[EN] Cooking guide 1-525 & All ways 525-600

[Evydence]

Introduction

Cooking is a secondary profession, which means learning to cook won’t limit what other professions you train your character in.
Cooking can also increase the beneficial effects gained from eating food or can be used as a way to make some money.

Before you start, you should first:

Go to any of your faction cities, ask a guard, and learn the Cooking specialization.
- I recommend to go at this npc Sungshin Ironpaw, because this npc will help you a lot (from 1 to 525 very fast & you can learn there the cooking specialization);

Ingredients


Aproximate Ingredients required (for reaching 525 skill):

• Pandarean peach: 29 pieces;
  
• Instant Noodles: 6 pieces;
  
• Golden Carp: 42 pieces;
  
• Needle Mushrooms: 18 pieces;
  
• Rice: 13 pieces;
  
• Yak Milk: 16 pieces;
  
• Silkworm Pupa: 6 pieces;
  
• Barley: 6 pieces;
  
• Red Beans: 6 pieces;
  
• Farm chicken: 6 pieces;
  
• Ginseng: 2 pieces;
  
• Wildfowl Breast: 2 pieces;
  

*Info about ingredients:
Wildfowl Breast - You could farm those ingredients from this mob Cliff Kite, it's the easiest way to farm this ingredient.
Golden Carp - You can obtain those ingredients by fishing anywhere in Pandaria.
- The rest of the ingredients can be found at this npc for a small amount of gold: Sungshin Ironpaw








Leveling (1-525 - fast way)

*First of all, go to this NPC: Sungshin Ironpaw , you will stay here until you make 525 skill.
*Always check "Train me" for new skill upgrades.

• From skill 1 - 30 you will create 6 pieces Sliced peaches;
  
• From skill 30 - 60 you will create 6 pieces Perfectly cooked instant noodles;
  
• From skill 60 - 90 you will create 6 pieces of Toasted fish jerky;
  
• From skill 90 - 120 you will create 6 pieces of Dried needle mushrooms;
  
• From skill 120 - 150 you will create 6 pieces of Pounded rice cake;
  
• From skill 150 - 180 you will create 6 pieces of Yak cheese curds;
  
• From skill 180 - 210 you will create 6 pieces of Dried peaches;
  
• From skill 210 - 240 you will create 6 pieces of Boiled silkworm pupa;
  
• From skill 240 - 270 you will create 6 pieces of Roasted barley tea;
  
• From skill 270 - 300 you will create 6 pieces of Golden carp consomme;
  
• From skill 300 - 330 you will create 6 pieces of Fish cake;
  
• From skill 330 - 360 you will create 6 pieces of Blanched needle mushrooms;
  
• From skill 360 - 390 you will create 6 pieces of Red bean bun;
  
• From skill 390 - 420 you will create 6 pieces of Skewered peanut chicken;
  
• From skill 420 - 450 you will create 6 pieces of Green curry fihs;
  
• From skill 450 - 480 you will create 6 pieces of Peach pie;
  
• From skill 480 - 497 you will create 5-6 pieces of Tangy yogurt;
  
• From skill 497 - 512 you will create 2-3 pieces of Pearl milk tea;
  
• From skill 512 - 522 you will create 2-3 pieces of Wildfowl ginseng soup
  
• From skill 522 - 525 you will create 1-2 pieces of Rice pudding
  
  

Leveling for all ways (525-600)

*Blizzard create on Panda a new type of leveling cooking skills, called "Ways", there are 6 ways that you can level up, each "way" it will give you a bonus stats (strenght, agility, spirit, intelect, stamina):

1) Way of the Brew – Alcohol;
2) Way of the wok – Agility Buff;
3) Way of the Steamer – Spirit Buff;
4) Way of the Oven – Stamina Buff;
5) Way of the Pot – Intellect Buff;
6) Way of the Grill – Strength Buff;

*To start one of those ways, you need first to do a chain quest:

1) Take this quest So You Want to Be a Chef... from Sungshin Ironpaw, then complete the quest by making 5 Sliced peaches (wowhead link).
2) Take this quest Ready for Greatness from Sungshin Ironpaw, then complete the quest by making 5 Rice Pudding (wowhead link)
*All ingredients can be found at Sungshin Ironpaw.

Note: After that you will have 6 daily quests in HalfHill, near Sungshin Ironpaw, each daily quest will reveal a new way (from the 6 ways listed up), each way maintains its own leveling and after you level a way to 600, your overall Cooking skill will be 600, but to make the recipes for other ways you will still need to level each Way separately.

Way of the Brew - Alcohol

• From 525 - 550 you will do only Ginseng tea (wowhead link);
  
• From 550 - 575 you will do only Jade witch brew (wowhead link);
  
• From 575 - 600 you will do only Banquet of the brew (wowhead link);
  
  *Ingredients planted and gathered from Sunsong Ranch or purchased with Ironpaw token from Nam ironpaw or from Sungshin Ironpaw.
  

Way of the Wok – Agility Buff

• From 525 - 550 you will do only Sauteed carrots (wowhead link);
  
• From 550 - 575 you will do only Valley stir fry (wowhead link);
  
• From 575 - 600 you will do only Banquet of the wok (wowhead link);
  
  *Ingredients planted and gathered from Sunsong Ranch or purchased with Ironpaw token from Nam ironpaw or from Sungshin Ironpaw.
  - Reef Octopus fished from oceans around Pandaria;
  - Wildfowl Breast drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Cliff Kite;

Way of the Steamer – Spirit Buff

• From 525 - 550 you will do only Shrimp dumplings (wowhead link);
  
• From 550 - 575 you will do only Fire spirit salmon (wowhead link);
  
• From 575 - 600 you will do only Banquet of the streamer (wowhead link);
  
  *Ingredients planted and gathered from Sunsong Ranch or purchased with Ironpaw token from Nam ironpaw or from Sungshin Ironpaw.
  - Giant Mantis Shrimp and Emperor Salmon fished from all over Pandaria.
  - Wildfowl Breast drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Cliff Kite;

Way of the Oven – Stamina Buff

• From 525 - 550 you will do only Wildfowl roast (wowhead link);
  
• From 550 - 575 you will do only Twin fish platter (wowhead link);
  
• From 575 - 600 you will do only Banquet of the oven (wowhead link);
  
  *Ingredients planted and gathered from Sunsong Ranch or purchased with Ironpaw token from Nam ironpaw or from Sungshin Ironpaw.
  - Wildfowl Breast drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Cliff Kite;
  - Krasarang Paddlefish fished all over Pandaria;
  - Raw turtle meat drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Chillwater Turtle;
  

Way of the Pot – Intellect Buff

• From 525 - 550 you will do only Swirling mist soup (wowhead link);
  
• From 550 - 575 you will do only Braised turtle (wowhead link);
  
• From 575 - 600 you will do only Banquet of the pot (wowhead link);
  
  *Ingredients planted and gathered from Sunsong Ranch or purchased with Ironpaw token from Nam ironpaw or from Sungshin Ironpaw.
  - Jade lungfish and Reef Octopus fished from oceans around Pandaria;
  - Raw turtle meat drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Chillwater Turtle;
  

Way of the Grill – Strength Buff

• From 525 - 550 you will do only Charbroiled tiger steak (wowhead link);
  
• From 550 - 575 you will do only Eternal blossom fish (wowhead link);
  
• From 575 - 600 you will do only Banquet of the grill (wowhead link);
  
  *Ingredients planted and gathered from Sunsong Ranch or purchased with Ironpaw token from Nam ironpaw or from Sungshin Ironpaw.
  - Redbelly Mandarin and Jade lungfish fished from oceans around Pandaria;
  - Raw tiger steak drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Dread stalker
  - Raw crab meat drop from a lot of mobs, I recommend you to farm Polluted viseclaw scuttler

I hope that this guide will be helpful for some of you, new or old on this game.




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