World of Warcraft Cooking is definitely a great skill to learn, especially if you will combine it with a profession such as fishing. A fair amount of gold can be earned by cooking and it doesn't require that much effort, making it more of a hobby than work for most players. This is a skill worthwhile to learn especially if you are the type who easily gets bored and wishes to change things a bit.
In the past, most people didn't even give this profession a second thought, but with Burning Crusade a lot more opportunities opened up that required this skill and more people are now giving it a try. You can actually make some things that other players really need, so this is a good way to get extra gold and have fun while you're doing it.
Starting Out
Once you decide that you want to give cooking a try, you'll need to have fire. This requires the items: Flint and Tinder as well as Simple Wood. These are of course, pretty easy to find, so you shouldn't need to work too hard to get them. Once you have these items, you'll need to open up your Spellbook. All players have the ability to make the Basic Campfire, so you won't need to worry about additional training at this point.
The cookbook can also be found in the Spellbook. Open it up to take a sneak peak at the recipes you may want to try. However, bear in mind that your fire will not last too long. Since wood is needed to start a fire, only do so when you are about to start cooking as not to waste the fire or the wood for that matter. Just choose the suitable ingredients that you will need for each recipe, and find yourself cooking in an instant.
You may also observe that the recipes need some other items in order for them to be completed. For example, look at this recipe for Crocolisk Steak. You will need to shop for one Crocolisk Meat and a set of Mild Spices. These are available from a vendor, or you could just go out to buy your own.
Completing your apprenticeship now means that you are ready to move on. If you lack any items, you may purchase those from a cooking trainer, so you may have to use only a little a time at first. However, advancing and further questing can give you easier access to items you may need for your recipes.
Advancing
When you start out, you won't have a lot of what you need to make more advanced recipes. Here's a quick way to progress in skill from 1 to 375 with very little effort. You'll need to start in Ironforge. Here, you can purchase one flour and one mild spices to make your first recipe of Spiced Bread. This is very simple and will help you advance to 40. Once you've done that, you'll need to get 30 mild spices as well as some more wood. Now, get to Auberdine and find a Moonkin. Keep killing it until you have around 20 eggs or more. This will quickly take you to skill level 60.
After this, you can go down south to Ashenvale where you could find the Crawlers that drop clams. Get as many as you could and afterwards return to Ironforge. Cook up the eggs from the Moonkin and sell them. Next, you would need to look for a cooking trainer to learn more skills and eventually cook the clams you have found. At this point, your skill would have leveled up to to 130. Have with you the expert cookbook and you will surely be on your way to reaching 375. - 15359
In the past, most people didn't even give this profession a second thought, but with Burning Crusade a lot more opportunities opened up that required this skill and more people are now giving it a try. You can actually make some things that other players really need, so this is a good way to get extra gold and have fun while you're doing it.
Starting Out
Once you decide that you want to give cooking a try, you'll need to have fire. This requires the items: Flint and Tinder as well as Simple Wood. These are of course, pretty easy to find, so you shouldn't need to work too hard to get them. Once you have these items, you'll need to open up your Spellbook. All players have the ability to make the Basic Campfire, so you won't need to worry about additional training at this point.
The cookbook can also be found in the Spellbook. Open it up to take a sneak peak at the recipes you may want to try. However, bear in mind that your fire will not last too long. Since wood is needed to start a fire, only do so when you are about to start cooking as not to waste the fire or the wood for that matter. Just choose the suitable ingredients that you will need for each recipe, and find yourself cooking in an instant.
You may also observe that the recipes need some other items in order for them to be completed. For example, look at this recipe for Crocolisk Steak. You will need to shop for one Crocolisk Meat and a set of Mild Spices. These are available from a vendor, or you could just go out to buy your own.
Completing your apprenticeship now means that you are ready to move on. If you lack any items, you may purchase those from a cooking trainer, so you may have to use only a little a time at first. However, advancing and further questing can give you easier access to items you may need for your recipes.
Advancing
When you start out, you won't have a lot of what you need to make more advanced recipes. Here's a quick way to progress in skill from 1 to 375 with very little effort. You'll need to start in Ironforge. Here, you can purchase one flour and one mild spices to make your first recipe of Spiced Bread. This is very simple and will help you advance to 40. Once you've done that, you'll need to get 30 mild spices as well as some more wood. Now, get to Auberdine and find a Moonkin. Keep killing it until you have around 20 eggs or more. This will quickly take you to skill level 60.
After this, you can go down south to Ashenvale where you could find the Crawlers that drop clams. Get as many as you could and afterwards return to Ironforge. Cook up the eggs from the Moonkin and sell them. Next, you would need to look for a cooking trainer to learn more skills and eventually cook the clams you have found. At this point, your skill would have leveled up to to 130. Have with you the expert cookbook and you will surely be on your way to reaching 375. - 15359
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