What is Expert Cookbook?

Expert Cookbook is a common cooking recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g. It has item level 30 and requires Cooking 125.

Where do you buy Expert Cookbook?

Vendors sell it for 1g and buy it back for 25s. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.

How much does Expert Cookbook cost on the auction house?

About 1g 21s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:48 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 1s on PvP Horde CN to 1g 95s on RP Horde EU.

Is Expert Cookbook different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

How fast does Expert Cookbook sell on the auction house?

Sells fast on Normal Horde US: about 52 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Expert Cookbook

Common cooking · item level 30 · id 16072

Normal Horde USscanned 7 min ago

Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (build 1.60.1.70862): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.

AlsoSeen in Desolace Deals on Normal Horde US Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · Normal Horde US

Live

Min buyout

1 16

Median

1 21

Units listed

vs 7d median

7.7%

Auction house salesSells fast on Normal Horde US, about 52 sold a day. The current listings clear in under a day.

Estimated from 23 hours of scans this week: how it works

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.

Price history · 30d · Normal Horde US

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Price history · 7d · Normal Horde US

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on PvP Alliance EU at 1g; deepest supply on PvP Alliance EU with 220 listed. Buying at 1g 28s on RP Alliance EU and selling at the RP Horde EU median of 1g 95s through the neutral house leaves +37s 75c a unit after its 15 percent cut.

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	1g 17s	1g 19s	7	1g 34s 63c
Normal Horde US	1g 16s	1g 21s	34	1g 31s 15c
PvP Alliance US	1g 25s	1g 28s	137	1g 47s 41c
PvP Horde US	1g 10s	1g 20s	90	1g 27s 1c
RP Alliance US	1g 40s	1g 49s	59	1g 65s 48c
RP Horde US	1g 41s	1g 42s	26	1g 50s
Normal Alliance EU	1g 17s	1g 20s	95	1g 37s 15c
Normal Horde EU	1g 19s	1g 19s	79	1g 23s 9c
PvP Alliance EU	1g	1g 4s	220	1g 30s 26c
PvP Horde EU	-	-	0	1g 31s 86c
RP Alliance EU	1g 28s	1g 40s	16	1g 44s 71c
RP Horde EU	1g 94s	1g 95s	13	1g 98s 89c
Normal Alliance CN	1g 12s	1g 14s	117	1g 16s 90c
Normal Horde CN	1g 26s	1g 36s	90	1g 39s
PvP Horde CN	1g	1g 1s	164	1g 4s 69c
RP PvP Alliance US	1g 38s	1g 38s	2	1g 38s
RP PvP Horde US	1g 45s	1g 45s	32	1g 45s
RP PvP Alliance EU	1g 35s	1g 36s	23	1g 43s 67c
RP PvP Horde EU	1g 25s	1g 25s	17	1g 49s 18c

About Expert Cookbook

Expert Cookbook is a common cooking recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 30 and requires Cooking 125. Use: Teaches you how to be an Expert Cook, allowing a maximum of 225 cooking skill.. Sold by vendors for 1g, who buy it back for 25s.

Quick answers

What is Expert Cookbook?: Expert Cookbook is a common cooking recipe in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 1g. It has item level 30 and requires Cooking 125.
Where do you buy Expert Cookbook?: Vendors sell it for 1g and buy it back for 25s. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.
What does Expert Cookbook do?: Use: Teaches you how to be an Expert Cook, allowing a maximum of 225 cooking skill..
How much does Expert Cookbook cost on the auction house?: About 1g 21s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 08:48 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1g 1s on PvP Horde CN to 1g 95s on RP Horde EU.
Is Expert Cookbook different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
How fast does Expert Cookbook sell on the auction house?: Sells fast on Normal Horde US: about 52 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in under a day. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Expert Cookbook keeps the same item level, requirements, stats, and vendor prices in Forever.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Details

Class: Recipe
Subclass: Cooking
Quality: common
Item level: 30
Requires skill: Cooking 125
Vendor sell: 25s
Vendor buy: 1g
Blizzard item id: 16072
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 1g and buy it back for 25s. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Sold by Wulan in Desolace (Shadowprey Village) for 90s, Shandrina in Ashenvale (Silverwind Refuge) for 90s.
Sources are what 10 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

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