What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?

1.1kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 103 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1kg.

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

Leatherworking leveling 1 → 100 · Legion Leatherworking

1.1kg in reagents over about 103 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 1kg.

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

Stonehide Leather×7251

Total1,051

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 70

Orange→Yellow

Drums of the Mountain

needs the recipe item

About 73 crafts.532

per skill point7

Stonehide Leather×365

Unbroken Claw×146

Unbroken Tooth×146

Step 2 · Skill 70 → 100

Orange

Dreadleather Belt

needs the recipe item

About 30 crafts.518

per skill point17

Stonehide Leather×360

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Drums of the Mountain7350

7336

Dreadleather Belt302

3066

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

Back in your pocket1,014

What's worth crafting with Leatherworking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Leatherworking right now?: 1.1kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 103 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 1kg.
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.