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Comment by 607950

The horde quest Kodo Hide Bag should be added to the LW quest list.
www.wowhead.com/cata/quest=769
It requires 10 skill points in LW to pick up.

Comment by 484852

Probably one of the best professions for a tanking class due to the resistance at current level content, and it will also give same stamina bonuses required for tanking when the resistance in not required.

Comment by 624280

wy did you remove the skil lv info of the database that was realy helpfull to lv profession :(

Comment by fireball777

The grind from 500ish to 510 is absolutely horrible, there's no new patterns in between those levels so you get to choose between making expensive cloaks that don't sell on the AH very well or take your chances with green-coloured patterns that cost much less but probably won't level you...

Comment by hannibalektr

Our guild rogue was asked to max out his leatherworking, so he tried, but when he bought plans from the dragonmaw he couldnt learn them due to some bug that GM's say they are aware of but won't fix. Meanwhile our guild is being "Penil" ized since we can't get to that resil gear both for rated bg's and for gold.

Why on earth they can't fix something like this is beyond me. If you know of a fix for this let me know, the service techs from India handling the service calls once a month arent helping.

Comment by faythsrequiem

I had bought some patterns in Highbank there in Twilight Highlands, and to my dismay got the same "item can not be found" message. Made a ticket to GM, waited forever but finally logged, still with no response. When I logged back in the next day there was mail in my toons box from GM, in which they'd refunded the heavy savage leather I'd used to buy the paterns, going on to say that I needed to be more careful of my choices on which to spend stuff. Excuse me? Not my fault that I bought new LW patterns to learn which I can't because of a bug Blizzard needs to fix.

Comment by 345746

i also had this problem,the only way around it i found was to check out the mats needed as some are obviously lower lvl ones,when i did talk to a GM he was very helpful,but i also wasnt able to get refund,so...back to the grind! lol

Comment by Torrinforever

For those attempting to get over that last bump to reach 525 leatherworking, while this may not be a good solution, it is at least a good temporary solution...

In Twilight Highlands, near the end of the quest chains, there is a quest called - Blackout - this quest gives you an item called Wyrmhunter Hooks, which can be used in the Obsidium Forest to jump on the back of the drakes flying in the sky. WHEN DOING THIS, you suffer NO DAMAGE unless you get hurt after the drake dies from falling damage. This is a pain free way of farming leather, AS WELL AS Blackened Dragonscales, AND Dragon Flanks used in the new raid cooking feast called Broiled Dragon Feast. Happy hunting, and good luck!

Comment by 717014

Does anyone have a list of which recipes are bugged or has that been fixed now?

Comment by 723089

The question: How do you get from level 510 to 525 besides crafting "green" "Cloak of Beasts"? We cannot buy patterns in Twilight Highlands. How did you get that last 15 levels? Thanks :) ... I FOUND THE ANSWER: There are patterns at the Twilight Highlands vendor that we can learn now ... good luck.

Comment by 213034

So, no one item for Druid resto (only one chest piece with no spirit i presume for balance)...
Feral DPS/rogue, feral Tank, Balance ... it cost too much effort make 1 more piece with spirit and (maybe) haste?

Comment by Dustie

Hi - can anyone tell me where I should go to hunt animals that when skinned will yield rugged leather? Thanks.

Comment by 748448

Why don't the Draconic Embossments show up under the "Required By" tab on Wowhead?

Comment by 717014

I have to say...the only class for which LW will never be a tedious PITA is hunters. I tried to get used to LW on my rogue, I really did, but without Track Beasts it's just a pain. While in higher-level zones the skinnable mobs are clumped together nicely so you don't have to look too hard, I found it tedious and annoying at the lower levels.

Comment by Ty52

tip for the ones who want to lv this from low lvs, DON´T waste time, when you finally get enough leather (or other mats) for a lv 18 item you´ll be already lv 30+ (specially if you are using heirlooms). so either buy all the leather you need or leave it until higher lvs (maybe 60+), don´t waste trying to get the blues, totally not worth it.

Comment by 803442

I have a question about leatherworking. I am a low lvl 25. I have or thought I have farmed thr ruined leather scrapes to make light leather. It will not let me make Light leather at all. So is ruined leahter scrapes and pelts the same thing? also how do i drop 1 profession to gain another. I am starting to think I need the skinning profession for the ruined scrapes.
As you can tell I an a noob to this

Comment by 781447

at low lvl u should just lvl by farming leather and random dungeons. ur LW will easily be kept up and ur gear will be much better then if u were questing. as far as xp, just get tabards from various factions and wear them in dungeons to get it. of course sum quests should be done. i lvl'd my LW this way and it was quick and i was always well geared for when i came across a flag'd alli.

Comment by 825907

used to have too go to Outland and train at that level but I'm not sure if that's still the case

Comment by 770391

I really have a problem with leatherworking, especially since Cata. It was tough enough before, but now its BRUTAL! At lvl85 and 500 skill, you have to gain 10 lvls on 2 very expensive and almost unsaleable cloaks. After that it costs you 10 heavy savage leather to buy a pattern (Thats 50 savage leather). It's a whole lot cheaper to buy that lower level resiliance armor at the auction market. Savage leather sells high. I have 2 lvl 85 Hunters on different servers. 1 Alliance gatherer gatherer and 1 Horde skinner leatherworker. My leatherworker is only at lvl 415 and struggling to get higher. Guess which one has the gold? I also started a Worgen Druid leatherworker. He is now lvl 50 and struggling to make leatherworking work. The problem is that with cata it is easier to level up your charater. Consequently your leatherworking can't keep up with the hides you gather. For example, I am now skinning thick leather but all the patterns I have use heavy leather, and I had to get 150 gold off my 85 to buy the light leather off the auction mart to get that high. I haven't played any of the other professions past lvl 80 yet, but I hope they are easier to do than this one. What it amounts to, if you don't have a high powered Alt to bail You out, don't start a character as a leatherworker. Personally, until they straighten these professions out, I would stick with gatherer-gatherer, you'l make way more gold and be able to buy what you need from suckers like me!

Comment by Centaurian

The highest patterns grey out at 540. So where do I get the Super-Grandmaster leatherworking training to go 525/540? I bet the top trainers are held captive in Bastion of Twilight and you have to rescue them before they are sacrificed.

Comment by 671108

One thing that drives me nuts is when I'm advertising my lw, everyone wants the embossing, as far as I can tell, the embosses will only work on be and cannot be done for other toons. If this is wrong please correct me.

Comment by Nikeyeia

Leatherworking from 510-525 sucks. You'll have to use 110 Heavy Savage Leather to get up there, roughly 7k gold on my server.

Comment by 428273

I was told there was a sunfury type of pattern that I can get that allows the wearer to look like the outfits they wear..Can anyone confirm this and if so where?

Comment by 936620

how exactly do you get higher skills in leatherworking?
help please..

Comment by crazzzzi

anyone wonder why LW afre the only ones that don't have a 36 slot bag? seems unfair

Comment by 951482

I thought JC and BS were the hardest profs to level but that was until I started leveling leatherworking...this prof is a royal pain to level,a guide is the minimum to have

Comment by Bethenal

The new leather types for Mists of Pandaria:

Magnificent Hide (the rare leather for MoP)
Prismatic Scale
Sha-Touched Leather
Exotic Leather
Heavy Exotic Leather

Edit: The common leather types changed from Tanji Leathers to Sha Leathers in beta build 15650.
Edit 2: Sha Leather Scraps changed to Sha-Touched Leather and Sha Leather and Heavy Leather changed to Exotic Leather and Heavy Exotic Leather

Details correct as at Beta Build 15882

Just putting this in here until this profession has been updated to show the new leathers.

Comment by 940730

It helped me get over the top... don't forget the Darkmoon Faire quest! 5 points right away...

Comment by 998364

Leatherworkingis the best Profession for Rouge , Feral Driuds, Hunters and Mele Dps Shamans.

Comment by Loremastertappa

I think at around level 510 you start needing 10 Heavy Savage leather to purchase more LW recipes. On top of that, all the recipes call for 10 heavy savage leather and usually 10 Volatile fire to make the item. There is a way to get both Savage Leather and Volatile Fire without having to travel much.

Head to Twilight Highlands and to the immediate west of Crushblow is Cannon's Inferno. I would fish in the pools of fire for the Volatile Fire (the enemies can drop it as well but the rate is low.) While waiting for the 15 minute cooldown on the 4 pools, I would skin Worgs and Elk in Highland Forest for Savage Leather.

Since I'm Horde, I use Crushblow for repairs and selling the grey items enemies drop. If you're Alliance, Victor's Point isn't too far.

Good luck with the Leatherworking.

Comment by Raciid

Onyxia Scale Cloak is an essential item your raid will need for Onyxia's Lair.

No, it's needed for fighting Nefarian. You get the scales needed to craft it from Onyxia.

Comment by QuickBASIC

If you're looking at the comments on this recipe, plan, or quest you might be a collector or completionist.
This is a compiled list of all of the cross-faction recipes in the game.

Most (not all) Cooking recipes on the Alliance side are sold by Kendor Kabonka. The Horde do not have a corresponding NPC, so if you are an Alliance character wanting to create an alt on the opposite side to obtain the recipes for your main, unfortunately you'll have to have a level appropriate character to do the quests to obtain some of these recipes.

All of the recipes except one (Plans: Orcish War Leggings) can be traded cross-faction on the neutral AH.

Alliance Only Recipes

Recipe: Beer Basted Boar Ribs

Schematic: Blue Firework

Pattern: Black Whelp Cloak

Pattern: Bright Yellow Shirt

Item	Quest / Vendor

Blacksmithing

Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets	The Origins of Smithing
Plans: Ironforge Breastplate	Gearing Redridge

Cooking
Beer Basted Boar Ribs / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Blood Sausage	Thelsamar Blood Sausages / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Clam Chowder	Kriggon Talsone / Heldan Galesong
Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo	Apprentice's Duties / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Crocolisk Steak	Crocolisk Hunting / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Gooey Spider Cake	Dusky Crab Cakes / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Goretusk Liver Pie	Goretusk Liver Pie / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Loch Frenzy Delight	Khara Deepwater
Recipe: Murloc Fin Soup	Selling Fish / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Redridge Goulash	Redridge Goulash / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob	Seasoned Wolf Kabobs / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak	Costly Menace
Recipe: Westfall Stew	Westfall Stew / Kendor Kabonka

Engineering
Gearcutter Cogspinner / Darian Singh

Leatherworking
Clyde Ranthal
Pattern: Black Whelp Tunic	Amy Davenport
Pattern: Herbalist's Gloves	Harlown Darkweave
Pattern: Moonglow Vest	Moonglow Vest
Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt	Androd Fadran
Pattern: Red Whelp Gloves	Wenna Silkbeard

Tailoring
Danielle Zipstitch

Horde Only Recipes

Item	Quest / Vendor

Alchemy
Recipe: Discolored Healing Potion	Wild Hearts

Blacksmithing
Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots	Trampled Under Foot (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate	Barbaric Battlements (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves	Joys of Omosh (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm	Horns of Frenzy (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders	On Iron Pauldrons (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Orcish War Leggings*	The Old Ways

Cooking
Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing	Abigail Shiel
Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail	Tari'qa
Recipe: Dig Rat Stew	Dig Rat Stew
Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew	Ogg'marr
Recipe: Roasted Kodo Meat	Wunna Darkmane
Recipe: Scorpid Surprise	Grimtak / Lilly

Enchanting
Formula: Enchant Chest - Lesser Mana	Kithas

Engineering
Schematic: Red Firework	Sovik

Leatherworking
Pattern: Kodo Hide Bag	Kodo Hide Bag (Leatherworking 10)
Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness	Tunkk

* The plan for Orcish War Leggings does not exist in the game, but is instead directly taught by the questgiver.
(Technically this is the only recipe that cannot be learned by the opposite faction because all other recipes/plans can be traded in the neutral AH.)

Comment by Rothia

List of Nature Resist Pieces NOT Coming with Phase 5
Posted by Anshlun | Wowhead | 2020-06-29

Blizzard has released a list of Nature Resist pieces that ARE NOT coming with Phase 5 and the Ahn'Qiraj War Effort.
These pieces were introduced in Naxx to help guilds clear AQ40, so they don't have a place in P5 at the start.
Blizzard is evaluating when to add them.
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SERIOUSLY THOUGH, SOME CLARITY ABOUT CC NR CRAFTABLES
Posted by Kaivax | Community Manager | Blizzard Forums | 2020-06-30
"Khlause: Some of the gear was intended for AQ, while other items may have been back burner or may have been a form of catch up gear."

"Overall, the nature-resist gear that was released in original WoW in patch 1.11 was catch-up gear.
It was released along with Naxxramas to help close the gap for guilds who were still dealing with trying to get certain pieces from Green Dragons and Maraudon because they were stuck on Princess Huhuran.

To be specific, here’s a list of pieces that are not in WoW Classic 1.13.5:

Blacksmithing
Ironvine Breastplate
Ironvine Gloves
Ironvine Belt

Leatherworking
Bramblewood Helm
Bramblewood Belt
Bramblewood Boots

Tailoring
Sylvan Crown
Sylvan Shoulders
Sylvan Vest
Gaea's Embrace

Quest reward: Band of Cenarius
A Humble Offering

Quest reward: Savage Guard
The Savage Guard - Arcanum of Focus
The Savage Guard - Arcanum of Rapidity
The Savage Guard - Arcanum of Protection

We’re still considering precisely when to release this gear, given their usefulness and purpose. As with original WoW, that time will come later, after AQ is opened and being raided."

BLIZZARD POST: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/seriously-though-some-clarity-about-cc-nr-craftables/569232/3
WOWHEAD POST: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/news=316652/list-of-nature-resist-pieces-not-coming-with-phase-5

Comment by Rothia

FROST RESISTANCE LEATHER ARMOR

The following quests can be picked up from Craftsman Wilhelm at the Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands by completing Omarion's Handbook which you get from Master Craftsman Omarion.
He's trapped in a cage in the first room of trash in the Deathknight Wing inside Naxxramas.
With a skill of 300 and high enough reputation, you will be able to choose from a total of 13 different patterns depending on your professions: Tailoring (4), Leatherworking (6) or Blacksmithing (3).

(Patterns / plans doesn't exist, all of them are taught by Master Craftsman Omarion in Naxxramas)

--- vest

---bracers

--- vest

--- wrists

--- gloves

Reward / Leatherworking	Quest / Pattern	Frozen Rune	Enchanted Leather	Essence of Water	Cured Rugged Hide	Ironweb Spider Silk	Gold	Argent Dawn
Polar Tunic	Polar Tunic	8	16	5	5	❌	300	Exalted
Polar Bracers	Polar Bracers	4	12	3	3	❌	200	Neutral
Polar Gloves	Polar Gloves	5	12	3	3	❌	200	Neutral
Polar Tunic	Pattern: Polar Tunic	7	16	2	4	4	Free	Exalted
Polar Bracers	Pattern: Polar Bracers	4	12	2	2	4	Free	Revered
Polar Gloves	Pattern: Polar Gloves	5	12	2	3	4	Free	Revered

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Reward	Quest	Frozen Rune	Essence of Water	Blue Sapphire	Gold	Argent Dawn
Polar Leggings	The Only Song I Know...	2	2	2	30	Neutral

--- polar head

--- polar shoulders

ITEM	BOSS	WOWHEAD DROP RATE (2021-01-29)
Polar Helmet	Gothik the Harvester	20,51 %
Polar Shoulder Pads	Grand Widow Faerlina	20,26 %

Comment by Mortenz

For anyone wondering, as of 27.07.2021 it cost me roughly 1500g to level Leatherworking from 1-375 on Shazzrah EU Horde, a high populated realm. This includes getting Tribal Leatherworking, which alone was around 500g. Getting from 235 to 300 was the most expensive, as Scrapped Leather was about 17g per stack and I needed around 470 rugged leathers.

Guess I'll have to wait for epic flying a bit more..

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