Cooking in World of Warcraft Forever goes from 1 to 300 in 299 crafts over 14 recipes, using 17 reagents (3 sold by vendors, 1 gathered, 9 dropped, 4 with no recorded source). The cheapest path by the orange-then-yellow rule starts with Charred Wolf Meat and ends with Baked Salmon. 1 recipe on the path is new or changed in Forever.
299 crafts 14 recipes 17 reagents to get 1 new or changed in Forever skill 1–300
Skill 1–75: Apprentice:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–45 | Charred Wolf Meat | 44 | 1x Stringy Wolf Meat (44) | With the profession |
| 45–50 | Kaldorei Spider Kabob | 5 | 1x Small Spider Leg (5) | Recipe item |
| 50–75 | Coyote Steak | 25 | 1x Coyote Meat (25) | Trainer at 50 |
Skill 75–150: Journeyman:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75–90 | Coyote Steak | 15 | 1x Coyote Meat (15) | Trainer at 50 |
| 90–130 | Dig Rat Stewx2 | 40 | 1x Dig Rat (40) | Recipe item |
| 130–150 | Big Bear Steak | 20 | 1x Hot Spices (20), 1x Big Bear Meat (20) | Recipe item |
Skill 150–225: Expert:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150–160 | Crocolisk Gumbo | 10 | 1x Hot Spices (10), 1x Tender Crocolisk Meat (10) | Recipe item |
| 160–170 | Curiously Tasty Omelet | 10 | 1x Hot Spices (10), 1x Raptor Egg (10) | Recipe item |
| 170–175 | Hot Lion Chops | 5 | 1x Hot Spices (5), 1x Lion Meat (5) | Recipe item |
| 175–215 | Mithril Head Trout | 40 | 1x Raw Mithril Head Trout (40) | Recipe item |
| 215–220 | Sunny TeaFOREVER | 5 | 1x Moonberry Juice (5), 2x Sungrass (10) | Recipe item |
| 220–225 | Spider Sausage | 5 | 2x White Spider Meat (10) | Trainer at 200 |
Skill 225–300: Artisan:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225–265 | Filet of Redgill | 40 | 1x Raw Redgill (40) | Recipe item |
| 265–290 | Poached Sunscale Salmon | 25 | 1x Raw Sunscale Salmon (25) | Recipe item |
| 290–300 | Baked Salmon | 10 | 1x Soothing Spices (10), 1x Raw Whitescale Salmon (10) | Recipe item |
Shopping list for the whole run:
| Reagent | To get | From | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Spices | 45 | Vendor | Sold by Amy Davenport in Redridge Mountains, 40c (+58 more) (vanilla) |
| Soothing Spices | 10 | Vendor | Sold by Gunder Thornbush in Duskwood, 1s 60c (+50 more) (vanilla) |
| Moonberry Juice | 5 | Vendor | Sold by Joshua Maclure in Elwynn Forest, 20s (+138 more) (vanilla) |
| Sungrass | 10 | Gathered | Picked from Sungrass in Feralas, 100% (+2 more) (vanilla) |
| Stringy Wolf Meat | 44 | Drop | Drops from Ravenous Darkhound in Tirisfal Glades, 87.9% (+17 more) (vanilla) |
| Coyote Meat | 40 | Drop | Drops from Coyote in Westfall, 54.1% (+1 more) (vanilla) |
| Dig Rat | 40 | Drop | Drops from Dig Rat in The Barrens, 50% (vanilla) |
| Big Bear Meat | 20 | Drop | Drops from Giant Ashenvale Bear in Ashenvale, 45.1% (+8 more) (vanilla) |
| Tender Crocolisk Meat | 10 | Drop | Drops from Drywallow Vicejaw in Dustwallow Marsh, 67.2% (+15 more) (vanilla) |
| Raptor Egg | 10 | Drop | Drops from Highland Razormaw in Wetlands, 72.4% (+19 more) (vanilla) |
| White Spider Meat | 10 | Drop | Drops from Timberweb Recluse in Azshara, 57% (+30 more) (vanilla) |
| Lion Meat | 5 | Drop | Drops from Mountain Lion in Alterac Mountains, 67.2% (+6 more) (vanilla) |
| Small Spider Leg | 5 | Drop | Drops from Mist Creeper in Silverpine Forest, 71% (+15 more) (vanilla) |
| Raw Mithril Head Trout | 40 | No recorded source | No recorded source (Cooking) |
| Raw Redgill | 40 | No recorded source | No recorded source (Cooking) |
| Raw Sunscale Salmon | 25 | No recorded source | No recorded source (Cooking) |
| Raw Whitescale Salmon | 10 | No recorded source | No recorded source (Cooking) |
Trainers, by the highest tier they teach:
- Journeyman
- Cook Ghilm (Dun Morogh 68.3, 54.5, A), Daryl Riknussun (Dun Morogh 60.7, 26.9, A), Gremlock Pilsnor (Dun Morogh 47.6, 52.3, A), Zamja (Durotar 47.7, 1.1, H), Aska Mistrunner (Mulgore 40.5, 36.2, H), Pyall Silentstride (Mulgore 44.9, 61.7, H), Crystal Boughman (Redridge Mountains 17.7, 43.5, A), Stephen Ryback (Stormwind City 78.1, 53.1, A), Mudduk (Stranglethorn Vale 31.3, 28, H), Alegorn (Teldrassil 27.4, 51.4, A), Zarrin (Teldrassil 57.1, 61.3, A), Duhng (The Barrens 55.3, 31.8, H), Eunice Burch (Tirisfal Glades 61, 74.6, H)
Zone and map position, A = Alliance, H = Horde. Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.
How this guide is built
- A cheapest-reagent path by the orange-then-yellow rule, not a speed-run: at every skill point the best colour on offer (orange, yellow, then green) and inside it the recipe whose reagents score lowest (vendor 1, gathered 2, common drop 3, uncommon 5, rare 8; an intermediate costs its own recipe per item). The score is not gold.
- Crafts per point by the classic rule: orange 100%, yellow 75%, green 25%, grey nothing; summed over a step and rounded up, so expect variance.
- Thresholds are the recipe data's (131 of 132 recipes have them; 4 without a recorded required skill are used from yellow only). Sources are the vendor and loot tables (observed chance at ten or more attempts, else the vanilla 1.12 chance); (vanilla) marks 1.12 world data not yet confirmed in Forever.