MoP Classic item

Expert Cookbook

Item 16072 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

• Item Level 30
• Requires Cooking (125)
• Use: Teaches you how to be an Expert Cook, allowing a maximum of 225 cooking skill.
• Sell Price: 25 silver

About Expert Cookbook

Expert Cookbook is a common Cooking recipe on MoP Classic at item level 30. Other cooking recipes listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Recipe: Rockscale Cod, Recipe: Mithril Head Trout and Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew. A vendor pays 25 silver for it.

Downloads

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• Icon 128 pxPNG · 29 KB
• Icon 64 pxPNG · 6 KB
• Icon 64 pxJPG · 2 KB

Background

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Cooking recipes on MoP Classic

• Other Cooking recipes near skill 125 in our MoP Classic item table, which holds 86 Cooking recipe items: Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish (100), Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail (100), Recipe: Redridge Goulash (100), Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (100), Recipe: Big Bear Steak (110), Recipe: Gooey Spider Cake (110), Recipe: Lean Venison (110), Recipe: Succulent Pork Ribs (110), Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo (120), Recipe: Hot Lion Chops (125), Recipe: Lean Wolf Steak (125), Recipe: Curiously Tasty Omelet (130).

Where Expert Cookbook Fits

Items That Share Expert Cookbook's Icon

Expert Cookbook uses the same icon art, which 4 other items also use. The 4 closest by item ID:

• Expert First Aid - Under Wraps ID 16084 · Recipe · item level 30 · lowest 8,000g on 1 realm
• Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You ID 18362 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 888g on 2 realms
• Manual of Clouds ID 43664 · Armor · item level 55 · lowest 3g on 5 realms
• A Treatise on Strategy ID 71715 · Quest · item level 85 · lowest 1g on 13 realms

Items Numbered Next to Expert Cookbook

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16072 (16054 to 16112) were usually added in the same batch as Expert Cookbook: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

• Schematic: Arcanite Dragonling ID 16054 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 2,700g on 1 realm
• Schematic: Arcane Bomb ID 16055 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 9,333g on 1 realm
• Schematic: Flawless Arcanite Rifle ID 16056 · Recipe · item level 61
• Common Brown Shirt ID 16059 · Armor · lowest 2g on 1 realm
• Common White Shirt ID 16060 · Armor · lowest 60g on 1 realm
• Expert Fishing - The Bass and You ID 16083 · Recipe · item level 30
• Expert First Aid - Under Wraps ID 16084 · Recipe · item level 30 · lowest 8,000g on 1 realm
• Recipe: Monster Omelet ID 16110 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 19g on 4 realms
• Recipe: Spiced Chili Crab ID 16111 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 15g on 4 realms
• Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage ID 16112 · Recipe · item level 36 · lowest 5,997g on 2 realms

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 16072	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	30	30	13
Effects	Use: Teaches you how to be an Expert Cook, allowing a maximum of 225 cooking skill.	Use: Teaches you how to be an Expert Cook, allowing a maximum of 225 cooking skill.	-
Sell price	25 silver	25 silver	25 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan

2026-10-04 19:00 UTC

Realms that have listed it

5

Lowest buyout seen

50 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-29 01:00 UTC

Highest realm minimum seen

468,750 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)

Realm-hours listed, last 30 days

363

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	-	-	-	152 gold9 silver	152 gold9 silver	1
2026-11-02	989 gold88 silver	989 gold88 silver	2	152 gold9 silver	152 gold9 silver	1
2026-11-01	989 gold88 silver	200,000 gold	2	-	-	-
2026-10-31	989 gold88 silver	200,000 gold	3	-	-	-
2026-10-30	468,750 gold	468,750 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-29	-	-	-	50 gold	50 gold	1
2026-10-28	-	-	-	50 gold	50 gold	1

Related

Comments

Recipe: Rockscale Cod5 realms4 gold

Recipe: Mithril Head Trout4 realms5 gold

Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew3 realms59 gold

Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak3 realms50 silver

Recipe: Soothing Turtle Bisque1 realm999 gold

Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob7 realms4 silver

Recipe: Gooey Spider Cake6 realms5 silver

Recipe: Hot Wolf Ribs6 realms5 gold

Recipe: Barbecued Buzzard Wing4 realms5 gold

Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo4 realms8 gold

Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho4 realms9 gold

Recipe: Jungle Stew4 realms7 gold

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 0 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.