Midnight Season 2

Midnight Leatherworking leveling, 1 to 100

The cheapest route from 1 to 100 Midnight Leatherworking: first-craft every trainer recipe to about 61, pick one of five patterns to 91, then three epic crafts to the cap. Full material list, trainer locations, and where each 60-91 pattern comes from.

Patch 12.1.0Crafting →Specialisation trees →Embellishments →

The short answer

First-craft every trainer recipe, then ride one pattern to the cap.

The whole 1-61 stretch is the first-craft bonus: tick the filter, craft each orange trainer recipe once, learn the next batch, and expect to land around 61 having spent about 690 Void-Tempered Leather and 610 Void-Tempered Scales.

Past 60, pick whichever of the five patterns you can obtain - two need Flawless Fortes specialization nodes - craft it to 91, then bridge 91 to 100 with three epic armor crafts (3 points each, orange to 100) or Patron Orders.

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Where to learn it

Everything the route needs, and who sells what the trainer does not.

  • Talmar

    Leatherworking trainer

    Silvermoon City

    Teaches Midnight Leatherworking and hands out the recipe batches every 5 to 10 skill points, the last at 50. Everything in the 1-61 route below is learned here.

  • Supply vendor

    Leatherworking supplies

    Silvermoon City, next to Talmar

    Sells Silverleaf Thread - the 75 you need for the trainer recipes come from this vendor, not the Auction House.

  • Magovu

    Pattern vendor

    Zul'Aman

    Sells the Forest Hunter's Armor Kit recipe for Artisan's Moxie. One of the five interchangeable 60-91 patterns.

  • Ziekket

    Pattern source

    The Blinding Vale

    Drops the Primal Spore Binding recipe. It also shows up on the Auction House.

Buy this once, for 1 to 61

Summed from the route below rather than quoted, so it cannot drift from the steps it is meant to pay for. The list stops at 61 because past that the cost depends on which recipes you own, and any single number would be invented.

The two wristband crafts at 1-7 carry a stand-in line because the source never states their per-craft materials - their real cost is inside the 1-60 trainer totals above, so buy nothing for that line. The 75 Silverleaf Thread is sold by the supply vendor next to Talmar, not crafted or farmed.

MaterialQuantity
Void-Tempered Leather690
Void-Tempered Scales610
Silverleaf Thread75
Tranquility Bloom10
Fantastic Fur4
Mote of Light4
Peerless Plumage4
Carving Canine3
Void-Tempered Hide3
Void-Tempered Plating2
Wristband materials (unlisted; covered by the 1-60 trainer totals)2
Mote of Pure Void1
The route

1 to 61, in order

Rows marked First craft are in the route for the Knowledge point, so craft those before you repeat anything. Quantities are already multiplied out. 3 first crafts in total.

1 → 7

The two wristbands you already know

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

The profession window opens with Smuggler's Leather Wristbands and Scout's Scaled Bracers and nothing else. Craft each one once for its first-craft Knowledge point, then go to Talmar - the rest of the stretch is his batches.

  • 1x

    Smuggler's Leather Wristbands

    First craft
    • 1x Wristband materials (unlisted; covered by the 1-60 trainer totals)

    The page never states what these two wristbands cost per craft. Their cost is inside the trainer shopping list in the next step, so buy nothing for this line - it exists only to complete the craft's material list.

  • 1x

    Scout's Scaled Bracers

    First craft
    • 1x Wristband materials (unlisted; covered by the 1-60 trainer totals)

    The page never states what these two wristbands cost per craft. Their cost is inside the trainer shopping list in the next step, so buy nothing for this line - it exists only to complete the craft's material list.

7 → 61

First-craft every trainer batch to about 61

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

New trainer recipes unlock every 5 to 10 skill points, the last batch at 50. Keep the profession and trainer windows open side by side, work the First Craft Bonus filter to empty, learn the next batch, and repeat. The page says this lands you around skill 61 - slightly past 60 - and then to put the Hideworker's Cover on.

  • 1x

    Every remaining trainer recipe, once each

    First craft
    • 690x Void-Tempered Leather
    • 610x Void-Tempered Scales
    • 75x Silverleaf Thread
    • 10x Tranquility Bloom
    • 3x Void-Tempered Hide
    • 4x Mote of Light
    • 4x Peerless Plumage
    • 4x Fantastic Fur
    • 3x Carving Canine
    • 2x Void-Tempered Plating
    • 1x Mote of Pure Void

    The page does not list individual trainer recipes or their per-craft costs - it relies entirely on the in-game First Craft Bonus filter. These are the page's stated totals for all of them. The 75 Silverleaf Thread is sold by the supply vendor next to Talmar. If Fantastic Fur, Peerless Plumage or Carving Canine are too expensive, swap in any other orange recipe that awards multiple skill points.

61 to 100: pick a pattern, then epics

Above 61 there is no single route, because the cost depends on your specialization and which patterns you own. Pick one of the five patterns below - all orange to 80, yellow to 90 - craft it about 35 times to reach 91, then finish the last nine points with three epic armor crafts or Patron Orders.

60-91 patterns

  • Blessed Pango Charm

    Orange to 80Quest reward from The Medicine Loa's Shrine questline in Zul'Aman (starts with "Loa Disturbance")

    2x Duskshrouded Stone, 1x Void-Tempered Hide, 10x Mote of Wild Magic, 1x Carving Canine, 1x Peerless Plumage

  • Primal Spore Binding

    Orange to 80Drops from Ziekket in The Blinding Vale, or the Auction House

    1x Scalewoven Hide, 10x Mote of Primal Energy, 1x Fantastic Fur

  • Blood Knight's Armor Kit

    Orange to 80Flawless Fortes specialization (Crucial Consumables node)

    1x Infused Scalewoven Hide, 2x Sin'dorei Armor Banding, 3x Petrified Root, 10x Mote of Light

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

    Orange to 80Sold by Magovu in Zul'Aman for Artisan's Moxie

    1x Infused Scalewoven Hide, 2x Sin'dorei Armor Banding, 3x Petrified Root, 10x Mote of Wild Magic

  • Devouring Banding

    Orange to 80Flawless Fortes specialization (Overwhelming Optionals node)

    1x Sin'dorei Armor Banding, 10x Mote of Pure Void

91-100 epics

  • Any epic leather or mail armor piece

    Orange to 100Leather and mail armor specialization trees, vendors, drops and quests; Patron Orders for epic armor arrive frequently and are player-specific

    Material costs vary by recipe and are not stated on the source - the page recommends completing crafting orders rather than self-crafting

Things that change the bill

  • Skinning is the budget version

    observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

    Leatherworking pairs best with Skinning, because you farm your own leather and scales instead of buying all 690 and 610 of them off the Auction House. Without Skinning, budget a fair amount of gold before you start.

  • Buy the whole list up front

    observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

    The page recommends buying everything at once from the Auction House. One shopping trip, no mid-route errands - the route is built around that.

  • Swap the expensive drops

    observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

    If Fantastic Fur, Peerless Plumage and Carving Canine are too expensive on the Auction House, craft any other orange recipe that awards multiple skill points instead. The point is to keep moving through first-craft bonuses, not to overpay for one recipe.

  • Do not rush the 60-100 stretch

    practice. Convention among strong players. Widely followed, but it is not a rule and it can be wrong.

    Extra skill buys nothing until you want guaranteed gold-quality crafts without Concentration, and two of the 60-91 patterns need Flawless Fortes specialization nodes anyway. If you are not crafting armor, stop at about 60 and let Patron Orders trickle the remaining points.

Questions people actually ask

Where do I learn Midnight Leatherworking?
Talmar in Silvermoon City. The supply vendor next to him sells the Silverleaf Thread the route needs - 75 of them - so do the vendor run before you start crafting.
How much does 1-60 cost?
About 690 Void-Tempered Leather and 610 Void-Tempered Scales, plus 75 Silverleaf Thread, 10 Tranquility Bloom, 4 Mote of Light, 4 Peerless Plumage, 4 Fantastic Fur, 3 Carving Canine, 3 Void-Tempered Hide, 2 Void-Tempered Plating and 1 Mote of Pure Void. The thread is a vendor item; the rest is leather, scales and drops off the Auction House.
What is the first-craft bonus?
Every recipe gives one Midnight Leatherworking Knowledge point the first time you craft it - the only Knowledge source with no weekly cap. The route's whole method is ticking the First Craft Bonus filter in the profession window and crafting each orange recipe once, then learning the next batch from Talmar.
Which 60-91 pattern should I pick?
Whichever you can actually obtain. Two need Flawless Fortes specialization nodes (Blood Knight's Armor Kit, Devouring Banding), one is a Zul'Aman quest reward (Blessed Pango Charm), one drops from Ziekket or the Auction House (Primal Spore Binding), and one is sold by Magovu for Artisan's Moxie (Forest Hunter's Armor Kit). Devouring Banding looks cheapest on materials, but the page does not price them.
How do I get from 91 to 100?
Epic leather or mail armor pieces give 3 skill points each and stay orange to 100, so three crafts bridge 91 to 100. Patron Orders for epic armor arrive frequently and are player-specific, though they are random - you may get orders for recipes you cannot craft yet. You can also just keep crafting your 60-91 pattern; the skill-up chance just drops.
When do I pick a specialization?
The first one unlocks at skill 25. The source defers builds and Knowledge spending to its separate specialization guide - but know that two of the five 60-91 patterns need Flawless Fortes nodes, so lean that way early if those patterns are your plan.

What we could not confirm

  • The 1-60 shopping totals are the source's stated figures; the page does not enumerate individual trainer recipes or their per-craft costs, so the totals cannot be independently recomputed.

  • Per-craft materials for Smuggler's Leather Wristbands and Scout's Scaled Bracers are not stated anywhere on the source; the route carries a one-unit stand-in line for each so their material lists are not empty.

  • The first-craft run lands 'around skill 61' in the page's own wording - the exact endpoint is approximate, and the 60-91 patterns technically start at 60.

  • 'Around 35 crafts to reach 91' is the source's estimate; the per-craft times 35 full-run totals in the endgame table are arithmetic from it, not stated totals.

  • The page says the five 60-91 patterns go orange to 80, yellow to 90 and grey at 100 while also giving skill points all the way to 100 - carried as written; the practical read is a reduced skill-up chance past 90.

  • The page does not say where Scalewoven Hide, Infused Scalewoven Hide or Sin'dorei Armor Banding come from (presumably Leatherworking refinement recipes).

  • The Hideworker's Cover is mentioned only as 'equip it' after the first-craft run - no stats, slot or source are given.

  • Epic armor material costs for 91-100 are not stated; the page recommends crafting orders rather than self-crafting.

  • Skill points per craft and the level each recipe stops giving points are the community guide's figures; Blizzard does not publish skill-up tables, so these cannot be verified outside the profession window.

Sources

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