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WoW Cataclysm Skinning Guide
This guide is updated for patch 4.0.3a.
This WoW Skinning Guide will help you level from 1-525.
Skinning is an extremely easy profession to level up, definitely one of the easiest in my opinion. However, it still can be a bit confusing figuring out where to level at sometimes, which is why I've created this guide.
If by chance you are only leveling skinning in order to level up your Leatherworking I'll suggest to you that you skip using this guide and buy the mats. You'll save yourself a lot of time if you do this. If you don't have the gold to pay for leveling from 1-525 then I suggest that you get a gold guide because you should have the gold laying around to be able to afford it.
| 1-75 | Dun Morogh or Durotar | Crag Boars, Wolves, Leopards, Bears or Mottled Boars, Scorpids, Crocolisks, and Others |
| 75-130 | Loch Modan or Northern Barrens | Bear, Boars, Crocolisk, Birds or Crocolisk, Giraffes, Boars, Birds, Hyena, Zhevra, and Others |
| 130-180 | Wetlands or Hillsbrad Foothills | Crocolisks, Raptors or Bears, Turtles, Lions, Deer, and Others |
| 180-220 | The Cape of Stranglethorn or Southern Barrens | Basilisks, Gorillas, Cats or Boars, Birds, Giraffes, Zhevra, Cats, Kodo, Turtles, and Others |
| 220-250 | Eastern Plaguelands or Thousand Needles | Hounds, Birds, Bats, Boar or Cats, Serpents, Hyena, Birds, and Others |
| 250-300 | Un'Goro Crater (250) or Winterspring (not until 260) | Dinosaurs or Yeti, Saber Cats, and Others |
This section is pretty short and simple. If you want you don't have to run out to Outland just yet, you can hang around the old continents in the higher levels zones if you'd like. Also, at 350 you are more than welcome to leave and head out to Northrend early!
| 300-310 | Hellfire Peninsula - west of Thrallmar and Honor Hold | Helboars |
| 310-330 | Hellfire Peninsula - west of Thrallmar and Honor Hold or in the western part of the zone | Ravagers, HelBoars |
| 330-350 | Nagrand | Clefthoofs, Talbuks, Elekk, and Others |
| 350-375 | Netherstorm | Barbscale Crocolisks, Craghide Basilisks, Mana Invaders, Talbuks, Phase Hunters, Mana Snappers, Nether Rays, Ripfang Lynx, and Others |
You are almost done. If you'd like to quit now and just buy mats for your Leatherworking take a look at this gold guide to figure out how to make the gold to do it. Or have fun Skinning these last levels!
| 350-405 | Howling Fjord | Shoveltusks, Frosthorn Rams, and Others |
| 375-405 | Borean Tundra - south of Fizzcrank's Airstrip | Mammoths, and Others |
| 405-430 | Grizzly Hills | Duskhowl Prowlers, Frosthorn Rams, Graymist Hunters, Grizzly Bears, Highland Mustangs, Ice Serpents, and Others |
| 430-450 | Sholazar Basin | Dreadsabers, Emperor Cobras, Goretalons, Hardknuckles, Longneck Grazers, Crocolisks, Sapphire Hive Wasps, Shattertusks, Shardhorn Rhinos, and Others |
This is the final section of the guide and it is very easy. I recommend that you try out Mount Hyjal first, then Uldum, and then head to Twilight Highlands once you reach level 485, as I've had good results in these places.
| 450-470 | Mount Hyjal | Stags |
| 470-485 | Uldum | Crocolisks |
| 485-525 | Twilight Highlands | Owls, Worgs, and Others |
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