MoP Classic item

The Arcanist's Cookbook

Item 18358 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

• Item Level 60
• Unique
• This Item Begins a Quest
• Classes: Mage
• Requires Level 54
• "The tome is magically sealed."

About The Arcanist's Cookbook

The Arcanist's Cookbook is a rare quest item on MoP Classic at item level 60, usable from level 54. Only Mages can use it. Looting it starts the quest The Arcanist's Cookbook. Other quest items listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Codex of Defense, Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery and Harnessing Shadows.

Downloads

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Where The Arcanist's Cookbook Fits

Items That Share The Arcanist's Cookbook's Icon

The Arcanist's Cookbook uses the same icon art, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

• Libram of Constitution ID 11733 · Recipe · item level 50 · lowest 20s on 3 realms
• Book of Survival ID 43655 · Armor · item level 25 · lowest 2g on 6 realms
• Blood-Spattered Zandalari Journal ID 95410 · Consumable · lowest 10g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to The Arcanist's Cookbook

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 18358 (18340 to 18363) were usually added in the same batch as The Arcanist's Cookbook: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

• Eidolon Talisman ID 18340 · Armor · item level 45 · lowest 1,045g on 1 realm
• Petrified Band ID 18343 · Armor · item level 45
• Stonebark Gauntlets ID 18344 · Armor - Leather · item level 45 · lowest 22,135g on 1 realm
• Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery ID 18356 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 888g on 2 realms
• Codex of Defense ID 18357 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 888g on 2 realms
• The Light and How to Swing It ID 18359 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 9,998g on 2 realms
• Harnessing Shadows ID 18360 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 888g on 2 realms
• The Greatest Race of Hunters ID 18361 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 25,000g on 1 realm
• Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You ID 18362 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 888g on 2 realms
• Frost Shock and You ID 18363 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 888g on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 18358	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	60	60	25
Required level	54	54	54

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan

2026-10-05 00:00 UTC

Realms that have listed it

6

Lowest buyout seen

1 goldAuberdine (EU), 2026-10-30 19:00 UTC

Highest realm minimum seen

99,999 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Realm-hours listed, last 30 days

851

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	-	-	-	100 gold	100 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-11-02	49,999 gold	49,999 gold	1	100 gold	100 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-11-01	49,999 gold	49,999 gold	1	100 gold	100 gold	1	1,999 gold61 silver	1,999 gold61 silver	1
2026-10-31	250 gold	49,999 gold	2	-	-	-	1,999 gold61 silver	1,999 gold61 silver	1
2026-10-30	1 gold	1 gold	2	100 gold	100 gold	1	1,999 gold61 silver	1,999 gold61 silver	2
2026-10-29	1 gold	1 gold	1	100 gold	100 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-28	1 gold	1 gold	1	100 gold	100 gold	1	-	-	-

Related

Comments

Codex of Defense2 realms888 gold

Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery2 realms888 gold

Harnessing Shadows2 realms888 gold

Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You2 realms888 gold

The Light and How to Swing It2 realms9,998 gold

Craftsman's Writ - Plated Armorfish1 realm5,000 gold

Craftsman's Writ - Radiant Circlet1 realm5,000 gold

Elementals Deck1 realm1,999 gold

Frost Shock and You1 realm888 gold

Portals Deck1 realm1,999 gold

The Emerald Dream1 realm888 gold

The Greatest Race of Hunters1 realm25,000 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.