With recent events, and lack of character purse, I have taken to hunting, tanning and skinning to get leather in order to get people to make it into armour for me, so that I can have things that aren't 0 protection.
I noticed on the forums that there isn't really a guide to leathers, or types of leathers. This is most likely contributed to the fact that there isn't really a wildlife guide to each area to go to, with animals that are the most prominent/huntable in each area, and how they may be damaged.
This being said, as my character is an archer, and doesn't really need to be wearing full plate armour, nor has the money as a peasant to afford chainmail armour, how can the durability of leather armour be judged? How does one differ the strength of one type of leather over another when it comes to animals and creatures that aren't regularly shown in events? (Such as Dunecrawlers).
For example, Katojishifu, Satoru and I went hunting for these creatures, which we kinda pinned down to be Komodo Dragon-type creatures, and harvested their skin to make leather... How would we judge the strength of this? How much would it sell for, seeing as there isn't really much of a market for it? How do we know what kind of creatures we can and cannot hunt, and how do we judge the lethality of weapon required to penetrate these creatures?