WotLK Classic Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1-450

Hi there I’m Golden Routes, today we will look at how to level up leatherworking. In This guide, we list all the materials needed to level up leatherworking and we also tell you how much of the material you need alongside which item to craft! Need help with where to farm materials you need? No worries, feel free to check out Farming Routes for material drop locations.

List of materials required

This is the list of the approximate materials required to level Leatherworking up to 450.

Leatherworking trainers

To see the exact location of your trainers, simply click the link located on the trainer names.

Classic Trainers (1-300)

TBC Trainers (300-375)

You can learn Master Leatherworking in Hellfire Peninsula from Barim Spilthoof at Thrallmar, and from Brumman at Honor Hold. And both factions can learn it from Darmari in Shattrath City.

WotLK Classic Trainers (350-450)

You can learn the new WotLK Classic Leatherworking skill from these NPCS:

Horde:

• Howling Fjord: Gunter Hansen
• Borean Tundra: Awan Iceborn

Alliance:

• Howling Fjord: Bernadette Dexter
• Borean Tundra: Rosemary Bovard

Both factions can also learn it from Diane Cannings at Dalaran.

Apprentice Leatherworking

1 – 55

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

• 1-20
  19x Light Leather – 57 Ruined Leather ScrapsMake the next recipe if you don’t have Ruined Leather Scraps.

• 20-45 or 1-45
  40x Light Armor Kit – 40 Light Leather

• 45-55
  20x Handstitched Leather Cloak – 40 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread

Journeyman Leatherworking

Visit your trainer and learn Journeyman Leatherworking. (Requires level 10)

55 – 100

50x Embossed Leather Gloves – 150 Light Leather, 100 Coarse Thread

100 – 120

25x Fine Leather Belt – 150 Light Leather, 50 Coarse Thread

Check the Auction house and if 1x Medium Hide is cheaper than 4x Medium Leather then buy up to 25 of them. Don’t buy more than 25, and don’t buy them if they are expensive.

Make as many Cured Medium Hide as you can.

Keep both the Fine Leather Belt and the Cured Medium Hide because you can make Dark Leather Belt with them.

120 – 135

20x Dark Leather Boots – 80 Medium Leather, 40 Fine Thread, 20 Gray Dye

Alternative recipe

If you made Cured Medium Hide, make as many Dark Leather Belt as you can instead of the boots. (you should stop making them at 150)

Expert Leatherworking

Visit your trainer and learn Expert Leatherworking. (Requires level 20)

135 – 155

• 135-150
  25x Dark Leather Pants – 300 Medium Leather, 25 Gray Dye, 25 Fine Thread

• 150-155
  7x Heavy Leather – 35 Medium LeatherYou can also make the following recipe:
  • 7x Heavy Leather Ball – 14 Heavy Leather, 7 Fine Thread

  The pattern is sold by these NPCs.

155 – 165

20x Cured Heavy Hide – 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt

You will need the Cured Heavy Hides later.

Alternative recipes

If you can manage to get ahold of 5 heavy hides, stop making the barbaric leggings. You can either buy these off the AH cheap or go out and farm them on your own. Below is another recipe you can craft to level up Leatherworking instead of the heavy leather.

• 155-180 – Heavy Armor Kit – 175 Heavy Leather
• 180-190 – Guardian Pants or Barbaric Leggings – 156 Heavy Leather, 26 Bolt of Silk Cloth or 100 Heavy Leather, 10 Moss Agate
• 190-200 – Barbaric Leggings – 130 Heavy Leather, 13 Moss Agate

Pattern: Barbaric Leggings is sold by these NPCs.

165 – 205

• 165-180
  15x Heavy Armor Kit – 75 Heavy Leather, 15 Fine Thread

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

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

• 200-205
  7x Thick Armor Kit – 35 Thick Leather, 7 Silken Thread

Artisan Leatherworking

Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Leatherworking. (Requires level 35)

205 – 235

40x Nightscape Headband – 200 Thick Leather, 80 Silken Thread

You need a bit more Silken Thread to make these than the Thick Armor kits, but you can sell the Headbands to the vendor for a lot more, so they are cheaper than making the armor kits.

235 – 300

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

• 250-265
  25x Rugged Armor Kit – 125 Rugged Leather

• 265-290
  28x Wicked Leather Bracers – 224 Rugged Leather, 28 Black Dye, 28 Rune Thread

• 290 – 300
  10x Wicked Leather Headband – 120 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread

Master Leatherworking (300-350)

You can learn Master Leatherworking in Hellfire Peninsula from Barim Spilthoof at Thrallmar and from Brumman at Honor Hold. And both factions can learn it from Darmari in Shattrath City. (Requires level 50)

300 – 325

Before making the armor kits, turn all your Knothide Leather Scraps into Knothide Leather if you farmed the leathers.

30x Knothide Armor Kit – 120 Knothide Leather

The recipe will be yellow, so you might have to make a few more.

Alternative recipe:

You can make Wicked Leather Belt up to 325 if you can get a lot of cheap Rugged Leather. You will need around 400x Rugged Leather to reach 325.

If you want to you can continue to make them up to 330. The recipe is yellow still so you can push them to 330. However, you need to use Heavy knothide leather later on so you should craft the heavy knothide leather when you get a chance.

325 – 335

222x Heavy Knothide Leather – 1110 Knothide Leather

You can stop making Heavy Knothide Leathers when you reach 335 and make the rest of them later.

335 – 350

22x Thick Draenic Vest – 66 Heavy Knothide Leather, 66 Rune Thread

It will be yellow for 10 points, so you might have to make a few more to reach 350.

You can buy Rune Thread from the Leatherworking supply vendor near your trainer.

Alternative recipe

18x Scaled Draenic Boots – 36 Heavy Knothide Leather, 36 Fel Scales, 54 Rune Thread

The Scaled Draenic Boots can be a good alternative if you can get cheap Fel Scales.

The recipe will be yellow for the last 5 points, so you might have to make a few more to reach 350.

WotLK Classic Leatherworking (350-450)

You can learn the new WotLK Classic Leatherworking skill from these trainers below. (Requires level 65)

Horde:

• Howling Fjord: Gunter Hansen
• Borean Tundra: Awan Iceborn

Alliance:

• Howling Fjord: Bernadette Dexter
• Borean Tundra: Rosemary Bovard

Both factions can also learn it from Diane Cannings at Dalaran.

350 – 410

Transform all your Borean Leather Scraps into Borean Leather if you are a Skinner. Do not right-click the Leather Scraps, there is a recipe that you can learn from your trainer that gives you skill-ups; use that. It’s basically free skill points.

Do NOT right click on the Borean leather scraps. You can simply use a recipe that allows you to earn skill points for using it. So it is basically free skill points

• 350-380
  35x Borean Armor Kit – 175 Borean Leather

• 380-386
  6x Arctic Boots – 48 Borean Leather

• 386-390
  4x Arctic Gloves – 40 Borean Leather

• 390-405
  300x Heavy Borean Leather – 1800 Borean LeatherMake Arctic Belt and Arctic Wristguards if you bought the Heavy Borean Leather from the Auction House.

• 405-410
  10x Arctic Wristguards – 120 Borean LeatherYou might have to make more than 10 because this recipe is yellow.

410 – 420

Make 13 from one of these:

• 13x Dark Frostscale Leggings – 52 Heavy Borean Leather, 65 Crystallized Water
• 13x Dark Iceborne Leggings – 52 Heavy Borean Leather, 65 Crystallized Shadow

Both will be yellow, so you might have to make more.

420- 425

5x Overcast Bracers – 40 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Water

Pattern: Overcast Bracers is sold by Braeg Stoutbeard. (He is in front of the building where the Leatherworking trainer is)

425 – 435

13x Overcast Handwraps – 130 Heavy Borean Leather, 13 Eternal Water

Pattern: Overcast Handwraps recipe is sold by Braeg Stoutbeard. (He is in front of the building where the Leatherworking trainer is)

This recipe will be yellow, so you might have to make more or fewer.

435 – 440

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

• 5x Frosthide Leg Armor – 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Nerubian Chitin, 5 Frozen Orb
• 5x Icescale Leg Armor – 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Icy Dragonscale, 5 Frozen Orb

You can buy Arctic Fur from Braeg Stoutbeard for 10 Heavy Borean Leather.

440 – 450

10x Trollwoven Girdle – 100 Heavy Borean Leather, 50 Eternal Shadow, 50 Eternal Fire, 10 Frozen Orb

Pattern: Trollwoven Girdle is sold by Braeg Stoutbeard for 2 Arctic Fur.

You can also make Revenant’s Treads or Windripper Boots. They require different Eternals.