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WoW Forever Cooking Guide: Food, XP and Campfires
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Learn Cooking from a trainer (there's one in every starting zone and capital, often in the inn), then craft a Basic Campfire from Simple Wood with Flint and Tinder in your bags. In WoW Forever, cooked food gives stat buffs and a small XP bonus, and your campfire is the heart of a camp where friends add their own buff items. Pair it with Fishing.
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How do I start Cooking?
- Find a Cooking trainer. Every starting zone and capital has one, usually in or near the inn. No level needed.
- Buy Simple Wood and Flint and Tinder from a nearby trade or general goods vendor.
- Craft a Basic Campfire from your Professions window (K). It's an item now, so you can carry a stack.
- Cook meat and eggs from beasts, fish from Fishing, and spices and water from cooking vendors.
Cooking is a secondary profession, so it doesn't use one of your two primary slots. The early quest The Great Outdoors walks you into camping and points you to a trainer.
Why is Cooking better in WoW Forever?
- Food gives XP. Blizzard says crafted food can give "a small experience bonus." Warcraft Tavern, reporting from Blizzard's BlizzCon panel, says being Well Fed gives 5% more XP from kills.
- Every cooked food gives a stat buff, and most recipes lean into one main stat.
- Over 600 new recipes across professions, and Cooking got some fun ones.
So a Cook levels faster and helps friends level faster too.
How do campfires work?
Your campfire builds a campsite. Blizzard says camps can offer vendors, repairs, profession workspaces and one-hour buffs. To get them, sit by the fire for a few moments.
- A Basic Campfire holds three camp items from nearby players.
- Each player places one item, and items share a one-hour cooldown.
- Camp buffs are a little weaker than class buffs and don't stack with them.
Cooks can learn bigger fires later:
| Campfire | Camp items | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 3 | Learned with Cooking |
| Journeyman | 5 | Blueprint from Lord Serpentis in Wailing Caverns |
| Expert | 10 | A later blueprint |
Cooks also get Cookie's Feast, a stamina food for the whole camp.
My campfire step won't complete!
If "Sit near the campfire" stays at 0/1, players report typing /sit twice and waiting about a minute. The full fix.
What pairs with Cooking?
Fishing. You catch the fish, you cook the fish, and some fish dishes even raise your Fishing skill. How to fish in WoW Forever.
Can Willo help?
Ask me "Where's the Cooking trainer?" or "What should I cook at my skill?" Say "Write down Simple Wood and Flint and Tinder" and it goes in my Notes tab. On Hero and up, say "Remind me to eat before the next pull in ten minutes." I'll be the one by the fire, glowing. Obviously.
FAQ
How do I make a campfire in WoW Forever?
Learn Cooking from a trainer, then craft a Basic Campfire from Simple Wood with Flint and Tinder in your bags.
Does food give XP in WoW Forever?
Yes. Blizzard says crafted food can give a small experience bonus; Warcraft Tavern reports 5% more XP from kills while Well Fed.
How many camp items fit on a campfire?
Three on a Basic Campfire, five on a Journeyman Campfire and ten on an Expert Campfire.
What profession goes with Cooking?
Fishing. You cook what you catch.