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Cooking leveling materials

For each expansion: the materials a good leveling guide uses, added up, and where a max-level character gets each one. The crafts themselves are in the guide, linked under each list.

Classic Cooking 1–300 8 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • 60 × Simple Flour
    Buy Cooking supplies vendor by the cooking trainer, Any old capital The cooking supplier who stands next to the cooking trainer sells it, in Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Silvermoon, the Undercity, Stormwind, Ironforge or the Exodar; a guard will point you to the trainer.
    Spice Bread, for skill 1 to 40, takes one Simple Flour and one Mild Spices; the same vendor sells both, so buy the sixty of each in one go.
    More: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Simple Flour on Wowhead
  • 60 × Mild Spices
    Buy Cooking supplies vendor by the cooking trainer, Any old capital The cooking supplier who stands next to the cooking trainer sells it, in Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Silvermoon, the Undercity, Stormwind, Ironforge or the Exodar; a guard will point you to the trainer.
    Spice Bread, for skill 1 to 40, takes one Mild Spices and one Simple Flour; the same vendor sells both, so buy the sixty of each in one go.
    More: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Mild Spices on Wowhead
  • 40 × Bear Meat
    Farm Bears in the low-level zones Bears drop it. None of the guides we use names a camp for it, so no spot is given yet; take the bears where they stand thickest.
    Forty make the Smoked Bear Meat for skill 40 to 80; Andrew Hilbert at the Sepulcher in Silverpine Forest (Horde) and Drac Roughcut in Thelsamar, Loch Modan (Alliance) sell the recipe. That bears drop it is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Bear Meat on Wowhead
  • 50 × Raptor Egg
    Farm Highland Fleshstalkers, Arathi Highlands The Highland Fleshstalker raptors drop the eggs; gather up as many as you can find and kill them together.
    Fifty make the Curiously Tasty Omelets for skill 130 to 175; Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind sells the recipe. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Vanilla Fishing and Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Raptor Egg on Wowhead
  • 50 × Raptor Flesh
    Farm Raptors in the mid-level zones Raptors drop it. None of the guides we use names a camp for it, so no spot is given yet; take the raptors where they stand thickest.
    Fifty make the Roast Raptor for skill 175 to 225. That raptors drop it is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Raptor Flesh on Wowhead
  • 25 × Giant Egg
    Farm Large birds in the high-level Classic zones Big birds such as owls and rocs drop it. None of the guides we use names a camp for it, so no spot is given yet.
    Twenty-five make the Monster Omelets for skill 225 to 250. Which birds drop it is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Giant Egg on Wowhead
  • 40 × Bear Flank
    Farm Bears in the high-level Classic zones Bears drop it. None of the guides we use names a camp for it, so no spot is given yet.
    Forty make the Juicy Bear Burgers for skill 250 to 285. That bears drop it is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) · Bear Flank on Wowhead
  • 15 × Sandworm Meat
    Farm Dredge Strikers and Dredge Crushers, Silithus These two worms are the only mobs that drop it, and they live only in the old Silithus: talk to Zidormi, or to Rhonormu if you come in by the Silithus portal, to switch to it. Gather the worms in bunches as you fly and kill each bunch together.
    The guide needs only 15, for 15 Smoked Desert Dumplings at 285 to 300; the recipe is the reward of two quests in the old Silithus, Desert Recipe and Sharing the Knowledge. Which mobs drop it is from Wowpedia; no guide names a best camp. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Sandworm Meat on Wowpedia · Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Vanilla Cooking Leveling Guide 1-300 (Midnight) on wow-professions.com

The Burning Crusade Cooking 1–75 3 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 30 × Ravager Dog: 30 × Ravager Flesh
    • 30 × Buzzard Bites: 30 × Buzzard Meat
    • Ravager Flesh
      Farm Ravagers across the zone, Hellfire Peninsula Nearly every ravager that drops it lives here: Razorfang, Quillfang and Thornfang Ravagers, Razorfang Hatchlings and Quillfang Skitterers. Gather each group you find and kill it in one go.
      The guide's 1 to 25 step takes 30, for Ravager Dogs, or 30 Buzzard Meat for Buzzard Bites instead. Recipe: Ravager Dog is sold by Cookie One-Eye (Horde) and Sid Limbardi (Alliance) in Hellfire Peninsula. Which ravagers drop it is from Wowpedia; no guide names a best camp. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Ravager Flesh on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
    • Buzzard Meat
      Farm Bonestripper Buzzards and Bonestripper Vultures, Hellfire Peninsula Two of the three birds that drop it live here. Collect them as you fly across the zone and kill each group in one go.
      Farm Bonelashers, Terokkar Forest The only other mob that drops it, worth a stop if Hellfire's birds run short.
      One of two choices for the guide's 1 to 25 step: 30 Buzzard Meat for Buzzard Bites, or 30 Ravager Flesh for Ravager Dogs. Recipe: Buzzard Bites is the reward of a short quest chain in Hellfire Peninsula (Ravager Egg Roundup, Helboar, the Other White Meat, then Smooth as Butter). Which mobs drop it is from Wowpedia; no guide names a best camp. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Buzzard Meat on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 40 × Talbuk Steak: 40 × Talbuk Venison
    • 40 × Roasted Clefthoof: 40 × Clefthoof Meat
    • 40 × Warp Burger: 40 × Warped Flesh
    • Talbuk Venison
      Farm Talbuk Does and Sires around the Stormspire, Netherstorm Both kinds of talbuk here drop it, and the Knothide Leather guide counts this herd among the three best beast spots in Netherstorm; a skinner gets leather from the same kills.
      Farm Talbuk herds, Nagrand Talbuk Stags, Thorngrazers and Patriarchs all drop it. The Thorngrazers stand a little apart, so collect them as you fly between them.
      One of three choices for the guide's 25 to 55 step: 40 Talbuk Venison, Clefthoof Meat or Warped Flesh. Recipe: Talbuk Steak is sold by Nula the Butcher (Horde) and Uriku (Alliance) in Nagrand. Which talbuks drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Knothide Leather Farming Guide · Talbuk Venison on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
    • Clefthoof Meat
      Farm Around Garadar, Nagrand Every clefthoof in Nagrand drops it, and Clefthoof Bulls roam all around Garadar in large numbers.
      Farm East of Oshu'gun, Nagrand Fewer beasts, but Bulls, Clefthoofs and Calves walk together in packs here, which suits one big pull and AoE.
      One of three choices for the guide's 25 to 55 step: 40 Talbuk Venison, Clefthoof Meat or Warped Flesh. Recipe: Roasted Clefthoof is sold by Nula the Butcher (Horde) and Uriku (Alliance) in Nagrand. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Thick Clefthoof Leather Farming Guide · Clefthoof Meat on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
    • Warped Flesh
      Farm Warp Chasers around Manaforge Duro, Netherstorm Warp Chasers drop it and come back quickly, which the Fel Hide guide makes its second spot; they blink out of sight now and then, so a pull can lose one or two.
      Farm Warp Stalkers and Warp Hunters, Terokkar Forest The other source: these and Terokkar's Blackwind Warp Chasers all drop it.
      One of three choices for the guide's 25 to 55 step: 40 Talbuk Venison, Clefthoof Meat or Warped Flesh. Recipe: Warp Burger is sold by Innkeeper Grilka (Horde) and Supply Officer Mills (Alliance) in Terokkar Forest. Which beasts drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Fel Hide Farming Guide · Warped Flesh on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 60 × Crunchy Serpent: 60 × Serpent Flesh
    • 60 × Mok'Nathal Shortribs: 60 × Raptor Ribs
    • Serpent Flesh
      Farm Scalewing Serpents and Felsworn Scalewings, Blade's Edge Mountains Both serpents drop it. Raptor Ribs, the other choice for the same step, come from raptors in this zone too, so one trip covers whichever you pick.
      Farm Swiftwing Shredders, Netherstorm The only source outside Blade's Edge.
      The guide's 55 to 75 step takes 60 Serpent Flesh, for Crunchy Serpent, or 60 Raptor Ribs. Alliance buy both recipes from Sassa Weldwell at Toshley's Station; Horde from Xerintha Ravenoak at Ruuan Weald, whose stock is limited, or from the Mok'Nathal Treats quest (three Serpent Flesh, three Raptor Ribs). Which mobs drop it is from Wowpedia; no guide names a best spot. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Serpent Flesh on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75 · Mok'Nathal Treats on Wowhead
    • Raptor Ribs
      Farm Daggermaw and Bladespire raptors, Blade's Edge Mountains Daggermaw Lashtails, Daggermaw Blackhides, Felsworn Daggermaws, Bladespire Raptors and the elite Bladespire Ravagers all drop it. Serpent Flesh, the other choice for the same step, comes from serpents in this zone too.
      The guide's 55 to 75 step takes 60 Raptor Ribs, for Mok'Nathal Shortribs, or 60 Serpent Flesh. Alliance buy both recipes from Sassa Weldwell at Toshley's Station; Horde from Xerintha Ravenoak at Ruuan Weald, whose stock is limited, or from the Mok'Nathal Treats quest. Which raptors drop it is from Wowpedia, and that they live in Blade's Edge from game knowledge; no guide names a best spot. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raptor Ribs on Wowpedia · Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Outland Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75 on wow-professions.com

Wrath of the Lich King Cooking 1–75 12 materials

Estimated materials

The guide offers recipes to choose from, so there is no total: these are what they use.

  • Chunk o' Mammoth
    Farm Shattertusk Mammoths, Bulls and Calves, Sholazar Basin Sholazar's mammoths drop it more often than any others, the full-grown Shattertusk Mammoths most of all. Round up a herd and kill it at once.
    Farm Wooly Mammoths, Bulls and Calves, Borean Tundra The other good herd; the Scourged Mammoths there drop it too. The starving mammoths of Dragonblight drop it only rarely, so skip them.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Spiced Mammoth Treats, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Which mammoths drop it, and how well, is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Chunk o' Mammoth on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Shoveltusk Flank
    Farm Shoveltusks across the zone, Howling Fjord Only Howling Fjord's shoveltusks drop it, so fly from herd to herd there, pulling each one together and killing it in one go. Chilled Meat drops from them now and then as well.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Tracker Snacks, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Which mobs drop it is from Wowpedia; no guide names a best herd. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Shoveltusk Flank on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Worg Haunch
    Farm Fanggore Worgs in the north-west, Howling Fjord These worgs drop it reliably; gather a pack and kill it in one go.
    Farm Any worg, Northrend Every worg in Northrend can drop it, only less often, so it also collects while you farm elsewhere.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Blackened Worg Steak, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Which worgs drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Worg Haunch on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Chilled Meat
    Farm Hardknuckle Foragers in the south-east, Sholazar Basin They drop it more often than most beasts; round up as many as you can find and kill them together.
    Farm Frosthorn Rams, Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills Another good source, in the north of Howling Fjord and the south of Grizzly Hills.
    Farm Any beast, Northrend Nearly every beast in Northrend can drop it, the mammoths, rhinos, worgs and shoveltusks farmed for their own meat included, so it piles up on the side.
    The Northrend Cooking guide uses it only for 25 to 75, where about 60 of one dish are made; this one makes Critter Bites, which take two each, so about 120. The recipe costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran, and each dish also takes one Northern Spices. Which beasts drop it best is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Chilled Meat on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Rhino Meat
    Farm Rhinos south of Amber Ledge, Borean Tundra The main rhino grounds, with more along the southern road just north of Riplash Strand; pull a whole group at once.
    Farm Rhinos around the Suntouched Pillar and the Makers' Perch, Sholazar Basin The second rhino area. Sholazar's mammoths, the best for Chunk o' Mammoth, are in the same zone.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Hearty Rhino, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. The places are from Wowpedia, which also lists the Storm Peaks north of Camp Tunka'lo and the Gundrak dungeon. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Rhino Meat on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Moonglow Cuttlefish
    Gather Moonglow Cuttlefish Schools south of Moa'ki Harbor, Dragonblight Fishing. It lives only in the Frozen Sea, Northrend's southern sea, and the schools off Moa'ki Harbor can be fished from the floating ice. Imperial Manta Ray schools are just east of the harbour, so both fill up on one trip.
    Gather Open water of the Frozen Sea, Northrend Casting into the open sea away from the schools catches it as well, more slowly.
    The Northrend Cooking guide uses it only for 25 to 75, where about 60 of one dish are made; this one makes Cuttlesteak, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Moonglow Cuttlefish on Wowpedia · Imperial Manta Ray School on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Glacial Salmon
    Gather Glacial Salmon Schools in the lakes and rivers, Grizzly Hills Fishing. Nine catches in ten from these schools are salmon, so fly from school to school around the zone's waters. 3 to 5 catches a school.
    Gather Lakes and rivers, Howling Fjord The other zone where it bites, in open water as well as schools.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Firecracker Salmon, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Glacial Salmon on Wowpedia · Glacial Salmon School on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Imperial Manta Ray
    Gather Imperial Manta Ray Schools east of Moa'ki Harbor, Dragonblight Fishing. A sea fish: its schools lie off this coast, and the Moonglow Cuttlefish schools just south of the harbour make it a stop for both.
    Gather Schools and open sea along the coast, Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord Both coasts have schools too, and it bites in the open water around them.
    The Northrend Cooking guide uses it only for 25 to 75, where about 60 of one dish are made; this one makes Imperial Manta Steak, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Imperial Manta Ray on Wowpedia · Imperial Manta Ray School on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Musselback Sculpin
    Gather Musselback Sculpin Schools in Lake Kum'uya, Borean Tundra Fishing. The schools are in this lake beside the road west of the D.E.H.T.A. Encampment; fish them out and move on to the next as they appear.
    Gather Lakes and rivers, Dragonblight The only other zone where it bites.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Poached Northern Sculpin, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Musselback Sculpin on Wowpedia · Musselback Sculpin School on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Dragonfin Angelfish
    Gather Lake Indu'le, Dragonblight Fishing. The lake usually holds about four Dragonfin Angelfish Schools, and its open water gives a fair share between them.
    Gather Schools and open water, Borean Tundra The only other zone where it bites.
    The Northrend Cooking guide uses it only for 25 to 75, where about 60 of one dish are made; this one makes Blackened Dragonfin, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Dragonfin Angelfish on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Nettlefish
    Gather Nettlefish Schools, Sholazar Basin Fishing. It comes only from these schools in Sholazar's waters, so fly from one school to the next around the basin.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Spicy Blue Nettlefish, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Nettlefish on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • Fangtooth Herring
    Gather Fangtooth Herring Schools in the lakes and rivers, Howling Fjord Fishing. Nine catches in ten from these schools are herring, so work through the schools of the zone's fresh water. 3 to 5 catches a school.
    Gather Fresh water of the lower-level zones, Northrend Open lakes and rivers in Northrend's early zones catch it too, more slowly than a school.
    The Northrend Cooking guide takes 30 to 35 of any of its meats and fish for 1 to 25, then about 60 of one for 25 to 75; this one makes Spicy Fried Herring, a recipe that costs 3 Epicurean's Awards from Derek Odds (Alliance) or Misensi (Horde) in Dalaran and takes one Northern Spices per dish. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Fangtooth Herring on Wowpedia · Fangtooth Herring School on Wowpedia · Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Northrend Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75 on wow-professions.com

Cataclysm Cooking 1–75 5 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • 30 × Skin of Dwarven Stout
    Buy Bartenders, Azeroth and Outland Bartenders across Azeroth and Outland sell it for 1 silver 20 copper; buy the 30 the guide needs in one go, with the Jug of Badlands Bourbon that goes with it.
    Cooking needs 30, with 15 Jug of Badlands Bourbon, for 15 Darkbrew Lager at 1 to 10, two Stouts to a Lager. The guide says to buy from a vendor rather than the auction house.
    More: Skin of Dwarven Stout on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • 15 × Jug of Badlands Bourbon
    Buy Bartenders and some innkeepers, Azeroth Most bartenders and a few innkeepers stock it at 20 copper a jug, so pick up the 15 the guide needs where you buy the Skins of Dwarven Stout.
    Called Jug of Bourbon until patch 5.3, which is the name the cooking guide still uses. Cooking needs 15, with 30 Skin of Dwarven Stout, for 15 Darkbrew Lager at 1 to 10. Stomper Kreeg in Dire Maul and Barkeep Morag in Siege of Orgrimmar drop it too, but a vendor is far quicker.
    More: Jug of Badlands Bourbon on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 25 × Striped Lurker
    • 25 × Lavascale Catfish
    • 25 × Blood Shrimp
    • 25 × Monstrous Claw
    • 25 × Snake Eye
    • Striped Lurker
      Gather Lakes and rivers, Twilight Highlands Fishing. It bites in fresh water, and the cooking guide points anglers to Twilight Highlands for it.
      Gather Lakes and rivers, Mount Hyjal The other zone whose fresh water holds it.
      One of five choices for the cooking guide's 10 to 25 step, about 25 of one: this one makes Lightly Fried Lurker. From 10 on, each recipe costs Epicurean's Awards, usually 3, from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind; the awards come from the daily cooking quests. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Striped Lurker on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Lavascale Catfish
      Gather Fresh water, Uldum Fishing. It has no schools, so cast into the open fresh water of Uldum and keep going.
      Gather Pools of mercury, Deepholm Deepholm's mercury pools are the other place it bites, again only as open-water catches.
      The cooking guide offers it twice: about 25 for Lavascale Fillet at 10 to 25 and about 35 for Lavascale Minestrone at 50 to 75, each one choice among several. The recipes cost Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Lavascale Catfish on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Blood Shrimp
      Farm Abyssal Clams from mobs, Vashj'ir Most mobs in Vashj'ir drop Abyssal Clams, and each clam opens to one or two Blood Shrimp; the cooking guide calls it the easiest of its meats to farm. Pull the biggest packs you find and open the clams as you go.
      Gather Salt water, Cataclysm zones Fishing. Abyssal Clams also come up when fishing the sea in any Cataclysm zone.
      The cooking guide can use it twice: about 25 for Whitecrest Gumbo at 10 to 25 and about 35 for Hearty Seafood Soup at 25 to 50, each one choice among several. The recipes cost Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Crate of Tasty Meat and Master Chef's Groceries can hold it as well. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75 · Blood Shrimp on Wowpedia · Abyssal Clam on Wowpedia
    • Monstrous Claw
      Farm Green Sand Crabs in the Silver Tide Trench, Shimmering Expanse The crabs crawl all over the floor of the trench; sweep them up into one pull and kill them together.
      Farm Silversand Burrowers, Vashj'ir The other crab Wowpedia names as a source.
      One of five choices for the cooking guide's 10 to 25 step, about 25 of one: this one makes Seasoned Crab, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Which crabs drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Monstrous Claw on Wowpedia · Green Sand Crab on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Snake Eye
      Farm Brinescale Serpents around Seafarer's Tomb and Smuggler's Scar, Kelp'thar Forest The sea serpents circle these two spots; gather them up and kill them together.
      Farm Sea Snakes, Vashj'ir Wowpedia names them as the only other source.
      One of five choices for the cooking guide's 10 to 25 step, about 25 of one: this one makes Salted Eye, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Which mobs drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Snake Eye on Wowpedia · Brinescale Serpent on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 35 × Highland Guppy
    • 35 × Blood Shrimp
    • 35 × Giant Turtle Tongue
    • Highland Guppy
      Gather Highland Guppy Schools in inland water, Twilight Highlands Fishing. It lives only in Twilight Highlands' lakes and rivers; fish the schools, which give it far more often than open water does, and the cooking guide sends anglers here for it.
      One of three choices for the cooking guide's 25 to 50 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Pickled Guppy, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Highland Guppy on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Blood Shrimp
      Farm Abyssal Clams from mobs, Vashj'ir Most mobs in Vashj'ir drop Abyssal Clams, and each clam opens to one or two Blood Shrimp; the cooking guide calls it the easiest of its meats to farm. Pull the biggest packs you find and open the clams as you go.
      Gather Salt water, Cataclysm zones Fishing. Abyssal Clams also come up when fishing the sea in any Cataclysm zone.
      The cooking guide can use it twice: about 25 for Whitecrest Gumbo at 10 to 25 and about 35 for Hearty Seafood Soup at 25 to 50, each one choice among several. The recipes cost Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Crate of Tasty Meat and Master Chef's Groceries can hold it as well. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75 · Blood Shrimp on Wowpedia · Abyssal Clam on Wowpedia
    • Giant Turtle Tongue
      Farm Sea turtles, Vashj'ir Each part of Vashj'ir has its own: Speckled Sea Turtles in Kelp'thar Forest, Softshell Sea Turtles in the Shimmering Expanse and Seabrush Terrapins in the Abyssal Depths. Collect the turtles of one part into a pull and kill them together.
      One of three choices for the cooking guide's 25 to 50 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Tender Baked Turtle, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. A Crate of Tasty Meat, sold by Shazdar and by Jon Casper in Stormwind, can hold it too. Which turtles drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Giant Turtle Tongue on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 35 × Algaefin Rockfish
    • 35 × Basilisk "Liver"
    • 35 × Crocolisk Tail
    • 35 × Blackbelly Mudfish
    • 35 × Deepsea Sagefish
    • 35 × Dragon Flank
    • 35 × Lavascale Catfish
    • 35 × Fathom Eel
    • Algaefin Rockfish
      Gather The open sea, Vashj'ir Fishing. A sea fish: cast into the open water of Vashj'ir. A late-2010 hotfix took away its own schools and put Deepsea Sagefish schools in their place.
      Gather Along the coast, Twilight Highlands The other place Wowpedia names, fished from the sea off the zone's shore.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Baked Rockfish, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Wowpedia still says it comes from pools in Twilight Highlands and Vashj'ir, beside the hotfix note that its schools were removed, so where it bites best is uncertain. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Algaefin Rockfish on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Basilisk "Liver"
      Farm Jadecrest Basilisks on the Alabaster Shelf, Deepholm Only Cataclysm basilisks drop it, and most of them live in Deepholm. Gather the Jadecrest Basilisks of the Alabaster Shelf into one pull and kill them together; the Shalehide and Crystal Gorged Basilisks and the Gorgonites elsewhere in the zone drop it as well.
      Farm Spinescale Basilisks, Mount Hyjal The only basilisks outside Deepholm that drop it, the Spinescale Basilisks and their Matriarchs.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Basilisk Liverdog, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. A Crate of Tasty Meat, two Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar or from Jon Casper in Stormwind, can hold it among other meats. Which basilisks drop it and where the Jadecrest ones live is from Wowpedia; how densely they stand is not. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Basilisk "Liver" on Wowpedia · Jadecrest Basilisk on Wowpedia · Crate of Tasty Meat on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Crocolisk Tail
      Farm Baradin Crocolisks, Tol Barad There are enough Baradin Crocolisks here that the Savage Leather guide sends skinners to them: round up a crowd and kill them together. A skinner collects Savage Leather on the same run.
      Farm Riverbed and Neferset Crocolisks, Uldum The other Cataclysm crocolisks that drop it. A max-level character sees the later Uldum; if they are not there, Zidormi at Ramkahen switches you to the old one.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Beer-Basted Crocolisk, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. A Crate of Tasty Meat, two Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar or from Jon Casper in Stormwind, can hold it among other meats. Which crocolisks drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Crocolisk Tail on Wowpedia · Savage Leather Farming Guide · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Blackbelly Mudfish
      Gather Blackbelly Mudfish Schools in the inland waters, Uldum Fishing. Its schools are in Uldum's fresh water, not the sea; nine casts in ten on them bring up the mudfish and most of the rest Volatile Water, and each school lasts three to five catches. If the later Uldum shows and the schools are missing, Zidormi at Ramkahen switches you to the old one.
      Gather Open inland water, Uldum Uldum is the only zone where it bites, so between schools keep casting into the same waters, more slowly.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Blackbelly Sushi, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. The Volatile Water from the schools is wanted by the Leatherworking guide. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Blackbelly Mudfish on Wowpedia · Blackbelly Mudfish School on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Deepsea Sagefish
      Gather Deepsea Sagefish Schools along the coast, Twilight Highlands Fishing. The only zone where it swims in schools, which lie along the shoreline; fly the coast from school to school for the quickest catch.
      Gather Open salt water, Uldum Away from Twilight Highlands it bites only in the open sea, here and in the Shimmering Expanse and Tol Barad. Water near a river mouth gives fewer, mixed with Lavascale Catfish.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Delicious Sagefish Tail, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Deepsea Sagefish on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Dragon Flank
      Farm Stone Drakes at the Pale Roost, Deepholm Every Cataclysm dragon and dragonkin drops it. At the Pale Roost the stone giants keep knocking Stone Drakes out of the sky; they land already worn down and come back very quickly, so they fall one after another. A skinner gets Savage Leather and Blackened Dragonscale from them too.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Grilled Dragon, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. A Crate of Tasty Meat, two Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar or from Jon Casper in Stormwind, can hold it among other meats. That all Cataclysm dragonkin drop it is from Wowpedia; the Pale Roost is where the Savage Leather guide sends skinners for the drakes. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Dragon Flank on Wowpedia · Savage Leather Farming Guide · Crate of Tasty Meat on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Lavascale Catfish
      Gather Fresh water, Uldum Fishing. It has no schools, so cast into the open fresh water of Uldum and keep going.
      Gather Pools of mercury, Deepholm Deepholm's mercury pools are the other place it bites, again only as open-water catches.
      The cooking guide offers it twice: about 25 for Lavascale Fillet at 10 to 25 and about 35 for Lavascale Minestrone at 50 to 75, each one choice among several. The recipes cost Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Lavascale Catfish on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Fathom Eel
      Gather Fathom Eel schools off the coast, Uldum Fishing. Its schools swim in Uldum's coastal waters; fly along the shore and fish each one out.
      Gather Fathom Eel schools off the coast, Tol Barad Peninsula The other coast with its schools. Open water in Vashj'ir and Uldum gives it too, but less often.
      One of eight choices for the cooking guide's 50 to 75 step, about 35 of one: this one makes Skewered Eel, a recipe that costs Epicurean's Awards from Shazdar in Orgrimmar or Bario Matalli in Stormwind. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Fathom Eel on Wowpedia · Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75

From skill 10 each recipe is bought with Epicurean's Awards, which the daily cooking quests give: three to five a day.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Cataclysm Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75 on wow-professions.com

Mists of Pandaria Cooking 1–75 1 material

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • Way of the Brew: 40 × Ginseng, 100 × Jade Squash, 350 × Witchberries, 5 × 100 Year Soy Sauce, 250 × Green Cabbage
    • Way of the Grill: 25 × Raw Tiger Steak, 25 × Jade Lungfish, 125 × Striped Melon, 5 × 100 Year Soy Sauce, 50 × Raw Crab Meat, 50 × Redbelly Mandarin, 250 × White Turnip
    • Way of the Oven: 25 × Wildfowl Breast, 100 × Krasarang Paddlefish, 5 × 100 Year Soy Sauce, 250 × Mogu Pumpkin, 50 × Raw Turtle Meat
    • Way of the Pot: 25 × Jade Lungfish, 25 × Raw Turtle Meat, 375 × Juicycrunch Carrot, 5 × 100 Year Soy Sauce, 50 × Mushan Ribs, 50 × Reef Octopus
    • Way of the Steamer: 25 × Giant Mantis Shrimp, 75 × Emperor Salmon, 125 × Scallions, 5 × 100 Year Soy Sauce, 250 × Jade Squash, 50 × Wildfowl Breast
    • Way of the Wok: 50 × Juicycrunch Carrot, 25 × Reef Octopus, 25 × Wildfowl Breast, 5 × 100 Year Soy Sauce, 50 × Giant Mantis Shrimp, 50 × Raw Crocolisk Belly, 250 × Red Blossom Leek
    • Ginseng
      Buy Sungshin Ironpaw, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds The cook who teaches Pandaria Cooking and hands out the Way quests sells it too, so buy all 40 while you are standing there for Way of the Brew.
      Buy Cooking supplies vendors in the Vale's shrines, Shrine of Two Moons or Shrine of Seven Stars Barleyflower and Stephen Wong in the Horde's Shrine of Two Moons, and Jojo in the Alliance's Shrine of Seven Stars, sell it as well.
      Only Way of the Brew uses it: the Way's opening quest asks for some to be taken to Bobo Ironpaw, then 40 Ginseng Tea carry you from 1 to 30.
      More: Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75 · Ginseng on Wowpedia
    • Jade Squash
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Jade Squash Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Hozen anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Every hozen can drop it, and Striped Melon as well, so round up a whole hozen camp and kill it at once.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of 25 for one Ironpaw Token. Two Ways use it: Way of the Brew, 100 for 20 Jade Witch Brews (30 to 50), and Way of the Steamer, 250 for its five banquets (50 to 75). That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge; no source gives a drop rate or a best hozen camp. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Jade Squash on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Sack of Jade Squash on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Witchberries
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Witchberry Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Howlingwind Cavern, Kun-Lai Summit Sprites and saurok drop it, and this cave is packed with Mischievous Snow Sprites; the Suspicious Snow Piles release more when you step on them or hit them with area damage.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Brew uses it, 350 in all: 100 for 20 Jade Witch Brews (30 to 50) and 250 for the five banquets (50 to 75). The cave comes from the Windwool Cloth guide, which picks it for cloth; pairing it with Witchberries is ours, and no source gives a drop rate. That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Witchberries on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Windwool Cloth Farming Guide · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • 100 Year Soy Sauce
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds The only seller, and he takes Ironpaw Tokens rather than gold: one token per bottle. Each Way's last step, five banquets from 50 to 75, needs five bottles.
      Ironpaw Tokens come from the cooking quests at Halfhill: the opening Way quests, the daily A Token of Appreciation, and Nam's repeatable Replenishing the Pantry, which pays one token for a Bundle of Groceries (Wowpedia: a container from Merchant Cheng filled with 20 Pandaria meat or fish, or 100 vegetables). The guide's list adds up all six Ways to 30 bottles; one Way needs only 5.
      More: 100 Year Soy Sauce on Wowpedia · Ironpaw Token on Wowpedia · Replenishing the Pantry on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Green Cabbage
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Green Cabbage Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Virmen anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Every virmen can drop it, and Mogu Pumpkin as well, so gather up whole groups of them and kill them together.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of 25 for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Brew uses it, 250 for the five banquets from 50 to 75. That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge; no source gives a drop rate from virmen. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Green Cabbage on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Nam Ironpaw on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Raw Tiger Steak
      Farm Tigers on the north of Windward Isle, The Jade Forest The island off the Jade Forest's north-east coast is crowded with tigers that come back quickly and drop a steak more often than not. Nothing else there but a few weak neutral Shadowfae Tricksters. 15 to 20 per lap.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five steaks, handy for topping up the last few.
      Any tiger in Pandaria drops it. Way of the Grill opens by taking 5 to Kol Ironpaw, then 25 Charbroiled Tiger Steaks carry you from 1 to 25. The drop rate (about half the kills) and the lap figure are from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Tiger Steak on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Jade Lungfish
      Gather Jade Lungfish Schools in the lakes and rivers, The Jade Forest Fishing. The schools are found only in the Jade Forest's inland fresh water, so fly from one to the next along the rivers and lakes.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Two Ways use it: Way of the Grill for 25 Eternal Blossom Fish (25 to 50), and Way of the Pot, which opens by taking 5 to Mei Mei Ironpaw and then makes 25 Swirling Mist Soup (1 to 25). Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Jade Lungfish on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Striped Melon
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Striped Melon Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Hozen and jinyu anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Both races can drop it, so any big camp of either is worth rounding up and killing in one go; hozen drop Jade Squash too.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Grill uses it: 125, five for each of the 25 Eternal Blossom Fish from 25 to 50. That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge; no source gives a drop rate or a best camp. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Striped Melon on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Nam Ironpaw on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Raw Crab Meat
      Farm Crabs anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Every crab on the continent can drop it; gather up as many as stand together along a shore and kill them at once.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Only Way of the Grill uses it: 50, ten for each of the five Banquets of the Grill from 50 to 75. No source names a best crab beach or gives a drop rate. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Crab Meat on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Redbelly Mandarin
      Gather Redbelly Mandarin Schools in the inland waters, Townlong Steppes Fishing. The schools give it most of the time, and Townlong's lakes and rivers are the only place they still appear.
      Gather Open fresh water, The Jade Forest or Townlong Steppes It also bites now and then away from the schools, here and in what is left of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms' water. On a day when it is the fish of the day, the Fields of Niuzao in Townlong give a lot of it.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Only Way of the Grill uses it: 50, ten for each of the five Banquets of the Grill from 50 to 75. The Vale's schools went away in patch 5.4 when its waters were ruined. Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Redbelly Mandarin on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • White Turnip
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: White Turnip Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Yaungol camps, Kun-Lai Summit and Townlong Steppes Every yaungol in Pandaria can drop it; their camps fill these two zones, so pull a whole camp at a time.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Grill uses it: 250, fifty for each of the five Banquets of the Grill from 50 to 75. That crops are ready the day after planting, and that the yaungol live in these two zones, are from game knowledge; no source gives a drop rate. Easy to buy, too.
      More: White Turnip on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Nam Ironpaw on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Wildfowl Breast
      Farm Birds anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Many different birds across the continent drop it; round up every one in sight and kill them together.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Three Ways use it: Way of the Oven, which opens by taking 5 to Jian Ironpaw (you get them back) and then makes 25 Wildfowl Roast (1 to 25); Way of the Wok, 25 for Valley Stir Fry (25 to 50); and Way of the Steamer, 50 for its banquets (50 to 75). No source names a best bird spot. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Wildfowl Breast on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Krasarang Paddlefish
      Gather Krasarang Paddlefish Schools, Valley of the Four Winds and Krasarang Wilds Fishing. The schools sit in the fresh water of these two neighbouring zones, so one flight takes in both.
      Gather Open fresh water, Valley of the Four Winds and Krasarang Wilds Casting into the same zones' lakes and rivers away from the schools catches it often enough too.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Only Way of the Oven uses it, 100 in all: two for each of the 25 Twin Fish Platters (25 to 50) and ten for each of the five Banquets of the Oven (50 to 75). Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Krasarang Paddlefish on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Mogu Pumpkin
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Mogu Pumpkin Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Virmen anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Every virmen can drop it, and Green Cabbage as well, so gather up whole groups of them and kill them together.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Oven uses it: 250, fifty for each of the five Banquets of the Oven from 50 to 75. That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge; no source gives a drop rate from virmen. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Mogu Pumpkin on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Nam Ironpaw on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Raw Turtle Meat
      Farm Wyrmhorn Turtles by the small lake, Valley of the Four Winds Turtles drop it all over Pandaria, and this group comes back so fast it never runs out; the Mist-Touched Leather guide picks it as a skinning spot, so a skinner gets leather from the same kills.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Two Ways use it: Way of the Pot, 25 for Braised Turtle (25 to 50), and Way of the Oven, 50 for its five banquets (50 to 75). That turtles anywhere drop it is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Mist-Touched Leather Farming Guide · Raw Turtle Meat on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Juicycrunch Carrot
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Juicycrunch Carrot Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Virmen warrens, Valley of the Four Winds Every virmen can drop it, and their broods live in the Valley: Snagtooth in the east, Twitchheel in the east-centre and Springtail in the north-centre. Round up a whole warren and kill it at once; the same kills drop Green Cabbage and Mogu Pumpkin.
      Zandalari trolls in Pandaria drop it as well. No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Two Ways use it: Way of the Pot, 375 (125 for 25 Braised Turtle from 25 to 50, 250 for the five banquets from 50 to 75), and Way of the Wok, 50 for 25 Sauteed Carrots from 1 to 25, after 5 taken to Anthea Ironpaw to open the Way, which the quest gives back. The guide's 425 adds the two Ways together. That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge; no source gives a drop rate from virmen. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Juicycrunch Carrot on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Virmen on Wowpedia · Nam Ironpaw on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Mushan Ribs
      Farm The Skyrange, Valley of the Four Winds The high ground above the Valley, reachable only by flying, is one of the two places Wowpedia rates best for ribs. Its Stout Shaghorns roam in packs of six that leave you alone until you strike, so pull a whole pack at a time; a skinner gets Mist-Touched Leather from the same kills.
      Farm Longshadow Mushans around the Kri'vess tree, Townlong Steppes A herd of mushan grazes round the great tree; gather them up and kill them together. The Mist-Touched Leather guide lists this spot as well.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Every mushan in Pandaria can drop it; Wowpedia names the Dread Wastes as the other zone with the best rate, without a spot. Only Way of the Pot uses it: 50, ten for each of the five Banquets of the Pot from 50 to 75. That the Skyrange's packs of shaghorns are its mushan is our reading of the two sources. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Mushan Ribs on Wowpedia · Mist-Touched Leather Farming Guide · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Reef Octopus
      Gather Reef Octopus Swarms along the coasts, Pandaria Fishing. The swarms turn up round most of Pandaria's coastline, so fly along the shore and fish each one you pass; Giant Mantis Shrimp pools share the same waters.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Two Ways use it: Way of the Pot, 50 for its five banquets (50 to 75), and Way of the Wok, 25 for Valley Stir Fry (25 to 50). Where it bites is from Wowpedia; no source names a best coast. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Reef Octopus on Wowpedia · Reef Octopus Swarm on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Giant Mantis Shrimp
      Gather Giant Mantis Shrimp pools along the coasts, Pandaria Fishing. Its pools lie along Pandaria's coasts, the Isle of Thunder and the Timeless Isle included; fly the shore and fish each one, picking up Reef Octopus Swarms on the way.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Two Ways use it: Way of the Steamer, which opens by taking 5 to Yan Ironpaw (you get them back) and then makes 25 Shrimp Dumplings (1 to 25), and Way of the Wok, 50 for its five banquets (50 to 75). Where it bites is from Wowpedia; no source names a best coast. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Giant Mantis Shrimp on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Emperor Salmon
      Gather Emperor Salmon Schools, Valley of the Four Winds Fishing. The schools give it most of the time; they sit in the Valley's fresh water and in the inland waters of Krasarang Wilds and Townlong Steppes, and the Valley's are a short flight from Halfhill.
      Gather Open fresh water, Valley of the Four Winds, Krasarang Wilds or Townlong Steppes Casting into these zones' lakes and rivers away from the schools catches it often enough too.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      Only Way of the Steamer uses it, 75 in all: 25 for Fire Spirit Salmon (25 to 50) and 50 for its five banquets (50 to 75). Where it bites is from Wowpedia. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Emperor Salmon on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Scallions
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Scallion Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Saurok anywhere in Pandaria, Pandaria Every saurok can drop it. Their tribes live in the Dread Wastes, Krasarang Wilds, the Jade Forest, Townlong Steppes and on the Isle of Thunder; round up a whole camp and kill it at once, and keep the Witchberries they drop too.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Steamer uses it: 125, five for each of the 25 Fire Spirit Salmon from 25 to 50. Where the saurok tribes live is from Wowpedia; no source names a best camp or gives a drop rate, and that crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Scallions on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Saurok on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Raw Crocolisk Belly
      Farm Crocolisks of the Dread Wastes, Dread Wastes Every crocolisk in Pandaria can drop it, and Wowpedia gives the Dread Wastes' the best rate; gather up every one in sight and kill them together.
      Buy Nam Ironpaw, the Stockmaster, Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds One Ironpaw Token buys a sack of five.
      The Vale of Eternal Blossoms once rivalled the Dread Wastes, but few crocolisks were left there after its ruin in patch 5.4. Only Way of the Wok uses it: 50, ten for each of the five Banquets of the Wok from 50 to 75. No source names a best spot within the zone. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Crocolisk Belly on Wowpedia · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75
    • Red Blossom Leek
      Get Sunsong Ranch, your own farm, Halfhill, Valley of the Four Winds Grow it: Red Blossom Leek Seeds from Merchant Greenfield in Halfhill Market, one per plot, and each harvest gives five, or eight when the crop comes up Plump. Farmer Yoon's short opening quest chain gives you four plots; Tillers reputation opens up to sixteen. 5 to 10 per plot.
      Farm Howlingwind Cavern, Kun-Lai Summit Sprites, jinyu and Zandalari trolls drop it, and this cave is packed with Mischievous Snow Sprites; the Suspicious Snow Piles release more when you step on them or hit them with area damage. The same sprites drop Witchberries.
      No vendor sells it for gold, but Nam Ironpaw in Halfhill Market sells a sack of them for one Ironpaw Token. Only Way of the Wok uses it: 250, fifty for each of the five Banquets of the Wok from 50 to 75. The cave comes from the Windwool Cloth guide, which picks it for cloth; pairing it with leeks is ours, and no source gives a drop rate. That crops are ready the day after planting is from game knowledge. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Red Blossom Leek on Wowpedia · Sunsong Ranch on Wowpedia · Windwool Cloth Farming Guide · Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75

The guide levels one of the six Ways of cooking, not all of them: pick the Way whose ingredients are easiest for you to get.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Pandaria Cooking Leveling Guide 1-75 on wow-professions.com

Warlords of Draenor Cooking 1–100 3 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • 150 × Crescent Saberfish Flesh
    Gather Any water in Draenor, Draenor Fishing. Saberfish bite in every Draenor zone, so they come up wherever you fish for the other Draenor fish; gut each catch into flesh.
    The Draenor Cooking guide needs 150 for 30 Grilled Saberfish, five a dish, at 1 to 20. Like every Draenor fish it is caught whole, small, normal or enormous, and gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Crescent Saberfish Flesh on Wowhead · Fat Sleeper Flesh on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • Fat Sleeper Cakes and Braised Riverbeast: 330 × Fat Sleeper Flesh, 165 × Raw Riverbeast Meat
    • Skulker Chowder and Clefthoof Sausages: 330 × Jawless Skulker Flesh, 165 × Raw Clefthoof Meat
    • Grilled Gulper and Blackrock Ham: 330 × Abyssal Gulper Eel Flesh, 165 × Raw Boar Meat
    • Fiery Calamari and Rylak Crepes: 330 × Fire Ammonite Tentacle, 165 × Rylak Egg
    • Steamed Scorpion and Hearty Elekk Steak: 330 × Sea Scorpion Segment, 165 × Raw Elekk Meat
    • Sturgeon Stew and Pan-Seared Talbuk: 330 × Blind Lake Sturgeon Flesh, 165 × Raw Talbuk Meat
    • Fat Sleeper Flesh
      Gather Lakes and rivers of Nagrand, Nagrand (Draenor) Fishing. Fat Sleepers bite most in Nagrand's waters, more still with Fat Sleeper Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Fat Sleeper Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Fat Sleeper Cakes, ten a dish, if you take the Mastery pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Fat Sleeper Flesh on Wowhead · Fat Sleeper Flesh on Wowpedia · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Riverbeast Meat
      Farm Riverbeasts along the lakes and rivers, Gorgrond Riverbeasts wallow in groups in Gorgrond's waters; pull a whole group and kill it together.
      Farm Beach north of Brute's Rise, Ashran Flat-Toothed Riverbeasts gather on this stretch of shore, another spot to round up several at once.
      Every riverbeast in Draenor can drop it, and they live by the water in every zone but Frostfire Ridge. No source names a best spot; the two above are where Wowpedia places riverbeasts. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Braised Riverbeast, five a dish, if you take the Mastery pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Riverbeast Meat on Wowpedia · Riverbeast on Wowpedia · Flat-Toothed Riverbeast on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Jawless Skulker Flesh
      Gather Lakes and rivers of Gorgrond, Gorgrond Fishing. Jawless Skulkers bite most in Gorgrond's waters, more still with Jawless Skulker Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Jawless Skulker Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Skulker Chowder, ten a dish, if you take the Versatility pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Jawless Skulker Flesh on Wowhead · Jawless Skulker Bait on Wowpedia · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Clefthoof Meat
      Farm Tamed Clefthoof pack at 78.7, 72.2, Nagrand (Draenor) The pack replaces itself one or two at a time as you kill it, so stand still and keep killing; if it stalls, kill the two by the Gorian Gladiators to force the respawn. They drop Sumptuous Fur too, and a skinner gets Raw Beast Hide.
      Farm Clefthoof herds, Frostfire Ridge Clefthoof also roam Frostfire Ridge and Gorgrond in big herds, so gather a herd and kill it in one go.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Clefthoof Sausages, five a dish, if you take the Versatility pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Beast Hide Farming Guide · Clefthoof on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Abyssal Gulper Eel Flesh
      Gather Waters of the Spires of Arak, Spires of Arak Fishing. Abyssal Gulper Eels bite most in the Spires of Arak, more still with Abyssal Gulper Eel Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Abyssal Gulper Eel Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Grilled Gulper, ten a dish, if you take the Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Abyssal Gulper Eel Flesh on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Boar Meat
      Farm Coldsnout boar packs at the Burning Glacier, Frostfire Ridge Coldsnout Boars stand in packs with two sows and a few piglets; pull several packs together and kill them at once.
      Draenor's boars drop it; Frostfire Ridge is frostboar country, and the Burning Glacier packs are where Wowpedia places a crowd of them, though no source names a best spot. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Blackrock Ham, five a dish, if you take the Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Coldsnout Boar on Wowpedia · Boar on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Fire Ammonite Tentacle
      Gather Lava pools, Frostfire Ridge Fishing, in lava rather than water. Fire Ammonites bite most in Frostfire Ridge's lava, more still with Fire Ammonite Bait on the hook; gut each catch into tentacles.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Fire Ammonite Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Fiery Calamari, ten a dish, if you take the second Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Fire Ammonite Tentacle on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Rylak Egg
      Farm Rylaks across the zone, Frostfire Ridge Rylaks are thickest here, nesting on the warm volcanic ledges; gather a flock and kill it together.
      Farm Darktide Roost, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) The island off the valley's south coast, where the Blackfuse goblins hold a roost full of captive rylaks.
      Any rylak in Draenor can drop it. No source gives a drop rate or a best spot; that Frostfire Ridge has the most rylaks is from Wowpedia. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Rylak Crepes, five a dish, if you take the second Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Rylak Egg on Wowpedia · Rylak on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Sea Scorpion Segment
      Gather Open sea off any Draenor coast, Draenor Fishing. Sea Scorpions live in the ocean, not in lakes, so cast from any Draenor shore, with Sea Scorpion Bait on the hook for more of them; gut each catch into segments.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Sea Scorpion Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Steamed Scorpion, ten a dish, if you take the Stamina pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Sea Scorpion Segment on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Elekk Meat
      Farm Elekk herds in the fields, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) Herds of elekk graze across the valley's fields; pull a whole herd and kill it in one go.
      Farm Elekk herds on the plains, Nagrand (Draenor) Nagrand has herds too, and its talbuks and clefthoof give two more of the Feast of Blood meats on the same trip.
      No source names a best spot; the two zones are where Wowpedia says the elekk herds roam. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Hearty Elekk Steak, five a dish, if you take the Stamina pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Elekk on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Blind Lake Sturgeon Flesh
      Gather Lakes and rivers of Shadowmoon Valley, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) Fishing. Blind Lake Sturgeon bite most in Shadowmoon Valley's waters, more still with Blind Lake Sturgeon Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Blind Lake Sturgeon Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Sturgeon Stew, ten a dish, if you take the Haste pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Blind Lake Sturgeon Flesh on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Talbuk Meat
      Farm Talbuks on the plains, Nagrand (Draenor) Nagrand's plains are the talbuk's home ground. Kill them along with the Nagrand Prowlers there, which the Sumptuous Fur guide also sends you to, so fur and hides come with the meat.
      Farm Talbuk herds, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) Talbuks graze in Shadowmoon Valley as well, the same valley as the elekk herds.
      No source names a best spot or a drop rate; the zones are from the Sumptuous Fur guide and Wowpedia. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Pan-Seared Talbuk, five a dish, if you take the Haste pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Sumptuous Fur Farming Guide · Talbuk on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • Feast of the Waters: 50 × Fat Sleeper Flesh, 50 × Jawless Skulker Flesh, 50 × Abyssal Gulper Eel Flesh, 50 × Fire Ammonite Tentacle, 50 × Sea Scorpion Segment, 50 × Blind Lake Sturgeon Flesh
    • Feast of Blood: 50 × Raw Riverbeast Meat, 50 × Raw Clefthoof Meat, 50 × Raw Boar Meat, 50 × Rylak Egg, 50 × Raw Elekk Meat, 50 × Raw Talbuk Meat
    • Fat Sleeper Flesh
      Gather Lakes and rivers of Nagrand, Nagrand (Draenor) Fishing. Fat Sleepers bite most in Nagrand's waters, more still with Fat Sleeper Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Fat Sleeper Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Fat Sleeper Cakes, ten a dish, if you take the Mastery pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Fat Sleeper Flesh on Wowhead · Fat Sleeper Flesh on Wowpedia · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Jawless Skulker Flesh
      Gather Lakes and rivers of Gorgrond, Gorgrond Fishing. Jawless Skulkers bite most in Gorgrond's waters, more still with Jawless Skulker Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Jawless Skulker Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Skulker Chowder, ten a dish, if you take the Versatility pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Jawless Skulker Flesh on Wowhead · Jawless Skulker Bait on Wowpedia · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Abyssal Gulper Eel Flesh
      Gather Waters of the Spires of Arak, Spires of Arak Fishing. Abyssal Gulper Eels bite most in the Spires of Arak, more still with Abyssal Gulper Eel Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Abyssal Gulper Eel Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Grilled Gulper, ten a dish, if you take the Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Abyssal Gulper Eel Flesh on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Fire Ammonite Tentacle
      Gather Lava pools, Frostfire Ridge Fishing, in lava rather than water. Fire Ammonites bite most in Frostfire Ridge's lava, more still with Fire Ammonite Bait on the hook; gut each catch into tentacles.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Fire Ammonite Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Fiery Calamari, ten a dish, if you take the second Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Fire Ammonite Tentacle on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Sea Scorpion Segment
      Gather Open sea off any Draenor coast, Draenor Fishing. Sea Scorpions live in the ocean, not in lakes, so cast from any Draenor shore, with Sea Scorpion Bait on the hook for more of them; gut each catch into segments.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Sea Scorpion Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Steamed Scorpion, ten a dish, if you take the Stamina pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Sea Scorpion Segment on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Blind Lake Sturgeon Flesh
      Gather Lakes and rivers of Shadowmoon Valley, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) Fishing. Blind Lake Sturgeon bite most in Shadowmoon Valley's waters, more still with Blind Lake Sturgeon Bait on the hook; gut each catch into flesh.
      Gather Garrison Fishing Shack, Your garrison, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance) With Blind Lake Sturgeon Bait on, the water by the shack yields them too: small ones at shack level 1, normal at 2, enormous at 3.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 330 for 33 Sturgeon Stew, ten a dish, if you take the Haste pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of the Waters at 95 to 100. Each catch is gutted into a few pieces of flesh. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Blind Lake Sturgeon Flesh on Wowhead · Fishing Shack on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Riverbeast Meat
      Farm Riverbeasts along the lakes and rivers, Gorgrond Riverbeasts wallow in groups in Gorgrond's waters; pull a whole group and kill it together.
      Farm Beach north of Brute's Rise, Ashran Flat-Toothed Riverbeasts gather on this stretch of shore, another spot to round up several at once.
      Every riverbeast in Draenor can drop it, and they live by the water in every zone but Frostfire Ridge. No source names a best spot; the two above are where Wowpedia places riverbeasts. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Braised Riverbeast, five a dish, if you take the Mastery pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Riverbeast Meat on Wowpedia · Riverbeast on Wowpedia · Flat-Toothed Riverbeast on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Clefthoof Meat
      Farm Tamed Clefthoof pack at 78.7, 72.2, Nagrand (Draenor) The pack replaces itself one or two at a time as you kill it, so stand still and keep killing; if it stalls, kill the two by the Gorian Gladiators to force the respawn. They drop Sumptuous Fur too, and a skinner gets Raw Beast Hide.
      Farm Clefthoof herds, Frostfire Ridge Clefthoof also roam Frostfire Ridge and Gorgrond in big herds, so gather a herd and kill it in one go.
      The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Clefthoof Sausages, five a dish, if you take the Versatility pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Raw Beast Hide Farming Guide · Clefthoof on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Boar Meat
      Farm Coldsnout boar packs at the Burning Glacier, Frostfire Ridge Coldsnout Boars stand in packs with two sows and a few piglets; pull several packs together and kill them at once.
      Draenor's boars drop it; Frostfire Ridge is frostboar country, and the Burning Glacier packs are where Wowpedia places a crowd of them, though no source names a best spot. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Blackrock Ham, five a dish, if you take the Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Coldsnout Boar on Wowpedia · Boar on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Rylak Egg
      Farm Rylaks across the zone, Frostfire Ridge Rylaks are thickest here, nesting on the warm volcanic ledges; gather a flock and kill it together.
      Farm Darktide Roost, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) The island off the valley's south coast, where the Blackfuse goblins hold a roost full of captive rylaks.
      Any rylak in Draenor can drop it. No source gives a drop rate or a best spot; that Frostfire Ridge has the most rylaks is from Wowpedia. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Rylak Crepes, five a dish, if you take the second Critical Strike pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Rylak Egg on Wowpedia · Rylak on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Elekk Meat
      Farm Elekk herds in the fields, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) Herds of elekk graze across the valley's fields; pull a whole herd and kill it in one go.
      Farm Elekk herds on the plains, Nagrand (Draenor) Nagrand has herds too, and its talbuks and clefthoof give two more of the Feast of Blood meats on the same trip.
      No source names a best spot; the two zones are where Wowpedia says the elekk herds roam. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Hearty Elekk Steak, five a dish, if you take the Stamina pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Elekk on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
    • Raw Talbuk Meat
      Farm Talbuks on the plains, Nagrand (Draenor) Nagrand's plains are the talbuk's home ground. Kill them along with the Nagrand Prowlers there, which the Sumptuous Fur guide also sends you to, so fur and hides come with the meat.
      Farm Talbuk herds, Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) Talbuks graze in Shadowmoon Valley as well, the same valley as the elekk herds.
      No source names a best spot or a drop rate; the zones are from the Sumptuous Fur guide and Wowpedia. The Draenor Cooking guide needs 165 for 33 Pan-Seared Talbuk, five a dish, if you take the Haste pair at 20 to 75, and 50 for Feast of Blood at 95 to 100. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Sumptuous Fur Farming Guide · Talbuk on Wowpedia · Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100

From 20 to 75 the guide cooks one pair of recipes, a fish and a meat dish; at 95 it makes one of the two feasts.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Draenor Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100 on wow-professions.com

Legion Cooking 1–100 3 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • 275 × Lean Shank
    Farm Beasts across the Broken Isles, Broken Isles A wide range of Legion beasts drop it, so it piles up wherever you round up a large pack of beasts and kill them together. A skinner takes Stonehide Leather from the same corpses.
    Which beasts drop it, and how often, is not in the sources: Wowpedia says only that many Broken Isles beasts do. The Boon of the Butcher shoulder enchant, sold by Ransa Greyfeather at Thunder Totem once you are Honored with the Highmountain Tribe, sometimes adds Butchered Meat holding extra meat. The Legion Cooking guide takes 275 for 55 Salt and Pepper Shanks, and also feeds Lean Shank to Nomi's research work orders until that recipe's rank 2 turns up. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Lean Shank on Wowpedia · Legion Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100 · Stonehide Leather Farming Guide
  • 110 × Flaked Sea Salt
    Buy Bradford Duncan or Misensi, Dalaran (Broken Isles) Dalaran's cooking supply vendors sell it, along with the Dalapeño Pepper the same recipe needs, so both come in one stop.
    Sold only in Legion Dalaran, apart from Far'kul Flametongue in Razor Hill during the Kosh'harg festival. The Legion Cooking guide takes 110 for 55 Salt and Pepper Shanks.
    More: Flaked Sea Salt on Wowpedia · Legion Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100
  • 110 × Dalapeño Pepper
    Buy Bradford Duncan or Misensi, Dalaran (Broken Isles) Dalaran's cooking supply vendors sell it, together with the Flaked Sea Salt the same recipe needs, so one visit covers both.
    Sold only in Legion Dalaran, apart from Far'kul Flametongue during the Kosh'harg festival. The Legion Cooking guide takes 110 for 55 Salt and Pepper Shanks.
    More: Dalapeño Pepper on Wowpedia · Legion Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Legion Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100 on wow-professions.com

Battle for Azeroth Cooking 1–175 3 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • 100 × Aromatic Fish Oil
    Gather Sea, river and lake fishing, Kul Tiras and Zandalar Fishing. Right-click any common BfA fish to turn it into oil: Frenzied Fangtooth and Lane Snapper from the sea round Kul Tiras, Slimy Mackerel and Sand Shifter round Zandalar, and Tiragarde Perch, Redtail Loach and Great Sea Catfish from rivers and lakes.
    Gather Nazjatar and Mechagon waters, Nazjatar or Mechagon Fishing. Viper Fish and Mauve Stinger from Nazjatar and the Malformed Gnasher from Mechagon give the oil too.
    Needs Fishing; the rare Midnight Salmon is not on the list of fish that give oil. The BfA Cooking guide takes about 100, for Mon'Dazi and Kul Tiramisu. Easy to buy, too.
    More: BfA Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 175 · Aromatic Fish Oil on Wowpedia
  • One of these, whichever is cheapest for you:
    • 1,050 × Stringy Loins
    • 1,050 × Meaty Haunch
    • 1,050 × Briny Flesh
    • Stringy Loins
      Farm Ambermane Fawns and Ambermane Gazelles round The Eternal Spring, Vol'dun The fawns and gazelles stand thick round the spring and have very little health: gather them all up, kill them in one go, then sweep round again.
      Farm Darkmaw Prowlers round Watcher's Wood, Drustvar The second-best spot; the Darkmaw Prowlers in the wood drop it.
      The BfA Cooking guide's 1,050 can be any mix of Stringy Loins, Meaty Haunch and Briny Flesh, so keep whichever drops; Seasoned Loins is the recipe that uses it. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Stringy Loins Farming Guide · BfA Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 175
    • Meaty Haunch
      Farm Invasive Quillrats at Hawthorne's Plot, Drustvar The quillrats come back almost as fast as you kill them, so the plot never runs dry: round up all that are standing, AoE them, and they are back by the time you turn round.
      Farm Da'kani Pugilists and other gorillas south-west of Dazar'alor, Zuldazar A small patch of gorillas just outside the city; pull the lot together. The Scavenging Boars at Hocking's Plot in Drustvar drop it too, but only four or five stand there at a time.
      The BfA Cooking guide's 1,050 can be any mix of Stringy Loins, Meaty Haunch and Briny Flesh, so keep whichever drops; Honey-Glazed Haunches is the recipe that uses it. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Meaty Haunch Farming Guide · BfA Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 175
    • Briny Flesh
      Farm Razorjaw Chompers in the river south-east of the Heart of Darkness, Nazmir The chompers swim in packs of five to seven with very little health, so sweep along the river, gather fifteen or more and kill them all at once. A water-walking mount or spell keeps you moving.
      Farm Freshwater Snappers and Venomscale Slitherers, or Surly Seals, Tiragarde Sound Two spots in the same zone: the snappers and slitherers at one, the seals at the other. Scavenging Snapclaws in Drustvar drop it too.
      The BfA Cooking guide's 1,050 can be any mix of Stringy Loins, Meaty Haunch and Briny Flesh, so keep whichever drops; Sailor's Pie is the recipe that uses it. Easy to buy, too.
      More: Briny Flesh Farming Guide · BfA Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 175
  • 320 × Moist Fillet
    Farm Deeptide Frenzy in the lake at the Forgotten Tunnel, Nazjatar The best spot: a small lake full of Deeptide Frenzy that refills quickly. Clear the whole lake at once and go again.
    Farm Eels, Coral Slitherers, Deeptide Frenzy and Razorshell Turtles, Nazjatar Abyssal Eels, Coral Slitherers and Razorshell Turtles drop it as well, so the beasts that crowd the rest of Nazjatar are worth sweeping up between visits to the lake.
    The BfA Cooking guide takes 320 for Abyssal-Fried Rissole. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Moist Fillet Farming Guide · BfA Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 175

The 1,050 meats can be any mix of Stringy Loins, Meaty Haunch and Briny Flesh: whichever you farm or find cheapest.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: BfA Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 175 on wow-professions.com

Shadowlands Cooking 1–75 7 materials

Estimated materials

As the guide lists them. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

  • 35 × Lost Sole
    Gather Lost Sole Schools, Bastion Fishing. Lost Sole swims in every Shadowlands zone, so fish its schools in Bastion while you are there for Silvergill Pike; Seraph Tenders take both.
    Gather Lost Sole Schools, Ardenweald Fishing. Or pair it with Iridescent Amberjack in Ardenweald, as Iridescent Ravioli with Apple Sauce takes the two in equal numbers.
    Needs Fishing. Lost Sole Bait makes it bite more often for ten minutes. Fish caches and the Shadowlands fishing world quests give some too. The Shadowlands Cooking guide needs about 35, for Iridescent Ravioli with Apple Sauce and Seraph Tenders. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75 · Lost Sole on Wowpedia
  • 70 × Aethereal Meat
    Farm Gilded Cloudstriders, Bastion The best source: they come back very quickly and stand close enough to gather seven or eight at a time, so round them up and kill the lot together.
    Farm Bonemauler Alphas and Horrific Bonemaulers, Revendreth Both drop it as well, a second spot for when the Bastion herds are taken.
    A mob gives at most one piece, and Shadowlands meat drops far less often than Battle for Azeroth meat did, so plan on many kills. The Shadowlands Cooking guide needs about 70: 21 for Pickled Meat Smoothies and 45 for Banana Beef Pudding. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Aethereal Meat Farming Guide · Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
  • 72 × Shadowy Shank
    Farm Gorm Raveners, north-west of Glitterfall Basin, Ardenweald They respawn almost at once, always stand three or more together, hit softly and have little armour: drag every group in reach and burn them down at once. The same Gorm drop Phantasmal Haunch.
    Farm Bloodtusk Alphas and Predatory Bloodtusks, Maldraxxus Slower to come back, so ride a wide loop through them. The Bloodskin Tauraluss and Furious Alphahoofs on the guide's other Maldraxxus route drop it too.
    A mob gives at most one piece, and the drop rate is low. The Shadowlands Cooking guide needs 72, for Meaty Apple Dumplings and Steak a la Mode. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Shadowy Shank Farming Guide · Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
  • 45 × Phantasmal Haunch
    Farm Gorm Raveners, north-west of Glitterfall Basin, Ardenweald The Gorm that give Shadowy Shank: back almost at once, never fewer than three together and barely able to hurt you, so one farm fills both meats.
    Farm Bloodskin Tauraluss and Furious Alphahoofs, Maldraxxus Kill every one along the farming guide's Maldraxxus loop.
    A mob gives at most one piece, and the drop rate is low. The Shadowlands Cooking guide needs 45, all for Banana Beef Pudding along with as many Aethereal Meat. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Phantasmal Haunch Farming Guide · Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
  • 66 × Raw Seraphic Wing
    Farm Kala's Den, Bastion Anima-Starved Cloudfeathers and Anima-Starved Wyrms fill this cave: four or five are always up and a new one appears the moment one dies. Kill the Cloudfeather that wanders toward the mouth of the cave too, as it makes more spawn.
    Farm Languishing Etherwyrms and Starved Etherwyrms, Bastion A second good spot in Bastion, where the etherwyrms gather in numbers.
    A mob gives at most one piece. The Shadowlands Cooking guide needs 66, for Steak a la Mode and Seraph Tenders. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Raw Seraphic Wing Farming Guide · Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75
  • 15 × Iridescent Amberjack
    Gather Iridescent Amberjack Schools, Ardenweald Fishing. It is caught in Ardenweald; fish its schools there, and the Lost Sole schools of the same waters give the other half of Iridescent Ravioli with Apple Sauce.
    Needs Fishing. Iridescent Amberjack Bait makes it bite more often. The Shadowlands Cooking guide lists 15, for five Iridescent Ravioli with Apple Sauce at 61–66; its optional Candied Amberjack Cakes, Ravioli and Spinefin Souffle steps at 36–61 take 30 more each. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75 · Iridescent Amberjack on Wowpedia
  • 18 × Silvergill Pike
    Gather Bastion's waters, Bastion Fishing. It is caught only in Bastion; fish there, and the Lost Sole schools in the same waters give the other fish Seraph Tenders need.
    Needs Fishing. Silvergill Pike Bait makes it bite more often. The Shadowlands Cooking guide lists 18, for nine Seraph Tenders at 66–75; Sweet Silvergill Sausages, one of its choices at 22–36, would take 27 more. Easy to buy, too.
    More: Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75 · Silvergill Pike on Wowpedia

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Shadowlands Cooking Leveling Guide 1 - 75 on wow-professions.com

Dragonflight Cooking 1–100 8 materials

Estimated materials

As the guide lists them. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Dragon Isles Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100 (Dragonflight) on wow-professions.com

The War Within Cooking 1–100 10 materials

Estimated materials

As the guide lists them. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Khaz Algar Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100 (The War Within) on wow-professions.com

Midnight Cooking 1–100 5 materials

Estimated materials

Added up from the guide's steps. Expect to need a few more where a recipe turns yellow or green before the next one.

Steps

The crafts, skill by skill, with the materials above: Midnight Cooking Leveling Guide 1-100 & Best Food Buffs on wow-professions.com

The leveling routes, and so the materials they use, are those of the guides on wow-professions.com. Where to get each material, for a character at the level cap, is our own advice.

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