Cooking in WoW Forever: experience food, campfires and recipes

Cooking is a secondary tradeskill, so it never costs you one of your two main slots. In WoW Forever it matters from level 1: most dishes add bonus experience, and every camp starts with a campfire from Cooking.

What changes in Forever

• Experience from food. Most cooked food gives 5% more experience from kills while you are Well Fed, writes Wowhead.
• One stat per dish. Recipes you know are tweaked to favour a single primary stat, according to Warcraft Tavern.
• New recipes, such as Plated Armorfish and Savory Whimsyfin Delight.
• Campfires. Cooking builds the fire of every camp; see the camping guide.
• More than 100 recipes, of which the trainers teach only about a dozen. The rest come from vendors, drops, quests and the Azeroth Commerce Authority.
• Cookie’s Stirring Rod from Cookie in The Deadmines now cooks 25% faster.

Ranks and where to learn them

Rank	Skill	How
Apprentice	1 to 75	A Cooking trainer
Journeyman	75 to 150	A Cooking trainer
Expert	150 to 225	The book Expert Cookbook, 10 gold
Artisan	225 to 300	The quest Clamlette Surprise, from character level 35

The Expert book is sold by Shandrina, northeast of Talondeep Path in Ashenvale (/way 49.6 67.0), for the Alliance, and by Wulan in Shadowprey Village, Desolace (/way 26.2 69.8), for the Horde. It can be traded, so it also shows up at the Auction House.

Artisan comes from Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan, Tanaris (/way 52.6 28.0). You can gather what the quest asks before you pick it up:

• Giant Egg, from many monsters; the Sandfury trolls and the Dunemaul ogres around Gadgetzan are a good source.
• Zesty Clam Meat, from Big-mouth Clam, which drops from monsters such as Steeljaw Snapper on the east coast of Tanaris.
• Alterac Swiss, from innkeepers and food vendors.

Trainers

Faction	Trainer	Where	/way
Alliance	Alegorn	Craftsmen’s Terrace, Darnassus	49.8 21.0
Alliance	Cook Ghilm	Gol’Bolar Quarry, Dun Morogh	68.4 54.6
Alliance	Crystal Boughman	Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains	22.8 43.6
Alliance	Daryl Riknussun	The Great Forge, Ironforge	60.4 38.0
Alliance	Gremlock Pilsnor	Kharanos, Dun Morogh	47.6 52.4
Alliance	Stephen Ryback	Old Town, Stormwind City	78.2 53.0
Alliance	Tomas	Goldshire, Elwynn Forest	44.2 66.0
Alliance	Zarrin	Dolanaar, Teldrassil	57.0 61.2
Alliance	Hnaz Blunderflame	Elderwild, Mount Hyjal	15.6 50.2
Alliance	Katherine Lee	Dalaran, Alterac Mountains	12.6 65.8
Horde	Aska Mistrunner	Centre of Thunder Bluff	51.0 52.8
Horde	Eunice Burch	Centre of Undercity	62.6 44.6
Horde	William Pickman	Brill, Tirisfal Glades	61.8 51.6
Horde	Mudduk	Grom’gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale	31.4 28.0
Horde	Pyall Silentstride	Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore	45.0 61.6
Horde	Slagg	Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands	74.0 33.8
Horde	Zamja	The Drag, Orgrimmar	57.6 53.6
Horde	Gorg	Rog’mar, The Riverglades	58.6 44.6
Horde	Ortak Lomgok	Elderwild, Mount Hyjal	13.0 52.8
Both	Zerril Softbreeze	Shen’dar Village, Zephras Isle	43.8 43.8
Both	Nyalah Brightfire	Valanaar, Zephras Isle	60.6 72.6

Leveling from 1 to 225

Fish is the easiest way: the recipes are cheap, raw fish is cheap at the Auction House, and almost no recipe needs a second ingredient. Catch it yourself with Fishing if you like.

Skill	Cook	Fish
1 to 50	52 Brilliant Smallfish	52 Raw Brilliant Smallfish
50 to 100	55 Longjaw Mud Snapper	55 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
100 to 150	55 Bristle Whisker Catfish	55 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
150 to 175	65 Bristle Whisker Catfish	65 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
175 to 225	55 Mithril Headed Trout	55 Raw Mithril Head Trout

From 150 you need the Expert book. Shopping list: 52 Raw Brilliant Smallfish, 55 Raw Longjaw Mudsnapper, 120 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish and 55 Raw Mithril Head Trout. The skill-up chance varies, so you may need a few more or a few less.

The recipes come from vendors:

Recipe	Skill	Alliance	Horde
Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish	1	Catherine Leland, Stormwind (/way 55.0 69.6)	Sewa Mistrunner, Thunder Bluff (/way 55.8 47.6)
Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper	50	Tharynn Bouden, Goldshire (/way 41.8 67.0)	Naal Mistrunner, Thunder Bluff (/way 51.0 52.8)
Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish	100	Catherine Leland, Stormwind (/way 55.0 69.6)	Naal Mistrunner, Thunder Bluff (/way 51.0 52.8)
Recipe: Mithril Head Trout	175	Tansy Puddlefizz, Ironforge (/way 47.8 6.6)	Shankys, Orgrimmar (/way 70.0 30.6)

Wowhead has not published a route from 225 to 300 yet.

Old dishes, new buffs

The same dish in Forever and in Classic Era, from the tooltips of both games.

Dish	Forever	Classic Era
Bristle Whisker Catfish	8 Fishing skill, +5% experience	No buff
Longjaw Mud Snapper	10 Attack Power, +5% experience	No buff
Smoked Sagefish	4 Spell Damage, +5% experience	3 mana per 5 sec
Baked Salmon	28 Spell Damage, +5% experience	No buff
Poached Sunscale Salmon	40 Attack Power, +5% experience	6 health per 5 sec
Plated Armorfish	150 Armor, +5% experience	New in Forever

Every buff lasts 15 minutes and starts after 10 seconds of eating.

Transformation food

Savory Whimsyfin Delight gives an orc version of the ninja and pirate costumes since the beta build of 1 October; the Murloc and Ogre forms of the first days were placeholders, says Blizzard. The recipe needs Cooking 85 and drops in Redridge Mountains; more in the post about it. Savory Deviate Delight, with its ninja and pirate, is still there too.

New recipes

Every new recipe of Forever with the skill it needs and where it comes from, according to Wowhead. “Not known yet” means the source has not been found on the beta.

Recipe	Skill	Source
Venomous Smoothie	25	Merchant’s Favor, 30
Skywall Souffle	25	Quest Restocking the Larders
Peace Tea	25	Drop: Frostmane Seer
Tasty Raptor Bites	25	Drop: Sunscale Screecher, Mottled Raptor
Pincer Bites	35	Quest Crab Season
Breakfast Omelette	75	Drop: Dire Condor
Twice-Spiced Raptor Slice	75	Not known yet
Critter Cookie	80	Not known yet
Savory Whimsyfin Delight	85	A drop in Redridge Mountains
Slimy Smoothie	100	Merchant’s Favor, 30
Royal Tea	100	Drop: Windshear Geomancer
Mrrggl Smrrthle	125	Merchant’s Favor, 30
Root Tea	125	Not known yet
Giant Scrambled Eggs	175	Not known yet
Bear Brisket	175	Drop: Ashenvale Bear
Calcified Smoothie	180	Merchant’s Favor, 30
Triage Tea	180	Not known yet
Plain Ol’ Paletusk	185	Vendor: Martha Wellsworth, 20 silver
Spicy Smoothie	200	Merchant’s Favor, 60
Briny Seafood Stew	200	Not known yet
Sunny Tea	200	Not known yet
Spinefin Halibut	210	Not known yet
Raptor Rouladen	225	Not known yet
Savory Stag Sliders	225	Not known yet
Plated Armorfish	225	Not known yet
Wicked Smoothie	250	Merchant’s Favor, 90
Sage’s Tea	250	Not known yet
Raging Raptor Ribs	275	Not known yet
Swiftstrike Steak	275	Not known yet
Clam Linguine	275	Not known yet
Prehistoric Pulled Raptor	275	Not known yet
Savory Turtle Stew	275	Not known yet
Steaming Stag Steak	275	Not known yet
Bear Bruscitti	275	Not known yet
Soaring Pamplona	275	Not known yet
Sweetpaw Jam	275	Not known yet
Bat Hachee	275	Not known yet
Flank au Poivre	275	Not known yet
Cleansing Stew	Not known yet	Not known yet

Campfires and camp objects

Object	Skill	Recipe from	What it does
Basic Campfire	20	Trainer	Cooking fire, room for 3 camp objects
Journeyman Campfire	90	Blueprint: Journeyman Campfire, a drop from Lord Serpentis in Wailing Caverns	Room for 5 camp objects
Cookie’s Feast	140	Blueprint: Cookie’s Feast, a drop from Cookie in The Deadmines	A feast with a Stamina buff
Expert Campfire	200	Blueprint: Expert Campfire	Room for 10 camp objects
Iron Oven	300	Blueprint: Iron Oven	Workstation for some recipes

The skill is what the blueprint needs; the campfire kits themselves need a bit more, 140 for the Journeyman and 220 for the Expert Campfire. Every campfire needs Flint and Tinder.

How it works

The Cooking window sorts the recipes by the stat they raise, with Camping on top. The only workstation is a fire, and your own campfire counts. Meat comes from beasts, fish from Fishing, spices from the Cooking vendors.

Recipes from Merchant’s Favor

Kalsey Sanden at the camp of the Azeroth Commerce Authority at Three Corners (/way 10.8 72.7) sells six smoothie recipes for Merchant’s Favor.

Recipe	Skill	Merchant’s Favor
Venomous Smoothie	25	30
Slimy Smoothie	100	30
Mrrggl Smrrthle	125	30
Calcified Smoothie	180	60
Spicy Smoothie	200	60
Wicked Smoothie	250	90

The Horde gets them from Aza’bek of Durotar Supply and Logistics.

Legacy talents

Perk	Effect
Working Overtime	Higher chance on a skill point in any tradeskill
Dedicated Study	Once a day a free skill point in your lowest tradeskill
Master Chef	A chance to cook one extra
Gourmand	Food buffs last longer

The perks are in the Legacy calculator.