What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

273g in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 415 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 21:54 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 · Classic Cooking · TW · prices as of 21:54 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 300 · Classic Cooking

273g in reagents over about 415 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×2510

250

×25250

Tender Wolf Meat×6230

Stringy Wolf Meat×491

×4949

Tangy Clam Meat×351

×3535

Total273

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 45

Orange

Charred Wolf Meat

About 44 crafts.44

per skill point1

Stringy Wolf Meat×44

Step 2 · Skill 45 → 50

Orange

Spiced Wolf Meat

trainer

About 5 crafts.5

per skill point1

Stringy Wolf Meat×5

Step 3 · Skill 50 → 150

Orange

Lean Venison

needs the recipe item

About 100 crafts.1

per skill point1

Stag Meat×100

Step 4 · Skill 150 → 165

Orange

Goblin Deviled Clams

trainer

About 15 crafts.15

per skill point1

Tangy Clam Meat×15

Step 5 · Skill 165 → 170

Yellow

Lean Venison

needs the recipe item

About 7 crafts.7

per skill point1

Stag Meat×7

Step 6 · Skill 170 → 185

Yellow

Goblin Deviled Clams

trainer

About 20 crafts.20

per skill point1

Tangy Clam Meat×20

Step 7 · Skill 185 → 255

Orange→Green

Roast Raptor

needs the recipe item

About 137 crafts.2

per skill point3

Raptor Flesh×137

Step 8 · Skill 255 → 275

Yellow→Green

Tender Wolf Steak

needs the recipe item

About 62 crafts.18

per skill point93

Tender Wolf Meat×62

Step 9 · Skill 275 → 300

Orange

Smoked Desert Dumplings

research

About 25 crafts.250

per skill point10

Sandworm Meat×25

Skill 300 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Smoked Desert Dumplings252

2562

Goblin Deviled Clams3595

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 TW auction prices, over about 415 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 21:54 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.