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Cooking

Overview

Cooking is a secondary profession. Every character can learn it, in addition to their two primary professions.

It pairs naturally with Fishing, which provides fish to cook.

What this profession is for

  • Cook meals that restore health and, for some of them, grant a stat bonus.

Learning the profession

Cooking is learned from a cooking trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill:

  • Apprentice: up to 75 skill.
  • Journeyman: up to 150, from 50 skill.
  • Expert: up to 225, from 125 skill and level 20. No trainer teaches it: it is learned with the , sold by Shandrina in Ashenvale (Alliance) and by Wulan in Desolace (Horde).
  • Artisan: up to 300, from 225 skill and level 35. It is obtained with the quest "Clamlette Surprise", given by Dirge Quikcleave in Tanaris.

Remember to learn the next rank as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.

All these trainers teach the Apprentice and Journeyman ranks, up to 150.

Alliance

  • Stormwind City: Stephen Ryback.
  • Ironforge: Daryl Riknussun.
  • Darnassus: Alegorn.
  • Dun Morogh: Cook Ghilm and Gremlock Pilsnor.
  • Elwynn Forest: Tomas.
  • Redridge Mountains: Crystal Boughman.
  • Teldrassil: Zarrin.

Horde

  • Orgrimmar: Zamja.
  • Thunder Bluff: Aska Mistrunner.
  • Undercity: Eunice Burch.
  • Mulgore: Pyall Silentstride.
  • The Barrens: Duhng.
  • Stranglethorn Vale: Mudduk.

Guide 1 – 300

This guide takes you from 1 to 300. For each range, it offers one or more recipes: craft the one you have the components for. Quantities are estimates: once a recipe is no longer orange, you sometimes need to craft a few more.

Required components

The quantities below are enough to craft every recipe offered; if you follow only one per range, you will need less.

  • : 55
  • : 55
  • : 55
  • : 55
  • : 20
  • : 30
  • : 30
  • : 60
  • : 100
  • : 75
  • : 145
  • : 70
  • : 40
  • : 250
  • : 40
  • : 30
  • : 65
  • : 65
  • : 65
  • : 15

Meat, eggs and flesh are found on creatures; fish are caught with Fishing; everything can also be bought at the auction house. Hot Spices and Soothing Spices are sold by vendors.

1 – 50

Craft one of these recipes. The Brilliant Smallfish recipe is sold by vendors. At 50, go back to your trainer to learn the Journeyman rank.

  • (55): (55).
  • (55): (55).
  • (55): (55).

50 – 75

The Longjaw Mud Snapper recipe is sold by vendors. The Smoked Bear Meat recipe is sold by Drac Roughcut and Andrew Hilbert.

  • (20): (20).
  • (20): (20).

75 – 100

Crab Cake is taught by trainers. The Cooked Crab Claw recipe is sold by Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind City (Alliance).

  • (30): (30), (30).
  • (30): (30), (30).
  • (35): (35).

100 – 150

The Bristle Whisker Catfish recipe is sold by vendors. The Curiously Tasty Omelet recipe is sold by Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind City (Alliance) and by Keena in the Arathi Highlands. At 125, buy the Expert Cookbook to learn the Expert rank.

  • (60): (60).
  • (50): (50), (50).

150 – 175

Keep going with the same recipes.

  • (40): (40).
  • (25): (25), (25).

175 – 215

The Roast Raptor recipe is sold by Hammon Karwn and Keena, in the Arathi Highlands. The Soothing Turtle Bisque recipe comes from the quest "Soothing Turtle Bisque", given by Chef Jessen and Christoph Jeffcoat in the Hillsbrad Foothills.

  • (40): (40), (40).
  • (40): (40), (40).

215 – 235

The Mithril Head Trout recipe is sold by vendors. At 225, complete the quest "Clamlette Surprise" to learn the Artisan rank.

  • (20): (40).
  • (30): (30), (30).
  • (30): (30).

235 – 285

The Monster Omelet recipe is sold by Himmik in Everlook (Winterspring), and by Malygen (Alliance) and Bale (Horde) in Felwood. The Tender Wolf Steak recipe is sold by Dirge Quikcleave, and the Spotted Yellowtail recipe by Gikkix, both in Tanaris.

  • (65): (65), (130).
  • (65): (65), (65).
  • (65): (65).

285 – 300

The Smoked Desert Dumplings recipe comes from two quests in Silithus, "Desert Recipe" then "Sharing the Knowledge".

  • (15): (15), (15).
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