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0 to Drums
A Powerleveling Guide
for Leatherworking
Many Rogues who are interested in maximizing their DPS for PVE have recently been turning to Leatherworking. Aside from being able to craft some of your own gear, Leatherworking gives you the ability to use the very powerful Drums of Battle, which are an invaluable way to increase your DPS as well as the DPS of your party. In the past, leveling up Leatherworking was a very expensive and painful process. However, recent changes in the last few patches have made Leatherworking a much more accessible profession. Having recently powerleveled both of my Rogues up to 375 Leatherworking, I've mapped out what I believe to be the best route to take in order to minimize wasted time and gold.
This guide is based upon the following assumptions:
1. You have reached level 70 (or are close to it) and want to powerlevel your Leatherworking skill to 365 as quickly as possible.
2. You are only interested in trainer recipes and/or recipes that can be obtained with minimal effort.
3. You have an alt set aside to hold all of the materials you'll need to level up your Leatherworking. I recommend sending mats to your alt in the order provided below, and when you're ready, returning them in reverse order.
4. Whenever possible, you'll only want to craft items that are Orange or Yellow difficulty, for maximum skill gain. When required to craft Yellow and/or Green difficulty items, I've adjusted the required materials to account for less than 100% skill gain per item created. I've also listed alternate recipes and materials in red to give you additional options to consider.
Total Materials Needed to Get From 0 to Drums
Listed below are the materials you'll need and the order in which you should craft items to get to 365 Leatherworking as efficiently as possible. It's highly recommended that you farm some of these materials yourself and/or purchase them from the auction house over a span of several days, because your need for certain items (Light Leather, Thick Leather, Rugged Leather, Knothide Leather, etc.) will most likely surpass the available supply on the AH at any given time.
Light Leather 275
Light Hide 20
Medium Hide 25
Heavy Hide 20
Heavy Leather 220
Thick Leather 539
Rugged Leather 360
Knothide Leather Scraps 100
Knothide Leather 365 (in addition to the 20 you'll make from Knothide Leather Scraps)
Fel Scales 30
Heavy Knothide Leather 86 (in addition to the 25 you'll make from Knothide Leather)
Thick Clefthoof Leather 4
Recipes you may want to acquire before you start (Alt recipes in red)
Deviate Scale Cloak (Kalldan Felmoon, outside Wailing Caverns) - Limited Supply (1)
Fine Leather Boots (Check AH for the World Drop recipe)
Raptor Hide Belt (Alliance) (Androd Fadran, Arathi Highlands) - Limited Supply (1)
Raptor Hide Harness (Horde) (Tunkk, Arathi Highlands - Horde) - Limited Supply (1)
Wicked Leather Gauntlets (Leonard Porter, Western Plaguelands - Alliance) / (Werg Thickblade, Tirisfal Glades - Horde) - Limited Supply (1)
Heavy Scorpid Bracers (Zannok Hidepiercer, Silithus) - Limited Supply (1)
Heavy Knothide Leather (Cro Threadstrong, Shattrath City) - Limited Supply (1)
Step-by-Step: 0 to Drums
Listed below is a step-by-step route for powerleveling Leatherworking using optimum recipes and expected quantities.
Learn Apprentice Leatherworking from your Leatherworking Trainer.
1 - 35 Light Armor Kit (1 Light Leather) x 35
(ALT) 1 - 35 Light Leather (3 Ruined Leather Scraps) x 45
36 - 55 Cured Light Hide (1 Light Hide, 1 Salt) X 20
(ALT) 36 - 55 Small Leather Ammo Pouch (3 Light Leather, 4 Coarse Thread) x 20
56 - 85 Embossed Leather Gloves (3 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread) x 30
After level 75, learn Journeyman Leatherworking from your Leatherworking Trainer.
86 - 110 Fine Leather Belt (6 Light Leather, 2 Coarse thread) x 25 (Save these for later)
(ALT) 90 - 110 Deviate Scale Cloak (4 Deviate Scale, 1 Cured Light Hide, 1 Fine Thread) x 20 (Kalldan Felmoon, outside Wailing Caverns)
111 - 125 Cured Medium Hide (1 Medium Hide, 1 Salt) x 25 (Save these for later)
(ALT) 111 - 125 Fine Leather Boots (7 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread) x 15 (Check AH for the World Drop recipe)
(ALT) 111 - 125 Dark Leather Boots (4 Medium Leather, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Gray Dye) x 15
126 - 150 Dark Leather Belt (1 Fine Leather Belt, 1 Cured Medium Hide, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Gray Dye) x 25
(ALT) 126 - 150 Nimble Leather Gloves (1 Elixir of Minor Agility, 6 Medium Leather, 1 Fine Thread) x 25
After level 150, learn Expert Leatherworking from your Leatherworking Trainer.
151 - 165 Cured Heavy Hide (1 Heavy Hide, 3 Salt) x 20 (Save for later)
(ALT) 151 - 165 Hillman's Cloak (5 Heavy Leather, 2 Fine Thread) x 15
166 - 180 Hillman's Cloak (5 Heavy Leather, 2 Fine Thread) x 20
181 - 190 Barbaric Shoulders (8 Heavy Leather, 1 Cured Heavy Hide, 2 Fine Thread) x 10
(ALT) 181 - 190 Raptor Hide Belt (Alliance) / Raptor Hide Harness (Horde) (4/6 Raptor Hide, 4 Heavy Leather, 2 Fine Thread) x 10 (Androd Fadran, Arathi Highlands - Alliance) / (Tunkk, Arathi Highlands - Horde)
(ALT) 186 - 190 Dusky Bracers (16 Heavy Leather, 1 Black Dye, 2 Silken Thread) x 5
191 - 200 Guardian Gloves (4 Heavy Leather, 1 Cured Heavy Hide, 1 Silken Thread) x 10
After level 200, learn Artisan Leatherworking from your Leatherworking Trainer.
201 - 220 Thick Armor Kit (5 Thick Leather, 1 Silken Thread) x 20
221 - 239 Nightscape Headband (5 Thick Leather, 2 Silken Thread) x 25
240 - 250 Nightscape Pants (14 Thick Leather, 4 Silken Thread) x 11
251 - 260 Nightscape Boots (16 Thick Leather, 2 Silken Thread) x 10
(ALT) 251 - 260 Rugged Armor Kit (5 Rugged Leather) x 10
261 - 265 Wicked Leather Gauntlets (8 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread) x 5 (Leonard Porter, Western Plaguelands - Alliance) / (Werg Thickblade, Tirisfal Glades - Horde)
(ALT) 261 - 265 Heavy Scorpid Bracers (4 Rugged Leather, 4 Heavy Scorpid Scale, 1 Rune Thread) x 5 (Zannok Hidepiercer, Silithus)
266 - 290 Wicked Leather Bracers (8 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread) x 25
(ALT) 266 - 290 Heavy Scorpid Bracers (4 Rugged Leather, 4 Heavy Scorpid Scale, 1 Rune Thread) x 30 (Zannok Hidepiercer, Silithus)
After level 275, learn Master Leatherworking from Darmari in Shattrath City.
291 - 300 Wicked Leather Headband (12 Rugged Leather, 1 Black Dye, 1 Rune Thread) x 10
301 - 310 Knothide Leather (5 Knothide Leather Scraps) x 20
(ALT) 301 - 310 Knothide Armor Kit (4 Knothide Leather) x 10
311 - 325 Knothide Armor Kit (4 Knothide Leather) x 20
325 - 335 Heavy Knothide Leather (5 Knothide Leather) x 25 (Cro Threadstrong, Shattrath City)
336 - 350 Scaled Draenic Boots (12 Knothide Leather, 2 Fel Scales, 3 Rune Thread) x 15
351 - 365 Heavy Knothide Armor Kit (3 Heavy Knothide Leather) x 35
366 Drums of Battle (6 Heavy Knothide Leather, 4 Thick Clefthoof Leather) x 1 (Almaador, Shattrath City - Must be Honored with The Sha'tar)
Once you've reached 365 Leatherworking, you should only have to make about 15 more Drums of Battle to get to 375 Leatherworking, which will require 90 more Heavy Knothide Leather and 60 more Thick Clefthoof Leather.
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