Leveling cooking?

[Raesana]

Originally Posted by Relequin

So i started the first step making governors suppers but im not getting the option for further work. Could it be because im working on the alchemy expert quest too? The cook trainer in panda doesnt have anything for me past 399. Some advice/help would be very much appreciated. Thanks

This is more than likely the case. You'll need to be 449 in your first craft before you go expert in the second.

[Ballista]

Hey there I have a question for all the cooks/chefs who have done the 399-400 quest:
How does this compare to the 399-400 crafting quests (to the best of your knowledge) of the other crafts in terms of kinah expenses and time?

: ) I'm deliberating halting alchemy and doing some cookin'!

[Aocypher]

A French Aggie? Oo


Anyway, I haven't done alchemy on my main or alt so I can't speak for it, but:

the 399-400 test for cooking is way easier than the test for weaponsmithing or armorsmithing.

Cooking Expert: Do a workorder, create a bunch of tasty (HQ) white-recipe dishes (4 different recipes, 10 of each type of dish - 40 total items), create a bunch of tasty (HQ) green-recipe dishes (again 10 of each type of dish, from 4 different recipes - 40 total items).

Weaponsmith: Do a workorder, proc a white greatsword recipe to green, proc a higher level green sword recipe (which requires you already have a crit-procced sword) into a blue.

Armorsmith: Do a workorder, proc a white recipe to green, proc a green shield recipe into a blue.

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IMO, the major hurdle for the non-cooking expert tests are the cost of the raw materials. With preminum weapon and armor fluxes going for at least 700k each on my server atm (on a good day!), it gets pricy fast.

Most of the material for the cooking expert test should be commonly available on the AH by now. But YMMV.


On my server, I would say the cooking expert test would cost ~200k-300k to *complete* if you were to buy all the comps from the AH.

While armorsmithing and WS would each cost about 4-7 million per *attempt* at the final test if you were to buy everything from the AH.

[Leek]

Originally Posted by Raesana

This is more than likely the case. You'll need to be 449 in your first craft before you go expert in the second.

is this confirmed? i thought it was that you could only do 1 expert quest at a time

[Foxrider]

Originally Posted by Leek

is this confirmed? i thought it was that you could only do 1 expert quest at a time

Yes it's confirmed. You have to be 449 in your first craft before beginning the 2nd expert quest

[borrybor]

Cooking is the only craft of the char I made 399 cooking with. I got the Governor's supper workorder done, and then I am asked to do the Expert Test. I cannot find this test anywhere.

Cooking Expert: Do a workorder, create a bunch of tasty (HQ) white-recipe dishes (4 different recipes, 10 of each type of dish - 40 total items), create a bunch of tasty (HQ) green-recipe dishes (again 10 of each type of dish, from 4 different recipes - 40 total items).

Does this mean that I must just craft those dishes without an expilicit order?