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Cooking is a secondary profession in WoW Forever that allows you to convert raw ingredients into cooked food with powerful effects. It's received a lot of love in WoW Forever so we'd definitely recommend taking it up!
Cooking now ties into the new camping system, allowing you to create campsites, and cooked food now also gives an experience buff. There's also much more to dig into!
This guide covers the full 1-300 route, including the trainers, the recipes to cook at each skill range, and which ingredients to get.
Cooking & Fishing: We highly recommend you pair Cooking and Fishing together as they go hand in hand! You can catch the fish you need to increase your Cooking level and we cover this in our Fishing Guide.
- Leveling Cooking: Training & Ranks
- Cooking Materials Shopping List
- Cooking Leveling Guide
- Cooking Items
- Cooking Trainer Locations
Leveling Cooking: Training & Ranks
Before we jump in to the Leveling Guide, first of all it's important to be aware of the requirements associated with Leveling Cooking.
You won't be able to access the higher 'ranks' of Cooking unless you have reached at least the minimum required Character Level and Skill.
| Cooking Rank | Skill Range | Skill Needed | Character level |
| Apprentice | 1–75 | 0 | 1 |
| Journeyman | 75–150 | 50 | 1 |
| Expert | 150–225 | 125 | 1 |
| Artisan | 225–300 | 200 | 35 |
Cooking Materials Shopping List
The following shopping list breaks down the materials needed to progress through each 'tier' of Cooking from 1-300.
Note that these are the average amount of resources taken, but if you get lucky/unlucky, your mileage may vary.
Pair With Fishing: It's a great idea to combine leveling your Fishing with leveling your Cooking! Most of the Cooking materials you will need can be fished. Check out our Fishing Leveling Guide which has a section dedicated to Fishing while you level cooking.
Shopping List
Cooking Shopping List 1 - 50
- ~52 x Chunk Of Boar Meat
Cooking Shopping List 50 - 150
- ~55 x Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
- ~55 x Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
Cooking Shopping List 150 - 225
- ~27 x Raptor Egg
- ~27 x Hot Spices
- ~55 x Raw Mithril Head Trout
Cooking Shopping List 225 - 300
Note: Some information may be inaccurate as we were unable to test Artisan Cooking in the Beta. This will be updated as more information becomes available.
- 12 x Giant Egg
- 10 x Zesty Clam Meat
- 20 x Alterac Swiss
- ~55 x Raw Spotted Yellowtail
- ~30 x Raw Sunscale Salmon
1-300 Cooking Leveling Guide
Leveling Cooking: 1-50
| Skill | Quantity | Craft | Reagents |
| 1-50 | ~52x | Roasted Boar Meat | ~52 x Chunk Of Boar Meat |
Leveling Cooking: 50-150
Train Journeyman Cooking! Requires level 10.
| Skill | Quantity | Craft | Reagents |
| 50-100 | ~55x | Longjaw Mud Snapper | ~55 x Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper |
| 100-150 | ~55x | Bristle Whisker Catfish | ~55 x Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish |
Leveling Cooking: 150-225
Purchase Expert Cookbook in Ashenvale (Alliance) or Durotar (Horde) to train Expert Cooking! Requires level 20.
| Skill | Quantity | Craft | Reagents |
| 150-175 | ~27x | Curiously Tasty Omelet | ~27 x Raptor Egg ~27 x Hot Spices |
| 175-225 | ~55x | Mithril Head Trout | ~55 x Raw Mithril Head Trout |
Leveling Cooking: 225-300
Note: Some information may be inaccurate as we were unable to test Artisan Cooking in the Beta. This will be updated as more information becomes available.
Complete Clamlette Surprise in Gadgetzan to train Artisan Cooking! Bring 12 x Giant Egg, 10 x Zesty Clam Meat, 20 x Alterac Swiss. Requires level 35.
While in Gadgetzan, purchase Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail and Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon from Gikkix.
| Skill | Quantity | Craft | Reagents |
| 225-275 | ~55x | Spotted Yellowtail | ~55 x Raw Spotted Yellowtail |
| 275-300 | ~30x | Poached Sunscale Salmon |
~30 x Raw Sunscale Salmon |
Cooking Items In WoW Forever
So far it appears there is one item in WoW Forever, which is new, that affects Cooking and can actually be pretty helpful while you level it!
Cookies Stirring Rod
That item is Cookie's Stirring Rod, which drops from our favourite Murloc, Cookie, in The Deadmines. This item increases your Cooking speed by 25% so is actually super useful if you are planning to cook up a huge batch of food.
Cooking Trainers in WoW Forever
Cooking, unlike most other professions, has exclusively one tier of trainer that teaches both Apprentice and Journeyman recipes. Expert Cooking is learned using a book purchased from a vendor, and Artisan Cooking is learned from a quest. Additionally, from Expert onwards, recipes are learned exclusively using recipes bought from vendors or dropped in the world. The below table displays the Cooking trainers you can encounter along your journey in WoW Forever.
Apprentice/Journeyman Trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Coordinates |
| Tomas | Elwynn Forest |
/way #1429 44.37 65.99 |
| Zarrin | Teldrassil |
/way #1438 57.12 61.3 |
| Gremlock Pilsnor | Dun Morogh |
/way #1426 47.67 52.31 |
| Cook Ghilm | Dun Morogh |
/way #1426 68.38 54.49 |
| Zerril Softbreeze | Zephras Isle |
/way #2521 43.8 43.8 |
| Nyalah Brightfire | Zephras Isle |
/way #2521 60.6 72.6 |
| Stephen Ryback | Stormwind |
/way #1453 78.17 53.1 |
| Daryl Riknussun | Ironforge |
/way #1455 60.08 36.43 |
| Alegorn | Darnassus |
/way #1457 49.03 21.24 |
| Crystal Boughman | Redridge Mountains |
/way #1433 17.69 43.47 |
Expert Trainer
This is not an actual trainer, but rather a vendor who sells Expert Cookbook, used to increase your skill cap to 225.
| Trainer | Zone | Coordinates |
| Shandira | Ashenvale |
/way #1440 49.48 67.09 |
Artisan Trainer
This is not an actual trainer, but rather a questgiver who starts Clamlette Surprise, which increases your skill cap to 300 as a completion reward.
| Trainer | Zone | Coordinates |
| Dirge Quikcleave | Tanaris |
/way #1446 52.63 28.11 |
Apprentice/Journeyman Trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Coordinates |
| Cook Torka | Durotar |
/way #1411 51.11 42.45 |
| Pyall Silentstride | Mulgore |
/way #1412 44.92 61.67 |
| William Pickman | Tirisfal Glades |
/way #1420 61.8 51.6 |
| Zerril Softbreeze | Zephras Isle |
/way #2521 43.8 43.8 |
| Nyalah Brightfire | Zephras Isle |
/way #2521 60.6 72.6 |
| Zamja | Orgrimmar |
/way #1454 57.4 53.96 |
| Eunice Burch | Undercity |
/way #1458 62.14 44.91 |
| Aska Mistrunner | Thunder Bluff |
/way #1456 50.72 53.11 |
| Duhng | The Barrens |
/way #1413 55.29 31.78 |
| Mudduk | Stranglethorn Vale |
/way #1434 31.34 27.97 |
Expert Trainer
This is not an actual trainer, but rather a vendor who sells Expert Cookbook, used to increase your skill cap to 225.
| Trainer | Zone | Coordinates |
| Wulan | Desolace |
/way #1443 26.17 69.65 |
Artisan Trainer
This is not an actual trainer, but rather a questgiver who starts Clamlette Surprise, which increases your skill cap to 300 as a completion reward.
| Trainer | Zone | Coordinates |
| Dirge Quikcleave | Tanaris |
/way #1446 52.63 28.11 |
We hope this guide helped you level up your Cooking in WoW Forever. Check out our Cooking Recipe guide to learn where to get more recipes!