How To Skin Without Looting Wow

For the enchant, see [Skinning] .

	Skinning (Profession)
	Leather & Hibernate • Quests • Techniques • Trainers

Skinning allows players to gather leather, Hides and scales by skinning certain mobs (beasts, demon beasts, dragonkin, silithid, some nerubians and, very rarely, humanoids). Not all mobs of each type can be skinned, e.g. most birds cannot be skinned despite existence beasts. Leather, hides and scales are used for leatherworking. Leather is also used for some blacksmithing, engineering, and tailoring recipes.

Skinning pointers:

in range of skinnable corpse

out of range of skinnable corpse

This is one of the better gathering professions, since a skinner can skin mob corpses left backside past other characters as long equally they've looted all the items from the corpse. Unlike the mining or herb gathering, skinning allows very frequent exercise when outdoor hunting resulting in a slap-up deal of leather and very rapid preparation. Yous will typically be able to skin creatures much higher level than you lot can kill.

i Official overview
ii Grooming
3 Skinning Past Your Skill Level
4 Colour codes
five Suggested 2nd professions
half-dozen What y'all gather
- 6.i Leather
- 6.two Hides
- 6.3 Scales
- 6.4 Volatile elements
- six.five Cloth
seven Frequently asked questions
eight Patch changes
ix Run into besides
10 References
11 External links

Official overview

Skinners ensure that nada goes to waste product by removing the hides of dead beasts and amassing piles of fur and leather. Skinning is a straightforward, convenient profession for those already engaged in hunting animals, but it's highly useful, also. Exotic leathers (such equally dragonskin) can command high prices, and they are disquisitional to leatherworking plans, equally well as some of the recipes of other professions.

Skinners tin easily remove a slain creature'southward hide by ensuring that they take a skinning knife in their inventory, then correct-clicking on an beast'southward corpse. Though not all beasts can be skinned, the vast majority can - and you don't need to accept killed an beast to skin it yourself.

As you peel more unusual and hard creatures, your Skinning skill will improve. High skill values are required to successfully retrieve leather from high-level beasts.

As a gathering profession, Skinning is regularly paired with complementary crafting professions, particularly Leatherworking, though Tailoring too utilizes some leather. ^[i]

Training

Proficiency	Level	Potential Skill	Cast
Classic	5	300	1.v sec
Outland	58	75	one.5 sec
Northrend	58	75	1.5 sec
Cataclysm	78	75	1.v sec
Pandaria	78	75	1.5 sec
Draenor	88	100	ane.five sec
Legion	100	100	ane.5 sec
Boxing for Azeroth %	-	150	one.five sec

You volition first need to purchase a skinning knife. Yous tin observe skinning knives at Profession-related particular merchants (or simply at the General trader). Remember to keep the skinning knife in your purse at all times (if you lot want to proceeds leather/hides/scales from the beasts you kill).
Go along in mind that skinning virtually beasts will result in you getting leather or hide of some kind. Frenzy and other fish give you shiny fish scales, dragonkin of diverse types (such as Black Whelps) which give you scales or special skins not found amongst other monsters or beasts, etc.

Such 'uncommon' skins generally only have specific recipes, such every bit the Black Whelp Scales, which has a recipe that needs to exist obtained from sources other than a trainer.

When yous gain enough Skinning skill points (and are the appropriate level), y'all will need to visit a Skinning trainer to accelerate to the adjacent skill level!

Skinning Past Your Skill Level

You can obtain enchants and sure weapons that increment your skinning skill above your current skill level. You could also elect to be a Worgen to benefit from a passive racial ability they have.

+5 Skinning:
+10 Skinning:
+15 Skinning:
- [Flayer] - Worgen Racial Power.

See Skinning equipment for more details.

Color codes

NPC Level	Skill Required	Formula
74	375	(lvl*5)+5
75	385	(lvl*5)+10
76	395	(lvl*5)+15
77	405	(lvl*v)+20
78	415	(lvl*5)+25
79	425	(lvl*5)+30
80	435	(lvl*5)+35
81	440	(lvl*v)+35
82	445	(lvl*v)+35
83	450	(lvl*5)+35
84	470	(lvl*five)+50
85	490	(lvl*5)+65
86	510	(lvl*v)+80
87	530†	(lvl*5)+95

Any skinnable corpse volition have a color code on the "Skinnable" property when yous motion your pointer over it:

Ruby: Not skinnable.
Orange: Difficult to pare; certain chance of increasing Skinning skill level.
Yellowish: Moderately difficult to skin; moderate chance of increasing Skinning skill level.
Green: Easy to pare; low chance of increasing Skinning skill level.
Gray: Very like shooting fish in a barrel to skin; no chance of increasing Skinning skill level.

Skinning skill required is:

1 for level 1-10 mobs.
(x times mob level) minus 100 for level 11-20 mobs.
five times level for level 21-73 mobs.
Wrath of the Lich Rex - Requires 5-point skill increases per mob level up to 73. Requires 10-bespeak skill increases from 74-80.
Cataclysm - Requires 5-point skill increases per mob level from fourscore-83. Requires 20-indicate skill increases from 83+.

† Cataclysm Dungeon and Raid Bosses require 530 skinning to skin. Nefarian requires 550.

Upward to skinning 100, you lot can find out the highest level mob y'all can skin by: ((Skinning skill)/10)+10.

Suggested 2nd professions

Leatherworking. Make your ain armor (Druid, Rogue, Hunter or Shaman benefit from Leatherworking, doubly and so for Hunters and Shamans), sell your wares, or get fodder for disenchanting.
Tailoring. Some Tailor recipes require leather, such every bit bags and boots. In the long run, Tailoring/Enchanting is a stronger combination, just Skinning/Tailoring is a good way to beginning out.
Mining or Herbalism. Having two gathering professions tin can ensure a strong income. Some people are willing to pay quite a bit of money for materials for crafting professions, in lieu of fourth dimension to farm the materials.
Enchanting. Information technology's good to have as a second profession for any that don't necessarily need another to work.
Blacksmithing or Applied science. While Blacksmithing and Engineering utilize leather in some plans and schematics, Mining is a much better lucifer for blacksmiths and engineers in the long run.

What you gather

Leather

Leather is gathered past skinning beasts that have been slain and looted. Leathers tin be used directly by the Leatherworking profession without prior processing or treatment. The type of leather is usually directly related to the level of animal being skinned.

Leather	Level	Notes
[Ruined Leather Scraps]	(lvl 5-17 mobs)
[Light Leather]	(lvl five-27 mobs)	(with recipe, made from iii Ruined Leather Scraps)
[Medium Leather]	(lvl 15-38 mobs)	(with recipe, made from four Low-cal Leathers)
[Heavy Leather]	(lvl 26-46 mobs)	(with recipe, made from 5 Medium Leathers)
[Thick Leather]	(lvl 35-58 mobs)	(with recipe, made from 6 Heavy Leathers)
[Rugged Leather]	(lvl 45-60 mobs)	(with recipe, made from 6 Thick Leathers)
[Knothide Leather Scraps]	(lvl 58+ mobs, in Outland)
[Knothide Leather]	(lvl 58+ mobs, in Outland)	(with recipe, made from 5 Knothide Leather Scraps)
[Heavy Knothide Leather]		(with recipe, fabricated from five Knothide Leathers)
[Borean Leather Scraps]	(lvl 68+ mobs, in Northrend)
[Borean Leather]	(lvl 73+ mobs, in Northrend)	(fabricated from 5 Borean Leather Scraps)
[Heavy Borean Leather]		(with recipe, made from 6 Borean Leathers)
[Roughshod Leather Scraps]	(lvl 80+ mobs in new Calamity zones)
[Savage Leather]	(lvl 81+ mobs in new Calamity zones)	(made from 5 Barbarous Leather Scraps)
[Heavy Savage Leather]		(with recipe, made from v Savage Leather)
[Sha-Touched Leather]	(lvl 90+ mobs in new Pandaria zones)
[Exotic Leather]	(lvl 91+ mobs in new Pandaria zones)	(made from 5 Savage Leather Scraps)
[Burnished Leather]		(made from 20 Raw Beast Hides and 10 Gorgrond Flytraps)
[Stonehide Leather]	(lvl 100+ mobs in Broken Isles zones)
[Thin Kodo Leather]		Obtained from Kodos
[Devilsaur Leather]		Obtained from Devilsaurs
[Warbear Leather]		Obtained from high-level Bears
[Core Leather]		Obtained from core hounds in the Molten Core. Requires 310 Skinning.
[Crystal Infused Leather]		Obtained from basilisks and ravagers.
[Thick Clefthoof Leather]		Obtained from clefthooves and Elekk Demolishers
[Arctic Fur]		Obtained from beasts in Northrend

Hides

Y'all get hides the same fashion yous get skins, however the drop charge per unit is lower, and they crave curing via Leatherworking to before they can exist used as materials for crafted items.

Hibernate	Source	Cures to
[Lite Hide]	(ten-27 lvl mobs)	[Cured Calorie-free Hide]
[Medium Hide]	(15-38 lvl mobs)	[Cured Medium Hide]
[Heavy Hide]	(26-46 lvl mobs)	[Cured Heavy Hide]
[Thick Hide]	(40-57 lvl mobs)	[Cured Thick Hide]
[Rugged Hide]	(47-59 lvl mobs)	[Cured Rugged Hide]
[Fel Hide]	Demons and Warp Stalkers in Outland	Does not demand to be cured to use.
[Pristine Hide]	81+ lvl mobs	Does not need to be cured to use.
[Magnificent Hide]	Mobs in Pandaria, crafted	Does non need to be cured to use.
[Hardened Magnificent Hide]	Crafted	Does not need to be cured to use.
[Raw Brute Hide Scraps]	Mobs in Draenor	Does not need to be cured to utilise.
[Raw Beast Hide]	Mobs in Draenor	Does not need to be cured to use.
[Felhide]	Demons in Broken Isles	Does non demand to be cured to utilize.

Scales

These are used in Leatherworking patterns, and drib when sure mobs are skinned, such every bit Dragonkin. Scales are used to create Postal service armor with Leatherworking, which is useful for Hunters and Shamans across level forty.

	Scales	Notes
	[Blackness Whelp Calibration]
	[Green Whelp Scale]
	[Worn Dragonscale]
	[Blue Dragonscale]
	[Green Dragonscale]
	[Black Dragonscale]
	[Red Dragonscale]
	[Calibration of Onyxia]
	[Vivid Chromatic Calibration]
	[Dreamscale]
	[Nether Dragonscales]	Obtained from under dragons and nether whelps.
	[Icy Dragonscale]	Obtained from dragons in Northrend.
	[Blackened Dragonscale]	Obtained from dragons affiliated with Deathwing.
	[Deviate Scale]
	[Perfect Deviate Scale]
	[Naga Calibration]
	[Slimy Murloc Scale]
	[Thick Murloc Scale]
	[Turtle Scale]
	[Scorpid Scale]
	[Heavy Scorpid Calibration]
	[Cobra Scales]	Obtained from serpent'due south and Coilskar Cobras.
	[Fel Scales]	Obtained from basilisks and ravagers.
	[Current of air Scales]
	[Jormungar Calibration]	Obtained from jormungars.
	[Nerubian Chitin]	Obtained from nerubians.
	[Deepsea Scale]	Obtained from crocolisks and other ocean beasts in Calamity zones.
	[Prismatic Scale]	Obtained from turtles, mushan's and crocolisks in Pandaria Zones.
	[Stormscale]	Obtained from scaled beasts on the Broken Isles.

Volatile elements

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

When skinning Cataclysm mobs, in that location is a small chance of obtaining a [Strange Bloated Stomach] in addition to leather, hide or scale(s). These lootable containers comprise a stack of one random volatile element (~xx% take chances of each), either one-4 Volatile Air or 1-2 Volatile Earth, Burn, Life or Water.

Cloth

Fabric is used by tailors in patterns for cloth armor, and in First Aid for Bandages. Cloth drops off humanoids in the world, with the Cloth that drops determined by enemy level. Cloth tin also be used past blacksmiths and engineers.

Frequently asked questions

Why can't I skin certain mobs?

In that location are several reasons:

While virtually beasts can be skinned, some can't. Too, most demons tin can't, while most dragons tin can. Meet the Creature Types page for more than details.
All the items from a corpse must exist looted before it can be skinned. This requirement tin can exist somewhat annoying, since you basically terminate up filling your numberless with worthless $.25 and pieces of whatever you're killing. You may want to get an addon, similar LootDestroyer and ReagentHelper, to help y'all with figuring out what'southward worth keeping. Auctioneer is also worthwhile if you plan to sell the raw materials.
Any skinnable mobs will say "Skinnable" in their tooltip afterward they are dead and completely looted, and this is color coded in line with other gathering professions. If it is Red, you lot cannot skin that mob. If you endeavour to skin it, you will receive an error telling you the required level: "Requires Skinning 110" for example. After the "Starting Levels", mobs require 5 Skinning ability per level, so a level 25 mob requires 125 skill points in Skinning for you lot to be able to skin its corpse.
Skinning follow the usual loot claiming rules for establishing whether a mob can be skinned at all: mobs killed exclusively past pets with no player damage contribution are not skinnable no matter what blazon they are, while mobs killed by guards will only be skinnable if the players initiated combat with the mob and did the majority of the impairment to it.
If you're trying to skin something that is lootable by another actor, that actor must take all loot from the corpse, or you lot won't exist able to skin it.
To prevent farming of easy leather, beasts found in starting areas cannot exist skinned.
If another histrion has started to pare a mob, the corpse is "tapped", and you cannot endeavor to peel information technology.

Where are some skillful places to farm for sure types of skins?: Come across the Places to farm page.

Patch changes

Run into besides

Tips for skinning
Skinning trainers
Tradeskill leveling guides

Using the aforementioned mechanic:

Mob engineering science
Mob mining
Mob herbalism

References

^ http://u.s.a..battle.cyberspace/wow/en/profession/skinning

External links

Wowhead

v e Professions

Primary	Alchemy Blacksmithing Enchanting Engineering Herbalism Inscription Jewelcrafting Leatherworking Mining Skinning Tailoring

Secondary	Archaeology Cooking First Assistance Fishing Riding

v eastward Skinning knives

Common	[Skinning Pocketknife] [Bladed Pickaxe] [Gnomish Army Knife]

Rare	[Pip'southward Skinner] [Zulian Slicer] [Pip's Flenser]

Epic	[Zulian Slasher]

Leatherworking materials

five eastward Leathers

Basic	[Ruined Leather Scraps] [Lite Leather] [Medium Leather] [Heavy Leather] [Thick Leather] [Rugged Leather] [Knothide Leather Scraps] [Knothide Leather] [Heavy Knothide Leather] [Borean Leather Scraps] [Borean Leather] [Heavy Borean Leather] [Savage Leather Scraps] [Fell Leather] [Heavy Brutal Leather] [Sha-Touched Leather] [Exotic Leather] [Burnished Leather] [Stonehide Leather] [Fiendish Leather] [Fibroid Leather] [Desolate Leather] [Heavy Desolate Leather]

Hides	[Light Hide] [Cured Light Hide] [Medium Hide] [Cured Medium Hide] [Heavy Hide] [Cured Heavy Hide] [Thick Hide] [Cured Thick Hide] [Rugged Hide] [Cured Rugged Hide] [Raptor Hide] [Fel Hibernate] [Pristine Hide] [Magnificent Hide] [Hardened Magnificent Hibernate] [Raw Beast Hibernate Scraps] [Raw Animate being Hide] [Felhide] [Callous Hibernate] [Heavy Callous Hide]

Special	[Thin Kodo Leather] [Devilsaur Leather] [Warbear Leather] [Enchanted Leather] [Core Leather] [Crystal Infused Leather] [Thick Clefthoof Leather] [Arctic Fur] [Protogenic Pelt]

v east Scales

Dragonkin	[Black Whelp Scale] [Dark-green Whelp Calibration] [Worn Dragonscale] [Blue Dragonscale] [Dark-green Dragonscale] [Blackness Dragonscale] [Red Dragonscale] [Scale of Onyxia] [Bright Chromatic Scale] [Dreamscale] [Nether Dragonscales] [Icy Dragonscale] [Blackened Dragonscale]

Other	[Deviate Calibration] [Perfect Deviate Scale] [Naga Scale] [Slimy Murloc Scale] [Thick Murloc Calibration] [Turtle Scale] [Scorpid Calibration] [Heavy Scorpid Scale] [Cobra Scales] [Fel Scales] [Wind Scales] [Nerubian Chitin] [Jormungar Scale] [Deepsea Scale] [Prismatic Scale] [Stormscale]