, I recommend you to use a leveling guide. You can level your character to level 90 in 7 days with this guide.

Leatherworking guide sections: Apprentice 1 - 55 Journeyman 55 - 135 Expert 135 - 210 Artisan 205 - 290 Master 290 - 350 Grand Master 350 - 425 Illustrious 425 - 500 Zen 500 - 600

Approximate Materials Required for 1-600:

57 Ruined Leather Scraps 130 Coarse Thread 15 Medium Hide 75 Salt - vendor 260 Light Leather 160 Medium Leather 197 Fine Thread 31 Gray Dye - vendor 20 Heavy Hide 195 Heavy Leather 410 Thick Leather 145 Silken Thread - vendor 410 Rugged Leather 35 Black Dye - vendor 92 Rune Thread - vendor 100 Knothide Leather Scraps 307 Knothide Leather 28 Fel Scales 320 Borean Leather 50 Savage Leather Scraps 60 Eternium Thread 385 Savage Leather 21 Heavy Savage Leather (110 Savage Leather) 2 Volatile Fire 2 Volatile Air 2 Volatile Water 26 Volatile Earth 65 Sha-Touched Leather 40 Exotic Leather 300 Exotic Leather or Prismatic Scale. (Choose the cheaper one. You can also use 150 Exotic Leather and 150 Prismatic Scale for example) 1 Spirit of Harmony

Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 55 First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Apprentice.

Check out my Farming Guides if you wan to farm the leathers instead of buying them.

You should start with Light Leather farming if you want to farm the leathers.

1-20 19 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps Make the next recipe if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.

20-30 or 1-30 10 x [Light Armor Kit] - 10 Light Leather 30-50 20 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 40 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread 50-55 5 x [Handstitched Leather Belt] - 30 Light Leather, 5 Coarse Thread

55 - 135 Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.

55-85 30 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 90 Light Leather, 60 Coarse Thread 85-100 15 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 90 Light Leather, 30 Coarse Thread Keep these, you will need them.

100-115 Keep the Medium Hides, you will need them. 15 x [Cured Medium Hide] - 15 Medium Hide, 15 Salt

Make [Medium Armor Kit] if you can't find Medium Hides at the AH.

Check out my Medium Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

115-130 16 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 64 Medium Leather, 32 Fine Thread, 16 Gray Dye

135 - 200 Learn Leatherworking Expert.

130-145 15 x [Dark Leather Belt] - 15 Fine Leather Belt, 15 Cured Medium Hide, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Die Make [Dark Leather Cloak] if you still don't have [Cured Medium Hide].

145-150 5 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread 150-155 5 x [Heavy Leather] - 25 Medium Leather You can also make the following recipe:

5 x [Heavy Leather Ball] - 10 Heavy Leather, 5 Fine Thread

The pattern is sold by these NPCs.

Check out my Heavy Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

155-165 You will need the Cured Heavy Hides later. 20 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt

Below you can find an alternative way if you don't have any Heavy Hides at all. Which is usually the case, since Heavy Hide has pretty low drop rate. If you can get 5 Heavy Hides for example, you should stop making Barbaric Leggings at 195 and start making Guardian Gloves, you can find this recipe at the 190-200 part in the guide.

155-180 - [Heavy Armor Kit] or [Hillman's Cloak] 180-190 - [Guardian Pants] or [Barbaric Leggings] 190-200 - [Barbaric Leggings]

The [Barbaric Leggings] recipe is sold by these NPCs.

165-180 15 x [Heavy Armor Kit] - 75 Heavy Leather, 15 Fine Thread 180-190 10 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread 190-200 10 x [Guardian Gloves] - 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread Check out my Thick Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

200-205 5 x [Thick Armor Kit] - 25 Thick Leather, 5 Silken Thread

205 - 265 Learn Leatherworking Artisan.

205-235 35 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread 235-250 15 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread Check out my Rugged Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

250-265 18 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 90 Rugged Leather 265-290 25 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 200 Rugged Leather, 25 Black Dye, 25 Rune Thread Recipe is yellow for the last few points, you might need to make more.

If 4 Heavy Scorpid Scale are cheaper than 4 Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:

[Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - Recipe location

Or make [Frostsaber Boots] if one Essence of Water is cheaper than 4 Rugged Leather on your realm.

290 - 350 Visit your trainer learn Leatherworking Master.

290-300 10 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 120 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread Check out my Knothide Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

300-310 20 x [Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather Scraps Just skip this part and start making [Knothide Armor Kit], if you don't have Knothide Leather Scraps.

310-325 23 x [Knothide Armor Kit] - 92 Knothide Leather 325-335 43 x [Heavy Knothide Leather] - 215 Knothide Leather Just go to the next step if you didn't reach 335 by making these, but then you will need a few more [Heavy Knothide Leather].

If one Heavy Knothide Leather is cheaper than 5 Knothide Leather, stop making the Heavy Knothide Leathers when you reach 330, buy them from the Auction House instead.

335-340 5 x [Thick Draenic Vest] - 15 Heavy Knothide Leather, 15 Rune Thread 340-350 If you don't have that much Fel Scales, you can make [Thick Draenic Vest] up to 345 or 350 if you can't find any Fel Scales in the AH at all. 14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 28 Heavy Knothide Leather, 28 Fel Scales, 42 Rune Thread

This recipe goes yellow at 345, so you will need to make a few extra ones. I suggest gathering enough materials for 14.

350 - 425 Visit your trainer and learn Leatherworking Grand Master.

Check out my Borean Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

350-380 33 x [Borean Armor Kit] - 132 Borean Leather Transform all your [Borean Leather Scraps] into [Borean Leather] if you are a Skinner. The recipe is yellow up to 362, do not right click the Leather Scraps, there is actually a recipe that give you skill-ups, use that.

380-390 10 x [Arctic Boots] - 80 Borean Leather 390-396 6 x [Arctic Belt] - 60 Borean Leather 396-400 4 x [Arctic Wristguards] - 48 Borean Leather 400-425 Make any Fur Lining recipe. You can buy the Eternium Threads from the Leatherworking Supply vendor near your trainer. Make this one up to 435 if you don't have Savage Leather Scraps. I must mention I think this is a bug because it just seems strange that a recipe, which uses materials that you can buy from the vendor, gives you 35 skill points.

425 - 500 Visit your trainer and learn Leatherworking Illustrious.

Check out my Savage Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

425-435 10 x [Savage Leather] - 50 Savage Leather Scraps Start making the next recipe in the guide if you don't have Savage Leather Scraps, and obviously if you have more Scraps, just make Savage Leather until it turns gray.

435-450 15 x [Savage Armor Kit] - 75 Savage Leather 450-460 10 x [Tsunami Boots] - 70 Savage Leather, 10 Eternium Thread You can buy Eternium Threads from Leatherworking Supply vendors and you could also make any other item that requires 7 Savage Leather.

460-470 10 x [Savage Cloak] - 70 Savage Leather, 10 Eternium Thread Or any other orange item that requires 7 Savage Leather.

470-475 5 x [Darkbrand Boots] - 50 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread 475-480 5 x [Darkbrand Shoulders] - 60 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread You can alse make [Scorched Leg Armor] up to 485.

480-485 5 x [Darkbrand Chestguard] - 60 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread You can alse make [Twilight Leg Armor] up to 490 or any other orange item that requires 12 Savage Leather.

485-490 21 x [Heavy Savage Leather] - 105 Savage Leather 490-496 2 x [Darkbrand Leggings] - 8 Heavy Savage Leather, 24 Volatile Earth 496-499 1 x [Cloak of Beast] - 8 Heavy Savage Leather, 2 Volatile Earth, 2 Volatile Air, 2 Volatile Water, 2 Volatile Fire 499-500 1 x [Darkbrand Helm] - 5 Heavy Savage Leather

500 - 600 Visit your trainer and learn Zen Leatherworking.

Check your Calendar in-game to see if the Darkmoon Faire is open, the event starts at 00:01 on the Sunday before the 1st Monday of each month.

You can gain +5 skill points by completing a single quest. Click here to read more about the quests.

500-526 13 x [Exotic Leather] - 65 Sha-Touched Leather The Fur Lining recipes will become green again at 500. You can make any of those up to 505. You can buy Eternium Threads from Tailoring and Leatherworking supply vendors.

But if you already have the Sha-Touched Leathers from skinning mobs, just make Exotic Leathers.

526-536 5 x [Misthide Boots] - 40 Exotic Leather From this point I will usually list two recipes because the droprate of Exotic Leather and Prismatic Scale seems pretty close right now. Choose the leather type that's cheaper for you, or if you farm your own leathers mix it up to make use all of your leathers.

536-540 2 x [Misthide Belt] - 16 Exotic Leather 2 x [Stormscale Boots ] - 16 Prismatic Scale 540-550 5 x [Misthide Shoulders] - 40 Exotic Leather 5 x [Stormscale Gloves ] - 40 Prismatic Scale 550 - 560 5 x [Misthide Gloves] - 40 Exotic Leather 5 x [Stormscale Shoulders] - 40 Prismatic Scale 560 - 564 2 x [Misthide Leggings] - 20 Exotic Leather 2 x [Stormscale Helm] - 20 Prismatic Scale 564 - 570 3 x [Misthide Helm] - 30 Exotic Leather 3 x [Stormscale Chestguard] - 30 Prismatic Scale 570 - 600 Once you reach 570 you can purchase vendor recipes for the last 30 points (You can actually buy a few of them at 555). The Leatherworking recipes are on a vendor in Vale of Eternal Blossoms. You can enter Vale of Eternal Blossoms after completing the quest A Celestial Experience (requires level 87). After you completed the quest, you can find Krogo Darkhide (Horde) in Shrine of Two Moons and Tanner Pang (Alliance) in Shrine of Seven Stars. You'll need 1 Spirit of Harmony to purchase a recipe and you only need one recipe. You can get Spirit of Harmony by combining 10 Motes of Harmony. Motes are dropped by every mob in Pandaria, even in dungeons. The drop rate is low, so it may take you 2 hours to collect 10 motes.

Choose one recipe from the Contender's Armor recipes. It doesn't matter which one because if one of them requires more leathers, it will give you more skill points. You will need around 150 Exotic Leather or Prismatic Scale.