How to Make Runescape Dragonwilds Hard Leather –  Step by Step Guide

Summary

• Hard Leather is essential in RuneScape: Dragonwilds for crafting stronger armor and weapons.
• You’ll need a Tannery, Tanner’s Kit, regular Leather and an Adhesive to make a Hard Leather.
• This step-by-step guide covers everything you need from gathering basic materials to the crafting process of Hard Leather. 

You have to upgrade your gear for survival in Runescape Dragonwilds. However, acquiring resources like hard leather can be challenging if you want to craft higher-tier equipment. Here’s a step-by-step guide to making hard leather for your Runescape Dragonwilds weapons.   

Where To Use Hard Leather

Runescapre Dragonwilds primarily use Hard Leather to create higher-tier armor and weapons. This improves items by increasing their survivability in the dangerous regions of Ashenfall. As you progress, you’ll unlock various recipes requiring you to obtain Hard Leather. 

What You Need For Making Hard Leather

Hard Leather isn’t immediately accessible in the game. Players would need to establish some key structures in Runescape Dragonwilds to access Hard Leather crafting. Here are the materials you’ll need for the Hard Leather making process:  

Required Materials for Hard Leather

• Animal Hides (for making regular Leather)
• Adhesive
• Various resources for building the Tanner’s Kit

Required Structures

• Tannery – A basic early-game structure needed for any leather processing. This will be your starting point for leather crafting in the game. These are the steps to build this structure:

1. Gather Ash Logs, Animal Bones, and Coarse Thread.
2. Place these materials in your crafting menu. 
3. Construct the Tannery. 

• Tanner’s Kit – An upgrade to your Tannery that enables Hard Leather crafting. These are the requirements and steps to build this:

1. Collect 6 Adhesive, 6 Bronze Bars, 8 Coarse Thread, and 18 Ash Planks.  
2. Place all the materials in your crafting menu to start building the kit. 
3. Position it near your Tannery for easier access. 

Gathering the materials for Tanner’s Kit can be difficult since you’ll need additional structure to craft them. Make sure to prioritize establishing the following to help upgrade your weapons:

• Spinning Wheel – for making Coarse Thread from Flax
• Furnace – for smelting Bronze Bars (requires Copper and Tin). To make the required Bronze Bars:

1. Mine Copper and Tin ore
2. Build a Furnace if you haven’t already
3. Process the ores in the Furnace to create Bronze Bars

• Kiln – For creating Adhesive from Swamp Tar
• Sawmill – For converting Ash Logs into Ash Planks

How to Make Regular Leather

One of the required materials in crafting the Hard Leather is the regular leather. You can create this once you have your Tannery and the materials as follows:

• Hunt animals such as deer, cows, or Giant Rats to obtain Animal Hides
• Take the Animal Hides to your Tannery
• Process each Animal Hide to create one Leather

How to Make Adhesive

Besides the regular Leather, you will also need to create Adhesive through crafting. Making this will also require you to build a Kiln structure if you don’t have it. Here’s a simple process to create the adhesive:

• Collect Swamp Tar from swampy regions
• Build a Kiln (if you haven’t already)
• Place the Swamp Tar in the Kiln
• Process it to create Adhesive

How To Obtain Hard Leather

Once you have all the materials and structure needed to craft a Hard Leather, the process will be easy. Simply follow these steps and you’ll have your Hard Leather ready after. 

• Place two pieces of your regular Leather in the first slot of your upgraded Tannery
• Place one Adhesive in the second slot
• Process these materials to create one Hard Leather

Upgrading your Tanner’s Kit allows you to use both slots in the Tannery simultaneously which is required in Hard Leather crafting. It’ll be a lengthy process of upgrading before you can easily craft this material.

How You Can Efficiently Produce Hard Leather 

It’ll be best to have all the materials and structures ready before starting the production process. This will help you save time and be efficient in upgrading your weapons in Runescape Dragonwilds. Here are some tips you can try:

1. Hunt animals in bulk to collect many Animal Hides at once
2. Create a dedicated storage area near your Tannery for crafting materials
3. Consider building multiple Tanneries if you need large quantities of Hard Leather
4. Explore and establish outposts near areas with abundant animal spawns
5. Stock up on Swamp Tar whenever you’re in swampy regions for Adhesive production

Final Thoughts

With this guide, you can efficiently upgrade your weapons in Runescape Dragonwilds. All you need is to gather the necessary materials and equipment then you’re good. Prioritize higher-tier weapons to ensure your survivability against the dangerous creatures of Ashenfall.