Cooking 1-300 on WoW Forever: the cheapest leveling path
To level Cooking from 1 to 300 on WoW Forever, count about 445 crafts and 23s 99c of materials with the beta auction house prices of October 15, 2026 (1 player, test realm ClassicBetaPvE2, Alliance), plus 0c in trainer fees (Classic prices). The recipes doing most of the work: Filet of Redgill, Bristle Whisker Catfish, Rockscale Cod. Selling what you make brings back about 4g 79s.
How much does Cooking 1-300 cost on WoW Forever?
With the beta auction house prices of October 15, 2026 (1 player, test realm ClassicBetaPvE2, Alliance), leveling Cooking to 300 takes about 445 crafts and 23s 99c of materials and 3g 70s of recipes bought at the auction house, plus 0c in trainer fees (Classic prices). Selling what you make back brings in about 4g 79s, for a net cost of about 0c.
- Crafts
- 445
- Materials
- Recipes bought
- Trainer (Classic)
- Estimated resale
- Net cost
The path, step by step
Each row says which recipe to craft between two skill levels and how many times. An orange recipe always gives a point; yellow, then green, less and less often; grey, never. The number of crafts is the expected value, rounded up, with Classic's chance rule: keep a few extra materials. Rank thresholds are shown where you need them.
| Skill | Recipe | Colour at start | Crafts | Cost | Total so far |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–10 | Slitherskin MackerelRecipe item at 1, seen at the auction house1× Raw Slitherskin Mackerel | Orange | 9 | ||
| 10–50 | Kaldorei Spider KabobRecipe item at 10, seen at the auction house1× Small Spider Leg | Orange | 40 | ||
| At 75: learn Journeyman (level 10, skill 50) | |||||
| 50–113 | Longjaw Mud SnapperRecipe item at 50, seen at the auction house1× Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | Orange | 74 | ||
| At 150: learn Expert (level 20, skill 125) | |||||
| 113–175 | Bristle Whisker CatfishRecipe item at 100, seen at the auction house1× Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | Orange | 107 | ||
| 175–225 | Rockscale CodRecipe item at 175, seen at the auction house1× Raw Rockscale Cod | Orange | 95 | ||
| At 225: learn Artisan (level 35, skill 200) | |||||
| 225–300 | Filet of RedgillRecipe item at 225, seen at the auction house1× Raw Redgill | Orange | 120 | ||
The shopping list
Here is everything to buy or gather to follow this path, at the lowest known price: a vendor when one was seen in game, otherwise the auction house market price, the same as on the item pages. Materials you gather yourself cost nothing, so take them off the total. Quantities follow the expected number of crafts, so buy a little more to be safe.
| Material | Quantity | Unit price | Total | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Redgill | 120 | Auction house | ||
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | 107 | Auction house | ||
| Raw Rockscale Cod | 95 | Auction house | ||
| Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | 74 | Auction house | ||
| Raw Slitherskin Mackerel | 9 | Vendor | ||
| Small Spider Leg | 40 | Auction house |
What can you sell back while leveling Cooking?
Leveling Cooking, you make items that sell back: at the auction house (market price, minus the 5% cut) or to a vendor, whichever pays more. It is only an estimate: a crowded market lowers prices, and some items feed the next steps (bolts of cloth, bars, leather), so you won't sell them all.
| Item | Quantity | Each | Total | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockscale Cod | 95 | Auction house | ||
| Kaldorei Spider Kabob | 40 | Auction house | ||
| Slitherskin Mackerel | 9 | Auction house | ||
| Filet of Redgill | 120 | Vendor | ||
| Longjaw Mud Snapper | 74 | Auction house | ||
| Bristle Whisker Catfish | 107 | Auction house |
Which level do you need for each Cooking rank?
On WoW Forever, each profession rank needs a skill and a character level. For a crafting profession, the beta showed Journeyman at level 10 with 50 skill, Expert at level 20 with 125 and Artisan at level 35 with 200, according to Icy Veins (September 29, 2026). Blizzard has not published these thresholds, which may change at launch.
| Rank | Skill cap | Skill needed | Level needed (crafting) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journeyman | 150 | 50 | 10 |
| Expert | 225 | 125 | 20 |
| Artisan | 300 | 200 | 35 |
Cooking is a secondary profession: the beta level thresholds above were reported for primary crafting professions. In Classic, its higher ranks were learned with a book or a quest.
Source: Icy Veins, World of Warcraft: Forever Profession Guide, September 29, 2026 (beta).
Where do these numbers come from?
Recipes, their colours and materials come from the beta game tables (build 1.60.1.70532); prices: the beta auction house prices of October 15, 2026 (1 player, test realm ClassicBetaPvE2, Alliance); trainers and their fees from Classic (cMaNGOS classic-db). At each point, the path takes the recipe with the lowest cost per expected skill point. Tools and recipes with a cooldown are not counted.
- Recipes new in Forever are not in the path: how they are learned is not in the game files.
- A recipe learned with an item only counts if that item was seen at the auction house or at a vendor.
- Recipes learned through a quest or a reputation are not in our data.
- The prices are the item pages' own: the path is worked out again with each new scan, and an isolated listing (far above what a vendor pays or the item's recent average) never counts.
Questions about leveling Cooking
How much does it cost to level Cooking 1-300 on WoW Forever?
About 23s 99c of materials for 445 crafts up to 300, with the beta auction house prices of October 15, 2026 (1 player, test realm ClassicBetaPvE2, Alliance), plus 0c in trainer fees (Classic prices). Selling the crafted items back brings in about 4g 79s.
Which recipe does most of the work for Cooking?
Filet of Redgill, from 225 to 300: 120 crafts on our path.
How do you get Artisan Cooking on WoW Forever?
The beta thresholds were reported for primary crafting professions only. In Classic, Artisan Cooking was learned through a quest; check in game at launch.
Are these the launch prices?
No: these are the beta auction house prices of October 15, 2026 (1 player, test realm ClassicBetaPvE2, Alliance). At launch, they will come from the scans players share in each region, and this path will be worked out again.
Sources
All Cooking recipes, their cost and marginWoW Forever professions guide