Season of Discovery (SoD) Cooking Guide

Author: Luxrah
Date: November 18, 2023
Updated: December 2, 2023
Expansion: WoW Classic

Season of Discovery changes up the Classic WoW meta with lower level caps, which also limits what items you can craft and use. For the Cooking profession, that means you’ll be crafting a lot of lower level recipes that are normally only useful for leveling.

Cooking Leveling & Trainers

Be sure to check out our Classic Cooking Guide for trainer locations, a leveling guide, and more.

Phase 1 Cooking Recipes

Phase 1 of Season of Discovery comes with a level cap of 25, and a level 26 requirement for Expert skills. That means the maximum skill you can reach with professions is Journeyman, or skill level 150.

The best food you can craft at level 25 will be Heavy Crocolisk Stew, which offers 8 Stamina & Spirit. The recipe is only sold by a Horde vendor, but Alliance players may be able to find it on the neutral Auction House. There are three other notable recipes you’ll have access to: Thistle Tea, Smoked Sagefish, and everyone’s favorite, Savory Deviate Delight.

You’ll also be able to create a Basic Campfire with the Cooking skill, and the 4 Spirit it gives is actually useful at this level. You don’t even have to level the skill at all to use it, but you do have to carry around Flint and Tinder and Simple Wood, which will eat up two of your precious bag slots.

Here are the most useful recipes to learn for Cooking in Phase 1 of Season of Discovery:

Item	Recipe	Materials
Heavy Crocolisk Stew	Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew Sold by Ogg’marr in The Barrens	Tender Crocolisk Meat x1 Soothing Spices x1
Thistle Tea	Recipe: Thistle Tea Reward from Rogue quests: Klaven’s Tower Mission: Possible But Not Probable	Swiftthistle x1 Refreshing Spring Water x1
Savory Deviate Delight	Recipe: Savory Deviate Delight World Drop	Deviate Fish x1 Mild Spices x1
Smoked Sagefish	Recipe: Smoked Sagefish Sold by multiple vendors, including: Erika Tate in Elwynn Forest Emrul Riknussun in Ironforge Xen’to in Orgrimmar Ronald Burch in Undercity	Raw Sagefish x1 Mild Spices x1

Phase 2 Cooking Recipes

Here are the best Cooking recipes we can look forward to in Phase 2.

Item	Recipe	Materials
Carrion Surprise	Recipe: Carrion Surprise Sold by: Ogg’marr in The Barrens Kireena in Desolace Banalash in Swamp of Sorrows Vendor-Tron 1000 in Desolace	Mystery Meat x1 Hot Spices x1
Giant Clam Scorcho	Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho Sold by Kelsey Yance in Booty Bay	Giant Clam Meat x1 Hot Spices x1
Heavy Crocolisk Stew	Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew Sold by Ogg’marr in The Barrens	Tender Crocolisk Meat x1 Soothing Spices x1
Hot Wolf Ribs	Recipe: Hot Wolf Ribs Sold by: Vivianna in Feralas Sheendra Tallgrass in Feralas Super-Seller 680 in Desolace	Red Wolf Meat x1 Hot Spices x1
Jungle Stew	Recipe: Jungle Stew Sold by: Corporal Bluth in Duskwood Nerrist in Stranglethorn Vale Vendor-Tron 1000 in Desolace	Tiger Meat x1 Shiny Red Apple x2 Refreshing Spring Water x1
Mystery Stew	Recipe: Mystery Stew Sold by: Janet Hommers in Stonetalon Mountains Helenia Olden in Dustwallow Marsh Super-Seller 680 in Desolace	Mystery Meat x1 Skin of Dwarven Stout x1
Roast Raptor	Recipe: Roast Raptor Sold by multiple vendors, including: Corporal Bluth in Duskwood Ogg’marr in The Barrens Vendor-Tron 1000 in Desolace	Raptor Flesh x1 Hot Spices x1
Thistle Tea	Recipe: Thistle Tea Reward from Rogue quests: Klaven’s Tower Mission: Possible But Not Probable	Swiftthistle x1 Refreshing Spring Water x1
Savory Deviate Delight	Recipe: Savory Deviate Delight World Drop	Deviate Fish x1 Mild Spices x1
Smoked Sagefish	Recipe: Smoked Sagefish Sold by multiple vendors, including: Erika Tate in Elwynn Forest Emrul Riknussun in Ironforge Xen’to in Orgrimmar Ronald Burch in Undercity	Raw Sagefish x1 Mild Spices x1

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.