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Cooking can be a very useful skill to have, especially whilst levelling, as it saves you buying potions or food to heal yourself. The food is especially handy to take along to raids when you reach the higher stages of Cooking, as the food you produce will have beneficial buffs to most races. Combining Fishing with Cooking is a way to make the levelling process easier, as you will be able to cook what you catch and won't have to spend as much time foraging for ingredients.

Levels 1 - 50

To learn the Cooking skill, you will need to visit a Cooking trainer in one of the main cities of Azeroth and become an Apprentice. You will automatically receive the Herb Baked Egg, Roasted Boar Meat, Charred Wolf Meat, and Spice Bread recipes upon becoming a Cook. Flour and Spices can be purchased from a Cooking or General/Trade Supplies vendor. On your way to 50, you will be able to purchase several recipes from the Cooking Trainer:

10: Spiced Wolf Meat
40: Smoked Bear Meat (must be purchased from Andrew Hilbert in The Sepulcher in Silverpine Forest, or Drac Roughcut in Thelsamar in Loch Modan).

Cook 40 Spice Bread (requires 40 Mild Spices and 40 Simple Flour).
Cook 10 Charred Wolf Meat (requires 10 Stringy Wolf Meat).

Total Mats Needed: 40 Mild Spices, 40 Simple Flour, 10 Stringy Wolf Meat.

Levels 50 - 150

Visit your Cooking trainer again and become a Journeyman. On your way to 150, you will be able to purchase several recipes from the Cooking Trainer:

50: Boiled Clams, Coyote Steak
75: Crab Cake
80: Dry Pork Ribs
90: Clam Chowder (must be purchased from Heidan Galesong in Darkshore or Kriggon Talsone in Westfall).
125: Goblin Devilled Clams
130: Curiously Tasty Omelet (must be purchased from Keena in Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands, Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind City, or Nerrist in Grom'Gol in Stranglethorn Vale).

Cook 30 Smoked Bear Meat (requires 30 Bear Meat).
Cook 30 Boiled Clams (requires 30 Refreshing Spring Water and 30 Clam Meat).
Cook at least 40 Clam Chowder (requires at least 40 Ice Cold Milk and at least 40 Clam Meat).

Total Mats Needed: 30 Bear Meat, 30 Refreshing Spring Water, at least 70 Clam Meat and at least 40 Ice Cold Milk.

Levels 150 - 225

Visit your cooking trainer again and become an Artisan. On your way to 330, you will be able to purchase several recipes from the Cooking Trainer:

175: Roast Raptor (must be purchased from Corporal Bluth or Nerrist in Stranglethorn Vale, Hammon Karwn or Keena in Arathi Highlands, or Helenia Olden or Ogg'Mar in Dustwallow Marsh.
200: Spider Sausage

Create at least 35 Curiously Tasty Omelets (requires at least 35 Raptor Eggs).
Create at least 40 Roast Raptor (requires at least 40 Raptor Flesh).

Total Mats Needed: At least 35 Raptor Eggs, at least 40 Raptor Flesh.

Levels 225 - 300

Visit your cooking trainer again and become an Expert. On your way to 300, you will be able to purchase several recipes from various Cooking Trainers:

225: Monster Omelet (must be purchased from Bale or Malygen in Felwood, or Himmik in Winterspring).
250: Juicy Bear Burger (must be purchased from Bale or Malygen in Felwood.
285: Smoked Desert Dumpling (Quest reward from a quest picked up from Calandrath in Silithus).

Cook 25 Monster Omelets (requires 25 Giant Eggs).
Cook 35 Juicy Bear Burgers (requires 35 Bear Flanks).
Cook at least 15 Smoked Desert Dumplings (requires at least 15 Sandworm Meat).

Total Mats Needed: 25 Giant Eggs, 35 Bear Flanks, at least 15 Sandworm Meat.

Levels 300 - 350

300: Ravager Dog (must be purchased from Cookie One-Eye or Sid Limbardi in the Hellfire Peninsula).
325: Roasted Clefthoof (must be purchased from Uriku or Nula The Butcher in Nagrand).

Cook 30 Ravager Dogs (requires 30 Ravager Flesh).
Cook at least 20 Roast Clefthoof (requires at least 20 Clefthoof Meat).

Total Mats Needed: 30 Ravager Flesh, at least 20 Clefthoof Meat.
Levels 350 - 450

350: Shoveltusk Steak (must be purchased from Awilo Lon'gomba or Katherine Lee in Dalaran, Bethany Cromwell in Icecrown, Brom Brewbaster or Thomas Kolichio in Howling Fjord, or Orn Tenderhoof or Rollick MacKreel in Borean Tundra.

From 350 onwards, it's best to do the cooking dailies in Dalaran and buy the recipes with your Dalaran Cooking Awards from your respective Chef in Dalaran to level up. Not only will they be easy to find ingredients for, they will also be very good to sell on the Auction House.

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