Butchering (Rift Profession)  

Quick Facts Skill: Gathering Station: Loom Levels 1 - 75 Novice 75 - 150 Skilled 150 - 225 Expert 225 - 300 Master Butchering Recipes Screenshots
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Butchering is one of three Gathering professions and allows you to collect hides, bones and teeth from beasts. The hides can then be tanned to make leather.

Leather can be used by Outfitters (cloth & leather armor production) and Artificers (book & accessory making). Teeth and Bones are used by Apothecaries (Potions) and Artificers (totems and fetishes).

Major Points

• No Butchering tools are needed.
• All Gathering Profession skills can be learned as soon as you get out of the beginner zones.
• You can gain skill by skinning as high as 50 points above their butchering Level.
• In addition to Hides, Butchering will also, at each tier, occasionally yield Bones and/or Teeth.

Trainers

Faction	Name	Location	Coordinates
Novice
Defiant	Ian Fellows	Ark of the Ascended, Freemarch	6197,4337
Defiant	Zenre Palux	Kelari Refuge, Freemarch	6579,4595
Guardian	Mardain Willows	Argent Glade, Silverwood	6037,3005
Guardian	Kernan Wittle	Divine Landing, Silverwood	6219,3858
Skilled
Defiant	Rander Michaelson	Granite Falls Stonefield	4994,4948
Expert
Master
Defiant	Jace Prisco	Epoch Plaza, Meridian	6044,5244
Guardian	Martin Nastrin	Thedeor's Circle, Sanctum	7437,2951
Neutral	Azeran Laen	Hunter's Camp, Droughtlands	8542, 6625
Neutral	Thonderil	Fortune's Shore, Shimmersand	6479,7035

Quests

• Neither Hide nor Hair (7) (Guardian)- Collect 5 Soft hide

Jace Prisco in Meridian and Martin Nastrin in Sanctum are eager to accept any interesting hides and pelts you find while butchering.

Unblemished Pelt (requires Butchering 115)

1. Fine Fur (20)
2. The Finer Points of Leather (20) - Craft 10 Medium Leather and 10 Heavy Leather.

Reward: Recipe: Fine Leather

Rigid Hide Patch (requires Butchering 185)

1. Thick Skin (30)
2. Extra Thickness (30) - Craft 10 Thick Leather and 10 Exotic Leather

Reward: Recipe: Reinforced Leather

Strange Hide Swatch (requires Butchering 280)

1. A Tanner's Treasure (40)
2. A Peerless Leather (40) - Craft 10 Soulbind Leather and 10 Steeled Leather

Reward: Recipe: Imbued Leather

See also: Weekly Harvesting Guild Quests

Skills to Learn

Name	Cost	Skill	Ingredient
Soft Leather	3	1	1 Soft Hide
Thin Leather	1 5	35	1 Thin Hide
Medium Leather	2 25	75	1 Medium Hide
Heavy Leather	3 45	115	1 Heavy Hide
Thick Leather	4 35	145	1 Thick Hide
Exotic Leather	5 55	185	1 Exotic Hide
Soulbind Leather	6 75	225	1 Soulhide
Steeled Leather	8 10	270	1 Ironhide
Steel-Stitched Leather	2 10 0	300	1 Steeled Leather

Harvests

At each tier there will be a small chance to harvest items of the next-higher tier. So, although Wanton Stalkers at Flamespawn Crater in Shimmersand require Butchering 225 and yield Soulhide they have a decent chance to give Ironhide as well.

Min Level	Hide	Bone	Teeth
1-10	Soft Hide	Cracked Rib	Rotting Canine
25-65	Thin Hide	Cracked Rib	Rotting Canine
65-85	Medium Hide	Shattered Bone	Jagged Tooth
110-120	Heavy Hide	Shattered Bone	Jagged Tooth
140	Heavy Hide Thick Hide	Shattered Bone Pristine Femur	Jagged Tooth Pristine Molar
160	Thick Hide	Shattered Bone Pristine Femur	Jagged Tooth Pristine Molar
180-210	Exotic Hide	Pristine Femur	Pristine Molar
215-225	Soulhide	Hollow Bone	Bloody Fang
250	Ironhide	Darkened Bone	Fanged Mandible

Suitable Leveling Areas

• Freemarch or Silverwood, lvl 1 - 95
• Stonefield or Gloamwood, lvl 45 - 125
• Scarlet Gorge, 85 - 135
• Scarwood Reach, 110 - 170
• Moonshade Highlands and Droughtlands, 140 - 190
• Iron Pine Peak, 160 - 245
• Stillmoor, Shimmersand and Ember Isle, 180 - 270

Butchering Leveling Guide

This guide may have a little wiggle-room, but so long as you are getting a skill-up with every kill and skin, stay where you are! Some of the mob names in this list are generic, some specific, but in general the other Beast mobs in the same area will be the same Butchering level. Data was gathered from both the Defiant side and the Guardian zones, but there are certainly a few beasts missing.

Although Trivial is usually 50 levels above minimum, the range is smaller at the lower levels, and larger than it should be at some others.

Level	Mobs	Zone	Area
Novice Butcher
1-46	Wolves	Freemarch	near Kelari Refuge
	Thrashjaws (Crocs)	Freemarch	Kelari Refuge
	Razorbacks (Pigs)	Freemarch	Eliam Fields
	Silvermane Wolves and Vespids (Wasps)	Silverwood	Sterling Hills
	Marsh Biter (Shambler)	Silverwood	Sunken Marsh
	Bloodgill Scavenger (Piranha), Sandhusk and Lurking Shellfish	Silverwood	Wreck of the Galena
10-55	Ironhides (Crocs) and Shellbacks	Freemarch	Fortune's End
	Mossback Lasher (Shambler) and Gritshells	Silverwood	Fletcher's Beach
25-75	Razorteeth	Freemarch	Lake of Solace
	Shade Hound	Freemarch	Smith's Haven
	Frenzied Marchwolf	Freemarch	near Denegar's Stand
	Aelfwar Cur	Silverwood	Palisade
45-95	Named beasts (lvl 13+, e.g. Duldrun)	Freemarch
	Shoveltusks (Boars)	Freemarch
	Deathhowl Mastiff	Freemarch	Iron Fortress
	Aelfwar Pouncer	Silverwood	Overwatch Keep
	Darkpaw Prowler and Gloam Bat	Gloamwood	Gloamwood Pines
65-115	wolves	Freemarch
	some Named beasts (e.g. Malgar)	Freemarch
	Named beasts (e.g. Slippy)	Stonefield
	young Sicklehorns (Goats)	Stonefield	Stonefield Prarie
	Blight Fang (Bats)	Gloamwood	Mathosian Mill
	Rotshell Grumbler (Shamblers)	Gloamwood	Tearfall Creek
	Werewolves	Gloamwood
	Gorge Ram	Scarlet Gorge	Stonecrest
See a Skilled or better Butcher and train to harvest beyond 75
75-125	Razorbacks (Boars)	Stonefield
	mature Sicklehorns (Goats)	Stonefield	Far Mine Loop
85-140	Named mobs (e.g. Ol' Ness)	Gloamwood	Millrush Pond
	Smoldering Scourge (Raptor) and Smoldering Hound	Scarlet Gorge	Rock Ridge
	Gorge Beast (Crocs)	Scarlet Gorge	Stonecrest
	Grove Swarmer and Grove Drone (Vespids)	Scarwood Reach	Stone Grove
110-160	Rooteater Boar	Scarwood Reach	Iron Fall
	Grove Wasp and Grove Stinger (Vespids)	Scarwood Reach	Stone Grove
	Wolves and Cats	Scarwood Reach	Scarhide Waste
	Wolves, Cats and Boars	Scarwood Reach	Granitewood Haunt
	L32 Darkscale Drake (Drake) and Rockeye Basilisks	Scarwood Reach	Timar Foothills
120-170	Wolves and Cats	Scarwood Reach	Scarhide Waste
	Blacksting Queen (Wasp)	Scarwood Reach	Lotham's Strike
	L33 Darkscale Drake (Drake) and Rockeye Lurker (Basilisk)	Scarwood Reach	Timar Foothills
	Deathwing Scout (Planar)	Scarwood Reach	The Sagespire
	Deathwing Manticores	Scarwood Reach	Shatterbone Canyon
140-190	Grubsnout Blacktusk	Scarwood Reach	Granitewood haunt
	Cloven Stoneram	Moonshade Highlands	Boundary Ruins
	Shallowcap Scuttler	Moonshade Highlands	Thontic Shallows
	Ivygrumps (Shamblers)	Moonshade Highlands	Kelpmere
	Stonegazers (Cockatrice)	Droughtlands	Stalwart Rise
See an Expert or better Butcher and train to harvest beyond 150
160-210	Wild Bloodstrutter (Raptor) and Longtooths (Feline)	Droughtlands	Centaur's Stand
	Razorclaw Raptors	Droughtlands	Stormbrood Lair
	Redsnow Wolfhound and Darksnarl Loner (Worgs)	Iron Pine Peak	Whitefall Passage
	Meltwater Hunter (Feline) and Glacierback Howler (Wolf)	Iron Pine Peak	Frozen Valley
180-230	Heights felines	Droughtlands	Carrion Heights
	Meltwater Shadowstalker (Feline) and Glacierback Alpha (Wolf)	Iron Pine Peak	Frozen Valley
	Bloodhide Razorscale (Basilisk)	Iron Pine Peak	Red Gold Claim
	Wanton Hound (Wolf)	Shimmersand	Farsight Tower
195-245	Razorclaw Bloodstrider (Raptor)	Droughtlands	Redoubt
	Stonewing Protector (Dragonian)	Iron Pine Peak	Howling Caves
	Gullet Savage (Raptor)	Shimmersand	Riptalon Gulch
	Mathosian Mastiff	Stillmoor	Belmont
	Longfang Savage (Wolf)]	Stillmoor	Broken Vale
	Lycanthropic Defiant (Werewolf)]	Stillmoor	Broken Vale
215-260	Emerald Scale Werewolf	Stillmoor	Edgewood
	Bloodfang Tracker (Wolf)	Stillmoor	Edgewood
	Hill Shrieker (Bat)	Stillmoor	Crown Hill
	Greater Snapmouth (Basilisk)	Shimmersand	The Oasis
	Wild Mathosian Hound	Stillmoor	near Ruston
See a Master Butcher and train to harvest beyond 225
225-270	Deepcrag Shadowtracker (Werewolf)	Iron Pine Peak	Crystal Depths
	Lurking Horror	Stillmoor	Ruston
	Mathosian Hunting Hound	Stillmoor	Death's Approach
	Wanton Stalker, Flamespawn Mongrel, Maelforge Emberdrake	Shimmersand	Firesand Desert
	Hounds & Raptors	Charmer's Caldera
250-300	All Beasts	Abyssal Precipice
	All Beasts	Greenscale's Blight
	Shamblers and Wasps	Expert Realm of the Fae
	All Beasts	Ember Isle