WoW Classic Leatherworking Leveling Guide

This WoW Classic Leatherworking leveling guide provides a cost-efficient path from skill 1 to 300. The route uses estimated material costs together with each recipe's skill-up range to select efficient crafts as you level.

Leatherworking uses some materials crafted at earlier skill levels in later recipes. Items marked (keep) should be saved, as the route expects to use them in subsequent crafts.

Quantities marked with an asterisk are estimates because yellow and green recipes don't guarantee a skill point on every craft.

Aggressive

Level	Craft
1-31	30Light Amor Kit Requires 30 Light Leather
31-55	30Handstitched Leather Cloak Requires* 60 Light Leather 30 Coarse Thread
Train Journeyman 75-150 (req. L10)
55-86	31Embossed Leather Gloves Requires 93 Light Leather 62 Coarse Thread
86-111	25Fine Leather Belt Requires 150 Light Leather 50 Coarse Thread
111-116	5Medium Armor Kit Requires 20 Medium Leather 5 Coarse Thread
116-126	10Dark Leather Boots Requires 40 Medium Leather 20 Fine Thread 10 Gray Dye
126-136	10Dark Leather Cloak Requires 80 Medium Leather 10 Fine Thread 10 Gray Dye
136-150	14Hillman's Shoulders Requires 14 Cured Medium Hide 56 Medium Leather 14 Fine Thread
Train Expert 150-225 (req. L20)
150-155	7Heavy Leather (keep)* Requires 35 Medium Leather
155-169	21Cured Heavy Hide (keep)* Requires 21 Heavy Hide 63 Salt
169-175	7Heavy Armor Kit Requires* 35 Heavy Leather 7 Fine Thread
175-190	15Barbaric Shoulders Requires 120 Heavy Leather 15 Cured Heavy Hide 30 Fine Thread
190-211	21Guardian Gloves Requires 84 Heavy Leather 21 Cured Heavy Hide 21 Silken Thread
211-221	10Thick Armor Kit Requires 50 Thick Leather 10 Silken Thread
Train Artisan 225-300 (req. L35)
221-230	10Nightscape Headband Requires* 50 Thick Leather 20 Silken Thread
230-250	20Nightscape Pants Requires 280 Thick Leather 80 Silken Thread
250-265	24Rugged Armor Kit Requires* 120 Rugged Leather
265-286	21Wicked Leather Bracers Requires Pattern: Wicked Leather Bracers 168 Rugged Leather 21 Black Dye 21 Rune Thread
286-300	14Wicked Leather Headband Requires Pattern: Wicked Leather Headband 168 Rugged Leather 14 Black Dye 14 Rune Thread
*May require a few more or a few less depending on your luck

Leatherworking Leveling Tips

Keep any materials marked (keep) in the guide. Some materials crafted while leveling are required by later recipes, so selling them may mean having to craft or buy them again.

Before starting a long crafting section, check that you have the required threads, dyes, salt and other vendor materials. These are easy to overlook when buying the leather needed for the route.

Leatherworking Patterns

Most of the route uses recipes available through normal Leatherworking progression, but some later sections require specific patterns. Check the requirements shown in the guide before buying all of your materials so you don't reach a skill level without access to the next recipe.

In particular, the final part of this route uses Pattern: Wicked Leather Bracers and Pattern: Wicked Leather Headband.

Normal vs Aggressive Leveling

Enable Aggressive if you're willing to continue using recipes after their skill-up chance begins to fall when the estimated material savings justify the additional crafts. The standard route is more conservative.

Because yellow and green skill-ups are probabilistic, your actual material requirements may be slightly higher or lower than the quantities shown.