Skinning Mastery
One of the three gathering masteries. They share an identical perk structure and a single shared proc outcome roll — see also Mining and Lumberjacking. Unlike the combat masteries, these level from harvesting rather than from kills. See Skill Masteries for the system itself.
Because you skin what you kill, this is the one gathering mastery that levels alongside normal hunting rather than instead of it.
| Requires | Skinning at 90.0 |
| Taught by | Butcher, Leather Worker — 10,000 gold |
| Ultimate | Flawless Harvest |
Perks
| Perk | Effect per level | At level 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Careful Skinner | 2.5% chance to double the hides harvested | 20% chance |
| Steady Hand | 5% chance not to use up a skinning knife use | 40% chance |
| Prime Cuts (template) | 1.5% chance to upgrade the hides one tier | 12% chance |
The doubled yield is magical surplus — no extra hides are taken from the corpse, so Careful Skinner is pure profit.
Prime Cuts only fires if your Skinning skill is high enough for the upgraded tier. If it is not, nothing is wasted — the roll simply does not apply. Unlike the mining and lumberjacking versions it upgrades this harvest's hides rather than a persistent resource node.
Ultimate — Flawless Harvest
Fires on a successful skinning at 0.5% per proc level (4% at level 8). When it fires, one outcome is rolled — it never fizzles:
| Outcome | Chance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Triple yield | 62% | Three times the hides |
| Hide upgrade | 20.5% | This harvest's hides upgrade one tier. Falls back to triple yield if your skill is too low |
| Mastery Gem | 10% | Skinning-matched |
| Mastery Soul | 5% | Skinning-matched |
| Mastery Fragment | 2.5% | Skinning-matched |
| Rare Beef Carcass | very rare | A separate pre-roll before the outcomes above |
Earning XP
Gathering masteries earn XP per successful harvest, scaled by material tier. The multipliers run 2 / 6 / 10 / 16 / 24 / 36 from Regular up to the rarest hide — skinning rare creatures levels the mastery roughly 18× faster than skinning common ones.
Suspected unattended (AFK) gatherers receive no mastery bonuses at all and earn no XP.
Related
- Skinning — the skill itself
- Mining Mastery, Lumberjacking Mastery — the other two
- Tailoring — what the hides feed
- Skill Masteries — XP, levelling and mastery items