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Leatherworking in World of Warcraft: Forever

559 recipes in Forever, 238 of them (43%) new since Classic Era, reaching Black Dragonscale Helm, Blue Dragonscale Helm, Dawn Armor. What Leatherworking makes, what it buys, the cheapest way through each skill bracket, what of it sells, and every recipe with its reagents.

Leatherworking makes leather and mail armor, armor kits, quivers, and ammo pouches from the leather and hides Skinning provides. Its armor kits are consumed like enchants and sell to every class that wears the slot.

The armor binds when equipped and trades once; the kits, quivers, and the leather itself trade every day. Skinning supply and leveling population decide the prices.

What Forever changes about Leatherworking

Leatherworking gained more new recipes than any other profession, close to half its list, and the top of it is dragonscale: Black, Blue and Red Dragonscale helms and leggings, with Pristine Scorpid Leggings beside them. Era leatherworkers could make a dragonscale breastplate and little else of that family; Forever fills the set.

The middle of the list grows too, with more leather and mail in the Expert and Artisan brackets, which is where Era leatherworking went thin.

The highest-skill recipes new to Forever: Black Dragonscale Helm (280), Blue Dragonscale Helm (280), Dawn Armor (280), Ironfeather Leggings (280), Living Crown (280). Everything new is also listed under New in Forever.

What Leatherworking makes, and what it buys

Paying now on Normal Horde EU

62 of 137 Leatherworking recipes with every reagent priced pay at the median after the auction house cut. The best margin is Nightscape Boots at +5g 39s a craft (432% on its reagents).

From player scans, refreshed hourly. Every Leatherworking recipe ranked by margin, on any market, is on the crafting profit page; how the rest compare is in which professions make money.

Makes

516 armor (225 new), 21 consumable (12 new), 11 trade goods, 8 quiver. 126 of the results bind when picked up and never reach the auction house; 433 can be listed.

  • Armor516 · 225 new
  • Consumable21 · 12 new
  • Trade Goods11
  • Quiver8
  • Container2 · 1 new
  • Quest1

Buys most

The reagents the most recipes call for, with the units those recipes consume between them. 20 of them are made by Leatherworking itself, so a crafter climbs on their own output.

Leveling Leatherworking in Forever

Leatherworking without Skinning is an auction house bill. Leather is cheap on a fresh economy for exactly as long as the leveling zones are full, then it is not; skin your own and the profession costs nothing but time.

The cheapest craft per bracket below is the one with the fewest reagent units, and for a leatherworker that is almost always an armor kit or a light piece rather than anything with scales in it.

The cheapest craft in each bracket, by reagent units

Fewest reagent units is not always cheapest in gold; it is the measure that holds on every market, scanned or not. The crafting table ranks every recipe by what it costs and what it makes at the current medians.

What a leatherworking sells

The armor kits are the everyday trade: consumed on use, wanted by every class that wears the slot, priced against leather. The bags and quivers trade once each but to everyone who levels a hunter.

The dragonscale gear is made to order. It binds when equipped rather than when picked up in most cases, so it can be listed, but the material cost is high enough that most of it is made for a customer who brings the scales.

How AHledger prices a craft · Every profession compared

Every Leatherworking recipe, lowest skill first

Apprentice · 105 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Black Whelp Slippersnew1
Camp Tentnew1
Dark Leather Bootsnew1
Handstitched Leather Boots1
Handstitched Leather Bracers1
Handstitched Leather Cloak1
Handstitched Leather Vest1
Light Armor Kit1
Light Leather1
Light Leather Reagent Bagnew1
Moonglow Bootsnew1
Murloc Scale Shoesnew1
Handstitched Leather Pants5
Cured Light Hide
1 × Light Hide, 1 × Salt
10
Azure Gustwoven Beltnew15
Azure Gustwoven Bracersnew15
Azure Windraveled Armguardsnew15
Azure Windraveled Strapnew15
Cloudy Gustwoven Beltnew15
Cloudy Gustwoven Bracersnew15
Cloudy Windraveled Armguardsnew15
Cloudy Windraveled Strapnew15
Handstitched Leather Belt15
Light Leather Quiver15
Small Leather Ammo Pouch15
Azure Gustwoven Bootsnew20
Azure Gustwoven Glovesnew20
Azure Windraveled Footwrapsnew20
Azure Windraveled Mittsnew20
Cloudy Gustwoven Bootsnew20
Cloudy Gustwoven Glovesnew20
Cloudy Windraveled Footwrapsnew20
Cloudy Windraveled Mittsnew20
Rugged Leather Pants20
Azure Gustwoven Harnessnew25
Azure Gustwoven Trousersnew25
Azure Windraveled Jerkinnew25
Azure Windraveled Pantsnew25
Cloudy Gustwoven Harnessnew25
Cloudy Gustwoven Trousersnew25
Cloudy Windraveled Jerkinnew25
Cloudy Windraveled Pantsnew25
Embossed Leather Vest25
Kodo Hide Bag25
Embossed Leather Cloak30
Embossed Leather Gloves30
Fine Leather Cloak30
White Leather Jerkin30
Light Leather Bracers35
Medium Leather35
Brawler's Leather Armornew40
Defender's Leather Armornew40
Embossed Leather Boots40
Embossed Leather Pants40
Fine Leather Gloves40
Stormrider's Leather Armornew40
Totemic Leather Armornew40
Trapper's Leather Armornew40
Wisdom's Leather Armornew40
Fine Leather Belt45
Brawler's Leather Beltnew50
Cured Medium Hide
1 × Medium Hide, 1 × Salt
50
Defender's Leather Beltnew50
Fine Leather Tunic50
Medium Armor Kit50
Moonglow Vest50
Stormrider's Leather Beltnew50
Totemic Leather Beltnew50
Trapper's Leather Beltnew50
Wisdom's Leather Beltnew50
Deviate Scale Cloak55
Fine Leather Boots55
Forceful Medium Armor Kitnew55
Murloc Scale Belt55
Mystic Medium Armor Kitnew55
Black Whelp Cloak60
Black Whelp Tunic60
Brawler's Leather Glovesnew60
Dark Leather Tunic60
Defender's Leather Glovesnew60
Gray Leather Boots60
Hillman's Leather Vest60
Light Leather Pants60
Murloc Scale Breastplate60
Stormrider's Leather Glovesnew60
Totemic Leather Glovesnew60
Trapper's Leather Glovesnew60
Wisdom's Leather Glovesnew60
Brawler's Leather Pantsnew65
Defender's Leather Pantsnew65
Deviate Scale Gloves65
Fine Leather Pants65
Stormrider's Leather Pantsnew65
Totemic Leather Pantsnew65
Trapper's Leather Pantsnew65
Wisdom's Leather Pantsnew65
Brawler's Leather Bootsnew70
Dark Leather Cloak70
Defender's Leather Bootsnew70
Stormrider's Leather Bootsnew70
Totemic Leather Bootsnew70
Trapper's Leather Bootsnew70
Wisdom's Leather Bootsnew70
Dark Leather Pants75
Deviate Scale Belt75
Journeyman · 99 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Nimble Leather Gloves80
Red Whelp Gloves80
Toughened Leather Armor80
Brawler's Leather Hoodnew85
Dark Leather Belt85
Defender's Leather Hoodnew85
Fletcher's Gloves85
Heavy Leather85
Heavy Leather Ball85
Hillman's Belt85
Stormrider's Leather Hoodnew85
Totemic Leather Hoodnew85
Trapper's Leather Hoodnew85
Wisdom's Leather Hoodnew85
Brawler's Leather Helmnew90
Defender's Leather Helmnew90
Hillman's Shoulders90
Stormrider's Leather Helmnew90
Totemic Leather Helmnew90
Trapper's Leather Helmnew90
Wisdom's Leather Helmnew90
Brawler's Leather Tunicnew95
Cured Heavy Hide
3 × Salt, 1 × Heavy Hide
95
Defender's Leather Tunicnew95
Earthen Leather Shoulders95
Herbalist's Gloves95
Hillman's Leather Bootsnew95
Stormrider's Leather Tunicnew95
Totemic Leather Tunicnew95
Toughened Leather Gloves95
Trapper's Leather Tunicnew95
Wisdom's Leather Tunicnew95
Dark Leather Gloves100
Dark Leather Shoulders100
Pilferer's Gloves100
Tanning Racknew100
Heavy Armor Kit105
Heavy Earthen Gloves105
Heavy Leather Ammo Pouch105
Heavy Quiver105
Hillman's Cloak105
Hillman's Leather Gloves105
Barbaric Gloves110
Brawler's Leather Legguardsnew110
Defender's Leather Kiltnew110
Green Leather Armor110
Stormrider's Leather Kiltnew110
Totemic Leather Leggingsnew110
Trapper's Leather Legguardsnew110
Wisdom's Leather Leggingsnew110
Barbaric Bracers115
Forceful Heavy Armor Kitnew115
Green Leather Belt115
Guardian Pants115
Mender's Leather Beltnew115
Mystic Heavy Armor Kitnew115
Prowler's Leather Beltnew115
Skirmisher's Leather Beltnew115
Skulker's Leather Beltnew115
Skycaller's Leather Beltnew115
Stalker's Leather Beltnew115
Warden's Leather Beltnew115
Dusky Leather Leggings120
Raptor Hide Belt120
Raptor Hide Harness120
Void-Touched Leather Gauntlets120
Void-Touched Leather Gloves120
Barbaric Leggings125
Guardian Belt125
Thick Murloc Armor125
Barbaric Shoulders130
Dusky Leather Armor130
Green Whelp Armor130
Guardian Armor130
Cured Thick Hide135
Frost Leather Cloak135
Green Leather Bracers135
Thick Leather135
Dusky Bracers140
Gem-studded Leather Belt140
Guardian Cloak140
Guardian Pants140
Azure Gustwoven Hoodnew145
Azure Gustwoven Spauldersnew145
Azure Windraveled Covernew145
Azure Windraveled Drapesnew145
Barbaric Harness145
Cloudy Gustwoven Hoodnew145
Cloudy Gustwoven Spauldersnew145
Cloudy Windraveled Covernew145
Cloudy Windraveled Drapesnew145
Gloves of the Greatfather145
Green Whelp Bracers145
Guardian Gloves145
Murloc Scale Bracers145
Shadowskin Gloves145
Dusky Belt150
Guardian Belt150
Guardian Leather Bracers150
Expert · 141 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Barbaric Belt155
Comfortable Leather Hat155
Dusky Boots155
Mender's Leather Glovesnew155
Prowler's Leather Glovesnew155
Skirmisher's Leather Glovesnew155
Skulker's Leather Glovesnew155
Skycaller's Leather Glovesnew155
Stalker's Leather Glovesnew155
Swift Boots155
Thick Armor Kit155
Warden's Leather Glovesnew155
Faintly Glowing Leather160
Nightscape Headband160
Nightscape Tunic160
Turtle Scale Gloves160
Forceful Thick Armor Kitnew165
Mender's Leather Shoesnew165
Mender's Mail Bootsnew165
Mystic Thick Armor Kitnew165
Nightscape Shoulders165
Prowler's Leather Shoesnew165
Skirmisher's Mail Bootsnew165
Skulker's Leather Shoesnew165
Skycaller's Leather Shoesnew165
Skycaller's Mail Bootsnew165
Stalker's Mail Bootsnew165
Turtle Scale Bracers165
Turtle Scale Breastplate165
Warden's Leather Shoesnew165
Big Voodoo Robe170
Big Voodoo Mask175
Guardian Leather Bracers175
Tough Scorpid Bracers175
Tough Scorpid Breastplate175
Wild Leather Shoulders175
Dragonscale Gauntlets180
Mender's Mail Bracersnew180
Mender's Mail Shouldersnew180
Quickdraw Quiver180
Skirmisher's Mail Bracersnew180
Skirmisher's Mail Shouldersnew180
Skycaller's Mail Bracersnew180
Skycaller's Mail Shouldersnew180
Stalker's Mail Bracersnew180
Stalker's Mail Shouldersnew180
Thick Leather Ammo Pouch180
Tough Scorpid Gloves180
Wild Leather Helmet180
Wild Leather Vest180
Wolfshead Helm180
Cured Rugged Hide185
Gauntlets of the Sea185
Glowing Gneuro-Linked Cowl185
Glowing Hyperconductive Scale Coif185
Gneuro-Conductive Channeler's Hood185
Nightscape Cloak185
Nightscape Pants185
Rad-Resistant Scale Hood185
Rugged Armor Kit185
Rugged Leather185
Turtle Scale Gloves185
Turtle Scale Helm185
Big Voodoo Pants190
Mender's Leather Shouldersnew190
Nightscape Boots190
Prowler's Leather Shouldersnew190
Skulker's Leather Shouldersnew190
Skycaller's Leather Shouldersnew190
Tough Scorpid Boots190
Turtle Scale Breastplate190
Turtle Scale Leggings190
Warden's Leather Shouldersnew190
Big Voodoo Cloak195
Big Voodoo Robe195
Forceful Rugged Armor Kitnew195
Mystic Rugged Armor Kitnew195
Tough Scorpid Shoulders195
Big Voodoo Mask200
Tough Scorpid Leggings200
Wild Leather Boots200
Feathered Breastplate205
Helm of Fire205
Mender's Leather Bracersnew205
Prowler's Leather Bracersnew205
Skulker's Leather Bracersnew205
Skycaller's Leather Bracersnew205
Tough Scorpid Helm205
Warden's Leather Bracersnew205
Wild Leather Cloak205
Wild Leather Leggings205
Cacophonous Chain Shoulderguards210
Charged Scorpid Beltnew210
Dragonscale Breastplate210
Heavy Scorpid Bracers210
Membrane of Dark Neurosis210
Paranoia Mantle210
Screaming Chain Pauldrons210
Shoulderpads of Obsession210
Shrieking Spaulders210
Supple Scorpid Bootsnew210
Wailing Chain Mantle210
Blue Suede Shoesnew215
Green Dragonscale Breastplate215
Mender's Leather Bootsnew215
Mender's Leather Gauntletsnew215
Mender's Mail Gauntletsnew215
Mender's Mail Sabatonsnew215
Prowler's Leather Bootsnew215
Prowler's Leather Gauntletsnew215
Skirmisher's Mail Gauntletsnew215
Skirmisher's Mail Sabatonsnew215
Skulker's Leather Bootsnew215
Skulker's Leather Gauntletsnew215
Skycaller's Leather Bootsnew215
Skycaller's Leather Gauntletsnew215
Skycaller's Mail Gauntletsnew215
Skycaller's Mail Sabatonsnew215
Stalker's Mail Gauntletsnew215
Stalker's Mail Sabatonsnew215
Tooled Leather Beltnew215
Warden's Leather Bootsnew215
Warden's Leather Gauntletsnew215
Wicked Leather Gauntlets215
Blue Suede Glovesnew220
Charged Scorpid Helmnew220
Chimeric Gloves220
Heavy Scorpid Vest220
Scarlet Huntsman's Clasp220
Scarlet Huntsman's Wristguards220
Scarlet Infiltrator's Belt220
Scarlet Infiltrator's Bracers220
Supple Scorpid Leggingsnew220
Tooled Leather Bootsnew220
Wicked Leather Bracers220
Green Dragonscale Leggings225
Ironfeather Shoulders
80 × Ironfeather, 24 × Rugged Leather, 2 × Jade, 1 × Rune Thread
225
Living Shoulders225
Runic Leather Gauntlets225
Volcanic Leggings225
Wildthorn Mail225
Artisan · 213 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Charged Scorpid Shouldersnew230
Chimeric Boots230
Frostsaber Boots230
Heavy Scorpid Gauntlets230
Mender's Leather Waistguardnew230
Mender's Mail Beltnew230
Prowler's Leather Waistguardnew230
Runic Leather Bracers230
Scarlet Huntsman's Boots230
Scarlet Huntsman's Handguards230
Scarlet Infiltrator's Gloves230
Scarlet Infiltrator's Shoes230
Skirmisher's Mail Beltnew230
Skulker's Leather Waistguardnew230
Skycaller's Leather Waistguardnew230
Skycaller's Mail Beltnew230
Stalker's Mail Beltnew230
Stormshroud Pants230
Supple Scorpid Bracersnew230
Warbear Harness230
Warden's Leather Waistguardnew230
Blue Suede Pantsnew235
Charged Scorpid Bracersnew235
Charged Scorpid Gauntletsnew235
Chimeric Leggings235
Green Dragonscale Gauntlets235
Heavy Scorpid Belt235
Heavy Scorpid Bootsnew235
Runic Leather Belt235
Supple Scorpid Beltnew235
Supple Scorpid Shouldersnew235
Tooled Leather Armornew235
Wicked Leather Headband235
Blue Dragonscale Breastplate240
Blue Suede Shouldersnew240
Charged Scorpid Vestnew240
Frostsaber Leggings240
Heavy Scorpid Leggings240
Living Green Dragonscale Breastplate240
Living Leggings240
Scarlet Ammo Pouch240
Scarlet Huntsman's Legguards240
Scarlet Infiltrator's Trousers240
Scarlet Quiver240
Stormshroud Armor240
Supple Scorpid Helmnew240
Tooled Leather Gauntletsnew240
Volcanic Breastplate240
Warbear Woolies240
Wicked Leather Bootsnew240
Black Dragonscale Breastplate245
Blue Suede Armornew245
Chimeric Vest245
Dawn Treaders245
Devilsaur Gauntlets245
Gordok Ogre Suit245
Heavy Timbermaw Belt245
Ironfeather Breastplate245
Might of the Timbermaw245
Runic Leather Headband245
Scarlet Huntsman's Chain245
Scarlet Huntsman's Coif245
Scarlet Huntsman's Pauldrons245
Scarlet Infiltrator's Bandana245
Scarlet Infiltrator's Shoulderpads245
Scarlet Infiltrator's Vest245
Tooled Leather Crownnew245
Wicked Leather Pants245
Bileblister Clawsnew250
Blue Dragonscale Shoulders250
Blue Suede Beltnew250
Broodwatcher's Clenchersnew250
Charged Scorpid Leggingsnew250
Frostsaber Gloves250
Heavy Scorpid Helm250
Helm of the Great Chief250
Hivethrasher's Clawsnew250
Living Green Dragonscale Leggings250
Masterwork Volcanic Leggings250
Scalegut Clenchersnew250
Storm Gauntlets250
Stormshroud Shoulders250
Supple Scorpid Vestnew250
Tooled Leather Bracersnew250
Wicked Leather Shouldersnew250
Bileblister Bootsnew255
Bileblister Girdlenew255
Blue Suede Bracersnew255
Broodwatcher's Beltnew255
Broodwatcher's Treadersnew255
Hivethrasher's Bootsnew255
Hivethrasher's Girdlenew255
Invulnerable Mail255
Runic Leather Pants255
Scalegut Beltnew255
Scalegut Treadersnew255
Tooled Leather Epauletsnew255
Wicked Leather Belt255
Blue Suede Hatnew260
Charged Scorpid Bootsnew260
Heavy Scorpid Shoulders260
Heavy Timbermaw Boots260
Living Green Dragonscale Gauntlets260
Sewing Machinenew260
Supple Scorpid Sabatonsnew260
Tooled Leather Pantsnew260
Volcanic Shoulders260
Wicked Leather Armor260
Honed Blue Dragonscale Breastplate265
Masterwork Volcanic Breastplate265
Runic Leather Armor265
Runic Leather Shoulders265
Spitfire Gauntlets265
Black Dragonscale Leggings270
Black Dragonscale Shoulders270
Blue Dragonscale Leggings270
Devilcore Gauntlets270
Devilsaur Leggings270
Elderwild Pantsnew270
Elderwild Waistcordnew270
Eternity Pauldronsnew270
Frostsaber Tunic270
Girdle of Insight270
Hardened Black Dragonscale Breastplate270
Living Breastplate270
Mongoose Boots270
Mourning Handguardsnew270
Outlaw's Collarnew270
Red Dragonscale Breastplate270
Sandstalker Bracers270
Sandstalker Breastplate270
Sandstalker Gauntlets270
Spitfire Bracers270
Spitfire Breastplate270
Stormshroud Gloves270
Swift Flight Bracers270
Tranquil Wristguardsnew270
Wild Leather Armor Kitnew270
Corehound Boots275
Golden Mantle of the Dawn275
Honed Blue Dragonscale Shoulders275
Timbermaw Brawlers275
Black Dragonscale Boots280
Black Dragonscale Helmnew280
Blood Tiger Breastplate280
Blood Tiger Shoulders280
Blue Dragonscale Helmnew280
Bramblewood Belt280
Bramblewood Belt280
Bramblewood Boots280
Bramblewood Boots280
Bramblewood Helm280
Bramblewood Helm280
Brilliant Chromatic Cloak280
Chromatic Cloak280
Chromatic Gauntlets280
Core Armor Kit280
Corehound Belt280
Dawn Armornew280
Devilcore Leggings280
Dreamscale Breastplate280
Dreamscale Breastplate280
Dreamscale Kilt280
Girdle of Arcane Insight280
Glowing Chitin Armor Kit280
Hardened Black Dragonscale Leggings280
Hardened Black Dragonscale Shoulders280
Hide of the Wild280
Honed Blue Dragonscale Leggings280
Icy Scale Bracers280
Icy Scale Bracers280
Icy Scale Breastplate280
Icy Scale Breastplate280
Icy Scale Gauntlets280
Icy Scale Gauntlets280
Ironfeather Leggingsnew280
Lava Belt280
Living Crownnew280
Mastercrafted Shifting Cloak280
Masterwork Volcanic Shoulders280
Molten Belt280
Molten Helm280
Onyxia Scale Breastplate280
Onyxia Scale Cloak280
Polar Bracers280
Polar Bracers280
Polar Gloves280
Polar Gloves280
Polar Tunic280
Polar Tunic280
Primal Batskin Bracers280
Primal Batskin Gloves280
Primal Batskin Jerkin280
Pristine Scorpid Leggingsnew280
Razorbramble Cowl280
Razorbramble Leathers280
Razorbramble Shoulderpads280
Red Dragonscale Leggingsnew280
Sandstalker Bracers280
Sandstalker Breastplate280
Sandstalker Gauntlets280
Sharpened Chitin Armor Kit280
Shifting Cloak280
Spiritcaller Bootsnew280
Spiritcaller Glovesnew280
Spiritcaller Kiltnew280
Spiritcaller Mantlenew280
Spitfire Bracers280
Spitfire Breastplate280
Spitfire Gauntlets280
Swift Flight Vambraces280
Timbermaw Tunicnew280
Warbear Helmnew280
Skill not stated · 1 recipesshow
RecipeSkill
Winter Boots-

Questions

What is new for Leatherworking in Forever?
Nearly half the recipe list, led by the dragonscale helms and leggings in black, blue and red at the top of the Artisan bracket, and more leather and mail in the middle brackets than Classic Era had. Counts and the full list are on this page.
Is Leatherworking profitable in Forever?
Steadily, from armor kits, quivers and bags. The crafted armor mostly trades by commission. Paired with Skinning it has almost no input cost, which is the whole margin on a fresh economy.

Source: World of Warcraft: Forever game data, compared with the Classic Era catalog. Counts update with each game build.