Retail Midnight profession

Skinning: from raw material to finished item.

Skin beasts and dragonkin for leather, scales, hides, plating, cooking side-gathers, and rare materials while tracking high-value beasts.

Current as of July 26, 2026Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.

Skill cap100

TypeGathering

Best pairLeatherworking

TrainerTyn — Silvermoon Bazaar /way #2393 43.2 55.6; Mathreyn /way #2393 69.9 81.0; Kuvahn /way #2437 45.2 69.6.

A-to-Z route

Level it with a purpose.

Do not craft random orange recipes. Pick a finished-item lane, secure the materials, and use first crafts, Knowledge, cooldowns, or server phase rules to advance.

1
1–25
Learn Find High-Value Beasts, skin every beast/dragonkin encountered, and buy a basic knife/cap.
2
25–50
Choose first specialization; prioritize high-value beasts marked by yellow knives.
3
50–75
Target the material family demanded by Leatherworking and complete weekly quests.
4
75–100
Farm elites/high-value beasts, use Finesse/Perception phials, and route with a kill-capable group.

Specialization / focus

Choose the lane you want to supply.

Tanning and preparationTalented TrackerGainful Gathering

Your first points should support the items you plan to craft or gather every week. Avoid spreading points across unrelated branches before your first market or guild-support lane is functional.

Production catalog

What you can make or gather—and how.

Each card shows the ingredient family, acquisition method, recipe source, and a repeatable production workflow.

Void-Tempered Leather

Ingredients: Common beast skins
Get the ingredients: Kill and skin beasts; high-value beasts often yield up to several normal kills.
Unlock / source: Beasts
Why make it: Leather armor and tools.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Void-Tempered Scales

Ingredients: Common scaled-creature skins
Get the ingredients: Target dragonkin/scaled beasts.
Unlock / source: Scaled creatures
Why make it: Mail armor and tools.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Void-Tempered Plating

Ingredients: Special skinning gather
Get the ingredients: Target heavily armored/scaled creatures; verify zone targets as live data evolves.
Unlock / source: Special beasts
Why make it: High-end mail/gear.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Majestic Hide

Ingredients: Rare skin
Get the ingredients: Stack Perception; target high-value beasts and elites.
Unlock / source: Rare gather
Why make it: Profession tools and armor.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Majestic Claw / Fin

Ingredients: Side gather from appropriate beasts/fish ecosystem
Get the ingredients: Target clawed beasts or fishing materials; buy on AH if cheaper.
Unlock / source: Rare side gather
Why make it: High-end profession tools.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Composite Flora / cooking meats

Ingredients: Side gather / cross-profession
Get the ingredients: Loot carcass before skinning; process meat through Cooking.
Unlock / source: Beasts
Why make it: Cooking and Alchemy.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Find High-Value Beasts

Ingredients: Built-in tracking ability
Get the ingredients: Spellbook → General → drag to action bar; look for yellow knife icon and sparkle.
Unlock / source: Learned with profession
Why make it: Farm efficiency.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Skinner's Cap and profession accessories

Ingredients: Leather/scales/thread
Get the ingredients: Commission Leatherworker.
Unlock / source: Leatherworking
Why make it: Gathering stats.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Material acquisition

Farm, buy, disenchant, or commission it.

Use this source map before purchasing. Farm when the route also advances your character or weekly objectives; buy when opportunity cost is higher than the AH price.

Material	Method	Where / how	Used for
Tranquility Bloom	Farm	Herbalism nodes throughout Midnight zones; Lush versions yield more.	Alchemy, Inscription, Mulch
Argentleaf	Farm	Herbalism nodes; target Eversong and mixed Midnight routes.	Alchemy, Cooking teas, Inscription
Azeroot	Farm	Herbalism nodes; also used heavily by Alchemy and Inscription.	Potions, inks, profession tools
Mana Lily	Farm	Usually found near or in water; prioritize safe waterside loops.	Alchemy and Cooking
Sanguithorn	Farm	Herbalism nodes in Midnight zones; Wild variants may summon lashers.	Alchemy, Cooking
Nocturnal Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from all Midnight herb types; improve Perception.	High-end consumables and crafts
Refulgent Copper Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Refulgent Copper nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Brilliant Silver Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Brilliant Silver nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Umbral Tin Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Umbral Tin nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Dazzling Thorium	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from every Midnight ore type; stack Perception.	High-end tools, alloys, gear
Void-Tempered Leather	Farm / AH	Skin ordinary Midnight beasts; high-value beasts yield more.	Leather armor, profession equipment
Void-Tempered Scales	Farm / AH	Skin scaled beasts and dragonkin.	Mail armor, profession equipment
Bright Linen	Farm / AH	Loot from humanoids while Tailoring is learned; buy on the region-wide AH.	Bolts, armor, bags, profession hats
Eversinging Dust / Radiant Shard / Dawn Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Midnight uncommon, rare, and epic gear.	Enchanting and cross-profession tools
Mote of Light	Infused gather / AH	Gather or mine Lightfused nodes in Eversong; catch lightfalls.	High-end tools, Alchemy, Cooking
Mote of Wild Magic	Infused gather / AH	Gather Wild nodes in Zul'Aman and defeat spawned creatures.	High-end tools and reagents
Mote of Primal Energy	Infused gather / AH	Gather Primal nodes in Harandar; manage the health-channel effect.	Alchemy and high-end tools
Mote of Pure Void	Infused gather / AH	Gather Voidbound nodes; escape the slowing field.	Alchemy, Enchanting, Engineering
Artisan's Moxie	Weekly / patron / first craft	Earn from profession activity and spend at profession vendors.	Recipes, knowledge books, tools
Fused Vitality	Soulbound / Work Order	Provide through high-end work orders; do not expect normal AH purchase.	Gilded profession equipment and endgame crafts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Skinner's Cap	Leatherworking	Basic leather/scales and thread; buy on AH or commission.
Profession knife	Blacksmithing	Use the current Midnight skinning knife recipe; ore from Mining, Flux from vendor.
High-end Skinning gear	Leatherworking/Blacksmithing	Use a Work Order with Fused Vitality and rare hides for the top tier.

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Complete the weekly Skinning quest once available at skill 25 and after a level-90 Warband unlock.
Track and collect Skinning knowledge treasures; unlike Herbalism/Mining, normal gathers do not provide the same first-node Knowledge flow.
Use Darkmoon Faire quest for late skill.

Buying rule

Never buy blind.

Pin the recipe and write down all reagents.
Check finished-item price, material price, commission, and expected quality.
Use Work Orders for soulbound reagents; do not expect them on the AH.
Craft one test item before a large batch.
Verify the tooltip before spending expensive currency.

Addon setup

Track cost, routes, and quality.

Auctionator

Auction House pricing and shopping lists

Install the version compatible with your client; run a full AH scan before buying materials.

TradeSkillMaster

Crafting cost, sale rate, and restock groups

Create one group per profession and import only recipes you actually sell.

CraftSim

Retail recipe quality, concentration, and profitability

Retail Midnight only; compare material quality before submitting work orders.

GatherMate2 + Routes

Gathering node database and route loops

Import or record nodes, then create clockwise loops by zone.

TomTom

Trainer, vendor, and farming coordinates

Paste /way coordinates from each guide and keep the arrow visible.

Final audit

Profession readiness checklist.

Trainer and current rank learned

Tool and accessories equipped

Primary production lane chosen

Material source list saved

Weekly quest and cooldown tracked

One profitable or guild-use craft tested

Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.