WoW Cataclysm Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1-525

This Leatherworking Leveling Guide is updated for patch 4.3 and Cataclysm.

This leatherworking leveling guide takes the most practical and common sense approach to leveling your leatherworking to 525 as easy as possible. If you notice another item to make at certain points in the guide that is cheaper for you while leveling, by all means go ahead and use it instead of following the guide. Even though this leveling guide was designed to be as cheap as possible it can still be expensive, if you have problems with gold while leveling, you should check out this Gold Guide.

What's in this Leatherworking Leveling Guide:

• Apprentice Leatherworking Leveling 1-55
• Journeyman Leatherworking Leveling 55-150
• Expert Leatherworking Leveling 150-200
• Artisan Leatherworking Leveling 200-300
• Master Leatherworking Leveling 300-350
• Grand Master Leatherworking Leveling 350-425
• Illustrious Leatherworking Leveling 425-525

Apprentice Leatherworking (Leveling 1-55)

The first 75 levels is only 3 steps, don't get used to it though this is just the beginning of the guide. Materials are cheap, to go past skill 75 make sure you visit the Leatherworking trainer to continue leveling.

Start by making as much of your own Light Leather as you can based on the amount of Ruined Leather on the auction house. Since you will use the resulting Light Leather, this can get you up to level 20 at no cost.

Journeyman Leatherworking (Leveling 55-150)

The guide is starts getting a little more complex now, remember to go past 55 you must head to the trainer again in order to keep leveling. There's nothing fancy that goes on in this section of the guide, you will start to see the cost increase as you move from light leather to medium leather and the ingredients lists are using a lot more quantity, but this is completely normal for leatherworking.

Expert Leatherworking (Leveling 150-200)

This section of the leatherworking guide will get a bit more pricey as will the rest of the leatherworking guide, if you're running short on gold you will need to use some of the advice in this Gold Guide.

Artisan Leatherworking (Leveling 200-300)

Don't forget to go past 200 you need to hit up the trainer again to continue leveling leatherworking. This part of the guide is going to be expense, there is no way around it. These mobs are no longer farmed as much because at level 58 most people head to outlands and there's no reason to stay around skinning these things. Going to tell you again that I used this Gold Guide to redo this leatherworking guide and other guides because it is really expensive, every time there's a significant update to leatherworking or other professions I have to redo the entire leveling guide.

Master Leatherworking (Leveling 300-350)

Don't forget to go past 300 you need to hit up the master trainer who can only be found in the outlands. This is the 2nd most expensive section of this guide so if you haven't already, check out this Gold Guide.

Grand Master Leatherworking (Leveling 350-425)

Before you hear me repeat myself and say this is expensive, go ahead and take a look at all the materials needed below. Now go to your auction house and price all of that up, then come back and tell me you don't need a gold guide. Train Grand Master Leatherworking and get started by crafting as much Borean Leather as you can based on the amount of Borean Leather Scrap available on the auction house.

Illustrious Leatherworking (Leveling 425-525)

Cataclysm's Illustrious Leatherworking requires about 1,000 Savage Leather and about 80 Volatile Fire or Waters. To continue past 510 you need to be level 84. Head to Twilight Highlands and visit either Misty Merriweather (Alliance) or Threm Blackscalp (Horde) to learn the 510-525 recipes.