leather worker grinding threadFollow

I would like this thread to be the conclusion of what to grind on so that everybody can use as guide line.
I ll start with what i know , but if anybody have better suggestion u can post and help us improve better guide.


R1-R5 start with local because success rate on local is still so low.
R5-R15 go with sheep skin to leather then vamp
R16-R17 go with antelope sinew. Because success rate on dodoskin still not so high.
R18-R25 go with dodo skin to leather then vamp
R25-R26 assume u to hve tanning training. Make buf leather only first.
R27-R32 buf vamp from lether u have made.
R32-R33 raptor sinew
R33+ buffalo give low sp now...may be toad leather but still seem too early. Any suggestion?


Edited, Nov 20th 2010 8:54am by Starkaiser

Edited, Nov 20th 2010 8:55am by Starkaiser

nice info.

Well after replying to this thread the last 3-4 leves have been giving me quite a lot of TAN guild points, and I actually should have enough marks to pick up tanning training now. I don't know why it is now that I was able to get marks when it seemed like I couldn't before, but w/e I have them now and I plan to fully use them :D.


Edited, Nov 30th 2010 2:02pm by Ipwnrice

Fleece, a R40 craft using sheepskin, can be done as low as R35 (granted you have tawing training). May or may not have a lot of difficulty with it. All I know is that I saw a R35 lw spammin it the other day.

You can make toadskin vamps, using just one toad leather like the others :)
I was able to make toad leather and vamps at rank 32 for about 350 sp each and its still good sp at 34. I do use Master's Tannery most of the time, but I have been successful without it too. It's not too hard to make with Tanning/Cobbling training, but I still occasionally botch one.

30-31 Dyed Buffalo Leather
31-35 Cotton Pagine, Cotton Singlet
36-39 Cotton Breastcloth


Edited, Dec 26th 2010 9:34am by NoomiKTalon

Edited, Dec 26th 2010 9:35am by NoomiKTalon

Edited, Dec 26th 2010 9:55am by NoomiKTalon

Edited, Jan 27th 2011 5:17pm by NoomiKTalon

I make buffalo leather at 21-22 as well, with occasional breaks. I'm pushing it because I need the straps and shoulder guards for weaving . . otherwise I really don't see the reason to push this synth as you can get more reliable sp off of things closer to your current level.

Don't make toadskin vamps low 30s. Save your gigantoad skins for upper 40s.(You'll need ~500) They're going for 40k+ on my server atm, and there are very few options at 45+ to grind on. Do fleece from 34-45. You can buy sheepskin from an npc for 7200. My tanning progress has completely halted because I can't get enough gigantoad skins, since you can't buy them from npcs.

Before patch 1.15a I avoided levelling on gigantoads almost entirely. I took buffalo leather to camps right up to 34. Did fleece from 34-40 odd and then a combo of fleece, all the high end leathers and mainly boarskin shoulder guards which I will level to 50 on.

I don't know how feasible it is levelling to 34 on buffalo leather now.

Anyway I find hogs much easier to farm than toads and hog hide will take you to 50 whereas the toads wont, so I'd recommend concentrating on hogs rather than toads. Also, to get to 50 on hogs you're going to need at least 500-600 hog hide.

Having said that toad will be better money levelling on than fleece if you can get a small party of 40-50 in mor dhona to farm toads (and you can hunt hogs at same time)

Edited, Feb 24th 2011 10:30am by Lascaux

ah very interesting! had no idea the brown toad vamps were so much higher level than normal, thanks very much for the heads up!

At rank 27, with master buff and a +1 Iron Round Knife, I am getting killer SP (roughly 500 per) making dyed buffalo leather. I'm probably getting close to an 80% success rate which isn't bad considering even on failed synths I'm still receiving close to 300 SP. Just thought I would post this since I didn't see a better option on here for my rank.

Well then you'll just have to start making them now :p
Seriously if you do Leatherworking locals on a regular basis you'll accumulate skins with little effort.

Or if you've been out killing Raptors, you can Raptor Leather up their skins as it's an R48 synth, that eats ice cystals.

Peiste Skin Cesti Covers are nice little inexpensive R50 synth but requires a bit of preparation. Peiste Skins are ~10k compared to Gigantoad Skins ~30k on my server, cheap. Or you could try Tarred Voyager's Belt, both require ALC sub.

I find there's always 2-3 R50 local leves in Gridania for Leatherworker, that should be enough to get you to R50, slowly but surely.

EDIT: I don't think you're ALC is high enough, or I'd suggest that you start making Peiste Leather Spetches now in preperation for those Cesti Covers. Also, Fleece is R44 Leatherworker.

Edited, May 20th 2011 9:55pm by Riniaru