Where to Farm Thick Leather

The best place to farm Thick Leather is Dustwallow Marsh, where Searing Whelp (level 42-43) drops it at 0.2%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 394 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Searing Whelp is worth about 6s 15c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 40-50

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  1. Ravasaur Matriarch 62.4, 66.0
  2. Dadanga 43.6, 7.2
  3. Lar'korwi Mate 66.3, 63.9
  4. Ravasaur Hunter 70.7, 53.0
  5. Ravasaur Runner 59.9, 75.3
  6. Venomhide Ravasaur 70.7, 53.0
  7. Ravasaur 59.9, 75.3
  8. Pterrordax 57.4, 91.4
8 sources in Un'Goro Crater, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

All sources, by drop chance:

SourceLevelZoneSpawnsSideHowDrop%Map
Feral Crag Coyote37-38Badlands39Skinning20.7%map
Wild Gryphon40Hillsbrad Foothills2Skinning20.6%map
Jungle Stalker40-41Stranglethorn Vale43Skinning20.5%map
Ley Hunter39-40Desolace8Skinning20.4%map
Elder Shadowmaw Panther42-43Stranglethorn Vale9Skinning20.4%map
Cold Eye Basilisk39-40Stranglethorn Vale19Skinning20.3%map
Ridge Huntress38-39Badlands42Skinning20.3%map
Swamp Jaguar36-37Swamp of Sorrows46Skinning20.3%map
Elder Mistvale Gorilla40-41Stranglethorn Vale28Skinning20.2%map
Stranglethorn Tigress37-38Stranglethorn Vale77Skinning20.1%map
Sawtooth Crocolisk38-39Swamp of Sorrows25Skinning20.1%map
Chemist Fuely30Tirisfal Glades1Alliance onlySkinning20.0%map
Skhowl(rare)36Alterac Mountains2Skinning20.0%map
Mottled Drywallow Crocolisk38-39Dustwallow Marsh96Skinning20.0%map
Noxious Shredder38-390Skinning20.0%map
Mudrock Tortoise36-37Dustwallow Marsh68Skinning20.0%map
Mudrock Spikeshell37-38Dustwallow Marsh68Skinning20.0%map
Elder Crag Coyote39-40Badlands46Skinning20.0%map
Bloodfen Lashtail40-41Dustwallow Marsh32Skinning19.9%map
Young Murk Thresher39-41Dustwallow Marsh30Skinning19.9%map
Shadow Panther39-40Swamp of Sorrows12Skinning19.9%map
Shadowmaw Panther37-38Stranglethorn Vale77Skinning19.8%map
Highland Fleshstalker36-37Arathi Highlands19Skinning19.8%map
Ancient Kodo36-37Desolace6Skinning19.7%map
Bloodfen Screecher36-37Dustwallow Marsh29Skinning19.6%map
Elder Saltwater Crocolisk(elite)38+Stranglethorn Vale4Skinning19.5%map
Jungle Thunderer37-38Stranglethorn Vale42Skinning19.5%map
Mana Eater37-38Desolace2Skinning19.4%map
Elder Thunder Lizard37-38Desolace40Skinning19.3%map
Mage Hunter38-39Desolace8Skinning19.3%map
Drywallow Vicejaw36-37Dustwallow Marsh98Skinning19.2%map
Drywallow Snapper37-38Dustwallow Marsh144Skinning19.2%map
Bloodfen Scytheclaw37-38Dustwallow Marsh90Skinning19.2%map
Mudrock Burrower39-40Dustwallow Marsh20Skinning19.0%map
Scorpashi Venomlash38-39Desolace15Skinning18.9%map
Bloodfen Razormaw39-40Dustwallow Marsh25Skinning18.9%map
Granistad40Hillsbrad Foothills1Horde onlySkinning18.8%map
Young Jungle Stalker36-37Stranglethorn Vale4Skinning18.6%map
Dying Kodo35-36Desolace16Skinning18.5%map
Magram Bonepaw37-38Desolace6Skinning18.2%map
Eldreth Darter(elite)58-59+Dire Maul10Skinning17.9%map
Razzashi Adder(elite)60+Zul'Gurub29Skinning17.4%map
Sin'Dall37Stranglethorn Vale1Skinning17.3%map
Rabid Bonepaw36-38Desolace10Skinning17.1%map
Zulian Cub60Zul'Gurub12Skinning17.0%map
Plagued Swine60Eastern Plaguelands17Skinning16.3%map
Razzashi Raptor(elite)60+Zul'Gurub32Skinning16.0%map
Chimaerok(elite)60-61+Feralas8Skinning15.3%map
Plagued Hatchling57-59Scholomance22Skinning15.3%map
Razzashi Serpent(elite)60+Zul'Gurub35Skinning15.3%map
398 found
Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

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Drop% is the rate recorded in Forever once a source has been looted ten times; a greyed figure is the vanilla 1.12 chance from the world data (classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in forever). Spawns counts the source's spawn points in the world data. "Side" names which side can kill the NPC when the other finds it friendly. The lead picks the best chance among sources that are not a rare spawn and have at least three spawn points.