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.
- Master: up to 375.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
In The Burning Crusade, every leatherworking trainer in the capital cities teaches the Apprentice to Artisan ranks, from 1 to 300. The Master rank, from 300 to 375, is learned in Outland, from the master trainers shown in brackets.
Alliance
- Stormwind: Simon Tanner.
- Ironforge: Fimble Finespindle.
- Darnassus: Telonis.
- The Exodar: Akham.
- Hellfire Peninsula: Brumman (300 – 375), at Honor Hold.
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Karolek.
- Thunder Bluff: Una.
- Undercity: Arthur Moore.
- Silvermoon City: Lynalis.
- Hellfire Peninsula: Barim Spilthoof (300 – 375), at Thrallmar.
Neutral
- Shattrath City: Darmari (300 – 375).
Specializations
From 225 skill and level 40, a quest lets you choose a specialization: each one gives access to its own patterns.
- Dragonscale Leatherworking: Peter Galen, in Azshara (Alliance), or Thorkaf Dragoneye, in the Badlands (Horde).
- Elemental Leatherworking: Sarah Tanner, in Searing Gorge (Alliance), or Brumn Winterhoof, in the Arathi Highlands (Horde).
- Tribal Leatherworking: Caryssia Moonhunter, in Feralas (Alliance), or Se'Jib, in Stranglethorn Vale (Horde).
Guide 1 – 375
This guide takes you from 1 to 375. Up to 300, the route is the same as in Classic Era; beyond that, it goes through Outland's leathers. Several patterns are obtained away from trainers, noted below. Quantities are estimates: once a recipe is no longer orange, you sometimes need to craft a few more.
Required components from 1 to 300
- 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.
Required components from 300 to 375
- Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 1510
- Rune ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors.: 60
- Thick Clefthoof LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 24
- Fel HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 24
Leathers are gathered with Skinning, or bought at the auction house. Rune Thread is 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.
- 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.
- 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).
300 – 325
Learn the Master rank from your faction's master trainer in Hellfire Peninsula, or from Darmari in Shattrath City. If you gathered Knothide Leather ScrapsLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house., first turn them into Knothide Leather: it takes 5 scraps for 1 leather. Then craft Knothide Armor Kits: the recipe turns yellow around 310, so you sometimes need a few more.
- Knothide Armor KitCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 300 skill. (30): Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (120).
325 – 335
The Heavy Knothide Leather pattern is not taught by trainers: it is sold by Cro Threadstrong, in Shattrath City. This vendor offers only one copy at a time: if it is sold out, you have to wait for it to come back. Craft 222 Heavy Knothide Leather: skill-ups stop around 335, but the rest are used up to 375.
- Heavy Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (222): Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (1110).
335 – 350
Craft Thick Draenic Vests. The recipe turns yellow around 340: you sometimes need to craft a few more.
- Thick Draenic VestCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 330 skill. (20): Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (280), Rune ThreadVendor componentSold by vendors. (60).
350 – 365
Move on to Heavy Knothide Armor Kits, taught by trainers. The recipe turns green around 360: you sometimes need to craft more.
- Heavy Knothide Armor KitCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 350 skill. (50): Heavy Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (150).
365 – 370
The Drums of Battle pattern is sold by Almaador, in Shattrath City, once you are Honored with The Sha'tar. The recipe is already yellow: you sometimes need to craft one or two more.
- Drums of BattleCrafted itemRecipe bought from a vendor at 365 skill. (6): Heavy Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (36), Thick Clefthoof LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (24).
370 – 375
Finish with Drums of Panic. Their pattern is sold by Alurmi, in Tanaris, once you are Honored with the Keepers of Time. The recipe is already yellow: you sometimes need to craft one or two more.
- Drums of PanicCrafted itemRecipe bought from a vendor at 370 skill. (6): Heavy Knothide LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (36), Fel HideLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (24).
