PROFESSIONS · 1 TO 300 GUIDE
Cooking
Secondary · Updated October 30, 2026
You cook meat, fish and eggs into food with stats. In Forever it matters more than ever: most food gives 5% extra XP per kill (seen in the beta), and Cooking is the core of camping, since it builds the campfire. It takes no slot: level it on every character.
What to pair it with: Fishing: most of the best food comes from fish. Also Skinning, since the same beasts drop meat.
What changes in Forever
- On top of its stats, most cooked food gives 5% extra XP per kill while it lasts (seen in the beta).
- Campfires: Basic Campfire (learned at skill 1, holds 3 camp objects), Journeyman Campfire (90, holds 5) and Expert Campfire (200, holds 10). Made from Simple Wood and Flint and Tinder.
- 44 new recipes: dishes, teas and smoothies. For example Peace Tea (25), Breakfast Omelette (75), Savory Whimsyfin Delight (85, turns you into a murloc or an ogre), Plain Ol' Paletusk (185), Plated Armorfish (225) and a batch of dishes at 275.
- Cookie's Feast (140): a group feast. Iron Oven (300): an oven for stamina food.
- Changed foods: Bristle Whisker Catfish now boosts Fishing; Longjaw Mud Snapper and Smoked Sagefish give attack or spell power.
- Legacy: Master Chef (chance of an extra serving) and Gourmand (food buffs last longer).
From 1 to 300, step by step
| 1-55 | Roasted Boar Meat / Charred Wolf Meat / Herb Baked Egg ~55 1 Chunk of Boar Meat, 1 Stringy Wolf Meat, or 1 Small Egg + 1 Mild Spices. If you fish: Brilliant Smallfish or Slitherskin Mackerel. All three come from the trainer. Buy spices from the cooking vendor, not the auction house. |
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| 55-90 | Coyote Steak / Smoked Bear Meat / Longjaw Mud Snapper ~35 1 Coyote Meat, 1 Bear Meat or 1 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper. Journeyman at 50 and level 10: without it you stop gaining at 75. |
| 90-130 | Dig Rat Stew (Horda) / Crab Cake / Dry Pork Ribs ~40 1 Dig Rat (The Barrens), or 1 Crawler Meat + 1 Mild Spices, or 1 Boar Ribs + 1 Mild Spices. Dig Rat Stew is a quest reward. Crab Cake and Dry Pork Ribs come from the trainer. |
| 130-175 | Curiously Tasty Omelet / Hot Lion Chops / Bristle Whisker Catfish ~45 1 Raptor Egg + 1 Hot Spices, 1 Lion Meat + 1 Hot Spices or 1 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish. Expert from 125 and level 20 (see Pending: book or trainer). |
| 175-210 | Plain Ol' Paletusk / Roast Raptor / Mithril Headed Trout ~35 2 Chunk of Boar Meat + 1 Mild Spices (Paletusk), 1 Raptor Flesh + 1 Hot Spices or 1 Raw Mithril Head Trout. Plain Ol' Paletusk is new in Forever: buy it from Martha Wellsworth in Riverglades (20 silver); it needs 185. |
| 210-225 | Hot Wolf Ribs / Soothing Turtle Bisque ~17 1 Red Wolf Meat + 1 Hot Spices, or 1 Turtle Meat + 1 Soothing Spices. Hot Wolf Ribs is sold by Vivianna (Feralas) or Super-Seller 680 (Desolace). Before 225 you need Artisan (200 skill and level 35). |
| 225-275 | Spotted Yellowtail / Monster Omelet / Tender Wolf Steak ~60 1 Raw Spotted Yellowtail; or 1 Giant Egg + 2 Soothing Spices; or 1 Tender Wolf Meat + 1 Soothing Spices. Recipes in Tanaris: Gikkix (Steamwheedle Port) sells the fish one; Dirge Quikcleave (Gadgetzan) the wolf one. |
| 275-300 | Poached Sunscale Salmon / Nightfin Soup ~35 1 Raw Sunscale Salmon, or 1 Raw Nightfin Snapper + 1 Refreshing Spring Water. Both from Gikkix. They turn yellow at 290. At 300, the Iron Oven and the account title. |
Trainers
- Ranks: Apprentice 1-75 (no level needed), Journeyman 50-150 (level 10), Expert 125-225 (level 20), Artisan 200-300 (level 35). Every capital and starting zone has a trainer, usually with a fire nearby.
- In Classic, Expert was a book (Wulan in Shadowprey Village, Desolace, for Horde; Shandrina at Mystral Lake, Ashenvale, for Alliance) and Artisan was Dirge Quikcleave's quest in Gadgetzan (level 35 and 225).
What is worth the most
- The campfire: at 90 you make the Journeyman one (5 objects) and at 200 the Expert one (10). Your whole group will want it.
- Cookie's Feast (140): food for the whole group.
- At 60: Nightfin Soup (mana), Grilled Squid (agility) and the Iron Oven's stamina food for raids.
- Fishing food: Bristle Whisker Catfish (+8), Filet of Redgill (+18) and Spinefin Halibut (+18) raise Fishing skill.
Tips
- Learn it as soon as you hit level 5: the camping quest points you to it.
- Keep meat while leveling: cooking at your own campfire saves AH gold and gives XP.
- Always buy spices and water from the cooking vendor.
- Cookie's Stirring Rod (from Cookie in The Deadmines) cooks 25% faster.
- Level Fishing alongside it and you barely spend a coin.
What we don't know yet
- Whether Expert and Artisan are taught by the trainer in Forever or are still a book and a quest as in Classic: guides disagree. Try your trainer first.
- 225 to 300 is the classic route: the beta stopped at 225, so it's untested.
- How much extra XP food gives and where most of the 44 new recipes are learned.
This guide is updated every time Blizzard publishes changes. Whatever is still missing goes in as soon as it is known, and the date at the top tells you when we last touched it.
Sources: Warcraft Tavern: Cooking en Forever · wow-professions: Cooking 1-300 en Forever · KamiLabs: Cocina en Forever (recetas nuevas) · Zockify: profesiones en Forever · Blizzard: repaso a fondo de Forever.