EverQuest Baking FAQ by Rebecca [rebecca@monsterweb.org] INDEX: PART 1 - Becomming a Master Baker PART 2 - Ingredients & Tools PART 3 - Recipies PART 4 - Other Trade Skills & Baking Part 5 - Version History, Legal Notice & Credits PART 1: BECOMMING A MASTER BAKER This goal of this is to help get from Level 1 [newbie baker] to Master Baker with minimal expense. If I recommend that you not make a paticular dish, it is mostly just something you should do while you are learning the trade. I recommend starting baking at around experience Level 1. Dish 1: Edible Goo Most other FAQs may tell you to put anywhere between 5 and 20 points, in a skill to start out... If you're lucky, there will be both Giant Rats and Fire Beetles in you newbie area. If this is the case, I'd put only 1 skill point into baking, and make Edible Goo until it is trivial. Edible Goo is the only dish that you don't have to spend money on, so you can save those valuable skill points for more important things. Edible Goo will get your skill up to the mid 20s. You should also save all Snake Eggs and Bat Wings that you get. Dish 2: Clump of Dough Once Edible Goo becomes trivial, Clump of Dough becomes trivial. Since Snake Eggs are really hard to come by and Clump of Dough is very important to becoming a master baker, I do not recommended making Clump of Dough until after it is trivial, so that you don't waste ingredients. Put all Clumps of Dough that you make into the bank and save them. Dish 3: Steaks & Crunchies Once Edible Goo becomes trivial, I'd move on to steaks and crunchies. To minimize expense, I'd recommended making either Bear Steaks or Lion Steaks. If you can't kill bears or lions yet, stick to making any of the Crunchies [Batwing, Bixie, or Candied Spider.] Don't make Wolf Steaks [unless you are making them for an event.] I'd also skip the Beer Braised stuff, since the alcohol is just an added expense. Regular steaks should get you skill to somewhere around 50. Dish 4: Other Races If you have a decent supply of Dark Elf Meat, Dwarf Meat, Halfling Meat, High Elf Meat, or Wood Elf Meat, you can use the dishes based off these races to get your skill up some more. I'd avoid the Gnome Kabobs, since the skewers are just an added expense. This will get your skill up to around 60. Dish 5: Fish Fillets If you have not done any fishing before, now is a good time to start. Fill up a backpack full of Jugs of Sauces, buy a Fishing Pole, some bate, and go fishing. If this is too slow and you don't mind the extra expense, just buy this fish and sit around making Fish Fillets. This will get your skill you to the mid 80s. Dish 6: Fish Rolls In East Commons, buy a bunch of Bat Wings [or buy stacks of the off of the newbies] and do some more fishing, to make Fish Rolls. An alternative, is to make Cookies, but unless there's an important event where you need cookies, I'd stick to the Fish Rolls. This should get up to to Master Baker. Now that you're a Master Baker, it's time to pull out all those Clumps of Dough you've been saving and start baking the more complicated dishes. PART 2: INGREDIENTS & TOOLS Ingredients: Most ingredients can be found on the various animals that you encounter in the game. Other ingredients can only be bought from merchants or foraged. Baking Sprints - Buy at Voleen's Bakery, South Qeynos Bat Wing - Comes from bats. Bear Meat - Comes from bear. Berries - Must be foraged. Bixie Parts - Comes from bixies. Bread - Must be purchased from merchants. Brownie Parts - Comes from brownies [L30+ in Lesser Faydark] Chunk of Meat - Comes from various animals. Clump of Dough - Baker created ingredient, see recipies section Dark Elf Meat - Dwarf Meat - Fire Beetle Eye - Comes from fire beetles. Fish - Can be purchased from merchants or caught by player fishers. Flour - Must be purchased from merchants. Froglock Meat - Comes from Froglocks. Frosting - Must be purchased from merchants. Fruit - Must be foraged. Garnish - Must be purchased from merchants. Gator Meat - Any type of gator. [Caimen, Crocodlies, etc.] Gnome Meat - Halfling Meat - High Elf Meat - Jug of Sauces - Must be purchased from merchants. Lion Meat - Comes from lion. Lizard Meat - Comes from lizards. Mammoth Meat - Comes from mammoths. Milk - Must be purchased from merchants. Rabbit Meat - Must be foraged. Rat Ear - Comes from rats. Rat Meat - Comes from rats. Shark Meat - Comes from sharks. Short Beer - Can be purchased from merchants or made by player Brewers. Snake Eggs - Comes from snakes. Spices - Must be purchased from merchants. Spider Legs - Comes from spiders [not spiderlings.] Tall Beer - Can be purchased from merchants or made by player Brewers. Vegetables - Must be foraged. Vinegar - Must be purchased from merchants. Wasp Wing - Comes from Giant Wasps. Water - Must be purchased from merchants. Winter Chocolate - Baker created ingredient, see recipies section Wolf Meat - Comes from wolves. Wood Elf Meat - Comes from the bandits in Greater Faydark Woolie Spider Legs - Comes from woolie spiders. Tools: Most tools must be created by potters or smiths. A few can be bought. Cake Round - Created by potters or smiths. Cookie Cutter - Created by potters or smiths. Jar - Created by potters. Mixing Bowl - Can be purchased from merchants or made by player Potters. Muffin Tin - Created by smiths or potters. Pie Tin - Created by smiths or potters. Pot - Created by potters. Skewer - Created by smiths or potters. Smoker - Created by smiths or potters. Spit - Can be purchased from merchants for about 2 PP. PART 3: RECIPIES Batwing Crunchies Ingredients: Bat Wing Frosting Preparation: Mixing Bowl Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Treats Bear Sandwich This stingy, straggly sandwich has a highly robust flavor that confuses your mouth so you are never really sure if you have finished eating it. Ingredients: Bear Meat Bread Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes Great With: Bug Bites and Ale Cookbook: Sorin's Treats on the Go Bear Steaks Ingredients: Bear Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Succulence Beer Braised Bear Ingredients: Bear Meat Short Beer Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Succulence Beer Braised Gator Ingredients: Gator Meat Short Beer Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Treats Beer Braised Mammoth Ingredients: Mammoth Meat Tall Beer Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Xetica's Favored Flavors Beer Braised Rat Ingredients: Rat Meat Short Beer Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Quick Treats Beer Braised Lion Ingredients: Lion Meat Short Beer Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 2 Beer Braised Wolf Ingredients: Wolf Meat Short Beer Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Succulence Beetle Eye Pie Ingredients: Fire Beetle Eye Clump of Dough Spices Preparation: Pie Tin Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Quick Treats Berry Pie Ingredients: Berries Clump of Dough Spices Preparation: Pie Tin Oven or Spit Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Revenge Birthday Cake Ingredients: Clump of Dough Frosting Winter Chocolate Preparation: Cake Round Oven Cookbook: Tattered Note Bixie Crunchies Ingredients: Bixie Parts Frosting Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Xetica's Hot Pies Blackend Tier'Dal Ingredients: Dark Elf Meat Spices Garnish Preparation: Oven of Spit Cookbook: Chunin's Delights Candied Spider Soft and sticky Candied Spiders are known for their swet outsides and tangy innards. Once a creature has eaten one it's hard for them to not eat the whole batch. Ingredients: Spider Legs Frosting Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Best Served After: Fish Rolls and a Flask of Water Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 1 Chocolate Cookies Ingredients: Clump of Dough Spices Frosting Winter Chocolate Preparation: Oven Cookbook: Tattered Note Chocolate Muffin Ingredients: Clump of Dough Fruit Winter Chocolate Preparation: Muffin Tin Oven Cookbook: Tattered Note Clump of Dough Ingredients: Snake Egg Flour Milk Preparation: Mixing Bowl Cookbook: Tattered Note Cookies Ingredients: Clump of Dough Frosting Spices Preparation: Cookie Cutter Oven or Spit Cookbook: Xetica's Hot Pies Cupcakes Ingredients: Clump of Dough Frosting Spices Preparation: Muffin Tin Oven or Spit Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Revenge Dwarf Chops Ingredients: Dwarf Meat Spices Garnish Preparation: Pot Oven of Spit Cookbook: Chunin's Delights Edible Goo Next to pot noodle, Edible Goo is guite possibly one of the worst tasting dishes a creature would ever be forced to endure. Nicknamed "don't you dare feed me that crap." Ingredients: Rat Ear Fire Beetle Eye Preparation: Oven or Spit Taste Great With: No comment Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 1 Elven Veal Ingredients: High Elf Meat Spices Garnish Preparation: Oven of Spit Cookbook: Chunin's Delights Fish Fillets This maritime menu is a Rohand classic. Nab the little nibblers anywhere you find some water, and cook them up to a slimy perfection. Ingredients: Fish Jug of Sauces Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes great with: Deadly Medley and Ale Cookbook: Rohand's Sea Treats Fish Head Soup Ingredients: Fish Water Jug of Sauces Preparation: Pot Oven or Spit Cookbook: Rohand's Edibles Fish Rolls Squishy and squirmy fun. When properly prepared, Fish Rolls just slide down your throat before you get a chance to chew them. Ingredients: Fish Bat Wing Preparation: Mixing Bowl Tastes great with: Smoked Wood Elf and Ale Cookbook: Rohand's Sea Treats Fruit Pie Ingredients: Fruit Clump of Dough Spices Preparation: Pie Tin Oven or Spit Cookbook: Xetica's Hot Pies Gator Rolls Ingredients: Gator Meat Wasp Wing Preparation: Pie Tin Mixing Bowl Cookbook: Rohand's Edibles Gator Steaks Ingredients: Gator Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Xetica's Favored Flavors Gnome Kabobs Ingredients: Gnome Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Skewer Oven of Spit Cookbook: Chunin's Classical Dishes Hot'n Spicy Toelings Ingredients: Halfling Meat Spices Preparation: Oven of Spit Cookbook: Chunin's Classical Dishes Lion Steaks Lion Steaks are by far the most succulent and juicy; even the tootless can easily gobble up this delicate meat. But the blandness of this meat requires massive flavoring. Ingredients: Lion Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes Great With: Shark Rolls and Ale Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 1 Lizard on a Stick Ingredients: Lizard Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Skewer Oven or Spit Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Treats Mammoth Sandwich Only a fool, or maybe an ogre, would ever think of eating an entire Mammoth Sandwich by himself, but legends of mighty men who swalled the beast still put forth the challenge to this day. Ingredients: Mammoth Meat Bread Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes Great with: Cookies and Ale Cookbook: Sorin's Treats on the Go Mammoth Steaks Ingredients: Mammoth Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 2 Meat Pie Ingredients: Chunk of Meat Clump of Dough Spices Preparation: Pie Tin Oven or Spit Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Revenge Muffin Entertainment while you eat! Muffins are fun and frivolous accompaniment to any dish. Just toss them across the table and watch them bounce onto your plate. Ingredients: Fruit Clump of Dough Preparation: Muffin Tin Oven or Spit Tastes Great with: Beer Braised Rat and Short Beer Cookbook: Sorin's Treats on the Go Pickled Froglock Ingredients: Froglock Meat Vinegar Preparation: Jar Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Treats Pickled Gator Ingredients: Gator Meat Vinegar Preparation: Jar Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 2 Rabit Stew Ingredients: Rabbit Meat Water Preparation: Pot Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 2 Rat Ear Pie Ingredients: Rat Ear Clump of Dough Spices Preparation: Pie Tin Oven or Spit Cookbook: Xetica's Hot Pies Rat Kobobs Ingredients: Rat Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Quick Treats Rat Sandwich Usuallly eaten unintentionally when the little critters find their way into your bread supply. Also known as "I-Should-Have-Bought-Myself-a- Lantern Sandwich." Ingredients: Rat Meat Bread Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes Great With: Pickled Snake and Ale Cookbook: Mixxy's Delicacies Vol 1 Shark Fillets Wrap your jaws around this one! If you are lucky enough to get your hands on some shark meat, this dish is a simple yet elegant way to savor the flavor. Ingredients: Shark Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes great with: Gator Rolls and Bog Juice Cookbook: Rohand's Sea Treats Shark Rolls Ingredients: Shark Meat Bat Wing Preparation: Pie Tin Mixing Bowl Cookbook: Rohand's Edibles Smoked Shark The ultimate maritime masterpiece. Smoked Shark has a perfect blend of sea salt, spices, and soot. Ingredients: Shark Meat Spices Preparation: Smoker Oven or Spit Tastes great with: Snake Rolls and Ale Cookbook: Rohand's Sea Treats Smoked Wood Elf Ingredients: Wood Elf Meat Spices Preparation: Smoker Oven of Spit Cookbook: Chunin's Classical Dishes Vegetable Pie Ingredients: Vegetables Clump of Dough Spices Preparation: Pie Tin Oven of Spit Cookbook: Vanshar's Sweet Revenge Vegetable Soup Ingredients: Vegetables Water Jug of Sauces Preparation: Pot Cookbook: Xetica's Favored Flavors Winter Chocolate Ingredients: Brownie Parts Frosting [2] Preparation: Mixing Bowl Cookbook: Tattered Note Wolf Sandwich Everyone likes a sandwich, aspecially when its covered with hair! Not only does the bread stick to the roof of your mouth, but the fine hairs get stuck between your teeth for added sex appeal! Ingredients: Wolf Meat Bread Preparation: Oven or Spit Tastes Great with: Vegetable Soup and Ale Cookbook: Sorin's Treats on the Go Wolf Steaks Ingredients: Wolf Meat Jug of Sauces Spices Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Succulence Woolie Spider Crunchies Ingredients: Woolie Spider Legs Frosting Preparation: Oven or Spit Cookbook: Bineten's Quick Treats PART 4: OTHER TRADE SKILLS & Baking BLACKSMITHING Blacksmithing can be used to create most of the tools that a baker will need. Although, it is perhaps one of the most expensive skills to learn, it does have a decent profit potential [which nicely complements the low profit potential of baking.] BREWING If you're in a guild with people who have a high alcohol tollerance, they'd probably enjoy the Beer Braised steaks that you can serve. Also, a lot of receipies are best served with some time of alcohol. If you tend to the baking for guild events, spirits can complement the dishes that you serve. FISHING Fishing is used to catch fish. It's a useful secondary trade skill among bakers, especially if you have a spit. You can stand around fishing and if you catch something toss it in the spit and cook some fish steaks. POTTERY A few recipies can only be made with the help of pottery. Pickled Froglock and Pickled Gator both require a jar, which must be made by a potter. [Jars become trivial somewhere around skill level 40.] Dwarf Chops, Fish Head Soup, Rabit Stew, and Vegetable Soup all require a Pot. Rabit Stew and Vegetable Soup can only be made if you have the forage skill or are being supplied with the ingredients. The Mixing Bowl, which is is the most important potter-created item, can be bought from merchants [at least that's how I got mine.] Cookie cutters, tins, cake rounds, smokers and skewers can also be made by smiths. TAILORING It doesn't directly complement baking, but if you're hunting animals for their meat - tailoring will give you something to do with all those otherwise useless animal skins. PART 5: VERSION HISTORY, LEGAL NOTICE, & CREDITS Version History: January 8, 2000 - FAQ compiled Legal Notice: All rights reserved. Permission to post this FAQ in its entirety on non-commercial web pages or web sites is granted as long as the contents of this FAQ, including the entire body of text, the legal disclaimer, and the copyright information are not altered or modified in any matter. Non-electronic reproduction in whole or in part without the express written permission of Rebecca Colbourn is prohibited. This FAQ is not to be used for profitable or promotional purposes, which includes the following: being used by publishers of magazines, guides, books, etc. being incorporated into magazines, guides, books, etc. in any way or form, or being used by retailers as an incentive to sell their product. Updates will be made available at http://www.monsterweb.org Credits: EverQuest Baking FAQ © 2000 by Rebecca Colbourn, All Rights Reserved EverQuest copyrighted © 1999 by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.