WoW Forever Leatherworking Guide: Leveling 1 to 300, Recipes and Changes
Level your profession from 1 to 300 without getting lost: the shopping list, the steps to follow and every recipe in the game, with what Forever changed.
How to use this guide
- Enter your current skill in leatherworking: the shopping list below works itself out up to 300.
- Then follow the steps in order: each step tells you what to craft, how many, and with what.
- Hover or tap an item to read its tooltip, exactly as in game.
Leatherworking recipes
510 recipes · ★ 277 new · ◆ 197 changed · 36 same as the original game
Recipes tagged with a specialization (Dragonscale, Elemental or Tribal Leatherworking) are only for players who picked it: a player learns only one, so they are left out of the route.
Filter
510 of 510
Leather and hides 11
Leather armor 344
Mail armor 128
Armor kits 15
Quivers and ammo pouches 6
Bags 2
Camp objects 3
Other recipes 1
No recipe matches.
Light Leather
Creates: ×1
At skill 1 this recipe is orange: it is guaranteed to raise your skill.
- Required skill
- 1
- Colours
- Orange 1–19 Yellow 20–29 Green 30–39 Grey 40+
- Reagents
Ruined Leather Scraps ×3
- How to learn it
- Known from the start
★ New in Forever (not in the original game) · ◆ Changed from the original game · no mark: same as the original game
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.
Shopping list
To go from 1 to 300 in leatherworking. Amounts are averages: bring a few extra.
Tick each item once it is in your bag: 0 of 37.
Buy from a merchant
Total cost at the merchant: about 63 gold 14 silver 17 copper. Includes 28 gold 3 silver 7 copper for the recipes to buy. Excludes the price of recipes to buy whose price is unknown.
Gather, or buy at the Auction House
In Auctionator, open the Shopping tab, click Import, paste (Ctrl+V), then click Import in the window. A list with the same name is replaced. Items you have ticked are not copied.
Your route
Amounts are estimates from the beta data (some colour thresholds are completed from Classic): they may vary, bring a few extra.
What changed
510 recipes in all: 277 New and 197 Changed compared with the original game.
These recipes used to belong to Blacksmithing in Classic.
Camp
These objects are placed at your camp and help you craft faster or more comfortably.
- Camp Tent, from skill 20. Grants rested experience, up to 5% of a level.
- Tanning Rack, from skill 140. Lets players create certain materials at the camp, plus the previous object.
- Sewing Machine, from skill 300. A sewing machine for recipes that require one, plus the previous objects.
Profession bonus
Unconfirmed bonus Announced during the BlizzCon 2026 demo, it is not datamined and does not appear in the beta game data yet: it may change before launch.
Leatherworkers craft bracer kits with various stat bonuses and a saddle that increases mounted speed.
Legacy points: at skill 150, 225, 300. See the Legacy tree
Where to find a leatherworking trainer
A leatherworking trainer teaches you the new ranks and most of the basic recipes. List for your faction.
Journeyman rank
- Adele Fielder — Elwynn Forest (46.4, 62.2)
- Darianna — Darnassus (64.2, 21.6)
- Gretta Finespindle — Ironforge (39.0, 32.4)
- Nadyia Maneweaver — Teldrassil (41.8, 49.4)
- Randal Worth — Stormwind City (67.4, 49.4)
- Waldor — The Barrens (45.6, 35.6) Small cave above the Wailing Caverns entrance (right eye socket of the skull): climb the hill on the left and drop down.
Expert rank
- Aayndia Floralwind — Ashenvale (35.8, 52.0)
- Faldron — Darnassus (64.4, 21.4)
- Fimble Finespindle — Ironforge (39.4, 33.0)
- Simon Tanner — Stormwind City (67.2, 49.4)
Artisan rank
- Telonis — Darnassus (64.4, 21.4)
Other trainers
- Emerii Tallgust — Zephras Isle (63.8, 80.4)
- Indari Sunseam — Zephras Isle (44.6, 44.4)
Journeyman rank
- Chaw Stronghide — Mulgore (45.0, 61.4)
- Dan Golthas — Undercity (70.4, 58.4)
- Kamari — Orgrimmar (63.0, 45.0)
- Mak — Thunder Bluff (42.2, 43.2)
- Shelene Rhobart — Tirisfal Glades (65.4, 60.0)
- Waldor — The Barrens (45.6, 35.6) Small cave above the Wailing Caverns entrance (right eye socket of the skull): climb the hill on the left and drop down.
Expert rank
- Arthur Moore — Undercity (70.4, 57.4)
- Brawn — Stranglethorn Vale (31.6, 28.8)
- Karolek — Orgrimmar (62.8, 44.4)
- Krulmoo Fullmoon — The Barrens (44.8, 59.4)
- Narv Hidecrafter — Desolace (55.2, 56.2)
- Tarn — Thunder Bluff (42.4, 43.0)
Artisan rank
- Una — Thunder Bluff (41.4, 42.6)
Masters (high-level recipes)
- Hahrana Ironhide — Feralas (74.4, 43.0)
Other trainers
- Emerii Tallgust — Zephras Isle (63.8, 80.4)
- Indari Sunseam — Zephras Isle (44.6, 44.4)
See also
Data: Wowhead (Forever), cross-checked against ForeverChanges and ForeverDB; profession bonus: Icy Veins
