Skinning

Skinning

Overview

Skinning is a primary gathering profession. It lets you collect leather and hides from defeated beasts.

It pairs naturally with Leatherworking, which turns that leather into armor.

What this profession is for

• Gather leather and hides for Leatherworking, or to sell them.

Learning the profession

Skinning is learned from a skinning trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a minimum skill:

• Apprentice: up to 75 skill.
• Journeyman: up to 150, from 50 skill.
• Expert: up to 225, from 125 skill.
• Artisan: up to 300, from 200 skill.

Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.

All these trainers teach the 4 ranks, up to Artisan.

Alliance

• Stormwind City: Maris Granger.
• Ironforge: Balthus Stoneflayer.
• Darnassus: Eladriel.
• Elwynn Forest: Helene Peltskinner.
• Teldrassil: Radnaal Maneweaver.
• Redridge Mountains: Wilma Ranthal.
• Ashenvale: Jayla.

Horde

• Orgrimmar: Thuwd.
• Thunder Bluff: Mooranta.
• Undercity: Killian Hagey.
• Mulgore: Yonn Deepcut.
• Tirisfal Glades: Rand Rhobart.
• The Barrens: Dranh.
• Desolace: Malux.
• Feralas: Kulleg Stonehorn.

Guide 1 – 300

This guide takes you from 1 to 300. For each skill range: the zones where you can skin beasts.

You need a Skinning Knife in your bags: it is sold by general goods vendors.

1 – 50

Skin the beasts of the starting zones. Remember to learn the Journeyman rank at 50.

• Alliance: Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh.
• Horde: Durotar.

50 – 100

Move on to the following zones:

• Alliance: Westfall, Loch Modan.
• Horde: The Barrens.

100 – 125

Remember to learn the Expert rank at 125.

• Alliance: Wetlands.
• Horde: The Barrens.

125 – 150

• Alliance and Horde: Hillsbrad Foothills.

150 – 200

Remember to learn the Artisan rank at 200.

• Alliance and Horde: Arathi Highlands.

200 – 250

• Alliance and Horde: Feralas.

250 – 300

• Alliance and Horde: Un'Goro Crater.