What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

4.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 69 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 4.3kg.

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 17:54 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 · Khaz Algar Cooking · TW · prices as of 17:54 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 100 · Khaz Algar Cooking

4.4kg in reagents over about 69 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 4.3kg.

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

Chopped Mycobloom×4515

Spiced Meat Stock×1192

Granulated Spices×931

×9396

Twined Herbs×901

×9093

Khaz Algar Tomato×841

×8487

Total4,384

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 30

Orange→Yellow

Simple Stew

trainer

About 31 crafts.124

per skill point4

Spiced Meat Stock×62

Step 2 · Skill 30 → 40

Orange→Yellow

Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle

needs the recipe item

About 6 crafts.145

per skill point14

Portioned Steak×12

Granulated Spices×60 Twined Herbs×30

Step 3 · Skill 40 → 50

Orange→Yellow

Rib Stickers

trainer

About 6 crafts.234

per skill point23

Step 4 · Skill 50 → 55

Orange

Stuffed Cave Peppers

trainer

About 3 crafts.259

per skill point51

Step 5 · Skill 55 → 92

Orange→Yellow

Beledar's Bounty

needs the recipe item

About 20 crafts.2,194

per skill point59

Portioned Steak×300

Crunchy Peppers×100

Coreway Dust×800

Step 6 · Skill 92 → 100

Orange

Everything Stew

needs the recipe item

About 3 crafts.1,427

per skill point178

Portioned Steak×45

Spiced Meat Stock×45

Chopped Mycobloom×45

Fresh Fillet×45 Twined Herbs×60

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Beledar's Bounty6033

6020

Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle121

Stuffed Cave Peppers977

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 pocket4,322

What's worth crafting with Cooking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Cooking right now?: 4.4kg in reagents at today's TW auction prices, over about 69 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 4.3kg.
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 17:54 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.