WoW Classic Cooking Guide

Leveling Cooking from 1-50 (Apprentice)

Craft the following items to level Cooking from 1-75 in WoW Classic Era, Hardcore, or Fresh:

• 1-50: Craft ~52 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
  •  Charred Wolf Meat
    • Items required: 1x  Stringy Wolf Meat
  •  Roasted Boar Meat
    • Items required: 1x  Chunk of Boar Meat
  •  Brilliant Smallfish
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Brilliant Smallfish
    •  Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish is sold by Fishing Supplies vendors.
  •  Slitherskin Mackerel
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Slitherskin Mackerel
    •  Recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel is sold by Fishing Supplies vendors.
  •  Crispy Bat Wing
    • Items required: 1x  Meaty Bat Wing, 1x  Mild Spices
    •  Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing is sold by Abigail Shiel at 61.0 52.4 in Brill in Tirisfal Glades.
  •  Scorpid Surprise (20)
    • Items required: 1x  Scorpid Stinger
    •  Recipe: Scorpid Surprise is sold by Grimtak at 51.2 42.6 in Razor Hill in Durotar.
  •  Kaldorei Spider Kabob (10)
    • Items required: 1x  Small Spider Leg
    •  Recipe: Kaldorei Spider Kabob is a reward for Recipe of the Kaldorei given by Zarrin at 57.0 61.2 in Dolanaar in Teldrassil (requires Cooking 10).

Learn Journeyman Cooking from a Cooking trainer in any major city. It will cost 5 . This allows you to level Cooking up to 150.

Leveling Cooking from 50-130 (Journeyman)

Craft the following items to level Cooking from 1-75 in WoW Classic Era, Hardcore, or Fresh:

• 50-100: Craft ~54 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
  •  Smoked Bear Meat
    • Items required: 1x  Bear Meat
    • Turns yellow at 80 (earlier than the rest), so make them first, if you have  Bear Meat.
    •  Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat is sold by Drac Roughcut at 35.6 49.0 in Thelsamar in Loch Modan or Andrew Hilbert at 43.2 40.6 in The Sepulcher in Silverpine Forest.
  •  Strider Stew
    • Items required: 1x  Strider Meat, 1x  Shiny Red Apple
    •  Recipe: Strider Stew is sold by Tari'qa at 51.6 30.0 in Crossroads in The Barrens.
    •  Recipe: Strider Stew is a reward for Easy Strider Living given by Alanndarian Nightsong at 37.6 40.6 in Auberdine in Darkshore (requires Cooking 10 and level 9).
  •  Boiled Clams
    • Items required: 1x  Clam Meat, 1x  Refreshing Spring Water
  •  Coyote Steak
    • Items required: 1x  Coyote Meat
  •  Longjaw Mud Snapper
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
    •  Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper is sold by Fishing Supplies vendors.
  •  Rainbow Fin Albacore
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
    •  Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore is sold by Fishing Supplies vendors.
• 100-130: Craft ~42 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
  •  Crab Cake
    • Items required: 1x  Crawler Meat, 1x  Mild Spices
  •  Dry Pork Ribs
    • Items required: 1x  Boar Ribs, 1x  Mild Spices
  •  Cooked Crab Claw
    • Items required: 1x  Crawler Claw, 1x  Mild Spices
    •  Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw is sold by Kendor Kabonka at 74.6 37.6 in Old Town in Stormwind and can drop from several mobs in Westfall, e.g. Murlocs and Defias.
  •  Bristle Whisker Catfish
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
    •  Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish is sold by Fishing Supplies vendors.

Learn Expert Cooking. To learn it, buy  Expert Cookbook for 1 from one of the following vendors:

• Shandrina at 49.6 67.0 at Mystral Lake in Ashenvale.
• Wulan at 26.2 69.8 in Shadowprey Village in Desolace.

Leveling Cooking from 130-225 (Expert)

Craft the following items to level Cooking from 130-225 in WoW Classic Era, Hardcore, or Fresh:

• 130-175: Craft ~47 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
  •  Curiously Tasty Omelet
    • Items required: 1x  Raptor Egg, 1x  Hot Spices
    •  Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet is sold by Kendor Kabonka at 74.6 37.6 in Old Town in Stormwind and Keena at 74.0 32.6 in Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands.
  •  Hot Lion Chops
    • Items required: 1x  Lion Meat, 1x  Hot Spices
    •  Recipe: Hot Lion Chops is sold by Zargh at 52.6 29.8 in Crossroads in The Barrens. It is also a reward for Elixir of Pain given by Apothecary Lydon at 61.4 19.2 at Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad Foothills (requires level 21).
  • Note: If  Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish is cheap, you can continue crafting  Bristle Whisker Catfish.
• 175-225: Craft ~54 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
  •  Roast Raptor
    • Items required: 1x  Raptor Flesh, 1x  Hot Spices
    •  Recipe: Roast Raptor is sold by Hammon Karwn at 46.4 47.4 in Refuge Pointe in Arathi Highlands and Keena at 74.0 32.6 in Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands.
  •  Soothing Turtle Bisque
    • Items required: 1x  Turtle Meat, 1x  Soothing Spices
    •  Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque is a reward for Soothing Turtle Bisque given by Chef Jessen at 51.8 58.6 in Southshore in Hillsbrad Foothills or Christoph Jeffcoat at 62.2 19.0 in Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad Foothills (requires level 28).
  •  Mithril Head Trout
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Mithril Head Trout
    •  Recipe: Mithril Head Trout is sold by Fishing Supplies vendors.

Learn Artisan Cooking. To learn it, you must first complete a quest line. To do this, your character must be at least level 35 and you must have at least Cooking skill 225.

• You receive the quest I Know A Guy... from Daryl Riknussun in Ironforge (60.2 36.4).
• You receive the quest To Gadgetzan You Go! from Zamja in Orgrimmar (57.6 53.6).

These quests will lead you to Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan (52.6 28.0). You will then receive the follow-up quest Clamlette Surprise from him. As part of this quest, you must bring Dirge Quikcleave the following:

• 12x  Giant Egg
  • Drops e.g. from Owlbeast mobs all over The Hinterlands.
• 10x  Zesty Clam Meat
  • Can be fished in Azshara, Feralas, The Hinterlands, and Tanaris.
• 20x  Alterac Swiss
  • Sold by Food and Drinks vendors and Innkeepers, e.g.
    • Elaine Trias in Stormwind (60.6 63.4)
    • Innkeeper Pala in Thunder Bluff (45.8 64.6)
    • Innkeeper Abeqwa in Thousand Needles (46.0 51.6)
    • Truk Wildbeard in The Hinterlands (14.4 42.6)

Leveling Cooking from 225-300 (Artisan)

Craft the following items to level Cooking from 225-300 in WoW Classic Era, Hardcore, or Fresh:

• 225-275: Craft ~54 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
  •  Undermine Clam Chowder
    • Items required: 2x  Zesty Clam Meat, 1x  Hot Spices, 1x  Ice Cold Milk
    •  Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder is sold by Jabbey at 67.0 22.0 in Steawheedle Port in Tanaris.
  •  Spotted Yellowtail
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Spotted Yellowtail
    •  Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail is sold by Gikkix at 66.6 22.0 in Steawheedle Port in Tanaris. Also buy  Recipe: Nightfin Soup and  Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon.
  •  Monster Omelet
    • Items required: 1x  Giant Egg, 2x  Soothing Spices
    •  Recipe: Monster Omelet is sold by Himmik at 61.2 39.0 in Everlook in Winterspring, Malygen at 62.2 25.6 in Felwood or Bale at 34.8 53.2 in Felwood.
  •  Tender Wolf Steak
    • Items required: 1x  Tender Wolf Meat, 1x  Soothing Spices
    •  Recipe: Tender Wolf Steak is sold by Dirge Quikcleave at 52.6 28.0 in Everlook in Gadgetzan in Tanaris.
  •  Filet of Redgill
    • Items required: 1x  Raw Redgill
    •  Recipe: Filet of Redgill is sold by Kelsey Yance at 28.2 74.4 in Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale.
• 275-300:
  • If the ingredients are inexpensive, continue crafting the recipes from the previous step until 285.
  • Craft ~29 of any combination of the following recipes based on the ingredients you have or whichever are cheap to obtain:
    •  Poached Sunscale Salmon
      • Items required: 1x  Raw Sunscale Salmon
      •  Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon is sold by Gikkix at 66.6 22.0 in Steawheedle Port in Tanaris.
    •  Nightfin Soup
      • Items required: 1x  Raw Nightfin Snapper, 1x  Refreshing Spring Water
      •  Recipe: Nightfin Soup is sold by Gikkix at 66.6 22.0 in Steawheedle Port in Tanaris.
    •  Smoked Desert Dumplings (285)
      • Items required: 1x  Sandworm Meat, 1x  Soothing Spices
      • The recipe is unlocked by completing a series of 3 quests starting with Desert Recipe given by Calandrath at 51.8 39.0 in Cenarion Hold in Silithus (requires level 54).