Tan Leather

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Tan Leather
Released		5 March 2015 (Update)
Members		Yes
Level		78
Spellbook		Lunar
Type		Utility
Experience		81
Runes		5 2 1
Casting speed		3 ticks
Description		Tans up to 5 hides
Animation
Sound Effect

Tan Leather is a Lunar spell which tans up to 5 hides in the player's inventory without the usual cost associated with tanning with an NPC. In order to cast the spell, the player must have completed at least the hard tier of the Fremennik Diary.

With good timing the spell tans approximately 8000 hides per hour, awarding the player with ~130K Magic experience. It is also a good method for money making.

As cowhide can be tanned into either soft leather or hard leather, it is possible to toggle between the two by right-clicking the spell icon.

Cost

Spell cost

Input	Cost
125	489
Combo runes
125	489
125	834
125	819
Main-hands
12Alt	464
0.9325	477
Main and off-hands
12	464
0.932	451

Profit/Loss

The formula below assumes you will be tanning 5 hides per spell, as well as buying the dragonhides, nature rune and astral runes while casting the spell with either a smoke/lava/fire/steam staff or a Tome of Fire.

Hide	Hide cost	Leather price	Profit/Loss per hide	Tanner profit
Cowhide (Leather)	195	249	-38.8	53
Cowhide (Hard Leather)	195	251	-36.8	53
Green dragonhide	1,345	1,504	66.2	139
Blue dragonhide	1,670	1,828	65.2	138
Red dragonhide	2,157	2,321	71.2	144
Black dragonhide	3,038	3,199	68.2	141

Changes

Date	Changes
30 April 2015 (update | poll)	The tan leather spell animation has been given a graphical update.