Related Guides:

• WoW Skinning Guide 1-525
• Leather farming guide - Where to farm Leathers?

Approximate Materials Required for 1-525:
- 57 Ruined Leather Scraps
- 130 Coarse Thread
- 15 Medium Hide
- 75 Salt
- 260 Light Leather
- 130 Medium Leather
- 190 Fine Thread
- 30 Gray Dye
- 20 Heavy Hide
- 180 Heavy Leather
- 410 Thick Leather
- 145 Silken Thread
- 410 Rugged Leather
- 35 Black Dye
- 92 Rune Thread
- 100 Knothide Leather Scraps
- 307 Knothide Leather
- 28 Fel Scales
- 212 Borean Leather
- 123 Heavy Borean Leather (738 Borean Leather) - You will need a lot less if you use Arctic Fur. Don't buy all of these.
- 100 Crystallized Water - You won't need all of these if you use Arctic Fur.
- 5 Eternal Water
- 50 Savage Leather Scraps
- 375 Savage Leather
- 168 Heavy Savage Leather (840 Savage Leather)
- 58 Volatile Fire
- 8 Volatile Air
- 38 Volatile Water
- 32 Volatile Earth

WoW Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 525

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Apprentice.

If you wan to farm the leathers instead of buying them, make sure to check out my Leather Farming Guide.

• 1-20
  19 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps

• 20-30 or 1-30
  10 x [Light Armour Kit] - 10 Light Leather

  You can make these from 1-30 too, if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.

• 30-50
  20 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 40 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread

• 50-55
  5 x [Handstitched Leather Belt] - 30 Light Leather, 5 Coarse Thread

55 - 135

Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.

• 55-85
  30 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 90 Light Leather, 60 Coarse Thread

• 85-100
  15 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 90 Light Leather, 30 Coarse Thread

  Keep these, you will need them.

• 100-115
  Keep the Medium Hides, you will need them.

  15 x [Cured Medium Hide] - 15 Medium Hide, 15 Salt

  Make [Medium Armor Kit] if you can't find Medium Hides at the AH.

• 115-130
  15 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 60 Medium Leather, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Dye

135 - 200

Learn Leatherworking Expert.

• 130-145
  15 x [Dark Leather Belt] - 15 Fine Leather Belt, 15 Cured Medium Hide, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Die

Make [Dark Leather Cloak] if you still don't have [Cured Medium Hide].

• 145-150
  5 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread

• 150-155
  5 x [Heavy Leather Ball] - 10 Heavy Leather, 5 Fine Thread

  The pattern is sold by these NPCs.

• 155-165
  You will need the Cured Heavy Hides later.

  20 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt

  Below you can find an alternative way if you don't have any Heavy Hides at all. Which is usually the case, since Heavy Hide has pretty low drop rate. If you can get 5 Heavy Hides for example, you should stop making Barbaric Leggings at 195 and start making Guardian Gloves, you can find this recipe at the 190-200 part in the guide.

  165-180 - [Heavy Armour Kit] or [Hillman's Cloak]
  180-190 - [Guardian Pants] or [Barbaric Leggings]
  190-200 - [Barbaric Leggings]

  The [Barbaric Leggings] recipe is sold by these NPCs.

• 170-180
  10 x [Heavy Armor Kit] - 50 Heavy Leather, 10 Fine Thread

• 180-190
  10 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread

• 190-200
  10 x [Guardian Gloves] - 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread

• 200-205
  5 x [Thick Armor Kit] - 25 Thick Leather, 5 Silken Thread

205 - 265

Learn Leatherworking Artisan.

• 205-235
  35 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread

• 235-250
  15 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread

• 250-265
  18 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 90 Rugged Leather

• 265-290
  25 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 200 Rugged Leather, 25 Black Dye, 25 Rune Thread

  If there are some Heavy Scorpid Scale in the Auction House and it's cheaper than the Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:

  [Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - Recipe location

  Or make [Frostsaber Boots] if Essence of Water is cheap on your realm.

290 - 350

Visit your trainer learn Leatherworking Master.

• 290-300
  10 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 120 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread

• 300-310
  20 x [Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather Scraps

  Just skip this part and start making [Knothide Armor Kit], if you don't have Knothide Leather Scraps.

• 310-325
  23 x [Knothide Armor Kit] - 92 Knothide Leather

• 325-335
  43 x [Heavy Knothide Leather] - 215 Knothide Leather

  Just go to the next step if you didn't reach 335 by making these, but then you will need a few more[Heavy Knothide Leather].

  If one Heavy Knothide Leather is cheaper than 5 Knothide Leather, stop making the Heavy Knothide Leathers when you reach 330, buy them from the Auction House instead.

• 335-340
  5 x [Thick Draenic Vest] - 15 Heavy Knothide Leather, 15 Rune Thread

• 340-350
  If you don't have to that much Fel Scales, you can make [Thick Draenic Vest] up to 345 or 350 if you can't find any Fel Scales in the AH at all.

  14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 28 Heavy Knothide Leather, 28 Fel Scales, 42 Rune Thread

  This recipe goes yellow at 345, so you will need to make a few extra ones. I suggest gathering enough materials for 14.

350 - 425

Visit your trainer and learn Leatherworking Grand Master.

• 350-380
  33 x [Borean Armor Kit] - 132 Borean Leather

  Transform all your [Borean Leather Scraps] into [Borean Leather] if you are a Skinner. The recipe is yellow up to 362, do not right click the Leather Scraps, there is actually a recipe that give you skill-ups, use that.

• 380-390
  10 x [Arctic Boots] - 80 Borean Leather

• 390-405
  Make the recipe below until you reach 400, then go to the Auction House and check the [Arctic Fur]prices. If one Arctic Fur is cheaper than 4 Heavy Borean Leather (24 Borean Leather) then buy it and make any Fur Lining recipe. Buy as many as you can and don't make the 123 Heavy Borean Leathers if you bought Arctics Furs, make more only if you need it.

  123 x [Heavy Borean Leather] - 738 Borean Leather

• 405-420
  20 x [Dark Frostscale Leggings] - 80 Heavy Borean Leather, 100 Crystallized Water

  Make [Dark Iceborne Leggings] if Crystallized Shadow is cheaper than Crystallized Water.

• 420-425
  5 x [Overcast Bracers] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Water

  The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.

425 - 525

Visit your trainer and learn Leatherworking Illustrious.

• 425-435
  10 x [Savage Leather] - 50 Savage Leather Scraps

  Start making the next recipe in the guide, if you don't have Savage Leather Scraps.

• 435-450
  15 x [Savage Armor Kit] - 75 Savage Leather

• 450-460
  10 x [Tsunami Boots] - 70 Savage Leather, 10 Eternium Thread

  You can buy Eternium Threads from Leatherworking Supply vendors and you could also make any other item that requires 7 Savage Leather.

• 460-470
  10 x [Savage Cloak] - 70 Savage Leather, 10 Eternium Thread

  Or any other orange item that requires 7 Savage Leather.

• 470-475
  5 x [Darkbrand Boots] - 50 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread

• 475-480
  5 x [Darkbrand Shoulders] - 60 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread

  You could alse make [Scorched Leg Armor] up to 485.

• 480-485
  5 x [Darkbrand Chestguard] - 60 Savage Leather, 5 Eternium Thread

  You could alse make [Twilight Leg Armor] up to 490 or any other orange item that requires 12 Savage Leather.

• 485-490
  152 x [Heavy Savage Leather] - 760 Savage Leather

• 490-496
  2 x [Darkbrand Leggings] - 8 Heavy Savage Leather, 24 Volatile Earth

• 496-502
  2 x [Cloak of Beast] - 16 Heavy Savage Leather, 4 Volatile Earth, 4 Volatile Air, 4 Volatile Water, 4 Volatile Fire

• 502-504
  2 x [Darkbrand Helm] - 10 Heavy Savage Leather

  The recipe will be yellow, you might need to make 3 or 4.

  It is really important to stop making these at 504!

• 504-510
  2 x [Cloak of Beast] - 16 Heavy Savage Leather, 4 Volatile Earth, 4 Volatile Air, 4 Volatile Water, 4 Volatile Fire

  or

  2 x [Cloak of War] - 120 Blackened Dragonscale

• 510-525
  You need to be level 84 if you want to level your Leatherworking up to 525, and you will have to make the starting quest chains in Twilight Highlands, because the NPCs won't shop up until you complete the quests.

  Horde players can find Threm Blackscalp at Dragonmaw Port in Twilight Highlands. Alliance players can find Misty Merriweather at Highbank.

  Every vendor recipe changes to yellow after 5 skill points, this means you're going to purchase a new recipe every 5 points. Each of these recipes gives you 2 skill points. You can use different recipes, because most of them use the same amount of materials, here is the path I did:

  You will need 30 more Heavy Savage Leathers to buy the 3 recipes.

  3 x [Bloodied Leather Bracers] - 30 Heavy Savage Leather, 30 Volatile Fire

  2 x [Bloodied Leather Boots] - 20 Heavy Savage Leather, 20 Volatile Fire

  3 x [Bloodied Leather Helm] - 30 Heavy Savage Leather, 30 Volatile Water

I hope you liked this WoW Leatherworking guide, GZ to 525!