New World Skinning Guide

Introduction

Skinning is a gathering trade skill in New World that allows players to gather raw hides and fur resources from skinning animals that will be used in crafting trade skills; Amoring, Weaponsmithing, Arcana, and Engineering. It will also be used in the leatherworking refining trade skill. We’ll cover all this and more in our New World Skinning Guide.

Skinning in New World

When first starting out you will need a flint skinning knife to start skinning animals. This requires engineering level 0 along with 1 flint and 1 green wood to craft it. You are able to pick up both the flint and green wood without the need of a gathering tool by walking up to the respective bush/flint and pressing your interact key (Default “E). Once all obtained a tier 1 camp fire or workshop is required to craft the flint skinning knife. Once crafted you will need to equip it and you can start gathering.

Higher character levels are able to use better tiers of Skinning Knives:

Item	Level Range	Tier	Gathering Speed
Iron Skinning Knife	3-19	II	200% – 350%
Steel Skinning Knife	16-39	III	350% – 450%
Starmetal Skinning Knife	32-59	IV	450% – 625%
Orichalcum Skinning Knife	51-60	V	625% – 850%

It is advised to use the highest tier possible followed by the best gear score possible to best increase your gathering speed. 

Skinning Thresholds

As you level your skinning you can skin creatures up to certain levels.

Trade Skill Level	Up to Animal Level
0-49	30
50-99	45
100-149	60
150	67

How to level Skinning

The information contained in this section will assist you in leveling your skinning trade skill. Leveling skinning is a straightforward process. The general rule of thumb is if you can skin it you should for the experience. You will find people leave dead animals all over, so between that and what you kill, if you have the skill required to skin it then do.

Level 1-200

In order to reach level 200 you will need a total of 194,309 experience. The best way to level up Skinning is to skin everything you see and kill. While you progress through the zones in level the animals will also require a higher skill to harvest. As you level up and gain more gathering speed this of course will change the ratios. 

You will find the four starting areas will be where you will be skinning everything until roughly level 70 in skinning. Wolves will be the most abundant at the caves in each starting zone, most people will just kill what they need for their quests leaving the carcass for you to skin for the experience so this part shouldn’t take too long. 

From level 70 and beyond you will be working with the various animals in the next higher zones in this case we could say Cutlass Keys. There you would want to look for Lushhunt Pointer, for example, a level 34 demon-dog type creature. If you skin the animals while questing in the areas you will easily fill your bags between quests to make the trips back to town worthwhile. 

TIP: If you are character level capped, but didn’t level up skinning while leveling there is still hope! While leveling up Skinning you can open your Trade Skill window and select Skinning to see what the highest level monster you can skin. You will want to skin the highest level monsters you can until you reach level 200. 

There is an experience perk that you will want to seek out on your Knife called Tanner’s Discipline. This perk increases your Skinning experience based on the gear score value of the Knife. The perk is limited to only knives. Having this perk is a must if you are trying to power level Skinning. At level 200 its great to have for pushing Aptitude Levels.

Dexterity 200 points is ideal while leveling. Having 200 points will give you 20% Skinning speed and a 10% weight reduction to skinned items. The 250 point bonus (10% Yield) doesn’t help leveling at all, but is great to have for additional resources while leveling.

Resources by Tier

Creature Level	Tier	Resources
1 to 35	1-3	Rawhide, Ragehide, Fur, Scaly Hide, Shadowfur
36 to 55	4	Thick Hide, Thick Fur, Brightscale Hide, Shifthide
56 and above	5	Iron Hide, Infused Fur, Infused Rawhide, Smolderhide, Scarhide

Along with the above resources you will get various meats and special resources from the animals you skin. For example you will get feathers from skinning a Turkey.

Enhancing your Skinning

Buffs and perks are the 2 main ways to enhance your harvesting. Below is a chart for the sickle perks and their associated perk labels. You can not have 2 perks with the same perk label on your item.

Tool	Perk Label	Perk Name
All Tools	Azoth Gain	Azoth Extraction
All Tools	Durability	Durable
All Tools	GatheringProc	Gathering Recovery
All Tools	GatheringProc	Gathering Alacrity
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Fire Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Earth Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Air Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Water Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Spirit Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Life Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Death Alignment
Skinning Knife	Bonus	Tanner’s Discipline
Skinning Knife	Bonus	Skinning Efficiency
Skinning Knife	Luck	Skinning Luck
Skinning Knife	Yield	Skinning Yield

Buffs can stack if they come from different sources. For example you can stack yield increase buff from a proficiency potion and territory control. If you attempt to stack buffs from the same source it will just refresh your buff timer. 

There is a skinner armor set that is ideal for players to use while skinning as it should always come with dexterity and reinforced skinning luck. Players should encounter these items around level 19+ monsters as a rare drop and supply chests.

Other Skinning Perks

Armor:

• Reinforced Skinning Luck (Mod: Jagged Animal Fang)

Amulet:

• Adored Skinning Luck (Mod: Pristine Animal Fang)

Bag:

• Tanner’s Burden Reduces the weight of rawhide, leather, and skinning knives (Mod: Animal Fang)
• Extra Pockets You can hold more weight (Mod: Sliver of Adderstone)
• Alchemist’s Burden Reduces the weight of reagents, potions, and Sickles (Mod: Steel Arcanist’s Charm)

Buffs

Potions:

• Weak Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 5% for 10 minutes
• Common Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 7% for 15 minutes
• Strong Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 10% for 20 minutes
• Powerful Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 15% for 30 minutes

Foods:

• Roasted Carrots Increase Skinning Luck by 1000 points for 20 minutes
• Herb-roasted Carrots Increase Skinning Luck by 1400 points for 25 minutes
• Carrot Soup Increase Skinning Luck by 1700 points for 30 minutes
• Vegetable Boil Increase Skinning Luck by 1900 points for 35 minutes
• Savory Fish Cake Increase Skinning Luck by 2000 points for 40 minutes

Trophies:

• Minor Skinning Gathering Trophy Increase Skinning Luck by 500 points
• Basic Skinning Gathering Trophy Increase Skinning Luck by 1000 points
• Major Skinning Gathering Trophy Increase Skinning Luck by 1500 points

Dexterity Bonus

• 50 Points +10% skinning speed
• 100 Points +20% haste for 3s after skinning
• 150 Points -10% weight reduction for skinned items
• 200 Points +10% skinning speed
• 250 Points +10% yield when skinning
• 300 Points Unrelated to skinning / harvesting

Skinning Level

• Skinning Luck Skinning Level * 10 = Skinning Luck Points
• Gathering Speed +5% until level 20 and then +0.3% there after

Territory Buffs:

• Cutlass Key Fort +10% to global gathering luck
• Monarch’s Bluff Fort +5% Increase to all experience gains
• Territory Control +10% Yield while gathering
• Farmer’s Harvest +20% Yield while Skinning for 3 days. (Settlement Quality of Life Buff)
• Territory Bonus [5-37]% Gathering Speed – Varies based on how many points. Bonus decays at 86.5% per point

PvP:

• While Flagged +30% Gathering Luck

Music Buffs:

You can check our Music guide for a full breakdown of the music trade skill.

• Decidedly Dexterous: Gathering speed increases by 75% for 30-90min.
• Fortune’s Favor: Gathering yield increases by 3%-10% for 30-90min.
• Luck’s Labor: Gathering luck increases by 2% – 5% for 30-90min.

BiS Skinning Set Up

• Skinner Hat GS 625 | 26 Dex & 5.15% Luck
• Skinner Shirt GS 625 | 26 Dex & 5.15% Luck
• Skinner Gloves GS 625 | 26 Dex & 5.15% Luck
• Skinner Pants GS 625 | 26 Dex & 5.15% Luck
• Skinner Shoes GS 625 | 26 Dex & 5.15% Luck
• Amulet GS 625 | 25 Dex & 9.77%  Luck
• Orichalcum Skinning Knife GS 600 | 850% Gathering Speed, 9.3% Luck, 19% Yield, and skinner’s discipline for additional skinning experience for aptitude bonuses.
• 3x Infused Leather Bag 600 GS | Combined Total of 30% weight reduction on rawhide, leather, and skinning knives 30% reduction rate on Sickles, and 1365 encumbrance
• Level 200 +2000 luck points and 154% Gathering Speed bonus

TIP: When skinning larger animals you are more likely to yield more skins than skinning that of a smaller creature. This is why you see players hunter buffalos over wolves. 

Skinning Luck

Luck is important for Skinning is because it will increase the odds of you obtaining a rare Skinning item and an increase to items gathered. There are some thresholds that must be reached in order to obtain the rare items. These thresholds can be obtained by just level Skinning, but can be reached sooner with the help of the resources.

Skinning Experience Table

A basic breakdown of the Skinning Experience table. Aptitude experience values can be found in our Aptitude guide. Character XP is the amount of experience your character earns when your Skinning level increases.

Level	Exp	Exp (total)	Character Exp	Luck	Gathering Speed Bonus
1	100	100	6	10	5.00%
2	110	210	8	20	10.00%
3	120	330	8	30	15.00%
4	130	460	9	40	20.00%
5	140	600	9	50	25.00%
6	150	750	10	60	30.00%
7	160	910	10	70	35.00%
8	170	1,080	11	80	40.00%
9	180	1,260	11	90	45.00%
10	190	1,450	13	100	50.00%
11	200	1,650	13	110	55.00%
12	210	1,860	14	120	60.00%
13	220	2,080	14	130	65.00%
14	230	2,310	15	140	70.00%
15	240	2,550	15	150	75.00%
16	250	2,800	16	160	80.00%
17	260	3,060	18	170	85.00%
18	270	3,330	19	180	90.00%
19	280	3,610	20	190	95.00%
20	290	3,900	21	200	100.00%
21	300	4,200	23	210	100.30%
22	310	4,510	24	220	100.60%
23	320	4,830	25	230	100.90%
24	330	5,160	26	240	101.20%
25	340	5,500	28	250	101.50%
26	350	5,850	29	260	101.80%
27	360	6,210	30	270	102.10%
28	370	6,580	31	280	102.40%
29	380	6,960	33	290	102.70%
30	390	7,350	34	300	103.00%
31	400	7,750	35	310	103.30%
32	410	8,160	36	320	103.60%
33	420	8,580	38	330	103.90%
34	430	9,010	39	340	104.20%
35	440	9,450	40	350	104.50%
36	450	9,900	41	360	104.80%
37	460	10,360	43	370	105.10%
38	470	10,830	44	380	105.40%
39	480	11,310	45	390	105.70%
40	490	11,800	46	400	106.00%
41	500	12,300	49	410	106.30%
42	510	12,810	50	420	106.60%
43	520	13,330	53	430	106.90%
44	530	13,860	54	440	107.20%
45	540	14,400	56	450	107.50%
46	550	14,950	58	460	107.80%
47	560	15,510	60	470	108.10%
48	570	16,080	61	480	108.40%
49	580	16,660	64	490	108.70%
50	590	17,250	65	500	109.00%
51	600	17,850	68	510	109.30%
52	610	18,460	70	520	109.60%
53	620	19,080	73	530	109.90%
54	630	19,710	75	540	110.20%
55	640	20,350	78	550	110.50%
56	651	21,001	80	560	110.80%
57	660	21,661	83	570	111.10%
58	670	22,331	85	580	111.40%
59	681	23,012	88	590	111.70%
60	691	23,703	90	600	112.00%
61	701	24,404	93	610	112.30%
62	710	25,114	95	620	112.60%
63	721	25,835	98	630	112.90%
64	731	26,566	100	640	113.20%
65	741	27,307	103	650	113.50%
66	751	28,058	105	660	113.80%
67	761	28,819	108	670	114.10%
68	771	29,590	110	680	114.40%
69	781	30,371	113	690	114.70%
70	791	31,162	115	700	115.00%
71	801	31,963	118	710	115.30%
72	811	32,774	120	720	115.60%
73	821	33,595	123	730	115.90%
74	831	34,426	125	740	116.20%
75	841	35,267	128	750	116.50%
76	851	36,118	131	760	116.80%
77	861	36,979	134	770	117.10%
78	871	37,850	138	780	117.40%
79	881	38,731	140	790	117.70%
80	891	39,622	144	800	118.00%
81	901	40,523	146	810	118.30%
82	911	41,434	150	820	118.60%
83	921	42,355	153	830	118.90%
84	931	43,286	156	840	119.20%
85	941	44,227	159	850	119.50%
86	951	45,178	163	860	119.80%
87	961	46,139	165	870	120.10%
88	971	47,110	169	880	120.40%
89	981	48,091	171	890	120.70%
90	991	49,082	175	900	121.00%
91	1,000	50,082	178	910	121.30%
92	1,010	51,092	181	920	121.60%
93	1,020	52,112	184	930	121.90%
94	1,030	53,142	188	940	122.20%
95	1,040	54,182	190	950	122.50%
96	1,050	55,232	194	960	122.80%
97	1,060	56,292	196	970	123.10%
98	1,070	57,362	200	980	123.40%
99	1,080	58,442	203	990	123.70%
100	1,090	59,532	206	1,000	124.00%
101	1,100	60,632	210	1,010	124.30%
102	1,105	61,737	214	1,020	124.60%
103	1,110	62,847	218	1,030	124.90%
104	1,115	63,962	221	1,040	125.20%
105	1,120	65,082	225	1,050	125.50%
106	1,125	66,207	229	1,060	125.80%
107	1,130	67,337	233	1,070	126.10%
108	1,135	68,472	236	1,080	126.40%
109	1,140	69,612	240	1,090	126.70%
110	1,145	70,757	244	1,100	127.00%
111	1,150	71,907	248	1,110	127.30%
112	1,155	73,062	251	1,120	127.60%
113	1,160	74,222	255	1,130	127.90%
114	1,165	75,387	259	1,140	128.20%
115	1,170	76,557	263	1,150	128.50%
116	1,175	77,732	266	1,160	128.80%
117	1,180	78,912	270	1,170	129.10%
118	1,185	80,097	274	1,180	129.40%
119	1,190	81,287	278	1,190	129.70%
120	1,195	82,482	281	1,200	130.00%
121	1,200	83,682	285	1,210	130.30%
122	1,205	84,887	289	1,220	130.60%
123	1,210	86,097	293	1,230	130.90%
124	1,215	87,312	296	1,240	131.20%
125	1,220	88,532	300	1,250	131.50%
126	1,225	89,757	304	1,260	131.80%
127	1,230	90,987	309	1,270	132.10%
128	1,235	92,222	313	1,280	132.40%
129	1,240	93,462	318	1,290	132.70%
130	1,245	94,707	321	1,300	133.00%
131	1,250	95,957	326	1,310	133.30%
132	1,255	97,212	330	1,320	133.60%
133	1,260	98,472	335	1,330	133.90%
134	1,265	99,737	339	1,340	134.20%
135	1,270	101,007	344	1,350	134.50%
136	1,275	102,282	348	1,360	134.80%
137	1,280	103,562	353	1,370	135.10%
138	1,285	104,847	356	1,380	135.40%
139	1,290	106,137	361	1,390	135.70%
140	1,295	107,432	365	1,400	136.00%
141	1,300	108,732	370	1,410	136.30%
142	1,305	110,037	374	1,420	136.60%
143	1,310	111,347	379	1,430	136.90%
144	1,315	112,662	383	1,440	137.20%
145	1,320	113,982	388	1,450	137.50%
146	1,325	115,307	391	1,460	137.80%
147	1,330	116,637	396	1,470	138.10%
148	1,335	117,972	400	1,480	138.40%
149	1,340	119,312	405	1,490	138.70%
150	1,345	120,657	409	1,500	139.00%
151	1,350	122,007	414	1,510	139.30%
152	1,355	123,362	418	1,520	139.60%
153	1,360	124,722	423	1,530	139.90%
154	1,365	126,087	426	1,540	140.20%
155	1,370	127,457	431	1,550	140.50%
156	1,375	128,832	435	1,560	140.80%
157	1,380	130,212	440	1,570	141.10%
158	1,385	131,597	444	1,580	141.40%
159	1,390	132,987	449	1,590	141.70%
160	1,395	134,382	453	1,600	142.00%
161	1,400	135,782	458	1,610	142.30%
162	1,405	137,187	463	1,620	142.60%
163	1,410	138,597	468	1,630	142.90%
164	1,415	140,012	473	1,640	143.20%
165	1,420	141,432	478	1,650	143.50%
166	1,425	142,857	483	1,660	143.80%
167	1,431	144,288	488	1,670	144.10%
168	1,435	145,723	493	1,680	144.40%
169	1,441	147,164	498	1,690	144.70%
170	1,445	148,609	503	1,700	145.00%
171	1,450	150,059	508	1,710	145.30%
172	1,456	151,515	513	1,720	145.60%
173	1,460	152,975	518	1,730	145.90%
174	1,466	154,441	523	1,740	146.20%
175	1,470	155,911	528	1,750	146.50%
176	1,475	157,386	534	1,760	146.80%
177	1,481	158,867	539	1,770	147.10%
178	1,485	160,352	545	1,780	147.40%
179	1,491	161,843	550	1,790	147.70%
180	1,496	163,339	556	1,800	148.00%
181	1,501	164,840	561	1,810	148.30%
182	1,506	166,346	568	1,820	148.60%
183	1,511	167,857	573	1,830	148.90%
184	1,516	169,373	579	1,840	149.20%
185	1,521	170,894	584	1,850	149.50%
186	1,526	172,420	590	1,860	149.80%
187	1,531	173,951	595	1,870	150.10%
188	1,536	175,487	601	1,880	150.40%
189	1,541	177,028	606	1,890	150.70%
190	1,546	178,574	613	1,900	151.00%
191	1,551	180,125	619	1,910	151.30%
192	1,556	181,681	625	1,920	151.60%
193	1,561	183,242	631	1,930	151.90%
194	1,566	184,808	638	1,940	152.20%
195	1,571	186,379	644	1,950	152.50%
196	1,576	187,955	650	1,960	152.80%
197	1,581	189,536	656	1,970	153.10%
198	1,586	191,122	663	1,980	153.40%
199	1,591	192,713	669	1,990	153.70%
200	1,596	194,309	675	2,000	154.00%

New World Skinning Guide Conclusion

That completes our New World Skinning Guide. For all the locations of all the Animals that you can skin in New World, Check out our Interactive New World Map.