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 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.
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...
Suggested Skinning Zones
Great places for leveling up...

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
Does Your Skinning Make Decent Money?
Well, can you make it work?
Do you think skinning is pretty good for revenue or do you think it's mostly just for leatherworkers who need materials? Or do you think it's damn near useless?
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
- Pre-Order Mists of Pandaria
- Pre-order the new expansion from Amazon.com and don't be kept waiting when it comes out!
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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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