Leatherworking Leveling Guide

Overview

Leatherworkers make leather and mail armor, armor kits and bags of leather goods from the pelts of beasts. Skinning supplies nearly everything, although the Auction House works when leather is cheap. Where two reagents compete, the route below gives both versions and the price rule for choosing.

Beta build: the skill thresholds on this page were checked against the Forever beta client. Reagents and thresholds can still move before release, and a recipe that has gone yellow no longer gives a point on every craft, so buy a small margin.

Vendor goods: Coarse, Fine and Silken Thread, Gray Dye and Salt are sold by the Leatherworking Supply vendor beside most trainers. The Elwynn Forest and Tirisfal Glades trainers have none nearby: use Tharynn Bouden in Goldshire or Abigail Shiel in Brill.
Hides: Light, Medium and Heavy Hide are rarer skinning drops that you cure with Salt. Several cheap steps depend on them, so check their price before starting.
Earlier thresholds than Classic: many patterns fade about 25 points sooner in Forever. Follow the numbers here, not a Classic list.
Camp items: Camp Tent at skill 20 (5 Light Leather) grants rested experience at a campfire, up to 5% of a level once an hour. Tanning Rack (skill 140: 5 Medium Leather, 3 Fine Thread, 2 Simple Wood) and Sewing Machine (skill 300) are crafting stations learned from blueprints.

Trainers

Rank	Skill cap	Requirement	Trainer fee
Apprentice	75	Available to a new character on the beta	10 copper
Journeyman	150	Skill 50, level 10	5 silver
Expert	225	Skill 125, level 20	50 silver
Artisan	300	Skill 200, level 35	5 gold

Apprentice

Horde

Kamari — Orgrimmar
Dan Golthas — Undercity
Mak — Thunder Bluff
Chaw Stronghide — Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore
Shelene Rhobart — Crossroads south-east of Brill, Tirisfal Glades

Alliance

Randal Worth — Stormwind City
Gretta Finespindle — Ironforge
Darianna — Darnassus
Adele Fielder — House by Crystal Lake, Elwynn Forest
Nadyia Maneweaver — Beside the road to Darnassus, Teldrassil

Durotar and Dun Morogh have no Leatherworking trainer. Skyborne learn on Zephras Isle from Emerii Tallgust (Valanaar) or Indari Sunseam (Shen'dar Village).

Journeyman

Horde

Karolek — Orgrimmar
Arthur Moore — Undercity
Tarn — Thunder Bluff

Alliance

Simon Tanner — Stormwind City
Fimble Finespindle — Ironforge
Faldron — Darnassus

Expert & Artisan

Expert

Una — Thunder Bluff (Horde)
Telonis — Darnassus (Alliance)

Artisan

Hahrana Ironhide — Camp Mojache, Feralas (Horde)
Drakk Stonehand — Aerie Peak, The Hinterlands (Alliance)

Apprentice (1-55)

Skill	Craft	Materials
1-30	33× Light LeatherYellow from 20. Bought Light Leather instead of scraps? Make Light Armor Kits (1 Light Leather each) up to 30.	100 Ruined Leather Scraps
30-55	27× Cured Light HideYellow from 50. Keep 24 for the pants at 100.	27 Light Hide 27 Salt

Journeyman (55-130)

Skill	Craft	Materials
55-75	21× Embossed Leather GlovesThe last five points are yellow.	63 Light Leather 42 Coarse Thread
75-80	8× Medium LeatherConverting leather gives points for this short window only.	32 Light Leather
80-90	10× Cured Medium HideKeep all ten for the belts at 115.	10 Medium Hide 10 Salt
90-100	19× Fine Leather BeltYellow, hence the extra crafts. Keep ten belts.	114 Light Leather 38 Coarse Thread
100-115	24× Light Leather PantsUses the hides cured at 30. Yellow from start to finish.	240 Light Leather 24 Cured Light Hide 24 Fine Thread
115-125	10× Dark Leather BeltConsumes the belts and hides you kept.	10 Fine Leather Belt 10 Cured Medium Hide 20 Fine Thread 10 Gray Dye
125-130	7× Heavy LeatherAnother conversion that only pays for five points.	35 Medium Leather

Expert (130-210)

Which tab? Price 20 Heavy Hide against roughly 170 Heavy Leather plus 15 Moss Agate. If the hides are cheaper, take the Cured Heavy Hide tab; if not, take the other one.

Skill	Craft	Materials
130-140	20× Cured Heavy HideReagents for the two steps at 155.	20 Heavy Hide 60 Salt
140-155	16× Hillman's Leather GlovesYellow from 145.	224 Medium Leather 64 Fine Thread
155-165	10× Barbaric Shoulders	80 Heavy Leather 10 Cured Heavy Hide 20 Fine Thread
165-175	10× Guardian Gloves	40 Heavy Leather 10 Cured Heavy Hide 10 Silken Thread

Skill	Craft	Materials
130-150	21× Hillman's Leather GlovesYellow from 145.	294 Medium Leather 84 Fine Thread
150-165	15× Barbaric LeggingsVendor pattern: Jandia (Thousand Needles) or Keena (Arathi Highlands) for the Horde, Hammon Karwn (Arathi Highlands) or Lardan (Ashenvale) for the Alliance.	150 Heavy Leather 30 Fine Thread 15 Moss Agate
165-175	10× Barbaric HarnessIron Buckles are made by Blacksmiths.	140 Heavy Leather 20 Fine Thread 10 Iron Buckle

175-210 (both tabs)

Skill	Craft	Materials
175-195	26× Guardian GlovesTurns yellow in the second half. Each Cured Heavy Hide costs 1 Heavy Hide and 3 Salt.	104 Heavy Leather 26 Cured Heavy Hide 26 Silken Thread
195-210	21× Nightscape HeadbandGoes yellow shortly after 200.	105 Thick Leather 42 Silken Thread

Artisan (210-300)

Train Artisan at skill 200 and level 35 with Hahrana Ironhide (Camp Mojache, Feralas, Horde) or Drakk Stonehand (Aerie Peak, The Hinterlands, Alliance). They are also the only trainers who teach the pattern for the next step; the Expert trainers in Thunder Bluff and Darnassus do not.

Skill	Craft	Materials
210-225	15× Nightscape Pants	210 Thick Leather 60 Silken Thread

Not played yet: the beta level cap stops characters short of Artisan, so this range rests on the skill thresholds stored in the client, not on a tested run. Forever shifted many thresholds compared with Classic, so a Classic Era route is not a safe substitute. Check this part again at launch.

The 225-300 steps will be added here once they have been played on live servers.

Shopping List

Range	Materials
1-55	100 Ruined Leather Scraps, 27 Light Hide, 27 Salt
55-130	449 Light Leather, 10 Medium Hide, 35 Medium Leather, 80 Coarse Thread, 44 Fine Thread, 10 Gray Dye, 10 Salt
130-175 (with hides)	20 Heavy Hide, 224 Medium Leather, 120 Heavy Leather, 60 Salt, 84 Fine Thread, 10 Silken Thread
130-175 (without)	294 Medium Leather, 290 Heavy Leather, 15 Moss Agate, 10 Iron Buckle, 134 Fine Thread
175-225	104 Heavy Leather, 26 Heavy Hide, 78 Salt, 315 Thick Leather, 128 Silken Thread