High quality bison leather?

[Crows]

After clearing out most of the natives' village, the best piece of leather I managed to find was q120. I haven't gone and killed the actual bison yet though. I'm curious if anyone knows - what's the quality range from bison bulls? Or am I just out of luck?

[TheAverageGortsby]

120 should be fine.  You won't get higher from the bison - they drop double digit quality leather.  I feel like I got a 102 or 104 once, but otherwise it's all been double digits.  And going much higher isn't hugely helpful anyway, since presumably you're planning to infuse that, and the diminishing returns get really punishing after 130 quality.  Bison leather's resistance scaling tapers off noticeably after 115, too.  Basically, don't sweat it.  You probably can't beat that 120, you almost certainly won't, and you definitely don't need to.

[harperfan7]

168 is the highest I've heard of, pre infusion.  He's right about 120 being plenty though, especially if you have a really good fiber to pair it with.

[Crows]

Thanks you two. I was trying to pull some skinner shenanigans - nabbed some q157 fiber and some nice solid padding, and wanted to eke out as much mech resistance as possible for the percentage boost. The end result is still q140, which isn't bad.