What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?

19.4kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 218 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 19.4kg.

Where do these numbers come from?

The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:26 UTC.

Why does the route change when I reload?

Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

Profession leveling · Shadowlands Leatherworking · KR · prices as of 17:26 UTC

Leatherworking leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Leatherworking

19.4kg in reagents over about 218 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 19.4kg.

Start skill

Trainer recipes only

Recipe names carry the colour the profession window gives them: orange is a point every craft, yellow is three in four, green is one in four.

Before the first craft — buy it all at once

One trip to the auction house. Vendor lines are cheaper from the profession vendor than from the board.

ReagentNeedEachTotal

Penumbra Thread×45014

Heavy Desolate Leather×937

733

×93733

Heavy Callous Hide×1260

720

×12720

Progenitor Essentia×689

534

×6534

Desolate Leather×94026

Total19,436

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 85

Orange→Green

Heavy Desolate Leather

trainer

About 94 crafts.244

per skill point2

Desolate Leather×940

Step 2 · Skill 85 → 92

Orange→Yellow

Comfortable Rider's Barding

trainer

About 8 crafts.100

per skill point14

Callous Hide×16

Lightless Silk×40

Step 3 · Skill 92 → 100

Orange

Shadowscale Greaves

trainer

About 3 crafts.341

per skill point42

Heavy Callous Hide×3

Pallid Bone×21

Heavy Desolate Leather×18

Step 4 · Skill 100 → 115

Orange→Green

Drums of Deathly Ferocity

trainer

About 25 crafts.1,017

per skill point67

Heavy Desolate Leather×75

Pallid Bone×75

Penumbra Thread×25

Step 5 · Skill 115 → 200

Orange

Crafter's Mark IV

trainer

About 85 crafts.16,324

per skill point192

Step 6 · Skill 200 → 203

Orange

Vestige of the Eternal

trainer

About 3 crafts.1,408

per skill point469

Protogenic Pelt×120

Heavy Callous Hide×9

Progenitor Essentia×6

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Comfortable Rider's Barding81

Drums of Deathly Ferocity2525

256

Shadowscale Greaves398

Heavy Desolate Leather9412

9411

Crafter's Mark IV851

8585

Vestige of the Eternal31

Capped at what the market takes in 3 days, so a route never pretends to sell hundreds at once.

Back in your pocket19,419

What's worth crafting with Leatherworking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?: 19.4kg in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 218 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 19.4kg.
Where do these numbers come from?: The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:26 UTC.
Why does the route change when I reload?: Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

A first craft pays Knowledge, not skill, so it is shown as a badge and left out of the craft count. Vendor reagents are priced at the lower of the vendor and the auction house.