Decent guide, got me from 64 - 75 in 3 hours ;p http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/56511-chef-cooking-0-400-guide/ Need about 1gold 50 silver and 3k karma. Some of the recipes you wont be able to gather if you're not at least 60. At 325 level you need to be like 64ish as you're pikcing up esparagus in 67 level char area. Enjoy.
Totes getting on this as soon as I login. Well, after I delete my exotics D: Ram it to 400 before I go to bed, before it gets nerfed and they raise the costs.
Hsulf's being generous on the times and cost there as well. I spent about 80 silver total and no more than 90mins! I used it to go from 73-80, and then a few skill points after that capping it out to 400.
used this a bit earlier and gained 2 levels in a matter of minutes, it was so good i thought i'd try and do the next step involving oranges which required me doing a level 55 heart at level 45 to get to buy the oranges, but it was worth the dying to get there so i can get 1 maybe 2 more levels easier through this cooking method lol
Peach tart at 350 level gives you 26% magic find which means more mob loot and more player loot (badges) in wvwvw. If you get the sigils/runes that give you 3% magic find per piece of armour/weapon that's another 21% magic find in total. So tart+full gear magic find= you gearing 47% quicker!! Go get your tarts and magic find gear fuckers!! D:
I think my end game speck will be magic find. XD Damn, need to get my cooking up. Missing the cherries, since haven't been to Harathi and WvWvWing all night doesn't give me time to go get them.
Big Magic Find thread coming up later.. I've got almost everything in it on how it works and how you can max it.
Someone is gathering all the cooking bulk items into a google docs file: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmJKKFHYawZ4dHVLUVNCdjZFQ3h6dFA5VkpRY2gzelE#gid=0 I think it's not quite accurate currently though, since didn't they add the karma cost quite a lot more than what it says there? Btw... are oranges drops now as well, since the NPC doesn't sell them anymore? Or are they from someplace else now... Got to say, I'm glad I already maxed out my cooking...
They changed a lot of stuff since this was made. When me and Asta did it a little while ago it was literally to the guide and coulnd't have been easier. I think they took some karma items away now?
Ye the guide is way outdated now, but the spreadsheet is useful if you're looking for a specific karma item. They seem to be updating it and corssing out things you can't get anymore. Apparently the oranges are a drop. Anyone know a map of all the farms? Maybe we should make our own? Edit. Why can't I find that big interactive map anywhere? Could've sworn we had the link somewhere. Were the farms marked in it?
Someone has done an amazing job gathering info of all the foods out there and added them to the wiki: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/11knzj/presenting_my_labor_of_love_all_foods_sorted_by/ Good place to find what's the best food for your char and what you need to make them. Awesome source for everyone, not just cooks.
