First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Apprentice.
You can make these from 1-30 too, if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.
Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.
Keep these, you will need them.
15 x [Cured Medium Hide] - 15 Medium Hide, 15 Salt
Make [Medium Armor Kit] if you can't find Medium Hides at the AH.
Learn Leatherworking Expert.
Make [Dark Leather Cloak] if you still don't have [Cured Medium Hide].
The pattern is sold by these NPCs.
20 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt
Make 15 x [Heavy Armor Kit] if you can't find any Heavy Hide in the AH, in this case you will need [Raptor Hides] instead of Heavy Hides and you will have to buy one of the following recipes:
Now you should make [Heavy Armour Kit] up to 180, and after that make one of the recipes above up to 195. When you are out of Raptor Hides, make [Guardian Pants] or [Barbaric Leggings] up to 195 instead, which is really expensive to make so you should wait until you can get a few Heavy Hides.
The [Barbaric Leggings] recipe is sold by these NPCs.
Learn Leatherworking Artisan.
Specialization
When you reach 225 skill and level 40, you unlock a set of quests. These quests allow you to specialize in various types of armor, which you can make for yourself only. As of patch 2.1.3, you can switch your Leatherworking specialization without losing any skill points and without doing the specialization quest. Here blelow there is the 3 way with each specialization.
The items you create as an Elemantal Leatherworker focus on melee based leather items (agility and attack power).
This specialisation offers offensive mail items - there are both caster and melee based sets.
The Tribal Leatherworking items are all leather items focused on healing.
If there are some Heavy Scorpid Scale in the Auction House and it's cheaper than the Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:
[Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - Recipe location
Or make [Frostsaber Boots] if Essence of Water is cheap on your realm.
Go to Outland and learn Leatherworking Master. Click here for the trainer list.
Just skipp this part and start making [Knothide Armor Kit], if you don't have Knothide Leather Scraps.
Just go to the next step if you didn't reach 335 by making these, but then you will need a few more [Heavy Knothide Leather].
If one Heavy Knothide Leather is cheaper than 5 Knothide Leather, stop making the Heavy Knothide Leathers when you reach 330, buy them from the Auction House instead.
14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 28 Heavy Knothide Leather, 28 Fel Scales, 42 Rune Thread
This recipe goes yellow at 345, so you will need to make a few extra ones. I suggest gathering enough materials for 14.
Go to Northrend and learn Leatherworking Grand Master. Click here for the trainer list.
Make [Dark Iceborne Leggings] if Crystallized Shadow is cheaper than Crystallized Water.
The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.
The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.
You might need to make more of these than 5, because the recipes will be yellow.
5 x [Frosthide Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Nerubian Chitin, 5 Frozen Orb
or
5 x [Icescale Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Icy Dragonscale, 5 Frozen Orb
I hope you liked this WoW Leatherworking guide, GZ to 450!