New cooking recipes, new potions, new elixirs, new flasks, new arrows and bullets. Know what that means? New pre-raid check list! Below is your “Good To Go” items for killing dragons and undead.
You know what they say, “all end games are 70% dragon.” Be prepared! Dragons are mean. 
Food
We’ll start off with a list of various foods you may wish to rock into raids with. Which food you choose will depend largely on what gear you already have. Use these items to flesh out any gaps you might have. For example, if you’re still below the Hit Cap, be sure to pick up some +Hit food. If you’re stacking AP, of course go for that. Etc.
- Hit: Snapper Extreme — 3xBonescale Snapper, 1xNorthern Spices
- Agility: Blackened Dragonfin — 2xDragonfin Angelfish, 1xNorthern Spices
- Attack Power: Mega Mammoth Meal — 2xChunk o’ Mammoth, 1xNorthern Spices
- Attack Power: Poached Northern Sculpin — 1xMusselback Sculpin, 1xNorthern Spices
- Armor Penetration: Hearty Rhino — 1xRhino Meat, 1xNorthern Spices
- Pet: Spiced Mammoth Treats — 1xChunk o’ Mammoth, 1xNorthern Spices
Other Foods
- Attack Power: Grilled Sculpin — 1xMusselback Sculpin
- Attack Power: Mammoth Meal — 1xChunk o’ Mammoth
- Attack Power: Dalaran Clam Chowder — 2xSucculent Clam Meat
- Crit: Spiced Wyrm Burger — 2xWorm Meat, 1xNorthern Spices
- Crit: Spicy Blue Nettlefish — 1xNettlefish, 1xNorthern Spices
- Crit: Wyrm Delight — 1xWorm Meat
- Crit: Poached Nettlefish — 1xNettlefish
- Fish Feast — 2xMusselback Sculpin, 2xGlacial Salmon, 2xNettlefish, 4xNorthern Spices
- Great Feast — 1xChunk o’ Mammoth, 1xShoveltusk Flank, 1xWorm Meat, 4xChilled Meat
Elixirs and Flasks
Like food, elixirs and flasks should be used to fill any gaps in your stats. You’ll want to mix and match your food and elixirs so there’s no overlap, unless you’ve got a particular stat that is extremely lacking. For instance, if you’re using +Hit food, you’ll want to use +Agility or +Attack Power elixirs or flasks, unless you’re still below the Hit Cap even after your Well Fed buff.
Remember, you can only use 1 Battle Elixir and 1 Guardian Elixir or 1 Flask at a time.
Battle
- Hit: Elixir of Accuracy – 2xTiger Lily, 1xTalandra’s Rose, 1xImbued Vial
- Agility: Elixir of Mighty Agility – 2xGoldclover, 2xAdder’s Tongue, 1xImbued Vial
- Attack Power: Wrath Elixir – 1xGoldclover, 2xDreadnettle, 1xImbued Vial
- Armor Penetration: Elixir of Armor Piercing – 2xTiger Lily, 1xImbued Vial
Guardian
- Intellect: Elixir of Mighty Thoughts – 2xDreadnettle, 1xTalandra’s Rose, 1xImbued Vial
- Health: Elixir of Mighty Fortitude – 4xGoldclover, 1xImbued Vial
Flasks
- Attack Power: Flask of Endless Rage – 7xLichbloom, 3xFire Leaf, 1xFrost Lotus, 1xEnchanted Vial
Projectiles
- Terrorshaft Arrows
- Frostbite Bullets
- Saronite Razorheads
- Mammoth Cutters
- Iceblade Arrows
- Shatter Rounds
Putting It All To Work
Now that you know the specifics, it’s time for your pre-raid checklist. As always, you’ll want to bring the following to every raid:
- 20 Stack of Buff Food
- 20 Stack of Battle Elixirs
- 20 Stack of Guardian Elixirs
- 5 Stack of Flasks
- 5,000 Projectiles
- Back-Up Ranged Weapon
The last was something that I was reminded of recently while venturing through H-Naxx. In true Huntard fashion, I had my bow completely break, and didn’t have a back-up with me. (Thanks, Volley!) Thankfully, someone was able to drop a repair bot, so I didn’t have to deal with the shame of hearthing and requiring a summon back. But, the lesson was learned well. I used to bring back-ups with me constantly, but somewhere along the way got out of the habit.
That’ll teach me.
Anyway, the above checklist should see you through a 3-hour wipe-fest (presumably on progression content!) with no problems. If you’re worried about running out anyway, double the order.
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Back-Up Ranged Weapon Hmm..
Sounds nice
Double barrel ^^ (Dual wielding ranged weapons, I mean)
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This is incredibly useful. Thanks a lot!
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Very nice list, thanks!
Minor correction, though. You don’t have to port to Shatt to get the old reputation ammo. There’s a specialty ammunition vendor close to the flight path in Dalaran that sells all the ammo that the specialty ammo vendors in Shatt used to sell, plus the new lvl75 ammo. The reputation discount you get might be different, though, since it gives discount based on Kirin’Tor reputation.
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If you know any BC cooks, Kibler’s Bits(http://www.wowhead.com/?item=33874 ) can be great alternative to petfood. You get same effect, same icon and can keep those precious spices.
And the meat is very farmable at 80, the birds in HFP (the big bunches) drop it with rough 50% rate.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27671
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This was the post I was waiting for. I’m glad I recently put you on my regular read list. Good job!
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Very nice
I’ve been farming Dragonfins for the stat food so I’m ready to go for next week when I finaly start raiding!
Also a note – I believe the Fish Feast recipe is not available anywhere yet. It’s a bug they’re planning to fix “in a future patch”. Booo, I wants my Chef title!
Gonna have to start buying Flasks too. It was nice watching my gold count go up from 70-80… now I get to watch it drop while I try to fund my raiding habit.
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@Frnit — That’s a really good idea. I also noticed that Kibler’s Bits and Spiced Mammoth Treats provide the exact same buffs. Going back to Hellfire is probably worth saving the Northern Spices for many other recipes.
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Those bloody dragons making us spend money and level cooking. I’ve got half a mind to go and kill some!
Thanks for the info, Lass. I’ll bookmark this for my hunter. Those +Hit goodies will be very nice for my shadowypriestily Naxx run tonight
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That is the nice thing about the changes to Hit/Crit rating; that stuff isn’t just for physical DPSers anymore.
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