WoW Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 450 (+WOTLK)
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Enchanting.
1-20
19 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps
20-30 or 1-30
10 x [Light Armour Kit] - 10 Light Leather
You can make these from 1-30 too, if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.
30-35
5 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 10 Light Leather, 5 Coarse Thread
35-65
40 x [Cured Light Hide] - 40 Light Hide, 40 Salt
You will need these later.
65 - 135
Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.
65-85
20 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 60 Light Leather, 40 Coarse Thread
85-110
25 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 150 Light Leather, 50 Coarse Thread
110-115
5 x [Medium Armor Kit] - 20 Medium Leather, 5 Coarse Thread
115-125
10 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 40 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread
125-135
10 x [Dark Leather Cloak] - 80 Medium Leather, 10 Fine Thread, 10 Gray Dye
135 - 200
Learn Leatherworking Expert.
135-145
10 x [Toughened Leather Armor] - 100 Medium Leather, 20 Cured Light Hides, 20 Fine Thdread
145-150
5 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread
150-165
30 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 30 Heavy Hide
You will need these later
165-170
5 x [Heavy Armour Kit] - 25 Heavy Leather
If you are lucky, you will reach 170 while you are making the Cured Heavy Hides and you can skipp this part.
170-180
10 x [Guardian Pants] - 120 Heavy Leather, 20 Bolts of Silk Cloth
180-190
10 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide
190-210
20 x [Guardian Gloves] - 80 Heavy Leather, 20 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Silken Thread
210 - 275
Learn Leatherworking Artisan.
210-235
35 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread
Specialization
When you reach 225 skill and level 40, you unlock a set of quests. These quests allow you to specialize in various types of armor, which you can make for yourself only. As of patch 2.1.3, you can switch your Leatherworking specialization without losing any skill points and without doing the specialization quest. Here blelow there is the 3 way with each specialization.
Elemantal Leatherworking
list of recipes
The items you create as an Elemantal Leatherworker focus on melee based leather items (agility and attack power).
Dragonscale Leatherworking
list of recipes
This specialisation offers offensive mail items - there are both caster and melee based sets.
Tribal Leatherworking
list of recipes
The Tribal Leatherworking items are all leather items focused on healing.
235-250
15 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread
250-260
15 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 75 Rugged Leather
260-275
15 x [Wicked Leather Gauntlets] - 120 Rugged Leather, 15 Black Dye, 15 Rune Thread
Recipe location
If there are some Heavy Scorpid Scale in the Auction House and it's cheaper than the Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:
15 x [Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - 60 Rugged Leather, 60 Heavy Scorpid Scale, 15 Rune Thread
Recipe location
275 - 350
Go to Outland and learn Leatherworking Master. Click here for the trainer list.
275-285
10 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 80 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread
285-300
15 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 180 Rugged Leather, 15 Black Dye, 15 Rune Thread
300-310
20 x [Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather Scraps
310-325
25 x [Knothide Armor Kit] - 100 Knothide Leather
325-335
20 x [Heavy Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather
335-340
5 x [Thick Draenic Vest] - 70 Knothide Leather, 15 Rune Thread
340-350
14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 168 Knothide Leather, 28 Fel Scales, 42 Rune Thread
This recipe goes yellow at 345, so you will need to make a few extra ones. I suggest gathering enough materials for 14.
350 - 450
Go to Nothrend and learn Leatherworking Grand Master. Click here for the trainer list.
350-380
33 x [Borean Armor Kit] - 132 Borean Leather
380-385
5 x [Arctic Gloves] - 40 Borean Leather
385-390
5 x [Iceborne Shoulderpads] - 50 Borean Leather
390-405
281 x [Heavy Borean Leather] - 1686 Borean Leather
405-415
13 x [Jormungar Leg Armor] - 65 Heavy Borean Leather, 13 Jormungar Scale
415-420
5 x [Pack of Endless Pockets] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather
420-425
5 x [Overcast Bracers] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Water
The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.
425-435
13 x [Overcast Handwraps] - 130 Heavy Borean Leather, 13 Eternal Water
The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.
435-440
You might need to make more of these than 5, because the recipes will be yellow.
5 x [Frosthide Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Nerubian Chitin, 5 Frozen Orb
or
5 x [Icescale Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Icy Dragonscale, 5 Frozen Orb
440-450
There is no point in leveling Leatherworking further than 440, you can make every item at 440.