I used to do A LOT more fabric farming, but it seems that leveling Leatherworking down to 375 is even more painful … behind, let’s say, than Tailoring, so most of my growing now is aimed at finding good leather. .

There are all types of leathers: light, medium, heavy, thick, rough and, of course, knotted. My efforts on this day were directed towards finding rough leather, so I headed to my favorite place in all of Azeroth, Winterspring.

Now Winterspring has been kind to me. If you read my previous posts, you will know that I got several epic drops there, as well as blues and a lot of greens. But those are incidental. What I REALLY like in Winterspring is the whole Ice Thistle Yeti gang, the Yetis, the Ice Thistle Patriarchs and the Ice Thistle Matriarchs.

What I like the most about them is their quick but inconspicuous respawn rate.

Tonight, taking my new level 70, Grunman, a renowned shaman (none at all), I spent twenty-five minutes in the hills and cave southeast of Everlook. TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES. You read correctly. In that time period, I managed to acquire 50 rough hides, as well as 21 thick hides, from a variety of yetis, matriarchs, and patriarchs.

Now I didn’t count them, but logic says I killed exactly 71 mobs. In 25 minutes, that’s 21.17 seconds per mob killed, and I include travel time, tedious mana regeneration, and an annoying but essential bathroom break.

Those who are inclined to mathematics, like I am not, would calculate that it is a MINIMUM of 120 rough hides per hour. That is hard to beat.

If you’re not a furrier, a decision I’m starting to regret, by the way, you could sell these fine hides for around 10 gold per stack at the Auction House. 60 gold per hour, plus the thick leather (which is worth about 4g per stack) plus the seller’s gray junk, plus any cool drops you get, that’s pretty good.

Or you can use leather to level your leatherwork by less than 10 points. You choose.