WoW Classic WotLK Leatherworking Guide: Leveling, Materials, & Recipes

Published: Sep 23, 2022, 2:03 pm Updated: Sep 23, 2022, 2:03 pm

Leatherworking has long been one of World of Warcraft's staple professions. As one of the professions that solely focus on gear, for the most part, it crafts leather and mail gear. It's an incredibly potent profession that many look at during the beginning of a new expansion to help them get ahead of the curve.

This type of benefit can be expected come Wrath of the Lich King Classic's release, as this cold-hearted expansion will have tons of new recipes to learn and items for Leatherworkers to craft.

With that in mind, here's an in-depth guide for Leatherworking in WotLK Classic.

WoW Classic WotLK Leatherworking Guide

As one of three crafting professions that focuses on creating gear, Leatherworking can provide a myriad of armor options for both Leather and Mail wearers alike. Because of that it always brings something new and exciting for players every expansion. It's a profession that, unlike Tailoring, Leatherworking, and the like, can not only provide gear but can also provide significant character increases as well with profession-specific enchants.

In this guide, we'll take a look at what the profession offers in the upcoming WotLK Classic expansion, provide a leveling guide from Vanilla to WotLK, and list out some recipes to look out for that will be highly sought after in the new expansion.

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What does Leatherworking offer in WotLK Classic?

Once WotLK Classic launches, there will be tons of items and other features players can benefit from.

To start it off, there are lots of gear that players can benefit from, especially at the start of the expansion. Armor like Revenant's Breastplate, Durable Nerubhide Cape, and Earthgiving Legguards, which are all BoE meaning you can make a pretty penny. There's also armor you can craft later on with recipes from raids such as Ulduar, ToC, and ICC, gear such as Belt of Arctic Life, Bracers of Swift Death, Footpads of Impending Death, and more.

How to level Leatherworking in WotLK Classic

Unlike players who hold Tailoring or Enchanting professions where materials can be hard to come by as they don't have a gathering profession to benefit them, Leatherworking can utilize Skinning as a great and economic way to level up their skills.

Knowing that it can be fairly straightforward in that players can just skin mobs for their required materials makes the whole process much easier and more economic.

Required Materials

Here are the approximate materials to level up Leatherworking for WotLK Classic. This includes materials for Vanilla, The Burning Crusade Classic, and WotLK Classic

Vanilla

60x Ruined Leather Scraps
245x Light Leather
130x Coarse Thread
10x Medium Hide
75x Salt
130x Medium Leather
190x Fine Thread
30x Gray Dye
180x Heavy Leather
150x Raptor Hide
410x Thick Leather
150x Silken Thread
410x Rugged Leather
150x Frostsaber Leather
95x Rune Thread
25x Black Dye, 25x Essence of Water, or 100x Heavy Scorpid Scale

TBC

100x Knothide Leather Scraps
310x Knothide Leather
30x Fel Scales

WotLK

2200x Borean Leather
65x Crystallized Water
18x Eternal Water
15x Frozen Orb
10x Nerubian Chitin
50x Eternal Shadow
50x Eternal Fire
12x Arctic Fur

Leatherworking Leveling Guide

Here's how to use the materials to level Leatherworking.

Vanilla (1-300)

1-20

Light Leather (60x Ruined Leather Scraps)

20-30

Light Armor Kit (10x Light Leather)

30-50

Handstitched Leather Cloak (40x Light Leather, 20x Coarse Thread)

50-55

Small Leather Ammo Pouch (30x Light Leather, 20x Coarse Thread)

55-85

Embossed Leather Gloves (90x Light Leather, 60x Coarse Thread)

85-100

Fine Leather Belt (90x Light Leather, 30x Coarse Thread)

100-115

Cured Medium Hide (15x Medium Hide, 15x Salt)

115-130

Dark Leather Boots (60x Medium leather, 30x Fine Thread, 15x Gray Dye)

130-145

Dark Leather Belt (15x Fine Leather Belt, 15x Cured Medium Hide, 30x Fine Thread, 15x Gray Dye)

145-150

Hillman's Leather Gloves (70x Medium Leather, 20x Fine Thread)

150-155

Heavy Leather Ball (10x Heavy Leather, 5x Fine Thread)
- Recipe by Bombus Finespindle in Ironforge (Alliance) / Tamar in Orgrimmar (Horde)

155-180

Heavy Armor Kit (125x Heavy Leather, 25x Fine Thread)

180-200

Raptor Hide Belt (80x Raptor Hide, 80x Heavy Leather, 40x Fine Thread) ALLIANCE
- Recipe by Androd Fadran in Refuge Point
Raptor Hide Harness (80x Raptor Hide, 80x Heavy Leather, 40x Fine Thread) HORDE
- Recipe by Tunkk in Hammerfall

200-205

Thick Armor Kit (25x Thick Leather, 5x Silken Thread)

205-235

Nightscape Headband (420x Thick Leather, 120x Silken Thread)

250-275

Rugged Armor Kit (100x Rugged Leather)

275-300

Frostsaber Boots (100x Rugged Leather, 150x Frostsaber Leather, 25x Rune Thread)
- Recipe by Qia in Everlook in Winterspring

TBC (300-375)

300-310

Knothide Leather (50x Knothide Leather Scraps)

310-325

Knothide Armor Kit (50x Knothide Leather)

325-335

Heavy Knothide Leather (50x Knothide Leather)
- Recipe by Cro Threadstrong in Lower City in Shattrath / Haferet in The Exodar (Alliance) / Zaralda in Silvermoon City (Horde)

335-340

Thick Draenic Vest (70x Heavy Knothide Leather, 15x Rune Thread)

340-350

Scaled Draenic Boots (120x Heavy Knothide Leather, 20x Fel Scales, 30x Rune Thread)

WotLK (375-450)

350-380

Borean Armor Kit (175x Borean Leather)

380-386

Artic Boots (48x Borean Leather)

386-390

Artic Gloves (40x Borean Leather)

390-405

Heavy Borean Leather (1800x Borean Leather)

405-410

Artic Wristguards (120x Borean Leather)

410-420

Dark Frostscale Leggings (52x Heavy Borean Leather, 65x Crystallized Water)

420-425

Overcast Bracers (40x Heavy Borean Leather, 5x Eternal Water)
- Recipe by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran

425-435

Overcast Handwraps (130x Heavy Borean Leather, 13x Eternal Water)
- Recipe by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran

435-440

Frosthide Leg Armor (10x Arctic Fur, 10x Nerubian Chitin, 5x Frozen Orb)

440-450

Trollwoven Girdle (100x Heavy Borean Leather, 50x Eternal Shadow, 50x Eternal Fire, 10x Frozen Orb)
- Recipe by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran

Leatherworking Recipes to look out for in WotLK Classic

As stated at the top of the article, Leatherworking is great for the start of an expansion with its ability to create armor and other items.

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That being said, here are some to look out for and where to find them.

Frosthide Leg Armor

Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran

Icescale Leg Armor

Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran

Revenant's Breastplate

Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran

Durable Nerubhide Cape

Sold by Diane Cannings in Dalaran / Rosemary Bovard in Borean Tundra

Belt of Arctic Life

Dropped by all of the bosses in Ulduar

Ensorcelled Nerubian Breastplate

Dropped by all of the bosses in Trial of the Crusader

Bracers of Swift Death

Dropped by all of the bosses in Trial of the Crusader

Legwraps of Unleashed Nature

Sold by Alchemist Finklestein in Icecrown Citadel (Ashen Verdict)

Footpads of Impending Death

Sold by Alchemist Finklestein in Icecrown Citadel (Ashen Verdict)