The short answer: neither skill uses a primary slot
Each character can learn 2 primary professions and all 3 secondary ones (Blizzard).
Cooking, First Aid and Fishing are the 3 secondary professions.
So neither skill takes up a primary slot, and you can still pick any 2 primaries later.
Cooking makes food, and crafted food can give a small XP bonus and stats (Blizzard).
Cooks build the Basic Campfire too, and can later learn fires for 5 or 10 objects.
First Aid creates survival supplies (Blizzard's Starter Guide).
Source check: Blizzard's articles in three languages, November 5, 2026.
Recipe numbers are left out because Blizzard gives none; check tooltips in game.
Recipe names marked Wowhead come from a fan database and are unconfirmed.
This is a summary of sources, not a hands-on test.
What each skill gives you
Cooking prepares food, and First Aid creates survival supplies (Blizzard's Starter Guide).
Even a healing class can benefit from First Aid (Blizzard's WoW Classic primer).
That tip predates Forever, and we found no Forever article that repeats it.
| Cooking | First Aid | |
|---|---|---|
| Makes | Food | Survival supplies |
| Blizzard mentions | Small XP bonus and stats on crafted food | Recently Bandaged debuff |
| Camp object | Basic CampfireCooking 1 | First Aid KitFirst Aid 20 |
| Legacy perk | Master Chef | Field Medicine |
From Blizzard's Starter Guide, Deep Dive recap, camping article and Legacy System article.
The Basic Campfire needs Cooking 1 (Blizzard's camp table).
The First Aid Kit needs First Aid 20 (same table).
Fishing is the third secondary skill, and it has its own guide.
We do not rank these skills or estimate gold income; no official numbers support either.
Cooking: crafted food with a small XP bonus
Crafted food was adjusted to give a small XP bonus and stats (Blizzard's Deep Dive recap).
Food buffs also received a major update in Forever (same recap).
The campfire is a natural place to refresh those buffs, Blizzard adds.
The bonus size, the duration and a list of foods are not in Blizzard's articles.
Read the tooltip on each food before you cook a stack.
Innkeepers also sell food and drink (Starter Guide).
Do not assume bought food has the same bonus; Blizzard's wording covers crafted food.
Roasted Boar Meat is made from Chunk of Boar Meat (Wowhead, unconfirmed).
Fishing catches useful ingredients, Blizzard says, and our fishing guide covers it.
First Aid: survival supplies and bandages
This skill creates survival supplies (Blizzard's Starter Guide).
One bandage effect has a name: the Recently Bandaged debuff (Blizzard's Legacy article).
That debuff's duration and a bandage's healing number are not in Blizzard's articles.
Linen Bandage is made from Linen Cloth (Wowhead, unconfirmed).
Press K to check what you can make and what it needs.
First Aid also has a camp object, which the next section covers.
Campfires and camp objects
Placing a Basic Campfire creates a campsite where players can rest.
A campsite can offer vendors, repairs, workspaces and one-hour buffs (Blizzard).
The fire allows cooking and up to 3 extra camp features, one from each nearby player.
Sit or craft nearby for 1 minute to gain the benefits of the others.
All camp features need a campfire nearby and share a 1-hour cooldown.
Cooks can later learn upgraded campfires for 5 or 10 objects (Blizzard).
The skill levels those fires need are not published.
First Aid's sample camp feature is the First Aid Kit, at First Aid 20.
It gives you and others sitting nearby 3–56 more Stamina, depending on level.
It does not stack with Power Word: Fortitude (Blizzard).
| Camp object | Skill | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Campfire | Cooking 1 | Cooking, up to 3 camp features |
| Upgraded campfires | Not published | 5 or 10 objects |
| First Aid Kit | First Aid 20 | 3–56 Stamina by level |
From Blizzard's camping article and Deep Dive recap.
Every profession has 3 different objects learned at different skill levels.
Items that require skill 140 or higher drop in dungeons and raids (Blizzard).
On a PvP ruleset, the risk grows when enemy players come upon your camp.
How to start: trainer, first recipes, first fire
Speak with the trainer in a starting area or major city (Blizzard).
Trainers teach the profession, first recipes and higher ranks as level and skill rise.
If you cannot find one, ask a city guard and follow the marker on your map.
Early on, a simple quest introduces camping, Blizzard says.
Press K to open the Professions tab and see your recipes and materials.
It also shows whether a craft will raise your skill.
The Basic Campfire needs only Cooking 1 in Blizzard's camp table.
Other first camp items need profession skill level 20, via a starter quest or a trainer.
Your first steps
- Find a trainerStarting area or major city
- Learn both skillsNo primary slot used
- Press K and craftRead each tooltip
- Build a campfireCooking 1
- Reach skill level 20Other first camp items
Which recipes a trainer teaches is not in Blizzard's articles.
Wowhead's pages do not show it either, so we cannot name an official first recipe.
Profession ranks go from Apprentice to Journeyman, Expert and finally Artisan.
Skill caps and training costs for these two skills are not in Blizzard's articles.
To unlearn a profession, open the Professions tab and click the X next to it.
Legacy Points and perks for these skills
These two skills do not earn Tradeskills Legacy Points (our reading).
The challenge counts only non-gathering primaries at 150, 225 and 300 (Blizzard).
You can still buy helpful perks, with up to 16 points to spend per character at launch.
Master Chef gives your cooking recipes a chance to produce additional results.
Field Medicine shortens the Recently Bandaged debuff.
It does not work in dungeons, raids or battlegrounds.
Gourmand lengthens buffs from eating food.
Field Guide reduces the 1-hour cooldown on placing camp features.
Reagent Economy makes tier 1 camp features free of materials.
Blizzard does not say whether the Basic Campfire counts as tier 1.
| Perk | Tree | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Master Chef | Professions | Chance of extra cooking results |
| Field Medicine | Adventure | Shorter Recently Bandaged debuff |
| Gourmand | Resourcefulness | Longer food buffs |
| Field Guide | Adventure | Shorter camp cooldown |
| Reagent Economy | Resourcefulness | Free tier 1 camp features |
From Blizzard's Legacy System article.
The chance, time and point cost of these perks are not in Blizzard's article.
Not announced yet, and a short checklist
As of November 5, 2026, we could not find the following in Blizzard's articles.
The size of the food bonus and which foods have it.
Bandage healing numbers and the length of Recently Bandaged.
Which recipes each trainer teaches, training costs and the level each rank needs.
The skill levels and drop sources of upgraded campfires.
① Learn Cooking and First Aid early, since they use no primary slot.
② Press K and read each recipe's materials as you level.
③ Compare food tooltips before you cook a stack.
④ Try a Basic Campfire, which Blizzard lists at Cooking 1.
⑤ Reach profession skill level 20 for other first camp items, and plan Legacy perks later.