Leveling Cooking

Portuguese Cook

Required Recipe Books

Easy Recipes (Palma, Bordeaux, Quest Reward --- the city's first Epicurean) 5000D

Livestock secrets - chapter of Pig (Porto) 8000D

Introduction to meat [optional] (Genoa) 10000D

Eastern Mediterranean Dishes (Fagumasta, Venice reward after 1,000,000D in investment)

Livestock secrets - chapter of Sheep [optional] (Amsterdam) 8000D 

Required skills

Accounting (all major merchant jobs)

Food trading (food merchant, animal trader)

Livestock trading (food merchant, animal trader)

Cooking (food merchant, animal trader)

Seasoning trading [optional] (medicine trader)

Level 1 - 3 

(Wheat >>> Flour)

Buy Wheat from Porto or Seville (you can buy more wheat from Porto if you are Portuguese, if you are Spanish you can go to Seville, you can buy it from other players). Use the Easy Recipe book to mill the Wheat into Flour and then sell at the market

Level 3 

(Pig >>> Pork)

Purchase the Livestock secrets - chapter of Pig from Porto, buy Pigs from Faro market or players and butcher the Pigs into Pork. Sell the Pork to the market in Faro. You can purchase Pigs from travelling players for 200D each and still make a handy profit

Level 4

(Pig >>> Pork >>> Bacon)

Using the Livestock secrets - chapter of Pig book, buy Pigs from Faro, butcher into Pork, turn Pork into Bacon, sell at the market.

Level 5 

(Pig >>> Pork >>> Ham)

Using the Livestock secrets - chapter of Pig book, buy Pigs from Faro, butcher into Pork, turn Pork into Ham, sell at the market.

Level 5 - 7

(Pig >>> Pork >>> Ham)

Butcher Pigs at Faro, turn Pork into Ham, sell at the market.

Level 7 - 10

(Pig >>> Pork >>> Ham; Sheep >>> Lamb; Lamb + Butter + Salt >>> Roast Lamb)

Path A 

Butcher Pigs at Faro into Ham until level 10. (takes roughly a day or two)

Path B

Sail to Genoa to purchase the Introduction to Meat recipe book, sail to Amsterdam for the Livestock secrets - chapter of Sheep book, and make Roast Lamb (more details in the Dutch Cook section) 

Level 10

(Wheat >>> Flour; Flour + Fish + Cheese >>> Seafood Pizza)

Sail to Fagumasta in the Middle East, opposite Beirut, and invest 1 million Ducats for the Eastern Mediterranean Dishes or if you have a friend from Venice, kindly ask that player to invest 1 million in Venice for the book. 

All the ingredients for Seafood Pizza can be purchased at Porto, therefore making Portrugese players the most fearsome chefs in game. 

Buy, Wheat, Fish and Cheese at Porto, turn the Wheat into Flour and combine all three ingredients for 1 - 3 Pizzas.

Each Pizza in early game can sell up to 5000D

Level 10 - 15 

See late game for more details.

Dutch Cook

Required Recipe Books

Easy recipes (Palma, Bordeaux, Quest Reward --- the city's first Epicurean) 5000D

Livestock secrets - chapter of Sheep (Amsterdam) 8000D

Livestock secrets - chapter of Bovine (Nantes) 8000D

Introduction to Meat (Genoa) 10000D

Dishes of the Northern Sea (Amsterdam, London, reward after 1,000,000D in investment)

Eastern Mediterranean Dishes [optional] (Fagumasta, Venice reward after 1,000,000D in investment) 

Required skills

Accounting (all major merchant jobs)

Food trading (food merchant, animal trader)

Livestock trading (food merchant, animal trader)

Cooking (food merchant, animal trader)

Seasoning trading (medicine trader)

Level 1

(Wheat >>> Flour)

Buy Wheat from Antwerp. Use the Easy Recipe book to mill the Wheat into Flour and then sell at the market

Level 2 

(Sheep >>> Milk, Milk + Salt >>> Butter)

Purchase the Livestock secrets - Book of Bovine from Nantes, buy Sheep from Den Helder, make Milk, combine Milk and Salt (both available in Den Helder) into Butter

Level 3 - 5

(Sheep >>> Lamb)

Using the Livestock secrets - Book of Sheep, buy Goat from Den Helder, butcher the Sheepinto Lamb, sell back to the market.

Level 5 - 7

(Sheep >>> Lamb, Lamb >>> Sausage)

Using the Livestock secrets - Book of Sheep, buy Sheep from , butcher the Goat intoLamb, turn Lamb into Sausage and sell back to the market.

Level 7 - 10 

(Sheep >>> Lamb, Lamb + Butter + Salt >>> Roast Lamb)

Time for a trip into Genoa. if you any friends there you can ask them to bring back a book for Introduction to Meats which will allow you to make Roast Lamb in Den Helder.

Path A

Buy Sheep at Den Helder, turn 1/3 of the Goat into Milk, combine Milk and Salt to makeButter, Butcher the remaining Sheep into Lamb, and combine with Butter and more Salt to make Roast Lamb.

This option requires high levels in Seasoning trading to purchase enough Salt and is rather time consuming, but saves the trouble of leaving Den Helder

Path B

Buy Goat, butcher the Goat into Lamb, buy Salt, travel to London, and buy Butter, combine all three ingredients to make Roast Lamb . This option will allow you to trade between Den Helder and London and perhaps make even more profits.

Level 10 

(Wheat >>> Flour; Flour + Fish + Cheese >>> Seafood Pizza or Cheese + Pork + Milk >>> Gratin with Cheese)

Sail to Porto and make Seafood Pizza provided you have the Eastern Mediterranean Recipe book, or stay in the Northern Sea and make the level 10 Gratin with Cheese.

For Gratin with Cheese, simply buy Goat from Den Helder, make Milk, combine Milk withPork and Cheese (both available in Antwerp) and make Gratin with Cheese.

Level 10 - 15 

See late game

Fisherman's Cook

Required Recipe Books

Easy recipes (Palma, Bordeaux, Quest Reward --- the city's first Epicurean) 5000D

Livestock secrets - chapter of Pig [optional] (Porto) 8000D --- For Portuguese players

Livestock secrets - chapter of Sheep [optional] (Amsterdam) 8000D --- For Dutch players

Seafaring food (Lisbon) 7000D

Seafood of the North (London) 7000D

Fisherman's knowledge of fish storage (all major capital city) 5000D

Book of pharmaceutical preparations (Nantes, Malaga, Syracuse - Craft shop)

Book of Seasoning (Palma) 5000D

Required Skill

Accounting (all major merchant jobs)

Food trading (food merchant, animal trader)

Livestock trading (food merchant, animal trader)

Seasoning trading (medicine trader)

Alcohol trading (accountant)

Industrial trading [optional] (mineral trader)

Cooking (food merchant, animal trader)

Handicraft (medicine trader)

Storage (food trader, fisherman, chef)

Fishing (fisherman, chef)

Either one of Procurement (fisherman, chef), Collection (fisherman, chef) or Search (basic Adventure Skill)

This type of cook combines fishing skill and cooking skill to specialize food dishes prepared using the fish caught at sea. The skill requirements and recipe requirements are much more extensive than other methods, but it does offer a different playing style.

It is essential to first change your job into a Chef from a job changing quest in Stockholm, requirements are level 5 cooking, 3000 trade fame. The quest is relatively easy to complete, simply hand in 200 Wine Steamed Cod, which can be purchased from the Clerk in Amsterdam. 

If you do not have enough fame, ask a friend to help you out.

Level 1 - 5

Use the methods described in both the Portuguese and Dutch section above to reach level 5.

Level 5 - 7 

(Wine + Halibut >>> Wine Steamed Halibut or Salt + Lumber + Herring >>> Smoked Herring; Wine + Cod >>> Wine steamed Cod)

Path A. 

Camp on the sea outside Bordeaux, using the recipe Seafaring food from Lisbon, purchaseWinefrom Bordeaux, catch Halibut outside of Bordeaux and make Wine Steamed Halibut. If you catch other fish use storage to make Fish

Path B. 

Stock up on Wine from either Seville, Porto or Bordeaux. Travel to Bergen, and camp on the sea outside Bergen, using the Seafood of the North recipe from London, purchase Salt andLumber from Bergen, and if you catch Herring, make Smoked Herring with Salt and Lumber. If you catch Cod, make Wine steamed Cod. Use storage to turn all other fish intoFish

Path A, is closer to Wine exporting ports, but you will get more fishing proficiency and cooking proficiency if you take Path B.

Level 7 - 10

(Salt + Lumber + Herring >>> Smoked Herring; Smoked Herring + Butter >>> Sautéed Smoke Herring)

Stock up on Butter from either London. Travel to Bergen, and camp on the sea outsideBergen, using the Seafood of the North recipe from London, purchase Salt and Lumber fromBergen, and if you catch Herring, make Smoked Herring with Salt and Lumber. The combine Smoked Herringwith Butter to make Sautéed Smoked Herring.

Level 10 

(2 x Olive >>> Olive Oil, Olive oil + Salt + Tuna >>> Tuna Steak)

This is what you are waiting for. That dish costs under 500D to make and sells it 15k each. The dish recovers 80 vigour to all fleet and reduces fatigue by 48. It's the ideal food for soldiers, and you will never be short of a market. 

Travel to Syracuse, buy Olives and Salt. Use the Seasoning Recipe book to turn Olives intoOlive Oil. The recipe requires Handicraft at level 2, an easy way to get to level 2, is to purchase the Book of Pharmaceutical Preparations at Syracuse, travel to Naples, go outside, use either Search, Collection, or Procurement skill to gather Grass, use the Grassto make Basic Medicine, then returning to Syracuse when you reach level 2 in Handicraft.

Once you have a ship cargo of 50% Olive Oil and 50% Salt, sail to a small island just south east of Syracuse. Use the fishing skill to fish for Tuna (you need level 8 in Fishing) and make Tuna Steak with Olive Oil and Tuna.

Tuna can be fished just outside Syracuse or in the island directly north of Tripoli

This option is not recommended for starting out as a cook and is only really viable when you change into a Chef in Stockholm and have equipped yourself with booster items that add +1 to Fishing and Cooking, as well as a specialist cooking Aide.