User blog comment:SsVivid/Monetary Reference Table/@comment-4536066-20130821205327/@comment-4536066-20130821230350

My thoughts on dragonleather so far...


 * I estimate that one adult dragon yields about 40 usable pieces of hide


 * An experienced monster hunter with skills roughly on par with a gold-working blacksmith would be able to take down a green dragon with reasonable certainty, making his services slaying and skinning the creature worth about 17.3k, giving you 40 pieces of green dragonhide worth 432gp each.


 * Assuming you provide the hides yourself, a tanner's services for the 40 pieces would be worth about 8.6k (which is half of the slayer's pay, given that the slayer had to provide his own supplies and help in addition to his service)


 * A crafter/seamstress to properly sew the dragonleather would cost about the same as the tanner, since you are again providing the material: another 8.6k if you have him craft all 40 pieces.
 * This means that each piece costs 215gp to have fully hunted, skinned, tanned, and crafted into a wearable item.
 * A full set of leather armor including a coif, body, chaps, vambraces, and boots requires 9 pieces of leather. One full green dragonleather set will cost a buyer roughly 1.9k - likely closer to 2k or 2.5k if he is buying it through a retailer instead of orchestrating the entire process himself.
 * For a blue dragon, the workers require skills on par with a mithril smith, meaning the prices of a slayer, tanner, and crafter will be 23k, 11.5k, and 11.5k respectively. Each piece of blue dragonleather will be 1.1k each, making a full suit worth 9.9k.
 * For a red dragon, skills required fall halfway between the skill levels of mithril and adamant. Respective prices will be around 56k, 28k, and 28k. Each piece is worth 2.8k, and a full suit is worth 25.4k.
 * For a black dragon, skills required are equal to that of an adamant smith. Respective prices are 90k, 45k, and 45k. Each piece is worth 4.5k and a full suit is worth 40.5k.