Skinning — Original WoW / Classic Era

WoW Classic · Original WoW / Classic Era
Updated 21 October 2026

This page uses the Original WoW / Classic Era ruleset. The skill numbers below are profession skill, not character level. Train the next profession rank before reaching your current cap.

Leveling Skinning

Skill Materials Area or method
1–75 Light Leather Starter zones
75–150 Light Leather; Medium Leather The Barrens or Loch Modan, then Hillsbrad
150–225 Heavy Leather; Thick Leather Stranglethorn Vale or Arathi
225–300 Thick Leather; Rugged Leather The Hinterlands, then Un’Goro or Winterspring

Farm the materials

References: WoW-Professions

Other Classic expansions

Original Classic skinning maps

The Barrens — Light Leather

WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)

The Barrens — Light Leather base mapThunderhawks, thunderheads and zhevras around Camp Taurajo1wow-farming.info · WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)
Work the countryside around Camp Taurajo, targeting the level 20–22 beasts. Alliance players should keep clear of the Horde camp guards. Outlines mark approximate farm areas. Move between suitable creatures inside the area, loot them fully and then skin. These are original-world locations, not Cataclysm’s redesigned zones.
  1. Thunderhawks, thunderheads and zhevras around Camp Taurajo — 48, 62

Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.

Duskwood — Medium Leather

WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)

Duskwood — Medium Leather base mapRotting Orchard — worgen1Roland’s Doom — worgen outside and inside the cave2wow-farming.info · WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)
Alternate between the orchard and cave, clearing the level 28–31 worgen. Be prepared for enemies respawning behind you inside the cave. Outlines mark approximate farm areas. Move between suitable creatures inside the area, loot them fully and then skin. These are original-world locations, not Cataclysm’s redesigned zones.
  1. Rotting Orchard — worgen — 64, 74
  2. Roland’s Doom — worgen outside and inside the cave — 74, 76

Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.

Dustwallow Marsh — Heavy and Thick Leather

WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)

Dustwallow Marsh — Heavy and Thick Leather base mapStonemaul Ruins — skinnable dragonkin1wow-farming.info · WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)
Farm the dragonkin around Stonemaul Ruins. The skins give a mixture of Heavy and Thick Leather, so keep both materials. Outlines mark approximate farm areas. Move between suitable creatures inside the area, loot them fully and then skin. These are original-world locations, not Cataclysm’s redesigned zones.
  1. Stonemaul Ruins — skinnable dragonkin — 44, 66

Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.

Stranglethorn Vale — Heavy Leather and raptor meat

WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)

Stranglethorn Vale — Heavy Leather and raptor meat base mapJungle Stalkers and Young Jungle Stalkers near Gurubashi Arena1wow-farming.info · WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)
Work the raptors outside the arena. Loot their meat and eggs before skinning them for leather; avoid entering the arena’s free-for-all PvP area. Outlines mark approximate farm areas. Move between suitable creatures inside the area, loot them fully and then skin. These are original-world locations, not Cataclysm’s redesigned zones.
  1. Jungle Stalkers and Young Jungle Stalkers near Gurubashi Arena — 29, 45

Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.

Winterspring — Rugged Leather

WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)

Winterspring — Rugged Leather base mapIce Thistle yeti area and cave southeast of Everlook1wow-farming.info · WoW Classic · Original terrain (Era / TBC / Wrath)
Clear Ice Thistle Yetis, Matriarchs and Patriarchs around and inside the cave. These level 55–58 targets are a concentrated Rugged Leather farm. Outlines mark approximate farm areas. Move between suitable creatures inside the area, loot them fully and then skin. These are original-world locations, not Cataclysm’s redesigned zones.
  1. Ice Thistle yeti area and cave southeast of Everlook — 67, 42

Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.