Tanned Leather
Tanned Leather is a crafted leather material in DayZ made from wildlife pelts and Garden Lime. It takes 12 inventory slots, weighs 500 g, stacks up to 8, can be repaired with a Leather Sewing Kit, and is mainly used to craft the Leather Backpack and Leather Shelter.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Tanned Leather is a crafting material in DayZ made by tanning animal pelts with Garden Lime. The amount of Tanned Leather received depends on the animal pelt used, while the Garden Lime cost depends on how many leather pieces are created. It is currently used for leather-based crafting, mainly the Leather Backpack and Leather Shelter.
In-game description
“A piece of tanned leather. Making any leather item is impossible without it.”
Main Uses
- Craft a Leather Backpack
- Craft a Leather Shelter
- Turn animal pelts into usable leather crafting material
- Store as a stackable leather resource
- Repair with a Leather Sewing Kit when damaged
How to use this item
Craft Tanned Leather
Combine an animal pelt with Garden Lime to create Tanned Leather.
- Get a wildlife pelt from an animal.
- Find Garden Lime.
- Combine the pelt with Garden Lime.
- Craft Tanned Leather.
- The number of leather pieces depends on the animal pelt used.
Use Tanned Leather for leather crafting
Tanned Leather is used for leather-based survival items.
- Craft or collect enough Tanned Leather.
- Find the other materials required for the leather item.
- Use Tanned Leather to craft items such as the Leather Backpack or Leather Shelter.
Repair Tanned Leather
Use a Leather Sewing Kit to repair damaged Tanned Leather.
- Find a Leather Sewing Kit.
- Select the damaged Tanned Leather.
- Use the Leather Sewing Kit on it.
- Repair it before it becomes ruined.
How to get Tanned Leather
- Hunt animals and collect wildlife pelts.
- Find Garden Lime.
- Combine the pelt with Garden Lime to craft Tanned Leather.
- The number of Tanned Leather pieces depends on the animal species.
- Garden Lime usage is based on the amount of Tanned Leather created.
Spawn info
- • Tanned Leather is crafted from wildlife pelts and Garden Lime.
- • The number of Tanned Leather pieces depends on the animal pelt used.
- • Garden Lime consumption is based on the number of leather pieces crafted.
- • The wiki notes Garden Lime usage as 5% of a bag per Tanned Leather piece.
- • Tanned Leather stacks up to 8.
- • It takes 12 inventory slots and weighs 500 g.
- • It is mainly used to craft the Leather Backpack and Leather Shelter.
Crafting and item conversions
How to craft Tanned Leather
Tanned Leather
Result: Tanned Leather
Craft Tanned Leather using Animal Pelt and Garden Lime.
View crafting guideUsed in recipes
Leather Backpack
Result: Leather Backpack
Craft Leather Backpack using 5 Tanned Leather and Leather Sewing Kit.
View crafting guideLeather Shelter
Result: Leather Shelter
Deploy a Shelter Kit, then attach 4 Long Wooden Sticks and 8 Tanned Leather to build a Leather Shelter.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- Tanned Leather is crafted, not usually found as normal loot.
- It is made from wildlife pelts and Garden Lime.
- Different animal pelts can produce different amounts of Tanned Leather.
- Garden Lime usage depends on the number of leather pieces crafted.
- The wiki notes Garden Lime usage as 5% of a bag per Tanned Leather piece.
- Tanned Leather takes 12 inventory slots.
- It weighs 500 g.
- It stacks up to 8.
- It has 30 absorbency.
- It can be repaired with a Leather Sewing Kit.
- It is currently used to craft the Leather Backpack and Leather Shelter.