Mists of Pandaria Cooking
Describes Mists of Pandaria's fish-based cooked food, cooking specializations (Ways), and Ironpaw Tokens. Also covers friendship with Nomi. On this page:
"I knew a monk once who specialized in a fish-fighting style. It was pretty limiting but he could make an amazing fish stew." - Anglers Fisherwoman
Looking for a leveling guide? See Cooking 1-600.
Cooked Fish Dishes
The pattern of dishes is similar to Cataclysm, but with differences:
- The best tier of single-dish food is better than the shared feast (Banquet). The stat difference is only an extra 25, so the best food may only be needed in Challenging dungeons.
- Higher-tier recipes require a greater variety of ingredients to cook, often including a lot of vegetables. It is often not possible to cook using only one type of ingredient, such as only fish.
- Token-purchased ingredients (similar to WotLK's Northern Spices) are required to cook the top tier buff food and Banquets.
| Tier | Stat Buff | Health and Mana | Cooking Skill | Typical Ingredients | Level to Eat | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | 28 | 20K/10K | 525 | 1x Fish (or Meat) | 85 | Swirling Mist Soup |
| Medium | 31 | 30K | 550 | 2x Fish (or Meat), or 1x Fish (or Meat) and 5x Vegetable | 87 | Eternal Blossom Fish |
| Best | 34 | 30K | 600 | 5x Fish, 5x Meat, 25x Vegetable, 1x Token ingredient | 90 | Sea Mist Rice Noodles x5 |
| Banquet | 28-31 | 30K | 575/600 | 20x Fish, 20x Meat, 100x Vegetable, 1x Token ingredient | 90 | Great Banquet of the Grill x5 |
- Non-Stamina stat buff values are shown. Stamina buffs are 50% higher.
- Token ingredients are those purchased with Ironpaw Tokens (detailed below) - 100 Year Soy Sauce, Black Pepper and Rice Flour.
Known fish dishes are listed below. This list only includes dishes cooked with fish catches. It does not list recipes that use only meat or vegetables.
| Fish | Food | Buffs | Duration (min) | Level (to eat) | Spec | Recipe Source | Catching |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Salmon | Banquet of the Steamer | 28+ Beneficial [1] | 60 | 90 | Steamer | Trained by Yan Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
| Fire Spirit Salmon | 31 Spirit | 60 | 87 | Steamer | Trained by Yan Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Great Banquet of the Steamer | 28+ Beneficial [1] | 60 | 90 | Steamer | Trained by Yan Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Mogu Fish Stew | 34 Intellect | 60 | 90 | Pot | Trained by Mei Mei Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Spicy Salmon | 34 Hit | 60 | 90 | - | Recipe: Spicy Salmon [2] | ||
| Giant Mantis Shrimp | Banquet of the Wok | 28+ Beneficial [3] | 60 | 90 | Wok | Trained by Anthea Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
| Black Pepper Ribs and Shrimp | 34 Strength | 60 | 90 | Grill | Trained by Kol Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Great Banquet of the Wok | 28+ Beneficial [3] | 60 | 90 | Wok | Trained by Anthea Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Shrimp Dumplings | 28 Spirit | 60 | 85 | Steamer | Trained by Yan Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Golden Carp | Fish Cake | - | - | 85 | - | Cooking trainers in Pandaria (Sungshin Ironpaw at Halfhill Market and Chin at Dawn's Blossom). | Where to catch » |
| Golden Carp Consomme | - | - | 85 | - | Cooking trainers in Pandaria (Sungshin Ironpaw at Halfhill Market and Chin at Dawn's Blossom). | ||
| Green Curry Fish | 23 Critical | 60 | 90 | - | Cooking trainers in Pandaria (Sungshin Ironpaw at Halfhill Market and Chin at Dawn's Blossom). | ||
| Toasted Fish Jerky | 11 Critical | 60 | 85 | - | Cooking trainers in Pandaria (Sungshin Ironpaw at Halfhill Market and Chin at Dawn's Blossom). | ||
| Jade Lungfish | Eternal Blossom Fish | 31 Strength | 60 | 87 | Grill | Trained by Kol Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
| Swirling Mist Soup | 28 Intellect | 60 | 85 | Pot | Trained by Mei Mei Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Jewel Danio | Great Pandaren Banquet | 31 Useful [4] | 60 | 90 | - | Recipe: Great Pandaren Banquet [5] | Where to catch » |
| Pandaren Banquet | 31 Useful [4] | 60 | 90 | - | Recipe: Pandaren Banquet [5] | ||
| Steamed Crab Surprise | 34 Spirit | 60 | 90 | Steamer | Trained by Yan Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Krasarang Paddlefish | Banquet of the Oven | 28+ Beneficial [6] | 60 | 90 | Oven | Trained by Jian Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
| Great Banquet of the Oven | 28+ Beneficial [6] | 60 | 90 | Oven | Trained by Jian Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Krasarang Fritters | - | - | 85 | - | Recipe: Krasarang Fritters [7] | ||
| Twin Fish Platter | 47 Stamina | 60 | 87 | Oven | Trained by Jian Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Redbelly Mandarin | Banquet of the Grill | 28+ Beneficial [8] | 60 | 90 | Grill | Trained by Kol Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
| Chun Tian Spring Rolls | 51 Stamina | 60 | 90 | Oven | Trained by Jian Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Great Banquet of the Grill | 28+ Beneficial [8] | 60 | 90 | Grill | Trained by Kol Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Reef Octopus | Banquet of the Pot | 28+ Beneficial [9] | 60 | 90 | Pot | Trained by Mei Mei Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
| Great Banquet of the Pot | 28+ Beneficial [9] | 60 | 90 | Pot | Trained by Mei Mei Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Valley Stir Fry | 31 Agility | 60 | 87 | Wok | Trained by Anthea Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | ||
| Tiger Gourami | Sea Mist Rice Noodles | 34 Agility | 60 | 90 | Wok | Trained by Anthea Ironpaw at Halfhill Market. | Where to catch » |
- [1] 28 class/role-specific primary stat, 34 if Spirit, 47 if Stamina
- [2] Sold by Gina Mudclaw (at Halfhill Market) for 1g. Requires Exalted with The Tillers.
- [3] 28 class/role-specific primary stat, 34 if Agility, 47 if Stamina
- [4] 31 class/role-specific primary stat
- [5] Sold by Nam Ironpaw (at Halfhill Market) for 10 Ironpaw Tokens. Also requires To Be A Master completed.
- [6] 28 class/role-specific primary stat, 51 if Stamina
- [7] Sold by Nat Pagle (at Anglers Wharf) for 5g. Requires Friendly with The Anglers.
- [8] 28 class/role-specific primary stat, 34 if Strength, 47 if Stamina
- [9] 28 class/role-specific primary stat, 34 if Intelligence, 47 if Stamina
Most recipes are taught by Way (cooking specialization) trainers (described below).
The 4 Golden Carp recipes (Fish Cake, Golden Carp Consomme, Green Curry Fish and Toasted Fish Jerky) are trained by Cooking Trainers in Pandaria below skill 525. The main reason to cook these dishes is to level cooking - see Cooking 1-600. These dishes are the same as those sold by food vendors in Pandaria - typically providing a basic 100 or 200 stat buff.
Banquets
Pandaren feasts are called Banquets. They are similar to the feasts found in previous expansions, except Banquets only serve a limited number of portions (10 people can eat a regular Banquet, 25 can eat a Great Banquet) and Banquets may be traded (they are not bound to the cook).
Each Banquet looks different when laid out. Illustrated below, clockwise from left: Banquet of Brew, Grill (Strength-biased), Oven (Stamina), Pot (Intellect), Steamer (Spirit), and Wok (Agility). Great Banquets look similar, but with more food on each table. Feeling hungry yet?
For Way (cooking specialisation) Banquets, each dish gives +28 in the primary stat of the person eating, based on their class and role (more Stamina for tanks). But if your primary stat is that associated with the Banquet's specialisation, you gain a 31 buff (more Stamina for tanks). For example, a Warlock gains 31 Intelligence from Banquet of the Pot, since the Way of the Pot cooks Intellect food (see below). But (bugs aside) 28 from other Banquets.
In addition to Way Banquets, there are 2 Banquets that do not rely on specialisations: Pandaren Banquet and Great Pandaren Banquet. These recipes are purchased with Ironpaw Tokens, but you must also have completed the quest To Be A Master, which requires every Way's 600-skill recipe to be cooked once (detailed below). However, each dish guarantees a 31 stat buff.
Patch 5.4 adds another method of distributing cooked food: Noodle Carts. Recipes are taught by following the questline that starts with Noodle Secrets Long Forgotten, from an Old Sign Fragment, in the rubble at the bottom of the gap in the bridge in the center of the Timeless Isle.
Cooking Ways (Specializations)
Mists of Pandaria adds 6 cooking specializations called Ways. Each Way can be learned by completing short quests at Halfhill Market in Valley of the Four Winds (described in Cooking 1-600). Specializations require 525 cooking skill and level 85 to learn. All 6 Ways can be learnt at once.
Each cooking Way is associated with a buff stat. All the single-person (non-feast) dishes taught by one Way will buff their respective stat:
- Way of the Grill: Strength. Taught by Kol Ironpaw.
- Way of the Oven: Stamina. Taught by Jian Ironpaw.
- Way of the Pot: Intellect. Taught by Mei Mei Ironpaw.
- Way of the Steamer: Spirit. Taught by Yan Ironpaw.
- Way of the Wok: Agility. Taught by Anthea Ironpaw.
- Way of the Brew: Headaches and grandeur (described below). Taught by Bobo Ironpaw.
The Way of the Brew is slightly easier to level than the others ways, since recipes tend to use fewer, or easier to gain, ingredients. However, only its Banquets offer stat buffs. Jade Witch Brew restores mana but gives you a Pounding Headache that inflicts a small amount of damage. Mad Brewer's Breakfast grants a 2 hour Delusional buff, which states it "makes you feel stronger", but actually turns the entire world into a blur: A fast way for dwarves to get completely smashed!
Every Way offers 2 Banquets - 10 and 25 person feasts. As described earlier, each dish gives +28 in the primary stat of the person eating, based on their class and role (more Stamina for tanks). But if your primary stat is that associated with the Banquet's specialisation, you gain a 31 buff (more Stamina for tanks). So even if you only plan to feed raiding groups, your choice of Way may matter.
Each Way has its own cooking skill bar. Cooking skill works like this:
- Your highest cooking skill (in any specialisation) is used to determine your personal cooking skill for anything that does not require a Way.
- However, your ability to learn Way-specific dishes is determined by your cooking skill in that specific specialization. For example, having 550 in the Way of the Pot will not allow you to learn a dish that requires 550 in the Way of the Grill.
- Way-specific cooking skill is increased by cooking Way-specific dishes.
- Your Way-specific cooking skills are listed in your cookbook (illustrated right).
Cooking dailies in Old Azeroth and at Halfhill Market (see Tillers Farming), plus the Darkmoon Faire monthly, only add to your cooking skill in general, not your skill in the Ways.
Ironpaw Tokens
Halfhill Market's cooks use a new currency - Ironpaw Tokens. These, "can be redeemed for Cooking ingredients and other things at the Stockmaster in Halfhill Market." The Stockmaster is called Nam Ironpaw. Ironpaw Tokens are used to purchase several types of good:
| Items | Ironpaw Token Cost | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 each | Ingredients for the best cooked food. Not bound, so can be traded. | |
| Sacks of regular ingredients | 1 per bag | Sacks contain 5 of one regular Pandarian ingredient, or 25 of one vegetable. Example, Sack of Wildfowl Breasts. |
| 10 each | Requires 600 cooking skill to learn, and quest To Be A Master completed to buy (effectively 600 skilll in all Ways). |
| Cooking School Bell | 50 | Summons Nomi, your cooking student, detailed below. |
| 50 each | +10 cooking skill each (as set bonus for Apron). Battle.net account-bound. Apron purchase requires Nomi's final quest, A Present for Teacher completed. | |
| Flippable Table | 40 | Hit and destroy. Unleash your rage! |
| Portable Refrigerator | 10 | 32-slot cooking bag. |
The Apron, Frying Pan and Rolling Pin are illustrated right. These 3 items are account-bound, so can be used by employees ("alts").
Ironpaw Tokens are gained by completing quests at Halfhill Market. Most are once-only quests related for learning Specializations. For example, The Soup of Contemplation requires 5 Jade Lungfish, and teaches the Way of the Pot.
The main repeatable source of tokens is the quest Replenishing the Pantry, which rewards 1 Ironpaw Token. This quest is only avaialble after completing the introductory quests for all 6 Way, and then completing Nam Ironpaw's quest for an Empty Raw Tiger Steak Container. The quest can be completed an unlimited number of times (with no daily limit).
Replenishing the Pantry requires a Bundle of Groceries to be created, by combining an Empty Container with a set of identical Pandarian ingredients. For example, combining 20 Redbelly Mandarin with an Empty Redbelly Mandarin Container. Containers are sold by Merchant Cheng at Halfhill Market for 1g 50s, and require level 85 to use. Empty Containers are sold for all known Pandarian cooking ingredients, except those sold by Sungshin Ironpaw (listed in the appendix) and Viseclaw Meat. Bundle of Groceries can contain raw fish, even common Golden Carp. 60 Golden Carp are required per Bundle, rather than 20 of other (less plentiful) fish and meats. Vegetables bundle in 100s.
The 2 other repeatable sources of Ironpaw Tokens:
- From daily cooking quests at Halfhill Market: The reward includes 1 Ironpaw Token per day. Quests require level 90 and Tillers Farming to have commenced.
- From Spirit of Harmony vendors stood outside the hub cities in Vale of Eternal Blossoms (Krystel and Danky): These vendors sell 1 Ironpaw Token for 1 Spirit of Harmony. Spirit of Harmony are made from 10 Mote of Harmony. Both bind when picked up. Mote of Harmony rarely drop from creatures in Pandaria, and can also be found in Sealed Crate (Pandaria).
Nomi's final daily quest, A Token of Appreciation, also rewards an Ironpaw Token. However, unlocking Nomi has a lot of special requirements, including Ironpaw Tokens - see below.
Chef's Awards (from Old Azeroth daily cooking quests) and Dalaran Cooking Awards (from Dalaran's daily cooking quests) merge to become Epicurean's Awards. Epicurean's Awards can be used to buy both Cataclysm and Wrath of the Lich King cooking recipes (plus other older items, such as Chef's Hat), while Ironpaw Tokens are used exclusively in Pandaria.
Nomi's Friendship
Nomi (pronounced "gnomey") is a young Pandaren cook, whose friendship can gained. There are two stages to the process:
First, purchase the Cooking School Bell, which summons Nomi. This is sold by Nam Ironpaw at Halfhill Market, but requires:
- 50 Ironpaw Tokens (described above).
- To Be A Master complete, which requires every cooking specialisation's 600-skill recipe to be cooked once.
- ...so also requires 600 cooking skill in all 6 Ways.
- All this requires at least level 85.
Second, when you summon Nomi he will offer a daily quest. At the start this is "Lesson 1: Sliced Peaches": Simply bring her 5 Pandaren Peach. Nomi will cook 5 Sliced Peaches and grants you 1,000 reputation with him (plus perk bonuses).
Nomi's friendship bar is 0/42,999, and divided into 5 parts. These equate to 6 ranks of friendship: 2 ranks as an Apprentice and 3 as Journeyman, with the 6th rank, Expert, attained at 42,000. An achievement, Now I Am the Master is awarded for reaching Expert friendship.
Once your friendship with Nomi reaches his next rank (8,400 reputation per rank), he will offer a new lesson. On days when Nomi's rank rises two lessons can be completed. On other days only the latest (highest numbered) lesson is offered. Nomi's (confirmed) daily quests are listed below:
- Lesson 1: Sliced Peaches - 5 Pandaren Peach (sold by Sungshin Ironpaw). Available at 0 reputation (Apprentice).
- Lesson 2: Instant Noodles - 5 Instant Noodles (sold by Sungshin Ironpaw). Available at 8,400 reputation (Apprentice).
- Lesson 3: Toasted Fish Jerky - 5 Golden Carp (caught). Available at 16,800 reputation (Journeyman).
- Lesson 4: Dried Needle Mushrooms - 5 Needle Mushrooms (sold by Sungshin Ironpaw). Available at about 25,200 reputation (Journeyman).
- Lesson 5: Pounded Rice Cake - 5 Rice (sold by Sungshin Ironpaw). Available at 33,600 reputation (Journeyman).
At Expert rank (42,000 reputation) friendship Nomi offers 2 quests:
- A Present for Teacher, once-only quest: Nomi rewards you with an Apron, plus your choice of 5 100 Year Soy Sauce, Black Pepper or Rice Flour. Completing the quest also allows you to buy additional Aprons from Nam Ironpaw (described above). The Apron is required to complete the 3-piece cooking set (alongside Frying Pan and Rolling Pin).
- A Token of Appreciation, daily quest: Nomi has been busy working on your behalf, and rewards you an Ironpaw Token and a Goodies from Nomi, which contains a random cooked 600-skill dish, such as Sea Mist Rice Noodles or Great Pandaren Banquet. Nomi has become a great cook!
Appendix: Non-Fish Ingredients
Most Pandarean recipes require a mix of fish, meat and vegetables, so the source of non-fish ingredients will be important for culinary anglers.
Most pre-525 skill Pandarian cooking ingredients are sold by Sungshin Ironpaw (at Halfhill Market, Valley of the Four Winds) and cooking vendors in the faction cities of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms (Jojo for Alliance and Stephen Wong for Horde), for a few gold or silver each:
- Barley
- Farm Chicken
- Ginseng
- Instant Noodles
- Needle Mushrooms
- Pandaren Peach
- Red Beans
- Rice
- Silkworm Pupa
- Yak Milk
Token-only ingredients used in the best Pandarian dishes are sold by Nam Ironpaw, also at Halfhill Market, for 1 Ironpaw Token each:
Meats drop from creatures in Pandaria (the list below based on the work of Druidmoon). Nam Ironpaw also sells these in sacks of 5 (1 Ironpaw Token per sack):
- Mushan Ribs - Mushan. Mushan can found across Valley of the Four Winds and southern Kun-Lai Summit.
- Raw Crab Meat - Scuttlers, crabs and crawlers, including Viseclaw Scuttler on the coast of Krasarang Wilds.
- Raw Crocolisk Belly - Crocolisks and Mortbreaths, most found around Krasarang Wilds and The Jade Forest.
- Raw Tiger Steak - Huntress and tiger-like creatures, including raptors. Eastern central Krasarang Wilds contains plenty of Huntress.
- Raw Turtle Meat - Turtles and Shen-zin. Wyrmhorn Turtle can be farmed in eastern central Valley of the Four Winds.
- Wildfowl Breast - Most birds, including Cranes, Hawks and Thunderbirds in Krasarang Wilds, and Summit Bonestripper in Kun-Lai Summit.
Viseclaw Meat drops from Viseclaw on the coast of Krasarang Wilds, including Viseclaw Fisher. Unlike the other meats, it cannot be bundled into Groceries, nor does Nam Ironpaw sell sacks of it (thanks Buffjob).
Vegetables are grown on Tillers Farms. Nam Ironpaw also sells these in sacks of 25 (1 Ironpaw Token per sack):
- Jade Squash
- Juicycrunch Carrot
- Mogu Pumpkin
- Pink Turnip
- Red Blossom Leek
- Scallions
- Striped Melon
- White Turnip
- Witchberries
Learn More
- Cooking 1-600 - Guide to leveling your cooking skill from 1 to 600 in Pandaria.
- Cooking Skill - Lists all cooked fish dishes by cooking skill.
- Tillers Farming - Guide to cultivating your Tillers farm, Sunsong Ranch. Also contains information about gaining reputation with the Tillers, including friendship with individual members of the Tillers.
- MoP: Cooking Specializations - News from 11 May 2012. Preview of cooking specializations at Halfhill Market.
- MoP: Banquet Buffs - News from 4 June 2012.
- MoP Beta Files: Cooking & the New Normal - Kaliope's summary of cooking leveling.
- Also in Mists of Pandaria: Mists of Pandaria Essentials, Mists of Pandaria Fishing, Mists of Pandaria Catches, and Patch 5.2.
Comments about Mists of Pandaria Cooking
Below are readers' comments about "Mists of Pandaria Cooking":
MoP: Cooking Specializations
Desade, May 2012
The mat for the lead in daily cooking quest (test 1 I think it was)
wildfowl drumstick
(not what I would guess makes rice pudding)
Killed everything in the zone several times over and over never did find the mat..Thinking about it going to go kill stuff in Krasarang Wilds since its wild fowl.
el, May 2012
I suspect enough critical ingredients are missing to make it impossible to level cooking yet. The only reason I could train specializations was because I had already reached 530 skill on Fish Cakes, back before the skill-up profile for that dish changed to go grey at 500.
Desade, May 2012
I was able to get cooking to 555
Using
Fish Cake -
mat = golden carp
Swirling Mist Soup - Specialization 1st recipe = Way of the Pot - Intellect
mat = Jade Lungfish - Fished from coast of Krasarang WildsGoing to look later to see what other fish might be usable to lvl higher or maybe try to hunt the other meats.
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Desade, May 2012
Have you seen
Journeyman Cookbook
http://mop.wowhead.com/item=86512el, May 2012
The Journeyman Cookbook has caused a fair bit of discussion. It isn't available in-game, and given that it has "test" written all over it, probably never will be.
The spell it triggers is curious, because it is assigned to its own SkillLine group. SkillLines are groups of spells, like professions or specialisations. There was no need to create a new group just to have the item, so whatever the item is intended to test will be slightly unusual. Gut feeling is some sort of test for account-bound recipes, simply because it is called a "cookbook". But it could be something very different.
Astragal, May 2012
Not directly related to Specialisations however it may be useful for people here on the beta and attempting to level Cooking.
Basically pulling together all available data of known cooking ingredients listed on wowhead. Giving name, location and source/s where currently confirmed. Plus some thoughts on where those still missing may turn up. It includes the fish included on this site on the Pandaria > History page. I explain it more thoroughly on the WoW EU forum post here;
MoP Beta - Cooking Ingredients List
Hope it is of some use to those budding MoP chefs here!
el, May 2012
That's very useful. I may mirror some of that information here, because the beta forums have a habit of disappearing at the end of beta, and traditional cooking with only fish doesn't seem possible in Pandaria, so people will need to farm meat and vegetables too. (I suspect the meaning of the word "farm" is about to change too...)
Astragal, May 2012
el wrote:
That's very useful. I may mirror some of that information here, because the beta forums have a habit of disappearing at the end of beta, and traditional cooking with only fish doesn't seem possible in Pandaria, so people will need to farm meat and vegetables too. (I suspect the meaning of the word "farm" is about to change too...)
Please feel free to use any/ all of it El. I would have posted here but did not want to update more than one list. I am adding items as I go. Finding some new drops now in higher level areas.
I am still holding out that 'farming' may also include 'fish farming'... Much like the Jinyu and The Anglers do in their villages with nets. I noticed that they added Carp into the now in Sri-La Village that you can kill (lvl1) The same as the fish being spear fished over in Nayeli Lagoon.
Our very own personal fish pond...yum. Fingers crossed.
Also I still find it weird that Wowhead list all vegetables under 'Meat' still.
el, May 2012
Meat is an auction house classification used by the game. Would perhaps be better described as "Cooking Ingredients".
Added: And I should clarify that most of the ingredients you list as unknown are not currently used in cooking recipes, so their status is moot.
Astragal, June 2012
The MoP Beta - Cooking Ingredients List thread has been updated a bit and now includes some updates noted there including the elusive Ginseng.
It is now possible to level all Ways to maximum for the 'Master of the Ways' title.
Astragal, June 2012
el wrote:
Added: And I should clarify that most of the ingredients you list as unknown are not currently used in cooking recipes, so their status is moot.
It's true that there are no recipes for some of these however it does leave open to question what they do with the beasts roaming Pandaria that do not have a meat drop yet such as Goats (listed as unknown); Yak (seems reasonable they may be harvested for meat as they are domesticated Ox Flank?) ; Spinefish we know are an Alchemy recipe just not sure where it will drop. Jinyu Spirit Water sounds like something they intend to introduce somehow.
Then all the other Beasts like Bears, Porcupine, Wolves, Foxes, Stags etc. which have traditionally always provided some meat drop. Maybe they will share some of the meat types, though you have some funny consequences such as the Zandalari Raptors currently dropping Raw Tiger Meat!
soyzan, June 2012
I wasnt able to lvl way of the pot to 600.
Im currently at 598 and stuck in the way of the pot. Banquet of the pot, great banquet of the pot, braised turtle and swirling mist soup are all turned grey at 598 and there's no one recipies around.
Any suggestions how to deal with this?
Desade, June 2012
For the ways the last 10 points you must cook 2 of the bigger feast.
Once your reg skill gets high enough all the way recipes also turn to gray but they still give skill in the way.
For each way at 575 make 3 small feast till 590 then make 2 of the large feast and tada 600 in that way.BTW
With patch coming in groceries are going to take 100 items not 20 anymore so if your using that quest to get tokens I would spam it before the patch.
Take the quest get empty fill it get another empty fill it ect ect that way you can turn in one after the other without running back and forth.el, June 2012
Based on game data, not yet possible to check in-game, in the latest patch the 575-skill feasts now remain orange until 600, removing soyzan's problem. There have been a lot of other changes to cooking leveling too. Originally, the most effective method was to level 550 to 554 using the 530-skill recipe, which then meant the feast remained orange for 5 points from 594 to 599, leaving only the last point as grey. This post explains the problem.
BTW, the 100 items quoted by MMO-Champion is misleading. It applies only to the Ginseng bundle and a few of the vegetables (and even then they list the Ginseng bundle with a bugged tooltip, which says 20). Based on the data in MMO-Champion's own database, the other bundles are unchanged - except that Golden Carp's tooltip is now correct, at 60 - everything else still requires 20. The 5-fold increase in vegetables is consistent with recipe changes (which also see far more vegetables required), so likely there are major changes afoot regarding vegetables.
Astragal, June 2012
Balanced against the greater requirement for some recipes, you get more vegetables per Sack when trading Bundles of Groceries with Nam Ironpaw. Datamined items now show generally 25 veg. per sack up from 5. This is probably aiming at balancing up thing with Farming likely to be in place soon and another source of these.
Worth checking still what you can get hold of more easily and what you will require when sourcing ingredients this way. And the new data is still quite mixed up across the same items so expect some more changes before it settles.
If they do add in the empty containers for ingredients you can buy as they could do (in database not yet implemented), then another option will be to buy your way through it for those with the gold to spare. Example;
Empty Instant Noodles Container
Currently 70s each o Beta from Sungshin Ironpaw that would be 70*20= 14g/Bundle of Groceries/per token.
Seems too low to me so maybe they will adjust number required for lower value items or price (though it needs to be reasonable for levelling purposes also available)
Together with new items that allow you to swap stacks of veg., Meat & Vegetable Traders at Halfhill Market, AH, Bundles etc. it looks like a number of options will be available to help flatten out potential oversupply and undersupply.
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Nomi And The Cooking School Bell.
Gourgon, October 2012
After more than 7 hours of fishing, (whew) I was finally able to obtain the necessary 50 token to purchase the, Cooking School Bell. I’m still not sure what I expected, but some sort of recognition would have been nice. If not an achievement, then bells, whistles, something would have been nice, but sadly there was nothing. So to pat myself on the back I ordered a pizza and a 2 liter bottle of Coke and celebrated alone, because everyone in the house was gone for the weekend.
Marlburo, October 2012
Don't you hate when that happens? I remember catching the 22lbs lobster and was SOOOOO excited.....but couldn't think of one other person who would care hahahahaha. Well not this time, CONGRATS GOURGON!!!!!!
Enarka, October 2012
Good lord, this is the story of my life. I remember catching that 103 Pound Mightfish (on the way to which I caught at least fifteen 22-pound Lobsters) and being ecstatic. I linked it in chat and I was all like "YEAH COME AT ME IF YOU DARE". Nobody cared. Literally, nobody else.
Or that Fishing Chair I bought from someone. And the stupid fishing line.
UGH.
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Gourgon, October 2012
I'm glad someone else appreciates the effort.
Renetta, November 2012
Trying to get the bell too, but I'm admit that I'm going to complement it with heavy tilling.
Incidentally there is an achievement attached to it when you finished teaching Nomi.
http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=7325
Also Nomi should be plenty thankful with material goodies.
PubDartGuy, November 2012
Note that doing Nomi's daily quest is affected by reputation modifiers, such as:
* Guild Perk: Mr. Popularity (+5% at Rank 1 for lvl 4 guild; +10% at Rank 2 for lvl 12 guild)
* Human racial: Diplomacy (+10%)
* Pilgrim's Bounty: The Spirit of Sharing (+10%)
* Hallow's End: Unburdened or Grim Visage (+10%)
Since these rep bonuses do stack, the fastest would be to complete this on a Human toon, in a level 12 guild, during Pilgrim's Bounty or Hallow's End, for a whopping +30% bonus!My calculations below are based upon having at least a +10% rep gain bonus, such as from the Level 12 Guild Perk: Mr. Popularity (Rank2), or from the Human racial: Diplomacy. Without any rep modifiers, each quest awards +1000 rep (or skill-gain for Nomi) per turn-in.
Note that you can only complete each one of the *unique* Nomi daily quests once per day. However, upon gaining a rank the next quest is immediately offered and may be completed on the same day.
Apprentice/Stranger/Hated?:
= Lesson 1: Sliced Peaches
Day 1: +1100 = 1100/8400
Day 2: +1100 = 2200/8400
Day 3: +1100 = 3300/8400
Day 4: +1100 = 4400/8400
Day 5: +1100 = 5500/8400
Day 6: +1100 = 6600/8400
Day 7: +1100 = 7700/8400
Day 8: +1100 = 8800/8400
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Journeyman/Pal/Neutral:
= Lesson 2: Instant Noodles
Day 8: +1100 = 9900/16800
Day 9: +1100 = 11000/16800
Day 10: +1100 = 12100/16800
Day 11: +1100 = 13200/16800
Day 12: +1100 = 14300/16800
Day 13: +1100 = 15400/16800
Day 14: +1100 = 16500/16800
Day 15: +1100 = 17600/16800
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Expert/Buddy/Friendly:
= Lesson 3: Toasted Fish Jerky
Day 15: +1100 = 18700/25200
Day 16: +1100 = 19800/25200
Day 17: +1100 = 20900/25200
Day 18: +1100 = 22000/25200
Day 19: +1100 = 23100/25200
Day 20: +1100 = 24200/25200
Day 21: +1100 = 25300/25200
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Artisan/Friend/Honored:
= Lesson 4: Dried Needle Mushrooms
Day 21: +1100 = 26400/33600
Day 22: +1100 = 27500/33600
Day 23: +1100 = 28600/33600
Day 24: +1100 = 29700/33600
Day 25: +1100 = 30800/33600
Day 26: +1100 = 31900/33600
Day 27: +1100 = 33000/33600
Day 28: +1100 = 34100/33600
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Master/Good Friend/Revered
= Lesson 5: Pounded Rice Cake
Day 28: +1100 = 35200/42000
Day 29: +1100 = 36300/42000
Day 30: +1100 = 37400/42000
Day 31: +1100 = 38300/42000
Day 32: +1100 = 39400/42000
Day 33: +1100 = 40500/42000
Day 34: +1100 = 41600/42000
Day 35: +1100 = 42700/42000
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Master Chef/Best Friend/Exalted
= Achievement: Now I Am the MasterReply
to "Nomi And The Cooking School Bell.".
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