WoW Forever Leatherworking 1–300 guide

Choose among leather and hide recipes in your current skill band.

Forever beta · Source checked 5 October 2026

A 1-300 Leatherworking route for WoW Forever: the shopping list, every trainer by race and capital, and the cheapest recipe for each skill band from Apprentice through Artisan.

Leather is the bulk of the bill, so Skinning is the natural partner and lets you level almost for free while you quest. Buying everything off the Auction House works too; where two recipes land close in price we list both and say which to pick.

Everything here is read from the Forever beta client (build 70205). The beta caps skill at 225, so the bands above that are the client's recipe data and have not been walked in game by TheWoWDB yet.

Shopping list

Counts are estimates: once a recipe turns yellow not every craft gives a point. An alternative replaces its whole row, so buy whichever is cheaper on your house.

Skill 1-225

Counts are estimates. Recipes stop giving a point on every craft once they turn yellow, so expect to be a few over or under. Where an alternative is listed it replaces the whole row; buy whichever is cheaper in your house. Threads, salt and dye come from Leatherworking Supply vendors and are listed under Tools.

Material	Unit price	Line total	Alternative (if cheaper)
100× Ruined Leather Scraps	13 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	13 silver	60× Light Leather if Light Leather is cheaper; make Light Armor Kits instead of converting scraps
27× Light Hide	1 silver19 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	32 silver13 copper	—
415× Light Leather	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	1 gold99 silver20 copper	—
310× Medium Leather	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	8 gold21 silver50 copper	—
10× Medium Hide	18 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	1 gold80 silver	—
20× Heavy Hide	21 silver58 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	4 gold31 silver60 copper	240× Heavy Leather and 140× Medium Leather and 17× Moss Agate and 5× Iron Buckle if 20 Heavy Hide cost more than this set, take the Heavy Leather track for 130-175 instead; the alternative replaces this row and the 120 Heavy Leather row below
120× Heavy Leather Pairs with the 20 Heavy Hide above (the Cured Heavy Hide track).	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	14 gold20 silver80 copper	—
104× Heavy Leather	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	12 gold31 silver36 copper	—
26× Cured Heavy Hide	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	3 gold90 silver	26× Heavy Hide if raw hides are cheaper; curing one takes 3 Salt
315× Thick Leather	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	47 gold25 silver	—
97× Salt vendor Our tally from the step list on the Cured Heavy Hide track (27 + 10 + 60). Add 78 more if you cure the 26 Heavy Hide alternative yourself.	98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	95 silver6 copper	—
80× Coarse Thread vendor Our tally from the step list.	17 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	13 silver60 copper	—
144× Fine Thread vendor Our tally on the Cured Heavy Hide track; the Heavy Leather track needs 150.	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	1 gold65 silver60 copper	—
138× Silken Thread vendor Our tally from the step list.	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	13 gold80 silver	—
10× Gray Dye vendor	3 silver89 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	38 silver90 copper	—

Skill 225-300

Not tested on the beta; the reference stops its list at 225 and so do we. Rows will be added once the 35 cap lifts and the route can be checked.

No list yet for this range.

Where to learn Leatherworking

Apprentice Leatherworking currently has no level requirement in Forever, so a brand-new character can pick it up.

Alliance capitals

Stormwind City Randal Worth
Ironforge Gretta Finespindle the Great Forge
Darnassus Darianna

Horde capitals

Orgrimmar Kamari the Drag
Undercity Dan Golthas
Thunder Bluff Mak

Starting zones

Race	Zone	Closest trainer
Orc, Troll	Durotar	Kamari none in Durotar; use the Drag, Orgrimmar
Tauren	Mulgore	Chaw Stronghide Bloodhoof Village
Undead	Tirisfal Glades	Shelene Rhobart road fork southeast of Brill
Human	Elwynn Forest	Adele Fielder cottage at Crystal Lake, northeast of Goldshire
Dwarf, Gnome	Dun Morogh	Gretta Finespindle none in Dun Morogh; Great Forge, Ironforge
Night Elf	Teldrassil	Nadyia Maneweaver cottage on the Darnassus road
Skyborne	Zephras Isle	Emerii Tallgust Valanaar; also Indari Sunseam in Shen'dar Village

Trainer and vendor placements are from community references and have not yet been walked in the Forever beta by TheWoWDB. Ask a city guard in game: the trainer is flagged on your map.

Tools and supplies

Salt

Needed to cure every hide (1 per Light or Medium Hide, 3 per Heavy Hide). Sold by the Leatherworking Supply vendor standing near almost every trainer.

Alliance vendors

Elwynn Forest Tharynn Bouden Goldshire; the Elwynn trainer has no supply vendor

Horde vendors

Tirisfal Glades Abigail Shiel Brill; the Tirisfal trainer has no supply vendor

Coarse Thread

Apprentice and early Journeyman thread. Same supply vendors as Salt.

Alliance vendors

Elwynn Forest Tharynn Bouden Goldshire

Horde vendors

Tirisfal Glades Abigail Shiel Brill

Fine Thread

From 100 onward. Leatherworking and Tailoring Supply vendors carry it.

Silken Thread

Guardian Gloves and the Nightscape pieces. Supply vendors in the capitals.

Gray Dye

Only the Dark Leather Belt step uses it. Supply vendors.

Apprentice 1–55

Scraps become leather, hides get cured. Hold on to the cured hides; the pants at 100 eat them.

1–30Skill 1–30

33× Light Leather

yellow 20grey 40

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Ruined Leather Scraps	3	13 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 39 copper · 12 silver87 copper for 33 crafts

3 scraps per leather

Alternative — you bought Light Leather instead of scraps (1 leather per kit)

30× Light Armor Kit

yellow 30grey 60

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Light Leather	1	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 48 copper · 14 silver40 copper for 30 crafts

Yellow from 20, so the last stretch skips a point now and then.

30–55Skill 30–55

27× Cured Light Hide

yellow 50grey 70

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Light Hide	1	1 silver19 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Salt	1	98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 2 silver17 copper · 58 silver59 copper for 27 crafts

Keep 24 of these — a later step uses them.

24 of these go into Light Leather Pants at 100

Nearly every trainer has a Leatherworking Supply vendor within a few steps for salt, thread and dye. The two exceptions are Elwynn Forest and Tirisfal Glades: shop in Goldshire or Brill instead.

Salt is sold by:

Elwynn Forest Tharynn Bouden Goldshire
Tirisfal Glades Abigail Shiel Brill

Coarse Thread is sold by:

Elwynn Forest Tharynn Bouden Goldshire
Tirisfal Glades Abigail Shiel Brill

Journeyman 55–130

Learn Journeyman at a capital before 75. Two of these steps build parts for the Dark Leather Belt at 115, so keep what the notes say.

To train past 75, learn Journeyman Leatherworking (requires skill 50 and character level 10).

Alliance

Stormwind City Simon Tanner
Ironforge Fimble Finespindle
Darnassus Faldron

Horde

Orgrimmar Karolek
Undercity Arthur Moore
Thunder Bluff Tarn

55–75Skill 55–75

21× Embossed Leather Gloves

yellow 70grey 100

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Light Leather	3	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Thread	2	17 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 silver78 copper · 37 silver38 copper for 21 crafts

75–80Skill 75–80

8× Medium Leather

yellow 75grey 85

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Light Leather	4	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 silver92 copper · 15 silver36 copper for 8 crafts

4 Light Leather per Medium Leather

80–90Skill 80–90

10× Cured Medium Hide

yellow 90grey 105

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Medium Hide	1	18 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Salt	1	98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 18 silver98 copper · 1 gold89 silver80 copper for 10 crafts

Keep 10 of these — a later step uses them.

all ten feed the Dark Leather Belts at 115

90–100Skill 90–100

19× Fine Leather Belt

yellow 85grey 115

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Light Leather	6	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Thread	2	17 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 3 silver22 copper · 61 silver18 copper for 19 crafts

Keep 10 of these — a later step uses them.

ten belts are a reagent for Dark Leather Belt

100–115Skill 100–115

24× Light Leather Pants

yellow 100grey 130

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Light Leather	10	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Light Hide	1	1 silver70 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	1	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 7 silver65 copper · 1 gold83 silver60 copper for 24 crafts

uses the Cured Light Hides from 30-55

115–125Skill 115–125

10× Dark Leather Belt

yellow 125grey 150

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Fine Leather Belt	1	4 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Medium Hide	1	9 silver78 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Gray Dye	1	3 silver89 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 19 silver97 copper · 1 gold99 silver70 copper for 10 crafts

belt + cured hide + dye from earlier steps

125–130Skill 125–130

7× Heavy Leather

yellow 125grey 135

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Medium Leather	5	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 13 silver25 copper · 92 silver75 copper for 7 crafts

5 Medium Leather per Heavy Leather

Expert 130–210

Expert is taught by one trainer per faction (Una or Telonis). Price Heavy Hide against Heavy Leather before you buy: the steps below follow the Cured Heavy Hide track, and the Heavy Leather track is laid out in the comparison further down. Both tracks merge at 175.

To train past 150, learn Expert Leatherworking (requires skill 125 and character level 20). Costs 50 silver.

Alliance

Darnassus Telonis

Horde

Thunder Bluff Una

130–140Skill 130–140

20× Cured Heavy Hide

yellow 135grey 145

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Hide	1	21 silver58 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Salt	3	98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 24 silver52 copper · 4 gold90 silver40 copper for 20 crafts

Keep 20 of these — a later step uses them.

3 Salt each; every cured hide is used at 155-175

Skip this step if you chose the Heavy Leather track.

140–155Skill 140–155

20× Hillman's Leather Gloves

yellow 145grey 170

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Medium Leather	14	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	4	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 41 silver70 copper · 8 gold34 silver for 20 crafts

Heavy Leather track makes 30 of these from 130 instead

155–165Skill 155–165

10× Barbaric Shoulders

yellow 170grey 190

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	8	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Heavy Hide	1	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold12 silver2 copper · 11 gold20 silver20 copper for 10 crafts

1 Cured Heavy Hide each

Alternative — you are on the Heavy Leather track (155-170; pattern sold by vendors, see the comparison)

17× Barbaric Leggings

yellow 165grey 185

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	10	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Moss Agate	1	3 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold24 silver69 copper · 21 gold19 silver73 copper for 17 crafts

165–175Skill 165–175

10× Guardian Gloves

yellow 185grey 205

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	4	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Heavy Hide	1	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silken Thread	1	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 72 silver36 copper · 7 gold23 silver60 copper for 10 crafts

1 Cured Heavy Hide each

Alternative — you are on the Heavy Leather track (170-175)

5× Barbaric Harness

yellow 185grey 205

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	14	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Iron Buckle	1	1 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold69 silver6 copper · 8 gold45 silver30 copper for 5 crafts

175–195Skill 175–195

26× Guardian Gloves

yellow 185grey 205

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	4	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Heavy Hide	1	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silken Thread	1	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 72 silver36 copper · 18 gold81 silver36 copper for 26 crafts

both tracks rejoin here

Bought raw Heavy Hide for this stretch? Cure it first; each Cured Heavy Hide costs 3 Salt.

Yellow from 185 per the client data, so budget a couple of spare gloves.

195–210Skill 195–210

21× Nightscape Headband

yellow 200grey 220

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Thick Leather	5	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silken Thread	2	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 95 silver · 19 gold95 silver for 21 crafts

Yellow from 200.

Artisan 210–300

Artisan is taught only in Feralas (Horde) or the Hinterlands (Alliance). The 210-225 step is the last one the beta can confirm.

To train past 225, learn Artisan Leatherworking (requires skill 200 and character level 35).

Alliance

The Hinterlands Drakk Stonehand Aerie Peak

Horde

Feralas Hahrana Ironhide Camp Mojache

210–225Skill 210–225

15× Nightscape Pants

yellow 225grey 245

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Thick Leather	14	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silken Thread	4	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 2 gold50 silver · 37 gold50 silver for 15 crafts

Nightscape Pants are not on the Expert trainers' lists in Thunder Bluff or Darnassus; only the two Artisan trainers teach them, so make the trip before 210.

Yellow from 225 in the client data, which is exactly where the beta cap sits.

Heavy Hide vs Heavy Leather (130-175)

Add up the price of 20 Heavy Hide in your house and set it against 120 Heavy Leather + 140 Medium Leather + 17 Moss Agate. Cheaper hides: take the Cured Heavy Hide track. Cheaper leather: take the Heavy Leather track. From 175 the two routes are identical.

Cured Heavy Hide track

130–140Skill 130–140

20× Cured Heavy Hide

yellow 135grey 145

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Hide	1	21 silver58 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Salt	3	98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 24 silver52 copper · 4 gold90 silver40 copper for 20 crafts

Keep 20 of these — a later step uses them.

140–155Skill 140–155

20× Hillman's Leather Gloves

yellow 145grey 170

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Medium Leather	14	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	4	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 41 silver70 copper · 8 gold34 silver for 20 crafts

155–165Skill 155–165

10× Barbaric Shoulders

yellow 170grey 190

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	8	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Heavy Hide	1	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold12 silver2 copper · 11 gold20 silver20 copper for 10 crafts

165–175Skill 165–175

10× Guardian Gloves

yellow 185grey 205

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	4	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Heavy Hide	1	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silken Thread	1	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 72 silver36 copper · 7 gold23 silver60 copper for 10 crafts

Heavy Leather track

130–155Skill 130–155

30× Hillman's Leather Gloves

yellow 145grey 170

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Medium Leather	14	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	4	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 41 silver70 copper · 12 gold51 silver for 30 crafts

155–170Skill 155–170

17× Barbaric Leggings

yellow 165grey 185

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	10	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Moss Agate	1	3 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold24 silver69 copper · 21 gold19 silver73 copper for 17 crafts

pattern is vendor-sold, see the table below

170–175Skill 170–175

5× Barbaric Harness

yellow 185grey 205

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Leather	14	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	2	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Iron Buckle	1	1 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold69 silver6 copper · 8 gold45 silver30 copper for 5 crafts

Iron Buckles come from a Blacksmith or the Auction House

Patterns sold by vendors

Everything else on this route comes from a trainer. The one vendor pattern is the Barbaric Leggings used on the Heavy Leather track.

Recipe	Learn	Yellow	Grey	Materials	Source
Barbaric Leggings	1	165	185	10 Heavy Leather, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Moss Agate	Jandia (Thousand Needles); Keena and Hammon Karwn (Arathi Highlands); Lardan (Ashenvale)

Trainer-only recipe at 210

The Nightscape Pants recipe is missing from the Expert trainers' lists in Thunder Bluff and Darnassus. Only the two Artisan trainers (Camp Mojache and Aerie Peak) teach it, so plan the trip into your 195-210 stretch.

Do not reuse a Classic 225-300 route

Forever shifted a large share of Leatherworking's skill ranges, and most late recipes turn grey around 25 points sooner than they did in Classic Era. Treat every band above 225 as unknown until it has been walked in game.

Camp items from this profession

Every profession adds three camp items, one per tier. Placing one at a campfire gives everyone sitting there its buff for an hour. How camping works.

Skill	Camp item	Copies	Source
20	Camp Tent	—	Trainer
140	Tanning Rack	—	Blueprint (dungeon drop)
300	Sewing Machine	—	Blueprint (dungeon drop)

What is tested and what is not

Route tested in the Forever beta up to skill 225.

Beyond the beta cap: taken from the client's recipe data, not yet tested in game. Applies from skill 225.

Route and counts are the community reference's estimates mapped onto build 70205 recipe data; TheWoWDB has not yet run this route in the Forever beta.
The client catalog records min_skill_rank = 1 for every recipe, so learn thresholds are not compared; yellow and grey thresholds match the reference on every step used here.
Trainer and vendor placements are from community references and have not yet been walked in the Forever beta by TheWoWDB.

Structure and placement facts were checked against a community Forever guide; every word here is ours. Recipes, thresholds, reagents, icons and prices come from the WoW Forever client and our own scans.

Material prices for your faction house

These are scanned unit prices. Owned materials still have a sale value. Prices at least 24 hours old are stale; listings may already have sold.

Material	Scanned unit price
Light Hide	1 silver19 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Moss Agate	3 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Light Leather	48 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Medium Leather	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Thread	17 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Thread	1 silver15 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Ruined Leather Scraps	13 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Light Hide	1 silver70 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Medium Hide	18 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Medium Hide	9 silver78 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Leather	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Hide	21 silver58 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Cured Heavy Hide	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Fine Leather Belt	4 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Salt	98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silken Thread	10 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Thick Leather	15 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Gray Dye	3 silver89 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Iron Buckle	1 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Learning recipes and checking the guide

Learn the recipe before buying its ingredients. The Forever profession reference reports learning instructions; we have not independently tested them in game. Source checked 5 October 2026.

If your skill cap blocks progress, check the linked training instructions before continuing. A recipe listed here may need a trainer, purchased recipe or quest that your character has not completed.

Ingredients and crafting relations match our WoW Forever 1.60.1.70205 client snapshot. Client records do not establish obtainable recipes, farming locations or drops. No craft-count odds or guaranteed shopping total are used here.

Continue with Skinning or all Forever profession guides.