Mustard Plant In Dalaran

Mustard Dogs is one of the Daily Cooking Quests introduced in the city of Dalaran in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.

While the Burning Crusade expansion also had Daily Cooking Quests that players can continue to do from a Shattrath City starting point, the main value in making sure your level 65+’s are able to do the Northrend ones comes in the form of spices: Northern Spices.

Northern Spices are, of course, the ingredient that turns a normal buff food dish into an uber buff food dish (well, as uber as you can get in-game at the moment), and regular raiders need a regular supply of the stuff in order to keep their own consumables supply stocked up for raids.

The Current Price of Northern Spices

While the price of everything bought and sold on the Auction House rises and falls with the changes in supply and demand, Northern Spices are still pretty profitable for how much effort one needs to put into gathering them.

Right now when I look at the Zul’jin Auction House on Horde side, I see the cheapest Northern Spices are being sold for over 1g each spice, with stacks of 10 spices selling for at least 15g a stack. When I look at my WoWEcon addon results in the tooltips, I see sales prices averaging 3g each spice!

Considering the completion of one Northrend Daily Cooking Quest nets you a handful of Northern Spices plus a Dalaran Cooking Award which ITSELF can be turned in for 10 more spices, I’m sure you can see the quick money available on a daily basis to even the most casual of high-level players.

Why “Yay” For Mustard Dogs?

Simply put, the rewards for the Mustard Dogs daily cooking quest are the best of all the daily cooking quests.

My Favorite Daily Cooking Quest

Where other cooking quests only award you one Dalaran Cooking Award, with the chance of finding another random one in the Spice Bag you get alongside the first award, Mustard Dogs reliably gives TWO awards right off the top, and still retains the chance you’ll get another award in the Spice Bag, too.

I’ve had days where I’ve gotten THREE Dalaran Cooking Awards by doing that one simple quest.

And since it’s a quest you can prepare for in advance so you never have to leave Dalaran to complete it, it’s one you can do even with your “retired” toons who are parked in the city!

Stocking Up Your Rhino Meat Collection

Rhino Meat is another one of those things you can make some nice profits from, especially on those days when Mustard Dogs is the Daily Cooking Quest in Dalaran.

Pay attention to the price of it in your Auction House on off-days, and then on days when it is in high demand, and you’ll likely see a rather stark difference. If Mustard Dogs hasn’t been the daily quest for nearing a week, the price differences would likely be even larger.

If you’re the type to do it, buy low and sell high, or buy low and use the goods for your own Daily Cooking Quest needs.

Or, if you’re someone who’s still got a toon that is advancing through the Northrend levels, and especially a toon that is capable of AOE killing of groups of mobs, you might want to consider collecting your own stacks of meat – either for sale, or for your own personal use.

A great spot to find a lot of Rhino is between Amber Ledge and Warsong Hold in the Borean Tundra, where herds of them wander around with quick respawn timers.

Have you found another great spot for farming Rhino aside from this one? Be sure to let me know!