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Leatherworking 1-375 Leveling Guide
We present for your reading pleasure a guide on the best way to power skill to the Leatherworking profession in World of Warcraft. We've found the recipes with the least amount of materials so that you can level quickly! And, outside of the Outland recipes, all of these recipes can be obtained from trainers!
Before you decide that maxing Leatherworking is for you, prepare yourself for some serious expense. Figure out if this really is the profession that you want. The first step is getting from skill level 1 to 300. To do this will take in the neighborhood of 500 gold in supplies, so be prepared.
Once you reach 300, things are just getting started. The trip from 300-375 is at least 10x harder and can be up to 10x more expensive as well! Depending on your server you could pay up to 5000 gold for the mats to hit skill level 375. On most servers it will end up costing you around 3,000 to 4,000 gold unless you spend a long time farming on your own.
For the skill 1 - 300 trip you will need the following ingredients:
- 275 Light Leather
- 20 Light Hide
- 75 Salt (obtained from vendors at a cost of 50c each)
- 110 Coarse Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 10c each)
- 25 Medium Hides
- 100 Fine Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 1s each)
- 25 Gray Dye (obtained from vendors at a cost of 3s, 50c each)
- 10 Heavy Hide
- 410 Heavy Leather
- 75 Black Dye (obtained from vendors at a cost of 10s each)
- 160 Silken Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 5s each)
- 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth (made by tailors)
- 10 Iron Buckles (made by blacksmiths)
- 565 Thick Leather
- 400 Rugged Leather
- 40 Rune Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 50s each)
For the trip from 300 to 375, you will not be able to get all of your recipes from the trainers. We focus on recipes that you can get from trainers, vendors and as reputation rewards. Remember, these are not the only recipes available, they are simply the ones that will help you get to 375 the fastest.
You will need the following materials for skill of 300-350:
- 4100 Knothide Leather Scraps (this is because the least amount of Knothide Leather you will need, depending on which rep paths you choose, will be 820. It takes 5 Knothide Leather Scraps for each Knothide Leather).
- 105 Rune Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 50s each).
- 45 Fel Scales
For 350-355 you need the following materials (based on which reputation item you produce):
Scryer Rep
- 20 Heavy Knothide Leather
- 50 Fel Scales
- 50 Heavy Knothide Leather
- 40 Fel Hides
- 40 Primal Shadow
- 50 Rune Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 50s each).
For 355-365:
- 40 Heavy Knothide Leather
- 200 Thick Clefthoof Leather
- 40 Primal Earth
- 20 Rune Thread (obtained from vendors at a cost of 50s each).
For 365-375 you need the following materials (based on which reputation item you produce):
Thrallmar/Honor Hold Rep
- 40 Heavy Knothide Leather
- 40 Cobra Scales
- 80 Primal Air
- 10 Primal Nether
- 20 Heavy Knothide Leather
- 10 Primal Fire
- 10 Primal Earth
It may be a wise idea if youre level 70 to farm for a lot of the materials yourself to save on the very expensive costs. However if you have the gold, buying in the auction house will save you a significant amount of time.
Return to our Leatherworking Guide for more Leatherworking Information!
Table of Contents
Skill | Item Name | Reasoning |
Apprentice Leatherworker |
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1-35 |
Light Armor Kit 1x Light Leather |
Armor kits are the best to start out with because they are cheap and give you good gains to begin with. |
25-65 |
Cured Light Hide 1x Light Hide |
Light hides can be a bit hard to find, but you'll only need 20 of them. Salt can be bought from the vendor for 50 copper. |
55-75 |
Embossed Leather Gloves 3x Light Leather |
You can make these until 85, but don't forget to train for your Journeyman skill before you hit 75. These are good for skill ups, but unless you know someone who might want them, they're good to vendor - get some of that copper back. |
Journeyman Leatherworker |
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75-85 |
Embossed Leather Gloves 3x Light Leather |
Same as stated above. Vendor these to get some copper back. |
85-100 |
Fine Leather Belt 6x Light Leather |
These will be needed for another item, so keep them. |
100-120 |
Cured Medium Hide 1x Medium Hide |
You will need a total of 25 of these for another item, so hang on to them. |
120-125 |
Fine Leather Belt 6x Light Leather |
You will need 10 more of these (for a total of 25). So keep a hold of these. |
125-150 |
Dark Leather Belt 25x Fine Leather Belt |
Now you get to use those fine leather belts and cured medium hides you were saving. These might sell on the AH, but I wouldn't anticipate too much for them. |
Expert Leatherworker |
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150-160 |
Cured Heavy Hide 1x Heavy Hide |
Ten of these will be used for another item, so save them. |
160-170 |
Heavy Armor Kit 5x Heavy Leather |
These are useful and may sell for an o.k. amount on the auction house. |
170-180 |
Dusky Leather Leggings 10x Heavy Leather |
Now you're really starting in on making actual armor. This is where things start getting expensive. |
180-190 |
Barbaric Shoulders 8x heavy leather |
Here's where you get to use those Cured Heavy Hides you saved. |
190-195 |
Dusky Leather Bracers 16x Heavy Leather |
You can actually start making these at 185, but since the shoulders cost less to make, you'll want to hold off on making these bracers until you just have to. These will get you to 195 at which point you can start the next item. |
195-205 |
Dusky Belt 10x Heavy Leather |
You'll need to find a blacksmith and a tailor to help you out with the buckles and bolts. They should be on the auction house if you don't know any. |
205-225 |
Nightscape Headband 5x Thick Leather |
You can make these until 230, but don't forget to train for your Artisan skill before you hit 225. |
Artisan Leatherworker |
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225-230 |
Nightscape Headband 5x Thick Leather |
If you want to go back and do the leatherworking quests later, you may want to save a couple of these. |
230-250 |
Nightscape Pants 14x Thick Leather |
These Nightscape items just help you along the way to 300. |
250-260 |
Nightscape Boots 16x Thick Leather |
Another Nightscape item. Almost to 300! |
260-270 |
Wicked Leather Gauntlets 8x Rugged Leather |
The Wicked Leather items will get you the last points you'll need to get to 300. |
270-280 |
Wicked Leather Bracers 8x Rugged Leather |
Notice that the bracers take the same mats as the gauntlets. You should make the gauntlets for as long as you can, then start on bracers. |
280-300 |
Wicked Leather Headband 12x Rugged Leather |
These will get you all the way to 300! Congratulations on making it this far! |
Master LeatherworkerThe Burning CrusadeAt this point, things are going to get expensive. In order to get to the coveted 375, you will need a lot of farming, a lot of rep grindiing, and a lot of gold. |
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300-310 |
Knothide Leather 5x Knothide Leather Scraps |
Since you are going to need a lot of Knothide Leather for future projects, you'll want to make these until 310 and then save them for future use. |
310-325 |
Knothide Armor Kit 4x Knothide Leather |
These are pretty good armor additions and a very cheap way to get 15 points of leatherworking skill. You could choose to make Wild Draenish Gloves of Thick Draenic Boots for a few of the points if you are going to use either of them, but I would suggest just sticking to the armor kits. |
325-335 |
Heavy Knothide Leather 5x Knothide Leather |
You can buy this recipe from leatherworking suppliers. There is one in Shattrath, one in the Exodar, and one in Silvermoon City that sells this recipe. You will need a lot of this for future items, so keep all that you make! |
335-340 |
Thick Draenic Vest 14x Knothide Leather |
Another set item, and one of the last (relatively) cheap items to make. |
340-350 |
Felscale Breastplate 14x Knothide Leather |
This is a great hunter item and part of a set, so you should try to sell this on the Auction House. The scales will take some farming to get, but it's worth it for the gains. |
Reputation ItemsAt this point, the trainer will not be selling you any more patterns, you need to earn access to them through the various factions in the Outlands |
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Scryer Rep |
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350-355 |
Enchanted Felscale Gloves 4x Heavy Knothide Leather |
You could make Enchanted Felscale Boots instead. Both take Honored reputation and the same materials. Find out which one sells for more in the auction house on your server and make that one. |
Consortium Rep |
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350-355 |
Fel Leather Boots 10x Heavy Knothide Leather |
This requires Honored reputation with the Consortium, and a ton of primal shadows. The best place to gather these for me has been the demons in Shadowmoon. |
Cenarion Expedition Rep | /tr>
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355-365 |
Heavy Clefthoof Boots 4x Heavy Knothide Leather |
This requires a Friendly reputation with the Cenarion Expedition. You can continue making these until 375, but they are expensive to make. It may be easier to continue with one of the following... |
Thrallmar or Honor Hold Rep |
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365-375 |
Nethercobra Leg Armor 4x Heavy Knothide Leather |
This requires an Exalted reputation with Thrallmar or Honor Hold. You can make these until 375. They are in high demand and sell well. After making these, congratulations on completion of your leatherworking! |
Sha'tar Rep |
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365-375 |
Drums of Battle 2x Heavy Knothide Leather |
This requires an Exalted reputation with the Sha'tar. These are a bit cheaper to make than the Thrallmar/Honor Hold item. After making these, congratulations on completion of your leatherworking! |
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