Cooking (Profession)
| Cooking | |
|---|---|
| Type | Secondary profession |
| Skill cap | 300 |
| Takes a primary slot? | No |
| Crafts | Food and drink with Well Fed buffs, teas, smoothies, raid feasts, campfires |
| Camp objects | Basic / Journeyman / Expert Campfire, Cookie's Feast (140), Iron Oven (300) |
| Legacy Points | None (secondary profession) |
| Data build | Beta client 1.60.1.70009; recipe data 1.60.1.70124 |
Cooking is one of the three secondary professions in World of Warcraft: Forever, alongside First Aid and Fishing. Cooks turn meat, fish and other ingredients into food and drink that restore health or mana and give Well Fed buffs.
Cooking also builds the campfire that every campsite starts from, so it sits at the centre of the new Camping system.
WoW: Forever is in beta. Everything on this page comes from Forever sources and the beta client, and may change before launch on 4 November 2026.
Why level Cooking?
[edit | edit source]- Faster leveling – eat seated for at least 10 seconds to become Well Fed for 15 minutes. Forever food adds 5% more experience from kills on top of its stat bonus.
- One stat per food – most foods give a single stat, from +1 at level 1 up to +20 at level 45. Smoothies give Spirit, herbal teas give Healing Power, and fish dishes give Attack Power, Spell Damage or Fishing skill.
- Raid feasts – one feast covers a whole raid for 45 minutes.
- Camps – every campsite needs a Cooking campfire.
Getting started
[edit | edit source]Camping 101: Cooking is a level 4 quest in every starting area. It sends you to the local cook to learn Cooking and your first campfire: Tomas in Goldshire, Gremlock Pilsnor in Kharanos, Zarrin in Dolanaar, Zerril Softbreeze in Shen'dar Village, Cook Torka in Razor Hill, William Pickman in Brill or Pyall Silentstride in Bloodhoof Village. You start knowing Basic Campfire, Charred Wolf Meat, Herb Baked Egg and Roasted Boar Meat. Simple Wood and Flint and Tinder are sold by the Cooking trainer.
Training ranks
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Skill range | How to learn |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | 1–75 | Any Cooking trainer (1 silver) |
| Journeyman | 75–150 | A Cooking trainer at skill 50, character level 10 (5 silver) |
| Expert | 150–225 | Expert Cookbook (Cooking 125, 1 gold), sold by Shandrina in Ashenvale and Wulan in Desolace |
| Artisan | 225–300 | Quest Clamlette Surprise from Dirge Quikcleave in Gadgetzan, Tanaris (level 35, Cooking 225). Bring 12 Giant Egg, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. |
Trainers
[edit | edit source]| Faction | Trainer | Location | Teaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Tomas | Elwynn Forest | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Gremlock Pilsnor | Dun Morogh | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Cook Ghilm | Dun Morogh | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Zarrin | Teldrassil | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Stephen Ryback | Stormwind City | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Daryl Riknussun | Ironforge | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Alegorn | Darnassus | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Crystal Boughman | Redridge Mountains | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Zerril Softbreeze | Zephras Isle | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Nyalah Brightfire | Zephras Isle | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Alliance | Shandrina | Ashenvale | Sells the Expert Cookbook |
| Horde | Cook Torka | Durotar | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Horde | Pyall Silentstride | Mulgore | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Horde | Zamja | Orgrimmar | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Horde | Aska Mistrunner | Thunder Bluff | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Horde | Duhng | The Barrens | Apprentice, Journeyman |
| Horde | Wulan | Desolace | Sells the Expert Cookbook |
| Both | Dirge Quikcleave | Gadgetzan, Tanaris | Artisan (quest) |
Recipes
[edit | edit source]Every Cooking recipe in the beta client, with its reagents, skill colours, requirements and recipe item, is listed on Cooking recipes. The list is built from the client's own recipe tables (build 1.60.1.70124).
| Rank | Recipes | New in Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice (1–75) | 28 | 6 |
| Journeyman (75–150) | 33 | 9 |
| Expert (150–225) | 27 | 10 |
| Artisan (225–300) | 42 | 24 |
| Total | 130 | 49 |
Counts are entries in the client's skill table, so they can differ slightly from the figures other sites quote.
Changes in Forever
[edit | edit source]- Seasoned Wolf Kabob uses Mild Spices.
- The recipes for 12 dishes now bind on pickup, including Big Bear Steak, Lean Venison and Lean Wolf Steak.
- Meat, eggs, clams and other raw cooking materials (45 items in all) stack to 20.
- New recipes include teas, smoothies, raid feasts and dishes such as Breakfast Omelette, which drops from Dire Condors in Redridge Mountains. The Specklefin Feast recipe binds on pickup.
Camping
[edit | edit source]Cooking makes the campfires every camp starts from. You and others must sit or craft nearby for 1 minute to get the other camp objects' benefits. All camping features share a 1 hour cooldown. You can place only one object yourself, so fill the other slots with friends.
| Tier | Object | Skill | Effect | Reagents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Basic Campfire |
1 | Allows cooking, with room for 3 more camp objects. 5 min cooldown. | Simple Wood | Trainer (Camping 101 quest) |
| 2 | Journeyman Campfire |
90–140* | Allows cooking, with room for 5 more camp objects. | Star Wood | Blueprint: Journeyman Campfire |
| 2 |  Cookie's Feast |
140 | Lays out Stamina-boosting food. Needs a Cooking Fire nearby. | 2 Mystery Meat, Heavy Kodo Meat, Soothing Spices | Blueprint: Cookie's Feast |
| 3 | Expert Campfire |
200–220* | Allows cooking, with room for 10 more camp objects. | Thick Logs | Blueprint: Expert Campfire |
| 4 |  Iron Oven |
300 | Needed for the most advanced Cooking recipes. Needs a Cooking Fire nearby. | 10 Simple Flour, 5 Refreshing Spring Water, 4 Soothing Spices | Blueprint: Baker's Oven |
* Sources disagree on these skill levels (Journeyman Campfire 90 or 140, Expert Campfire 200 or 220). They'll be checked in game.
Leveling 1–300
[edit | edit source]This route is calculated from the beta client's recipe tables (build 1.60.1.70124) using recipes from trainers and vendors. It hasn't been play-tested, and luck can add a few extra crafts. About 309 crafts in total. Any other recipe that is still yellow or orange at your skill works just as well, so cook whatever meat and fish you already have: see Cooking recipes for every option.
| Skill | Craft | Qty | Materials (each) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–45 |  Charred Wolf Meat |
45 | Stringy Wolf Meat |
| 45–80 |  Smoked Bear Meat |
36 | Bear Meat |
| 80–125 |  Dry Pork Ribs |
46 | Boar Ribs, Mild Spices |
| 125–175 |  Goblin Deviled Clams |
52 | Tangy Clam Meat, Hot Spices |
| 175–200 | Barbecued Buzzard Wing |
26 | Buzzard Wing, Hot Spices |
| 200–225 |  Spider Sausage |
26 | 2 White Spider Meat |
| 225–265 |  Monster Omelet |
41 | Giant Egg, 2 Soothing Spices |
| 265–300 |  Nightfin Soup |
37 | Raw Nightfin Snapper, Refreshing Spring Water |
Checkpoints: train Journeyman at 50. Stop at 150 until you've used the Expert Cookbook (usable from 125). Stop at 225 until you've completed Clamlette Surprise (character level 35).
Shopping list: 45 Stringy Wolf Meat, 36 Bear Meat, 46 Boar Ribs, 46 Mild Spices, 52 Tangy Clam Meat, 78 Hot Spices, 26 Buzzard Wing, 52 White Spider Meat, 41 Giant Egg, 82 Soothing Spices, 37 Raw Nightfin Snapper, 37 Refreshing Spring Water. Quantities are for the whole route, after subtracting what earlier steps make for later ones. You'll also need Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat, Recipe: Barbecued Buzzard Wing (binds on pickup), Recipe: Monster Omelet, Recipe: Nightfin Soup.
Legacy
[edit | edit source]Secondary professions earn no Legacy Points. These account-wide perks help Cooking:
- Master Chef (Professions, 5 ranks): 10–50% chance for cooking recipes to make an extra result.
- Gourmand (Resourcefulness, 3 ranks): food buffs last 33–100% longer.
- Working Overtime and Dedicated Study (Professions): faster skill-ups.
- Permanence (Resourcefulness): benefits from resting at a camp last 50% longer.
Pairing
[edit | edit source]Fishing supplies most of the Cooking route, but meat, eggs and vendor ingredients work too, so it isn't required.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- classicwowforever.com – WoW Forever Cooking Guide
- Zockify – WoW Forever Cooking Overview & Changes
- ForeverChanges – WoW Forever Cooking Guide
- Kingboost – WoW Forever Cooking
- Conquest Capped – WoW Forever Professions
- Wowhead – Camping Overview in Forever
- Zockify – WoW Forever Cooking Trainers
- Recipe data: beta client 1.60.1.70124 recipe tables, extracted 1 October 2026