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.
• Gather more materials with the Bountiful Harvest legacy talent.
• Place a Camp Chair at the camp, which increases critical strike chance.

Learning the profession

Skinning is learned from a skinning trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a minimum skill, with no character level:

• 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.

Neutral

• Zephras Isle (Skyborne): Mendalass Tattermend in Shen'dar, Ishlee Breezewhisper in Valanaar.

Guide 1 – 225

This guide takes you to 225, the maximum skill in the WoW Forever beta. For each skill range: the zones where to skin beasts, on the Alliance side and on the Horde side. The higher the beast's level, the more skill you need to skin it.

You need a Skinning Knife in your bags: it is sold by trade goods vendors and by leatherworking suppliers.

1 – 75

Skin the beasts of the starting zones. Before 75, learn the Journeyman rank from your trainer (from 50 skill).

• Alliance: Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh, Teldrassil, Zephras Isle.
• Horde: Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal Glades, Zephras Isle.

75 – 125

Move on to the following zones:

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

125 – 175

Before 150, learn the Expert rank from your trainer (from 125 skill).

• Alliance and Horde: Ashenvale, Duskwood, Hillsbrad Foothills, Wetlands.

175 – 225

Move on to the following zones:

• Alliance and Horde: Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale.

What about after 225?

You have reached the maximum skill in the beta. The rest of the guide, up to 300, will come when we have more information.