Cooking

Route from skill 1 to 300 for Classic Era. Many recipes come from the trainer or vendors, a few only from quests.

Trainers and requirements

Apprentice: level 5. Journeyman: level 10 and skill 50.
Expert: level 20 and skill 125. The cookbook is sold by Wulan (Horde, Desolace) or Shandrina (Alliance, Ashenvale).
Artisan: level 35 and skill 225. Quest Clamlette Surprise: 12 Giant Egg, 10 Zesty Clam Meat, 20 Alterac Swiss. Only enter Gadgetzan when you have everything with you.

Route Classic Era (1-300)

Skill	Recipe	Amount	Materials per craft	Notes
1-50	Charred Wolf Meat / Roasted Boar Meat	55	1 meat per craft	More recipes: Brilliant Smallfish, Slitherskin Mackerel
50-100	Smoked Bear Meat	70	1 Bear Meat	Cook first, it turns yellow early
50-100	Boiled Clams / Coyote Steak / Longjaw Mud Snapper	55	1 ingredient each	More: Rainbow Fin Albacore, Strider Stew
100-130	Crab Cake / Dry Pork Ribs	40	1 Crawler Meat / 1 Boar Ribs
130-175	Curiously Tasty Omelet	50	1 Raptor Egg	Recipe from Kendor Kabonka (Stormwind) or Keena (Arathi)
175-225	Roast Raptor	50	1 Raptor Flesh	Recipe from Hammon Karwn or Keena
225-275	Undermine Clam Chowder / Spotted Yellowtail / Monster Omelet / Tender Wolf Steak / Filet of Redgill	65	1 to 2 ingredients each	Recipes in Tanaris, Winterspring and Booty Bay
275-300	Poached Sunscale Salmon / Nightfin Soup	35	1 Raw Sunscale Salmon / 1 Raw Nightfin Snapper	Recipes from Gikkix, Tanaris

Route from skill 300 to 375 for TBC Classic. The route for 1-300 is in the Classic Era tab.

Trainers and requirements

There is no cooking trainer for TBC. Above 300 you need the Master Cookbook. Horde: Baxter (Thrallmar). Alliance: Gaston (Honor Hold, back room of the inn).

Route TBC Classic (300-375)

Skill	Recipe	Amount	Materials per craft	Notes
300-325	Ravager Dog	30	30 Ravager Flesh	Recipe from Cookie One-Eye (Horde) or Sid Limbardi (Alliance).
300-325 (alternative)	Buzzard Bites	30	30 Buzzard Meat	Quest chain from Legassi (Hellfire Peninsula).
325-355	Talbuk Steak	40	40 Talbuk Venison	Recipe from Nula the Butcher (Horde) or Uriku (Alliance) in Nagrand.
325-355 (alternative)	Roasted Clefthoof	40	40 Clefthoof Meat	Recipe as for Talbuk Steak.
325-355 (alternative)	Warp Burger	40	40 Warped Flesh	Recipe from Innkeeper Grilka (Horde) or Supply Officer Mills (Terokkar Forest).
355-375	Crunchy Serpent	60	60 Serpent Flesh	Horde: Xerintha Ravenoak (Blade’s Edge Mountains), limited. Alliance: Sassa Weldwell (Toshley’s Station).
355-375 (alternative)	Mok’Nathal Shortribs	60	60 Raptor Ribs	Recipes as for Crunchy Serpent.

Source: Compiled from the MoP Classic guide on wow-professions.com (skill 1-600). Quantities are totals for the whole step.

Trainers and requirements

Main source for 1-520 and the quests: Sungshin Ironpaw, Halfhill Market (Valley of the Four Winds). Minimum level 85.
Ranks at skill 50, 125, 275, 350 and 425 must be trained, otherwise you get no skill points.
At 520 do the quests So You Want to Be a Chef… and Ready for Greatness (5 Sliced Peaches, 5 Rice Pudding) to unlock the six Ways at Sungshin Ironpaw. Way trainers and hand-in items: Brew – Bobo Ironpaw (1 Ginseng); Grill – Kol Ironpaw (5 Raw Tiger Steak); Oven – Jian Ironpaw (5 Wildfowl Breast); Pot – Mei Mei Ironpaw (5 Jade Lungfish); Steamer – Yan Ironpaw (5 Giant Mantis Shrimp); Wok – Anthea Ironpaw (5 Juicycrunch Carrot).
Choose one Way for 525-600. Banquets from skill 575 work for all classes. Your total skill follows your highest Way.

MoP Classic route (1-600)

Skill	Recipe	Count	Materials (total)	Note
1-520	Various recipes		Vendor ingredients	The source does not list single recipes for this range. Craft each recipe until it turns yellow or green: before skill 480 usually after 6 crafts, afterwards usually after 3. About 340 gold in total.
525-550	Ginseng Tea	25	25 Ginseng	Way of the Brew (no stat).
550-576	Jade Witch Brew	13	65 Jade Squash, 65 Witchberries	Way of the Brew.
576-600	Banquet of the Brew	5	5 Soy Sauce, 250 Green Cabbage, 250 Witchberries	Way of the Brew. Alternative: Great Banquet (25 people).
525-550	Charbroiled Tiger Steak	25	25 Raw Tiger Steak	Way of the Grill (strength).
550-576	Eternal Blossom Fish	13	13 Jade Lungfish, 65 Striped Melon	Way of the Grill.
576-600	Banquet of the Grill	5	5 Soy Sauce, 50 Raw Crab Meat, 50 Redbelly Mandarin, 250 White Turnip	Way of the Grill. Alternative: Great Banquet (25 people).
525-550	Wildfowl Roast	25	25 Wildfowl Breast	Way of the Oven (stamina).
550-576	Twin Fish Platter	13	26 Krasarang Paddlefish	Way of the Oven.
576-600	Banquet of the Oven	5	5 Soy Sauce, 250 Mogu Pumpkin, 50 Krasarang Paddlefish, 50 Raw Turtle Meat	Way of the Oven. Alternative: Great Banquet (25 people).
525-550	Swirling Mist Soup	25	25 Jade Lungfish	Way of the Pot (intellect).
550-576	Braised Turtle	13	13 Raw Turtle Meat, 65 Juicycrunch Carrot	Way of the Pot.
576-600	Banquet of the Pot	5	5 Soy Sauce, 250 Juicycrunch Carrot, 50 Mushan Ribs, 50 Reef Octopus	Way of the Pot. Alternative: Great Banquet (25 people).
525-550	Shrimp Dumplings	25	25 Giant Mantis Shrimp	Way of the Steamer (spirit).
550-576	Fire Spirit Salmon	13	13 Emperor Salmon, 65 Scallions	Way of the Steamer.
576-600	Banquet of the Steamer	5	5 Soy Sauce, 250 Jade Squash, 50 Emperor Salmon, 50 Wildfowl Breast	Way of the Steamer. Alternative: Great Banquet (25 people).
525-550	Sauteed Carrots	25	50 Juicycrunch Carrot	Way of the Wok (agility).
550-576	Valley Stir Fry	13	13 Reef Octopus, 13 Wildfowl Breast	Way of the Wok.
576-600	Banquet of the Wok	5	5 Soy Sauce, 50 Giant Mantis Shrimp, 50 Raw Crocolisk Belly, 250 Red Blossom Leek	Way of the Wok. Alternative: Great Banquet (25 people).

Beta data. WoW Forever has not been released yet. This route is based on the beta data from wow-professions.com and may change before launch. Quantities are totals for the whole step.

Trainers and requirements

Journeyman from skill 50 at the trainer. Expert needs skill 125 and the Expert Cookbook (Wulan, Desolace for Horde; Shandrina, Ashenvale for Alliance).
Artisan (skill 225, level 35): quest Clamlette Surprise. Horde takes ‚To Gadgetzan You Go!‘ from Zamja (Orgrimmar), Alliance takes ‚I Know A Guy…‘ from Daryl Riknussun (Ironforge). Bring 12 Giant Egg, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss to Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan. Then buy the recipes from Gikkix in Steamwheedle Port.
Buy spices and spring water from the cooking supply vendors next to the trainer, not at the auction house.
Basic Campfire is learned together with Cooking.

WoW Forever route (1-300)

Skill	Recipe	Count	Materials (total)	Note
1-50	Brilliant Smallfish	55	55 Raw Brilliant Smallfish	Alternatives: Slitherskin Mackerel (55 Raw Slitherskin Mackerel), Charred Wolf Meat (55 Stringy Wolf Meat), Roasted Boar Meat (55 Chunk of Boar Meat), Herb Baked Egg (55 Small Egg, 55 Mild Spices). Recipes from the trainer or fishing vendors.
50-100	Longjaw Mud Snapper	55	55 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper	Alternatives: Rainbow Fin Albacore (55 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore), Smoked Bear Meat (65-75 Bear Meat), Boiled Clams (55 Clam Meat, 55 Refreshing Spring Water), Coyote Steak (55 Coyote Meat), Strider Stew (55 Strider Meat, 55 Shiny Red Apple).
100-130	Bristle Whisker Catfish	30	30 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish	Buy about 55, another 25 are needed at 130-150. Alternatives: Crab Cake (40 Crawler Meat, 40 Mild Spices), Dry Pork Ribs (35 Boar Ribs, 35 Mild Spices), Cooked Crab Claw (35 Crawler Claw, 35 Mild Spices, Alliance only).
130-150	Bristle Whisker Catfish	25	25 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish	Alternatives: Curiously Tasty Omelet (20 Raptor Egg, 20 Hot Spices), Goblin Deviled Clams (25 Tangy Clam Meat, 25 Hot Spices), Hot Lion Chops (25 Lion Meat, 25 Hot Spices, Horde only).
150-175	Curiously Tasty Omelet	25	25 Raptor Egg, 25 Hot Spices	Yellow from 170. Alternative: Hot Lion Chops (25 Lion Meat, 25 Hot Spices, Horde only).
175-225	Mithril Headed Trout	50	50 Raw Mithril Head Trout	Alternatives: Roast Raptor (50 Raptor Flesh, 50 Hot Spices), Soothing Turtle Bisque (50 Turtle Meat, 50 Soothing Spices). Yellow from 215.
225-275	Spotted Yellowtail	65	65 Raw Spotted Yellowtail	Alternatives: Filet of Redgill (65 Raw Redgill), Undermine Clam Chowder (130 Zesty Clam Meat, 65 Hot Spices, 65 Ice Cold Milk), Monster Omelet (65 Giant Egg, 130 Soothing Spices), Tender Wolf Steak (65 Tender Wolf Meat, 65 Soothing Spices). Untested.
275-300	Poached Sunscale Salmon	35	35 Raw Sunscale Salmon	Alternatives: Nightfin Soup (35 Raw Nightfin Snapper, 35 Refreshing Spring Water), Smoked Desert Dumplings (15 Sandworm Meat, 15 Soothing Spices, quests in Silithus). Yellow from 290. Recipes from Gikkix (Tanaris).