1.20.1 / Advanced Mechanics / Leather Making

Leather Making

Leather Making


Leather is a sturdy material formed from animal hides. It is required to craft Armor, Saddles, or a Bellows. Raw Hides must be treated through several processes: soaking, scraping, preparing, and tanning to turn them into Leather.

Raw Hide
Raw Hide

To get started you will first need to obtain Raw Hide, which is dropped when slaughtering many different Animals. Different animals will drop different sizes of Raw Hide.

Leather making will require several materials and tools. You will need:

  • Limewater - a solution of Flux in Water
  • Water
  • Tannin - an acidic solution made from the bark of some trees.
  • Raw Hides


With all that on hand, you are ready to begin the leather working process.

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Scraping
Scraping

After soaking, Soaked Hides must be scraped which removes any excess material. In order to scrape hides, place the hide on the side of a Log. With a Knife, Right Click on each part of the hide and it will start to change texture.

Once the hide is fully scraped, it can be broken to pick up a Scraped Hide.

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