Cooking is one of 12 professions in World of Warcraft Classic, being one of the three Secondary Professions. The easiest way to start learning Cooking is to simply talk to a guard in any Capital City. They will give you directions to a Cooking Trainer who will help you get started.
It's a good idea to combine Fishing with Cooking, as the former provides easy access to ingredients.
Why Choose Cooking?
Every Class in the game can get great use out of Cooking, as it can be learned alongside two Primary Professions. If you've got a bit of time to kill, it's well worth using it to level your Cooking skill. Given that Rogues and Warriors have limited access to healing, Cooking is indispensable as allows them to recover between monsters, making Cooking an essential part of the levelling process for these classes.
Levelling Cooking and Fishing simultaneously is a great idea, as numerous recipes require fish, saving you from having to purchase ingredients unnecessarily.
Cooking Trainer Locations
How to Level your Cooking Skill
When cooking you can follow multiple different recipes to level up. Each time you cook a meal you'll gain varying degrees of experience, but you should prioritise orange recipes, as they'll give you the most experience possible. To help guide you to max level, we've identified important recipes for each tier. Check them out below.
1-20
Restores 61.2 health over 18 seconds and gives +2 to to Stamina and Spirit for 15 minutes
Reagents:
1x Small Egg
1x Mild Spices
20-50
Heals 294 damage over 21 seconds. assuming you don't bite down on a poison sac
Reagents:
1x Scorpid Stinger
50-85
Restores 243.6 health over 21 seconds and gives +4 to Stamina and Spirit for 15 minutes
Reagents:
1x Strider Meat
1x Shiny Red Apple
85-125
Random effect, including turning into a Pirate or a Ninja for an hour
Reagents:
1x Deviate Fish
1x Mild Spices
125-175
Restores 552 health over 24 seconds and gives +8 to Stamina and Spirit for 15 minutes
Reagents:
1x Lean Wolf Flank
1x Mild Spices
175-200
Restores 874.8 health over 27 seconds and gives +8 to Stamina and Spirit for 15 minutes
Reagents:
1x Mystery Meat
1x Hot Spices
200-225
Occasionally belch flame at enemies struck in melee for the next 10 minutes
Reagents:
1x Mystery Meat
1x Small Flame Sac
1x Hot Spices
225-250
Restores 1392 health over 30 seconds and gives +12 to Stamina and Spirit for 15 minutes
Reagents:
1x Tender Wolf Meat
1x Soothing Spices
250-285
Restores 874.8 health over 27 seconds and 6 health every 5 seconds for 10 minutes
Reagents:
1x Raw Sunscale Salmon
Restores 874.8 health over 27 seconds and 8 mana every 5 seconds for 10 minutes
Reagents:
1x Raw Nightfin Snapper
1x Refreshing Spring Water
285-300
Restores 2148 health over 30 seconds and gives +20 to Strength for 15 minutes
Reagents:
1x Sandworm Meat
1x Soothing Spices
World of Warcraft: Classic has a number of professions to choose from, from crafting armour with Blacksmithing and Leatherworking to farming materials with Herbalism and Minning. With something for everyone, here is our Classic Profession tier list.
Written by Effylia, Translated from the French by Millenium.
