WotLK Classic Leatherworking Guide

Leatherworking is one of the main professions in WoW. This profession allows you to make leather and chainmail things, as well as other equipment like bags. In Wrath Classic the level cap of professions is up to 450. Let’s look at leveling in our WotLK Leatherworking guide.

WotLK Leatherworking Bonuses and Benefits

In addition to the ability to create equipment, tanning allows you to create unique bonuses – Fur Lining and Leg Reinforcements. Each of them gives weighty bonuses depending on your desire.

Also, this profession allows you to create epic items that many players need in Wrath Classic, it will give the opportunity to start your way to gold making and have better equipment at the start of the game.

Any Epic Gear available from the trainer:

Also, in the later stages of the game with each new raid, new recipes will appear, which will keep the profession up to date and can make it BiS choice for you.

Leatherworking is best combined with Skinning. However, this is not necessary. You can buy everything at auction, but you must be sure that you have enough money.

WotLK Classic Leatherworking Trainers

Depending on your skill level, you can learn new profession levels in various places.

Old World

Every big city has its own tannery teacher, you can find them through the guards.

Horde	Alliance
Orgrimmar – Karolek Undercity – Arthur Moore Thunder Bluff – Una Silvermoon – Lynalis	Stormwind – Simon Tanner Darnassus – Eladriel Exodar – Remere Ironforge – Fimble Finespindle

Outland

After reaching 58+ level and going to Burning Crusade Content Conquest and Leveling, the Master Leatherworking trainers will be with the other Master profession trainers in your faction’s first questing area – Barim Spilthoof in Thrallmar will train the Horde, Alliance players at Honor Hold will need to speak to Brumman, and Shattrath – Darmari in Lower City.

Northrend

Same as in the Burning Crusade, you can find Lich King Classic trainers in the first faction’s questing areas and Dalaran:

Alliance – Rosemary Bovard, Borean Tundra, Valiance Keep/ Bernadette Dexter, Valgarde, Howling Fjord;
Horde – Awan Iceborn, Taunka’le Village/ Gunter Hansen, Vengeance Landing, Howling Fjord;
Neutral trainers – in Dalaran, the Leatherworking trainer is Diane Cannings, Kul’de – trainer from Argent Tournament.

Leatherworking Approximate materials required

You need a large number of skins for tanning, which you can get from monsters. But to save time, we recommend buying the ingredients at the Auction.

World of Warcraft Classic 1-300	Burning Crusade Classic 300-350	Wrath of the Lich King 350-450
57 Ruined Leather Scraps 75 Coarse Thread 40 Light Hide 15 Medium Hide 145 Salt 189 Light Leather 150 Medium Leather 115 Fine Thread 30 Gray Dye 30 Heavy Hide 305 Heavy Leather 20 Bolt of Silk Cloth 385 Thick Leather 150 Silken Thread 455 Rugged Leather 40 Black Dye 112 Rune Thread	100 Knothide Leather Scraps 525 Knothide Leather 28 Fel Scales	1830 Borean Leather 75 Crystallized Water 10 Arctic Fur 10 Nerubian Chitin or 10 Icy Dragonscale 5 Frozen Orb

This list does not include materials for pumping from 440 to 450.

WotLK Classic Leatherworking Leveling

Apprentice Leatherworking 1 – 65

1 – 20	19x Light Leather (57x Ruined Leather Scraps).
20 – 30 or 1 – 30	10x Light Armor Kit (10x Light Leather). You can create Light Armor Kit 1-30, if you don’t have Ruined Leather Scraps.
30 – 35	5x Handstitched Leather Cloak (5x Coarse Thread, 10 Light Leather).
35 – 65	40x Cured Light Hide (40x Salt, 40x Light Hide). Keep it for future recipes.

Journeyman Leatherworking 65 – 135

65 – 85	20x Embossed Leather Gloves (40x Coarse Thread, 60x Light Leather). Keep it for future recipes.
85 – 100	15x Fine Leather Belt (30x Coarse Thread, 90x Light Leather).
100 – 115	15x Cured Medium Hide (15x Salt, 15x Medium Hide).
115 – 125	10х Dark Leather Boots (20х Fine Thread, 40х Medium Leather, 10х Gray Dye).
125 – 130	5х Dark Leather Cloak (5х Fine Thread, 40х Medium Leather, 5х Gray Dye).

Expert Leatherworking 135 – 210

130 – 145	15x Dark Leather Belt (15x Cured Medium Hide, 15x Gray Dye, 30x Fine Thread, 15x Fine Leather Belt).
145 – 150	5x Hillman’s Leather Gloves (20x Fine Thread, 70x Medium Leather).
150 – 165	30x Cured Heavy Hide (90x Salt, 30x Heavy Hide). Keep it for future recipes. If you’re lucky enough to get up to 170 while you’re still doing Cured Heavy Hide, you can skip this part.
165 – 170	5x Heavy Armor Kit (25x Heavy Leather).
170 – 180	10x Guardian Pants (20x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 120x Heavy Leather, 20x Fine Thread).
180 – 190	10x Barbaric Shoulders (10x Cured Heavy Hide, 80x Heavy Leather, 20x Fine Thread).
190 – 210	20x Guardian Gloves (20x Cured Heavy Hide, 80x Heavy Leather, 20x Silken Thread).

Artisan Leatherworking 210 – 275

210 – 235	35x Nightscape Headband (70x Silken Thread, 175x Thick Leather).
235 – 250	15x Nightscape Pants (60x Silken Thread, 210x Thick Leather).
250 – 260	15x Rugged Armor Kit (75x Rugged Leather).
260 – 275	15x Wicked Leather Gauntlets (15x Black Dye, 120x Rugged Leather, 15x Rune Thread (Pattern: Wicked Leather Gauntlets)).

Master Leatherworking 275 – 350

275 – 285	10x Wicked Leather Bracers (10x Black Dye, 80x Rugged Leather, 10x Rune Thread).
285 – 300	15x Wicked Leather Headband (15x Black Dye, 180x Rugged Leather, 15x Rune Thread).
300 – 310	20x Knothide Leather (100x Knothide Leather Scraps).
310 – 325	25x Knothide Armor Kit (100x Knothide Leather).
325 – 330	65x Heavy Knothide Leather (325x Knothide Leather– Pattern: Heavy Knothide Leather).
330 – 340	10x Thick Draenic Vest (30x Rune Thread, 30x Heavy Knothide Leather).
340 – 350	14x Scaled Draenic Boots (42x Rune Thread, 28x Fel Scales, 28x Heavy Knothide Leather). This recipe turns yellow at skill 345, so you’ll have to make a bit more boots. I suggest collecting materials for 14 pieces.

WotLK Leatherworking 350 – 450

350 – 380	33x Borean Armor Kit (132x Borean Leather).
380 – 385	5x Arctic Boots (40x Borean Leather).
385 – 390	5x Iceborne Shoulderpads (50x Borean Leather).
390 – 405	268x Heavy Borean Leather (1608x Borean Leather).
405 – 415	13x Dark Frostscale Leggings (75x Crystallized Water, 52x Heavy Borean Leather).
415 – 420	5x Pack of Endless Pockets (40x Heavy Borean Leather).
420 – 425	5x Overcast Bracers (5x Eternal Water, 40x Heavy Borean Leather). This recipe you can buy from Braeg Stoutbeard, Dalaran, recipe cost 3x Heavy Borean Leather.
425 – 435	13x Overcast Handwraps (13x Eternal Water, 130x Heavy Borean Leather). This recipe you can buy from Braeg Stoutbeard, Dalaran, recipe cost 3x Heavy Borean Leather.
435 – 440	You may have to do a little more than 5 because the recipes are yellow. 5x Frosthide Leg Armor (5x Frozen Orb, 10x Nerubian Chitin, 10x Arctic Fur)/ 5x Icescale Leg Armor (5x Frozen Orb, 10x Icy Dragonscale, 10x Arctic Fur).
440 – 450	It shouldn’t be too difficult to complete Leatherworking to 450 in Wrath Classic, for example, you can make the epic items that were listed above. If you’ve picked up Skinning on the same character or a different one, then there should be plentiful sources of all the required materials.

Endgame Leatherworking Recipes

Once you’ve reached the maximum level, you can craft some of the BoE’s most powerful leather and mail items using the models dropped in raids. Keep in mind, however, that all models are BoP, so you’ll have to collect them yourself. However, you will then be able to make equipment for your guildmates or raid group members, as well as display it in the Wrath Classic AH and sell it to those looking for a way to increase the item level or gain an advantage.

Ulduar Leatherworking Recipes

Ulduar tanners can find recipes for boots and belts. These can be obtained either directly from Heroic level bosses or from stashes throughout the raid. All of these recipes require Rune Orb, but there are recipes for all types of spikes and armor.

ToC Leatherworking Recipes

As with the patterns in Ulduar, ToC patterns are also dropped directly from bosses or from vaults that open after the trial rounds are over. Similar to the use of Runed Orbs in Ulduar, all ToC patterns also require the use of a Crusader Orb to craft. Since these orbs are not tied to a player, it is possible to purchase them from AH or in exchange for other items, but they can cost quite a bit if you are not willing to obtain them yourself.

ICC Leatherworking Recipes

Finally, in the ICC, patterns can be purchased directly from the alchemist Finklestein of The Ashen Verdict on the lower level of the Citadel. Each one costs 1x Primordial Saronite and will use at least 5x Primordial Saronite to craft the equipment itself. ICC designs are for leg armor and boots.

Leatherworking is a good profession, thanks to it you can earn good money from players who wear leather and chainmail in WoW Classic. And this Outlaw, Hunter, Shaman, Druid – the abundance of recipes in the final stages of the game allows you to be the first thing new Outlaws/ Shamans/ Druid and Hunters think about when creating a character. Especially tannery is not taken by many players because of the easier alternatives and more useful skills, you can take this place in the niche. In addition to our WotLK Classic Leatherworking Guide, we recommend checking out our Wotlk Skinning Guide

This profession keeps the balance between useful bonuses for you and the opportunity to earn, with a certain amount of difficulty in the stages of pumping. If you consider this profession to achieve PvP/ PvE/ earning money goals – there are more useful professions, for example, engineering, and jewelry, but here you need to be guided by your character, skills, and of course goals.

We hope, this article was helpful for you. Good luck with WotLK Leatherworking leveling, and don’t forget to rate your guide!

WotLK Classic Leatherworking Guide

WotLK Leatherworking Bonuses and Benefits