Leatherworking Guide for Season of Discovery (SoD) Phase 8
Nevermore • Updated June 7, 2025
Phase 8 of Season of Discovery retains the 300 skill cap introduced in Phase 3 for professions, allowing players to max out their crafting and gathering skills in case they haven’t already done so. For the Leatherworking profession, you’ll be able to stitch together most of the patterns in the game, and a few new craftable items that have been added for this season.
Leatherworking Leveling & Trainers
Check out our Classic Leatherworking Guide for trainer locations, a leveling guide, and more. Everything in that guide applies to Season of Discovery except for the level requirements for higher skill ranks (level 26 for Expert and level 41 for Artisan). There are some new recipes that are exclusive to Season of Discovery which we’ll cover in this guide, but they aren’t needed for leveling.
Learning Artisan Leatherworking
From Phase 3 onward, players were able to level their professions all the way to 300 skill, or Artisan level – the maximum skill for Vanilla WoW.
Artisan Leatherworking can only be learned from these specific trainers:
Drakk Stonehand at Aerie Peak in The Hinterlands (13.4, 43.5)
Hahrana Ironhide at Camp Mojache in Feralas (74.4, 43.1)
Leatherworking Specializations
In Season of Discovery, Leatherworking Specializations took an unexpected beneficial turn, with players now able to craft many overhauled recipes for either type of specialization they acquire! Additionally, players are given many recipes that are not bound to a specific Specialization, allowing all leatherworkers to craft them. Furthermore, as of Phase 5 of Season of Discovery, players are no longer limited to a single specialization, with the developers removing the mutually exclusive limit for the profession.
Along with Artisan Leatherworking, you can now learn all of the following specializations in Season of Discovery:
- Dragonscale Leatherworking focuses on mail armor
- Elemental Leatherworking focuses on leather Agility armor and elemental resistance armor
- Tribal Leatherworking focuses on leather Intellect and Agility armor
For a complete breakdown of what each specialization offers and a walkthrough for completing the quests, check out our Leatherworking Specializations Guide.
New Leatherworking Patterns for Season of Discovery
Several new recipes have been added to the Leatherworking profession for Season of Discovery.
Phase 8 added two complete sets of Scarlet gear plus a quiver and an ammo pouch, obtainable via quests in New Avalon:
- Scarlet Ammo Pouch
- Scarlet Quiver
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Coif
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Pauldrons
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Chain
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Wristguards
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Handguards
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Clasp
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Legguards
- Scarlet Huntsman’s Boots
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Bandana
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Shoulderpads
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Vest
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Bracers
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Gloves
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Belt
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Trousers
- Scarlet Infiltrator’s Shoes
Phase 7 adds some new Frost Resistance patterns that can be acquired with Argent Dawn reputation:
Phase 6 brings a slew of brand new patterns to the game through the Cenarion Circle and Ahn’Qiraj raids:
- Sandstalker Bracers
- Spitfire Gauntlets
- Bramblewood Belt
- Sandstalker Gauntlets
- Sandstalker Breastplate
- Spitfire Breastplate
- Bramblewood Helm
- Bramblewood Boots
- Dreamscale Breastplate
- Glowing Chitin Armor Kit
- Sharpened Chitin Armor Kit
- Razorbramble Shoulderpads
- Razorbramble Cowl
- Razorbramble Leathers
- Dreamscale Kilt
Phase 5 doesn’t add any specific new recipes, instead, bringing the Zandalar Tribe recipes which were also available in Vanilla WoW:
- Pattern: Primal Batskin Bracers
- Pattern: Primal Batskin Gloves
- Pattern: Blood Tiger Shoulders
- Pattern: Primal Batskin Jerkin
- Pattern: Blood Tiger Breastplate
Phase 4 adds a plethora of new recipes that can be crafted and revamped items that require materials made by specialized leatherworkers:
- Ferocity of the Timbermaw
- Studded Timbermaw Brawlers
- Swift Flight Vambraces
- Fine Dawn Treaders
- Girdle of Arcane Insight
- Glowing Mantle of the Dawn
- Lavawalker Belt
- Shining Chromatic Gauntlets
- Hardened Black Dragonscale Boots
- Hardened Black Dragonscale Breastplate
- Hardened Black Dragonscale Leggings
- Hardened Black Dragonscale Shoulders
- Living Green Dragonscale Breastplate
- Honed Blue Dragonscale Breastplate
- Honed Blue Dragonscale Shoulders
- Flamekissed Molten Helm
- Masterwork Volcanic Shoulders
- Masterwork Volcanic Breastplate
- Masterwork Volcanic Leggings
- Mastercrafted Shifting Cloak
- Thick Corehound Belt
- Thick Corehound Boots
- Devilcore Leggings
- Devilcore Gauntlets
- Dire Warbear Harness
- Dire Warbear Woolies
Phase 3 brings six new crafted shoulder items to the game for Leatherworking:
- Cacophonous Chain Shoulderguards
- Membrane of Dark Neurosis
- Paranoia Mantle
- Shoulderpads of Obsession
- Shrieking Spaulders
- Wailing Chain Mantle
In Phase 2, five new patterns were added – one crafting component and four helms:
- Faintly Glowing Leather
- Gneuro-Conductive Channeler’s Hood
- Glowing Gneuro-Linked Cowl
- Glowing Hyperconductive Scale Coif
- Rad-Resistant Scale Hood
There were two new glove patterns added to the game for Phase 1:
Phase 8 Leatherworking Patterns
Here are the best Leatherworking patterns you can craft in Phase 8 of Season of Discovery. We will list all of the specialization exclusives, including the new recipes that are not tied to a specialization, so you’ll be able to see what you can craft before picking a specialization.
Note that the Scarlet Hunstman’s set and Scarlet Infiltrator’s set can only be crafted at the Crusader’s Tanning Rack, a special new crafting station in New Avalon.
Armor Kits
Armor kits can be useful for tanks or anyone who doesn’t have a better enchantment to use in a given gear slot. There are a couple of brand new armor kits that were added in Phase 6 of Season of Discovery in addition to the vanilla options.
Item | Recipe | Materials |
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Glowing Chitin Armor Kit | Pattern: Glowing Chitin Armor Kit Ahn’Qiraj raid drop | Spiked Silithid Chitin x5 Mooncloth x5 Core Armor Kit x5 |
Sharpened Chitin Armor Kit | Pattern: Sharpened Chitin Armor Kit Ahn’Qiraj raid drop | Spiked Silithid Chitin x5 Cured Rugged Hide x5 Core Armor Kit x5 |
Core Armor Kit | Pattern: Core Armor Kit Molten Core boss drop | Core Leather x3 Rune Thread x2 |
Rugged Armor Kit* | Taught by:![]() ![]() ![]() | Rugged Leather x5 |
Thick Armor Kit | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Thick Leather x5 Silken Thread x1 |
Heavy Armor Kit | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Heavy Leather x5 Fine Thread x1 |
Medium Armor Kit | Taught by any Expert Leatherworker trainer | Medium Leather x4 Coarse Thread x1 |
Light Armor Kit | Learned with the Leatherworking skill | Light Leather x1 |
Quivers & Ammo Pouches
These are the best ammo bags you can craft, which are among the best in the game at this level. Hunters will always want the best ammo bag they can get because it increases the amount of ammo they can carry and also buffs their ranged attack speed. Two new ammo bags were added in Phase 8.
Item | Recipe | Materials |
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Scarlet Ammo Pouch | Pattern: Scarlet Ammo Pouch Quest reward for Bullet Heaven in New Avalon | Righteous Orb x1 Heavy Scorpid Scale x24 Cured Rugged Hide x2 |
Scarlet Quiver | Pattern: Scarlet Quiver Quest reward for Pin Cushion in New Avalon | Righteous Orb x1 Rugged Leather x24 Cured Rugged Hide x2 |
Quickdraw Quiver | Taught by:![]() ![]() ![]() | Thick Leather x12 Silken Thread x4 Cured Thick Hide x1 Elixir of Agility x1 |
Thick Leather Ammo Pouch | Taught by:![]() ![]() ![]() | Thick Leather x10 Silken Thread x6 Cured Thick Hide x1 Elixir of Greater Defense x1 |
Cured Hides
Cured Hides are needed as materials for a number of patterns.
Item | Recipe | Materials |
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Cured Rugged Hide | Taught by:![]() ![]() ![]() | Rugged Hide x1 Refined Deeprock Salt x1 |
Cured Thick Hide | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Thick Hide x1 Deeprock Salt x1 |
Cured Heavy Hide | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Heavy Hide x1 Salt x3 |
Cured Medium Hide | Taught by any Expert Leatherworker trainer | Medium Hide x1 Salt x1 |
Cured Light Hide | Taught by any Leatherworker trainer | Light Hide x1 Salt x1 |
Leather
You can combine pieces of lower level leather into leather of the next tier up.
Item | Recipe | Materials |
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Rugged Leather* | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Thick Leather x6 |
Thick Leather* | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Heavy Leather x6 |
Heavy Leather | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Medium Leather x5 |
Medium Leather* | Taught by any Expert Leatherworker trainer | Light Leather x4 |
Light Leather* | Learned with the Leatherworking skill | Ruined Leather Scraps x3 |
Lower Level Patterns
These are lower level patterns that may still be useful, especially for lower level characters. Waylaid Supplies items are marked with an asterisk (*) in any table on this page (there is one in Armor Kits, two in the very first table, and four in Leather).
not much of a guide..
First paragraph has a link to the guide.
“Check out our Classic Leatherworking Guide for trainer locations, a leveling guide, and more. “
You cannot get the Wild Leather patterns from Jangdor Swiftstrider in Camp Mojache!!!! Don’t be like me and head over there with 10 thick leather and all the leather working gear required because there is no option to turn in those items. I guess in the very beginning of phase 2 Blizzard made the Wild Leather patterns available from Jangdor but they took it away.
“Feral Druids will be disappointed to learn that the recipe for Wolfshead Helm is locked behind the Tribal Leatherworking quests.”
who the fuk wants a +10 spirit helm as feral?
You want it for the 20 energy it refunds. It’s BiS throughout classic and TBC.