WotLK Classic Cooking Profession and Leveling 1-450 Guide

Last updated on Jan 01, 2024 at 23:13 by Abide 1 comment

Cooking allows players to create food and drinks for consumption. This is mostly used to create raid-consumable food for various different buffs. Cooking is a secondary profession, meaning it does not take up one of the primary slots that others would such as Engineering or Tailoring.

If you are going to train up Cooking, we recommend getting skill-ups for it alongside Fishing, as you can use most of the fish that you catch to level up Cooking at the same time.

Cooking is one of the three secondary professions available to all players in WotLK Classic. Because of this, it can be learned by all players without conflicting with other professions. This can be useful early on to provide yourself with free food while leveling.

Cooking goes great when paired together with Fishing as you can use most of the fish you catch while Cooking to level your cooking at the same time, leveling 2 professions for free at once.

1.

Training Cooking in Wrath of the Lich King

1.1.

Apprentice & Artisan

You can learn Cooking from any Cooking trainer, which are found in capital cities. When you arrive at a major city, you can ask any city guard for directions and pick the Cooking trainer option under the professions section. This will mark its location on your map, allowing you to easily find them and get the Cooking skill.

1.2.

Master

To train past 300 skill level, you need to speak with a Master Cooking trainer in either Outland or Northrend. This will allow you to train up to level 375 Cooking.

1.3.

Grand Master

To learn Cooking past 375 skill level you must travel to Northrend and talk with a Grand Master Cooking trainer found below. This will allow you to max your Cooking skill out at 450.

1.3.1.

Alliance

1.3.2.

Horde

2.

Leveling Cooking in Azeroth (1-300)

Cooking is a very easy profession to get skill-ups in. Most of them can also be obtained by using fish caught from Fishing as there are plenty of different Cooking recipes that use fish that can be caught.

1-40

Spice Bread Icon Spice Bread — Its recipe is learned from the Cooking Trainer and the materials needed are sold by the nearby Cooking Supplier.

40-80

Smoked Bear Meat Icon Smoked Bear Meat — This recipe will need to be bought from Andrew Hilbert in Silverpine Forest at the Sepulcher for Horde, and Drac Roughcut in Loch Modan at Thelsamar for Alliance players. You may also find it on the auction house for a low price.

80-100

Dry Pork Ribs Icon Dry Pork Ribs — You can take these much further than just 100, but typically there are cheaper alternatives. Pick whichever option is the easiest to acquire.

100-175

Bristle Whisker Catfish Icon Bristle Whisker Catfish — Buy this recipe from a cooking or Cooking Supplier in any major city.

175-225

Rockscale Cod Icon Rockscale Cod — Buy this recipe from a Cooking or Cooking Supplier in most major cities.

225-250

Spotted Yellowtail Icon Spotted Yellowtail — Buy this recipe from Gikkix at Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris.

250-285

Poached Sunscale Salmon Icon Poached Sunscale Salmon — Buy this recipe from Gikkix at Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris.

285-300

Smoked Desert Dumplings Icon Smoked Desert Dumplings — To get this recipe you will need to complete the quest Desert Recipe from Calandrath in Silithus. Complete this quest and the followup to get the recipe.

3.

Leveling Cooking in Outland (300-375)

300-325

Here we have a few options for our choice of food to cook. You can pick any of the three options; choose whichever recipe is easiest to get or is the cheapest to get skill-ups with:

325-350

Again we have a few options for our choice of food to level with. Pick whichever recipe you want based on cost of materials or ease of obtaining to get skill-ups with:

4.

Leveling Cooking in Northrend (350-450)

Be sure to head to a Grand Master Cooking trainer in Northrend as shown above to unlock Grand Master Cooking, allowing you to max out your Cooking at 450 skill level.

350-400

The cheapest way to level from 350-400 is by making Kungaloosh Icon Kungaloosh. This recipe however can only be learned by completing a long quest chain in Sholazar Basin, ending with the quest Fletcher's Lost and Found, which will automatically teach you how to make Kungaloosh Icon Kungaloosh. Since both of the reagents needed to make Kungaloosh Icon Kungaloosh can be purchased from a vendor, this recipe is very easy and cheap to make, only costing around 50 silver per skill-up.

If you wish to skip the long quest chain, or are looking for other ways to level cooking, use one of the recipes below to skill up until 400. Check your servers price on the reagents and use whichever recipe is the cheapest:

Recipe Reagent
Baked Manta Ray Icon Baked Manta Ray 1 x Imperial Manta Ray Icon Imperial Manta Ray
Dalaran Clam Chowder Icon Dalaran Clam Chowder 2 x Succulent Clam Meat Icon Succulent Clam Meat
Grilled Sculpin Icon Grilled Sculpin 1 x Musselback Sculpin Icon Musselback Sculpin
Mammoth Meal Icon Mammoth Meal 1 x Chunk o' Mammoth Icon Chunk o' Mammoth
Pickled Fangtooth Icon Pickled Fangtooth 1 x Fangtooth Herring Icon Fangtooth Herring
Poached Nettlefish Icon Poached Nettlefish 1 x Nettlefish Icon Nettlefish
Rhino Dogs Icon Rhino Dogs 1 x Rhino Meat Icon Rhino Meat
Roasted Worg Icon Roasted Worg 1 x Worg Haunch Icon Worg Haunch
Shoveltusk Steak Icon Shoveltusk Steak 1 x Shoveltusk Flank Icon Shoveltusk Flank
Smoked Salmon Icon Smoked Salmon 1 x Glacial Salmon Icon Glacial Salmon
Worm Delight Icon Worm Delight 1 x Worm Meat Icon Worm Meat

400-425

Black Jelly Icon Black Jelly is the best way to level from 400-425 as it does not require Northern Spices Icon Northern Spices to make, allowing you to easily level up. Be sure to check the price of Borean Man O' War Icon Borean Man O' War on your server and try to buy it whenever it is cheap.

425-450

The only way to continue leveling at this point is by using one of the patterns that can be purchased with Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award. This will require you to complete cooking dailies to be able to purchase the recipes. Below is a list of all of the recipes you can buy and use to finish leveling your cooking skill to 450. Some food will be in higher demand than others, make sure to check your server's auction house to find whichever food is in highest demand.

Recipe Cost
Blackened Dragonfin Icon Blackened Dragonfin 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Blackened Worg Steak Icon Blackened Worg Steak 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Critter Bites Icon Critter Bites 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Cuttlesteak Icon Cuttlesteak 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Dragonfin Filet Icon Dragonfin Filet 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Firecracker Salmon Icon Firecracker Salmon 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Hearty Rhino Icon Hearty Rhino 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Imperial Manta Steak Icon Imperial Manta Steak 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Mega Mammoth Meal Icon Mega Mammoth Meal 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Mighty Rhino Dogs Icon Mighty Rhino Dogs 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Poached Northern Sculpin Icon Poached Northern Sculpin 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Rhinolicious Wormsteak Icon Rhinolicious Wormsteak 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Snapper Extreme Icon Snapper Extreme 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Spiced Mammoth Treats Icon Spiced Mammoth Treats 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Spiced Worm Burger Icon Spiced Worm Burger 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Spicy Blue Nettlefish Icon Spicy Blue Nettlefish 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Spicy Fried Herring Icon Spicy Fried Herring 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Tender Shoveltusk Steak Icon Tender Shoveltusk Steak 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Tracker Snacks Icon Tracker Snacks 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Very Burnt Worg Icon Very Burnt Worg 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
Worg Tartare Icon Worg Tartare 3 x Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award
5.

Cooking Dailies in Wrath of the Lich King

5.1.

Wrath of the Lich King Cooking Dailies

WotLK brings 5 new Cooking daily quests. Each day Katherine Lee or Awilo Lon'gomba will offer you one of the five quests, rewarding you with a 1 Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award and a Small Spice Bag Icon Small Spice Bag upon completion.

Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award is needed to purchase end-game cooking recipes, as well as the new Chef's Hat Icon Chef's Hat, which reduces all cooking times down to 0.5 seconds.

The five daily quests are:

5.2.

Burning Crusade Cooking Dailies

TBC cooking dailies can still be completed to learn those unique cooking recipes. Every day you will be able to grab one of four different quests from The Rokk who can be found in the Lower City section of Shattrath, offering you the reward choice of either Barrel of Fish Icon Barrel of Fish or Crate of Meat Icon Crate of Meat.

The four different quests are:

6.

Cooking Achievements in Wrath of the Lich King

6.1.

General Cooking Achievments

Achievement Description
Journeyman Cook Icon Journeyman Cook Become a Journeyman Cook.
Expert Cook Icon Expert Cook Become an Expert Cook.
Artisan Cook Icon Artisan Cook Become an Artisan Cook.
Master Cook Icon Master Cook Become a Master Cook.
Grand Master Cook Icon Grand Master Cook Become a Grand Master Cook.
Lunch Lady Icon Lunch Lady Learn 25 cooking recipes.
Short Order Cook Icon Short Order Cook Learn 50 cooking recipes.
Chef de Partie Icon Chef de Partie Learn 75 cooking recipes.
Sous Chef Icon Sous Chef Learn 100 cooking recipes.
Chef de Cuisine Icon Chef de Cuisine Learn 160 cooking recipes.
6.2.

Classic Cooking Achievments

Achievement Description
Captain Rumsey's Lager Icon Captain Rumsey's Lager Brew up some of Captain Rumsey's Lager Icon Captain Rumsey's Lager.
The Cake Is Not A Lie Icon The Cake Is Not A Lie Bake a Delicious Chocolate Cake Icon Delicious Chocolate Cake.
6.3.

Outland Cooking Achievments

Achievement Description
Kickin' It Up a Notch Icon Kickin' It Up a Notch Complete each of The Rokk's 4 cooking daily quests listed below.
The Outland Gourmet Icon The Outland Gourmet Cook each of the Outland cooking recipes listed below.
6.4.

Northrend Cooking Achievments

Achievement Description
The Northrend Gourmet Icon The Northrend Gourmet Cook 15 of the Northrend recipes listed below.
The Northrend Gourmet Icon The Northrend Gourmet Cook 30 of the Northrend recipes listed below.
The Northrend Gourmet Icon The Northrend Gourmet Cook 45 of the Northrend recipes listed below.
Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award Obtain a Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Award.
10 Dalaran Cooking Awards Icon 10 Dalaran Cooking Awards Obtain 10 Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Awards.
25 Dalaran Cooking Awards Icon 25 Dalaran Cooking Awards Obtain 25 Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Awards.
50 Dalaran Cooking Awards Icon 50 Dalaran Cooking Awards Obtain 50 Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Awards.
100 Dalaran Cooking Awards Icon 100 Dalaran Cooking Awards Obtain 100 Dalaran Cooking Award Icon Dalaran Cooking Awards.
Cooking with Style Icon Cooking with Style Obtain a Chef's Hat Icon Chef's Hat.
Critter Gitter Icon Critter Gitter Using Critter Bites Icon Critter Bites, coerce 10 critters to be your pet within 3 minutes or less.
Dinner Impossible Icon Dinner Impossible Present a Great Feast Icon Great Feast in each of the battlegrounds listed below.
Second That Emotion Icon Second That Emotion Eat each one of the "emotion" foods listed below.
Our Daily Bread Icon Our Daily Bread / Our Daily Bread Icon Our Daily Bread Complete each of the cooking daily quests offered by Katherine Lee or Awilo Lon'gomba in Dalaran.
Hail to the Chef Icon Hail to the Chef / Hail to the Chef Icon Hail to the Chef Complete the cooking achievements listed below.
7.

Other Professions

Cooking is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.

8.

Changelog

  • 01 Jan. 2024: Updated for Phase 5.
  • 03 Oct. 2023: Reviewed for Phase 4 release.
  • 23 Jun. 2023: Guide updated for Phase 3.
  • 13 Sep. 2022: Page added.
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