What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

6.1kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 137 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to -79s.

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 14:54 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 · Midnight Cooking · TW · prices as of 14:54 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 100

6.1kg in reagents over about 137 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to -79s.

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

Practically Pork×2404

1,104

×2401,104

Thalassian Fillet×3081

Ripened Vegetable Assortment×19412

×19423

A Big Ol' Stick of Butter×1589

×15814

Tavern Fixings×12611

×12613

Pouch of Spices×12311

×12313

Cooking Spirits×911

×999

Total6,123

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 25

Orange→Green

Spiced Biscuits

trainer

About 41 crafts.17

per skill point71

A Big Ol' Stick of Butter×41

Pouch of Spices×123

Step 2 · Skill 25 → 75

Orange→Green

Void-Kissed Fish Rolls

trainer

About 77 crafts.591

per skill point11

Thalassian Fillet×308

Ripened Vegetable Assortment×154

A Big Ol' Stick of Butter×77

Tavern Fixings×77

Step 3 · Skill 75 → 82

Yellow

Royal Roast

trainer

About 10 crafts.702

per skill point100

Practically Pork×150

A Big Ol' Stick of Butter×40

Ripened Vegetable Assortment×40

Tavern Fixings×40

Step 4 · Skill 82 → 100

Orange

Silvermoon Parade

trainer

About 9 crafts.4,812

per skill point267

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Void-Kissed Fish Rolls15447

7,307

1547,307

Silvermoon Parade18336

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

Back in your pocket0

What's worth crafting with Cooking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Cooking right now?: 6.1kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 137 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to -79s.
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 14:54 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.