This WotLK Classic Cooking leveling guide will show you the fastest way to level your Cooking skill up from 1 to 450 in Wrath of the Lich King Crusade Classic.
Hi there I’m Golden Routes and today we will take a look at leveling up cooking. In this guide you will have access to routes for materials needed, the number of materials needed to level cooking up to 450, and even what you should be crafting to get that next skill point.
Table of contents:
- Cooking Trainers
- 1-65 #Apprentice
- 65-130 #Journeyman
- 130-225 #Expert
- 225-300 #Artisan
- 300-350 #Master
- 350-450 #Grand Master
Cooking Trainers
You no longer need to learn Cooking from books, and you don’t have to complete the Artisan cooking quest. The trainers have finally done their reading and can teach you the same thing.
Horde trainers:
Zamja in Orgrimmar.
Eunice Burch in Undercity.
Aska Mistrunner in Thunder Bluff.
Duhng in The Barrens
Mudduk in Stranglethorn Vale
Pyall Silentstride in Mulgore.
Sylann in Silvermoon City.
Alliance trainers:
Stephen Ryback in Stormwind City.
Daryl Riknussun in Ironforge.
Alegorn in Darnassus.
Gremlock Pilsnor in Dun Morogh.
Tomas in Elwyn Forest.
Zarrin in Teldrassil
Mumman in The Exodar.
Cooking Leveling
1 – 40
60x Spice Bread – 60x
Simple Flour, 60x
Mild Spices
Cooking Supply vendors near your trainer sell these:
Don’t buy them from the Auction House!
40 – 65
Make around 25-35 from any recipes in the table below. You don’t have to make the same recipe, you can make a few from each.
Food |
Ingredients |
Recipe Source |
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Trainer |
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Sold by |
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Trainer |
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Vendors |
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Vendors |
Journeyman Cooking
Learn Journeyman Cooking from your trainer. (Requires level 10 and Cooking 50)
65 – 110
You can keep making Smoked Bear Meat, but only up to around 90, so you will need around 35
Bear Meat.
Make around 65 from any of the recipes in the table below.
Food |
Ingredients |
Recipe Source |
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Trainer |
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Trainer |
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Vendors |
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110 – 130
Make around 20-30 from any recipes in the table below.
Food |
Ingredients |
Recipe Source |
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Trainer |
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Trainer |
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Vendors |
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Expert Cooking
Learn Expert Cooking from your trainer.
130 – 175
50x Curiously Tasty Omelet – 50
Raptor Egg
The recipe is sold by Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind City and by
Keena in Arathi Highlands.
Alternative recipes
- Make
Bristle Whisker Catfish if you can find cheap
Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish at the Auction House. The recipe is sold by these vendors.
- Horde players can also get
Recipe: Hot Lion Chops from
Zargh in The Barrens at Crossroads. It’s a good alternative if you can get some
Lion Meat.
175 – 225
50x Roast Raptor – 50
Raptor Flesh
The Recipe: Roast Raptor is sold by
Hammon Karwn and by
Keena in Arathi Highlands.
Alternative recipes
- Make
Soothing Turtle Bisque if you can get some
Turtle Meat. The recipe is a reward for completing the “Soothing Turtle Bisque” quest. You can pick up this quest from
Chef Jessen and
Christoph Jeffcoat in Hillsbrad Foothills.
- Make
Mithril Headed Trout if you can buy cheap
Raw Mithril Head Trout. The recipe is sold by these vendors.
Artisan Cooking
Learn Artisan Cooking from your trainer.
225 – 250
Make 25 from one of the recipes below.
- 25x
Undermine Clam Chowder – 50
Zesty Clam Meat, 25
Ice Cold Milk
- 25x
Spotted Yellowtail – 25
Raw Spotted Yellowtail
- 25x
Monster Omelet – 25
Giant Egg
- 25x
Tender Wolf Steak – 25
Tender Wolf Meat
- 25x
Filet of Redgill – 25
Raw Redgill
Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder is sold by Jabbey in Tanaris. (If you are in Tanaris, you should also visit Gikkix and buy every recipe from him.)
Ice Cold Milk is sold by most Innkeepers or bartenders. It’s a limited supply recipe, so if someone bought it before you, you have to wait for it to respawn. I’m not sure about the exact respawn timer. (or buy it from the Auction House)
Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail is sold by Gikkix in Tanaris. You should also buy
Recipe: Nightfin Soup and
Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon from him because you might use it in the next step.
Recipe: Monster Omelet is sold by Himmik in Winterspring at Everlook. He is inside the inn. Or by Malygen (Alliance) / Bale (Horde) in Felwood.
Recipe: Tender Wolf Steak is sold by Dirge Quikcleave in Tanaris. (If you are in Tanaris, you should also visit Gikkix and buy every recipe from him.)
Recipe: Filet of Redgill is sold by Kelsey Yance at Booty Bay. (He is in the large building at the end of the ship dock in Booty Bay. Enter the building and make an immediate left.)
250 – 285
40x Juicy Bear Burger – 40x
Bear Flank
The drop rate of Bear Flank is around 50%, Wowhead shows a lot lower drop rate.
The Recipe: Juicy Bear Burger is sold by
Bale /
Malygen in Felwood. You can also make
Charred Bear Kabobs, the recipe is sold by the same NPCs.
Alternative recipes
- 40x
Poached Sunscale Salmon – 40
Raw Sunscale Salmon
- 40x
Nightfin Soup – 40
Raw Nightfin Snapper
Both recipes below are sold by Gikkix in Tanaris.
285 – 300
15x Smoked Desert Dumplings – 15 Sandworm Meat
You have to complete two quests in Silithus to get this cooking recipe.
You can farm the needed 15x Sandworm Meat from Dredge Strikers and Dredge Crushers in Silithus.
Alternative recipes
- 15x
Baked Salmon – 15x
Raw Whitescale Salmon
- 15x
Lobster Stew – 15x
Darkclaw Lobster
Both recipes are sold by Vivianna /
Sheendra Tallgrass in Feralas.
Master Cooking (300-350)
Learn Master Cooking from one of these NPCs below.
- Horde:
Baxter in Hellfire Peninsula at Thrallmar. He’s in the inn standing behind the innkeeper.
- Alliance:
Gaston in Hellfire Peninsula at Honor Hold. He is located in the backroom of the Inn. /way 54.0 63.6
300 – 325
Make one of these:
30x Ravager Dog – 30x
Ravager Flesh
30x Buzzard Bites – 30x
Buzzard Meat
Recipe location:
Recipe: Ravager Dog is sold by Cookie One-Eye (Horde) and Sid Limbardi (Alliance) in Hellfire Peninsula.
You have to complete a quest chain for Recipe: Buzzard Bites. You can pick up the first quest from Legassi in Hellfire Penninsula. /way 49.2 74.8
325 – 350
You have 3 choices now.
40x Talbuk Steak – 40x
Talbuk Venison
40x Roasted Clefthoof – 40x
Clefthoof Meat
40x Warp Burger – 40x
Warped Flesh
Recipe location:
Recipe: Talbuk Steak and
Recipe: Roasted Clefthoof is sold by Nula the Butcher (Horde) and by Uriku (Alliance) in Nagrand.
Recipe: Warp Burger is sold by Innkeeper Grilka (Horde) and by Supply Officer Mills in Terrokar Forest.
WotLK Classic Cooking (350-450)
You can learn the new WotLK Classic Cooking skill from these NPCs:
Horde:
- Howling Fjord:
Thomas Kolichio
- Borean Tundra:
Orn Tenderhoof
- Dalaran:
Awilo Lon’gomba
Alliance:
- Howling Fjord:
Brom Brewbaster
- Borean Tundra:
Rollick MacKreel
- Dalaran:
Katherine Lee
350 – 365
23x Northern Stew – 23 Chilled Meat
The recipe is a reward for completing the Northern Cooking quest.
You can get the Northern Cooking quest from the Cooking trainers in Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra. (links above). You will need 4x
Chilled Meat to complete the quest.
365 – 400
Getting the recipe for this part requires completing a few prerequisite quests in Sholazar Basin.
Go to Nesingwary Base Camp in Sholazar Basin and complete these quests:
Now you can do these two:
Now you can complete these:
Go to the Dalaran Underbelly and talk to the Washed-Up Mage then complete the Fletcher’s Lost and Found quest to learn the
Kungaloosh recipe.
50x Kungaloosh – 100
Tundra Berries, 50
Savory Snowplum
The recipe will be green for the last 13 points, so you probably have to make around 50.
Tundra Berries and
Savory Snowplum are sold by most Innkeepers, so do not buy them from the Auction House! You can buy them from Applebough in Dalaran.
Alternative recipes
Making one Kungaloosh costs 66 silver, so if any meat/fish below are cheaper, then you should make around 45 from them instead.
Rhino Dogs, Worm Meat or Fangtooth Herring will probably be the cheapest, so you should check those first.
400 – 450
The Cooking trainers won’t teach you any more recipes, you have to buy the cooking recipes from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) for 3x Epicurean’s Award at Dalaran.
Epicurean’s Award
Epicurean’s Award is rewarded for completing the daily cooking quests. You will get 1x
Epicurean’s Award a day.
You can get the daily quests from Katherine Lee (Alliance) or Awilo Lon’gomba (Horde) in Dalaran.
- Only 1 quest can be completed each day.
- Only 1 out of the 5 possible quests will be offered each day. This is random.
- Requires Cooking 350.
- Requires level 65.
Northern Spices
Every recipe from this point will require at least 1x Northern Spices.
You can get them from the daily cooking quests, buy them at the Auction House, or buy 10x Northern Spices for 1x
Epicurean’s Award at the vendor near your cooking trainer at Dalaran.
Cooking Recipes
I will list a bunch of recipes below and the required meat/fish to make them. Check the Auction House which meat/fish is the cheapest and buy that recipe.
Make around 60 from any of these recipes below.