Cooking can be a very lucrative profession in World of Warcraft and it has always been one of the most enjoyable ones for me. In this article I share with you a number of tips and tricks that you can use to improve your cooking skill and make more gold.
Initially in World of Warcraft you start out in a beginner’s area. In this area you wont be able to start the cooking profession, you can start it when you hit level 5. Until then just knuckle down and try to save some coin to use when you start your cooking trade.
Once you are all ready to leave the beginners area, go and speak with a guard and find out where the cooking trainer is located. Go and find the trainer. Your initial recipe is spice bread so head to a cooking supply shop and buy the needed ingredients. Cook the bread until it becomes green.
When questing you’ll notice that you can sometimes find various egg’s, meat’s and other cooking ingredients. I find it useful to keep these because even if I don’t need them right away, they usually come in handy later on and save you a bit of money.
Something else to remember, when you’re talking with non player characters throughout the game, always check to see if they have any recipes for sale. You can sometimes find unique recipes here which contribute to one of your achievements which is based on how many different things you can cook.
If you start accumulating too many ingredients, sell them in the Auction House and make a little coin, avoid throwing them away.
The best way to make money with cooking is by selling items that give a stat boost. You may find these dishes difficult to make at first, but stick at it as in the end you will earn some serious gold with these meals.
Fishing is one profession that works in synergy with cooking – I recommend you strongly consider pairing this with cooking. Some high end meals are made using fish and fishing can obviously provide for this easily. Furthermore, fishing has achievements available.
In order to dominate the Cooking profession, you should choose fishing as another profession to go with it as these work well together. Remember to eat foods to boost your stats before questing and then again to regenerate hit points when resting. To make extra gold, sell four high end foods in the Auction House.