Introduction to Cooking
Learning to Cook in WoW is a really useful skill and compliments several other professions like Fishing. It is also a good way of making some extra gold as cooking doesn’t take a lot of extra effort and it can be fun as well.
Originally most players didn’t give it a second glance but with Burning crusade and WotLK its a profession that has taken on new possibilities. You can actually make some things that other players really need, so this is a good way to get extra gold. Click here to read more on Cooking Leveling Guide
How to Begin
When you have started you will need a fire which needs some flints, tinder and wood. Open up your Spell book and look inside the cook book to find which recipes you would like to try. Please keep in mind that your fire will only last for a few minutes only start a fire when you are actually ready to start cooking.
Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you may need to spend a little to make a little at first. But when you have achieved more quests you will have the items needed for the recipies. Cooking to Make Gold
Although cooking appears a generally useless skill, it’s what you cook that makes a difference. You will need to focus on foods that carry Buff points as these can be sold at the auction house. Warp burgers are good sellers at about 1 gold a peice. It’s very easy to make 50 gold pieces an hour using this tip.
It’s a good idea to monitor the seasons in the game. During Christmas, there are quests that will require players to have Egg Nog at least one gold piece each and if players are desperate, you can easily make more money. Click here to read more on WoW Cooking Guide
Leveling Up
Here’s a quick and easy way to progress in skill from 1 to 375. Star off in Ironforge. Purchase one flour and one mild spices to make your first recipe of Spiced Bread. This will get you to 40. Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to get 30 mild spices as well as some more wood. Then get to Auberdine and find a Moonkin. Keep killing it until you have around 20 eggs or more. This will take you to skill level 60.
You can then go south to Ashenvale where you will be able to find the Crawlers which will drop clams. Pick up as many as you can and then head back to Ironforge. Cook up the eggs and sell them. Then cook the clams with the help of a cooking trainer. This will take your skill level up to around 125. Get the expert cookbook and you will be well on your way to getting up to 375.
Daily Cooking Quests
The new daily cooking quests are a recent introduction to the game. However, they generally need a cooking level of around 275. The good bit though is that the payback is high. To learn more click here: Cooking Leveling Guide