World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight - Complete Guide To Leatherworking (2024)

Any and all leather and mail wearing classes in World of Warcraft will be familiar with the Leatherworking profession. As a counterpart to Blacksmithing and Tailoring, this trade is responsible for supplying Hunters, Evokers, Demon Hunters, and more with appropriate armor and weapons.

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This profession has only been boosted to the forefront in Dragonflight. Receiving brand-new specializations that allow Leatherworkers to customize their potent crafts just to their liking, they'll often be sought out by you if you're trying to boost your Item Level. If you'd like to take this power into your own hands, here's everything you need to know about Leatherworking in the Dragon Isles.

Overview

Leatherworking is the keystone profession for refining hides and scales, materials received from Skinning. While other professions might take these for their miscellaneous recipes, Leatherworking uses them in almost everything it does.

To acquire the Dragon Isles Leatherworking skill and begin ranking up, seek out Hideshaper Koruz in Valdrakken, as he will be your main trainer. You'll find him with Ralathor the Rugged, the Skinning trainer, on the lowest terrace of The Artisan's Market.

After you've bought the baseline ability, you can begin crafting your hides and scales into gear any time you'd like.

Leatherworking Reagents

The first thing that you'll need to know is how to craft different Leatherworking specific reagents. While you won't have to use them until you begin mastering the ranks, they make up the foundation for some of the highest-quality gear recipes.

Gear From Leatherworking

The main purpose of a Leatherworker is to use their materials and reagents to provide arms and armaments for relevant classes. These recipes are the great majority of what you'll be crafting for yourself and others.

Weapons

Dragonflight doesn't afford Leatherworkers many weapon recipes, but what there is can be some of the best-in-slot items for hunters and spellcasters, fetching a pretty penny on the Auction House and Artisan's Consortium.

Armor

Throughout your Leatherworking journey, you'll want to be paying attention to your armor recipes. Not only can you craft low and mid-tier leather and mail armor, but you can acquire special patterns for raiding and endgame pieces.

Profession Equipment

Finally, you can help out other crafters and artisans by providing pieces of equipment for gathering professions, especially Skinning.

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Leatherworking Consumables

However, armor isn't all that you can make. As you progress through the Dragon Isles, you'll pick up miscellaneous recipes for armor kits, toys, and drums, which can be consumed for a buff or a new collection in your toy box.

Armor Kits

Armor Kits are the first type of consumable recipe that you'll receive, which can bring permanent buffs to certain pieces of your gear.

Toys

Toys have long been coveted, and in Dragonflight, Leatherworking provides three that are highly sought after on almost every server.

Drums

Drums have been a staple of Leatherworking in previous expansions, and the latest Feral Hide Drums function as a lesser Bloodlust, boosting a party or raid's haste by 15 percent for 40 seconds. The recipe can be picked up by your profession trainer at level 15.

How To Level Up In Leatherworking

The best way to efficiently level through Leatherworking is similar to most of the other refinement professions. Upon hitting certain milestones, you'll want to craft orange recipes that reward three levels, as indicated by the number in front of the name. You'll want to always make sure you have a good supply of leathers and scales in your bags.

• At level one, head to your profession trainer and purchase Trailblazer's Scale Bracers. Make a couple until you hit level five.
• Purchase and craft Trailblazer's Scale Boots until level ten.
• Purchase and craft Trailblazer's Scale Vest until level 15.
• Purchase both recipes available to you and craft one Durable Pack and one Feral Hide Drum to get you to level 20.

• Purchase and craft Trailblazer's Toughened Chainbelt to reach level 25.
• Purchase and craft Trailblazer's Toughened Grips until level 30.
• Purchase and craft enough Protective Gloves or Jeweler's Covers to elevate yourself to level 35.
• Purchase and craft Alchemist's Hat until level 40.
• Purchase and craft Trailblazer's Toughened Spikes until level 45.
• Purchase and craft Trailblazer's Toughened Legguards until level 50.
• Purchase the last of your recipes and craft Trailblazer's Toughened Coif until level 65.

Once you've hit level 50, your profession trainer will no longer have any recipes to offer you. To continue on to the max rank, you need to seek out recipes yourself, which can come from PvP, raiding, Renown, world drops, or certain specializations.

Leatherworking Specializations

As you hit level 25, a new tab in your Leatherworking UI will become available to you. These are your specializations, and by using points of Dragon Isles Leatherworking Knowledge, you can train in one or two that fit your needs.

Leatherworking Discipline

The first specialization is Leatherworking Discipline, and its unique talents allow you to improve at all of your crafts by saving on material costs or boosting your Skill to make four or five-star quality gear.

Leather Armor Crafting

Leather Armor Crafting is exactly as the name implies, and it grants you specialized recipes while helping you improve at making gear for Rogues, Druids, Monks, and Demon Hunters.

Mail Armor Crafting

Just as with the second specialization, Mail Armor Crafting is its equivalent for Hunters, Shamans, and Evokers. As the new Dragonflight class directly benefits from this tree, it's sure to help you bring in that Auction House gold.

Primordial Leatherworking

The final specialization, Primordial Leatherworking, is what you're looking for if you seek to make endgame armor. This tree is responsible for the special elemental patterns and Epic Leatherworking recipes for raiding, Mythic dungeons, and PvP.

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