In AION 2, Raw Leather is classified as Common, yet its drop rate is so poor that most players buy it instead of farming. It goes straight into Strong Leather, an armor-making component, keeping demand high and Market listings selling fast.
Quick answer: Buy Raw Leather from the Market for reliable supply. To farm it yourself, kill named monsters or field bosses that drop it at up to 62.2%, since ordinary enemies sit around 3.9% in the starter regions.
Raw Leather stats and requirements
Raw Leather becomes usable at character level 15 and is available to both Elyos and Asmodians. It stacks up to 10,000, so you can hold large quantities without clogging your bags, and it can be traded and sold.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Grade | Common |
| Required level | 15 |
| Stack size | 10,000 |
| Trade | Tradable, Personal Trade |
| Merchant sell price | 9 Kinah |
The 9 Kinah vendor value is a floor, not a target. Raw Leather is worth far more on the Market because crafters need it, so sell surplus there rather than to an NPC.
Buy from the Market (fastest method)
Ordinary enemies rarely drop Raw Leather, making the Market the surest way to gather it in bulk. Other players regularly list both the raw material and finished Strong Leather, so you can purchase exactly what a recipe requires instead of spending hours farming.
Compare several listings before you confirm a purchase, and watch prices over a few sessions. Supply and demand swing with crafting activity, and overpaying on a high-demand material adds up fast.
Named monsters and field bosses with the highest drop rate
If you want to farm rather than buy, named targets are the only enemies that drop Raw Leather at a meaningful rate. Three of them hand it over on roughly two out of every three kills, which makes them worth a visit whenever they are up.
| Field boss | Location | Drop chance |
|---|---|---|
| Furious Saursus | Night Dew Cave, Verteron | 62.2% |
| Bloodfang Pnyn | Northern Tolbas Forest, Verteron | 62.2% |
| Predator Garsan | Moslan Forest, Altgard | 62.2% |
| Blooming Korin | Ellun River Midstream, Verteron | 51.8% |
| Neikel of the East | Eastern Cantas Valley, Verteron | Field boss drop |
These bosses are level 45 and respawn on longer timers than regular mobs, so they are best handled with a full party of players at Level 45 or higher while you are already in the area. Treat them as a bonus on top of a normal route, not a dedicated farm on their own.
Raw Leather drop rates by region
More than 140 monsters can drop Raw Leather, spanning levels 10 through 53. The per-kill chance on ordinary enemies depends heavily on where you are, so the region you farm in matters more than the specific mob you choose.
| Region | Typical per-kill chance |
|---|---|
| Altgard | ~3.9% |
| Verteron | ~3.9% |
| Chaotic Lower Reshanta | ~3.5% to 8.4% |
| Chaotic Middle Reshanta | ~4.7% to 11.7% |
| Eltnen | ~7.8% |
| Morheim | ~7.8% |
In the early regions of Altgard and Verteron, expect to clear a lot of enemies before Raw Leather shows up. Families such as Ursus, Slink, Karnif, Tog, Zaif, Coradon, Brax, and Swarm all drop it, and they are plentiful and quick to kill, so density and respawn speed beat chasing any single mob.
Best Verteron farming spots
Verteron has three circuits with tight packs, fast respawns, and enemies that die quickly, which makes them the practical choice for grinding Raw Leather along with beef and other drops. You can run them as a loop, rotating back to the first spot as timers refresh.
| Spot | Targets | How to reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Western Cantas Valley | Stonebeak Crestlich, Gentle Popoku | Teleport to Coastal Camp, run east |
| Garden of the Illusion God | Confused Ursus | Teleport to Pilgrim’s Rest, follow the trail down |
| Pilgrim’s Ridge | Ridge Ursus, Ridge Violent Ursus, bees | Travel by teleport to Verteron Fortress Valley, then glide across the cliff |
Western Cantas Valley
Head east from Coastal Camp and circle-pull the Stonebeak Crestlich packs. They cluster closely and respawn fast, which keeps your kill count high without much downtime between pulls.
Garden of the Illusion God
Teleport to Pilgrim’s Rest and follow the path down into the valley. The large blue Confused Ursus bears gather in dense groups suited to area-of-effect pulls, and a second pack sits just down the slope so you can alternate between the two while respawns tick.
Pilgrim’s Ridge
From the Verteron Fortress Valley waypoint, glide west across the cliff ledge toward Pilgrim’s Ridge. Run loops gathering Ridge Ursus, Ridge Violent Ursus, and bees together, since they drop leather, beef, and fruit in the same route.
Reduce your pull size if recovery between fights starts costing more time than the extra kills are worth. A clean, repeatable loop outperforms oversized pulls that force you to heal or revive.
What Raw Leather is used for
Raw Leather exists to be crafted into Strong Leather through Armorsmithing, and Strong Leather is then used to make gear. Because Raw Leather is slow to collect, decide which armor you plan to craft before spending your stock.
| Recipe | Mastery | Raw Leather needed |
|---|---|---|
| Strong Leather | Armorsmithing Lv. 1 | 2 per craft |
| Strong Leather ×10 | Armorsmithing Lv. 25 | 20 per craft |
The Lv. 25 batch recipe is the efficient option once you reach it, turning 20 Raw Leather into 10 Strong Leather in a single craft instead of running the Lv. 1 recipe five times.
Other ways to get Raw Leather
Beyond drops, Raw Leather can come out of the Shulak Loot Bundle (Bound) at a 14.8% chance per opening, so hold onto those bundles if you are short. It also counts toward a Supply Request: hand in 5 Raw Leather to receive 380 Abyss Points and 100 Enhance Stone.
Given how uneven the drop rate is, the smartest routine blends the two realities of this material. Farm a dense Verteron loop while you are leveling or doing dailies, pick up any named boss on the way, and cover the gap by buying the rest from the Market when a recipe needs it now.
