WoW Forever Leatherworking Guide 1 to 300: Route, Mats and New Recipes

Take Skinning with Leatherworking and follow the route below from 1 to 225. The last 75 points open with Artisan training.

Leatherworking makes leather and mail armor, cloaks and armor kits, so it suits Druids, Hunters, Rogues and Shamans. Leather and hides are most of the cost, which is why Skinning is the pair.

Before you start:

• Keep the belts and cured hides the route marks. Later recipes use them.
• Buy a few extra of each leather. Many recipes turn grey sooner than in Classic, so Classic craft counts run short.

This list covers the Heavy Hide route from 1 to 225. Each row shows what to buy after the leather you craft along the way.

Material	Buy	Why
Ruined Leather Scraps	100	1 to 30
Light Hide	27	Cured Light Hide
Light Leather	416	449 used, 33 made at 1 to 30
Medium Hide	10	Cured Medium Hide
Medium Leather	251 to 307	259 to 315 used, 8 made
Heavy Hide	46	20 at 130 to 140, 26 for 175 to 195
Heavy Leather	217	224 used, 7 made
Thick Leather	315	Nightscape Headband and Nightscape Pants
Salt	175	97 on the route, 78 to cure the 26 extra hides
Coarse Thread	80	Embossed Leather Gloves and Fine Leather Belt
Fine Thread	128 to 144	Light Leather Pants, Dark Leather Belt, Hillman's Leather Gloves, Barbaric Shoulders
Silken Thread	138	Guardian Gloves, Nightscape Headband and Nightscape Pants
Gray Dye	10	Dark Leather Belt

Medium Leather and Fine Thread print as ranges because Hillman's Leather Gloves take 16 to 20 crafts. Recipes that turn yellow can need a few extra crafts, so keep a small reserve.

Thread, dye and salt come from the Leatherworking Supply vendor near the trainers. Spare leather sells, and the gold guide covers what gathering and crafting earn.

Follow the table from top to bottom. Craft each item until your skill reaches the end of its range.

Skill	Craft	Materials
1 to 30	33 Light Leather	100 Ruined Leather Scraps (3 each) Yellow from 20. With Light Leather in your bags, craft Light Armor Kits instead, 1 Light Leather each
30 to 55	27 Cured Light Hide	27 Light Hide, 27 Salt Keep 24 for Light Leather Pants
55 to 75	21 Embossed Leather Gloves	63 Light Leather, 42 Coarse Thread Train Journeyman at the end of this row
75 to 80	8 Medium Leather	32 Light Leather
80 to 90	10 Cured Medium Hide	10 Medium Hide, 10 Salt Keep all 10
90 to 100	19 Fine Leather Belt	114 Light Leather, 38 Coarse Thread Keep 10 belts
100 to 115	24 Light Leather Pants	240 Light Leather, 24 Cured Light Hide, 24 Fine Thread
115 to 125	10 Dark Leather Belt	10 Fine Leather Belt, 10 Cured Medium Hide, 20 Fine Thread, 10 Gray Dye Train Expert at the end of this row

This table uses Heavy Hide for the 130 to 175 stretch. If Heavy Hide is cheap on your realm, follow it. If Heavy Hide is dear, use the branch below the table.

Skill	Craft	Materials
125 to 130	7 Heavy Leather	35 Medium Leather
130 to 140	20 Cured Heavy Hide	20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt Keep all 20
140 to 155	16 to 20 Hillman's Leather Gloves	14 Medium Leather and 4 Fine Thread each Yellow from 145
155 to 165	10 Barbaric Shoulders	80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread
165 to 175	10 Guardian Gloves	40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread
175 to 195	26 Guardian Gloves	104 Heavy Leather, 26 Cured Heavy Hide, 26 Silken Thread Yellow from 185. Cure 26 more Heavy Hide, 3 Salt each
195 to 210	21 Nightscape Headband	105 Thick Leather, 42 Silken Thread Yellow from 200
210 to 225	15 Nightscape Pants	210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread Taught by the Artisan trainers only

The branch without Heavy Hide replaces the 130 to 175 rows and rejoins the table at 175. You still need the 26 Cured Heavy Hide for 175 to 195.

Skill	Craft	Materials
130 to 150	21 Hillman's Leather Gloves	294 Medium Leather, 84 Fine Thread Yellow from 145
150 to 165	15 Barbaric Leggings	150 Heavy Leather, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Moss Agate Vendors in Thousand Needles, Arathi Highlands and Ashenvale sell the pattern
165 to 175	10 Barbaric Harness	140 Heavy Leather, 20 Fine Thread, 10 Iron Buckle

Dusky Bracers also work for 165 to 175: 16 Heavy Leather, 1 Black Dye and 2 Silken Thread each.

The beta caps characters at level 30 since 1 October, and Artisan training needs level 35. So 225 to 300 opens on live realms only, from launch on 4 November.

The table lists the crafts in the order the plan uses them, with the materials for each craft.

Craft	Mats per craft	Learned from
Rugged Armor Kit	5 Rugged Leather	Trainer
Wicked Leather Gauntlets	8 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread	Pattern, skill 235
Tooled Leather Gauntlets (new)	10 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread, 1 Orange Dye	Pattern, skill 260
Blue Suede Hat (new)	16 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread, 4 Blue Dye	Pattern, skill 280

All 4 crafts run on Rugged Leather, and so does the Sewing Machine. Tooled Leather Gauntlets give Intellect and Spirit, and Blue Suede Hat gives Strength and Agility. Both bind when equipped, so a Leatherworker can sell them. A Mystic Rugged Armor Kit from the Favor vendor is an extra option.

We check this range on live realms between 4 and 11 November and add the craft counts after it.

Forever adds more than 270 new Leatherworking recipes to the Classic list, more than 500 in all.

• Some Leatherworking recipes now drop at random in dungeons. The 1 October beta build added them.
• 3 specializations exist: Dragonscale, Elemental and Tribal Leatherworking. We check how each unlocks on live realms in launch week.
• The Legacy tree has a profession perk, Working Overtime, that raises the chance of a skill point. Reaching Artisan in a profession is also one of the Legacy challenges Blizzard has named. The Legacy guide has the tree.

The professions guide covers the other professions.

Camp objects

The Camp Tent is learned at skill 20, and the advanced objects come from Blueprints found in the world. Every object needs a Campfire nearby, and all camping features share a 1-hour cooldown. A basic Campfire holds up to 3 objects.

Skill	Object	Mats and effect
20	Camp Tent	5 Light Leather Everyone sitting nearby builds rested XP up to 5% of a level
140	Tanning Rack	5 Medium Leather, 3 Fine Thread, 2 Simple Wood Makes certain reagents. Keeps the tent benefit. Can replace a placed tent
300	Sewing Machine	1 Undeath Engine, 5 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread Workspace for recipes that need it. Keeps the tent benefit. Can replace a placed tent

Which reagents the Tanning Rack makes, and which recipes need the Sewing Machine, we check on live realms in launch week. The Camping guide has the campsite rules.

Merchant's Favor patterns

81 Leatherworking patterns sell for Merchant's Favor. The armor you craft from them is rare and binds to the crafter, so learn them on the character that wears them.

Favor	Patterns	Slots and the skill each needs
30	36	6 sets with 6 slots each: belt 60, gloves 75, boots 85, hood 100, tunic 110, legs 125
60	17	Gloves 175 (7 patterns), shoulders 210 (9 patterns), Forceful Thick Armor Kit 185
90	28	Bracers 225 (9 patterns), boots 235 (9), waist 250 (9), Mystic Rugged Armor Kit 235

The 30-Favor sets are Brawler's, Defender's, Stormrider's, Totemic, Trapper's and Wisdom's. Mender's and Skycaller's come in leather and mail, 9 pieces each. Prowler's, Skulker's and Warden's are leather, and Skirmisher's and Stalker's are mail with leather gloves, 5 pieces each.

You earn Merchant's Favor by turning in crates at the faction camps. The Alliance vendor is Daniel Stitchsong at the Azeroth Commerce Authority camp in the Redridge Mountains. The Horde faction is Durotar Supply and Logistics, outside the Crossroads.

The Leatherworking Certification costs 1,000 Merchant's Favor and needs skill 300. It unlocks an account-wide title that characters with 300 Leatherworking can show.

Apprentice is open from the start. Every capital has a trainer, and Journeyman, Expert and Artisan sit in the places below.

Rank	Faction	Trainers
Apprentice	Alliance	Randal Worth (Old Town, Stormwind), Gretta Finespindle (Great Forge, Ironforge), Darianna (Craftsmen's Terrace, Darnassus), Adele Fielder (Elwynn Forest), Nadyia Maneweaver (Dolanaar)
Apprentice	Horde	Kamari and Thuwd (The Drag, Orgrimmar), Dan Golthas (Undercity), Mak (Thunder Bluff), Chaw Stronghide (Bloodhoof Village), Shelene Rhobart (Brill)
Journeyman	Alliance	Simon Tanner (Stormwind), Fimble Finespindle (Ironforge), Faldron (Darnassus), Aayndia Floralwind (Astranaar)
Journeyman	Horde	Karolek (Orgrimmar), Arthur Moore (Undercity), Tarn (Thunder Bluff), Brawn (Grom'gol), Krulmoo Fullmoon (Camp Taurajo)
Expert	Alliance	Telonis (Darnassus)
Expert	Horde	Una (Thunder Bluff)
Artisan	Alliance	Drakk Stonehand (Aerie Peak, The Hinterlands)
Artisan	Horde	Hahrana Ironhide (Camp Mojache, Feralas)

Waldor, above Wailing Caverns in The Barrens, trains Apprentice for both factions. Skyborne start on Zephras Isle, where Indari Sunseam in Shen'dar Village trains Apprentice and Emerii Tallgust in Valanaar trains Journeyman. The Skyborne guide covers the island.

Skinning to pair

Skinning supplies every leather and hide on the route. A creature can be skinned once, even when several group members have the profession. The Legacy perk Bountiful Harvest adds 20% more Scarce materials from Skinning for each of its 5 ranks.

Skinning has 3 camp objects of its own. The Camp Chair at skill 20 gives everyone sitting nearby 2% critical strike and is exclusive with Moonkin Aura. The Field Guide at 140 teaches Track Beasts to players who read it. The Trapper's Workbench at 300 holds 1 trap.