Cooking Guide 1-450

Welcome to Warcraft Tavern’s Cooking guide! In this guide, we’ll provide everything you need to max out your Cooking skill, from the materials required to level up your profession to the best recipes to follow.

Cooking provides necessary utility and power for all characters, as max-level food buffs those who eat long enough with a broad range of stat enhancements, depending on the recipe used to prepare the meal.

Beasts drop an assortment of meat, eggs, and clams, which you will combine with seasoning or other material purchased from vendors to make most cooking items.

Fishing can also lend a strong hand to the cooking profession, as each catch can be fried up for a chance to increase your skill. Consider leveling fishing alongside your cooking skill for added synergy!

Required Materials

Below you can find the materials you’ll need to level from 1-450, as well as a few tips and things to keep in mind.

• Sometimes we will have to craft yellow recipes that don’t guarantee a level up on every craft, therefore the materials required are estimates, rather than exact figures.
• Specific recipes will require items you have previously crafted, so check the lists before getting rid of crafts!
• Some recipes aren’t taught by trainers, but instead are acquired from drops or vendors.

All of these things are accounted for in the materials listed below. Listed separately from the material list are those recipes not acquired from a trainer, but rather from a vendor or world drop.

	Buy material from the vendor.
	Bought Recipe.

Cooking Trainers

You can click on a Trainer’s name from the lists below to see its exact location. If you use TomTom, you can copy-paste the location and coordinates provided (after the name) to track down the trainer you need more easily. For example:

/way Orgrimmar 75.8 24.6

Training Route

Certain crafts need to be used later to further level up the profession. Other times, the materials can be bought from a vendor instead of the Auction House, or the crafting recipe is not acquired from a trainer. Some recipes turn yellow and as such do not have a 100% chance to level up your profession with every craft; this means some randomness enters the equation when it comes to materials. We indicate all of these situations with the following icons:

	Buy material from the vendor.
	Bought Recipe.
	Craft amount depends on variance.

• Classic (1-300)
• Master (300-350)
• Grand Master (350-450)

Apprentice (1-65)

Material

Recipes

• 60 Mild Spices
• 60 Simple Flour
• 60 Refreshing Spring Water
• Up to 65 Skill
  • 30 Stringy Wolf Meat OR
  • 25 Bear Meat OR
  • 30 Raw Brilliant Smallfish OR
  • 30 Raw Slitherskin Mackerel

• Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat
  • Drac Roughcut (Alliance)
  • Andrew Hilbert (Horde)
• Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish
  • (Fishing Vendors)
• Recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel
  • (Fishing Vendors)

Crafting

• Below are several options after 40 skill to get to 65; any option works, so mix and match as needed.

Level	Amount	Materials
1 🠖 40	60 Spice Bread	60 Mild Spices 60 Simple Flour 60 Refreshing Spring Water
40 🠖 65	30 Spiced Wolf Meat	30 Stringy Wolf Meat
40 🠖 65	25Smoked Bear Meat	25 Bear Meat
40 🠖 65	30Brilliant Smallfish	30 Raw Brilliant Smallfish
40 🠖 65	30Slitherskin Mackerel	30 Raw Slitherskin Mackerel

Journeyman (65-130)

Materials

Recipes

• Up to 110 Skill
  • 80 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper OR
  • 80 Clam Meat ( Must include 80 Refreshing Spring Water) OR
  • 80 Coyote Meat OR
  • 80 Strider Meat OR
  • 80 Bat Flesh
• Up to 130 Skill
  • 25 Crawler Meat OR
  • 21 Boar Ribs OR
  • 20 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish OR
  • 23 Crawler Claw

• Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat
  • Drac Roughcut (Alliance)
  • Andrew Hilbert (Horde)
• Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper
  • Fishing Vendors
• Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish
  • Fishing Vendors
• Recipe: Strider Stew
  • Tari’qa (Horde Only)
• Recipe: Bat Bites
  • Master Chef Mouldier (Horde Only)
• Recipe: Cooked Crab Claw
  • Kendor Kabonka (Alliance Only)

Crafting

• If you have access to more Bear Meat, you can use that to skill up to around 90.
• Feel free to use any combination of the recipes below, you’ll need around 80 crafts total to get to 110.
• We have a few options for skilling up to 130. These recipes have different skill-up probabilities, you can mix up your recipe choices for the lowest price, but remember that you may need more materials for some of these.

65🠖90	40Smoked Bear Meat	40 Bear Meat
65🠖110	80Longjaw Mud Snapper	80 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
65🠖110	80 Boiled Clams	80 Refreshing Spring Water 80 Clam Meat
65🠖110	80 Coyote Steak	80 Coyote Meat
65🠖110	80 Strider Stew (H)	80 Strider Meat
65🠖110	80 Bat Bites (H)	80 Bat Flesh
110🠖130	25 Crab Cake	25 Crawler Meat
110🠖130	21 Dry Pork Ribs	21 Boar Ribs
110🠖130	20 Bristle Whisker Catfish	20 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
110🠖130	23 Cooked Crab Claw (A)	23 Crawler Claw

Expert (130-225)

Materials

Recipes

• 47 Raptor Egg
• Up to 225
  • 52 Raptor Flesh OR
  • 52 Turtle Meat OR
  • 52 Raw Mithril Head Trout OR 52 Raw Rockscale Cod

• Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet
  • Kendor Kabonka (Alliance)
  • Keena (Horde)
• Recipe: Roast Raptor
  • Hammon Karwn (Alliance)
  • Keena (Horde)
• Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque
  • Quest Reward: Soothing Turtle Bisque (A)
  • Quest Reward: Soothing Turtle Bisque (H)
• Recipe: Mithril Head Trout
  • Fishing Vendors
• Recipe: Rockscale Cod
  • Fishing Vendors

Crafting

• Up to 225 we have a few options, so try and search on the Auction House for the cheapest option; Keep in mind you’ll need to purchase these recipes out in the world.

Level	Amount	Materials
130🠖175	47 Curiously Tasty Omelet	47 Raptor Egg
175🠖225	52 Roast Raptor	52 Raptor Flesh
175🠖225	52 Soothing Turtle Bisque	52 Turtle Meat
175🠖225	52 Mithril Head Trout	52 Raw Mithril Head Trout
175🠖225	52 Rockscale Cod	52 Raw Rockscale Cod

Artisan (225-300)

Materials

Recipes

• Up to 250
  • 25 Raw Spotted Yellowtail OR
  • 50 Zesty Clam Meat OR
  • 25 Giant Egg OR
  • 25 Tender Wolf Steak OR
  • 25 Raw Redgill
• Up to 285
  • 45 Bear Flank OR
  • 35 Raw Sunscale Salmon OR
  • 35 Raw Nightfin Snapper
• Up to 300
  • 15 Sandworm Meat OR
  • 15 Raw Whitescale Salmon OR
  • 15 Darkclaw Lobster

• Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail
  • Gikkix in Tanaris
• Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder
  • Jabbey in Tanaris (Limited stock)
• Recipe: Monster Omelet
  • Himmick in Everlook
• Recipe: Tender Wolf Steak
  • Dirge Quikcleave
• Recipe: Filet of Redgill
  • Kelsey Yance
• Recipe: Juicy Bear Burger
  • Malygen (A) Felwood
  • Bale (H) Felwood
• Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon
  • Gikkix in Tanaris
• Recipe: Nightfin Soup
  • Gikkix in Tanaris
• Recipe: Baked Salmon
  • Vivianna (A) Feralas
  • Sheendra Tallgrass (H) Feralas
• Recipe: Lobster Stew
  • Vivianna (A) Feralas
  • Sheendra Tallgrass (H) Feralas

Crafting

• From here until 300, we will be using purchased recipes. You’ll need to go to Tanaris, Everlook, and Booty Bay to get every recipe we have listed below.
• For Recipe: Smoked Desert Dumplings, you’ll need to complete two quests in Silithus:
  • Desert Recipe
  • Sharing the Knowledge

Level	Amount	Materials
225🠖250	25 Spotted Yellowtail	25 Raw Spotted Yellowtail
225🠖250	25 Undermine Clam Chowder	50 Zesty Clam Meat 25 Hot Spices 25 Ice Cold Milk
225🠖250	25 Monster Omelet	25 Giant Egg
225🠖250	25 Tender Wolf Steak	25 Tender Wolf Meat
225🠖250	25 Filet of Redgill	25 Raw Redgill
250🠖285	45 Juicy Bear Burger	45 Bear Flank
250🠖285	35 Poached Sunscale Salmon	35 Raw Sunscale Salmon
250🠖285	35 Nightfin Soup	35 Raw Nightfin Snapper
285🠖300	15 Smoked Desert Dumplings	15 Sandworm Meat
285🠖300	15 Baked Salmon	15 Raw Whitescale Salmon
285🠖300	15 Lobster Stew	15 Darkclaw Lobster

Materials

Recipes

• Up to 325
  • 30 Ravager Flesh OR
  • 30 Buzzard Meat OR
  • 30 Barbed Gill Trout
• Up to 350
  • 35 Warped Flesh OR
  • 35 Clefthoof Meat OR
  • 35 Talbuk Venison OR
  • 35 Golden Darter

• Recipe: Ravager Dog
  • Sid Limbardi (A)
  • Cookie One-Eye (H)
• Recipe: Buzzard Bites
  • Complete the following quests:
    • Ravager Egg Roundup
    • Helboar, the Other White Meat
    • Smooth as Butter
• Recipe: Blackened Trout
  • Doba (A)
  • Gambarinka (H)
• Warp Burger
  • Supply Officer Mills (A)
  • Innkeeper Grilka (H)
• Recipe: Roasted Clefthoof
  • Uriku (A)
  • Nula the Butcher (H)
• Recipe: Talbuk Steak
  • Uriku (A)
  • Nula the Butcher (H)
• Recipe: Golden Fish Sticks
  • Innkeeper Biribi (A)
  • Supply Officer Mills (H)

Crafting

• To get Recipe: Buzzard Bites, you must complete a quest chain in Hellfire Peninsula for Legassi.

Level	Amount	Materials
300🠖325	30 Ravager Dog	30 Ravager Flesh
300🠖325	30 Buzzard Bites	30 Buzzard Meat
300🠖325	30 Blackened Trout	30 Barbed Gill Trout
325🠖350	35 Warp Burger	35 Warped Flesh
325🠖350	35 Roasted Clefthoof	35 Clefthoof Meat
325🠖350	35 Talbuk Steak	35 Talbuk Venison
325🠖350	35 Golden Fish Sticks	35 Golden Darter

Materials

• 25 Chilled Meat
• Up to 400 Skill
  • 70 Worm Meat OR
  • 70 Shoveltusk Flank OR
  • 70 Rhino Meat OR
  • 70 Fangtooth Herring OR
  • 70 Glacial Salmon OR
  • 70 Worg Haunch OR
  • 70 Nettlefish OR
  • 70 Chunk o’ Mammoth OR
  • 70 Musselback Sculpin OR
  • 140 Succulent Clam Meat OR
  • 70 Imperial Manta Ray
• 65 Northern Spices
• Up to 450 Skill
  • 65 Shoveltusk Flank OR
  • 65 Rhino Meat OR
  • 65 Fangtooth Herring OR
  • 65 Worg Haunch OR
  • 65 Nettlefish OR
  • 65 Chunk o’ Mammoth OR
  • 65 Musselback Sculpin OR
  • 65 Imperial Manta Ray

Crafting

• To get the recipe for Northern Stew, you’ll need to complete Northern Cooking (A)/ Northern Cooking (H), which requires 4 Chilled Meat. Hang on to any Northern Stew you create, as it can be used for daily quests or listing on the Auction House.
• Learning to make Kungaloosh requires completing a quest chain in Sholazar Basin that begins with Need an Engine, Take an Engine. Finish the subsequent quests until you’re done with Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator & Rhino Mastery: The Test; this will let you pick up Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor. Once you finish Still At It and The Taste Test, you can pick up and turn in the final quest at the Washed-Up Mage in the Dalaran Sewer.
• Kungaloosh can be used to reach 400 skill; however, it will take a significant amount of crafts.
• Any of the trainer recipes can be used to reach 400 skill; we have listed what are potentially the cheapest recipes.
• You’ll need to complete cooking dailies to purchase new recipes used past 400 Skill; each recipe typically costs 3 Dalaran Cooking Award, and you can get one from the daily and five from each Waterlogged Recipe you turn in.

350-400

Level	Amount	Materials
350🠖365	25 Northern Stew	25 Chilled Meat
365🠖400	70 Worm Delight	70 Worm Meat
365🠖400	70 Shoveltusk Steak	70 Shoveltusk Flank
365🠖400	70 Rhino Dogs	70 Rhino Meat
365🠖400	70 Pickled Fangtooth	70 Fangtooth Herring
365🠖400	70 Smoked Salmon	70 Glacial Salmon
365🠖400	70 Roasted Worg	70 Worg Haunch
365🠖400	70 Poached Nettlefish	70 Nettlefish
365🠖400	70 Mammoth Meal	70 Chunk o’ Mammoth
365🠖400	70 Grilled Sculpin	70 Musselback Sculpin
365🠖400	70 Dalaran Clam Chowder	140 Succulent Clam Meat
365🠖400	70 Baked Manta Ray	70 Imperial Manta Ray

400-450

Level	Amount	Materials
400🠖450	65 Critter Bites	130 Chilled Meat 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Tracker Snacks	65 Shoveltusk Flank 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Hearty Rhino	65 Rhino Meat 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Spicy Fried Herring	65 Fangtooth Herring 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Firecracker Salmon	65 Glacial Salmon 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Blackened Worg Steak	65 Worg Haunch 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Spicy Blue Nettlefish	65 Nettlefish 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Spiced Mammoth Treats	65 Chunk o’ Mammoth 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Poached Northern Sculpin	65 Musselback Sculpin 65 Northern Spices
400🠖450	65 Imperial Manta Steak	65 Imperial Manta Ray 65 Northern Spices

Congrats on 450 Cooking! We hope you enjoyed our guide; let us know what you think in the comments below!