This War Within Cooking leveling guide will walk you through the quickest and most efficient methods to level your War Within Cooking skill from 1 to 100. Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to optimize your progression, this guide will help you reach max level in no time.
You can learn the War Within Cooking skill from Athodas in Dornogal. You can find her inside the Stonelight Rest inn on the lower floor.
Here are the ingredients needed to level Cooking to 100 in The War Within:
Basically Beef
Portioned Steak
Spiced Meat Stock
Chopped Mycobloom
Fresh FilletThis step is optional and not required to proceed, but if you're serious about cooking, it might be a good idea to get some profession equipment before you start leveling. While it's a minor detail, it could save you a bit of gold through resourcefulness.
Head to the Auction House and pick up these two profession equipment items. If the highest quality versions are too pricey, you can go for the lower quality ones—they won't make a huge difference.
If you have the necessary professions, you can also craft them yourself.
| Equipment | Slot | Crafted by | Reagents |
 Weavercloth Chef's Hat | Accessory | Tailoring (25) | 1x  Writhing Sample 2x  Storm Dust1x  Exquisite Weavercloth Bolt |
 Burnt Rolling Pin | Tool | Inscription (25) | 2x  Codified Greenwood 1x  Boundless Cipher |
Portioned Steak - 150x Basically Beef
Unseasoned Field SteakHearty Food and use Unseasoned Field Steak as ingredient.
The tooltip says you learn Hearty Food at 100, but you automatically learn the Hearty Food recipe at 25 right now. This might be a bug.
You can buy the cooking ingredients from Kronzon, the cooking supply vendor near the trainer. They aren't listed in the guide since you can easily buy them in bulk from the vendor at a low cost, which helps keep the guide easier to read. Use Shift+Left Click to buy more than one at a time.
He sells all of these: 
Clumped Flour, 
Coreway Dust, 
Crunchy Peppers, 
Delver's Waterskin, 
Granulated Spices, 
Khaz Algar Tomato, 
Twined Herbs
Meat and Potatoes - 40x Portioned Steak
Stuffed Cave Peppers - 100x Portioned Steak
I recommend getting the Beledar's Bounty recipe from the Striking Steel Quest Chain for this part. This recipe requires much cheaper ingredients, but it provides the same stat buff. It's definitely worth completing this quest chain to obtain it.
Head to Meredar in Hallowfall and pick up the Economical Request quest from Auralia Steelstrike, the Renown Quartermaster.
Learn the Recipe: Beledar's Bounty recipe, then make 15.
15x Beledar's Bounty - 225x Portioned Steak
If you prefer not to complete the quest chain, you can use these alternative recipes, but they are much more expensive to craft.
First, make these to reach 65:
5x 
Jester's Board - 250x Fresh Fillet, 100x Portioned Steak
Then, buy one of the following recipes:
5x 
Everything Stew - 75x Portioned Steak, 75x Spiced Meat Stock, 75x Chopped Mycobloom, 75x Fresh Fillet
The Recipe: Everything Stew is sold by Waxmonger Squick in The Ring of Deeps for 1000x 
Resonance Crystals.
Alternatively, if the previous recipes are selling well at the Auction House or you find them useful for yourself, you can continue making those up to level 100. They will turn green for the last 8 points, but they boost the highest secondary stat, making them likely more popular among players. On the other hand, this one increases the lowest stats, so it might be less in demand.
Congratulations on reaching 100! If you have any feedback on the guide—whether it's about areas that could be improved, or if you found typos, errors, or incorrect material numbers—please don't hesitate to let me know. Your input helps make the guide better for everyone!
