A hard leather body is a piece of hard leather armour most commonly worn by low-levelled rangers. Hard leather requires 10 Defence to wear. Players can make this item through the Crafting skill at level 28 from a piece of hard leather while carrying some thread in their inventory, granting 35 Crafting experience.
Hard leather bodies are occasionally made by free players in bulk as a source of Crafting experience, which caused the prices of it to rarely exceed any more than 80 coins on the Grand Exchange until the treasure trail rework.
Before the introduction of the Evolution of Combat, a studded body more closely resembled a studded version of a hard leather body, which often confused players on how to make them.