Thera WotLK 3.3.5a profession

Leatherworking: from raw material to finished item.

Convert leather, scales, chitin, and fur into leather/mail gear, armor kits, drums, quivers/bags, cloak/leg enhancements, and raid-pattern epics.

Current as of July 26, 2026Thera may change recipes, vendors, cooldowns, or drop rates. Use this standard 3.3.5a route, then verify the in-game tooltip before buying expensive materials.

Skill cap450

TypeCrafting / Leather & Mail

Best pairSkinning

TrainerTrain Grand Master Leatherworking in Northrend; keep thread and salt from vendors.

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
1–75
Light Leather armor kits and basic gear.
2
75–225
Medium/Heavy/Thick Leather gear and armor kits.
3
225–300
Rugged Leather and specialization crafts.
4
300–350
Knothide Leather and Outland gear/drums.
5
350–450
Borean/Heavy Borean Leather, Arctic Fur, scales/chitin, leg armor, and raid patterns.

Specialization / focus

Choose the lane you want to supply.

DragonscaleElementalTribal

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.

Heavy Borean Leather

Ingredients: 6 Borean Leather (standard conversion)
Get the ingredients: Skin Northrend beasts or buy Borean; convert through Leatherworking.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: High-end base leather.

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.

Icescale Leg Armor

Ingredients: Icy Dragonscale, Arctic Fur, other recipe reagents
Get the ingredients: Skin dragonkin; rare-skin Arctic Fur.
Unlock / source: Trainer/vendor recipe
Why make it: Physical DPS leg enchant.

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.

Frosthide Leg Armor

Ingredients: Heavy Borean Leather, Arctic Fur, other reagents
Get the ingredients: Skin beasts; rare-skin Fur.
Unlock / source: Trainer/vendor recipe
Why make it: Tank leg enchant.

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.

Nerubian Leg Reinforcements / Fur Linings

Ingredients: Leather/scales and profession-only materials
Get the ingredients: Skin appropriate creatures.
Unlock / source: Leatherworking-only enchant
Why make it: Personal profession bonus.

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.

Drums of the Wild / Forgotten Kings

Ingredients: Heavy Borean Leather and recipe reagents
Get the ingredients: Skin/AH; buy recipe if needed.
Unlock / source: Trainer/vendor
Why make it: Group raid buffs.

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.

Ice Striker's Cloak

Ingredients: Heavy Borean Leather, Arctic Fur, Eternals
Get the ingredients: Skin + elemental farming.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: Pre-raid cloak.

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.

Trollwoven Spaulders / Girdle

Ingredients: Heavy Borean Leather, Eternals
Get the ingredients: Skin/AH.
Unlock / source: Trainer
Why make it: Pre-raid leather/mail.

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.

Ulduar leather/mail patterns

Ingredients: Runed Orbs + Arctic Fur/leather/scales/Eternals
Get the ingredients: Raid/AH for Orbs and patterns.
Unlock / source: Ulduar pattern
Why make it: Ulduar crafted 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.

ToC/ICC patterns

Ingredients: Crusader Orbs/Primordial Saronite + materials
Get the ingredients: Raid/AH; phase dependent.
Unlock / source: Raid pattern
Why make it: Endgame crafted 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.

Fur Lining — Attack Power / Spell Power / Stamina

Ingredients: Arctic Fur and leatherworking materials
Get the ingredients: Skin rare fur.
Unlock / source: Profession-only
Why make it: Bracer bonus.

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
Copper / Tin / Bronze	Farm / AH	Starter-zone and low-level mining loops; smelt Bronze from Copper and Tin.	Early Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Iron / Steel / Mithril	Farm / AH	Arathi, Badlands, Hinterlands, Tanaris, and comparable level zones.	Mid-level metal crafts
Thorium	Farm / AH	Un'Goro, Winterspring, Silithus, Eastern Plaguelands.	High Classic profession levels
Fel Iron / Adamantite	Farm / AH	Outland routes: Hellfire, Zangarmarsh, Nagrand, Netherstorm.	300–375 metal crafts
Cobalt / Saronite / Titanium	Farm / AH	Cobalt in early Northrend; Saronite broadly; Titanium in high-level zones.	375–450 metal crafts
Titansteel Bar	Mining cooldown / AH	Smelt from Titanium plus Eternal elements; standard Wrath uses a cooldown.	Best crafted weapons and armor
Peacebloom / Silverleaf / Briarthorn	Farm / AH	Starter and low-level herbalism routes.	Early Alchemy and Inscription
Goldthorn / Sungrass / Golden Sansam	Farm / AH	Mid/high Classic herb routes.	Mid-level consumables and inks
Felweed / Dreaming Glory / Terocone	Farm / AH	Outland herbalism routes.	300–375 Alchemy and Inscription
Goldclover / Tiger Lily / Talandra's Rose	Farm / AH	Borean/Howling, Sholazar, and Zul'Drak routes.	Northrend potions and inks
Adder's Tongue / Lichbloom / Icethorn	Farm / AH	Sholazar for Adder's Tongue; Icecrown/Storm Peaks for Lichbloom and Icethorn.	Endgame flasks, potions, inks
Frost Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side gather from Northrend herbs.	Endgame flasks
Borean Leather / Heavy Borean Leather	Skin / AH	Skin Northrend beasts; convert Borean to Heavy Borean through Leatherworking.	Northrend leather/mail and kits
Arctic Fur / Icy Dragonscale / Nerubian Chitin	Rare skin / AH	Rare skin or target dragonkin/nerubians.	High-end Leatherworking
Frostweave Cloth	Humanoid drop / AH	Farm Northrend humanoids; Tailors receive improved cloth opportunities.	Tailoring and First Aid
Infinite Dust / Cosmic Essence / Dream Shard / Abyss Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Northrend gear by quality and item level.	Endgame Enchanting
Eternal elements	Farm / AH	Combine ten crystallized elements or farm elementals and Wintergrasp/Sholazar routes.	Metal, engineering, tailoring, alchemy
Frozen Orb / Runed Orb / Crusader Orb	Dungeon/raid currency / AH	Heroic final bosses and raid content by phase.	Epic crafted gear
Northern Spices	Cooking daily / AH	Complete Dalaran cooking dailies or buy from players.	Northrend stat food and feasts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Skinning Knife	Vendor	Useful if paired with Skinning.
Salt / thread	Vendor	Keep stacks of Eternium Thread and salt types needed by recipe.

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Choose Dragonscale, Elemental, or Tribal specialization if older recipes matter.
Raid-pattern availability follows server phase.

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.

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

Thera may change recipes, vendors, cooldowns, or drop rates. Use this standard 3.3.5a route, then verify the in-game tooltip before buying expensive materials.

Sources and verification

Current profession overview and recipe-source reference