Gold per Hour -Skinning part 1

I found these zones to be most profitable in terms of what I gathered per hour played. The actual profitability will depend on prices on the realm and most importantly the demand for those materials.

All of the values were based on using a level 58+ Hunter with questing gear and survival spec. I found survival to the best farming spec for my play style. As a rule it is best to kill as many of the mobs as possible at first due to the way the re-spawn mechanics work. If someone else is questing in the same area I let them complete their quests first. Often this resulted in extra mobs to skin. The gold values do not include any additional items.

You can work out gold per hour based on these figures by looking at prices on your auction house. A few hours farming each week in each of the areas mentioned can result in enough stock to last through the week depending on the demand on your server. I often found it difficult to keep up with demand at times especially medium leather.

Ruined Leather Scraps / Light Leather
Zone: Silverpine Forest
Mobs: Rabid Worgs (10-12), Giant Rabid Bears (10-13)
Method: Kill the bears and worgs along both sides of the road between the Sepulcher and the Forsaken Front. A circuit took me around 10 minutes, by which time they had respawned on the other side of the road.

Light Leather (plus ruined leather equivalent) 209
Stringy Wolf Meat 90
Total gold value 283

I also got bear meat but this didn’t sell very well.


Medium Leather
Zone: Northern Stranglethorn
Mobs: Thrashtail Basilisk (29-30)
Method: Go to the Crystalvein Mine, there will be a number of basilisks outside the mine. Do a circuit killing all the mobs but don’t loot them. On the second circuit start looting and skinning. If/when you run out of mobs start killing mobs in the mine. If you do go into the mine be careful of the Ironjaw Basilisks due to their special gaze attack that will stun you for 5 secs. I rarely go into the mine, instead I often log off for 10-15 minutes to do a couple of daily quests on an alt and then start again.

Medium Leather 114
Heavy Leather 39
Medium Hide 12
Heavy Hide 6
Total gold value 327