It has come to my attention that the cooking stuffs starts at 1, and if you buy enough of the mats.. you should be able to get to around 340-350 range when the last one turns grey.
I would love to be able to verify this on my toons, but only have 1 at lvl 60+ and he all the cooking achievments... need someone to attempt this please and verify.
Thanks,
Beerforme
el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 2 years ago:It is possible. You can use vendor items up to about 290 cooking skill. And reach about 350 by killing Turkeys. Of course this only lasts one week.
Just a couple of things to note about doing this.
You will have to travel to some of the major cities
Start with Stuffing & Pie in SW
then Cranberries in IF
then Sweet Potato in Darn
then back to SW to hunt turkeys. (Or hunt some before leaving SW the 1st time)
The location specific ingredients are Conjured, so no mailing them or AHing them.
If you have a mage friend you can speed things up & they can be traded manually.
My bank alt I tested this on, was a hundred and something already in cooking.
She's now 300, Although Turkeys take you further the cooking trainer near the tables doesn't teach Master, so I'll need to go to Outlands or Northrend to go above 300.
Note: My alt is only Level 12, cooking doesn't have Level reqs, just cooking Reqs.
Edit: Master Training acquired - comical to see a Lv12 in Northrend, but 'twas the fastest way.
Time to go Turkey hunting....
Thay
This got one of my alts to 350. The turkey recipe is still green at 350 but I didn't manage to get another level tick from the remaining 8 or so turkeys I had. My guess is that you can get no further than 355, because all the previous recipes turned green to gray very fast.
In principle you'll need to cook somewhere between 60-80 of each type of recipe to get from 1 to 350, and the levels of each recipe is stacked such that this pretty much works out.
With running and all it took me around 2 hours solo (having no mage and just 1 HS cooldown to work with).
This will not cost you a dime overall as you get solid cash back from the quests you turn your food in for. I ended up with +5 gold (that's a gain) when done.
Sca1ey <Angler>, 1 year ago:I would suggest when fishing at Lorderon Lake up to Cooking 175 that you kill the Snapjaws on the south of the lake to get clams (about 50% drop rate) that give Tangy Clam Meat which you can use in the recipe Goblin Deviled Clams which is Orange after Bristle Whiskered Catfish has gone yellow. They also drop Turtle Meat which can be used in the recipe Soothing Turtle Bisque which can be bought (or if you haven't done the quest - you can get it as a reward for 10 of your meat) at Tarren Mill and learned at 175 alongside Mithril Headed Trout.
In the fishing/cooking leveling together guide, for the Lobster stew, you need to tell people to bring a bunch of Refreshing Spring Water.
el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 1 year ago:whquaint - Done, thanks.
I would like to point out from my own experience from using this guide, I'm at 225 cooking while writing this, that when your around 125-160 cooking, it's a very good idea to skip the Bristle Whisker Catfish, since it turns green at 160, and you need to get to 175 for Mithril Head Trout. Instead, go to Southshore in Hillsbrad Foothills, and hunt the murlocs there for Thick-Shelled Clam which gives Tangy Clam Meat. They are used for Goblin Deviled Clam, which can be learned from a cooking trainer, I got it from Dalaran. Goblin Deviled Clam turns green at 185, so it's a good way to save some time.
IIRC, you can go all the way to 300 or higher cooking skill even at low level.
I leveled cooking on my low-level alts last year during the holiday.
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