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Leather can mean a couple of things in World of Warcraft:

  1. A type of skin ingredient item usually gathered with the skinning profession from a skinnable corpse. These items can usually be used directly by the leatherworking profession without prior processing or treatment.
  2. A type of armor used by playable characters belonging to the fairly fragile, but also agile leather-wearing classes. Generally better than cloth armor for defense.
    See Leather armor.

Leather skin[]

In this sense, leather is collected by skinning beasts. These items can usually be used directly by the leatherworking profession without prior processing or treatment. The type of leather is usually directly related to the level of animal being skinned.

Leatherworkers can also combine lighter leathers into heavier ones, even combining ruined leather scraps into usable leathers.

Leather is closely related to Hides, although Hides are rarer and must often be prepared for use.

Basic leather[]

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There are 12 basic leathers:

Leather Level Notes
Inv misc pelt bear ruin 05 [Ruined Leather Scraps] (lvl 5-17 mobs)
Inv misc leatherscrap 03 [Light Leather] (lvl 5-27 mobs) (with recipe, made from 3 Ruined Leather Scraps)
Inv misc leatherscrap 05 [Medium Leather] (lvl 15-38 mobs) (with recipe, made from 4 Light Leathers)
Inv misc leatherscrap 07 [Heavy Leather] (lvl 26-46 mobs) (with recipe, made from 5 Medium Leathers)
Inv misc leatherscrap 08 [Thick Leather] (lvl 35-58 mobs) (with recipe, made from 6 Heavy Leathers)
Inv misc leatherscrap 02 [Rugged Leather] (lvl 45-60 mobs) (with recipe, made from 6 Thick Leathers)
Bc icon Inv misc leatherscrap 09 [Knothide Leather Scraps] (lvl 58+ mobs, in Outland)
Bc icon Inv misc leatherscrap 10 [Knothide Leather] (lvl 58+ mobs, in Outland) (with recipe, made from 5 Knothide Leather Scraps)
Bc icon Inv misc leatherscrap 11 [Heavy Knothide Leather] (with recipe, made from 5 Knothide Leathers)
Wrath-Logo-Small Inv misc leatherscrap 16 [Borean Leather Scraps] (lvl 68+ mobs, in Northrend)
Wrath-Logo-Small Inv misc leatherscrap 15 [Borean Leather] (lvl 73+ mobs, in Northrend) (made from 5 Borean Leather Scraps)
Wrath-Logo-Small Inv misc leatherscrap 19 [Heavy Borean Leather] (with recipe, made from 6 Borean Leathers)
Cataclysm Inv misc leatherscrap 17 [Savage Leather Scraps] (lvl 80+ mobs in new Cataclysm zones)
Cataclysm Item savageleather [Savage Leather] (lvl 81+ mobs in new Cataclysm zones) (made from 5 Savage Leather Scraps)
Cataclysm Item savageleatherhide [Heavy Savage Leather] (with recipe, made from 5 Savage Leather)
Mists of Pandaria Inv misc leatherscrap 18 [Sha-Touched Leather] (lvl 90+ mobs in new Pandaria zones)
Mists of Pandaria Inv tradeskill skinning shaleatherscraps [Exotic Leather] (lvl 91+ mobs in new Pandaria zones) (made from 5 Savage Leather Scraps)
Warlords of Draenor Inv misc startannedleather [Burnished Leather] (made from 20 Raw Beast Hides and 10 Gorgrond Flytraps)
Legion Inv misc leatherstonehide [Stonehide Leather] (lvl 100+ mobs in Broken Isles zones)

Crafted leather[]

Special leather[]

Leather Notes
Inv misc leatherscrap 06 [Thin Kodo Leather] Obtained from Kodos
Inv misc pelt 03 [Devilsaur Leather] Obtained from Devilsaurs
Inv misc pelt bear ruin 05 [Warbear Leather] Obtained from high-level Bears
Inv ammo firetar [Core Leather] Obtained from core hounds in the Molten Core. Requires 310 Skinning.
Bc icon Inv misc leatherscrap 12 [Crystal Infused Leather] Obtained from basilisks and ravagers.
Bc icon Inv misc leatherscrap 14 [Thick Clefthoof Leather] Obtained from clefthooves and Elekk Demolishers
Wrath-Logo-Small Inv misc pelt 14 [Arctic Fur] Obtained from beasts in Northrend


The Inv misc pelt bear ruin 05 [Ruined Leather Scraps] which you get when skinning low level mobs are vendor sell items unless you also have leatherworking, in which case 3 of them can be made into light leather. The frequency of getting these drops off rapidly around 10th level mobs and you will not see anymore of them at all once you are skinning 17th level and above mobs. Note: As of Patch 3.0.3 you do not need the leatherworking skill to convert 5x Inv misc leatherscrap 16 [Borean Leather Scraps] to 1x Inv misc leatherscrap 15 [Borean Leather].

Leather conversion[]

Leatherworkers can assemble low-level leathers into higher-level leather.

Ingredients Product Skill
3 Ruined Leather Scraps Light Leather 1
4 light Leather Medium Leather 100
5 Medium Leather Heavy Leather 150
6 Heavy Leather Thick Leather 200
6 Thick Leather Rugged Leather 250
5 Knothide Leather Scraps Knothide Leather 300
5 Knothide Leather Heavy Knothide Leather 325
5 Borean Leather Scraps Borean Leather 0
6 Borean Leather Heavy Borean Leather 375

Removed leathers[]

Patch changes[]

  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Critters such as Cows and Rabbits can no longer be skinned for leather
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