Okay, so I am new to this cooking skill. Decided my Level 20 Night Elf Hunter would enjoy it and the cash couldn't hurt either.
Problem is, I'm having trouble finding a cooking fire. Perhaps I did not do everything I needed to in order to train. I just bought the first training level available. It probably should be called noob cooking.
Yes, I bought the recipe for mackeral and I caught five of them, so I thought I was ready, but I stood in front of the campfire in Astranaar, and looked like a total moron, unable to cook them.
Anyhow, from Darnassus to Darkshore to Astranaar, I found campfires, but no cooking fires.
Can someone give my addled brain a hint as to where I can find cooking fires? I heard I can create them if I buy wood and the tinder/flint combo, but I would like to be able to sit back at a cooking fire and not have to spend the cash on supplies.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Larkspur
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There's a fire in Auberdine in front of the T shaped building on the northern(?) edge of town. I've cooked there several times without problems.
I assume you know this but maybe better not to assume...You have to open your cooking menu to cook. Inside your spell book, there should be a icon that looks like a turkey. Click on that to open the cooking menu.
The only "fires" that I haven't been able to cook on are things that look like torches and "bonfires". I've used the iron kettles that are probably to provide light and heat to ironforge. I've used the fire in the middle of mob camps after I cleared the camp, I've made my own fires using the flint/tinder and wood.
It's cheap to make your own fire. It's a couple silver for the flint/tinder and its reusable. The simple wood is something like 40 copper per fire. The expensive part of cooking is when you get to the things that require store bought components. I currenlty have a couple recipes that use 1 sp 50cp per combine.
I'm not sure how to "make money" with cooking since I just cook what I get out of normal hunting and don't go out of my way to farm items to cook to sell to other players. I sure level the +stamina benefit of my own cooked food though!!
I assume you know this but maybe better not to assume...You have to open your cooking menu to cook. Inside your spell book, there should be a icon that looks like a turkey. Click on that to open the cooking menu.
The only "fires" that I haven't been able to cook on are things that look like torches and "bonfires". I've used the iron kettles that are probably to provide light and heat to ironforge. I've used the fire in the middle of mob camps after I cleared the camp, I've made my own fires using the flint/tinder and wood.
It's cheap to make your own fire. It's a couple silver for the flint/tinder and its reusable. The simple wood is something like 40 copper per fire. The expensive part of cooking is when you get to the things that require store bought components. I currenlty have a couple recipes that use 1 sp 50cp per combine.
I'm not sure how to "make money" with cooking since I just cook what I get out of normal hunting and don't go out of my way to farm items to cook to sell to other players. I sure level the +stamina benefit of my own cooked food though!!
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Yes I think your doing something wrong cuz I do my cooking at campfires all the time...
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When you realize that high end vendor food costs 20s or 40s for 5 (up to 1.6g per stack), you'll really appreciate the money-saving nature of Cooking.
Edited, Tue Feb 8 10:53:00 2005 by BoddoZerg
Edited, Tue Feb 8 10:53:00 2005 by BoddoZerg
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Thanks for the replies. Yes, I opened my "cookbook" at the campfire. From a few feet away to close enough to burn my toes. Clicked on the mackeral recipe, but the create button never turned red. I could not click "create", nor "create all". At first I thought I was using the wrong kind of fire, but from your experiences, it almost sounds like a bug.
The window showed, under the recipe, requires cooking fire.
I had the mackeral.
I had learned the mackeral recipe as it was in the window with the boar and wolf meat recipes and it was burnt orange color.
I apparently had the proper fire.
Uh oh, I just had a thought, I did not look to see if the mackeral required a specific cooking skill level to create. It was my first attempt at cooking. Do I need to increase my cooking skill for this recipe? I will check if the eternal maintenance ever finishes.
Thanks for all the help.
Larkspur
The window showed, under the recipe, requires cooking fire.
I had the mackeral.
I had learned the mackeral recipe as it was in the window with the boar and wolf meat recipes and it was burnt orange color.
I apparently had the proper fire.
Uh oh, I just had a thought, I did not look to see if the mackeral required a specific cooking skill level to create. It was my first attempt at cooking. Do I need to increase my cooking skill for this recipe? I will check if the eternal maintenance ever finishes.
Thanks for all the help.
Larkspur
Here’s a link you may find useful:
http://thottbot.com/?t=Cooking
I usually use three recipes to take all my characters’ cooking from 1 to 150:
Brilliant Smallfish – Skill of 1 to cook
Longjaw Mud Snapper – Skill of 50 to cook
Bristle Whisker Catfish – Skill of 100 to cook
I also cook other things I loot along the way, but those three recipes can take your cooking skill all the way to 150 if you don’t mind doing some fishing. I like these because they don’t require any extra components, just the fish. I’ve done this in both the human and dwarven lands. I’ve not tried it in the elven lands, so I’m not sure if these fish are as common there.
I’m not sure why you’re having problems cooking. If you have your cooking window open, you have ALL the components, you have enough skill to make the recipe you’ve selected (which should be the case or you wouldn’t see it in your window) and your standing next to a fire then it should be working.
http://thottbot.com/?t=Cooking
I usually use three recipes to take all my characters’ cooking from 1 to 150:
Brilliant Smallfish – Skill of 1 to cook
Longjaw Mud Snapper – Skill of 50 to cook
Bristle Whisker Catfish – Skill of 100 to cook
I also cook other things I loot along the way, but those three recipes can take your cooking skill all the way to 150 if you don’t mind doing some fishing. I like these because they don’t require any extra components, just the fish. I’ve done this in both the human and dwarven lands. I’ve not tried it in the elven lands, so I’m not sure if these fish are as common there.
I’m not sure why you’re having problems cooking. If you have your cooking window open, you have ALL the components, you have enough skill to make the recipe you’ve selected (which should be the case or you wouldn’t see it in your window) and your standing next to a fire then it should be working.
like you say, it might be a bug.
i can cook from fireplaces, camp fires out in the wild, and various other places. in fact, i know there are benefits to a campfire that you set up yourself but so far i haven't needed to. there are manyh NPC camps around the lands where you can cook.
i gguess if im fishing and want to cook right away then my own campfire might be something to look into so i don't have to run around to find a campfire.
nice recipes for the fish..i was also contemplating and dreading the time when i'd have to buy extra items for increasing cooking. in the meantime, im a lowly cook who is still getting skill-ups on boar and wolf meat...of which there is plenty for the alliance members from 1-30.
Edited, Fri Feb 11 19:07:11 2005 by bluegayle
i can cook from fireplaces, camp fires out in the wild, and various other places. in fact, i know there are benefits to a campfire that you set up yourself but so far i haven't needed to. there are manyh NPC camps around the lands where you can cook.
i gguess if im fishing and want to cook right away then my own campfire might be something to look into so i don't have to run around to find a campfire.
nice recipes for the fish..i was also contemplating and dreading the time when i'd have to buy extra items for increasing cooking. in the meantime, im a lowly cook who is still getting skill-ups on boar and wolf meat...of which there is plenty for the alliance members from 1-30.
Edited, Fri Feb 11 19:07:11 2005 by bluegayle
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Where do you get the stuff to make a fire? Who sells it?
Dolronx 19 Elf Druid
Dolronx 19 Elf Druid
in your crafting menu, you shoudl see an option for campfire (anyone can make). there you will see the ingredients, soemthing like flint and timber.
you can buy from most NPC general supplies vendor or in the inns.
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Okay, probably an incredibly dumb question, but where do I pick up cooking? I am low lvl (13) horde, so cant go to BFE to get it, but I just havn't seen it available anywhere. I have found both fishing and first aid, luckily, but cooking is eluding me. Also, BTW, are there any OTHER trades I can get that wont interfere with my mining and engineering, or are those three it?
Yours,
Khay
Yours,
Khay
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You need to select the recipe. Once you select the recipe you want to cook (ie, click on the fish recipe), it will highlight and the buttons will turn from gray to red.
If you arent near a fire, they will still be red, but it will give a message 'required item cooking fire' or somesuch when you click create.
The only other thing that will cause a recipe to still be gray is not having all the needed components, as many of the cooking recipes require spices. But cooking raw fish doesnt take that.
So, click on the recipe (the one with the (5) after it). and hit create all when you are burning your toes.
-Moon
edit: spelling
Edited, Wed Feb 16 00:35:45 2005 by Moongleam
If you arent near a fire, they will still be red, but it will give a message 'required item cooking fire' or somesuch when you click create.
The only other thing that will cause a recipe to still be gray is not having all the needed components, as many of the cooking recipes require spices. But cooking raw fish doesnt take that.
So, click on the recipe (the one with the (5) after it). and hit create all when you are burning your toes.
-Moon
edit: spelling
Edited, Wed Feb 16 00:35:45 2005 by Moongleam
at this time, only cooking, fishing, and first aid are the 3 that will not take up one of your crafting/gathering slots.
as for where to get cooking on the horde side, try asking your local guardsman. they will usually tell you who and even flag it on your mini- and main map.
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