The Tanning Rack is an interactive object in Skyrim used to turn animal hides into leather, and to cut leather into strips, both common components required for forging and improving weapons and armor.
Different types of animal hides will result in different amounts of leather. As a general rule, the larger the animal, the more leather you can create from its hide.
Hide conversion[ | ]
| Name | Quantity | Leather produced |
|---|---|---|
| Bear Pelt | 1 | 4 |
| Cave Bear Pelt | 1 | 4 |
| Cow Hide | 1 | 3 |
| Deer Hide | 1 | 2 |
| Goat Hide [1] | 2 | 1 |
| Fox Pelt | 1 | 1 |
| Horse Hide | 1 | 3 |
| Ice Wolf Pelt | 1 | 1 |
| Sabre Cat Pelt | 1 | 4 |
| Sabre Cat Snow Pelt | 1 | 4 |
| Snow Bear Pelt | 1 | 4 |
| Snow Fox Pelt | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf Pelt | 1 | 1 |
| Leather | 1 | 4 × leather strips |
Notes[ | ]
- ↑ Two Goat Hides are necessary to produce one piece of leather
Locations[ | ]
- Alftand Animonculory, two racks
- Autumnwatch Tower, two racks: one inside and one outside the north tower
- Broken Oar Grotto
- Cragslane Cavern
- Falkreath, three outside the blacksmith's shop and another outside Dengeir's House
- Froki's Shack
- Frostflow Lighthouse, in the cellar
- Greenspring Hollow
- Hag Rock Redoubt
- Half-Moon Mill
- Hall of the Vigilant
- Halted Stream Camp, one inside the palisade and another inside the mine
- Hlaalu Farm
- Honeyside, on the balcony at the back
- Hunter's Rest
- Ironback Hideout
- Karthspire Camp
- Largashbur
- Penitus Oculatus Outpost, outside
- Raldbthar Deep Market
- Rift Watchtower
- Riften Fishery, on the boat anchored outside
- The Scorched Hammer, two: one outside and one inside, in the cellar
- Shor's Stone
- Traitor's Post
- Whiterun, outside Warmaiden's
- Alftand Animonculory, two racks
- Autumnwatch Tower, two racks: one inside and one outside the north tower
- Broken Oar Grotto
- Cragslane Cavern
- Falkreath, three outside the blacksmith's shop and another outside Dengeir's House
- Froki's Shack
- Frostflow Lighthouse, in the cellar
- Greenspring Hollow
- Hag Rock Redoubt
- Half-Moon Mill
- Hall of the Vigilant
- Halted Stream Camp, one inside the palisade and another inside the mine
- Hlaalu Farm
- Honeyside, on the balcony at the back
- Hunter's Rest
- Ironback Hideout
- Karthspire Camp
- Largashbur
- Penitus Oculatus Outpost, outside
- Raldbthar Deep Market
- Rift Watchtower
- Riften Fishery, on the boat anchored outside
- The Scorched Hammer, two: one outside and one inside, in the cellar
- Shor's Stone
- Traitor's Post
- Whiterun, outside Warmaiden's