Vanilla Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1-300

This Leatherworking leveling guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Leatherworking skill up from 1 to 300 as inexpensively as possible.

Professions skills are split between expansions now, you'll have a separate skill bar for each expansion. This guide is for the "Vanilla" Leatherworking skill in the current retail version of World of Warcraft. I have a separate guide for Classic WoW, so if you are looking for that, visit my Classic WoW Leatherworking leveling guide.

Often the materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point for each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Leatherworking.

Approximate materials required

• 57 Ruined Leather Scraps
• 15 Medium Hide
• 260 Light Leather
• 160 Medium Leather
• 20 Heavy Hide
• 220 Heavy Leather
• 410 Thick Leather
• 410 Rugged Leather

1 - 100

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

Check out my farming guides if you want to farm the leathers instead of buying them. You can start with Light Leather farming.

NOTE: You can buy the threads, dyes, and salt from Leatherworking Supply vendors near your trainer.

• 1-20
  19 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps

  Make the next recipe if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.

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

• 30-50
  20 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 40 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread

• 50-55
  5 x [Handstitched Leather Belt] - 30 Light Leather, 5 Coarse Thread

• 55-85
  30 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 90 Light Leather, 60 Coarse Thread

• 85-100
  15 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 90 Light Leather, 30 Coarse Thread

  Keep these, you will need them.

100 - 155

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

IMPORTANT! I must also mention that later on you will need 20 Heavy Hide to level leatherworking, and while you farm the hides you will get a bunch of Medium Hide, Medium Leather, and Heavy Leather. I recommend checking out my Heavy Hide farming guide if you have a level 60+ character, and farm the Heavy Hide before you farm Heavy Leather and Medium Leather. Farming the 20 Heavy Hide can take a few hours, so don't forget to check the Auction House, sometimes you can find cheap Heavy Hide.

• 100-115
  Keep 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 Auction House.

• 115-130
  16 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 64 Medium Leather, 32 Fine Thread, 16 Gray Dye

• 130-145
  15 x [Dark Leather Belt] - 15 Fine Leather Belt, 15 Cured Medium Hide, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Die

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

• 145-150
  5 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread

• 150-155
  5 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.

155 - 200

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

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

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

  If you have Skinning, then visit my Heavy Hide farming guide. Don't forget to check the Auction House, sometimes you can find cheap Heavy Hide.

  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 a pretty low drop rate. But if for example, you can get 5 Heavy Hides, you should stop making Barbaric Leggings at 195 and start making Guardian Gloves.

  • 155-180 - 30-35 x [Heavy Armor Kit] or [Hillman's Cloak] - 150-175 x Heavy Leather
  • 180-195 - 16 - 22 x [Heavy Scale Pants] - 160-220 x Heavy Leather
  • 195-200 - 6 - 10 x [Barbaric Leggings] - 60-80 x Heavy Leather, 6-8 x Moss Agate

    [Pattern: Barbaric Leggings] is sold by these NPCs.

• 165-180
  20 x [Heavy Armor Kit] - 100 Heavy Leather, 20 Fine Thread

  This recipe will be yellow for the last 10 points, so you might have to make more (or fewer).

• 180-190
  10 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread

• 190-200
  10 x [Guardian Gloves] - 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread

200 - 250

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

• 200-205
  5 x [Thick Armor Kit] - 25 Thick Leather, 5 Silken Thread

• 205-235
  35 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread

• 235-250
  15 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread

250 - 300

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

• 250-265
  18 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 90 Rugged Leather

• 265-290
  25 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 200 Rugged Leather, 25 Black Dye, 25 Rune Thread

  The 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.

• 290-300
  10 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 120 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread

I hope you liked this Leatherworking leveling guide, congratulations on reaching 300!