Skinning
Skinning is the cheapest profession to level (you skin what you kill) and in Forever it places the Camp Chair, a +2% critical strike camp buff, which is the cheapest raid buff in the game. The guild wants five skinners: three feeding the leatherworkers and two more for the chairs.
What it makes
Section titled “What it makes”Leather scraps, leather, hides and scales from beasts, dragonkin and some other skinnable mobs. New leathers seen in Leatherworking data: Pristine Leather, Pristine Hide, Fel Leather. verified from classicwowforever. Whether they come from specific mobs, the new zones, or the “Scarce” drop flag is not documented. unverified
Who wants it
Section titled “Who wants it”Leatherworkers first. Then anyone who wants a free gathering profession while leveling, and anyone who wants to be the person who puts a Camp Chair down at the raid entrance. Skinning + Mining is a strong two-gatherer pair.
Forever changes
Section titled “Forever changes”| Change | Detail | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| New leathers | Pristine Leather, Pristine Hide, Fel Leather | verified names |
| Scarce materials | Bountiful Harvest (Legacy) doubles Scarce drops from Skinning | verified for the perk |
| Enchant Gloves: Advanced Skinning | New glove enchant from Enchanting | verified name |
| Field Guide camp object | Grants Track Beasts to non-hunters | changed in Forever |
Leveling path 1 to 300
Section titled “Leveling path 1 to 300”Trainers in every capital; Artisan at 200 from the same trainers. The route below is foreverchanges’ and matches vanilla. verified
| Skill | Beast level | Zones | Leather |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 50 | 1 to 10 | Starter zones | Ruined Leather Scraps, Light Leather |
| 50 to 100 | 10 to 20 | Barrens, Darkshore, Westfall, Loch Modan | Light Leather, Medium Leather from 20ish |
| 100 to 150 | 20 to 30 | Wetlands, Ashenvale, Duskwood, Hillsbrad | Medium Leather |
| 150 to 200 | 30 to 40 | Dustwallow, Stranglethorn, Arathi, Desolace | Heavy Leather |
| 200 to 250 | 40 to 50 | Tanaris, Feralas, Hinterlands, Badlands | Thick Leather |
| 250 to 300 | 50 to 60 | Winterspring, Azshara, Un’Goro, Plaguelands, Silithus | Rugged Leather |
Skill rule: mobs up to level 10 need skill 1; from 11 to 20 ten points per level; above that five times the mob’s level (a level 50 beast needs 250). verified
Specializations
Section titled “Specializations”None.
Best gathers
Section titled “Best gathers”- Light Leather: ~150 per leatherworker and the Camp Tent mat. Week-one seller.
- Thick and Rugged Leather: the 225 to 300 wall for leatherworkers, and Rugged Leather is a Blacksmithing mat too.
- Turtle Scale (Dustwallow, Hinterlands turtles), Heavy Scorpid Scale (Silithus, Tanaris), Thick Hide, Heavy Hide: specific leatherworking mats that sit unfarmed.
- Devilsaur Leather (Un’Goro): vanilla baseline, and the Devilsaur set’s status in Forever is undocumented.
Camp objects
Section titled “Camp objects”| Tier | Object | Skill | Effect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camp Chair | 20 | +2% critical strike to everyone sitting nearby | Trainer |
| 2 | Field Guide | 140 | Grants Track Beasts | Blueprint |
| 3 | Trapper’s Workbench | 300 | “Contains 1 trap” | Blueprint |
verified from the Wowhead camping guide. See Camping.
- Skin everything in every dungeon. The group’s leatherworker will thank you and it costs nothing but time.
- Level Skinning to 20 on every alt for the Camp Chair. It is the cheapest group buff available.
- Post leather in 20s; leatherworkers use it in 4s to 8s per craft and burn through stacks.
- Bountiful Harvest (Legacy) works on Skinning. See Legacy.
Unknown as of 2026-09-24
Section titled “Unknown as of 2026-09-24”- Where Pristine and Fel leathers come from.
- Whether a Skinning Knife is still required.
- What the Trapper’s Workbench trap does.
- Skinning data for the new zones.