How to Make Hardened Leather in Conan Exiles

Learn how to craft Hardened Leather in Conan Exiles. Gather Leather, Thick Leather, Alchemical Base, and Oil, and unlock the necessary knowledge to forge this essential crafting material.

Alright, let's talk about making Hardened Leather in Conan Exiles. It's a pretty important step for getting better gear, but it takes a few different bits and pieces. You're going to need a Tanner's Table first off, and then you'll need to gather up x5 Leather, x2 Thick Leather, x2 Alchemical Base, and x5 Oil for each piece of Hardened Leather you want to make. It's a bit of a process, so be prepared to do some farming!

Before you can even think about crafting Hardened Leather, you'll need to have a couple of specific crafting recipes unlocked. Make sure you've got the 'Exile Epics Armor' knowledge, which you get at level 60, and the 'Star Metal Tools' knowledge, unlocked at level 55. So yeah, if you're not at least level 60 yet, you'll have to hold off on this for a bit.

Getting Your Materials

How to Get Leather

Leather is probably the easiest thing on this list to get. You just need to harvest some Hide from animals using a skinning knife. Then, toss that Hide into a tanning rack along with some Bark – you get Bark by hitting trees with a pickaxe. For every Hide you put in, you'll get one Leather. So, you'll be doing a lot of hunting to get enough Leather!

Pro-Tip: Use a skinning knife to harvest hide from animal corpses.

How to Get Thick Leather

Thick Leather is pretty similar to regular Leather, but not every hide or pelt will give you Thick Leather. Your best bet is to hunt Rhinos; their pelts are a good source. For a more complete list of where to find Thick Leather, you'll want to check out our dedicated Thick Leather guide.

Pro-Tip: You can make Thick Leather using the Tannery.

How to Get Alchemical Base

This one's a bit more involved. You'll craft Alchemical Base on a Firebowl Cauldron using x1 Gold Dust, x1 Silver Dust, and x2 Ichor. To get Gold and Silver Dust, you'll need to grind Gold Bars and Silver Bars in a Grinder. Ichor, on the other hand, is dropped by Spider and Scorpion enemies, as well as Rocknoses. Keep in mind, this can get a little pricey!

Pro-Tip: If you're short on gold or silver ore, use our interactive maps to find their locations!

Pro-Tip: The Alchemical Base can be a bit expensive to produce.

How to Get Oil

The simplest way to get Oil is by using a Fluid Press. Just toss in any kind of seeds – you can usually find plenty by harvesting bushes with your bare hands. You'll need about 15 seeds for each unit of Oil, so get ready to gather a whole lot of seeds!

Pro-Tip: Oil is obtained through placing seeds in a fluid press.

Pro-Tip: You can handpick plenty of seeds from bushes.

Crafting Hardened Leather

Once you've got all your ingredients – Leather, Thick Leather, Alchemical Base, and Oil – head over to your Tanner's Table. Pop everything in, and you'll be crafting Hardened Leather. Just remember those level requirements for the Star Metal Tools and Exile Epics Armor knowledge. Once you've got all that sorted, you'll be able to craft some seriously awesome armor!