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Ingredients  •  Proficiencies  •  Quests  •  Recipes  •  Trainers  •  Equipment


From [Beer Basted Boar Ribs] to [Giant Clam Scorcho], there is no recipe too obscure or odd to avoid notice from the chefs of Azeroth. Food is used in the game to heal players out of combat so that they are able to get back to fighting as quickly as possible.

As you are traveling around the world, you will notice that you often receive pieces of meat which, instead of being sold to merchants, could be used to create food. If you are a player who relies on food, such as a non-healing player or a player who solos, food should become very important to you.

You can buy food from merchants, but the food gained through cooking is nearly free and it is actually much more effective. Cooking is also a great "flavor" secondary skill because you can entertain players with the funny and interesting dishes you can create. Hand someone some [Stormchops], [Savory Deviate Delight], or a [Dragonbreath Chili] and you'll see what we mean.

Additionally, certain cooked foods have a 15-minute, 30-minute, or 60-minute Spell misc food [Well Fed] buff effect in addition to the immediate health boost all foods have. (Know you're going in to battle and have a few minutes? Eat that [Herb Baked Egg] first and gain 2 Spirit and 2 Stamina for 15 minutes. +2 stamina equates to 20 hit points and +2 spirit makes you get health and mana back quicker.) A list of recipes and the buffs they give can be found under Well Fed. In the Burning Crusade, cooking is improved for other classes as there are buffs such as increased agility, spell damage, healing, etc. A "treat" can also be given to a Hunter pet or a Warlock minion.

Suggested Classes

All classes benefit from cooking: melee, ranged, Tanks, spell damage and healers alike. With the addition of the new recipes available in Outland and Northrend, there is something for everyone!

Requirements

Creating food requires three components: A recipe, ingredients, and heat.

  • Recipes can be purchased from Cooking trainers, who can be found in capital cities as well as some minor cities.
  • Your ingredients will be meat from the beasts or fish in Azeroth. Some recipes also require ingredients such as Inv drink 07 [Refreshing Spring Water], Inv misc food wheat 02 [Mild Spices], or other items which can be obtained from trade goods vendors, but as of patch 3.1 the vast majority of recipes have been streamlined and no longer require additional ingredients.
  • Your heat source must be a Cooking Fire, such as a Campfire, a Stove, a Brazier, or a Fireplace, but not a Forge.

Summary of Skill levels

Skill Level Action To Take Requirements
Apprentice 1 Seek Cooking trainers No requirements
Journeyman 50 Seek Cooking trainers Cooking skill 50
Expert 150 Seek Cooking trainers Cooking skill 125
Artisan 225 Seek Cooking trainers Cooking skill 200
Level 35
Master 300 Seek Cooking trainers Cooking skill 275
Grand Master 375 Seek Cooking trainers Cooking skill 350

Advancement

In order to advance your Cooking skill, you must constantly challenge yourself to create increasingly advanced dishes. Every time you create a new food item, you have a chance of earning a Cooking skill point.

The color of the recipe in your cooking window (menu) indicates whether you will gain a skill point in Cooking when you create the item. The color codes are as follows:

  • Red = Cannot create yet; you need a higher skill level in Cooking before you can create this recipe.(0%)
  • Orange = Will always receive a Cooking skill point when you create that item, exept the very highest level skill points.
  • Yellow = Likely to receive a Cooking skill point.
  • Green = Unlikely to receive a Cooking skill point.
  • Gray = No skill increase.

When you gain enough Cooking skill points, you will need to visit a Cooking trainer to advance to the next skill level!

Expert

See also: Expert Cooking Recipes
  • The Expert Cooking skill is taught by cooking trainers for 95s when you reach Cooking skill 125.
  • Before patch 3.1, to progress beyond a Cooking skill of 150 (Expert) required the purchase of an [Expert Cookbook] from a vendor some distance from any large cities.

Artisan

See also: Artisan Cooking Recipes
  • The Artisan Cooking skill is taught by cooking trainers for 2g 25s when you reach Cooking skill 200.
  • Before patch 3.1, reaching Artisan level required the completion of a quest. The quest, N [45] Clamlette Surprise, is still available and teaches a new recipe: [Clamlette Magnifique].

Master

See also: Master Cooking Recipes
  • The Burning Crusade expansion pack offers master level cooking. Master Cook is taught by Cooking trainers in Outland and Northrend for 9g 50s when you reach Cooking skill 275.
  • In Patch 2.3, a daily cooking quest was made available from The Rokk located in the Lower City. These quests require a cooking skill of at least 275 and are only available for players at or above level 70.

Grand Master

See also: Grand Master Cooking Recipes
  • The Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack offers grand master level cooking. Grand Master Cook is taught by cooking trainers in Northrend for 33g 25s when you reach Cooking skill 350.
    • There are a bunch of new recipes for this based on Northrend meats and fishes. Alliance : Training can be purchased from Alliance Rollick MacKreel <Grand Master Cooking Trainer> on the east side of Valiance Keep, and Alliance Brom Brewbaster <Grand Master Cooking Trainer> in the Valgarde inn's kitchen. Higher-level recipes and the special cooking spices they require can be purchased only with 'Dalaran Cooking Awards', which are obtained only by completing the daily cooking quests offered in the kitchens in the inns of Dalaran. Be aware that the last 5 skill points, and particularly the very last skill point at 449 will be difficult to achieve, as the best recipes available as of 11 Dec 08 go gray at 450. The gigantic feast and the small feast are recommended as the best bet to get the last few skill points, but expect to cook a lot of feasts, unless you are very lucky.

Quests

  • The Innkeeper at Cenarion Hold (Silithus) will give you a quest called N [57] Desert Recipe. You will need to have your cooking at a minimum of 285 before you can pick up the quest. For this quest, you will first have to visit the Twilight Hammer camp to the West and retrieve a book. After returning the book, she will teach you how to make [Smoked Desert Dumplings] and will ask you to make 10 for her.
  • In the Burning Crusade there are also Daily Cooking Quests, which require level 275 cooking, and a level 70 character. Completing these quests can give you 6 more high level recipes, gold, and meat or fish to cook.

Alliance Leveling Guide (to 375)

This quest is no longer required. Just visit your trainer and learn artisian cooking, you can still do this quest to receive the recipe.

Horde Leveling Guide (to 375)

This quest is no longer required. Just visit your trainer and learn artisian cooking, you can still do this quest to receive the recipe.

See also

  • Powerlevel cooking and fishing

Videos

[How to] Dalaran's Cooking Dailies.
More guides here]

External links

For leveling guides please visit Tradeskill leveling guides


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