What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

161g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 89 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 52g.

Where do these numbers come from?

The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:31 UTC.

Why does the route change when I reload?

Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

Profession leveling · Khaz Algar Cooking · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 100 · Khaz Algar Cooking

161g in reagents over about 89 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 52g.

Start skill

Trainer recipes only

Recipe names carry the colour the profession window gives them: orange is a point every craft, yellow is three in four, green is one in four.

Before the first craft — buy it all at once

One trip to the auction house. Vendor lines are cheaper from the profession vendor than from the board.

ReagentNeedEachTotal

Coreway Dust×10406

×104062

Portioned Steak×39614

×39655

Undermine Clam Meat×5831

×5817

Granulated Spices×1755

×1758

Spiced Meat Stock×6211

Total161

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 30

Orange→Yellow

Simple Stew

trainer

About 31 crafts.6

per skill point23

Spiced Meat Stock×62

Step 2 · Skill 30 → 35

Orange

Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle

needs the recipe item

About 3 crafts.2

per skill point55

Portioned Steak×6

Granulated Spices×30 Twined Herbs×15

Step 3 · Skill 35 → 75

Orange→Green

Authentic Undermine Clam Chowder

needs the recipe item

About 29 crafts.31

per skill point78

Undermine Clam Meat×58

Granulated Spices×145 Twined Herbs×145

Crunchy Peppers×58

Step 4 · Skill 75 → 100

Orange→Green

Beledar's Bounty

needs the recipe item

About 26 crafts.120

per skill point4

Portioned Steak×390

Crunchy Peppers×130

Coreway Dust×1040

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Authentic Undermine Clam Chowder8782

8771

Beledar's Bounty7833

7826

Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle61

Simple Stew936

935

Capped at what the market takes in 3 days, so a route never pretends to sell hundreds at once.

Back in your pocket52

What's worth crafting with Cooking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Cooking right now?: 161g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 89 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 52g.
Where do these numbers come from?: The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:31 UTC.
Why does the route change when I reload?: Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

A first craft pays Knowledge, not skill, so it is shown as a badge and left out of the craft count. Vendor reagents are priced at the lower of the vendor and the auction house.