This guide will show you the quickest way to level your Classic Cooking skill from 1 to 300 in World of Warcraft classic or Season of Discovery as cost-effectively as possible.
What’s the best combination? Since Cooking is a secondary profession, it doesn’t matter which primary you choose in WoW. However, Fishing is particularly useful because it allows you to gather many ingredients yourself, avoiding reliance on the Auction House.
Learn Classic Cooking
Learn Classic Cooking from any of the NPCs below. Ask a guard in any city for directions to the Cooking trainer, and a red flag will mark the location on your map.
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.
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
Leveling Classic Cooking
1 – 50
Soothing Spices, Hot Spices, Refreshing Spring Water are typically available from Cooking Supply vendors near your trainer, so they are not listed in this guide. Some recipes can also be obtained from these vendors.
Cook 55 of these recipes:
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 55 x Charred Wolf Meat | 55 x Stringy Wolf Meat | Trainer |
| 55 x Roasted Boar Meat | 55 x Chunk of Boar Meat | Trainer |
| 55 x Brilliant Smallfish – Vendor | 55 x Raw Brilliant Smallfish | Vendor |
| 55 x Slitherskin Mackerel – Vendor | 55 x Raw Slitherskin Mackerel | Vendor |
If you’re playing on a Season of Discovery realm, learn Spiced Wolf Meat from the trainer at level 10 and make that instead of Charred Wolf Meat. You can sell Spiced Wolf Meat at the Auction House since it’s required for Waylaid Supplies: Spiced Wolf Meat.
Learn Journeyman Cooking
To train Cooking past 75, you must learn Journeyman Cooking (requires character level 10).
Leveling Journeyman Cooking
50 – 100
Make approximately 55 items using any of the recipes listed in the table below. Keep in mind that Smoked Bear Meat turns yellow sooner than the other recipes, so you might need to cook more of it or prioritize cooking it first if you have multiple types of meat.
Cook 55 of these recipes:
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 65-75 x Smoked Bear Meat | 65-75 x Bear Meat | Sold by Andrew Hilbert / Drac Roughcut |
| 55 x Boiled Clams | 55 x Clam Meat 55 x Refreshing Spring Water (Vendor) | Trainer |
| 55 x Coyote Steak | 55 x Coyote Meat | Trainer |
| 55 x Longjaw Mud Snapper | 55 x Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | Vendors |
| 55 x Rainbow Fin Albacore | 55 x Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore | Vendors |
| 55 x Strider Stew | 55 x Strider Meat 55 x Shiny Red Apple (Vendor) | Tari’qa (Horde) Reward from Easy Strider Living |
100 – 130
Prepare around 55 items using any of the recipes in the table below. Since Smoked Bear Meat turns yellow sooner than the other recipes, prioritize cooking it first or make more of it if you have different types of meat.
Cook 55 of these recipes:
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 40 x Crab Cake | 40 x Crawler Meat | Trainer |
| 35 x Dry Pork Ribs | 35 x Boar Ribs | Trainer |
| 30 x Bristle Whisker Catfish | 30 x Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | Vendors |
| 35 x Cooked Crab Claw | 35 x Crawler Claw | Kendor Kabonka (Alliance) |
Learn Expert Cooking
To learn Expert Cooking you need to reach level 20 and level up Cooking to 125, then buy the book Expert Cookbook from Wulan (Horde) in Desolace at Shadowprey Village or from Shandrina (Alliance) in Ashenvale.
Leveling Expert Cooking
130 – 175
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 50 x Curiously Tasty Omelet | 50 x Raptor Egg | Sold by Kendor Kabonka / Keena |
175 – 225
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 50 x Roast Raptor | 50 x Raptor Flesh | Sold by Hammon Karwn / Keena |
Learn Artisan Cooking
Artisan Cooking is a reward from Clamlette Surprise. The quest can be obtained at level 35+ with 225 Cooking skill.
To complete the quest, you’ll need the following items:
- 12 x Giant Egg
- 10 x Zesty Clam Meat
- 20 x Alterac Swiss
Horde players can start the quest line by picking up the To Gadgetzan You Go! quest from Zamja in Orgrimmar.
Alliance players can begin by picking up the I Know A Guy… quest from Daryl Riknussun in Ironforge.
Both quests will lead you to Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan. Once you find him, he’ll give you the Clamlette Surprise quest. Hand in all of the materials and you will learn Artisan Cooking.
Leveling Artisan Cooking
225 – 275
Make around 65 from one of the recipes below.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 65 x Undermine Clam Chowder | 130 x Zesty Clam Meat 65 x Ice Cold Milk (sold by Innkeeper) | Sold by Jabbey |
| 65 x Spotted Yellowtail | 65 x Raw Spotted Yellowtail | Sold by Gikkix |
| 65 x Monster Omelet | 65 x Giant Egg | Sold by Himmik |
| 65 x Tender Wolf Steak | 65 x Tender Wolf Meat | Sold by Dirge Quikcleave |
| 65 x Filet of Redgill | 65 x Raw Redgill | Sold by Kelsey Yance |
275 – 300
Make around 35 from one of these two recipes.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Recipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| 35 x Poached Sunscale Salmon | 35 x Raw Sunscale Salmon | Sold by Gikkix |
| 35 x Nightfin Soup | 35 x Raw Nightfin Snapper | Sold by Gikkix |
