Leatherworking 1 to 375 Guide

I wrote this Leatherworking leveling guide because I decided to level leatherworking on my hunter, and I wanted the most profitable leveling possible(not the fastest or cheapest, but I'll include some options for that too). Most of what you make can be put on AH, but some of it might also need to be disenchanted. To be able to disenchant the highest item you need 180 Enchanting, but a lvl 5 enchanter with 50 skill will be able to DE the lowest stuff.

Some parts might need a world drop or vendor bought recipe, see end of post to find out from where.

I've tried to only use skillups with orange recipies, but some places(5-10 skill points max) you might do a yellow recipe. If that causes you to use more mats, I'm sorry.

The leveling guide is divided into 4 parts:
1-150 with Low Mats(vendor), Max Profit(DE/AH), What I Did
150-205 with Low Mats and Nice Profit, Max profit(AH)
205-250 with Max Profit(Elemental), Dragonscale and Tribal
250-300 with Max Profit(DE/AH)

1-150 Low Mats
Mats needed: 275 Light Leather, 20 Light Hides, 25 Medium Hides

1-35
35 Light Armor Kit - 35 Light Leather

35-55
20 Cured Light Hide - 20 Light Hide

55-85
30 Embossed Leather Gloves - 90 Light Leather

85-100
15 Fine Leather Belt - 90 Light Leather

100-120+
25 Cured Medium Hide - 25 Medium Hide

120-125
10 Fine Leather Belt - 60 Light Leather

125-150
25 Dark Leather Belt - 25 Fine Leather Belts, 25 Cured Medium Hides



1-150 Max Profit
Mats needed: 385 Light Leather, 20 Light Hides, 25 Medium Hides

1-35
35 Light Armor Kit - 35 Light Leather

35-55
20 Cured Light Hide - 20 Light Hide

55-80
25 Embossed Leather Boots(DE) - 200 Light Leather

80-85
5 Fine Leather Belt - 30 Light Leather

85-90
5 Fine Leather Tunic - 30 Light Leather, 15 Cured Light Hide

90-100
10 Fine Leather Belt - 60 Light Leather

100-(120+)
25 Cured Medium Hide - 25 Medium Hide

(120+)-125
10 Fine Leather Belt - 60 Light Leather

125-150
25 Dark Leather Belt - 25 Fine Leather Belts, 25 Cured Medium Hides

1-150 What I Did (which might give better profit than Max profit, but it required some world drop recipies)
Mats needed: 78 Ruined Leather Scraps, 259 Light Leather, 35 Light Hides, 25 Medium Hides

1-27
26 Light Leather - 78 Ruined Leather Scraps

27-35
10 Light Armor Kit - 10 Light Leather

35-66
35 Cured Light Hide - 35 Light Hide

66-75
9 Rugged Leather Pants - 45 Light Leather

75-80
5 Fine Leather Gloves - 20 Light Leather, 5 Cured Light Hide

80-85
5 Fine Leather Belt - 30 Light Leather

85-95
10 Fine Leather Tunic - 60 Light Leather 30 Cured Light Hide

95-105
10 Fine Leather Belt - 60 Light Leather

105-120
25 Cured Medium Hide - 25 Medium Hide

120-125
10 Fine Leather Belt - 60 Light Leather

125-150
25 Dark Leather Belt - 25 Fine Leather Belts 25 Cured Medium Hide



150-205 Low Mats with nice profit
Mats needed: 410-430 Heavy Leather, 10 Heavy Hides, 20-40 Bolts of Silk Cloth(80-160 Silk Cloth), 10 Iron Buckles

150-160
10 Cured Heavy Hide - 10 Heavy Hide

160-170
10 Heavy Armor Kit - 50 Heavy Leather

170-180
10 Dusky Leather Leggings - 100 Heavy Leather

170-180 (If you don't have Dusky Leather Leggings Pattern)
10 Guardian Pants - 120 Heavy Leather 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth

180-190
10 Barbaric Shoulders - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide

190-195
5 Dusky Bracers - 80 Heavy Leather

195-205
10 Dusky Belt - 100 Heavy Leather, 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth, 10 Iron Buckle



150-205 Max Profit
Mats needed: 435-450 Heavy Leather, 10 Heavy Hide, 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth(80 Silk Cloth), 10 Iron Buckles

150-160
Cured Heavy Hide - 10 Heavy Hide

160-165 Here you have 3 choices. Hillman's Cloak is used in Alliance quest, can sell. Barbaric Bracers will give nice profit if you have mats to make it, and Heavy Armor Kit is just a filler for horde without mats for Barbaric Bracers.
5 Hillsman's Cloak - 25 Heavy Leather
5 Heavy Armor Kit - 25 Heavy Leather
5 Barbaric Bracers - 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Small Lustrous Pearls, 5 Raptor Hides, 20 Large fangs

165-180
15 Dusky Leather Leggings - 150 Heavy Leather

180-190
10 Barbaric Shoulders - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide

190-195
5 Dusky Bracers - 80 Heavy Leather

195-205
10 Dusky Belt - 100 Heavy Leather, 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth, 10 Iron Buckle


205-250 Max Profit (also Elemental)
Mats needed: 405-455 Thick Leather, (2 Hearts of Fire, 2 Globes of Water, 2 Cores of Earth, and 2 Breaths of Wind)

205-230
25 Nightscape Headband/Tunic - 125-175 Thick Leather

230-250
20 Nightscape Pants - 280 Thick Leather



205-250 Dragonscale
Mats needed: 441-483 Thick Leather, 40 Scorpid Scale, 10 Worn Dragonscale

205-226
21 Nightscape Headband/Tunic - 105-147 Thick Leather

226-228
2 Tough Scorpid Breastplate - 24 Thick Leather, 24 Scorpid Scale

228-230
2 Tough Scorpid Gloves - 12 Thick Leather, 16 Scorpid Scale

230-250
20 Nightscape Pants - 280 Thick Leather



205-250 Tribal
Mats needed: 427-449 Thick Leather, 112 Turtle Scale, 11 Wildvine, 2 Cured Thick Hide

205-211
6 Thick Armor Kit - 30 Thick Leather

211-222
11 Nightscape Headband/Tunic - 55-77 Thick Leather

222-224
2 Turtle Scale Gloves - 12 Thick Leather, 16 Turtle Scale

224-226
2 Turtle Scale Breastplate - 12 Thick Leather, 24 Turtle Scale

226-228
2 Turtle Scale Bracers - 16 Thick Leather, 24 Turtle Scale

228-229
1 Wild Leather Vest - 12 Thick Leather, 2 Wildvine

229-230
1 Wild Leather Helmet - 10 Thick Leather, 2 Wildvine

230-232
2 Turtle Scale Helm - 28 Thick Leather, 48 Turtle Scale

232-250
18 Nightscape Pants - 252 Thick Leather

250-300
Mats needed: 160 Thick Leather, 400 Rugged Leather

250-260
10 Nightscape Boots - 160 Thick Leather

260-270
10 Wicket Leather Gauntlets - 80 Rugged Leather

270-280
10 Wicket Leather Bracers - 80 Rugged Leather

280-300
20 Wicked Leather Headband - 240 Rugged Leather

Recipies:
Rugged Leather Pants http://www.thottbot.com/?i=1690
Fine Leather Gloves http://www.thottbot.com/?i=1425
Barbaric Bracers http://www.thottbot.com/?i=40382
Dusky Leather Leggings http://www.thottbot.com/?i=12602
Turtle Scale Gloves http://www.thottbot.com/?i=14318
Tough Scorpid Breastplate http://www.thottbot.com/?i=10512
Tough Scorpid Gloves http://www.thottbot.com/?i=11970
Wild Leather Vest http://www.thottbot.com/?i=10314
Wild Leather Helmet http://www.thottbot.com/?i=13899
Wicked Leather Gauntlets http://www.thottbot.com/?i=11493
Wicked Leather Bracers http://www.thottbot.com/?i=15695
Wicked Leather Headband http://www.thottbot.com/?i=14993

Leatherworking 300 to 375

301-310
Knothide Leather (5 x Knothide Leather Scraps) x 20 = 100 x Knothide Leather Scraps
N.B. make as many as it takes to get to 310. Your going to need around 725 Knothide leather, so you may aswell get the skill up points for this.

311-320
Thick Draenic Gloves (6 x Knothide Leather, 2 x Rune Thread) x 10

321-325
Scaled Draenic Gloves (8 x Knothide Leather, 1 x Fel Scales, 2 x Rune Thread) x 5

326-335
Heavy Knothide Leather (5 x Knothide Leather) x 90

336-340
Thick Draenic Boots (10 x Knothide Leather, 3 x Rune Thread) x 5

341-350
Scaled Draenic Boots (12 x Knothide Leather, 2 x Fel Scales, 3 x Rune Thread) x 10

N.B. as is common with all the professions now, getting from 350 to 375 is a huge pain. Trainers dont teach anything worthwhile, so the only way to do it, is via random world drop patterns or rep rewards. I'll use rep reward patterns in this guide.

351-365
For those with Scryers rep - Honoured:
Enchanted Felscale Gloves or Boots (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 10 x Fel Scales, 6 x Primal Mana) x 15

For those with The Consortium rep - Honored
Fel Leather Boots (10 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 8 x Fel Hide, 8 x Primal Shadow, 3 x Rune Thread) x 15

N.B. these last 10 points are going to cost you a LOT! (as if the last 15 didn't cost enough!) The materials required are fairly insane and so is the rep requirement, but at the moment I don't see a better way of levelling up.

365-370
You need to be Friendly with Cenarion Expedition for the next part:
Heavy Clefthoof Boots (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 20 x Thick Clefthoof Leather¹, 4 x Primal Earth, 2 x Rune Thread) x 5

Alternatively, if your Exalted with Thrallmar or Honor Hold for the next part.
Nethercobra Leg Armor (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 4 x Cobra Scales, 8 x Primal Air, 1 x Primal Nether) x 5

Alternatively, if your exalted with The Sha'tar:
Drums of Battle (2 Heavy Knothide Leather, 1 x Primal Fire, 1 Primal Earth) x 5

¹Thick Clefthoof Leather is easier to obtain than Cobra Scales, so I would recommend you try to get CE friendly rep.

N.B. any of the above three could take you to 375, but the material requirement makes for a LOT of farming, as those last 5 points can mean making another 20-30 items.

371-375
Your either going to have to make random world drop epics here with lots of insane material requirements OR go and get exalted with Keepers of Time.
Seeing as the epics are random world drop patterns, I'll go with Keepers of Time rep rewards. You'll need to be level 66 to start your Keepers of Time rep and spend a LOT of time in The Caverns of Time.

Drums of Panic (2 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 2 x Primal Shadow) x 5


Approximate Materials Required

With Scryers Rep
100 x Knothide Leather Scraps
725 x Knothide Leather (+30 if you went CE rep)
75 x Rune Thread (+10 if you went CE rep)
175 x Fel Scales
90 x Primal Mana
20 x Cobra Scales (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 100 x Thick Clefthoof Leather (if you went with CE rep)
40 x Primal Air (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 20 x Primal Earth (if you went with CE rep)
5 x Primal Nether (Dont need these if you go with CE or Sha'tar rep)
10 x Primal Shadow

N.B. if you went with Sha'tar rep at 365, then you'll need 10 less Heavy Knothide Leather, 40 less Primal Air, 5 Primal Earth and 5 less Primal Nether. Gets complicated, dont it?

With The Consortium Rep
100 x Knothide Leather Scraps
1175 x Knothide Leather (+30 if you went CE rep)
120 x Fel Hide
120 x Rune Thread (+10 if you went CE rep)
25 x Fel Scales
20 x Cobra Scales (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 100 x Thick Clefthoof Leather (if you went with CE rep)
40 x Primal Air (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 20 x Primal Earth (if you went with CE rep)
5 x Primal Nether (Dont need these if you go with CE or Sha'tar rep)
130 x Primal Shadow

N.B. if you went with Sha'tar rep at 365, then you'll need 10 less Heavy Knothide Leather, 40 less Primal Air, 5 Primal Earth and 5 less Primal Nether.