Whether you’re a caster or a melee class like myself, you’re likely chowing down on a meal between every few mobs while playing WoW Classic: Season of Discovery. Rather than spending a fortune at vendors or the Auction House, improving your Cooking skill will save you time and money.
While Cooking is primarily the same in SoD as it was in regular Classic, there are a few new recipes that make leveling the profession easier and more worthwhile. This guide covers the best way to level cooking from 1 to 300 in World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery. Order up!
Best Ways to Level Cooking in World of Warcraft Classic: SoD
Cooking 1 – 50
The early stages of Classic WoW Cooking largely revolve around using the meat naturally obtained from mobs in early leveling zones. If you’re also leveling Fishing, using the Raw Brilliant Smallfish and Raw Slitherskin Mackeral you catch is a brilliant way to feed two birds with one scone.
If wolves are in your starting zone, Spiced Wolf Meat is the best recipe for those ignoring Fishing. Because they’re required for a specific Waylaid Supplies crate, Spiced Wolf Meat will sell for decent change at the Auction House.
Make around 55 – 60 of any combination of the below recipes:
| Item | Ingredients | Recipe Location |
|---|---|---|
| Spiced Wolf Meat | Stringy Wolf Meat Mild Spices | Cooking Trainer (Requires 10 Skill) |
| Charred Wolf Meat | Chunk of Boar Meat | Cooking Trainer |
| Roasted Boar Meat | Chunk of Boar Meat | Cooking Trainer |
| Slitherskin Mackerel | Raw Slitherskin Mackerel | Fishing Supplies Vendors |
| Brilliant Smallfish | Raw Brilliant Smallfish | Fishing Supplies Vendors (+ others) |
| Kaldorei Spider Kabob (Night Elves) | Small Spider Leg | Recipe of the Kaldorei quest |
| Crispy Bat Wing (Undead) | Meaty Bat Wing | Abigail Shiel in Tirisfal Glades |
| Socrpid Surprise (Horde only) | Scorpid Stringer | Grimtak in Razor Hill |
Journeyman Cooking 50 – 100
Once you reach 50 Cooking, talk to your Trainer to learn Journeyman Cooking. As you level, look for bears, crawlers, and coyotes for their meat. Remember to open clams dropped by aquatic mobs like Naga in Ashenvale for Clam Meat.
For anglers, you need to catch Longjaw Mud Snappers and Rainbow Fin Albacore. On my server, Longjaw Mud Snappers were incredibly cheap on the Auction House and saved me a lot of time. Make sure to always check fish prices!
Cook around 55 – 75 of any combination of the below recipes:
| Item | Ingredients | Recipe Location |
|---|---|---|
| Smoked Bear Meat | Bear Meat | Drac Roughcut (Alliance) Andrew Hilbert (Horde) |
| Coyote Steak | Coyote Meat | Cooking Trainer |
| Boiled Clams | Clam Meat Refreshing Spring Water | Cooking Trainer |
| Crab Cake | Crawler Meat Mild Spices | Cooking Trainer |
| Cooked Crab Claw | Crawler Claw Mild Spices | Rare drop or purchased from Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind |
| Longjaw Mud Snapper | Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | Fishing Supplies (+ others) |
| Rainbow Fin Albacore | Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore | Fishing Supplies (+ others) |
Related: Where to Find the Metamorphosis Rune (Warlock Tank) in WoW Season of Discovery
Journeyman Cooking 100 – 150
The max Skill Level for Cooking in Season of Discovery is 150. Combined with the Level 25 cap, the typical recipes used for leveling in WoW Classic are either unavailable or inefficient.
If fish are cheap on your server or you’re leveling Fishing, Bristle Whisker Catfish is another fantastic recipe to level Cooking with. From 130 onward, Curiously Tasty Omelet can take you to the last few points you need.
Cook any of the following recipes from 100 – 150:
| Item | Ingredients | Recipe Location |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Pork Ribs | Boar Ribs Mild Spices | Cooking Trainer |
| Crab Cake (Up to 130) | Crawler Meat Mild Spices | Cooking Trainer |
| Dig Rat Stew (Up to 130, Horde only) | Dig Rat | Dig Rat Stew quest |
| Seasoned Wolf Kabob (Alliance only) | 2x Lean Wolf Flank Stormwind Seasoning Herbs | Seasoned Wolf Kabob quest OR Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind |
| Hot Lion Chops (Horde only) | Lion Meat Hot Spices | Zargh at the Crossroads |
| Curiously Tasty Omelet (130+) | Raptor Egg Hot Spices | Ormer’s Revenge quest (Alliance only) OR purchased from Keena in Arathi, Nerrist in Stranglethorn, or Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind |
| Bristle Whisker Catfish | Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | Fishing Supplies (+ others) |
Best Cooking Recipes in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
| Food | Ingredients | Effect | Required Skill | Recipe Location |
| Heavy Crocolisk Stew | 2x Tender Crocolisk Meat Soothing Spices | +8 Stamina and Spirit buff (15 mins) | 150 | Neutral Auction House (Alliance) Ogg’marr in Dustwallow Marsh (Horde) |
| Thistle Tea (Rogue only) | Swiftthistle Refreshing Sprint Water | Instantly restores 100 energy | 60 | Klaven’s Tower quest (Alliance) Mission: Possible But Not Probable quest (Horde) |
| Smoked Sagefish | Raw Sagefish Mild Spices | Gain 3 Mana every 5 seconds (15 mins) | 80 | Cooking Supplies Vendors |
The best food for many classes in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery is Heavy Crocolisk Stew, which gives the player an 8 Stamina and Spirit buff for 15 minutes. Unfortunately, this recipe is only sold by a Horde vendor in Dustwallow Marsh. If you’re Alliance, better hope a member of the Horde has listed one on the Neutral Action House.
Thistle Tea will be familiar to all Rogues who have previously played Classic WoW. As a class-exclusive recipe, Thistle Tea instantly restores Energy when drunk. The Energy restored will reduce as you level up in future phases, so use this while you can!
Smoked Sagefish is the best fish recipe in the first phase of Season of Discovery due to its mana recovery. For plain ‘ol health regeneration, you can stock up on Bristle Whisker Catfish from earlier.
Be sure to check back in future phases to continue your World of Warcraft Classic Cooking journey! For now, check out our tag page for more Season of Discovery articles.
This guide was written while playing World of Warcraft Classic on PC.
