User:Ithilian Shadowsong/Leatherworking Leveling Guide

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About this guide

This guide will show you how to get your leatherworking skill up from 0 to 375. The guide will only use recipe's available at a trainer or from vendors.

This guide only uses recipes that require leather, hides and vendor bought material (thread, dye, salt).

This guide does not tell you how to get all the different recipe's from quests, vendors or drops. What you do once you hit 300 is entirely up to you.

Preparation

You are going to need a lot of leather and hides. Hides are a rare drop from skinning and difficult to get, however it is cheaper to get skill ups from hides since you can get skill ups from both curing them and later using them in recipes, so try to get the hides anyway. I will give alternatives if you don't get enough hides.

The recipe's used require vendor bought components such as threads and dye. These cost gold. To learn recipe's from a trainer also costs gold. The amount of gold needed is aproximately 40 to 50 gold if you farm all of the leather and hides. If you want to buy everything you need from the auction house expect to spend upwards to 250 gold. This does not include gold for recipe's from vendors or the auction house.

Below is a table that shows the amount of leather and hides needed. The minimum amount column shows the minimum amount needed if you would get a skill point every time you make something. However at some point a recipe will be yellow or even green when you make something so you won't allways get a skill point. The estimated amount column deals with this, so try to get the estimated amount of leather and hides. If you are buying all the leather and hides you need from the auction house, I suggest getting the minimum amount and only buy more when needed.

Materials needed.
Component	Minimum Amount	Estimated Amount
Ruined Leather Scraps	60	60
Light Leather	205	240
Medium Leather	180	220
Heavy Leather	270	310
Thick Leather	335	390
Rugged Leather	430	500
Light Hide	25	30
Medium Hide	25	30
Heavy Hide	40	40
Thick Hide	0	0
Rugged Hide	0	0
Salt	90	100
Coarse Thread	80	90
Fine Thread	70	80
Silken Thread	120	130
Heavy Silken Thread	0	0
Rune Thread	40	40

At higher skill levels you are going to need some vendor bought recipes.

List of vendors for the vendor bought recipes.
What	Who	Where
Wicked Leather Gauntlets	Leonard Porter (Alliance) Werg Thickblade (Horde)	Chillwind Point in Western Plaguelands The Bulwark in Tirisfal Glades
Heavy Scorpid Bracers	Zannok Hidepiercer (Neutral)	Valor's Rest in Silithus

Getting from 1 to 50

Make light leather from ruined leather scraps to get to 20. Make light armor kits if you don't have leather scraps.

Make light armor kits to get to 35.

Make cured light hides to get to 50. Make small leather ammo pouches if you don't have the hides.

Once you hit 50 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Journeyman Leatherworker. You have to be level 10 to become Journeyman Leatherworker.

Recipes used to get from 0 to 50.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
1	20	40	Light Leather	3x Ruined Leather Scraps	1 - 20 (20)	60x Ruined Leather Scraps
1	30	60	Light Armor Kit	1x Light Leather	20 - 35 (15)	15x Light Leather
35	55	75	Cured Light Hide	1x Light Hide, 1x Salt	35 - 50 (15)	15x Light Hide, 15x Salt
30	60	90	Small Leather Ammo Pouch	3x Light Leather, 4x Coarse Thread	35 - 50 (15)	45x Light Leather, 60x Coarse Thread

Getting from 50 to 125

Make some more cured light hides to get to 60. Make small leather ammo pouches to 55 and embossed leather gloves to 60 if you don't have the hides.

Make embossed leather gloves to get to 90 and embossed leather cloaks to get to 95.

Make fine leather belts to get to 100. Keep the belts, they will be used later on.

Make cured medium hides to get to 120. You will need at least 25 cured medium hides in recipes used in the next chapter. Make fine leather belts to 115 and medium armor kits to 120 if you don't have the hides.

Make Dark leather boots to get to 125.

Moonglow Vest Quest

There is an alliance only leatherworking quest that requires you to make embossed leather gloves, boots and cloaks called "Moonglow Vest". You need to make one pair of gloves, five boots and five cloaks for this quest. The gloves and cloaks are allready part of the normal guide so just set those aside for the quest. Make five embossed leather boots from 80 to 85 instead of gloves to get the boots. You can get the quest from Lotherias in Darnassus near the leatherworking trainer.

Once you hit 125 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Expert Leatherworker. You have to be level 20 to become Expert Leatherworker.

Recipes used to get from 50 to 125.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
35	55	75	Cured Light Hide	1x Light Hide, 1x Salt	50 - 60 (10)	10x Light Hide, 10x Salt
55	85	115	Embossed Leather Gloves	3x Light Leather, 2x Coarse Thread	60 - 90 (30)	90x Light Leather, 60x Coarse Thread
60	90	120	Embossed Leather Cloak	5x Light Leather, 2x Coarse Thread	90 - 95 (5)	25x Light Leather, 10x Coarse Thread
80	110	140	Fine leather Belt	6x Light Leather, 2x Coarse Thread	95 - 100 (5)	30x Light Leather, 10x Coarse Thread
100	115	130	Cured Medium Hide	1x Medium Hide, 1x Salt	100 - 120 (20)	20x Medium Hide, 20x Salt
100	115	130	Medium Armor Kit	4x Medium Leather, 1x Coarse Thread	100 - 120 (20)	80x Medium Leather, 20x Coarse Thread
100	125	150	Dark Leather Boots	4x Medium Leather, 2x Fine Thread, 1x Gray Dye	120 - 125 (5)	20x Medium Leather, 10x Fine Thread, 5x Gray Dye

Recipes used for the Moonglow Vest quest.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
55	85	115	Embossed Leather Gloves	3x Light Leather, 2x Coarse Thread	60 - 61 (1)	3x Light Leather, 2x Coarse Thread
55	85	115	Embossed Leather Boots	8x Light Leather, 5x Coarse Thread	80 - 85 (5)	40x Light Leather, 25x Coarse Thread
60	90	120	Embossed Leather Cloak	5x Light Leather, 2x Coarse Thread	90 - 95 (5)	25x Light Leather, 10x Coarse Thread

Getting from 125 to 200

Use the fine leather belts made earlier to make dark leather belts to get to 130.

Make hillman's shoulders to get to 150.

Iif you don't have the medium hides, make dark leather boots to get to 130, dark leather cloaks to get to 140, dark leather pants to get to 145 and hillman's leather gloves to get to 150.

At 150 skill you can make cured heavy hides. You need 40 cured heavy hides in future recipe's so make those.

Make heavy armor kits to get to 175.

Make barbaric shoulders to 190 and guardian gloves to 200.

If you don't have the heavy hides, make heavy armor kits to get to 175, green leather armor to get to 185 and dusky bracers to get to 200. The green leather armor is a vendor bought recipe form Wenna Silkbeard in Wetlands for the alliance and George Candarte in Hillsbrad Foothills for the horde. If you have a limited amount of heavy hides, use them to make guardian gloves. The dusky bracers recipe is expensive.

Once you hit 200 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Artisan Leatherworker. You have to be level 35 to become Artisan Leatherworker.

Recipes used to get from 125 to 200.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
125	150	175	Dark Leather Belt	1x Fine Leather Belt, 1x Cured Medium Hide, 2x Fine Thread, 1x Gray Dye	125 - 130 (5)	5x Fine Leather Belt, 5x Cured Medium Hide, 10x Fine Thread, 5x Gray Dye
130	155	180	Hillman's Shoulders	1x Cured Medium Hide, 4x Medium Leather, 1x Fine Thread	130 - 150 (20)	20x Cured Medium Hide, 80x Medium Leather, 20x Fine Thread
150	160	170	Cured Heavy Hide, 1x Heavy Hide	3x Salt	150 - 165 (15)	15x Heavy Hide, 45x Salt
150	170	190	Heavy Armor Kit	5x Heavy Leather, 1x Fine Thread	165 - 175 (10)	50x Heavy Leather, 10x Fine Thread
155	175	195	Green Leather Armor	9x Heavy Leather, 2x Green Dye, 4x Fine Thread	175 - 185 (10)	90x Heavy Leather, 20x Green Dye, 40x Fine Thread
175	195	215	Barbaric Shoulders	8x Heavy Leather, 1x Cured Heavy Hide, 2x Fine Thread	175 - 190 (15)	120x Heavy Leather, 15x Cured Heavy Hide, 30x Fine Thread
185	205	225	Dusky Bracers	16x Heavy Leather, 1x Black Dye, 2x Silken Thread	185 - 200 (15)	240x Heavy Leather, 15x Black Dye, 30x Silken Thread
190	210	230	Guardian Gloves	4x Heavy Leather, 1x Cured Heavy Hide, 1x Silken Thread	190 - 200 (10)	40x Heavy Leather, 10x Cured Heavy Hide, 10x Silken Thread

Getting from 200 to 275

Make some more guardian gloves to get to 215. Make thick armor kits if you don't have the hides needed.

Make thick armor kits to get to 225.

Make nightscape headbands to get to 235. Normally i don't go this far into yellow with a recipe, however the headbands are so cheap to make compared to other available recipes that it is still wortwhile even if you only get a skill point every two or three headbands.

Make nightscape pants to get to 250.

Make rugged armor kits to get to 260.

Make Wicked Leather Gauntlets to get to 275. If you can get Heavy Scorpid Scale cheaply or easily you can also use the Heavy Scorpid Bracers recipe to get to 275. Both the Wicked Leather Gauntlets and Heavy Scorpid Bracers are vendor bought recipes.

Once you hit 275 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Master Leatherworker. You have to be level 50 to become Master Leatherworker.

Recipes used to get from 200 to 275.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
190	210	230	Guardian Gloves	4x Heavy Leather, 1x Cured Heavy Hide, 1x Silken Thread	200 - 215 (15)	60x Heavy Leather, 15x Cured Heavy Hide, 15x Silken Thread
200	220	240	Thick Armor Kit	5x Thick Leather, 1x Silken Thread	215 - 225 (10)	50x Thick Leather, 10x Silken Thread
205	225	245	Nightscape Headband	5x Thick Leather, 2x Silken Thread	225 - 235 (15)	75x Thick Leather, 30x Silken Thread
230	250	270	Nightscape Pants	14x Thick Leather, 4x Silken Thread	235 - 250 (15)	210x Thick Leather, 60x Silken Thread
250	250	270	Rugged Armor Kit	5x Rugged Leather	250 - 260 (10)	50x Rugged Leather
255	275	295	Heavy Scorpid Bracers	4x Rugged Leather, 4x Heavy Scorpid Scale, 1x Rune Thread	260 - 275 (15)	60x Rugged Leather, 60x Heavy Scorpid Scale, 15x Rune Thread
260	280	300	Wicked Leather Gauntlets	8x Rugged Leather, 1x Black Dye, 1x Rune Thread	260 - 275 (15)	120x Rugged Leather, 15x Black Dye, 15x Rune Thread

Wild Leather Quest Line

At level 30 and with 200 leatherworking you can do the Wild Leather quest line in Feralas. For Alliance the questline starts with Pratt McGrubben in Feathermoon Stronghold. For Horde the questline starts with Jangdor Swiftstrider in Camp Mojache. The questline is a prerequisite for the tribal leatherworking specialization.

Allthough you can start the quests at 200 leatherworking, most of the recipes used require a higher skill level. We can use this to get some skill points.

For the complete questline you have to make the following:

• 6x Thick Armor Kit
• 2x Nightscape Headband
• 2x Nightscape Tunic
• 2x Turtle Scale Gloves
• 2x Turtle Scale Bracers
• 2x Turtle Scale Breastplate
• 2x Nightscape Pants
• 2x Turtle Scale Helm
• 2x Nightscape Boots

Follow the normal guide in the section above until 215.

Make in the following order six Thick Armor Kits, two Nightscape Tunics, two Turtle Scale Gloves, two Turtle Scale Bracers and two Turtle Scale Breastplates.

Make Nightscape Headbands to get to 235, keep two for the quest.

Make two Turtle Scale Helms and two Nightscape Boots.

Make Nightscape Pants to get to 250, keep two for the quest.

You should now have all the items needed for the wild leather questline.

Recipes used for the Wild Leather quests.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
200	220	240	Thick Armor Kit	5x Thick Leather, 1x Silken Thread	215 - 221 (6)	30x Thick Leather, 6x Silken Thread
205	225	245	Nightscape Headband	5x Thick Leather, 2x Silken Thread	221 - 223 (2)	10x Thick Leather, 4x Silken Thread
205	225	245	Nightscape Tunic	7x Thick Leather, 2x Silken Thread	223 - 225 (2)	14x Thick Leather, 4x Silken Thread
205	225	245	Turtle Scale Gloves	6x Thick Leather, 8x Turtle Scale, 1x Heavy Silken Thread	225 - 227 (2)	12x Thick Leather, 16x Turtle Scale, 2x Heavy Silken Thread
210	230	250	Turtle Scale Bracers	8x Thick Leather, 12x Turtle Scale, 1x Heavy Silken Thread	227 - 229 (2)	16x Thick Leather, 24x Turtle Scale, 2x Heavy Silken Thread
210	230	250	Turtle Scale Breastplate	6x Thick Leather, 12x Turtle Scale, 1x Heavy Silken Thread	229 - 231 (2)	12x Thick Leather, 24x Turtle Scale, 2x Heavy Silken Thread
230	250	270	Nightscape Pants	14x Thick Leather, 4x Silken Thread	231 - 233 (2)	28x Thick Leather, 8x Silken Thread
230	250	270	Turtle Scale Helm	14x Thick Leather, 24x Turtle Scale, 1x Heavy Silken Thread	233 - 235 (2)	28x Thick Leather, 48x Turtle Scale, 2x Heavy Silken Thread
235	255	275	Nightscape Boots	16x Thick Leather, 2x Heavy Silken Thread	235 - 237 (2)	32x Thick Leather, 4x Heavy Silken Thread

Materials needed for the wild leather quest.
Component	Amount
Thick Leather	192
Turtle Scale	112
Silken Thread	16
Heavy Silken Thread	12
Wildvine	7

Getting from 275 to 375

Make Wicked Leather Gauntlets to get to 280, Wicked Leather Bracers to get to 290 and Wicked Leather Headbands to get to 300.

Knothide Leather

Thick Draenic Gloves

Thick Draenic Boots

Thick Draenic Vest

Scaled Draenic Boots

Congratulations, you now have 375 skill in leatherworking.

Recipes used to get from 275 to 375.
Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
260	280	300	Wicked Leather Gauntlets	8x Rugged Leather, 1x Black Dye, 1x Rune Thread	275 - 280 (5)	40x Rugged Leather, 5x Black Dye, 5x Rune Thread
265	285	305	Wicked Leather Bracers	8x Rugged Leather, 1x Black Dye, 1x Rune Thread	280 - 290 (10)	80x Rugged Leather, 10x Black Dye, 10x Rune Thread
280	300	320	Wicked Leather Headbands	12x Rugged Leather, 1x Black Dye, 1x Rune Thread	290 - 300 (10)	120x Rugged Leather, 10x Black Dye, 10x Rune Thread
300	300	310	Knothide Leather	5x Knothide Leather Scraps	300 - 310 (10)
300	310	330	Thick Draenic Gloves	6x Knothide Leather, 2x Rune Thread	310 - 320 (10)
320	330	350	Thick Draenic Boots	10x Knothide Leather, 3x Rune Thread	320 - 325 (5)
325	325	335	Heavy Knothide Leather	5x Knothide Leather	325 - 335 (10)
230	340	360	Thick Draenic Vest	14x Knothide Leather, 3x Rune Thread	235 - 345 (10)
235	345	365	Scaled Draenic Boots	12x Knothide Leather, 2x Fel Scales, 3x Rune Thread	345 - 350 (5)