Leatherworking 1 to 300

Ranks

Route, recipes and skill levels are from Classic Era. WoW: Forever adds over 600 new recipes, so better options may appear and some numbers may differ.

1 to 20: Light Leather

1. Learn Apprentice Leatherworking from any leatherworking trainer.
2. Make about 20 Light Leather (3 Ruined Leather Scraps each). If you have no scraps, skip this and start the next step at 1.

20 to 45: Light Armor Kit

1. Make about 30 Light Armor Kit (1 Light Leather each).

45 to 55: Handstitched Leather Cloak

1. Make about 15 Handstitched Leather Cloak (2 Light Leather, 1 Coarse Thread each).
2. At skill 50, learn Journeyman Leatherworking (level 10).

55 to 100: Embossed Leather Gloves

1. Learn Embossed Leather Gloves from the trainer.
2. Make about 50 Embossed Leather Gloves (3 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread each). They turn yellow at 85.

100 to 125: Fine Leather Belt

1. Make about 35 Fine Leather Belt (6 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread each).
2. At skill 125, learn Expert Leatherworking: AllianceTelonis in the Craftsmen's Terrace, Darnassus.
3. HordeUna on the Middle Rise, Thunder Bluff.

125 to 130: Dark Leather Boots

1. Make about 5 Dark Leather Boots (4 Medium Leather, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Gray Dye each).

130 to 150: Hillman's Shoulders or Dark Leather Pants

1. If you have Medium Hides: make Cured Medium Hide (1 Medium Hide, 1 Salt each), then about 22 Hillman's Shoulders (4 Medium Leather, 1 Fine Thread, 1 Cured Medium Hide each). This is the cheapest way.
2. No hides? Make Dark Leather Boots until 137, then about 15 Dark Leather Pants (12 Medium Leather, 1 Gray Dye, 1 Fine Thread each).

150 to 165: Heavy Leather and Cured Heavy Hide

1. Make about 7 Heavy Leather (5 Medium Leather each) to reach 155.
2. Make about 20 Cured Heavy Hide (1 Heavy Hide, 3 Salt each). Keep them all: you need 20 for the next steps.

165 to 180: Heavy Armor Kit

1. Make about 15 Heavy Armor Kit (5 Heavy Leather, 1 Fine Thread each).

180 to 190: Barbaric Shoulders

1. Make about 10 Barbaric Shoulders (8 Heavy Leather, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Cured Heavy Hide each).

190 to 200: Guardian Gloves

1. Make about 10 Guardian Gloves (4 Heavy Leather, 1 Cured Heavy Hide, 1 Silken Thread each).

200: Artisan Leatherworking

Needs skill 200 and level 35.

1. AllianceGo to Drakk Stonehand at Wildhammer Keep in Aerie Peak, The Hinterlands.
2. HordeGo to Hahrana Ironhide in Camp Mojache, Feralas.
3. Learn Artisan Leatherworking (cap 300) and the Artisan recipes below.

200 to 205: Thick Armor Kit

1. Make about 5 Thick Armor Kit (5 Thick Leather, 1 Silken Thread each).

205 to 235: Nightscape Headband

1. Make about 40 Nightscape Headband (5 Thick Leather, 2 Silken Thread each). It turns yellow at 225.

235 to 250: Nightscape Pants

1. Make about 15 Nightscape Pants (14 Thick Leather, 4 Silken Thread each).

250 to 260: Rugged Armor Kit

1. Make about 12 Rugged Armor Kit (5 Rugged Leather each).
2. Short on Rugged Leather? Make about 13 Nightscape Boots instead (16 Thick Leather, 2 Heavy Silken Thread each).

260 to 290: Wicked Leather Gauntlets

This one is a vendor pattern, not a trainer recipe.

1. AllianceBuy Pattern: Wicked Leather Gauntlets from Leonard Porter at Chillwind Camp, Western Plaguelands.
2. HordeBuy it from Werg Thickblade at the Bulwark, Tirisfal Glades.
3. Make about 33 Wicked Leather Gauntlets (8 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread each).

290 to 300: Runic Leather Headband

1. Buy Pattern: Runic Leather Headband from Jase Farlane at Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern Plaguelands (both factions).
2. Make about 10 Runic Leather Headband (14 Rugged Leather, 10 Runecloth, 1 Rune Thread each). Done: 300.

Tips

• Level Skinning alongside it. Buying all this leather on the Auction House costs a lot.
• At skill 225 and level 40 you can pick an optional specialization (Dragonscale, Elemental or Tribal). It doesn't change this route.
• Counts are estimates. Yellow recipes don't always give a point, so bring a little extra.
• Armor kits sell well to other players. Post spares, or ask for leather, on the ONN Supply board.