Skinning in World of Warcraft
Skinning collects leather, hides and similar materials from eligible creatures. It supports Leatherworking and fits naturally into play that already involves defeating beasts and wildlife.
How popular is Skinning?
Percentages use successfully analyzed public character profiles, not unique players or subscriber counts. A character can have two primary professions, so profession shares do not add up to 100%. Read the methodology.
Skinning history
Skinning has existed since World of Warcraft launched. Creature families, material ranks and gathering details vary by expansion, while its core loop remains tied to recovering useful resources from defeated creatures.
What Skinning offers
Unlike fixed terrain nodes, Skinning opportunities follow eligible enemies and the activities in which they appear. Efficient results therefore depend on creature density, respawn patterns and whether other players leave skinnable corpses behind.
Professions commonly paired with Skinning
Leatherworking is the direct production partner and consumes much of Skinning's output. A double-gathering setup is also possible when a player wants to sell materials instead of crafting finished items.
Popular Skinning profession pairs
These are the most frequently observed two-profession combinations containing Skinning in the current global sample.