If you’ve picked up Skinning in World of Warcraft: Midnight, you may notice that Skinning Knowledge doesn’t simply keep increasing from skinning random creatures. There are several specific sources of Skinning Knowledge, including weekly drops, profession quests, treasures, and profession books. Weekly Skinning KnowledgeOne of your main weekly sources comes from simply skinning creatures in Midnight zones. Each week you can obtain: 5x Fine Void-Tempered Hide – each gives 1 Skinning Knowledge 1x Mana-Infused Bone – gives 3 Skinning Knowledge That means you can earn roughly 8 Knowledge per week from skinning drops. These items are weekly limited, so once you’ve collected them all, continuing to skin creatures won’t keep giving additional Knowledge Points. Weekly Skinning QuestThe Skinning trainer Tyn in Silvermoon offers a weekly profession quest. Completing it rewards Thalassian Skinner's Notes, which grants: +3 Skinning Knowledge Tyn can be found around: /way #2393 43.2 55.6 Weekly Skinning TreatiseScribes can create a Thalassian Treatise on Skinning. You can usually obtain one through the Crafting Order system and use one per week. This gives: +1 Skinning Knowledge Combined with the weekly quest and skinning drops, you're looking at roughly 12 recurring Skinning Knowledge per week. Skinning Knowledge TreasuresThere are also 8 one-time Skinning treasures hidden throughout the Midnight zones. Each treasure gives 3 Knowledge, meaning you can collect a total of: 24 Skinning Knowledge The locations are: /way #2393 43.2 55.7 Sin'dorei Tanning Oil /way #2395 48.40 76.26 Thalassian Skinning Knife /way #2536 44.91 45.17 Cadre Skinning Knife /way #2437 33.08 79.07 Amani Skinning Knife /way #2437 40.39 36.01 Amani Tanning Oil /way #2413 69.52 49.18 Primal Hide /way #2413 76.0 51.0 Lightbloom Afflicted Hide /way #2444 45.5 42.3 Voidstorm Leather SampleIf you're just starting Skinning, I highly recommend collecting these first. Getting 24 Knowledge immediately gives you a pretty substantial head start on your specialization tree. Additional Knowledge BooksThere are also larger one-time Knowledge rewards available later. Whisper of the Loa: Skinning Available after reaching Renown 6 with the Amani Tribe. It gives: +10 Skinning Knowledge It costs Artisan Skinner's Moxie. Echo of Abundance: Skinning Another one-time profession book that gives: +10 Skinning Knowledge It requires Unalloyed Abundance along with Artisan Skinner's Moxie. Darkmoon FaireDon't forget the Darkmoon Faire profession quest when the Faire is active. The Skinning profession quest gives: +3 Skinning Knowledge +2 Skinning Skill Since the Darkmoon Faire normally appears once per month, it's an easy source of a few extra points over the course of the expansion. Quick SummaryFor a new Skinner, the easiest route is: Collect all 8 Skinning treasures for 24 Knowledge Complete your weekly Skinning quest for 3 Knowledge Collect the weekly Skinning drops for around 8 Knowledge Use a Thalassian Treatise on Skinning for 1 Knowledge Pick up the +10 Knowledge books when you unlock them Complete the Skinning quest during Darkmoon Faire After you've collected the one-time rewards, your regular income is roughly 12 Skinning Knowledge per week, with some additional Knowledge available through events and progression rewards. The biggest thing to remember is that Skinning Knowledge is capped through specific weekly drops. You can't endlessly farm normal mobs and continue receiving Knowledge Points once you've collected the weekly items.

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