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ok so im not far into leatherworking my skill is only 63 and i was wondering is leatherworking gouing to bring the gold in later on when my skill gets better or should i change to a new profession. i am skinner/leatherworker right now

Hmm i'm a leatherworker 2 at lvl 200.

I can make some blue items, like Barbaric Bracers i sell them for 5G at AH. last weekend i created 6 of them so its easy to make money with leahterworking but only blue items are selling good.

That´s the exact logic!
I think he got you.

I don't find many crafting profesions to be very profitable, unless you get the right recipe/plans/blueprints/etc. Most items you make in almost every production profession have a limited demand. Most people who make money off of the crafting professions find a niche, and work that. For example, a lot of LWs make armor kits, which sell regularly. Rugged armor kits are used for Darkmoon Faire rep & turn-ins, so they are in constant demand and can be quite profitable. Tailors can make money off of rare patterns, or some make money by making bags and putting them on the AH. Blacksmiths often find themselves in a dilemma. By going to armorsmithing, they limit themselves to the people who can wear the armor they make, while in some servers, weaponsmiths are more common, causing a greater number of smiths to compete against.

I recommend two gathering professions to most people while they level, and they then have the luxury of saving their money. When you get higher in level, you can decide if you want to stay with gathering, or go into the production professions- especially if you find a nice rare recipe. Some peo0ple keep the recipes rather than sell them on the auction house. Then, once they've made some money and leveled to a higher level (where money tends to come in more easily anyway), they'll level the craft based on the recipe they found, and make their money back by making & selling that item.

My LW has been very good to me financially, especially once I got into DS LW. But this is the best way to level and bring in the cash at the same time. I craft tons of stuff just to send directly to my enchanting alt, where he D/E's them and sells the mats. CRRRAAAAAAZZZY Money that way.

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Ok, so I'm exaggerating. But the gold isn't bad, especially since LW takes a lot of time creating duplicate items anyway, which don't sell that well except for the barbaric items and the scale mail.

Save time , avoid the crater, killing in winterspring where the beasties are in the late 50's and offer up the leather you want more often. Yeties are my fave.

Edited, Dec 18th 2006 4:39pm by Capitolg

I have not been playing WOW that long, only level 40 druid, so I do not have other professions to compare this too, but it seems like there are some iteams that make a lot of money. Toughened Leather Gloves Sell for around 5 g, hevey leather ammo pouch and quiver sell for over 1 g and the armor kits sell good too. And my LW level is less than 200.