Cured draconid leather is a crafting component in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that can be dismantled into hardened leather and chitinous shell. It is needed to craft many high level items, almost all of which are armors.
It can be found as random loot, guaranteed loot in some bandit camps, guarded treasures and treasure hunt quests in Toussaint, or purchased from the following merchants, most of whom will start selling it at level 20:
- All armorers and blacksmiths, except the one at Ardaiso Quarry
- Armors and weapons merchants in Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp
- The Pellar near Blackbough (no level requirement)
- Merchant in the boatyard south of Refugees' Camp
- Merchant at Calveit Watchtower
- Merchant at Coast of Wrecks
- Merchant in Ursten
- Merchant by the road west of White Eagle Fort
- Merchant at the sawmill northeast of Rannvaig
- Merchant at the Isolated Hut on Hindarsfjall
- Merchant in Mohrin Village
- Merchant in Stacheier
- Ofieri merchant at Upper Mill
Cured draconid leather can also be obtained by dismantling almost all witcher gear that is crafted with it (except Manticore School Gear and non-mastercrafted Forgotten Wolven armors), Blood and Wine expansion grandmaster level boots (i.e. including Legendary Manticore boots, but no Forgotten Wolf gear), and the following items:
- Ban Ard breastplate
- Eternal Fire executioner's armor
- Great Sun armor
- Hindarsfjall heavy armor
- Impera Brigade armor
- Mahakaman heavy armor
- Mag Deira cuirass
- Monster carapace (base game)
- New Moon armor
- Nilfgaardian guardsman armor
- Oathbreaker armor
- Order of the Flaming Rose armor
- Shiadhal's armor (crafted)
- Thyssen armor (crafted)
- Zireael armor
Needed to craft[]
Other items:
Witcher gear:
- Superior Feline armor
- Superior legendary Feline armor
- Mastercrafted Feline armor
- Mastercrafted legendary Feline armor
- Superior Griffin armor
- Superior legendary Griffin armor
- Mastercrafted Griffin armor
- Mastercrafted legendary Griffin armor
- Manticore armor
- Manticore boots
- Manticore gauntlets
- Manticore trousers
- Superior Ursine armor
- Superior legendary Ursine armor
- Mastercrafted Ursine armor
- Mastercrafted legendary Ursine armor
- Viper armor
- Legendary Viper armor
- Viper boots
- Legendary Viper boots
- Viper gauntlets
- Legendary Viper gauntlets
- Viper trousers
- Legendary Viper trousers
- Superior Wolven armor
- Superior legendary Wolven armor
- Mastercrafted Wolven armor
- Mastercrafted legendary Wolven armor
- Forgotten Wolven armor
- Mastercrafted forgotten Wolven armor
- Legendary forgotten Wolven armor
- Mastercrafted legendary forgotten Wolven armor
Tips[]
Cured draconid leather can be used to craft Infused slyzard hide, which you need for Grandmaster armor sets. It also required for lower tier sets, thus it's best to gather as many as you need.