| Tool |
Location Found |
Use |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/hide/cowhide.gif) Cowhide |
Kill a cow |
Can be given to a tanner to turn into leather. |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/hide/snakehide.gif) Snake hide |
Bush snakes
<a href="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/tai_bwo_wannai_cleanup">(Tai Bwo Wannai Clean-Up)</a>
Giant snakes
(<a href="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/temple_trekking_burgh_de_rott_ramble">Temple Trekking</a>) |
Can be given to a tanner to turn into snakeskin. |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/hide/greendhide.gif) Dragonhide |
Kill a green, blue, red or black dragon depending on which hide you want. |
Can be given to a tanner to turn into dragon leather. |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/misc/needle.gif) Needle |
Crafting stores sell them. |
Use a needle with some prepared leather to make armour (requires thread to work). |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/misc/thread.gif) Thread |
Crafting stores sell them. |
You need thread in your inventory with a needle to craft leather armour. |
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Once you have your hides, you will need to take them to a tanner, they can be found in Varrock, Al Kharid, the Crafting Guild or Canifis. Look out for this symbol ![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/key_icons/tannery.gif)
on your minimap to help you locate the person you are looking for. The table below should give you an idea of how much each type of hide costs to cure:
Hide Name |
Leather Type |
Tanning Cost - Guild/Al Kharid |
Tanning Cost - Sbott (Canifis) |
| Cowhide |
Leather (soft) |
1 gp |
2 gp |
| Cowhide |
Leather (hard) |
3 gp |
5 gp |
| Snake hide |
Snakeskin |
15 gp
(20 for giant snake hide) |
25 gp |
| Green dragonhide |
Green dragon leather |
20 gp |
45 gp |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/hide/bluedhide.gif) Blue dragonhide |
Blue dragon leather |
20 gp |
45 gp |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/hide/redhide.gif) Red dragonhide |
Red dragon leather |
20 gp |
45 gp |
![[image]](http://www.runescape.com/img/main/kbase/items/hide/blackdhide.gif) Black dragonhide |
Black dragon leather |
20 gp |
45 gp |
Once you have had your hides turned into leather you are almost ready to begin, all you need now is a needle and some thread. You will only need one needle to craft with and each roll of thread will last four uses.
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The most basic form of leather-working is the art of Crafting soft leather into armour, this is a reasonably easy way of mastering the Crafting skill, as there are plenty of cows around Lumbridge from which you can receive hide. The tanners in Al Kharid or Varrock are not far from Lumbridge, and they have crafting stores too. Gathering the required items and finding people to sell your goods to should provide little challenge, especially if you gather your resources on a quiet world and then move to a busier one to sell your wares.