Skinning — Cataclysm

WoW Classic · Cataclysm
Updated 21 October 2026

This page uses the Cataclysm 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
425–525 Savage Leather Mount Hyjal, then Tol Barad

Farm the materials

References: WoW-Professions

Other Classic expansions

Twilight Highlands — Savage Leather

Cataclysm zones · Retail / WoW Classic Cataclysm and Mists

Twilight Highlands — Savage Leather base mapCountryside east and south of Kirthaven1wow-farming.info · Cataclysm zones · Retail / WoW Classic Cataclysm and Mists
Skin fully looted worgs, elk, owls and gryphons around the green northeastern slopes. Highland Worgs also provide Toughened Flesh as ordinary loot. Avoid Kirthaven’s guards if hostile. Markers identify approximate areas. Lines are suggested searches; they are not fixed spawn locations or a measured yield guarantee.
  1. Countryside east and south of Kirthaven — 65, 25

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

Material farming map

Feralas — Deepsea Scale

Retail / WoW Classic Cataclysm and Mists

Feralas — Deepsea Scale base mapSteam Pools — King Crawlers1wow-farming.info · Retail / WoW Classic Cataclysm and Mists
Search the southeastern Steam Pools for King Crawlers. Kill, loot and skin them. Work the small pools as well as the larger lake; scales are a bonus skinning yield. Markers identify approximate areas. Lines are suggested searches; they are not fixed spawn locations or a measured yield guarantee.
  1. Steam Pools — King Crawlers — 74, 73

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