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: Mithril Head Trout, Recipe: Rockscale Cod and Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew. The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 152 gold9 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 25 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm152 gold9 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)152 gold9 silver

Median min buyout152 gold9 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	152 gold9 silver	152 gold9 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC

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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 11,154g on 1 realm
Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You ID 18362 · Quest · item level 60 · lowest 100g on 3 realms
Manual of Clouds ID 43664 · Armor · item level 55 · lowest 24g on 3 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
Schematic: Arcane Bomb ID 16055 · Recipe · item level 60 · lowest 2,000g on 2 realms
Schematic: Flawless Arcanite Rifle ID 16056 · Recipe · item level 61
Common Brown Shirt ID 16059 · Armor · lowest 2g on 2 realms
Common White Shirt ID 16060 · Armor · lowest 3g on 2 realms
Expert Fishing - The Bass and You ID 16083 · Recipe · item level 30
Expert First Aid - Under Wraps ID 16084 · Recipe · item level 30 · lowest 11,154g on 1 realm
Recipe: Monster Omelet ID 16110 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 19g on 7 realms
Recipe: Spiced Chili Crab ID 16111 · Recipe · item level 45 · lowest 15g on 5 realms
Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage ID 16112 · Recipe · item level 36 · lowest 250g 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 09:00 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: 366

US median, latest 152gEU median, latest 990g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

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

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 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.

Quick facts

Item ID	16072
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Recipe
Subtype	Cooking
Item level	30
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	25 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)