This page contains the news for the ‘Cooking’ category.
3.3 Cooking Skill-Ups Faster
Patch 3.3 (currently being tested) will make it even easier to skill-up after cooking skill 400: Almost all recipes that use Northern Spices will remain yellow (good chance of a skill-up) until skill 450. See Wowhead for a full list of recipes.
3.2 Fishing Changes [Updated]
From the patch notes:
- With 300+ cooking, chance to find a Waterlogged Recipe (image) in the Bag of Fishing Treasures. Can be traded. Starts quest (requires level 70 and 350 cooking). Turn in for 5 Dalaran Cooking Awards and 250 Kirin Tor reputation.
- Blackened Dragonfin only requires 1 fish to cook.
- Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat can be used to lure a pole the moment it is equipped (undocumented).
3.1.2 Northrend Food Changes
With patch 3.1.2, Northrend cooked fish and meat improves, to restore 22,500 health and 19,200 mana over 30 seconds. Black Jelly restores twice as much (45,000 health and 38,400 mana) over 1 minute. Also in 3.1.2:
- New Sea Turtle jump animation (video and images).
- Fishing poles do reasonable damage again.
- Corroded Jewelry from anywhere in Dalaran sewers (even the Circle of Wills).
- Phantom Ghostfish also from Nettlefish School.
3.1 Fishing Finds
Post-patch discoveries, mostly via the forums (thanks for all the contributions so far):
- Ulduar fishing. Fish also caught in Icecrown, Storm Peaks and Zul’Drak. And now Naxxramas.
- Feast are no longer soulbound and can be traded/sold. Fish Feast requires 425 cooking and level 70 to use.
- The 5 Ring, confirmed epic reward from the new fishing dailies.
- Extreme Angler FC-5000 has been reduced to a +20 bonus. DPS on many poles reduced, and level restrictions removed. Stamina bonus removed from Seth’s Pole. Kalu’ak pole change not intended.
- Essence of Fire now caught by fishing (discussion).
- Unusual Scryers Fishing Trainer in Shattrath.
- Phased Orgrimmar fishing removed.
- Dark Herring seems more common.
- Fix: Dalaran Cooking dailies require level 65 again.
- Fix: “Certain fishing nodes [presumably Pool of Blood] for one of the fishing daily quests should no longer be spawned on land.”
Fish Feast and Pool Suckerfish
Patch 3.0.8 (which is still being tested) is known to make 2 important changes:
- The recipe for Fish Feast has been added. Fish Feast gives a +80 Attack Power, +46 Spell Power and +40 Stamina buff. The recipe requires 5 Dalaran Cooking Awards and 450 cooking skill to buy. Fortunately, Gigantic and Small Feasts become “yellow” until skill 450, making it much easier to skill-up cooking to 450.
- About half of all catches from Northrend’s pools have a Pygmy Suckerfish attached: Much more common than existing open water fishing.
El’s Anglin’ Updated for WotLK
Busy packing warm clothing for a trip to Northrend on 13th November? El’s Extreme Anglin’ has been completely updated with Wrath of the Lich King information. The biggest changes are:
- Training – Including a new 350-450 cooking and fishing leveling guide. A guide to Dalaran Daily Cooking Quests has been added.
- Valuable Fish – Many new valuable catches, from buff food to minipets.
Please post about anything you find confusing or inaccurate on the forums.
WotLK Round-Up: Cooked Fish and Titles
The first cooking recipes for fish have been added in the latest Wrath of the Lich King beta. Recipes and ingredients for the best buff food require Dalaran Cooking Awards – tokens from new daily cooking quests.
Achievements have been updated, including 2 new titles:
- “Salty” for completing most of the fishing achievements (including winning the Stranglethorn Extravaganza).
“Grand Master Angler” for the realm first angler to reach 450 fishing skill. Update: “Grand Master Angler” will be removed.
Power-Leveling Fishing?
El’s Extreme Anglin’ now offers several detailed guides to level your fishing skill from 1 to 375. Want gold? Training cooking too? Or just want to get to 375 as fast as possible? We can help. Read more about Training.
