Leatherworking 1-450 Guide

This WoW Leatherworking guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way how to level your Leatherworking skill up from 1 to 450.

Leatherworking is the best combined with Skinning, but it's not required to have skinning aswell. You can buy the materials at the Auction House too, but then make sure you will have enough gold. Check out my Skinning guide, if you want to level Skinning.


Leatherworking guide sections:

Leatherworking Apprentice 1 - 65
Leatherworking Journeyman 65 - 135
Leatherworking Expert 135 - 210
Leatherworking Artisan 210 - 275
Leatherworking Master 275 - 350
Leatherworking Grand Master 350 - 450


Related Guides:

WoW Skinning Guide 1-450
Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:
- 57 Ruined Leather Scraps
- 55 Coarse Thread
- 40 Light Hide
- 10 Medium Hide
- 140 Salt
- 170 Light Leather
- 150 Medium Leather
- 140 Fine Thread
- 15 Gray Dye
- 30 Heavy Hide
- 305 Heavy Leather
- 20 Bolts Of Silk Cloth
- 385 Thick Leather
- 150 Silken Thread
- 455 Rugged Leather
- 40 Black Dye
- 40 Rune Thread
- 100 Knothide Leather Scraps
- 518 Knothide Leather
- 28 Fel Scales
- 1908 Borean Leather
- 13 Jormungar Scale
- 10 Arctic Fur
- 10 Nerubian Chitin OR 10 Icy Dragonscale
- 5 Frozen Orb
- 440-450 material list is not included, because there is no point in leveling Leatherworking further than 440.



WoW Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 450
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Apprentice.

1-20
19 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps
20-30 or 1-30
10 x [Light Armour Kit] - 10 Light Leather
You can make these from 1-30 too, if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.

30-35
5 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 10 Light Leather, 5 Coarse Thread
35-65
40 x [Cured Light Hide] - 40 Light Hide, 40 Salt
You will need these later.



65 - 135
Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.

65-85
20 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 60 Light Leather, 40 Coarse Thread
85-100
15 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 90 Light Leather, 30 Coarse Thread
Keep these, you will need them.

100-115
15 x [Cured Medium Hide] - 15 Medium Hide, 15 Salt
115-125
10 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 40 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread, 10 Gray Dye
125-130
5 x [Dark Leather Cloak] - 40 Medium Leather, 5 Fine Thread, 5 Gray Dye


135 - 200
Learn Leatherworking Expert.

130-145
15 x [Dark Leather Belt] - 15 Fine Leather Belt, 15 Cured Medium Hide, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Die
145-150
5 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread
150-165
30 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 30 Heavy Hide, 90 Salt
You will need these later

165-170
5 x [Heavy Armour Kit] - 25 Heavy Leather
If you are lucky, you will reach 170 while you are making the Cured Heavy Hides and you can skipp this part.

170-180
10 x [Guardian Pants] - 120 Heavy Leather, 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth, 20 Fine Thread
180-190
10 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread
190-210
20 x [Guardian Gloves] - 80 Heavy Leather, 20 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Silken Thread


210 - 275
Learn Leatherworking Artisan.

210-235
35 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread


Specialization

When you reach 225 skill and level 40, you unlock a set of quests. These quests allow you to specialize in various types of armor, which you can make for yourself only. As of patch 2.1.3, you can switch your Leatherworking specialization without losing any skill points and without doing the specialization quest. Here blelow there is the 3 way with each specialization.

Elemantal Leatherworking

list of recipes
The items you create as an Elemantal Leatherworker focus on melee based leather items (agility and attack power).

Dragonscale Leatherworking

list of recipes
This specialisation offers offensive mail items - there are both caster and melee based sets.

Tribal Leatherworking

list of recipes
The Tribal Leatherworking items are all leather items focused on healing.

235-250
15 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread
250-260
15 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 75 Rugged Leather
260-275
15 x [Wicked Leather Gauntlets] - 120 Rugged Leather, 15 Black Dye, 15 Rune Thread
Recipe location
If there are some Heavy Scorpid Scale in the Auction House and it's cheaper than the Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:

15 x [Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - 60 Rugged Leather, 60 Heavy Scorpid Scale, 15 Rune Thread

Recipe location


275 - 350
Go to Outland and learn Leatherworking Master. Click here for the trainer list.

275-285
10 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 80 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread
Make [Frostsaber Boots] if Essence of Water is cheap on your realm.

285-300
15 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 180 Rugged Leather, 15 Black Dye, 15 Rune Thread
300-310
20 x [Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather Scraps
310-325
25 x [Knothide Armor Kit] - 100 Knothide Leather
325-330
7 x [Heavy Knothide Leather] - 35 Knothide Leather - Recipe Location
330-340
10 x [Thick Draenic Vest] - 140 Knothide Leather, 30 Rune Thread
340-350
14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 168 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 - 450
Go to Nothrend and learn Leatherworking Grand Master. Click here for the trainer list.

350-380
33 x [Borean Armor Kit] - 132 Borean Leather
380-385
5 x [Arctic Boots] - 40 Borean Leather
385-390
5 x [Iceborne Shoulderpads] - 50 Borean Leather
390-405
281 x [Heavy Borean Leather] - 1686 Borean Leather
405-415
13 x [Jormungar Leg Armor] - 65 Heavy Borean Leather, 13 Jormungar Scale
415-420
5 x [Pack of Endless Pockets] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather
420-425
5 x [Overcast Bracers] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Water
The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.

425-435
13 x [Overcast Handwraps] - 130 Heavy Borean Leather, 13 Eternal Water
The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.

435-440
You might need to make more of these than 5, because the recipes will be yellow.

5 x [Frosthide Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Nerubian Chitin, 5 Frozen Orb

or

5 x [Icescale Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Icy Dragonscale, 5 Frozen Orb

440-450
You can continue to make the recipes above, you will sell them at AH anyway and you will get most of your gold back. The faster way is to craft any epic item you learn at 440, search for players on the trade channel who need those items and tell them you will craft it for free. If you have lots of gold, you should just buy the materials and craft those items, then sell them at the Auction House.
I hope you liked this WoW Leatherworking guide, GZ to 450!