Light Leather

What is Light Leather?

Light Leather is a common leather item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 59 recipes including Gemmed Copper Boots and Glowing Copper Boots.

How do you get Light Leather?

It is crafted by Leatherworking from 3 Ruined Leather Scraps; the recipe comes from a unknown.

What is Light Leather used for?

It is a reagent in 59 Forever recipes, including Gemmed Copper Boots, Glowing Copper Boots and Strange Copper Boots and others.

How much does Light Leather cost on the auction house?

On Normal Alliance the median buyout was 70c as of 2026-10-06 15:28 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Light Leather different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. The Forever beta keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

How fast does Light Leather sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on Normal Alliance: about 19,000 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Where is the best place to farm Light Leather?

Of the sources players have reported, Hecklefang Hyena in The Barrens drops it most often: 46% of 26 loot windows. A stack of 20 takes about 40 kills at that rate, and sells for 14s at the median on Normal Alliance.

What is the best thing to craft with Light Leather?

At the current medians on Normal Alliance, Azure Gustwoven Boots (Leatherworking) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +42s 70c a craft after the auction house cut. 28 of its 59 recipes pay at the median right now.

What is Light Leather used for in Leatherworking?

Light Leather is the Leatherworking material from skill 1 to 100, made into light armour kits and the light leather pieces. The Leatherworking page lists the cheapest craft in each bracket and every recipe that uses it.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Light Leather keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in the Forever beta.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Trade Goods

Subclass

Leather

Quality

common

Item level

10

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

15c

Vendor buy

60c

Blizzard item id

2318

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70205)

• Vendors sell it for 60c and buy it back for 15c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Leatherworking; the recipe comes from a unknown. Reagents below.
• Consumed by 59 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
• Dropped by
  • Sunscale Scytheclaw in The Barrens (Northwatch Hold)27% of 97 looted
  • Clattering Scorpid in Durotar (Razormane Grounds)35% of 62 looted
  • Greater Plainstrider in The Barrens18% of 66 looted
  • Hecklefang Hyena in The Barrens (Thorn Hill)46% of 26 looted
  • Rabid Dire Wolf in Duskwood (The Darkened Bank)23% of 39 looted
  and 34 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Battered Chest in Dun Morogh (Ironband's Compound) (seen 2 times).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Hecklefang Hyena in The Barrens (Thorn Hill) at 46% of 26 loot windows, about 40 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 14s at the median on Normal Alliance.
• Sources are what 4 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside The Hall of Thanes.

• The Barrens
• Durotar
• Duskwood
• Darkshore

• Light Leather · Leatherworking · unknown
  • 3× Ruined Leather Scraps