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This Rift Butchering guide will show you the fastest way to level butchery profession up from 1 to 300. Butchering is a gathering profession that goes exceedingly well with Outfitting and is also helpful to Armorsmithing and Apothecaries.

You should level up your butchering skill along side your leveling. Higher level creatures in Rift will drop the hides needed to level up. This guide is a work in progress with circuit maps to farm hides coming soon!

Approximate Materials Needed:

  • 50 Soft Hide
  • 50 Thin Hide
  • 80 Medium Hide
  • 60 Heavy Hide
  • 80 Thick Hide
  • 70 Exotic Hide
  • 120 Soulhide
  • 80 Ironhide


This guide is split up into four sections, each to go with the different levels to achieve 300 skill level.
  • 1-75 Novice Butchering
  • 75-150 Skilled Butchering
  • 150-225 Expert Butchering
  • 225-300 Master Butchering


1-75 Novice Butchering Guide

Train Novice Butchering

  • 1-35: Craft 50 Soft Hide into Soft Leather
  • 35-75: Craft 50 Thin Hide into Thin Leather


Train Skilled Butchering

75-150 Skilled Butchering Guide

  • 75-115: Craft 80 Medium Hide into Medium Leather
  • 115-145: Craft 80 Heavy Hide into Heavy Leather
  • 145-150: Craft 10 Thick Hide into Thick Leather


Train Expert Butchering

150-225 Expert Butchering Guide

  • 150-185: Craft 70 Thick Hide into Thick Leather
  • 185-225: Craft 70 Exotic Hide into Exotic Leather


Train Master Butchering

225-300 Master Butchering Guide

  • 225-270: Craft 120 Soulhide into Soulbind Leather
  • 270-300: Craft 80 Ironhide into Steeled Leather

Congrats to 300 butchering!
by RiftBro
I am at Level 10 the Butchering has stop at 46 no matter how many I get it does not level up
and I am way to low for Stonefield
not to sure if this is a good move to do outfitter was looking for the next skin up
Medium leather but that looks like the next on from Stonefield