How to Get Leather in Palworld

Starting your adventure in Palworld will quickly lead you to needing leather. This resource is critical for crafting armor like the Pelt Armor, all the way up to Pal Metal armor, various Pal Saddles, and essential items like feed bags. You simply cannot progress in the game without a steady supply of leather.

The good news is that getting leather is straightforward once you know the right methods. The three primary ways to get leather are hunting and capturing certain Pals, buying from Wandering Merchants, or butchering captured Pals to maximize your yield. We will cover these methods and best Pals for efficient Palworld leather farming.

Leather is a non-craftable raw resource that you must obtain from specific Pals. It is a required defensive material for nearly all armor upgrades and Pal gear. Since you cannot craft it from other items, you must hunt or trade for it.

Leather is used to craft some of the most important items for progression and mobility in the game.

Here are the essential crafting recipes that use leather:

• Armor: It is used to craft all tiers of armor, including early sets and the advanced refined metal armor.
• Feed Bags: The Small and Huge Feed Bags are used to craft with leather, allowing your Pals to automatically eat while you are exploring.
• Pal Saddles: You will use leather to craft many saddles, like Nitewing's Saddle, which allows you to ride your Pals.

To secure a steady supply of Palworld leather, you should use all three of these primary methods.

This is the most direct way to get leather and requires no Gold. Both killing Pals and capturing them will instantly drop leather loot.

• When you kill a Pal, the drop will include leather.
• When you successfully capture a Pal with Pal Spheres, it will also drop its standard loot, including leather, plus you get the Pal itself. This makes capturing the best way to get leather early on.

If you have Gold to spend, buying leather is the fastest way to get leather in bulk. This is your best bet for mid-to-late game armor production.

• The most reliable source is the Wandering Merchant located in the Small Settlement.
• The Small Settlement is an easy area to find on the map at coordinates 74, -484.
• The price for leather from this Merchant is 150 Gold each.

The butcher strategy is the best technique for getting more leather from Pals you have already captured, essentially doubling your loot.

• You must unlock and craft the Meat Cleaver in the Tech Tree at Level 12.
• After you catch Pals, use the Meat Cleaver on the extra Pals in your inventory to butcher them.
• This action will drop the Pal's loot a second time, often yielding more leather than a normal kill.

Knowing which Pals that drop leather will help you efficiently farm leather. The amount of leather drops depends on the Pal's size and type. Use this table to target the best Pals for your current level.

Targeted leather farming in areas with a high density of Pals that drop leather will maximize your loot per hour.

This is an excellent starting area for leather farming. The Sea Breeze Archipelago Church area is great because it has a high density of Rushoar, Fuack, and Direhowl. Running short loops around this area will help you get leather quickly.

This location is ideal for reliable early-game leather farming. It has consistent spawns of Melpaca and Direhowl. Since Melpaca drops a good amount of leather, this area is a perfect spot to grind for your first Feed Bag or armor upgrade.

The Forgotten Shores is another good mid-game location. It has great spawns for Eikthyrdeer and other Pals like Ruby. The Eikthyrdeer drops a higher amount of leather, making this a strong spot to find lots of leather.

Many players wonder if they can farm leather passively, but this is not possible.

No. No Pal can currently be assigned to a Ranch to produce leather directly. Pals like Melpaca produce Wool, not leather. You must actively hunt or trade to acquire leather. This debunked myth is crucial information for saving time.

The 2025 meta has developed a clever workaround for a continuous leather supply that uses Gold farming.

Here are the steps to pseudo-automate leather:

• Farm Mau to produce Gold in your Ranch.
• Capture a Wandering Merchant and bring them back to your base.
• Use the Mau-generated Gold to buy leather directly from the Merchant you have captured in your base. This creates a self-sufficient system for Palworld leather.

These tips will help you get leather more efficiently, reducing the time spent hunting and maximizing your drops.

• The Katress Strategy: Always bring Katress to your party. Its Partner Skill, Grimoire Collector, increases the drop items from Neutral Pals like Eikthyrdeer and Melpaca. This will drop more leather per kill.
• World Settings: Players can increase the "Gatherable Items Multiplier" in their world settings. This will directly boost the amount of leather you get from hunts, making your farm significantly faster.

Here are the most common questions new players have about Palworld leather:

Yes. You can purchase leather from Wandering Merchants at the Small Settlement for 150 Gold each.

The Mammorest drops the most leather, yielding between 5 and 10 pieces per kill or capture.

The most reliable leather merchant is found in the Small Settlement at coordinates 74, -484.

Leather is an essential defensive material that will power your progression through the game. While actively hunting and killing Pals like Eikthyrdeer is the free way to get leather, buying from Merchants is the 2025 speed-run meta for players who want to craft late-game armor fast.

Remember that capturing Pals will drop loot, and using the butcher strategy will drop more leather from your captured stock. By combining targeted leather farming with the Gold trade method, you will have all the Palworld leather you need for your armor and adventure.