Leatherworking
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Leatherworking
Overview
Leatherworking is a primary crafting profession. It lets you craft leather and mail armor pieces.
It pairs naturally with Skinning, which provides the leather.
What this profession is for
- Craft leather and mail armor.
Learning the profession
Leatherworking is learned from a leatherworking trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a character level and a minimum skill:
- Apprentice: up to 75 skill, from level 5.
- Journeyman: up to 150, from 50 skill and level 10.
- Expert: up to 225, from 125 skill and level 20.
- Artisan: up to 300, from 200 skill and level 35.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
In brackets, what each trainer teaches: 75 (Apprentice rank, from 0 to 75), 75 + (Journeyman rank, from 75 to 150), 150 + (Expert rank, from 150 to 225), 225 + (Artisan rank, from 225 to 300).
Alliance
- Stormwind City: Randal Worth (75) and Simon Tanner (75 +).
- Ironforge: Gretta Finespindle (75) and Fimble Finespindle (75 +).
- Darnassus: Darianna (75), Faldron (75 +) and Telonis (150 +).
- Ashenvale: Aayndia Floralwind (75 +).
- The Hinterlands: Drakk Stonehand (225 +).
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Kamari (75) and Karolek (75 +).
- Thunder Bluff: Mak (75), Tarn (75 +) and Una (150 +).
- Undercity: Dan Golthas (75) and Arthur Moore (75 +).
- The Barrens: Krulmoo Fullmoon (75 +).
- Stranglethorn Vale: Brawn (75 +).
- Feralas: Hahrana Ironhide (225 +).
Guide 1 – 300
This guide takes you from 1 to 300. It mostly uses recipes taught by trainers; two patterns are obtained another way, noted below. Quantities are estimates: once a recipe is no longer orange, you sometimes need to craft a few more.
Required components
- Ruined Leather ScrapsLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 120
- Light LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 128
- Light HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 10
- SaltVendor componentSold by vendors.: 65
- Coarse ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors.: 100
- Medium HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 25
- Medium LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 220
- Fine ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors.: 95
- Gray DyeVendor componentSold by vendors.: 35
- Heavy HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 10
- Heavy LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 445
- Black DyeVendor componentSold by vendors.: 55
- Silken ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors.: 160
- Thick LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 545
- Heavy Silken ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors.: 20
- Rugged LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 400
- Rune ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors.: 40
Leather and hides are gathered with Skinning, or bought at the auction house. Threads, dyes and salt are sold by leatherworking suppliers.
1 – 30
Start by turning the scraps into Light Leather, and keep it: it is used next.
- Light LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (40): Ruined Leather ScrapsLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (120).
30 – 45
Craft Light Armor Kits.
- Light Armor KitCrafted item (18): Light LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (18).
45 – 55
Cure a few Light Hides. At 50, go back to your trainer to learn the Journeyman rank.
- Cured Light HideCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 35 skill. (10): Light HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (10), SaltVendor componentSold by vendors. (10).
55 – 100
Move on to Embossed Leather Gloves.
- Embossed Leather GlovesCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 55 skill. (50): Light LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (150), Coarse ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (100).
100 – 120
Cure Medium Hides.
- Cured Medium HideCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 100 skill. (25): Medium HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (25), SaltVendor componentSold by vendors. (25).
120 – 135
Craft Dark Leather Boots. At 125, go back to a trainer to learn the Expert rank, from Telonis (Darnassus) or Una (Thunder Bluff).
- Dark Leather BootsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 100 skill. (15): Medium LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (60), Fine ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (30), Gray DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (15).
135 – 150
Move on to Dark Leather Cloaks.
- Dark Leather CloakCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 110 skill. (20): Medium LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (160), Fine ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (20), Gray DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (20).
150 – 160
Cure a few Heavy Hides and keep them: they are used around 180.
- Cured Heavy HideCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 150 skill. (10): Heavy HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (10), SaltVendor componentSold by vendors. (30).
160 – 180
Craft Heavy Armor Kits.
- Heavy Armor KitCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 150 skill. (25): Heavy LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (125), Fine ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (25).
180 – 190
Move on to Barbaric Shoulders.
- Barbaric ShouldersCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (10): Heavy LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (80), Cured Heavy HideCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 150 skill. (10), Fine ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (20).
190 – 205
Craft Dusky Bracers. At 200, go back to a trainer to learn the Artisan rank, from Drakk Stonehand (The Hinterlands) or Hahrana Ironhide (Feralas).
- Dusky BracersCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 185 skill. (15): Heavy LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (240), Black DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (15), Silken ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (30).
205 – 235
Move on to Nightscape Headbands.
- Nightscape HeadbandCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 205 skill. (35): Thick LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (175), Silken ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (70).
235 – 250
Craft Nightscape Pants.
- Nightscape PantsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 230 skill. (15): Thick LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (210), Silken ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (60).
250 – 260
Move on to Nightscape Boots.
- Nightscape BootsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 235 skill. (10): Thick LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (160), Heavy Silken ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (20).
260 – 280
The Wicked Leather Gauntlets pattern is not taught by trainers: it is sold by Leonard Porter (Western Plaguelands, Alliance) or Werg Thickblade (Tirisfal Glades, Horde). These vendors offer only one copy at a time: if it is sold out, you have to wait for it to come back.
- Wicked Leather GauntletsCrafted itemRecipe bought from a vendor at 260 skill. (20): Rugged LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (160), Black DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (20), Rune ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (20).
280 – 300
The Wicked Leather Headband pattern drops from Jadefire Tricksters, in Felwood.
- Wicked Leather HeadbandCrafted itemRecipe found on monsters at 280 skill. (20): Rugged LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (240), Black DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (20), Rune ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (20).
