What does it cost to level Cooking right now?

611g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 100 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 535g.

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 17:57 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 · US · prices as of 17:57 UTC

Cooking leveling 1 → 100 · Khaz Algar Cooking

611g in reagents over about 100 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 535g.

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

Portioned Steak×44390

398

×443398

Undermine Clam Meat×323

Granulated Spices×1204

×1204

Total611

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 35

Orange→Green

Everything-on-a-Stick

needs the recipe item

About 51 crafts.12

per skill point37

Coagulated Yolk×51

Step 2 · Skill 35 → 40

Yellow

Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle

needs the recipe item

About 4 crafts.21

per skill point4

Portioned Steak×8

Granulated Spices×40 Twined Herbs×20

Step 3 · Skill 40 → 70

Orange→Yellow

Authentic Undermine Clam Chowder

needs the recipe item

About 16 crafts.157

per skill point5

Undermine Clam Meat×32

Granulated Spices×80 Twined Herbs×80

Crunchy Peppers×32

Step 4 · Skill 70 → 100

Orange→Green

Beledar's Bounty

needs the recipe item

About 29 crafts.420

per skill point14

Portioned Steak×435

Crunchy Peppers×145

Coreway Dust×1160

Skill 100 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Authentic Undermine Clam Chowder4882

4839

Beledar's Bounty8733

8729

Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle81

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

Back in your pocket535

What's worth crafting with Cooking right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Cooking right now?: 611g in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 100 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 535g.
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 17:57 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.