Leatherworking Guide – Battle for Azeroth

Leatherworking Changes in BfA

In BfA each expansion has it’s own professions tier with a max level.

• Classic professions max out at 300
• Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria professions max out at 75
• Warlords of Draenor and Legion professions max out at 100
• Battle for Azeroth professions max out at 150

In BfA Leatherworking now has a seperate skill depending on your faction, [Kul Tiran Leatherworking] for (Alliance) and [Zandalari Leatherworking] for (Horde), everything else is still the same between the two.

Leatherworking Trainers

• For (Horde) Xanjo is found in the Terrace of Crafters in Dazar’alor.
• For (Alliance) Cassandra Brennor is found in the Tradewinds Market in Boralus.

If you have trouble locating your profession trainers, as usual you an ask a guard for directions and they will place a marker on your map.

Crafting Materials

With Battle for Azeroth comes new Leatherworking materials. These are, as you would expect, mainly gathered with Skinning.

• Coarse Leather – Basic recipes
• Blood-Stained Bone – Lower level recipes
• Calcified Bone – Advanced recipes
• Shimmerscale – Basic mail recipes
• Mistscale – Advanced mail recipes
• Tempest Hide – Advanced leather recipes
• Hardened Tempest Hide – The best leather recipes – crafted using Hardened Tempest Hide

BoP crafting materials

• [Expulsom] – Obtained via the Scrapper
• [Hydrocore] – Looted from Mythic & Mythic+ Dungeons
• [Sanguicell] – Dropped in Uldir

Leveling up

• 1-25 [Shimmerscale Armguards] or [Coarse Leather Armguards]
• 25-50 [Shimmerscale Pauldrons] or [Coarse Leather Pauldrons]
• 50-150 [Hardened Tempest Hide]

You will need [Hardened Tempest Hide] to craft the higher level armor. Which makes this is a great item to use for skill ups.

You can stop before 150 if you plan on making the BoP Epics. They will help you push to 150.

Leather Armor

Coarse Leather

• Coarse Leather Armguards
• Coarse Leather Gauntlets
• Coarse Leather Leggings
• Coarse Leather Treads
• Coarse Leather Waistguard
• Coarse Leather Helm
• Coarse Leather Pauldrons
• Coarse Leather Vest

Honorable Combatant’s

• Honorable Combatant’s Leather Armguards
• Honorable Combatant’s Leather Gauntlets
• Honorable Combatant’s Leather Leggings
• Honorable Combatant’s Leather Treads
• Honorable Combatant’s Leather Waistguard

Tempest – These are all BoP

• Hardened Tempest Boots
• Imbued Tempest Boots
• Emblazoned Tempest Boots
• Hardened Tempest Leggings
• Imbued Tempest Leggings
• Emblazoned Tempest Leggings

Mail Armor

Shimmerscale

• Shimmerscale Armguards
• Shimmerscale Gauntlets
• Shimmerscale Leggings
• Shimmerscale Treads
• Shimmerscale Waistguard
• Shimmerscale Helm
• Shimmerscale Vest

Honorable Combatant’s

• Honorable Combatant’s Mail Armguards
• Honorable Combatant’s Mail Gauntlets
• Honorable Combatant’s Mail Leggings
• Honorable Combatant’s Mail Treads
• Honorable Combatant’s Mail Waistguard

Mistscale – These are all BoP and therefore Leatherworking only.

• Mistscale Boots
• Imbued Mistscale Boots
• Emblazoned Mistscale Boots
• Mistscale Leggings
• Imbued Mistscale Leggings
• Emblazoned Mistscale Leggings

Weapons – Bows & Fist weapons

• Coarse Leather Cestus
• Shimmerscale Striker
• Hardened Tempest Knuckles
• Mistscale Knuckles
• Honorable Combatant’s Bow
• Recurve Bow of the Strands

Other Items

• Drums of the Maelstrom – Can be used instead of Heroism/Bloodlust but gives 5% less haste.
• Coarse Leather Barding – Use:prevents being dazed when hit while mounted for 2 hours.
• Tempest Hide Pouch – Gives your follower a chance to bring back skins/hides from missions.
• Amber Rallying Horn – Increases follower mission success rate by 10% per accompanying troop.
• Shimmerscale Diving Helmet
• Shimmerscale Diving Suit