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Any and all leather and mail wearing classes inWorld of Warcraftwill be familiar with theLeatherworkingprofession. 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 forrefining hides and scales, materials received fromSkinning. While other professions might take these for their miscellaneous recipes, Leatherworking uses them in almost everything it does.
As such, it’s best topick up Skinning for your second profession, granting you the ability to seek out these ingredients for free.
However, if you already have a dedicated Skinning character,Enchantinggives you the opportunity to plantespecially powerful modifierson the gear you create.
To acquire the Dragon Isles Leatherworking skilland 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 thelowest 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.
Before you do, though, it’d be wise to eithercraft or purchase profession equipmentfrom the Auction House. These enable you to makehigher-quality armor and weaponsby boosting different stats.
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Leatherworking Reagents
The first thing that you’ll need to know is how to craft differentLeatherworking 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.
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Various Specializations
Gear From Leatherworking
The main purpose of a Leatherworker is to use their materials and reagents toprovide 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 thebest-in-slot items for hunters and spellcasters, fetching a pretty penny on the Auction House and Artisan’s Consortium.
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Armor
Throughout your Leatherworking journey, you’ll want to be paying attention to your armor recipes. Not only can you craft low and mid-tierleather and mail armor, but you can acquirespecial patterns for raiding and endgame pieces.
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Profession Equipment
Finally, you can help out other crafters and artisans by providing pieces ofequipment 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 forarmor 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 bringpermanent buffsto certain pieces of your gear.
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Toys
Toys have long been coveted, and in Dragonflight, Leatherworking provides three that arehighly sought after on almost every server.
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Drums
Drums have been a staple of Leatherworking in previous expansions, and the latestFeral Hide Drumsfunction as a lesser Bloodlust, boosting aparty or raid’s haste by 15 percent for 40 seconds. The recipe can be picked up by your profession trainer atlevel 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 craftorange recipes that reward three levels, as indicated by the number in front of the name. You’ll want to always make sure you have agood supply of leathers and scalesin your bags.
From this point onward, rare reagents likeDense Hide or Lustrous Scaled Hidewill be integrated into your leather and mail recipes, respectively.
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 fromPvP, raiding, Renown, world drops, or certain specializations.
Leatherworking Specializations
As you hitlevel 25, a new tab in your Leatherworking UI will become available to you. These are your specializations, and by using points ofDragon Isles Leatherworking Knowledge, you can train in one or two that fit your needs.
Dragon Isles Leatherworking Knowledge can come from a wide range of sources, likecrafting a recipe for the first timeor completing aprofession questfor your trainer.
However, be aware that you won’t have enough Knowledge to specialize in all four trees at first, so choose your mastery wisely.
Leatherworking Discipline
The first specialization isLeatherworking Discipline, and its unique talents allow you toimprove at all of your craftsby saving on material costs or boosting your Skill to make four or five-star quality gear.
Leather Armor Crafting
Leather Armor Craftingis exactly as the name implies, and itgrants you specialized recipeswhile helping you improve at making gear forRogues, Druids, Monks, and Demon Hunters.
Mail Armor Crafting
Just as with the second specialization,Mail Armor Craftingis its equivalent forHunters, Shamans, and Evokers. As the new Dragonflight class directly benefits from this tree, it’s sure tohelp you bring in that Auction House gold.
Primordial Leatherworking
The final specialization,Primordial Leatherworking, is what you’re looking for if you seek to makeendgame armor. This tree is responsible for thespecial elemental patternsandEpic Leatherworking recipesfor raiding, Mythic dungeons, and PvP.
