What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?

181.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 208 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 181.4kg.

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 17:54 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 · TW · prices as of 17:54 UTC

Leatherworking leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Leatherworking

181.4kg in reagents over about 208 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 181.4kg.

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

Heavy Callous Hide×312500

156,000

×312156,000

Protogenic Pelt×41203

12,360

×412012,360

Progenitor Essentia×20650

10,300

×20610,300

Heavy Desolate Leather×1868

1,231

×181,231

Desolate Leather×94080

Total181,402

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 85

Orange→Green

Heavy Desolate Leather

trainer

About 94 crafts.752

per skill point8

Desolate Leather×940

Step 2 · Skill 85 → 92

Orange→Yellow

Comfortable Rider's Barding

trainer

About 8 crafts.731

per skill point104

Callous Hide×16

Lightless Silk×40

Step 3 · Skill 92 → 100

Orange

Shadowscale Greaves

trainer

About 3 crafts.2,758

per skill point344

Heavy Callous Hide×3

Pallid Bone×21

Heavy Desolate Leather×18

Step 4 · Skill 100 → 203

Orange

Vestige of the Eternal

trainer

About 103 crafts.177,160

per skill point1,720

Protogenic Pelt×4120

Heavy Callous Hide×309

Progenitor Essentia×206

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Comfortable Rider's Barding81

Shadowscale Greaves398

Heavy Desolate Leather9412

9411

Vestige of the Eternal1031

1031

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

Back in your pocket181,391

What's worth crafting with Leatherworking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?: 181.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 208 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 181.4kg.
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 17:54 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.