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Expert Cookbook
Item Level 13Recipe
Use: Expert Cook
Sell price: 25 silver
Current price
See chart
A Common Recipe, item level 13.
- Today's price is on the high side: only 0% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan
Expert Cookbook Price History
Realm Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Not currently listedWe track this item - no active Auction House listings in the latest scan. Prices appear here as soon as one is posted (scans run every 15 minutes).
On Expert Cookbook's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 448,250 gold over the last 30 days, ranging from 100,000 gold to 9,999,999 gold99 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Expert Cookbook Effects
- Use: Expert Cook
Teaches you how to be an Expert Cook, allowing a maximum of 225 cooking skill.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 30. In Classic Era it is item level 30. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 30. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 30. In MoP Classic it is item level 30.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 13 | Common | 25s |
| WoW Forever | 30 | Common | 25s |
| Classic Era | 30 | Common | 25s |
| The Burning Crusade | 30 | Common | 25s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 30 | Common | 25s |
| MoP Classic | 30 | Common | 25s |
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Classic Cooking (125)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Other Items Named Expert Cookbook
1 other item in the current build is also called Expert Cookbook. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Expert Cookbook ID 86551 · Recipe · item level 30
Items That Share Expert Cookbook's Icon
Expert Cookbook uses icon file 133740, which 155 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Expert Fishing - The Bass and You ID 16083 · Recipe · item level 13
- Expert First Aid - Under Wraps ID 16084 · Miscellaneous · item level 13 "The methods in this book are outdated."
- Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You ID 18362 · Quest · item level 25 "-By Shadow Priest Allister"
- A Treatise on Military Ranks ID 18664 · Miscellaneous
- Words of the High Chief ID 13158 · Quest
- Crudely-Written Log ID 12842 · Quest · item level 21
- Crystal Pylon User's Manual ID 11482 · Miscellaneous
- Libram: Blessing of Wisdom ID 21288 · Recipe · item level 25 "This item appears damaged by the elements and no longer readable."
Items Numbered Next to Expert Cookbook
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16072 (16073 to 16073) were usually added in the same batch as Expert Cookbook: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Artisan Cookbook ID 16073 · Recipe · item level 20
Expert Cookbook Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 16072 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 1 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 25 silver
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Expert Cookbook in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Expert Cookbook is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Expert Cookbook next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Expert Cookbook in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Expert Cookbook is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Expert Cookbook in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Expert Cookbook is Common quality, item level 30 with no level requirement.
- What does Expert Cookbook sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 25s for one Expert Cookbook in Classic Era.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Expert Cookbook
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4