Many players wonder how to get the suitable buff food for their class in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor and which buff food is actually the strongest.
First of all, it should be noted that cooking no longer works exactly as it did in previous expansions. The cooking trainers now only teach you two recipes; you have to discover all the others yourself. This is quite simple by diligently creating already known recipes – not only does your cooking skill increase, but all kinds of recipes are unlocked. The easiest way to level up the profession is with Sicklefish Meat, which can be fished anywhere in Draenor.
Which buff food do I need?
The buff food in Draenor no longer increases your primary stats but only secondary stats – so haste, multistrike, critical strike, and mastery. Generally, there are buff foods in two variations, the “small” one that increases your stats by 75 points each and the large one that provides a solid 100 points. Almost always, the small version is an ingredient for the larger one; here is the list of the most important foods and their locations. The principle is always the same, you combine several ingredients into a new variant. To explain this, I will elaborate a bit more on the Blackrock Barbecue.
1. Critical Strike: Blackrock Barbecue
To create the coveted food, you first need “Raw Boar Meat”, which you can find in abundance in the Frostfire Ridge; the boars roam in groups just to the west and north of the garrison. You then cook the meat into Blackrock Ham. After that, you get “Blubbering Deepsea Murloc Meat” from the Spires of Arak and process this into “Grilled Bristleback”. Now you combine these two items with a Fireweed and get Blackrock Barbecue!
2. Mastery
Collect “Raw River Beast Meat” from the creatures of the same name in Talador, cook them into “Braised River Beast”. Fish for “Thick Slumberer Meat” from Nagrand and cook some “Slumberer Sticks”. Next, combine both foods with a Star Lily to create the coveted “Slumberer Surprise“.
3. Haste
You need Talbuk Meat (found everywhere in Nagrand), process it into “Saut9 Talbuk”. Secondly, fish “Blind Sturgeon” and process their meat into Sturgeon Stew. Combine these two items with Frost Root to get “Frosty Stew“.
4. Multistrike
Once again you can collect the materials in Frostfire Ridge; the Rylaks often leave eggs from which you make “Rylak Crepes”. You can also fish Flame Ammonites in the Ridge, which are then used to make “Fiery Calamari”. Combine both items with a Nagrand Arrowroot and enjoy your Calamari Crepes!
5. Stamina
Tanks in particular appreciate some extra stamina. Hunt Elekks all over Nagrand and process their meat into “Hearty Elekk Steak”. Then fish some Sea Scorpions in the sea and cook “Steamed Scorpions” from them. Combine the dishes with a Talador Orchid and enjoy your “Sea Schnitzel Talador“, which grants a solid 150 points of stamina.
And one last little tip at the end: If you don’t want to spend much money on flasks, you should get “Oralius’ Whispers Crystal”, which you obtain in the garrison tavern when you complete an instance quest for Oralius. The tooltip still incorrectly indicates that all stats are increased by 200; however, this was recently toned down to only provide 100 points per stat. Nevertheless, it is a very worthwhile item that can save you a lot of gold without significant losses in your own performance!
