IdleMMO Cooking Calculator — XP/hr, Gold & Best Cooking Resources

Cooking is a crafting skill: take raw fish and seafood to a fire to cook them into meals and earn Cooking XP plus a little Dexterity XP. Every meal consumes one raw ingredient (plus a Coal Ore for fuel), so the real profit is what the cooked meal sells for minus what its inputs cost. The table below ranks each meal by XP per hour and by NET gold per hour after material cost, so you can pick the best meal for either fast levels or real profit.

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Resource	Lvl	XP	Dexterity XP (approx.)	Time	XP/Hr	Materials	Vendor	Market	Net GP/Item	GP/s	1 Hour	4 Hours	8 Hours
Cooked Cod	1	2	1	8.0s	900	1× Cod, 1× Coal Ore −10g cost	2g	6g	-4g	-0.50g	-1,800g 450 items 900 XP	-7,200g 1,800 items 3,600 XP	-14,400g 3,600 items 7,200 XP
Cooked Salmon	3	4	2	12.0s	1,200	1× Salmon, 1× Coal Ore −12g cost	4g	5g	-7g	-0.58g	-2,100g 300 items 1,200 XP	-8,400g 1,200 items 4,800 XP	-16,800g 2,400 items 9,600 XP
Cooked Tuna	5	6	3	14.0s	1,543	1× Tuna, 1× Coal Ore −11g cost	6g	8g	-3g	-0.21g	-771g 257 items 1,543 XP	-3,086g 1,029 items 6,171 XP	-6,171g 2,057 items 12,343 XP
Cooked Trout	8	8	4	17.0s	1,694	1× Trout, 1× Coal Ore −17g cost	11g	14g	-3g	-0.18g	-635g 212 items 1,694 XP	-2,541g 847 items 6,776 XP	-5,082g 1,694 items 13,553 XP
Cooked Perch	11	10	5	19.0s	1,895	1× Perch, 1× Coal Ore −19g cost	13g	18g	-1g	-0.05g	-189g 189 items 1,895 XP	-758g 758 items 7,579 XP	-1,516g 1,516 items 15,158 XP
Cooked Herring	15	13	6	22.0s	2,127	1× Herring, 1× Coal Ore −20g cost	15g	18g	-2g	-0.09g	-327g 164 items 2,127 XP	-1,309g 655 items 8,509 XP	-2,618g 1,309 items 17,018 XP
Cooked Sardines	25	16	7	25.0s	2,304	1× Sardines, 1× Coal Ore −26g cost	20g	25g	-1g	-0.04g	-144g 144 items 2,304 XP	-576g 576 items 9,216 XP	-1,152g 1,152 items 18,432 XP
Cooked Lobster	30	19	8	28.0s	2,443	1× Lobster, 1× Coal Ore −30g cost	25g	31g	1g	0.04g	129g 129 items 2,443 XP	514g 514 items 9,771 XP	1,029g 1,029 items 19,543 XP
Cooked Crab	40	22	9	30.0s	2,640	1× Crab, 1× Coal Ore −33g cost	32g	40g	7g	0.23g	840g 120 items 2,640 XP	3,360g 480 items 10,560 XP	6,720g 960 items 21,120 XP
Cooked Turtle	50	27	10	35.0s	2,777	1× Turtle, 1× Coal Ore −36g cost	45g	56g	20g	0.57g	2,057g 103 items 2,777 XP	8,229g 411 items 11,109 XP	16,457g 823 items 22,217 XP
Cooked Stingray	60	35	11	40.0s	3,150	1× Stingray, 1× Coal Ore −44g cost	55g	67g	23g	0.57g	2,070g 90 items 3,150 XP	8,280g 360 items 12,600 XP	16,560g 720 items 25,200 XP
Cooked Lantern Fish	80	40	13	42.0s	3,429	1× Lantern Fish, 1× Coal Ore −51g cost	65g	89g	38g	0.90g	3,257g 86 items 3,429 XP	13,029g 343 items 13,714 XP	26,057g 686 items 27,429 XP
Cooked Great White Shark	90	55	16	55.0s	3,600	1× Great White Shark, 1× Coal Ore −62g cost	77g	101g	39g	0.71g	2,553g 65 items 3,600 XP	10,211g 262 items 14,400 XP	20,422g 524 items 28,800 XP

The Materials column shows what each craft costs. Net profit (sale − materials) is shown only where a live market price exists for the output — crafted gear isn't meaningfully sold to vendors, so we show “—” rather than a misleading vendor-based loss. Live market pricing is coming to fill these in.

Cooking FAQ

What is the best cooking XP per hour in IdleMMO?

Cooked Great White Shark gives the most cooking XP at about 3,600 XP/hr (requires level 90).

Which cooking resource makes the most gold in IdleMMO?

Cooked Lantern Fish earns the most gold at roughly 3,257 gold/hr (level 80).

What level do you need to cut Cooked Great White Shark?

Cooked Great White Shark requires level 90 cooking in IdleMMO.