Skinning
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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.
- Master: up to 375.
- Grand Master: up to 450, from 350 skill.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
In Wrath of the Lich King, the skinning trainers in the capital cities teach the Apprentice to Artisan ranks, from 1 to 300. The Master rank, from 300 to 375, is learned in Outland, and the Grand Master rank, from 375 to 450, in Northrend, from the trainers shown in brackets.
Alliance
- Stormwind: Maris Granger.
- Ironforge: Balthus Stoneflayer.
- Darnassus: Eladriel.
- The Exodar: Remere.
- Hellfire Peninsula: Jelena Nightsky (300 – 375), at Honor Hold.
- Borean Tundra: Trapper Jack (375 – 450).
- Howling Fjord: Frederic Burrhus (375 – 450).
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Thuwd.
- Thunder Bluff: Mooranta.
- Undercity: Killian Hagey.
- Silvermoon City: Tyn.
- Hellfire Peninsula: Moorutu (300 – 375), at Thrallmar.
- Borean Tundra: Tiponi Stormwhisper (375 – 450).
- Howling Fjord: Roberta Jacks (375 – 450).
Neutral
- Shattrath City: Seymour (300 – 375).
- Dalaran: Derik Marks (375 – 450).
Guide 1 – 450
This guide takes you from 1 to 450. Up to 300, the route is the same as in Classic Era; from 300 to 350, it goes through Outland, then through Northrend up to 450. For each skill range: the zones where you can skin beasts.
You need a Skinning KnifeVendor componentSold by vendors. 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.
300 – 330
Learn the Master rank from your faction's master trainer in Hellfire Peninsula, or from Seymour in Shattrath City. Then skin the boars and other beasts of the peninsula.
- Alliance and Horde: Hellfire Peninsula.
330 – 350
Skin talbuks and clefthoofs.
- Alliance and Horde: Nagrand.
350 – 375
At 350, learn the Grand Master rank from a trainer in Northrend, or from Derik Marks in Dalaran. Then skin the beasts of the first Northrend zones: you will gather Borean LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. there.
- Alliance and Horde: Borean Tundra, Howling Fjord.
375 – 400
- Alliance and Horde: Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills.
400 – 425
- Alliance and Horde: Zul'Drak, Sholazar Basin.
425 – 450
- Alliance and Horde: The Storm Peaks, Icecrown.
Other Northrend leathers
- Nerubian ChitinLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: from nerubians.
- Icy DragonscaleLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: from dragons and proto-drakes.
- Jormungar ScaleLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: from jormungars.
- Arctic FurLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: rarer, from Northrend beasts. It is also sold by Braeg Stoutbeard, in Dalaran, for 10 Heavy Borean LeatherLeather.
- Heavy Borean LeatherLeather: it is not skinned; leatherworkers make it from 6 Borean LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house..
