Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1-450
Leatherworking can be rather expensive to level, especially if you don’t have access to a skinner.
Below is a general guide on how to level it. The results on how much you spend (or even gain) leveling will depend on your server prices. The trick is to pay attention more to the process on what I select than the actual item it’s self. If the item in the guide says to make it to say 135 but it’s still green and will make you a profit on your server to DE/sell, keep making them until gray, these are “free” levels when you look at the net cost to you.
I also tend to lean towards DE’ing items than selling them. You will usually recoup more of your cost of leveling the profession to tip a friend to DE all your items than to list the items for sale. The reasoning behind this is Enchant mats have no listing fee. You can re list the item till it sells with no cost to you if it doesn’t and many craftables have a steep listing fee, which cuts into recouping your gold from leveling. Enchant mats also tend to sell quicker. Someone power leveling enchanting will buy about 4-5 stacks of a dust in 1 day, while someone leveling will most likely buy only one item.
General rules when leveling crafting professions:
1. Spending more mats on something that is more desirable or gives a higher DE value will give you a smaller net loss.
2. If you have to sell items, don’t list them all on the same day. List 1-2 items at a time
3. Have an enchanter handy. Either one of your other characters (strongly recommended even if it’s an alt you rarely use) or a friend that you can trust, and just give a tip to DE the items.
4. Look for the smallest net lost, not the cheapest to make. Sometimes it’s the same item, sometimes it’s not.
5. Profits will vary by server. If you have a lot of people DE’ing for profit you won’t make as much back. If you don’t, you will make quite a bit of gold.
6. You may be making things that don’t get you a skill point every level however, you are not “losing” gold if you evaluate the cost, AH value and DE value properly.
The column with mats is the amount of mats needed for one level.
I use curing hides as a method of leveling, if there are no hides available, I give an alternative to that level range.
And now for the Leatherworking guide.
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Lvl 1-35 |
Light Leather – Make until gray you will need the leather for the next level range. If you cannot get cheap scraps on the AH, you can skip to Light armor kits at anytime. |
3 x Ruined Leather Scraps per level |
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Lvl 36-60 |
Cured Light Hide- You will use these for a later level. If you cannot find Light Hides, you can do the alternative below. |
1 Light Hide and 1 salt per level |
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Rugged Leather Pants –DE for profit on most servers. |
5 Light Leather and 5 Coarse Thread per level |
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Lvl 61-75 |
Rugged Leather Pants –DE for profit on most servers. Make these until gray if you can DE for profit. |
5 Light Leather and 5 Coarse Thread per level |
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Lvl 76-100 |
Embossed Leather Pants –DE for profit. If you can find the Fine Leather Glove recipe on the AH the mats are cheaper per level. Either way, make until gray if you can DE for profit. |
1 Cured Light Hide, 6 Light Leather, and 2 Coarse Thread per level |
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Embossed Leather Boots – An alternative if you cannot find the Hides on the Auction House. |
8 Light Leather and 5 Coarse Thread per level |
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Lvl 101-130 |
Cured Medium Hide – You will need around 50 of these for the next level |
1 Medium Hide and 1 Salt per level |
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Dark Leather Tunic –make until gray if you can DE for profit |
6 Medium Leather, 1 Fine Thread, and 1 Gray Dye |
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Lvl 131-165 |
Hillman’s Shoulders – Can be DE’d for profit on most servers. |
1 Cured Hide, 4 Medium Leathers, 1 Fine Thread per level |
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Dark Leather Pants – DE them |
12 Medium leather, 1 Gray Dye, 1 Fine Thread per level |
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Lvl 166-180 |
Heavy Armor Kit – They sell on the AH for about the crafting price |
5 Heavy Hide, 1 Fine Thread per level |
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Lvl 181-200 |
Dusky Leather Leggings – Cost around 2g to craft and DE for around 1.1g a piece |
10 Heavy leather, 1 Black Dye, 2 Fine Thread per level |
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Lvl 201-205 |
Thick Armor Kit – Sell them on the AH |
5 Thick Leather and 2 Silken Thread per level |
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Lvl 206-235 |
Nightscape Headband – DE them, if you can make a profit craft until they are gray |
5 Thick Leather and 2 Silken Thread per level |
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Lvl 236-260 |
Nightscape Pants – DE them, the craft price is around 3.3g and the DE value is around 3.5g |
14 Thick Leather and 4 Silken Thread per level |
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Lvl 261-280 |
Wicked Leather Gauntlets – The DE value is 4.25g the craft price is 5.3g |
8 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread per level |
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Lvl 281-300 |
Wicked Leather Headband – DE them, you can normally DE for profit, the craft value is 7.7g and the DE value is around 14g |
12 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread per level |
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Lvl 301-310 |
Knothide Leather – You will need these for upcoming levels |
5 Knothide Leather Scraps per level |
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Lvl 311-320 |
Thick Draenic Gloves – DE them, the craft value is 3g and the DE value is around 4.8g If you make a profit, craft till gray. |
6 Knothide Leather and 2 Runic Thread per level |
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Lvl 321-325 |
Knothide Armor Kit – Make until Gray if they sell on the AH for more than the craft value. |
4 Knothide Leather per level |
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Lvl 326-330 |
Heavy Knothide Leather – You can resell these on the AH after you craft them |
5 Knothide Leather per level |
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Lvl 331-350 |
Thick Draenic Vest – DE them, the craft value is 6.4g and the DE value is around 11.5g If you make a profit, craft till gray. |
14 Knothide Leather and 3 Rune Thread per level |
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Lvl 351-385 |
Borean Armor Kit – Craft until gray, you can make for profit, or break even on the AH. |
4 Borean Leather per level |
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Lvl 386-390 |
Arctic Boots – The craft DE value and AH value are about the same for this item. |
8 Borean Leather per level |
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Lvl 390-405 |
Heavy Borean Leather – You will need a lot of these for future levels. |
6 Borean Leather per level |
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Lvl 405-410 |
Nerubian Leg Armor – Craft to sell on the AH, if you can make profit you can craft until gray and save them to list a couple at a time. |
4 Heavy Borean Leather, 1 Nerubian Chitin per level |
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Lvl 411-415 |
Jormungar Leg Armor – Craft to sell on the AH, if you can make profit you can craft until gray and save them to list a couple at a time. |
5 Heavy Borean Leather, 1 Jormungar Scale per level |
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Lvl 416-425 |
Fur Linings – Craft extras for you to use when you get upgrade and save them in a bank. |
1 Arctic Fur per level |
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Lvl 425-440 |
Frosthide Leg Armor – Craft to sell on the AH, if you can make profit you can craft until gray and save them to list a couple at a time. |
2 Arctic Fur, 2 Nerubian Chitin per level |
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Icescale Leg Armor – Craft to sell on the AH, if you can make profit you can craft until gray and save them to list a couple at a time. |
2 Arctic Fur, 2 Icy Dragonscale per level |
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Lvl 441-450 |
Ice Striker”s Cloak – Craft to sell on the AH, if you can make profit you can craft until 450 and save them to list a couple at a time. |
2 Arctic Fur, 6 Eternal Fire, 4 Eternal Shadow, 1 Frozen Orb per level |
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Durable Nerubhide Cape – Craft to sell on the AH, if you can make profit you can craft until 450 and save them to list a couple at a time. |
2 Arctic Fur, 40 Nerubian Chitin, 1 Frozen orb per level |
February 8th, 2009
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May 28th, 2009
Very helpful, thanks
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nicely written…!