What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?

600g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 378 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 528g.

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 17:57 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 · Classic Leatherworking · US · prices as of 17:57 UTC

Leatherworking leveling 1 → 340 · Classic Leatherworking

600g in reagents over about 378 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 528g.

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

Total600

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 45

Orange→Yellow

Light Armor Kit

About 49 crafts.52

per skill point1

Light Leather×49

Step 2 · Skill 45 → 250

Orange

Cured Rugged Hide

trainer

About 205 crafts.330

per skill point1

Rugged Hide×205

Deeprock Salt×205

Step 3 · Skill 250 → 340

Orange→Green

Core Armor Kit

needs the recipe item

About 124 crafts.218

per skill point2

Core Leather×372

Rune Thread×248

Skill 340 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Core Armor Kit12450

12462

Cured Rugged Hide2055

20510

Light Armor Kit4915

497

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

Back in your pocket528

What's worth crafting with Leatherworking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?: 600g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 378 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 528g.
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 17:57 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.