WoW Forever Skinning Guide: Leveling 1 to 300, Zones and Mob Levels
Level your profession from 1 to 300, tier by tier: what to skin at each skill level, the best zones for your faction, the trainers and what Forever changed.
How to use this guide
- Enter your current skill in skinning: your tier is highlighted.
- Follow the tiers in order: each one tells you what to skin and which zones to go to.
- Hover or tap an item to read its tooltip, exactly as in game.
- Classic rule, to be confirmed in game: a resource raises your skill from its required level up to 100 points above it (skinning and fishing: from the level of the mobs and zones).
Item names
Your faction
New recipe or item exclusive to Forever Changed recipe or item different from the original game
Steps marked "after the beta" cannot be played yet: the beta stops at 225.
What you need
Required tool: 
Skinning Knife
Your tiers
You are at 1Goal: 300
From 1 to 25: skin in these zones
Best zones: Zephras Isle (levels 1 to 12), Teldrassil (levels 1 to 11), Dun Morogh (levels 1 to 10), Elwynn Forest (levels 1 to 10)
From 25 to 50: skin in these zones
Best zones: Loch Modan (levels 10 to 18), Westfall (levels 9 to 18), Darkshore (levels 11 to 19), Zephras Isle (levels 1 to 12)
From 50 to 75: skin in these zones
Best zones: Darkshore (levels 11 to 19), Duskwood (levels 10 to 30), Loch Modan (levels 10 to 18), Westfall (levels 9 to 18)
From 75 to 100: skin in these zones
Best zones: Redridge Mountains (levels 15 to 25), Stonetalon Mountains (levels 15 to 25), Thousand Needles (levels 6 to 35), Duskwood (levels 10 to 30)
From 100 to 125: skin in these zones
Best zones: Ashenvale (levels 19 to 30), Wetlands (levels 20 to 30), Hillsbrad Foothills (levels 20 to 31), Thousand Needles (levels 6 to 35)
From 125 to 150: skin in these zones
Best zones: Hillsbrad Foothills (levels 20 to 31), Wetlands (levels 20 to 30), Ashenvale (levels 19 to 30), Alterac Mountains (levels 27 to 39)
From 150 to 175: skin in these zones
Best zones: Alterac Mountains (levels 27 to 39), Desolace (levels 30 to 39), Arathi Highlands (levels 30 to 40), Hillsbrad Foothills (levels 20 to 31)
From 175 to 200: skin in these zones
Best zones: Swamp of Sorrows (levels 36 to 43), Stranglethorn Vale (levels 30 to 50), Arathi Highlands (levels 30 to 40), Riverglades (levels 36 to 44)
From 200 to 225: skin in these zones
Best zones: Badlands (levels 36 to 45), Stranglethorn Vale (levels 30 to 50), Tanaris (levels 40 to 50), Riverglades (levels 36 to 44)
From 225 to 250: skin in these zones after the beta
Best zones: Dustwallow Marsh (levels 36 to 61), Azshara (levels 42 to 55), The Hinterlands (levels 41 to 56), Searing Gorge (levels 43 to 56)
From 250 to 275: skin in these zones after the beta
Best zones: Western Plaguelands (levels 46 to 57), Un'Goro Crater (levels 48 to 55), Blasted Lands (levels 46 to 63), Burning Steppes (levels 50 to 59)
From 275 to 300: skin in these zones after the beta
Best zones: Winterspring (levels 55 to 60), Silithus (levels 55 to 59), Eastern Plaguelands (levels 54 to 59), Deadwind Pass (levels 50 to 60)
See all zones (41)
All skinning zones
- Alterac Mountains — levels 27 to 39
- Arathi Highlands — levels 30 to 40
- Ashenvale — levels 19 to 30
- Azshara — levels 42 to 55
- Badlands — levels 36 to 45
- Blasted Lands — levels 46 to 63
- Burning Steppes — levels 50 to 59
- Darkshore — levels 11 to 19
- Deadwind Pass — levels 50 to 60
- Desolace — levels 30 to 39
- Dun Morogh — levels 1 to 10
- Durotar — levels 1 to 10
- Duskwood — levels 10 to 30
- Dustwallow Marsh — levels 36 to 61
- Eastern Plaguelands — levels 54 to 59
- Elwynn Forest — levels 1 to 10
- Felwood — levels 47 to 54
- Feralas — levels 41 to 60
- Hillsbrad Foothills — levels 20 to 31
- Loch Modan — levels 10 to 18
- Mulgore — levels 1 to 10
- Redridge Mountains — levels 15 to 25
- Riverglades — levels 36 to 44
- Searing Gorge — levels 43 to 56
- Silithus — levels 55 to 59
- Silverpine Forest — levels 10 to 20
- Stonetalon Mountains — levels 15 to 25
- Stranglethorn Vale — levels 30 to 50
- Swamp of Sorrows — levels 36 to 43
- Tanaris — levels 40 to 50
- Teldrassil — levels 1 to 11
- The Barrens — levels 10 to 33
- The Hinterlands — levels 41 to 56
- Thousand Needles — levels 6 to 35
- Tirisfal Glades — levels 1 to 12
- Un'Goro Crater — levels 48 to 55
- Western Plaguelands — levels 46 to 57
- Westfall — levels 9 to 18
- Wetlands — levels 20 to 30
- Winterspring — levels 55 to 60
- Zephras Isle — levels 1 to 12
Profession bonus
Legacy points: at skill 150, 225, 300. See the Legacy tree
Where to find a skinning trainer
A skinning trainer teaches you the new ranks and most of the basic recipes. List for your faction.
Other trainers
- Balthus Stoneflayer — Ironforge (39.4, 32.4)
- Brighid Stormflayer — Dun Morogh (29.0, 67.4)
- Eladriel — Darnassus (64.2, 21.8)
- Helene Peltskinner — Elwynn Forest (46.2, 62.2)
- Ishlee Breezewhisper — Zephras Isle (59.4, 76.0)
- Jayla — Ashenvale (50.0, 67.2)
- Maris Granger — Stormwind City (67.4, 49.0)
- Mendalass Tattermend — Zephras Isle (43.2, 43.4)
- Radnaal Maneweaver — Teldrassil (42.0, 50.0)
- Riley Peltskinner — Elwynn Forest (47.0, 39.4)
- Terunne Bearshaper — Teldrassil (59.4, 38.6)
- Wilma Ranthal — Redridge Mountains (83.6, 71.0)
Other trainers
- Dranh — The Barrens (45.0, 59.0)
- Ishlee Breezewhisper — Zephras Isle (59.4, 76.0)
- Kagil — Durotar (40.8, 67.8)
- Killian Hagey — Undercity (70.2, 58.4)
- Kulleg Stonehorn — Feralas (74.4, 43.0)
- Malux — Desolace (23.2, 69.8)
- Margaret Weaver — Tirisfal Glades (32.4, 65.6)
- Mendalass Tattermend — Zephras Isle (43.2, 43.4)
- Mooranta — Thunder Bluff (44.4, 42.4)
- Nawka Wildsong — Mulgore (44.4, 76.8)
- Rand Rhobart — Tirisfal Glades (65.4, 60.0)
- Thuwd — Orgrimmar (63.2, 45.2)
- Yonn Deepcut — Mulgore (45.0, 61.4)
See also
Data: Wowhead (Forever), cross-checked against ForeverChanges and ForeverDB; profession bonus: Icy Veins
