Season of Discovery (SoD) Skinning Guide

Author: Luxrah
Date: November 18, 2023
Updated: December 2, 2023
Expansion: WoW Classic

Season of Discovery changes up the Classic WoW meta with lower level caps, which also limits what items you can craft and use. For the Skinning profession, that means you’ll be skinning lower level mobs for materials used by Leatherworkers, Tailors, and Engineers.

Skinning Leveling & Trainers

Check out our Classic Skinning Guide for trainer locations, a leveling guide, and more.

Phase 1 Leather to Farm

Phase 1 of Season of Discovery comes with a level cap of 25, and a level 26 requirement for Expert skills. That means the maximum skill you can reach with professions is Journeyman, or skill level 150.

Leatherworkers and Tailors will be looking for both Light Leather and Medium Leather at this level.

Here are all of the leather and hide items that are used in Phase 1 of Season of Discovery:

Item	Used For	Enemy Level
Light Leather	Small Seaforium Charge (Engineering)	1-25
Medium Leather	Minor Recombobulator (Engineering) Spidersilk Boots (Tailoring) Many Leatherworking patterns	16-35
Light Hide	Dark Leather Gloves (Leatherworking)	11-25
Medium Hide	Dark Leather Gloves (Leatherworking) Toughened Leather Gloves (Leatherworking)	16-35
Deviate Scale	Deviate Scale Belt (Leatherworking)	Elites in Wailing Caverns
Perfect Deviate Scale	Deviate Scale Belt (Leatherworking)	Elites in Wailing Caverns

Phase 2 Leather to Farm

In Phase 2, you’ll be looking for these items:

Item	Used For	Enemy Level
Heavy Leather	Bright-Eye Goggles (Engineering) Heavy Armor Kit (Leatherworking) Heavy Leather Ball (Leatherworking) Many Tailoring patterns	26-45
Thick Leather	Spellpower Goggles Xtreme (Engineering) Thick Armor Kit (Leatherworking)	36+
Heavy Hide		26-45
Thick Hide		40+

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.