🍳 Cooking guide, 1 to 99

Cooking turns gathered meat and fish into meals. Pick a meal and your cat eats it in combat whenever the last one wears off, for a timed buff.

The quickest route

Doing the action with the most XP an hour at each level, back to back, Cooking 1 to 99 takes about 141 hours (13,034,431 XP). Life skills carry on while you nap, action by action, so much of that happens while you're away.

Levels	Do this	Where	Time
1–5	Cook Mouse Kebabs uses 2 Mouse Meat	Any town	2 min
5–12	Fry Minnow Bites uses 2 Minnow	Any town	4 min
12–22	Bake Catnip Cookies uses 2 Catnip, 1 Stolen Grain	Any town	10 min
22–28	Cook River Hotpot uses 1 River Perch, 1 Willow Chub	Any town	9 min
28–35	Roll Sardine Sushi uses 2 Sardine	Any town	17 min
35–40	Bake Eel Pie uses 1 Sewer Eel, 2 Stolen Grain	Any town	19 min
40–45	Stir Mackerel Chowder uses 1 Mackerel, 1 Sea Kelp	Any town	28 min
45–52	Whisk Silvervine Souffle uses 1 Silvervine, 1 Sardine, 1 Cheese Rind	Any town	1.1 h
52–55	Fry Crab Cakes uses 1 Crab Meat, 1 Gull Egg, 1 Stolen Grain	Any town	39 min
55–58	Slice Moon Koi Sashimi uses 2 Moon Koi	Any town	48 min
58–62	Bake Grouse and Heather Pie uses 1 Moor Grouse, 1 Moor Heather, 1 Stolen Grain	Any town	1.5 h
62–66	Sear Tuna Tataki uses 2 Deepwater Tuna	Any town	2.1 h
66–76	Cook Bubblegate Hotpot uses 1 Bell Lanternfish, 1 Deep Fangtooth	Any town	10.6 h
76–86	Bake Goldfish Gratin uses 1 Escaped Goldfish, 1 Sugar Crystal, 1 Stolen Grain	Any town	25.8 h
86–96	Cook Oasis Catfish Tagine uses 1 Golden Oasis Catfish, 1 Sun-Dried Dates, 1 Desert Jerboa	Any town	64.3 h
96–99	Bake Cloudberry Salmon uses 1 Arctic Salmon, 1 Cloudberries, 1 Rock Ptarmigan	Any town	32.8 h

Set your own levels and bonuses in the life skill calculator.

Every action

XP an hour at the action's own level.

Level	Action	Makes	Where	XP an hour
1	Cook Mouse Kebabs uses 2 Mouse Meat	Mouse Kebab	Any town	14,400
5	Fry Minnow Bites uses 2 Minnow	Minnow Bites	Any town	18,000
12	Bake Catnip Cookies uses 2 Catnip, 1 Stolen Grain	Catnip Cookie	Any town	24,686
22	Cook River Hotpot uses 1 River Perch, 1 Willow Chub	River Hotpot	Any town	34,286
22	Simmer Vole Stew uses 1 Plump Vole, 1 Meadowsweet	Vole Stew	Any town	34,200
28	Roll Sardine Sushi uses 2 Sardine	Sardine Sushi	Any town	40,500
32	Cook Glowshroom Soup uses 2 Glowshroom, 1 Meadowsweet	Glowshroom Soup	Any town	38,400
35	Bake Eel Pie uses 1 Sewer Eel, 2 Stolen Grain	Eel Pie	Any town	48,000
40	Stir Mackerel Chowder uses 1 Mackerel, 1 Sea Kelp	Mackerel Chowder	Any town	52,800
45	Whisk Silvervine Souffle uses 1 Silvervine, 1 Sardine, 1 Cheese Rind	Silvervine Souffle	Any town	57,600
48	Cook Moonpetal Porridge uses 2 Moonpetal, 1 Stolen Grain	Moonpetal Porridge	Any town	54,720
52	Fry Crab Cakes uses 1 Crab Meat, 1 Gull Egg, 1 Stolen Grain	Crab Cakes	Any town	66,240
55	Slice Moon Koi Sashimi uses 2 Moon Koi	Moon Koi Sashimi	Any town	72,000
56	Cook Saltwhisker Stew uses 1 Packet Herring, 1 Cliff Pollock	Saltwhisker Stew	Any town	70,691
58	Bake Grouse and Heather Pie uses 1 Moor Grouse, 1 Moor Heather, 1 Stolen Grain	Grouse and Heather Pie	Any town	73,309
62	Sear Tuna Tataki uses 2 Deepwater Tuna	Tuna Tataki	Any town	78,545
66	Cook Bubblegate Hotpot uses 1 Bell Lanternfish, 1 Deep Fangtooth	Bubblegate Hotpot	Any town	79,200
66	Stew Alpine Char uses 1 Mountain Char, 1 Snowcap Lichen, 1 Snow Hare	Alpine Char Stew	Any town	79,200
68	Cook Snow Hare Hotpot uses 1 Snow Hare, 1 Moor Heather, 1 Stolen Grain	Snow Hare Hotpot	Any town	75,600
76	Cook Roost Chowder uses 1 Cloudbank Minnow, 1 Thunderfin	Roost Chowder	Any town	84,185
76	Bake Goldfish Gratin uses 1 Escaped Goldfish, 1 Sugar Crystal, 1 Stolen Grain	Goldfish Gratin	Any town	87,508
78	Churn Sugar-Ice Sorbet uses 2 Sugar Crystal, 1 Frost Shard	Sugar-Ice Sorbet	Any town	83,077
86	Cook Oasis Catfish Tagine uses 1 Golden Oasis Catfish, 1 Sun-Dried Dates, 1 Desert Jerboa	Oasis Catfish Tagine	Any town	94,629
96	Bake Cloudberry Salmon uses 1 Arctic Salmon, 1 Cloudberries, 1 Rock Ptarmigan	Cloudberry Salmon Bake	Any town	102,162
96	Bake Ashgill Char uses 1 Ashgill Char, 1 Cloudberries, 1 Rock Ptarmigan	Ashgill Char Bake	Any town	102,162
99	Cook Lastlight Supper uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Dusk Vole	Lastlight Supper	Any town	106,154
99	Cook Emberlight Supper uses 1 Magma Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Dusk Vole	Emberlight Supper	Any town	106,154
99	Bake Kingsfeast Pie uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Soul Ember	Kingsfeast Pie	Any town	105,366
99	Cook Hat-Stand Hotpot uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Brass Doorknob, 1 Hat Feather	Hat-Stand Hotpot	Any town	104,571
99	Cook Sock-Drawer Stew uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Lint Ball, 1 Odd Sock	Sock-Drawer Stew	Any town	105,035
99	Cook Toy-Box Tart uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Tin Button, 1 Kite Paper	Toy-Box Tart	Any town	105,488
99	Cook Reading-Lamp Roast uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Gilded Page, 1 Ribbon Bookmark	Reading-Lamp Roast	Any town	105,931
99	Cook Nocturne Noodles uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Felt Hammer, 1 Metronome Spring	Nocturne Noodles	Any town	106,364
99	Cook Red Dot Supper uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Mirror Shard, 1 Bottled Laserlight	Red Dot Supper	Any town	106,787

Tips

Cooking stops when the ingredients run out, so stock up before a long nap.
Every fighting cat wants a meal: they sell on the Exchange.
At a Cooking spot, tap Play for Flame, a 30-second minigame. A gold score (90 points) gives +25% Cooking XP for 15 minutes while your cat keeps working, and the first gold puts a look in your wardrobe.
Each week's contest features one life skill; the three cats who gain the most XP in it win big gold prizes.

More on Cooking: its wiki page, and the other life skill guides.