PROFESSIONS · 1 TO 300 GUIDE
Leatherworking
Crafting · Updated October 30, 2026
Leather and mail armor, armor kits and special bags. In Forever it's one of the biggest winners: over 270 new recipes, role-based sets bought with Favor and a camp tent that grants rest. For hunters, druids, rogues and shamans.
What to pair it with: Skinning: you skin what you're already killing and the leather goes straight into the profession.
What changes in Forever
- Over 270 new recipes (over 500 in total). Forever moved the skill-up points of nearly 200 recipes: from 225 on, many turn grey about 25 points earlier than in Classic, so a Classic guide won't work there.
- With Merchant's Favor (81 patterns in 30, 60 and 90 tiers): leveling sets (Brawler's, Defender's, Stormrider's, Totemic, Trapper's, Wisdom's), leather and mail pieces (Mender's, Skycaller's, Prowler's, Skulker's, Warden's, Skirmisher's, Stalker's) and kits like Forceful Thick Armor Kit and Mystic Rugged Armor Kit. Sold by Daniel Stitchsong (Alliance, Redridge) and the Horde camp near the Crossroads.
- Blizzard added leatherworking patterns as random dungeon drops, and fixed attack power armor kits that gave double ranged attack power.
- Camping: Camp Tent (20; rested XP, up to 5% of a level), Tanning Rack (140; makes reagents) and Sewing Machine (300; needed for its most advanced recipes).
- Legacy points at 150, 225 and 300, and an account title with the certification (300 and 1,000 Favor).
From 1 to 300, step by step
| 1-30 | Light Leather ~33 Total: 100 Ruined Leather Scraps 3 scraps per leather. Yellow from 20. With spare Light Leather, make Light Armor Kit (1 Light Leather each). |
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| 30-55 | Cured Light Hide ~27 Total: 27 Light Hide, 27 Salt Keep 24 for Light Leather Pants. Elwynn and Tirisfal have no vendor next to the trainer: buy Salt and Coarse Thread in Goldshire (Tharynn Bouden) or Brill (Abigail Shiel). Train Journeyman at 50 (level 10). |
| 55-75 | Embossed Leather Gloves ~21 Total: 63 Light Leather, 42 Coarse Thread The last five points are yellow. |
| 75-80 | Medium Leather ~8 Total: 32 Light Leather Keep it for later. |
| 80-90 | Cured Medium Hide ~10 Total: 10 Medium Hide, 10 Salt Keep them all for Dark Leather Belt. |
| 90-100 | Fine Leather Belt ~19 Total: 114 Light Leather, 38 Coarse Thread Keep 10 belts. |
| 100-115 | Light Leather Pants ~24 Total: 240 Light Leather, 24 Cured Light Hide, 24 Fine Thread Yellow the whole way. |
| 115-125 | Dark Leather Belt ~10 Total: 10 Fine Leather Belt, 10 Cured Medium Hide, 20 Fine Thread, 10 Gray Dye At 125 train Expert (level 20, 50 silver). |
| 125-130 | Heavy Leather ~7 Total: 35 Medium Leather Keep it for the next steps. |
| 130-140 | Cured Heavy Hide ~20 Total: 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt Keep them. If Heavy Hide is pricey, go straight to Hillman's Leather Gloves until 150, then Barbaric Leggings (vendor pattern in Thousand Needles, Arathi Highlands and Ashenvale) to 165 and Barbaric Harness to 175. |
| 140-155 | Hillman's Leather Gloves ~16-20 Per craft: 14 Medium Leather, 4 Fine Thread Yellow from 145. |
| 155-165 | Barbaric Shoulders ~10 Total: 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread From the Expert trainer. |
| 165-195 | Guardian Gloves ~36 Total: 144 Heavy Leather, 36 Cured Heavy Hide, 36 Silken Thread Yellow from 185. Cure 26 more Heavy Hide (3 Salt each). |
| 195-210 | Nightscape Headband ~21 Total: 105 Thick Leather, 42 Silken Thread Yellow from 200. Train Artisan at 200 (level 35). |
| 210-225 | Nightscape Pants ~15 Total: 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread Only the Artisan trainers teach it (not the Expert ones in Thunder Bluff and Darnassus). |
| 225-235 | Rugged Armor Kit — Per craft: 5 Rugged Leather From the trainer. Grey at 245. |
| 235-260 | Wicked Leather Gauntlets — Per craft: 8 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread Needs the pattern (learnable at 235). Alternative for 235-250: Nightscape Boots (16 Thick Leather and 2 Heavy Silken Thread each). |
| 260-280 | Tooled Leather Gauntlets — Per craft: 10 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread, 1 Orange Dye New Forever recipe (intellect and spirit). |
| 280-300 | Blue Suede Hat — Per craft: 16 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread, 4 Blue Dye New Forever recipe (strength and agility). Orange at 280, yellow near 300. |
Trainers
- Apprentice (1-75): no level requirement. Kamari (Orgrimmar), Dan Golthas (Undercity), Mak (Thunder Bluff), Randal Worth (Stormwind), Gretta Finespindle (Ironforge), Darianna (Darnassus). Starting zones: Chaw Stronghide (Bloodhoof Village), Shelene Rhobart (southeast of Brill), Adele Fielder (Crystal Lake, Elwynn), Nadyia Maneweaver (Teldrassil) and Indari Sunseam (Zephras Isle).
- Journeyman (up to 150; skill 50 and level 10): Karolek (Orgrimmar), Arthur Moore (Undercity), Tarn (Thunder Bluff), Simon Tanner (Stormwind), Fimble Finespindle (Ironforge), Faldron (Darnassus). On Zephras Isle, Emerii Tallgust.
- Expert (up to 225; skill 125 and level 20, 50 silver): Una (Thunder Bluff) or Telonis (Darnassus).
- Artisan (up to 300; skill 200 and level 35): Hahrana Ironhide (Camp Mojache, Feralas) for the Horde and Drakk Stonehand (Aerie Peak, The Hinterlands) for the Alliance.
What is worth the most
- Armor kits: everyone puts them on legs, chest, hands and feet. The Favor Mystic Rugged Armor Kit is new.
- Favor leveling sets: rare leather or mail with stats for your role, from skill 60.
- Special bags (quivers and ammo pouches for hunters).
- The Camp Tent: rested XP for the whole group at the campfire.
Tips
- Level Skinning from level 1: the route eats hundreds of each leather type.
- Cure hides as soon as you get them and keep what the route says to keep: some steps reuse belts and cured hides.
- The middle stretch has two paths: with Heavy Hide or without. Check prices and take the cheaper one.
- Don't follow a Classic guide past 225: in Forever recipes go grey sooner.
- Fill Waylaid Supplies that ask for leather: Favor buys the new sets and kits.
What we don't know yet
- 225-300 hasn't been tested (the beta was capped at level 30). Guides disagree: another route uses Blue Suede Gloves, Supple Scorpid Bracers and Blue Suede Bracers. We'll fix it in launch week.
- Where the Wicked Leather Gauntlets, Tooled Leather Gauntlets and Blue Suede Hat patterns come from, and how many crafts each needs.
- How Dragonscale, Elemental and Tribal unlock in Forever.
- Which reagents the Tanning Rack makes and which recipes need the Sewing Machine.
This guide is updated every time Blizzard publishes changes. Whatever is still missing goes in as soon as it is known, and the date at the top tells you when we last touched it.
Sources: Blizzard: repaso a fondo de Forever (profesiones y acampada) · Warcraft Tavern: profesiones en Forever · WoW-Professions: Leatherworking 1-300 en Forever · LFCarry: Leatherworking en Forever (Favor y 225-300) · Conquest Capped: Leatherworking en Forever · RankedBoost: Leatherworking en Forever (cambios del cliente).