What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

273g in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 356 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 264g.

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 17:26 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 · Classic Cooking · KR · prices as of 17:26 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 300 · Classic Cooking

273g in reagents over about 356 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 264g.

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

Sandworm Meat×255

125

×25125

Raw Spotted Yellowtail×8380

×8366

Tiger Meat×13244

×13258

Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper×11619

×11622

Refreshing Spring Water×1321

×1321

Total273

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 110

Orange→Yellow

Longjaw Mud Snapper

needs the recipe item

About 116 crafts.22

per skill point20

Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper×116

Step 2 · Skill 110 → 235

Orange→Yellow

Jungle Stew

needs the recipe item

About 132 crafts.59

per skill point47

Tiger Meat×132

Refreshing Spring Water×132

Step 3 · Skill 235 → 275

Orange→Green

Spotted Yellowtail

needs the recipe item

About 83 crafts.66

per skill point1

Raw Spotted Yellowtail×83

Step 4 · Skill 275 → 300

Orange

Smoked Desert Dumplings

research

About 25 crafts.125

per skill point5

Sandworm Meat×25

Skill 300 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Jungle Stew2643

2647

Smoked Desert Dumplings252

2562

Spotted Yellowtail835

834

Longjaw Mud Snapper1161

1161

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

Back in your pocket264

What's worth crafting with Cooking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Cooking right now?: 273g in reagents at today's KR auction prices, over about 356 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 264g.
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 17:26 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.