{"id":310,"date":"2013-01-20T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wolfpacksamurai.co.uk\/?p=310"},"modified":"2013-01-20T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T17:07:28","slug":"cooking-guide-2-0-no-karma-ingredients-fast-and-relatively-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolfpacksamurai.co.uk\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"Cooking Guide 2.0: No karma ingredients, fast and (relatively) cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Edit<\/strong>: To be clear, since I can&#8217;t change the title and some people complained, it&#8217;s technically not &#8220;No karma&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;no expensive karma items from renown heart NPCs in high level zones&#8221; but that seemed a bit wordy. 110 karma is required and is used at the cooking merchant in town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Also, it appears that the prices of Cayenne Pepper and Bowl of Blackberry Pie Filling are spiking and Bowl of Dilled Cream Sauce <del>has sold out<\/del> is through the roof. That will probably settle down in a day or two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Edit 2<\/strong>: Prices have changed significantly due to this guide. I&#8217;m appending the prices <em>I<\/em> paid at the bottom so you can compare them to market prices at the moment to identify anything that may be out of whack before you spend your money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Edit 3: The prices of many of the items on this shopping list have increased dramatically and following this guide would cost you much, much more than 2g. I recommend not using it until the market settles down.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">I didn&#8217;t start cooking before the infamous nerf and ever since then I&#8217;ve then been looking for an updated guide. There are a few out there but none of them had everything I was looking for so I made my own.Because there are so many paths to take when leveling cooking you need to prioritize. Here are the goals I set and met for my guide:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">No need to run to high-level karma vendors for any ingredients (like cherries, peaches)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Avoid items that the market can put a stranglehold on (though there are a couple)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Include a complete shopping list so you can buy everything at once, in advance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Be able to go to the Trading Post, buy your materials, go the cooking station and go 0-400 with no additional running around<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Keep cost to a reasonable minimum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">I understand that not everyone wants to powerlevel. Some people like figuring things out and getting all the recipes. This guide is not for those people. This is for someone who has money to burn and wants to quickly and easily add 10 levels to an alt. I also know that leveling via discovery <em>may<\/em> be more efficient in terms of money (I&#8217;m not sure), but it&#8217;s more complex and takes more time and more bag space. I consciously chose to avoid a discovery-focused guide but would enjoy seeing someone else provide one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This guide has been tested on four different characters. It makes sense given current market conditions but I recognize those may change over time, including if this guide gets significant attention. I did not use any crafting boosters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The cost for me was under 2g, as low as 1.7-1.8 if I planned ahead and used buy orders. You can sell the things you create on the TP to recoup a few silver but don&#8217;t expect much. Since most people will have a lot of these materials already the out-of-pocket cost will be even lower for them. You will also need to spend 110 karma at the cooking merchant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Note that the cooking merchant sells most things in stacks of 10 so you will have to overbuy a few things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">I also want to say in advance in case anyone asks, I may do a similar guide for Artificing but for the other professions I don&#8217;t currently see a way to improve on the guides on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gw2wiz.com\/\">http:\/\/www.gw2wiz.com\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>SHOPPING LIST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">From Cooking Merchant<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">150 Flour<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">125 Water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">100 Salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Vinegar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Vegetable Oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Sugar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Buttermilk (35 karma)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Yeast (35 karma)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Cheese Wedge (35 karma)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">From Trading Post (or collected yourself)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">175 Stick of Butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">100 Black Peppercorn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">50 Slab of Poultry Meat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">100 Carrot<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">125 Onion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">75 Egg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Clam<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">50 Chocolate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Portobello Mushroom<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Cauliflower<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">100 Slab of Red Meat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Tarragon Leaves<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Asparagus Spear<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Cayenne Pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Bowl of Dilled Cream Sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Pasta Noodles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Slice of Garlic Bread<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Bowl of Peach Pie Filling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25 Bowl of Blackberry Pie Filling<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>CRAFTING LIST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">0-100<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 50 Ball of Dough<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 100 Salt and Pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 50 Bowl of Poultry Stock<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 25 Bottle of Simple Dressing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 25 Ball of Cookie Dough<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 25 Bowl of Roux<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">100-200<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Meatball with Slice of Garlic Bread, Slab of Red Meat, Egg, Cheese Wedge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Meatball<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 25 Bowl of Cream Soup Base<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Clam Cake with Clam, Egg, Flour, Poultry Stock<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Clam Cake<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Chocolate Chip Cookie with Chocolate, Ball of Cookie Dough<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Chocolate Chip Cookie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Portobello Soup with Portobello Mushroom, Cream Soup Base, Onion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Portobello Soup<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">200-300<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Bowl of Krytan Meatball Dinner with Meatball, Bowl of Dilled Cream Sauce, Pasta Noodles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Bowl of Krytan Meatball Dinner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Chocolate Orange with Orange, Chocolate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Chocolate Orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Cauliflower Saute with Cauliflower, Butter, Salt and Pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Cauliflower Saute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Blackberry Pie with Blackberry Pie Filling, Ball of Dough, Stick of Butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Blackberry Pie<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">300-400<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Loaf of Tarragon Bread with Tarragon, Yeast, Flour, Water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Loaf of Tarragon Bread<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Steak and Asparagus with Asparagus, Slab of Red Meat, Butter, Salt and Pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Steak and Asparagus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Spicier Flank Steak with Slab of Red Meat, Cayenne Pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Spicier Flank Steak<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Discover Peach Pie with Ball of Dough and Peach Pie Filling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make 24 Peach Pie<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>PRICING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">These were the prices paid, in copper, prior to publishing the guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Butter 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Pepper 18<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Poultry Meat 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Carrot 18<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Onion 10<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Egg 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Clam 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Chocolate 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Portobello Mushroom 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Orange 60<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Cauliflower 14<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Slab of Red Meat 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Tarragon 32<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Asparagus 23<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Cayenne Pepper 89<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Pasta Noodles 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Slice of Garlic Bread 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bowl of Peach Pie Filling 8<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bowl of Blackberry Pie Filling 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