Heavy Leather

What is Heavy Leather?

Heavy Leather is a common leather item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 59 recipes including Iron Fists and Solid Iron Maul. Sold by vendors for 6s.

How do you get Heavy Leather?

It is crafted by Leatherworking at skill 85 from 5 Medium Leather; the recipe comes from a trainer.

What is Heavy Leather used for?

It is a reagent in 59 Forever recipes, including Iron Fists, Solid Iron Maul and Hardened Iron Shortsword and others.

How much does Heavy Leather cost on the auction house?

About 20s 10c at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-10-21 16:25 UTC. Other markets are listed on this page.

Is Heavy Leather different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

Where is the best place to farm Heavy Leather?

Of the sources players have reported, Sparkleshell Snapper in Thousand Needles drops it most often: 35% of 51 loot windows. A stack of 20 takes about 57 kills at that rate, and sells for 4g 2s at the median on PvP Horde US.

What is the best thing to craft with Heavy Leather?

At the current medians on PvP Horde US, Gnomish Rocket Boots (Engineering) pays the most of the recipes that use it: +82g 54s a craft after the auction house cut. 9 of its 59 recipes pay at the median right now.

What is Heavy Leather used for in Leatherworking?

Heavy Leather is the Leatherworking material from skill 100 to 150, made into medium armour kits and the medium leather pieces. The Leatherworking page lists the cheapest craft in each bracket and every recipe that uses it.

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

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

Class

Trade Goods

Subclass

Leather

Quality

common

Item level

30

Stack size

20

Vendor sell

1s 50c

Vendor buy

6s

Blizzard item id

4234

Client build

1.60.1 (build 70707)

• Vendors sell it for 6s and buy it back for 1s 50c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Crafted by Leatherworking at skill 85; the recipe comes from a trainer. Reagents below.
• Consumed by 59 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
• Dropped by
  • Mottled Razormaw in Wetlands (Whelgar's Excavation Site)15% of 183 looted
  • Sparkleshell Snapper in Thousand Needles (Mirage Raceway)35% of 51 looted
  • Panther in Stranglethorn Vale30% of 54 looted
  • Highperch Wyvern in Thousand Needles (Highperch)17% of 66 looted
  • Stranglethorn Tiger in Stranglethorn Vale22% of 45 looted
  and 25 more, each on its creature page.
• Found in Large Solid Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Chamber of Atonement) (14% of 276 looted), Large Iron Bound Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Chamber of Atonement) (8% of 192 looted), Large Solid Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Training Grounds) (19% of 80 looted), Large Iron Bound Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Footman's Armory) (6% of 62 looted), Iron Bound Trunk (seen 6 times), Iron Bound Trunk (seen 5 times).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Sparkleshell Snapper in Thousand Needles (Mirage Raceway) at 35% of 51 loot windows, about 57 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 4g 2s at the median on PvP Horde US.
• Sources are what 7 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Seen inside Scarlet Monastery, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Razorfen Kraul.

• Wetlands
• Thousand Needles
• Stranglethorn Vale
• Arathi Highlands

• Heavy Leather · Leatherworking 85 · trainer
  • 5× Medium Leather