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Golden Carp
Cooking
Verified US market
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Golden Carp details
| Type | Cooking |
|---|---|
| Item level | 30 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 25 silver |
| Expansion | Mists of Pandaria |
| First seen in our data | build 5.5.4.69585 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69933 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Golden Carp is used in
Cooking
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fish Cake | Pandaria Cooking, Everyday Cooking, grey at 10 | 2 |  Fish Cake | 15 gold | 3 gold | |
| Golden Carp Consomme | Pandaria Cooking, Everyday Cooking, grey at 10 | 2 |  Golden Carp Consomme | 20 silver | 3 gold | |
| Green Curry Fish | Pandaria Cooking, Everyday Cooking, grey at 10 | 2 |
|  Green Curry Fish ×2 | 75 silver | 6 gold |
| Toasted Fish Jerky | Pandaria Cooking, Everyday Cooking, grey at 10 | 1 |  Toasted Fish Jerky | 399 gold | 1 gold |
Tailoring
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pandaren Fishing Net | Pandaria Tailoring, House Decor, grey at 75 | 10 |  Pandaren Fishing Net |
"Needs" is how many one craft consumes. Reagent cost adds up the required materials at the cheapest current listing of each; it is left blank when any reagent has no live price. Recipes, quantities, products and skill tiers are read from the game data.
Crafting value of Golden Carp
Golden Carp goes into 5 recipes: 4 in Cooking and 1 in Tailoring. They come from Pandaria Cooking and Pandaria Tailoring.
The highest-listed product is Toasted Fish Jerky, from Pandaria Cooking, at 399 gold99 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Toasted Fish Jerky takes 1 Golden Carp; at current prices those reagents cost 1 gold84 silver per craft.
The cheapest craft that uses Golden Carp is Fish Cake (Pandaria Cooking): its reagents cost 3 gold68 silver and Fish Cake lists at 15 gold7 silver.
4 of the 5 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Leveling and recipes for Golden Carp
Leveling with Golden Carp: Fish Cake (Everyday Cooking) turns yellow at Cooking skill 1 and grey at 10. Golden Carp Consomme (Everyday Cooking) turns yellow at Cooking skill 1 and grey at 10. Green Curry Fish (Everyday Cooking) turns yellow at Cooking skill 1 and grey at 10. Toasted Fish Jerky (Everyday Cooking) turns yellow at Cooking skill 1 and grey at 10. Pandaren Fishing Net (House Decor) turns yellow at Tailoring skill 65 and grey at 75.
Reagents used with Golden Carp
Golden Carp is most often combined with Bamboo Lumber, which shares 1 of its 5 recipes; next come Bolt of Windwool Cloth and Rice.
Bamboo Lumber 1 shared recipe
Bolt of Windwool Cloth 1 shared recipe
Rice 1 shared recipe
Quests that reward Golden Carp
Golden Carp is handed out as a reward by Test Quest, You Want Fish? and No Fishing Pole Necessary!.
What Golden Carp is crafted into
Pandaren Fishing Net (Decor). Made with Pandaren Fishing Net, 10 Golden Carp per craft.
Fish Cake (Food & Drink). Made with Fish Cake, 2 Golden Carp per craft.
Golden Carp Consomme (Food & Drink). Made with Golden Carp Consomme, 2 Golden Carp per craft.
Green Curry Fish (Food & Drink). Made with Green Curry Fish, 2 Golden Carp per craft.
Golden Carp: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 38% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot can sit far from typical.
| Now | 1 gold84 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 89 silver Sep 20 |
| 30-day high | 53 gold98 silver Aug 29 |
| 30-day median | 2 gold99 silver |
| 7-day median | 2 gold26 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 688 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Golden Carp by region
The lowest listing is 21% lower in Europe (EU) than in Americas and Oceania (US). Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas and Oceania (US) | 1 gold85 silver | 69 | 4,899 |
| Europe (EU) | 1 gold46 silver | 92 | 21,678 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Golden Carp
Pandaria Cooking has 34 recipes. Besides Golden Carp, the reagents they call for most are Pandaren Peach (4 recipes), Rice (4 recipes), Yak Milk (4 recipes), 100 Year Soy Sauce (3 recipes), Pink Turnip (3 recipes), Black Pepper Ribs and Shrimp (2 recipes), Braised Turtle (2 recipes), Charbroiled Tiger Steak (2 recipes), Chun Tian Spring Rolls (2 recipes), Eternal Blossom Fish (2 recipes).
Pandaria Tailoring has 134 recipes. Besides Golden Carp, the reagents they call for most are Bolt of Windwool Cloth (106 recipes), Imperial Silk (15 recipes), Windwool Cloth (6 recipes), Penumbra Thread (5 recipes), Blood Spirit (4 recipes), Celestial Cloth (4 recipes), Haunting Spirit (4 recipes), Bamboo Lumber (2 recipes), Eternium Thread (2 recipes), Bolt of Embersilk Cloth (1 recipe).
Cooking & Food priced near Golden Carp
Spice Bread1 gold
Crispy Bacon1 gold
Smoked Salmon1 gold
Mok'Nathal Shortribs1 gold
K'Bab1 gold
Cenarion Spirits1 gold
Candied Brightbark1 gold
Red Velvet Cupcake1 gold
Turtle Meat1 gold
Sipping Aether1 gold
Clam Bar1 gold
Raw Mithril Head Trout1 gold
About Golden Carp
Golden Carp is a crafting material in World of Warcraft. This page tracks its verified Auction House price and the recipes that consume it, so you can judge whether it is worth farming, buying, or selling right now.
Demand comes from Cooking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Golden Carp spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.
To read the chart: compare the current lowest listing against the typical range. A price sitting below its recent band is a buy or craft signal; a price above it favors selling or farming. The method matters more than any single number, since commodity prices move between hourly snapshots.