What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

209g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 84 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 177g.

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 · Shadowlands Cooking · EU · prices as of 17:31 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 75 · Shadowlands Cooking

209g in reagents over about 84 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 177g.

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

Lost Sole×651

×6565

Lusterwheat Flour×7567

×7550

Rich Grazer Milk×4589

×4540

Smuggled Azerothian Produce×4559

×4526

Inconceivably Aged Vinegar×1545

Iridescent Amberjack×457

×453

Raw Seraphic Wing×407

Phantasmal Haunch×157

×151

Total209

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 30

Orange

Butterscotch Marinated Ribs

trainer

About 29 crafts.6

per skill point21

Tenebrous Ribs×87

Step 2 · Skill 30 → 45

Orange→Green

Cinnamon Bonefish Stew

trainer

About 25 crafts.5

per skill point35

Pocked Bonefish×75

Step 3 · Skill 45 → 50

Orange

Banana Beef Pudding

trainer

About 5 crafts.25

per skill point5

Step 4 · Skill 50 → 65

Orange

Iridescent Ravioli with Apple Sauce

trainer

About 15 crafts.101

per skill point6

Iridescent Amberjack×45

Lost Sole×45

Smuggled Azerothian Produce×45

Lusterwheat Flour×30

Inconceivably Aged Vinegar×15

Step 5 · Skill 65 → 75

Orange

Seraph Tenders

trainer

About 10 crafts.71

per skill point7

Skill 75 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Butterscotch Marinated Ribs8712

8710

Cinnamon Bonefish Stew7512

759

Iridescent Ravioli with Apple Sauce4512

455

Seraph Tenders3012

303

Banana Beef Pudding1512

151

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

Back in your pocket177

What's worth crafting with Cooking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Cooking right now?: 209g in reagents at today's EU auction prices, over about 84 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 177g.
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.