Secondary profession · Leveling guide · Campfires
WoW Forever Cooking Leveling Guide: 1 to 300
Cooking matters more in Forever than it ever did, because the campfire is the centre of the new camp system and every other profession's camp feature needs one nearby. The skill itself still levels on meat and fish you pick up while questing. The path below is built from the client's recipe list; swap in whatever recipe you have the ingredients for at the same skill.
Checked against the final beta datamine, build 1.60.1.70532, on . Overview and perks:Cooking page; every recipe: Cooking recipes.
- Confirmed0
- Datamined5
- Reported9
- Classic fallback2
WoW Forever is not out yet. Anything below, including the confirmed lines, can change at launch on November 4.
The short version
Our Cooking path takes about 336 crafts in 7 steps, 3 of them on trainer recipes. It opens with Charred Wolf Meat, and the biggest materials are 79 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish, 79 Raw Mithril Head Trout, 52 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore.
- Reported Apprentice Cooking has no level requirement, and every cooking trainer also teaches Journeyman at 50 skill. wow-professions.com
- Reported Expert Cooking is a book: the Expert Cookbook, sold by Wulan at Shadowprey Village in Desolace (Horde) or Shandrina at Mystral Lake in Ashenvale (Alliance). You need 125 skill. wow-professions.com
- Reported Artisan Cooking is the reward of Clamlette Surprise from Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan, at level 35 and 225 skill. wow-professions.com
Training ranks
| Rank | How to learn it in Forever | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice (1-75) | Any cooking trainer, no level requirement | Reported wow-professions.com |
| Journeyman (to 150) | Any cooking trainer, at 50 skill | Reported wow-professions.com |
| Expert (to 225) | Expert Cookbook from Wulan (Desolace) or Shandrina (Ashenvale), at 125 skill | Reported wow-professions.com · Warcraft Wiki |
| Artisan (to 300) | Clamlette Surprise from Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan, level 35 and 225 skill | Reported wow-professions.com · Warcraft Wiki |
Your skill stops at 75, 150 and 225 until you learn the next rank, so train before you craft past the cap.
Cooking 1-300 path
Cooking recipes mostly come from recipe items sold by cooking vendors, so the path uses more of them than a crafting profession would. Ingredients are drops and fish rather than shop items, which is why the list is short and specific.
| Skill | Craft | Materials | Learned from | Colours (yellow / green / grey) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–50 | ~50× Charred Wolf Meat | 50 Stringy Wolf Meat | Trainer | 45 / 65 / 85 |
| by 75 | Learn Journeyman first (from 50 skill, see the training table). Until you do, skill stops at 75. | |||
| 50–100 | ~52× Rainbow Fin Albacore | 52 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore | Recipe: Rainbow Fin AlbacoreRecipe item, learn at 50. Vendor, drop or quest is not in the files. | 90 / 110 / 130 |
| by 150 | Learn Expert first (from 125 skill, see the training table). Until you do, skill stops at 150. | |||
| 100–165 | ~79× Bristle Whisker CatfishRuns into green: skill-ups get rarer at the end. | 79 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | Recipe: Bristle Whisker CatfishRecipe item, learn at 100. Vendor, drop or quest is not in the files. | 140 / 160 / 180 |
| 165–175 | ~12× Goblin Deviled Clams | 12 Hot Spices, 12 Tangy Clam Meat | TrainerLearn level not in the client; counted from 165 | 165 / 185 / 205 |
| by 225 | Learn Artisan first (from 200 skill, see the training table). Until you do, skill stops at 225. | |||
| 175–240 | ~79× Mithril Headed TroutRuns into green: skill-ups get rarer at the end. | 79 Raw Mithril Head Trout | Recipe: Mithril Head TroutRecipe item, learn at 175. Vendor, drop or quest is not in the files. | 215 / 235 / 255 |
| 240–250 | ~12× Spider Sausage | 24 White Spider Meat | TrainerLearn level not in the client; counted from 240 | 240 / 260 / 280 |
| 250–300 | ~52× Poached Sunscale Salmon | 52 Raw Sunscale Salmon | Recipe: Poached Sunscale SalmonRecipe item, learn at 250. Vendor, drop or quest is not in the files. | 290 / 310 / 330 |
Datamined Recipes, reagents and skill colours from the beta tradeskill data. Craft counts are our estimate: one craft per point while a recipe is orange, then the Classic skill-up chance from yellow to grey. See how the path is built.
Total materials for 1-300
- 79 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
- 79 Raw Mithril Head Trout
- 52 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
- 52 Raw Sunscale Salmon
- 50 Stringy Wolf Meat
- 24 White Spider Meat
- 12 Hot Spices
- 12 Tangy Clam Meat
Totals add up the estimated crafts, so expect a few more or a few less depending on luck on the yellow steps.
What Forever changes for Cooking
- Datamined Camping 101: Cooking is where the camp system starts: the quest tells you the first step is becoming a cook and learning to build a campfire. The Dun Morogh version names Gremlock Pilsnor in Kharanos. Daybreak Forever datamine
- Datamined Campfires come in three tiers. A Basic Campfire holds up to 3 other camp features, a Journeyman Campfire 5 and an Expert Campfire 10. Daybreak Forever datamine
- Datamined You cannot place a new campfire within 100 yards of an existing one. Daybreak Forever datamine
- Reported Testers found every Cooking skill range unchanged from Classic. wow-professions.com
Cooking camp features
| Feature | Skill | Materials | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Campfire | 1 | 1× Simple Wood | Trainer |
| Journeyman Campfire | 90 | 1× Star Wood | Blueprint: Journeyman Campfire |
| Cookie's Feast | 140 | 2× Mystery Meat, 1× Heavy Kodo Meat, 1× Soothing Spices | Blueprint: Cookie's Feast |
| Expert Campfire | 200 | 1× Thick Logs | Blueprint: Expert Campfire |
| Iron Oven | 300 | 10× Simple Flour, 5× Refreshing Spring Water, 4× Soothing Spices | Blueprint: Iron Oven |
- Reported Basic Campfire: skill 1, from any cooking trainer, made with Simple Wood. It lets you cook and place up to 3 camp features. Warcraft Tavern · Daybreak Forever datamine
- Datamined Journeyman Campfire: up to 5 features, made from Star Wood. Expert Campfire: up to 10, made from Thick Logs. Both are taught by blueprints. Daybreak Forever datamine
- Datamined Cookie's Feast lays out Stamina food, and the Iron Oven is needed for the most advanced recipes. Daybreak Forever datamine
Every camp feature needs a campfire nearby and they all share one 60-minute cooldown. Power spikes while leveling covers which camp buffs matter most.
Legacy perks that help
Bought per character with account-wide Legacy Points. Effects are the beta client's tooltips.
- Master Chef 5 UnconfirmedRank 1: Your cooking recipes have a 10% chance to create an extra result.Max rank: Your cooking recipes have a 50% chance to create an extra result.A chance of an extra result from every cooking recipe.
- Working Overtime 5 UnconfirmedRank 1: Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 4%.Max rank: Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 20%.Applies to secondary tradeskills too.
- Gourmand 3 UnconfirmedRank 1: Increases the duration of beneficial effects from eating food by 33%.Max rank: Increases the duration of beneficial effects from eating food by 100%.Your food buffs last longer.
Making gold with Cooking
There are no Forever prices yet. These notes describe the Classic economy and are marked as such until launch data exists.
- Classic fallback In Classic, Artisan Cooking needed the Clamlette Surprise quest, so high-end food was scarcer than its ingredients suggest. Warcraft Wiki
- Classic fallback Expert Cooking came from a vendor book rather than a trainer in Classic too. Warcraft Wiki
More ideas on the gold making guide.
How this path is built
- Every recipe, reagent and skill colour comes from the Cooking data in the beta client, so the path follows Forever's thresholds, not Classic's.
- A program tries every recipe at every skill point and keeps the chain that uses the fewest raw materials. Crafted parts are broken down into what they are made of; finished goods and scarce drops count extra.
- Trainer recipes win over recipe items, and recipe items that are new in Forever count extra because nobody has confirmed where they come from.
- The client does not say when a trainer recipe can be learned, so we count such a recipe from the skill where it turns yellow. You can often learn it a little earlier.
- Camp features, cooldown crafts such as transmutes, faction-only recipes and recipes with rare reagents are left out.
Still unknown
- Where the new Cooking recipes come from.
- What the Cookie's Feast food gives in numbers.
- Which recipes need the Iron Oven.
Leveled it on launch and found something different? Send us a correction.
WoW Forever cooking FAQ
How do I get Expert Cooking in WoW Forever?
Reach 125 skill and buy the Expert Cookbook from Wulan at Shadowprey Village in Desolace, or from Shandrina at Mystral Lake in Ashenvale.
How do campfires work in WoW Forever?
A campfire lets you cook and is the anchor for other camp features. A Basic Campfire holds 3 features, a Journeyman one 5 and an Expert one 10. Two campfires cannot be within 100 yards.
Does Cooking take a profession slot?
No. Cooking is a secondary profession, so every character can learn it on top of two primary ones.
How many crafts does Cooking 1-300 take in WoW Forever?
About 336 by our estimate from the beta skill colours, in 7 steps. 4 of the steps need a recipe item instead of a trainer recipe. Luck on the yellow steps moves the number a little either way.