Alliance Skinning Guide 1 - 525

Today I have decided to drop Engineering for my Night Elf Hunter and peruse the skinning profession again. This is my guide to quickly improve your skinning skill using my experience.

This is a quick note list as to where to go for each skinning skill.

1. Learn "Skinning" at your trainer
2. Skinning 1-50 (Elwyyn Forest)
3. :earn "Journeyman Skinner"
4. Skinning 51 - 90 (Westfall)
5. Skinning 91 - 110 (Loch Moden)
6. Skinning 111 - 150 (Wetlands)
7. Learn "Expert Skinner"
8. Skinning 151 - 185 (Wetlands)

Step 1: Finding your Skinning Trainer and get your tools.
My main base is Stormwind one of the largest Alliance bases. The skinning trainer is located in "Old Town" district. If you already have two primary professions you will need to unlearn one of the primary professions and learn "Skinning" from the "Skinning Trainer".

Before you head out of Stormwind be sure to pick up a "Skinning Knife" from a "Trade Goods Vendor".

Step 2: Skinning 1 - 50.
The best place to start your skinning is at a small farm in Elwyyn Forest. The farm is called "Maclure Vineyards" low level boars will be there, and they spawn very quickly. Its not unusual for 6 boars to spawn one after another as you kill them so this is by far the easiest place to start levelling up your skinning.

Stay at Maclure Vineyards killing boars until you reach level 50 in skinning. Once you have reached level 50 Skinning be sure to visit the "Skinning Trainer" again to get your "Journeyman Skinner".

Step 3: Skinning 51 - 90.
Next I headed out to "Westfall" to kill "Goretusk" boars. Don't bother too much with the Coyote or Young Goretusks as they are most likely to be "green" for skinning. Just stick with the "Goretusks" as they are much higher level and skinning will be "yellow" on them.

Stay in Westfall skinning "Goretusk" until you reach Skinning 90.

Step 4: Skinning 91 - 110
From Westfall head up to "Loch Moden" and stay around the bottom and right of the lake, you will find "Loch Crocolisk" which are a "yellow".

Once the "Loch Crocolisk" turn "green" focus on the "Mudbelly Boar" and "Lakebed Snapper" turtle that are also around the area. Continue to skin the "Mudbelly Boar" and "Lakebed Snapper" until you reach skinning level 110.

Step 5: Skinning 111 - 185.
Its time to fly up to the "Wetlands" try to land at "Wheelgear's Retreat". Start skinning the "Mottled Screecher" and "Mottled Raptor" located in the area highlighted in green below.

Continue to kill the raptor's until you reach skinning 120, then move over to the east of "Greenwardens Grove" (highlighted in yellow) and peruse to kill the "Ebon Whelp" and "Ebon Slavehunter" until 150.

GO SEE YOUR SKINNING TRAINER AT 150

Continue killing "Ebon Whelp"'s in wetlands until you reach Skinning 185

Step 6: Skinning 186 - 205

The best place to move to next is the Hinterlands. It wont take long to reach skinning 205 in this area, its kind of like a quick levelling stop off before the next area. Its best to skin the "Silvermane Wolf" which are popular in this area near the alliance flightpath.

Step 7: Skinning 206 - 265

Its time to go back to Stormwind and get your "Artisan Skinning Training". 

Once you have it pop onto the boat to the other large island and head over to "Thousand Needles".

Once you have reached thousand needles you will need to skin the following beasts to gain Skinning Skills

• "Needlespine Cobra"
• "Needlespine Shimmerback"
• "Scorpid Cliffcrawler"

Once you reach skinning skill 265 its time to move on to "Un'goro Crater"!

Step 8: Skinning 266 - 300

You need to head over to Un'goro crater and skin the following beasts.
They are all over the area and easy to locate so there is no need for a map.

• Dimetradon
• Young Dimetradon
• Ravasaur
• Ravasaur Runner

ONCE YOU REACH SKINNING 300 SEE YOUR SKINNING TRAINER.

Step 9: Skinning 301 - 310
You need to go through the "Dark Portal" to "Outland", when arriving in "Hellfire Peninsula" head over to the east side of "Honor Hold" and work your way down underneath "Honor hold" on foot killing the different types of "HellBoar" as you go round.

Once you reach 310 Skinning its time to move to Nagrand

Step 10: Skinning 311 - 375
Next head over to "Nagrand", this part is quite simple. If its a beast, skin it.
The best results are from first skinning the following beasts.

• Clefthoof
• Talbuck Stag
• Wild Elekk
• Clefthoof Calf
• Injured Talbuck

Once you have 335 skinning skills you can move onto the following beasts to gain skinning skills.

• Aged Clefthoof
• Talbuck Thorngrazer
• Clefthoof Bull

Step 11: Skinning 376 - 400.
Next get the boat to "Northrend" and go see your "Skinning trainer". There is one at "Valiance Keep" known as "Trapper Jack" who will give you the "Grand Master Skinning" training you need.

Head out to the Borean Tundra and farm/skin the following beasts to level up your skinning. Be sure to watch out for "Arctic Fur" that is dropped in this area as it can easily sell upwards of 80g per skin.

• Wooly Rhino Calf
• Wooly Rhino Matriarch
• Wooly Rhino Bull

The wooly rhino's are mostly found around the base of "Amber Ledge" and are in ample supply.

Alternatively you can farm the following beasts

• Infected Kodo
• Marsh Caribou
• Wooly Mammoth
• Mammoth Calf
• Tundra Wolf
• Tundra Crawler

Step 12: Skinning 401 - 415.

Next its recommended to head over to "Stars Rest" located in "Dragonblight" to farm several beasts to increase your skinning skills. This is a short farming area.

• Arctic Grizzly
• Arctic Grizzly Cub
• Arctic Ram
• Emaciated Mammoth
• Mammoth Calf
• Mammoth Bull
• Blighted Elk
• Rabid Grizzly
• Snowfall Elk
• Tundra Scavenger

Step 13: Skinning 416 - 425

Next head over to "Grizzly Hills" I flew up to "Amberpine Lodge" where there are lots of beasts to skin in the nearby woods. 

Try and focus on the following beasts found on the nearby hillside.

• Tallhorn Stag

However you can also skin the following if you so wish: 

• Infected Grizzly Bear
• Highland Mustang
• Silvercoat Stag
• Serpent Defender

Step 14: Skinning 426 - 450

Head over to "Sholazar Basin" there are lots of beasts in this area for your skinning pleasure, once you hit 445 skinning skill it will take longer to reach 450, if you want to level up your skinning quicker head over to "StormPeaks" otherwise stick with "Sholazar Basin" till you reach 450.

Step 15: Skinning 451 - 470.
Head back over to "Eastern Kingdoms" via the boat to "Stormwind" get your "Skinning training".
It may be worth adding "Stormwind" as your hearthstone as we will be coming back here shortly.
Head over to "Mount hyjal" which you can quickly access through the direct portal.

Kill the stags in this area until you reach 470 skinning.

Step 16: Skinning 471 - 485
Hearthstone back to stormwind and take the "Uldum" portal. Here you should focus on the "Crocalisks" until you hit skinning level 485.

Step 17: Skinning 486 - 525

This is the final step to maxing out your skinning skill. Hearthstone back to Stormwind and take the "Twilight Highlands" portal.

• Tawny Owls (yes you can skin these birds)
• Twilight Worg
• Twilight Stag

Keep skinning till you reach the maximum skill level of 525. And you are done!

Congratulations!

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