Profession Central: Skinning

1-60 Skinning Guide

Visit any Skinning Trainer, and learn Skinning Apprentice.
Don't forget to buy a Skinning Knife! (I always forget it) After you bought the knife, just follow the zones listed in the guide. This knife does NOT have to be equipped.
Please visit my Leather farming guide if you want to farm leathers for Leatherworking!
Beasts in the immediate starting area can't be skinned because that area is for level 1-6 players and you won't have any profession until you reach level 5.
When you reach 60, visit your trainer and learn the next rank of Skinning.

Horde:

Alliance:

60-110 Skinning Guide

Do not leave these zones until you reach 110!

Horde:

Alliance:

110-185 Skinning Guide

When you reach 150, you will have to visit your trainer.

Horde:

Alliance:

185-205 Skinning Guide

Vistir your trainer as soon as you reach 205. You could probably leave the zones at 200, but there will be a few mobs that are level 41 in Thousand Needles and you need a Skinning skill of 205 to skin a level 41 mob.

Horde:

Alliance:

205-265 Skinning Guide

265-300 Skinning Guide

300-375 Skinning Guide

From here you will gain skills much less frequently, as you will see on the picture below.

(click on the picture to enlarge) Go to Thrallmar and find Moorutu if you are Horde player, he will teach you Master Skinning. For Alliance go to Honor Hold and find Jelena Nightsky. The paths on the map are pretty straightforward. Just follow those paths and when you reach 330, go to Nagrand.