Crafting profession
WoW Forever Leatherworking Guide
Leatherworking crafts leather and mail armor, armor kits and cloaks from leather and hides. WoW Forever adds a campsite Tanning Rack that advanced Leatherworking recipes will require.
WoW Forever facts and Classic reference are kept apart below; every line links to its source.
All 512 Leatherworking recipes, reagents and skill-up colours →
Leatherworking 1-300 leveling guide: recipe path and total materials →
What we know for WoW Forever
- Official Leatherworkers can place a Tanning Rack at a campsite, and it is required for more advanced Leatherworking recipes. Blizzard Entertainment
- Unconfirmed The live client lists three Leatherworking camp features: the Camp Tent (raises rested experience to 5% of a level for everyone sitting nearby), the Tanning Rack and the Sewing Machine. Daybreak Forever datamine
- Unconfirmed Six Classic Blacksmithing mail recipes, among them Invulnerable Mail and Storm Gauntlets, are Leatherworking recipes in the client. Daybreak Forever datamine
Still open: Which recipes need the Tanning Rack, and whether the three Classic leatherworking specializations return, is not announced or stated in the client.
Shared by all professions: 600+ new recipes and three campsite objects each. See the professions overview.
Leatherworking perks shown for WoW Forever
Transcribed by a community calculator from in-game tooltip screenshots; the names are not in the client tables we read, and Blizzard has not confirmed them. nikftw
Armor KitsUnconfirmedCraft armor kits that improve leather and mail gear.
Must Go Faster...UnconfirmedMounted speed increased while Leatherworking is trained.
Dragons and ElementsUnconfirmedCraft dragonscale and elemental leather sets.
Leatherworking in Classic: reference
UnconfirmedClassic 1.12 reference — may change in WoW Forever.
Skill brackets and trainer requirements
| Stage | Skill range | Character level | Skill to train |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | 1–75 | 5 | — |
| Journeyman | 75–150 | 10 | 50 |
| Expert | 150–225 | 20 | 125 |
| Artisan | 225–300 | 35 | 200 |
At character level 40 and 225 Leatherworking a leatherworker could pick Dragonscale (mail), Elemental (agility leather) or Tribal (spirit and intellect leather). Warcraft Wiki
Key milestones
- Devilsaur Leather, needed for Devilsaur Gauntlets and Leggings, is skinned from devilsaurs in Un'Goro Crater and Slavermaw in Searing Gorge. Warcraft Wiki
- At 250 skill, six Thick Leather can be turned into one Rugged Leather. Warcraft Wiki
Leveling outline
- Skin everything you kill and keep the leather; armor kits are cheap early skill-ups.
- Convert surplus leather up a tier when you have the recipe instead of vendoring it.
- Choose Dragonscale, Elemental or Tribal by the armor your main character wears.
Best pairing
Skinning. Leather comes from skinning beasts, so Skinning makes Leatherworking nearly free to level.
Who benefits from Leatherworking
- Hunters and Shamans: Dragonscale Leatherworking made mail armor suited to both classes.
- Rogues and Feral Druids: Elemental Leatherworking focused on Agility leather armor.
- Restoration and Balance Druids: Tribal Leatherworking made Spirit and Intellect leather.
In our WoW Forever class picks: Hunter (leveling) · Rogue (level 60) · Shaman (level 60) · Druid (level 60)
Gold-making notes
- Rugged Leather is a reagent in many level 55–60 Blacksmithing recipes as well as leather armor, so surplus rarely goes to waste. Warcraft Wiki
Other profession guides
Alchemy · Blacksmithing · Enchanting · Engineering · Herbalism · Mining · Skinning · Tailoring · Cooking · Fishing · First Aid · All WoW Forever professions · Professions Legacy Tree