Leatherworking 1-525

[DrGrim]

LEATHERWORKING 4.3.4 GUIDE

Leatherworker’s provide Azeroth’s greatest heroes with the finest skins and furs. They are often found among the likes of Hunters, Rogues, and Druids. If they don’t skin beasts themselves, they have a close relationship to trappers and skinners to provide them with surplus hides.

Leatherworkers specialize in creating tough and magically-enhanced leather and mail armor. The greatest of Leatherworkers can even improve the reinforcements of leggings, bracers, and more.

If the path of the Leatherworker suits you, read on for a comprehensive guide on the profession.

Leveling Guide
Want to level this profession as quickly and effectively as possible? Follow the tables below to the letter using the materials described above. If you want, you can purchase a little at a time to save gold, or cut down on costs by procuring some of the materials through other means.

Apprentice (1-55)

You start out relatively simply with your art. You have gathered and tanned hides to turn into shawls and covers for travels through wintry parts of the continent. What starts as a survival tactic ultimately gives way to a profession.

Materials Needed

80 [Light Leather]
25 [Coarse Thread]

What to Craft

(1-30) Craft 30 [Light Armor Kit]
(30-50) Craft 20 [Handstitched Leather Cloak]
(50-55) Craft 5 [Handstitched Leather Belt]


Journeyman (55-130)

Your hides are thicker and stronger, and you’ve begun to craft tunics and other thick pieces of basic armor. Your leather armor is far from pleasing to the eyes, but it gives great utility to the wearer and remains somewhat comfortable over long travels.

Materials Needed

180 [Light Leather]
90 [Coarse Thread]
15 [Medium Hide]
15 [Salt]
64 [Medium Leather]
32 [Fine Thread]
16 [Gray Dye]

What to Craft

(55-85) Craft 30 [Embossed Leather Gloves]
(85-100) Craft 15 [Fine Leather Belt]
(100-115) Craft 15 [Cured Medium Hide]
(115-130) Craft 16 [Dark Leather Boots]

Expert (130-200)

Your designs have become far more intricate. What was once ragged hides and furs has now been replaced by lovingly-tanned leather with filigree and ornamental designs. Now your gear serves a functional purpose and a fashionable one.

Materials Needed

15 [Fine Leather Belt]
15 [Cured Medium Hide]
85 [Fine Thread]
15 [Gray Dye]
95 [Medium Leather]
20 [Heavy Hide]
60 [Salt]
195 [Heavy Leather]
20 [Cured Heavy Hide]
10 [Silken Thread]

What to Craft

(130-145) Craft 15 [Dark Leather Belt]
(145-150) Craft 5 [Hillsman's Leather Gloves]
(150-155) Craft 5 [Heavy Leather]
(155-165) Craft 20 [Cured Heavy Hide]
(165-180) Craft 15 [Heavy Armor Kit]
(180-190) Craft 10 [Barbaric Shoulders]
(190-200) Craft 10 [Guardian Gloves]

Artisan (205-290)

When you aren’t too busy hunting down more skins, you move into town to sell your fine wares. Your boots, tunics, gloves, and other leather armor pieces are hot sellers, leaving the shelves as soon as they are set upon them.

Materials Needed

385 [Thick Leather]
130 [Silken Thread]
290 [Rugged Leather]
25 [Black Dye]
25 [Rune Thread]

What to Craft

(200-205) Craft 5 [Thick Armor Kit]
(205-235) Craft 35 [Nightscape Headband]
(235-250) Craft 15 [Nightscape Pants]
(250-265) Craft 18 [Rugged Armor Kit]
(265-290) Craft 25 [Wicked Leather Bracers]

Master (290-350)

There are few now who rival your expertise with leather. You have been commissioned by various mercenary and military organizations to create light suits of armor for their scouts, archers, and messengers. The suits you have crafted are both thick and feather-weighted.

Materials Needed

120 [Rugged Leather]
10 [Black Dye]
67 [Rune Thread]
100 [Knothide Leather Scraps]
307 [Knothide Leather]
43 [Heavy Knothide Leather]
28 [Fel Scales]

What to Craft

(290-300) Craft 10 [Wicked Leather Headband]
(300-310) Craft 20 [Knothide Leather]
(310-325) Craft 23 [Knothide Armor Kit]
(325-335) Craft 43 [Heavy Knothide Leather]
(335-340) Craft 5 [Thick Draenic Vest]
(340-350) Craft 14 [Scaled Draenic Boots]

Grand Master (350-425)

Exotic furs and hides have inspired newer designs. You’ve even begun to network with other professionals to create suits of enchanted leather armor. Those who rival you number into the dozens. You’ve truly come a long way from your days as an apprentice.

Materials Needed

950 [Borean Leather]
120 [Heavy Borean Leather]
100 [Crystallized Water]
5 [Eternal Water]

What to Craft

(350-380) Craft 33 [Borean Armor Kit]
(380-390) Craft 10 [Arctic Boots]
(390-405) Craft 123 [Heavy Borean Leather]
(405-420) Craft 20 [Dark Frostscale Leggings]
(420-425) Craft 5 [Overcast Bracers]

Illustrious Grand Master (425-525)

You are not so much concerned about learning your craft anymore, but you are forever in search of stronger materials that will further provide your clientele with light and effective suits of armor. Your journey brings you to the Twilight Highlands and other realms sundered by Deathwing’s rise from Deepholm.

Materials Needed

50 [Savage Leather Scraps]
1070 [Savage Leather] (wowhead link)
35 [Eternium Thread]
70 [Heavy Savage Leather]
32 [Volatile Earth]
8 [Volatile Air]
36 [Volatile Water]

What to Craft

(425-435) Craft 10 [Savage Leather] (wowhead link)
(435-450) Craft 15 [Savage Armor Kit] (wowhead link)
(450-460) Craft 10 [Tsunami Boots]
(460-470) Craft 10 [Savage Cloak]
(470-475) Craft 5 [Darkbrand Boots]
(475-480) Craft 5 [Darkbrand Shoulders]
(480-485) Craft 5 [Darkbrand Chestguard] (wowhead link)
(485-490) Craft 152 [Heavy Savage Leather] (wowhead link)
(490-496) Craft 2 [Darkbrand Leggings]
(496-502) Craft 2 [Cloak of Beasts]
(502-504) Craft 2 [Darkbrand Helm]
(504-510) Craft 2 [Cloak of Beasts]
(510-525) Craft 2 [Vicious Leather Helm]