Cooking

Tradeskill Alchemy Blacksmith Enchanting Engineering Inscription Jewelcrafting Leatherworking Tailoring Herbalism Mining Skinning Cooking First Aid Fishing Vendor Bind on Pickup Reputation One of the secondary Tradeskills, it allows a character to create cooked food out of raw ingredients, which can be used to heal health loss after a fight is over, or to feed a pet or critter. Some food created by the cooking skill provides a temporary stat buff after a character has spent long enough sitting and eating the food. Cooking is an excellent tool for melee characters to reduce downtime and provide moderate duration buffs. While it might be overlooked by mana-centric classes, no one who stands on the front lines should fail to consider it. Hungry pets eating you out of house and home? Look no farther. As a secondary profession it won't interfere with your other trade skills, and is the perfect complement to Fishing. Training Apprentice To start your career as a chef, talk to a Cooking trainer located in any major city. Press "P", find your Cooking icon, and if you have the ingredients you can cook at any fire. I never carry flint, tinder, or wood, as inventory space will always be at a premium - there are plenty of fires in any town, and even field cooking using fires in mobs' camps is highly feasible. You will learn a few recipes that use random drops from beasts near your level, but to really get started I recommend cooking in conjunction with Fishing. Buy a recipe for Brilliant Smallfish and head to a noob fishing hole. I start all my Horde cooks at Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore, which has a Fishing trainer (west of town by the lake), Cooking trainer, a vendor who sells the first few freshwater fish recipes, and a lake which provides lots of Brilliant Smallfish and Longjaw Mud Snappers. Journeyman Journeyman trainers are plentiful, so grab this tier (as well as any additional recipes you think may be useful) and press on. If you're fishing you should have a good supply of Longjaw Mud Snappers to jump-start your skill through most of Journeyman. Mix in meat drops from mobs, and finish it off with some Bristle Whisker Catfish (for the Horde, recipe is in Ratchet and TB). At level 30 if your Cooking skill is stuck between 90 and 150 get the Murloc Fin Soup recipe and massacre the Murlocs in Baradin Bay (Menethil Harbor) for their fins. They spawn quickly and are not social like other Murlocs, so they don't gang up on you. Expert An Expert Cookbook may be purchased from Wulan in Desolace or Shandrina in Ashenvale. Since you probably blew through Apprentice and Journeyman fairly quickly, this is where you'll slow down and decide your own path to culinary excellence. Many recipes start at 175 Cooking skill, meaning 150-175 is about the slowest time in your career. For fishermen I recommend sticking with Bristle Whisker Catfish which can be fished about 65% of the time from freshwater in Ashenvale. Horde characters should leave Orgrimmar via the Barrens, cross the bridge then immediately turn right and follow the river up a bit. Also try to get your hands on some Tangy Clam Meat (from sea fishing, Ratchet docks are a favorite for the Horde), which will power you to 175 as well as provide a nice Stamina/Spirit buff. Once you've hit 175, a whole new world of recipes opens up, including several different kinds of fish. If you quest in Arathi, pick up all that Raptor Meat and turn it into Roast Raptor. Personally, once I hit 175 I made 225 about 10 minutes later from all the recipes and meats I had saved. If you are at or around level 35 (Alliance), and have a cooking skill of 150, the easiest way to take it all the way to 200 is to get the Tasty Lion Steak recipe Costly Menace from Southshore, and then farm the Mountain Lions at Gavins Naze (Alterac Mountains northwest of Southshore) for Lion Meat. You will need 100 pieces of Lion Meat to gain 50 points in Cooking. I found it worth the while for the experience, and the Bristly Whiskers that drop sell for 7 Silver each. Artisan At level 40 and 225 Cooking, the Cooking trainer in your major city will tell you to go to Gadgetzan to begin the Artisan Cooking quest. It's simply a treasure hunt for ingredients. Zesty Clam Meat comes from Big-Mouth Clams, which drop readily from Murlocs in Swamp of Sorrows and Nagas in Feralas, all low 40s mobs (or the Spitelashes in Azshara if you're a late bloomer, i.e. ~lvl 45). Giant Eggs drop from the Rocs in Tanaris, or the Owlbeasts in Hinterlands (Horde should pick up Natural Materials quest in Feralas before heading there). Alterac Swiss is bought from NPCs (innkeeper in Thousand Needles for the Horde). Bon appetite! Horde This is basically a how-to guide on going back and leveling up your Cooking skill after neglecting it the entire game, like myself. As the title suggests, this guide is Horde-specific since I have not played an Alliance character. Thus, I will have to rely on the knowledge and abilities of another person to provide that information. The basic trick to leveling Cooking from 1 -> 226 (more on that later) in fewer than two hours is to understand that you only need to kill six different mob types to get there. When most people skill up a lagging secondary skill, they inevitably spend their time needlessly trying to skill up either too much on “almost greys” or exclusively on oranges and some yellows. Also, it is critical to realize when you can gather mobs close together for multiple purposes AND find ones close to towns, flight points, zeppelins, etc. The key is a combination of loads of the same thing with fast access. That being said, here’s your route: Start in Orgrimmar and learn the Cooking skill. Ask a guard if you don’t know where the trainer is. Make sure you learn the Boar Meat recipe. Leave Orgrimmar from the main (south) gate and proceed to kill every boar and scorpion in sight. Just weave your way south on the western side of the road working your way towards Razor Hill. Buy the Scorpid Surprise recipe when you reach Razor Hill. Cook all of your boar pieces until you get to 25-30 skill. Once you’re depleted, start cooking your scorpid pieces until you get to 50. Weave your way back up to Orgrimmar, killing boars and scorpions until you’re assured of getting 50+ skill points from cooking them. Visit the trainer and buy the Journeyman Cooking skill. Fly to XR (aka Crossroads) from Orgrimmar and buy the Strider Stew and Crispy Lizard Tail recipes from the supply vendors there (General and Trade Supply vendors near the flight master). Just outside XR is a flock of striders so plentiful that you should be able to get 4-5 stacks within minutes. Get a few stacks and head back to the inn in XR. Buy apples from the innkeeper and cook all your strider meat. Repeat strider exercise until 100 skill is achieved. Buy 50 Hot Spices before leaving XR. Head south towards Camp T (aka Camp Taurajo) and kill every Thunderhead/Stormhide/Stormsnout thing along the way. You’ll start seeing them on the west side of the road just south of the bridge over the dried up riverbed. Collect about 2.5 stacks and cook them to at least 130 skill. (You should get at least 130, maybe 135 or even 140 if you’re lucky.) Use the new flight master in Camp T (woot!) to fly to TB (aka Thunder Bluff)and then on to Shadowprey Village. Buy the Expert Cookbook from Wulan in Desolace. Read it and head back to Orgrimmar. Take the Zeppelin to Grom’gol and buy both the Curiously Tasty Omelet and Roast Raptor recipes from Nerrist, the Trade Goods vendor. Round up all the raptors within 100 yards of GG, just north of the town. Circle around and kill them all; 3-4 sweeps should be good enough. Cook all the eggs first to at least 175-180 or so skill and then cook the raptor meat to 225. STOP AT EXACTLY 225. Ensure you have at least another 5 or so raptor meat and have 225 skill before leaving. Head back to Orgrimmar. Visit the Auction House and buyout 10 Zesty Clam meat. (Trust me, it’s cheap compared to the time you’ll spend trying to farm it.) Cantororion: If for some reason you don't want to buy them from AH, (none on auction/don't wanna spend money) set course for Revantusk Village, on the Hinterlands and farm them from the Snapjaws outside of the village. The drop rate is not the best there is, but you just might be able to scrap enough here. Fly to 1K (aka Thousand Needles) and buy 20 Alterac Swiss Cheese from the innkeeper. Fly to Gadget (aka Gadgetzan) and talk to Dirge Quickcleave in the inn there. Get the quest he has for you. Head south out of Gadget and generally wiggle your way south killing all the Roc-type mobs along the way. Head back to Gadget once you have the 12 eggs. Turn in the quest with Dirge and get the Master Cooking skill. (This bug has been fixed: I've tested it - KurganXXL) Used to be 'Extremely Important' – Before you leave Gadget, go over to the bonfire behind the inn and cook enough raptor meat to get at least one skillup. You cannot leave Tanaris or quit the game without getting above 225, or you will be stuck there at 225 forever. Congrats! You’re basically done. From here on out, you should be able to grind spiders and make Spider Sausage nearly all the way to 300. At this point, you’ll want to collect recipes that enhance your primary class traits and grind those mats accordingly. You’ll eventually reach 300 skill without any concerted effort via this habitual grinding process. If you run into problems at around skill 260 or so (that’s when the Spider Sausage skillups really slow down), then you might want to kit the fishing suppliers in places like Desolace, Hinterlands and so on for recipes there and fish enough mats to get you over 275. At 275, virtually every recipe is available to you and farming materials for the specific ones you want will be up to you. Enjoy! - Ortliebj (Tongar on Tichondrius) Alternate route to 150 via Fishing by Malaclypse: If you're skilling Fishing while skilling Cooking, you might as well kill both with one stone. Raw Brilliant Smallfish are a very common catch at Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore, and in the Burning Blade Coven cave in the Den. Fish up 3 stacks and you'll get from 1 to 50 Cooking easily. The recipe is available in Thunder Bluff. Grab the Longjaw Mud Snapper recipe too. Train to Journeyman Cooking. Take the raw Longjaw Mud Snapper you got in the newbie fishing zone, and fish up some more in Orgrimmar so you have 3 stacks or so. Cook up to 100+ Cooking. Bristle Whisker Catfish is your next recipe. You'll have some from Orgrimmar fishing, but it is very common at Sun Rock Retreat in Stonetalon - so get your 3 stacks there. The recipe is available at Crossroads. These will take you to 150 Cooking. Grab the Expert Cookbook from Shadowprey Village and head to Dustwallow Marsh. The butcher in town there sells a recipe for Heavy Crocolisk Stew, a nice 8 Stamina/Spirit buff food. Recipe Recipe Source Level Brilliant Smallfish Vendor 5 Crispy Bat Wing Vendor 5 Gingerbread Cookie 5 Kaldorei Spider Kabob Quest 5 Slitherskin Mackerel Vendor 5 Beer Basted Boar Ribs Vendor, Quest 8 Scorpid Surprise Vendor 8 Egg Nog 10 Roasted Kodo Meat Vendor 10 Smoked Bear Meat Vendor 13 Blood Sausage Vendor, Quest 15 Cooked Crab Claw Vendor, Drop 15 Crocolisk Steak Vendor, Quest 15 Fillet of Frenzy Vendor 15 Goretusk Liver Pie Vendor, Quest 15 Loch Frenzy Delight Vendor 15 Longjaw Mud Snapper Vendor 15 Rainbow Fin Albacore Vendor 15 Strider Stew Vendor, Quest 15 Thistle Tea 15 Westfall Stew Vendor, Quest 15 Savory Deviate Delight Drop 18 Clam Chowder Vendor 20 Crispy Lizard Tail Vendor 20 Dig Rat Stew Quest 20 Redridge Goulash Vendor, Quest 20 Succulent Pork Ribs Vendor, Drop 20 Big Bear Steak Vendor, Quest 25 Bristle Whisker Catfish Vendor 25 Crocolisk Gumbo Vendor, Quest 25 Curiously Tasty Omelet Vendor, Quest 25 Gooey Spider Cake Vendor, Quest 25 Hot Lion Chops Vendor, Quest 25 Lean Venison Vendor 25 Lean Wolf Steak Vendor 25 Murloc Fin Soup Vendor, Quest 25 Seasoned Wolf Kabob Vendor, Quest 25 Mithril Head Trout Vendor 30 Rockscale Cod Vendor 30 Soothing Turtle Bisque Quest 30 Tasty Lion Steak Quest 30 Barbecued Buzzard Wing Vendor, Quest 35 Carrion Surprise Vendor 35 Giant Clam Scorcho Vendor 35 Hot Wolf Ribs Vendor 35 Jungle Stew Vendor 35 Mystery Stew Vendor 35 Roast Raptor Vendor 35 Dragonbreath Chili Vendor 40 Heavy Kodo Stew Vendor 40 Cooked Glossy Mightfish Vendor 45 Filet of Redgill Vendor 45 Monster Omelet Vendor 45 Spiced Chili Crab Vendor 45 Spotted Yellowtail Vendor 45 Tender Wolf Steak 45 Undermine Clam Chowder Vendor 45 Grilled Squid Vendor 48 Hot Smoked Bass Vendor 48 Nightfin Soup Vendor 50 Poached Sunscale Salmon Vendor 50 Baked Salmon Vendor 55 Lobster Stew Vendor 55 Mightfish Steak Vendor 55 Runn Tum Tuber Surprise Drop 55 Fishing Use these tables to take advantage of the obvious synergy between Cooking and Fishing. Apprentice (1-49) Recipe Cooking Skill Recipe Obtained Fish Obtained Effect Level Required Brilliant Smallfish 1 Vendor list Freshwater, start zones +61 health over 18 seconds 1 Slitherskin Mackerel 1 Vendor list Saltwater, start zones +61 health over 18 seconds 1 Journeyman (50-149) Recipe Cooking Skill Recipe Obtained Fish Obtained Effect Level Required Longjaw Mud Snapper 50 Vendor list Freshwater, start/low lvl zones +243 health over 21 seconds 5 Rainbow Fin Albacore 50 Vendor list Saltwater, low lvl zones +243 health over 21 seconds 5 Loch Frenzy Delight 50 Khara Deepwater in Loch Modan The Loch, Loch Modan +243 health over 21 seconds 5 Boiled Clams Small Barnacled Clams 50 Cooking Trainer Saltwater, low lvl zones +243 health over 21 seconds +4 Stamina & Spirit for 15 minutes 1 5 Clam Chowder Small Barnacled Clams 90 Fishermen, Eastern Kingdoms Saltwater, low lvl zones +552 health over 24 seconds 10 Bristle Whister Catfish 100 vendor list Freshwater, low/mid lvl zones +552 health over 24 seconds 15 Deviled Goblin Clams Thick-Shell Clams 125 Cooking Trainer Saltwater, mid lvl zones +552 health over 24 seconds +6 Stamina & Spirit for 15 minutes 1 15 1 If you spend at least 10 seconds eating and become well-fed Expert (150-224) Recipe Cooking Skill Recipe Obtained Fish Obtained Effect Level Required Rockscale Cod 175 Vendor list Saltwater, mid lvl zones +874 health over 27 seconds 25 Mithril Head Trout 175 Vendor list Saltwater, mid lvl zones +874 health over 27 seconds 25 Artisan (225-300) Recipe Cooking Skill Recipe Obtained Fish Obtained Effect Level Required Glossy Mightfish 225 Kelsey Yance in Booty Bay Saltwater, high lvl zones +874 health over 27 seconds +10 Stamina for 10 minutes 35 Spotted Yellowtail 225 Gikkix in Steamwheedle Port Saltwater, high lvl zones +1,392 health over 30 seconds 35 Filet of Redgill 225 Kelsey Yance in Booty Bay Freshwater, high lvl zones +1,392 health over 30 seconds 35 Undermine Clam Chowder (Big-Mouth Clams) 225 Jabby in Steamwheedle Port Saltwater, high lvl zones Level >= 40 Murloc and Naga +1,392 health over 30 seconds 35 Hot Smoked Bass 240 Kelsey Yance in Booty Bay +874 health over 27 seconds +10 Spirit for 10 minutes 35 Grilled Squid 240 Gikkix in Steamwheedle Port Saltwater, high lvl zones +874 health over 27 seconds +10 Agility for 10 minutes 1 35 Nightfin Soup 250 Gikkix in Steamwheedle Port Freshwater, high lvl zones +874 health over 27 seconds +8 Mana every 5 s for 10 minutes 35 Poached Sunscale Salmon 250 Gikkix in Steamwheedle Port Freshwater, high lvl zones +874 health over 27 seconds +6 health every 5 s for 10 minutes 35 Mightfish Steak 275 Trade Suppliers in Feralas Saltwater, Azshara +1,933 health over 27 seconds +10 Stamina for 10 minutes 45 Baked Salmon 275 Trade Suppliers in Feralas Freshwater, high lvl zones +2,148 health over 30 seconds 45 Lobster Stew 275 Trade Suppliers in Feralas Saltwater, Azshara +2,148 health over 30 seconds 45 1 If you eat for 10 seconds Freshwater vs saltwater is a general guideline, as there seems to be some crossover (for example, the Veiled Sea seems to be stocked with freshwater fish) Expect some high level areas to expand as more people start fishing in 50+ zones Soft-Shell Clams aren't included, as they're a quest item (no associated recipe) Giant-Clam Scorcho doesn't appear because you can't fish for Giant-Clams Booty Bay is in Stranglethorn Vale Steamwheedle Port is in Tanaris