TBC Classic Leatherworking Profession Guide (Phase 3)

Leatherworking is a profession for druids, rogues, shamans, and hunters: it covers leather and mail armor. But the main reason to keep a leatherworker in your guild in TBC is drums. Drums of Battle give the whole group haste, Drums of Panic reset a pack, and both consumables get burned through in raids by the stack.

The second source of income is armor kits. Everyone gearing up before a raid buys them, and they sell steadily throughout the whole expansion. A leatherworker almost always pairs with skinning: your own leather noticeably lowers the cost of leveling up.

The tiers up to 300 skill are learned in the capitals, and the Master rank (300-375) is learned in Outland.

Horde

Karolek — Orgrimmar

Lynalis — Silvermoon City

Leatherworking is also taught by Arthur Moore in Undercity and Una in Thunder Bluff.

Alliance

Fimble Finespindle — Ironforge

Simon Tanner — Stormwind City

Akham — The Exodar

In Darnassus the profession is taught by Telonis.

Masters in Outland (300-375)

Barim Spilthoof — Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula

Brumman — Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula

In Shattrath, training is available to both factions from Darmari.

This list is approximate: some recipes turn yellow toward the end of a range, and you don't gain a skill point on every craft.

For leveling from 1 to 300:

1. Ruined Leather Scraps57x
2. Light Leather380x
3. Medium Leather345x
4. Heavy Hide20x
5. Heavy Leather195x
6. Thick Leather440x
7. Rugged Leather475x

You'll also need threads and dyes: Coarse Thread, Fine Thread, Silken Thread, Rune Thread, as well as Gray Dye, Black Dye and Salt for curing hides.

For leveling from 300 to 375:

1. Knothide Leather1510x
2. Fel Hide24x
3. Thick Clefthoof Leather24x

Fel Hide and Thick Clefthoof Leather drop only in Outland and are expensive. Buy them at the very end, once you've already reached 365 skill.

Once the materials are gathered, you can start leveling:

Levels 1-20

• Light Leather x19

You'll need:

x57 Ruined Leather Scraps

Levels 20-45

• Light Armor Kit x40

You'll need:

x40 Light Leather

Levels 45-55

• Handstitched Leather Cloak x20

You'll need:

x40 Light Leather

x20 Coarse Thread

Levels 55-100

• Embossed Leather Gloves x50

You'll need:

x150 Light Leather

x100 Coarse Thread

Levels 100-120

• Fine Leather Belt x25

You'll need:

x150 Light Leather

x50 Coarse Thread

Levels 120-135

• Dark Leather Boots x20

You'll need:

x80 Medium Leather

x40 Fine Thread

x20 Gray Dye

Levels 135-150

• Dark Leather Pants x25

You'll need:

x300 Medium Leather

x25 Gray Dye

x25 Fine Thread

Levels 150-155

• Heavy Leather x7

You'll need:

x35 Medium Leather

Levels 155-165

• Cured Heavy Hide x20

You'll need:

x20 Heavy Hide

x60 Salt

Don't sell the cured hides — they'll go into recipes at 180 and 190 skill.

Levels 165-180

• Heavy Armor Kit x15

You'll need:

x75 Heavy Leather

x15 Fine Thread

Levels 180-190

• Barbaric Shoulders x10

You'll need:

x80 Heavy Leather

x10 Cured Heavy Hide

x20 Fine Thread

Levels 190-200

• Guardian Gloves x10

You'll need:

x40 Heavy Leather

x10 Cured Heavy Hide

x10 Silken Thread

Levels 200-205

• Thick Armor Kit x5

You'll need:

x25 Thick Leather

x5 Silken Thread

Levels 205-235

• Nightscape Headband x40

You'll need:

x200 Thick Leather

x80 Silken Thread

Levels 235-250

• Nightscape Pants x15

You'll need:

x210 Thick Leather

x60 Silken Thread

Levels 250-265

• Rugged Armor Kit x25

You'll need:

x125 Rugged Leather

Levels 265-290

• Wicked Leather Bracers x28

You'll need:

x224 Rugged Leather

x28 Black Dye

x28 Rune Thread

Levels 290-300

• Wicked Leather Headband x10

You'll need:

x120 Rugged Leather

x10 Black Dye

x10 Rune Thread

From here you need the Master rank from Barim Spilthoof, Brumman or Darmari.

Levels 300-325

• Knothide Armor Kit x30

You'll need:

x120 Knothide Leather

Levels 325-335

• Heavy Knothide Leather x222

You'll need:

x1110 Knothide Leather

You'll need Heavy Knothide Leather in large quantities later on — don't sell the surplus.

Levels 335-350

• Thick Draenic Vest x20

You'll need:

x280 Knothide Leather

x60 Rune Thread

Levels 350-365

• Heavy Knothide Armor Kit x50

You'll need:

x150 Heavy Knothide Leather

Levels 365-370

• Drums of Battle x6

You'll need:

x36 Heavy Knothide Leather

x24 Thick Clefthoof Leather

Levels 370-375

• Drums of Panic x6

You'll need:

x36 Heavy Knothide Leather

x24 Fel Hide

At 350 skill you unlock a choice of specialization: working with dragonscale, elemental, or tribal leatherworking. Each branch grants its own recipes, but your income is influenced far more by consumables than by the branch you pick.

Keep Drums of Battle and armor kits on the auction house — that's the leatherworker's steadiest income. Drums get bought before every raid night, and demand for them doesn't drop until the end of the expansion.