WOW FOREVER · LEATHERWORKING 1-300 · BETA DATA 2026-11-02

Leatherworking 1-300. Every pattern moved down. A mountain of Rugged and Thick Leather.

Most Leatherworking patterns moved 15 to 25 points down the skill ladder, so you learn them sooner and they go grey sooner, and the leather conversions only give skill for a few points. The route changes recipe 17 times. Light Armor Kits take you from 1 to 52 for a stack of Light Leather. From 250 onward the old patterns run dry and the route leans on the new Skulker’s and Blue Suede patterns.

Crafts~372

Recipes17

Materials17

New in Forever4

SHOPPING LIST · 1 TO 300

Everything you need, before you start.

The total for the whole route below, with anything you craft along the way already broken down into what you buy or gather. Items marked Vendor come from trade or profession suppliers. Hover any item for its Wowhead Forever tooltip.

Crafted along the way

Already counted in the list above. Make them when the step needs them.

Split by trainer rank, if you buy as you go

Apprentice 1-75

179Light Leather
74Coarse ThreadVendor

Journeyman 75-150

Expert 150-225

Artisan 225-300

THE ROUTE

Craft this, this many times.

Craft counts are the expected number for that range at Forever's skill-up colours, rounded up. The small numbers are the skill where the recipe turns yellow, green and grey; below the yellow number every craft is a guaranteed point. If a step finishes early, move on.

1-52skill
Light Armor Kit
Trainerlearn at 1304560
68crafts
- 68Light Leather
52-84skill
Embossed Leather Gloves
Trainerlearn at 407085100
37crafts
- 111Light Leather
- 74Coarse Thread
84-105skill
Fine Leather Belt
Trainerlearn at 5585100115
33crafts
- 198Light Leather
- 66Coarse Thread
105-125skill
Hillman's Shoulders
Trainerlearn at 105130142155
20crafts
- 20Cured Medium Hide
- 80Medium Leather
- 20Fine Thread
125-141skill
Cured Heavy Hide
Trainerlearn at 125135140145
19crafts
- 19Heavy Hide
- 57Salt
141-156skill
Heavy Armor Kit
Trainerlearn at 125145155165
20crafts
- 100Heavy Leather
- 20Fine Thread
156-165skill
Barbaric Shoulders
Trainerlearn at 150170180190
9crafts
165-187skill
Guardian Gloves
Trainerlearn at 165185195205
23crafts
- 92Heavy Leather
- 23Cured Heavy Hide
- 23Silken Thread
187-207skill
Thick Armor Kit
Trainerlearn at 175195205215
26crafts
- 130Thick Leather
- 26Silken Thread
207-219skill
Wild Leather Shoulders
Quest rewardlearn at 195215225235
13crafts
- 130Thick Leather
- 13Wildvine
- 13Cured Thick Hide
219-225skill
Wild Leather Helmet
Quest rewardlearn at 200220230240
7crafts
- 70Thick Leather
- 14Wildvine
- 7Cured Thick Hide
225-242skill
Rugged Armor Kit
Trainerlearn at 225225235245
36crafts
- 180Rugged Leather
242-250skill
Wild Leather Leggings
Quest rewardlearn at 225245255265
9crafts
- 144Thick Leather
- 18Wildvine
- 18Cured Thick Hide
250-255skill
Skulker's Leather Gauntlets
New in Foreverlearn at 250255255255
5crafts
- 80Thick Leather
- 10Cured Thick Hide
- 20Spider's Silk
255-262skill
Blue Suede Gloves
New in Foreverlearn at 240260270280
8crafts
- 64Rugged Leather
- 8Rune Thread
- 8Blue Dye
262-275skill
Blue Suede Shoulders
New in Foreverlearn at 260280290300
13crafts
- 130Rugged Leather
- 13Rune Thread
- 26Blue Dye
275-300skill
Blue Suede Bracers
New in Foreverlearn at 275295305315
26crafts
- 260Rugged Leather
- 26Rune Thread
- 26Blue Dye

Trainer taught by your profession trainerVendor pattern bought from a supplierQuest reward from a quest, per WowheadNew in Forever in the beta data, how you learn it is not confirmed

WHAT FOREVER CHANGED

Why a Classic guide gets this wrong.

Medium and Heavy Leather conversions give skill for 10 points after you learn them and Thick Leather for 5. Rugged Leather is grey at once. Beta data
Most older patterns are learned and go grey 15 to 25 points sooner than in Classic. Heavy Armor Kit is learned at 125 and goes grey at 165, against 150 and 190. Beta data
New Forceful and Mystic armor kits at 95, 155, 205 and 235 build on the old kits with dust and elixirs. New Totemic Leather, Blue Suede and Tooled Leather sets fill the gaps. Their source is not confirmed. Beta data
Camp object: Tanning Rack at 140, which enables the advanced patterns. Blizzard

Blizzard official panel or recapBeta data Wowhead's Forever databaseReported community write-upsClassic Classic rule, not shown to have changed

TIPS

Before you spend a copper.

Skinning pays for this entirely. The route needs 554 Thick Leather, 377 Light and 634 Rugged.
The Wild Leather patterns are quest rewards in Feralas. Do that chain before 205 or you will be buying worse patterns.
Buy salt from any leatherworking supplier. You need 116 for the cured hides.

Training ranks

Journeyman unlocks at skill 50, Expert at 125 and Artisan at 200, each raising the cap by 75. Beta data
Character level gates of 5, 10, 20 and 35 for the four ranks carry over from Classic. Beta players report Cooking reaching 150 before level 10, and a forum moderator called that a bug. Reported
Hitting 150, 225 and 300 in a profession each award a Legacy point the first time you do it on the account. Blizzard

How this was built

Every skill-up colour, reagent and recipe on these pages comes from Wowhead’s Forever database, which is mined from the beta client. Nothing is copied from a Classic guide.
A skill point is certain while a recipe is orange. From yellow to grey the chance falls in a straight line: (grey − skill) ÷ (grey − yellow). The craft counts are the expected number of crafts under that rule, rounded up, so real runs land a few either side.
The route is the cheapest expected path through all 300 points, costed with rough early-Classic auction and vendor prices, with a small cost for every recipe change so you are not buying a new pattern every three points. Recipes a trainer teaches win ties. Vendor patterns and quest rewards are allowed. Recipes that are new in Forever are only picked when they are clearly cheaper, and they are flagged, because Blizzard has not said how you learn them.
The shopping list expands anything you craft along the way (bolts, cured hides, grinding stones, blasting powder) into the raw goods, and counts crafted leftovers against later steps. Those intermediate crafts can give a few free points of their own, so you usually finish slightly early.
These routes were rebuilt on November 2 from Wowhead’s last Forever data before launch (the beta closed on October 23). Since the September version, most Tailoring, Blacksmithing and Leatherworking recipes became learnable 20 to 35 points earlier, with their colours moving down by the same amount. Launch hotfixes can still move colours, most likely above skill 225.