Warcraft Pro: Skinning

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Overview, Tips & Tricks, and Zone Guide

Skinners know their craft. They do the down and dirty stuff for the leather workers they get paid for it. Gathering stacks and stacks of skins from the local wildlife is like a calling, or a culling, for them.

Skinning supplies leatherworkers (and occasionally engineers) and is a highly lucrative gathering profession.

Profession: Skinning

Where's my knife?

Skinning

Skinning 101

Stop! Leather time!

Skinning is a gathering profession. This means that you won't be crafting anything, merely gathering and grinding for materials which you can then either use or sell.

It's a pretty easy profession to get started with and as long as you check out the various areas you'll be in for skinnable creatures. Pick up a skinning knife and bag and you're golden.

Skinners also acquire a passive ability known as Master of Anatomy which increases your critical strike rating based on your skinning skill level.

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Making Money With Skinning

Leather for the masses...

You have one goal as a skinner: Skin things. That's it. You skin creatures, you then turn around and sell the skins to leatherworkers for them to make stuff. If you happen to be a leatherworker, then more power to you. Occasionally, skins are used as components in engineering items.

This profession is great for selling on the auction house or if you can make a deal to somebody's supplier, that can pay off as well.

Latest Patch Notes (4.3.0)

Skinning profession changes...

Latest Patch Notes

No new changes for this patch.

Full Patch Notes    //    PTR Patch Notes

Suggested Skinning Zones

Great places for leveling up...

Zone Guide

Level

Zones


1-75

Durotar, Dun Morogh


75-155 / 165

The Barrens, Loch Modan, Wetlands


155 / 165-205

Thousand Needles, Arathi Highland


205-300

Un'Goro Crater, Feralas


300-360

Hellfire Peninsula, Nagrand


360-450

Borean Tundra, Sholazar Basin


450-525

Mount Hyjal, Uldum, Tol Barad



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Handy Links

Here are a few WoW and Skinning related links to help get you started.

World of Warcraft - Skinning Abilities
WoWHead.com's list of skinning abilities.
World of Warcraft - Skinning Trainers
WoWHead.com's list of skinning trainers.
Wowpedia - Skinning
Skinning overview on Wowpedia.
WoW Skinning
Official introduction to Skinning from WorldOfWarcraft.com
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    greg2213 Feb 5, 2008 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    Skinning's an easy little gold maker. Skin what you kill and skin the critters that others kill and you'll keep your leatherworker supplied and/or keep a nice little cash stream coming in.

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