This WoW Leatherworking guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way how to level your Leatherworking skill up from 1 to 525. Updated for WoW patch 4.3.3

 

Leatherworking is the best combined with Skinning, it's not required to have skinning, but it's strongly recommended. Check out the Skinning Leveling Guide if you want to level Skinning. You can also buy the materials at the Auction House, but then make sure you have enough gold.

 

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold.

If you are still leveling your character or you just started a new alt, I recommend you to use a leveling guide. You can level your character to level 85 in 5 days with this guide.

 

Leatherworking guide sections:

 

Apprentice 1 - 55 Journeyman 55 - 135 Expert 135 - 210 Artisan 205 - 290 Master 290 - 350 Grand Master 350 - 425 Illustrious 425 - 525 

Approximate Materials Required for 1-525:- 57 Ruined Leather Scraps- 130 Coarse Thread- 15 Medium Hide- 75 Salt- 260 Light Leather- 160 Medium Leather- 197 Fine Thread- 31 Gray Dye- 20 Heavy Hide- 195 Heavy Leather- 410 Thick Leather- 145 Silken Thread- 410 Rugged Leather- 35 Black Dye- 92 Rune Thread- 100 Knothide Leather Scraps- 307 Knothide Leather- 28 Fel Scales- 212 Borean Leather- 123 Heavy Borean Leather (738 Borean Leather) - You will need a lot less if you use Arctic Fur. Don't buy all of these.- 100 Crystallized Water - You won't need all of these if you use Arctic Fur.- 5 Eternal Water- 50 Savage Leather Scraps- 375 Savage Leather- 168 Heavy Savage Leather (840 Savage Leather)- 68 Volatile Fire- 8 Volatile Air- 28 Volatile Water- 32 Volatile Earth

 

 

Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 55

 

 

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Apprentice.

Make sure to check out my Farming Guides if you wan to farm the leathers instead of buying them.

You should start with Light Leather farming if you want to farm the leathers.

• 1-2019 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps

• 20-30 or 1-3010 x [Light Armor Kit] - 10 Light Leather

  You can make these from 1-30 too, if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.

• 30-5020 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 40 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread

• 50-555 x [Handstitched Leather Belt] - 30 Light Leather, 5 Coarse Thread

 

55 - 135

 

 

Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.

• 55-8530 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 90 Light Leather, 60 Coarse Thread

• 85-10015 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 90 Light Leather, 30 Coarse Thread

  Keep these, you will need them.

• 100-115Keep the Medium Hides, you will need them.

  15 x [Cured Medium Hide] - 15 Medium Hide, 15 Salt

  Make [Medium Armor Kit] if you can't find Medium Hides at the AH.

Go to my Medium Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 115-13016 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 64 Medium Leather, 32 Fine Thread, 16 Gray Dye

 

135 - 200

 

 

Learn Leatherworking Expert.

Make [Dark Leather Cloak] if you still don't have [Cured Medium Hide].

• 130-14515 x [Dark Leather Belt] - 15 Fine Leather Belt, 15 Cured Medium Hide, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Die

• 145-1505 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread

• 150-1555 x [Heavy Leather] - 25 Medium Leather

  You can also make the following recipe:

  5 x [Heavy Leather Ball] - 10 Heavy Leather, 5 Fine Thread

  The pattern is sold by these NPCs.

Go to my Heavy Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 155-165You will need the Cured Heavy Hides later.

  20 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt

  Below you can find an alternative way if you don't have any Heavy Hides at all. Which is usually the case, since Heavy Hide has pretty low drop rate. If you can get 5 Heavy Hides for example, you should stop making Barbaric Leggings at 195 and start making Guardian Gloves, you can find this recipe at the 190-200 part in the guide.

  155-180 - [Heavy Armor Kit] or [Hillman's Cloak]180-190 - [Guardian Pants] or [Barbaric Leggings]190-200 - [Barbaric Leggings]

  The [Barbaric Leggings] recipe is sold by these NPCs.

• 165-18015 x [Heavy Armor Kit] - 75 Heavy Leather, 15 Fine Thread

• 180-19010 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread

• 190-20010 x [Guardian Gloves] - 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread

Go to my Thick Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 200-2055 x [Thick Armor Kit] - 25 Thick Leather, 5 Silken Thread

 

205 - 265

 

 

Learn Leatherworking Artisan.

• 205-23535 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread

• 235-25015 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread

Go to my Rugged Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 250-26518 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 90 Rugged Leather

• 265-29025 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 200 Rugged Leather, 25 Black Dye, 25 Rune Thread

  Recipe is yellow for the last few points, you might need to make more.

  If 4 Heavy Scorpid Scale are cheaper than 4 Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:

  [Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - Recipe location

  Or make [Frostsaber Boots] if one Essence of Water is cheaper than 4 Rugged Leather on your realm.

 

290 - 350

 

 

Visit your trainer learn Leatherworking Master.

• 290-30010 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 120 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread

Go to my Knothide Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 300-31020 x [Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather Scraps

  Just skip this part and start making [Knothide Armor Kit], if you don't have Knothide Leather Scraps.

• 310-32523 x [Knothide Armor Kit] - 92 Knothide Leather

• 325-33543 x [Heavy Knothide Leather] - 215 Knothide Leather

  Just go to the next step if you didn't reach 335 by making these, but then you will need a few more [Heavy Knothide Leather].

  If one Heavy Knothide Leather is cheaper than 5 Knothide Leather, stop making the Heavy Knothide Leathers when you reach 330, buy them from the Auction House instead.

• 335-3405 x [Thick Draenic Vest] - 15 Heavy Knothide Leather, 15 Rune Thread

• 340-350If you don't have to that much Fel Scales, you can make [Thick Draenic Vest] up to 345 or 350 if you can't find any Fel Scales in the AH at all.

  14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 28 Heavy Knothide Leather, 28 Fel Scales, 42 Rune Thread

  This recipe goes yellow at 345, so you will need to make a few extra ones. I suggest gathering enough materials for 14.

 

350 - 425

 

 

Visit your trainer and learn Leatherworking Grand Master.

Go to my Borean Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 350-38033 x [Borean Armor Kit] - 132 Borean Leather

  Transform all your [Borean Leather Scraps] into [Borean Leather] if you are a Skinner. The recipe is yellow up to 362, do not right click the Leather Scraps, there is actually a recipe that give you skill-ups, use that.

• 380-39010 x [Arctic Boots] - 80 Borean Leather

• 390-405Make the recipe below until you reach 400, then go to the Auction House and check the [Arctic Fur]prices. If one Arctic Fur is cheaper than 4 Heavy Borean Leather (24 Borean Leather) then buy it and make any Fur Lining recipe. Buy as many as you can and don't make the 123 Heavy Borean Leathers if you bought Arctics Furs, make more only if you need it.

  123 x [Heavy Borean Leather] - 738 Borean Leather

• 405-42020 x [Dark Frostscale Leggings] - 80 Heavy Borean Leather, 100 Crystallized Water

  Make [Dark Iceborne Leggings] if Crystallized Shadow is cheaper than Crystallized Water.

• 420-4255 x [Overcast Bracers] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Water

  The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.

 

425 - 525

 

 

Visit your trainer and learn Leatherworking Illustrious.

Go to my Savage Leather farming guide if you want to farm the leathers.

• 425-43510 x [Savage Leather] - 50 Savage Leather Scraps

  Start making the next recipe in the guide if you don't have Savage Leather Scraps, and obviously if you have more Scraps, just make Savage Leather until it turns gray.

• 435-45015 x [Savage Armor Kit] - 75 Savage Leather

• 450-46010 x [Tsunami Boots] - 70 Savage Leather, 10 Eternium Thread

  You can buy Eternium Threads from Leatherworking Supply vendors and you could also make any other item that requires 7 Savage Leather.

• 460-47010 x [Savage Cloak] - 70 Savage Leather, 10 Eternium Thread

  Or any other orange item that requires 7 Savage Leather.

• 470-4755 x [Darkbrand Boots] - 50 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread

• 475-4805 x [Darkbrand Shoulders] - 60 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread

  You could alse make [Scorched Leg Armor] up to 485.

• 480-4855 x [Darkbrand Chestguard] - 60 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread

  You could alse make [Twilight Leg Armor] up to 490 or any other orange item that requires 12 Savage Leather.

• 485-490152 x [Heavy Savage Leather] - 760 Savage Leather

• 490-4962 x [Darkbrand Leggings] - 8 Heavy Savage Leather, 24 Volatile Earth

• 496-5022 x [Cloak of Beast] - 16 Heavy Savage Leather, 4 Volatile Earth, 4 Volatile Air, 4 Volatile Water, 4 Volatile Fire

• 502-5042 x [Darkbrand Helm] - 10 Heavy Savage Leather

  It is really important to stop making these at 504!

• 504-5102 x [Cloak of Beast] - 16 Heavy Savage Leather, 4 Volatile Earth, 4 Volatile Air, 4 Volatile Water, 4 Volatile Fire

  or

  2 x [Cloak of War] - 120 Blackened Dragonscale

Check your Calendar in-game to see if the Darkmoon Faire is open, the event starts at 00:01 on the Sunday before the 1st Monday of each month.

You can gain +5 skill points by completing a single quest. Click here to read more about the quests.

• 510-525You can buy these recipes in all major cities near your Leatherworking Trainer, the NPC is labeled as "Leatherworking Supplies". This does not include Dalaran and Shattrath.

  Every vendor recipe changes to yellow after 5 skill points, this means you're going to purchase a new recipe every 5 points. Each of these recipes gives you 2 skill points. You can use different recipes, because most of them use the same amount of materials, here is the path I did:

  You will need 30 more Heavy Savage Leathers to buy the 3 recipes.

  3 x [Vicious Leather Bracers] - 30 Heavy Savage Leather, 30 Volatile Fire

  3 x [Vicious Leather Boots] - 30 Heavy Savage Leather, 30 Volatile Fire

  2 x [Vicious Leather Helm] - 20 Heavy Savage Leather, 20 Volatile Water

 

I hope you liked this WoW Leatherworking guide, GZ to 525!