Skinning in WoW Forever levels by skinning beasts you or others have killed, and the skill you need depends on the beast's level. The game files don't hold that rule, because it's worked out on Blizzard's servers. Below is Classic's rule, which nobody has shown to be different in Forever, and the leathers the Forever files list, new ones included.

Which beasts you can skin

Classic's rule, not confirmed for Forever: beasts up to level 10 need skill 1. From level 11 to 20 it's ten points per level above 10, so a level 20 beast needs 100. From level 21 up it's five times the beast's level, so a level 30 beast needs 150 and a level 60 beast needs 300.

Beast level Skill needed (Classic)
10 1
15 50
20 100
25 125
30 150
35 175
40 200
45 225
50 250
55 275
60 300

As with other gathering, a corpse gives a point most reliably while it's orange or yellow for you and nothing once it's grey.

Leathers in the Forever files

  • Classic leathers and hides: Light, Medium, Heavy, Thick and Rugged Leather and their hides, and the special leathers such as Devilsaur, Warbear, Chimera and Frostsaber Leather.
  • New in Forever: Pristine Leather, Pristine Hide and Pristine Scale, which look like rarer drops at early, mid and high level, and Fel Hide and Fel Leather at level 60.

Which beasts drop the new ones isn't in the files. We'll add it once players confirm.

Camp objects

Skinning's campsite objects, from the files. See the camping system.

Camp object Yellow Green Grey Materials Needs
Camp Chair 20 22 25 3 Light Leather, 2 Simple Wood trainer or quest
Field Guide 140 142 145 3 Medium Leather, 2 Slimy Murloc Scale, 1 Fine Thread Blueprint: Field Guide
Trapper's Workbench 300 300 300 2 Simple Wood, 4 Heavy Leather, 1 Iron Bar Blueprint: Trapper's Workbench

Tips

  1. Skin everything you kill while questing. It costs seconds.
  2. Ask groupmates if you can skin their kills in dungeons.
  3. Skinning pairs with Leatherworking.

All guides: profession leveling guides.