Hide Gathering

Hide Gathering no longer happens in TERA. Hides no longer drop from monsters. Even before December 2018 changes hides could be bought from merchants if needed for crafting.

Hide Gathering is not an actual gathering skill in TERA, and there is no leveling system for it. There are no nodes from which hides can be gathered from. Instead, all monsters have a chance to drop hides, so they are gathered as the player adventures. This makes hides the hardest raw material to obtain. Hides in TERA exist in 5 tiers - they are bound to monsters at specific zones (the same zones that separate other raw materials). Therefore, it is impossible to get Gravehide from monsters on the Island of Dawn. Hides are needed for Armor Crafting.

Because one hide produces one piece of leather, it is generally not advantageous to bring refining supplies to the field. However, if collecting and producing Rough Cereleather, bringing refining supplies to the field will allow you to collect 50 Gravehides and immediately transform them into Rough Cereleather thus making transport slighly easier.

In general...
See below for specifics
 * Dawnhides drop from beasts around level 1-25
 * Greenhides drop from beasts around level 20-35
 * Rough Hides drop from beasts around level 30-45
 * Bloodhides drop from beasts around level 40-55
 * Gravehides drop from beasts around level 50-60

Dawnhide.png Tier 1 - Dawnhide
Skill Level - Minimum: 1, Maximum: 100

Locations

 * Island of Dawn
 * Arcadia
 * Fey Forest
 * Oblivion Woods
 * Valley of Titans
 * Bastion of Lok (Level 20-24 dungeon)

Greenhide.png Tier 2 - Greenhide
Skill Level - Minimum: 100, Maximum: 200

Locations

 * Arcadia
 * Celestial Hills
 * Popolion
 * Vale of the Fang
 * Sinestral Manor (Level 26-30 dungeon)

Rough Hide.png Tier 3 - Rough Hide
Skill Level - Minimum:200, Maximum: 300

Locations

 * Ostgarath
 * Mistmoor Island
 * Val Aureum
 * Aurum Road
 * Essenia
 * Essenian Crest
 * Blessing Basin
 * Blightwood
 * Timeless Woods (Essenia)
 * Cultists' Refuge (Level 35-40 dungeon)

Bloodhide.png Tier 4 - Bloodhide
Skill Level - Minimum: 300, Maximum: 400

Locations

 * Ostgarath
 * Serpentis Isle
 * Necromancer Tomb (Level 41-45 dungeon)
 * Golden Labyrinth (Level 48-54 dungeon)
 * Akasha's Hideout (Level 48-54 dungeon)

Gravehide.png Tier 5 - Gravehide
Skill Level - Minimum 400, Maximum: 500

Locations

 * Val Elenium
 * Wyrmgorge
 * Tor Exsul
 * Sienna Canyon
 * Saleron's Sky Garden (Level 53-58 dungeon)
 * Crucible of Flame (Level 60 dungeon)
 * Val Tirkai: Level 58-60
 * Val Elenium: Level 54-56
 * Veritas District: Level 58-60
 * Sylvanoth: Level 51-59
 * Lorcada: Level 57-60
 * Val Kaeli: Level 58-60
 * Wonderholme normal and hard-mode (Level 60 10-man raid)
 * Balder's Temple (Level 60 dungeon)
 * The Nexus