WoW Skinning Guide

Skinning is one of the easiest professions to level up, especially if you are leveling. This WoW Skinning Guide will show you the fastest and easiest way how to level your Skinning profession from 1 to 450.

To start Skinning you just need a Skinning Knife in one of your bags and simply need to kill beasts and click to skin. 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. 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. Skinners also acquire a passive ability known as Master of Anatomy which increases your critical strike rating based on your skinning skill level.

The reason skinning is attractive as a profession is because you don’t have to hunt down any minerals or plants. All of the leather comes from enemies you have slain, providing you with some easy extra income. Well, you do have to hunt down the skinnable enemies, but at least when they defeated you can loot whatever they have, gain XP, and then get some extra bonus loot!

To begin you seek a Skinning Trainer out in order to pick up the Skinning profession. From there, simply interact with the trainer who will teach you the delicate art of Skinning. When you first start off you will be an Apprentice Skinner and have to pay only a few copper to learn the profession.

WoW Skinning Guide Trainers:

Alliance Skinning Trainers:

• Balthus Stoneflayer (Ironforge)
• Eladriel (Darnassus)
• Maris Granger (Stormwind City)
• Mathreyn (Eversong Woods)
• Radnaal Maneweaver (Teldrassil)
• Remere (The Exodar)
• Jelena Nightsky (Hellfire Peninsula)
• Trapper Jack (Borean Tundra)
• Frederic Burrhus (Howling Fjord)

Horde Skinning Trainers :

• Killian Hagey (The Undercity)
• Kulleg Stonehorn (Feralas)
• Mathreyn (Silvermoon City)
• Mooranta (Thunder Bluff)
• Thuwd (Orgrimmar)
• Tyn(Silvermoon City)
• Moorutu (Hellfire Peninsula)
• Tiponi Stormwhisper (Borean Tundra)
• Roberta Jacks (Howling Fjord)

Horde Skinning (Starting in Orgrimmar)

• South Durotar – Mottled Boars and Scorpids (1-25)
• North Durotar – Boars and Scorpids (25-50)
• The Barrens Crossroads area – Plainstriders and Prowlers (50-100)
• The Barrens Camp Taurajo area – Stormsnouts and Thunderhawks (100-130)
• Thousand Needles – Hyenas, Lions, Wyvern and Thunderhawks (130-170)
• Thousand Needles Shimmering Flats – Turtles and Basilisks in (170-180)

Alliance Skinning (Starting in Ironforge)

• Dun Morogh South of Kharanos – Crag Boats and Wendigos (1-25)
• Dun Morogh Brenwall Village – Wolves (25-50)
• Westfall Sentinel Hill – Goretusks (50-100)
• Wetlands Bluegill Marsh – Crocolisks and Raptors (100-130)
• Hillsbrad Foothills – Bears and Mountain Lions (130-150)
• Hillsbrad Foothills Yeti Cave in Hillsbrad Fields – Yetis (150-170)
• Arathi Highlands – Raptors in (170-180)

Horde & Alliance Skinning

• Stranglethorn Vale Nessingwary’s Camp – Raptors, Panthers and Tigers (180-220)
• Stranglethorn Vale Gurabashi Arena area – Raptors and Gorillas (220-250)
• Azshara – Stags and Hippogryphs (250-270)
• Azshara – Turtles and Chimera (270-300)
• Hellfire Peninsula – Helboars (300-310)
• Hellfire Peninsula – Ravagers and Helboars (310-330)
• Nagrand – Clefthoofs, Talbuks, Windrocs and Elekk (330-350)
• Netherstorm – Crocolisks, Basilisks, Mana Invaders, Talbuks, Phase Hunters, Mana Snappers, Nether Rays and Lynx (350-375)
• Howling Fjord – Rams and Shoveltusks (350-405)
• Grizzly Hills – Prowlers, Bears, Mustangs and Serpents (405-430)
• Sholazar Basin – Wasps, Shattertusks, Rhinos, Dreadsabers, Cobras, Goretalons, Grazers and Crocolisks (430-450)

Skinning isn’t a very hard profession to skill up but it can be a big money maker if you sell the goods in the auction house. If you can’t afford to do this and would like to take a glance at this Gold Guide for tips on how to make lots of gold.