Cooking

Introduction

Cooking is useful, because eating food restores lost life points. As someone new to the skill, you may find that you may often burn food that you try to cook. The more your level increases, the less food you will burn. As your Cooking skill increases, you will also have access to a wider range of foods that you are able to cook. You can cook food on an open fire or on a range.

 

Fire and Ranges

Fire can be made pretty easily by using a Tinderbox with just about any kind of wood logs.

 

The only foods that can be used on a fire are things such as fish and meats (basically anything that doesn't include several ingredients). For foods that have several ingredients, ranges are the source for cooking the foods.

 

 

There are many ranges/ovens across RuneScape and can be located by following this icon. In order to cook foods, just use an uncooked food on either a range or fire. You will also find that cooking on ranges (especially the one in Lumbridge Castle) will reduce the amount of times you burn food. Also while cooking you may be given the option of cooking several amounts of a particular object. Among those options is the option of 'Cook X.' Upon clicking that you will be given the ability to enter a certain amount of that particular item you want to make.

 

 

Meats

Image	Food	Method	Level	Experience	Heals
	Cooked meat	Fire or Range	1	30	30
	Cooked chicken	Fire or Range	1	30	30
	Cooked rabbit	Range	1	30	50
	Roast bird meat	Fire spit	11	62.5	60
	Roast rabbit	Fire spit	16	72.5	70
	Cooked crab meat	Fire or Range	21	100	100
	Roast beast meat	Fire spit	21	82.5	80
	Cooked chompy	Fire or spit	30	140	100
	Cooked jubbly	Fire spit	41	160	150
	Cooked oomlie wrap	Fire or Range	50	110	140

Fish

Image	Fish	Level	Experience	Heals	Stops Burning
	Crayfish	1	30	10	32
	Shrimps	1	30	30	34
	Karambwanji	1	10	30	Never
	Sardine	1	40	30	32
	Anchovies	1	30	10	33
	Poison karambwan	1	80	-50	Never
	Herring	5	50	50	37
	Mackerel	10	60	60	45
	Trout	15	70	70	50
	Cod	18	75	70	39
	Pike	20	80	80	52
	Salmon	25	90	90	58
	Slimy Eel	28	95	70-90	58
	Tuna	30	100	100	63
	Cooked Karambwan	30	190	180	Never
	Rainbow fish	35	110	110	60
	Cave eel	38	115	80-100	40
	Lobster	40	120	120	74 (68)
	Bass	43	130	130	80
	Swordfish	45	140	140	86 (81)
	Lava eel	53	30	90-110	53
	Monkfish	62	150	160	92 (90)
	Shark	80	210	200	Never (94)
	Sea Turtle	82	212	210	Never
	Cavefish	88	214	200	Never (94)
	Manta ray	91	216	220	Never
	Rocktail	93	225	230	Never (95)
	Tiger shark	95	230	250	Never

 

Note: For lobsters, swordfish, shark, cavefish, and rocktail, you can stop burning them at a lower level if you use Cooking Gauntlets. This level can be found in the parentheses.

 

Bread

To make Bread:

 

1. Pick some Grain and take it to a windmill to make Flour.
2. Use a pot to collect the Flour you have just made.
3. Fill a Bucket or Jug with water from a sink or fountain.
4. Mix the Flour and Water to make either some Bread dough or some Pitta dough .
5. Cook the dough by using it with a stove.

Image	Food	Level to Cook	XP Gained	HHeals
	Bread	1	40	50
	Pitta bread	58	40	N/A

 

Pie

To make a Pie:

1. Mix Flour and water to make Pastry dough.
2. Place Dough in an empty Pie dish.
3. Use your choice of filling with the empty pie (look below for ingredients).
4. Cook the pie using a stove.

 

Image	Pie	Level to cook	XP Gained	Heals	Other Effects	Ingredients
	Redberry Pie	10	78	90	None	Redberries
	Meat Pie	20	110	110	None	Cooked meat
	Mud Pie	20	128	0	Halves enemy's run energy	Compost, Bucket of water, and Clay
	Apple Pie	30	130	140	None	Cooking apple
	Garden Pie	34	138	120	+3 Farming	Tomato, Onion, and Cabbage
	Fish Pie	47	164	120	+3 Fishing	Trout, Cod, and Potato
	Admiral Pie	70	210	160	+5 Fishing	Salmon, Tuna, and Potato
	Wild Pie	85	240	220	+5 Slayer, +4 Ranged	Raw bear meat, Raw chompy, and Raw rabbit
	Summer Pie	95	260	220	Heals 10% run energy, +5 Agility	Strawberry, Watermelon, and Cooking apple

 

Stew

To make Stew:

 

1. Obtain a Bowl and fill it with water from a sink or fountain.
2. Pick a Potato and place it in the Bowl.
3. Cook some Meat and place it in the Bowl.
4. Cook the Stew by using it with a stove or fire.

To make Curry

1. Follow the instructions to make an Uncooked stew and add 3 Curry leaves or a Pot of spices.
2. Use the Uncooked curry with a cooking range.

Image	Food	Level to cook	XP gained	Heals
	Stew	25	117	110
	Curry	60	280	90

 

Pizza

To make Pizza

 

1. Make dough using the instructions above and select Pizza dough.
2. Get a Tomato and use it with the Pizza base. Then use Cheese with the incomplete pizza.
3. Use the Uncooked pizza with a cooking range.
4. Add your choice of topping: Anchovies, Meat or Pineapple. You can catch anchovies using a Fishing net in one of the fishing spots around RuneScape. You can obtain a Pineapple from the Grand Tree in the Tree Gnome Stronghold or they can be picked from Pineapple plants West of Brimhaven on Karamja.

Image	Pizza	Level to cook	XP gained	Heals
	Pizza	35	143	140
	Meat pizza	45	169	160
	Anchovy pizza	55	182	180
	Pineapple pizza	65	188	220

 

Cake

To make Cake:

 

1. Mix a pot of Flour, an Egg and a Bucket of milk into a Cake tin to make an Uncooked cake.
2. Use the Uncooked cake on a range to bake a Cake.
3. For Chocolate cake: Use a Chocolate bar on the cake.

 

Image	Food	Level to cook	XP gained	Heals
	Cake	40	180	120
	Chocolate cake	50	210	150

 

Wine

To make Wine:

 

1. Use a Jug with a water source.
2. Use a Grape with the water-filled Jug.
3. Leave the Unfermented wine in your inventory or place it in your bank and wait for it to ferment. The Wine is now complete.

 

Image	Wine	Level to cook	XP gained	Heals
	Jug of wine	35	200	110
	Jug of bad wine	35	0	0

 

Hot Drinks

To make Tea:

 

1. Fill a Bowl with water.
2. Get some Nettles and place it in the Bowl of water.
3. Use the Nettle-water with a fire or a range. You now have a Bowl of nettle tea.
4. If you want to drink the Tea from a cup, use the bowl with a cup.
5. If you want milk, use a Bucket of milk with it.

 

Image	Tea	Level to cook	XP gained	Heals
	Nettle tea	20	52	30

 

Brewing

To make Cider:

Note: You will need 4 Buckets and a pot of Ale yeast for this. Also note that there is a chance that the Cider will go bad in the fermenting process.

 

1. Use 4 Cooking apples on an apple barrel (located near a fermenting vat) to get Apple mush.
2. Use the Apple mush then a pot of Ale yeast on the fermenting vat.
3. Sit back and wait for a couple hours to a day.
4. Once done fermenting, turn the valve to let the liquid run into the barrel then you can empty the contents into either Beer glass or Calquat keg.

To make Ales:

Note: There is a chance that the ale you are making turns into a Mature ale. In this case, the effects of the drink could double.

 

1. Add 2 Buckets of water, 2 lots of Barley malt, the main ingredient of the particular ale, and a pot of Ale yeast to the fermenting vat.
2. Wait for several days (the amount of time varies by what kind of drink you are making).
3. Once done fermenting, turn the valve to let the liquid run into the barrel then you can empty the contents into either Beer glass or Calquat keg.

Ingredients for Cider and Ales:

 

Image	Food	Level to cook	XP gained	Heals	Other effects	Ingredients
	Cider	14	182	10	+1 Farming, -2 Attack, -2 Strength	4 Apple mush
	Dwarven stout	19	215	10	+1 Mining, +1 Smithing, -2 Attack, -2 Strength, -2 Defense	4 Hammerstone hops
	Asgarnian ale	24	248	10	+2 Strength, +2 Attack	4 Asgarnian hops
	Greenman's ale	29	281	10	+1 Herblore, -2 Attack, -2 Strength, -2 Defense	4 Clean harralander
	Wizard's mind bomb	34	314	10	+2-3 Magic, -1 Attack, -1 Strength, -1 Defense	4 Yanillian hops
	Dragon bitter	39	347	10	+2 Strength, +1 Attack	4 Krandorian hops
	Moonlight mead	44	380	40	None	4 Bittercap mushrooms
	Axeman's folly	49	413	10	+1 Woodcutting, -2 Attack, -2 Strength	Oak root
	Chef's delight	54	446	10	+1-5 Cooking, -2 Attack, -2 Strength	4 Chocolate dust
	Slayer's respite	59	479	10	+1 Slayer, -2 Attack, -2 Strength	4 Wildblood hops

 

Potatoes

To make Baked potatoes with toppings:

 

1. Bake the Potato on a range.
2. Add some Butter.
3. If needed, combine topping ingredients by chopping them into a Bowl.
4. Use the topping on the Potato.

Ingredients for toppings:

1. Chilli con carne: Meat and Spicy sauce (made from Garlic and Gnome spice)
2. Egg and Tomato: Scrambled egg and Tomato
3. Mushroom and Onion: Fried bittercap mushroom and Fried onion
4. Tuna and Sweetcorn: Tuna and Cooked sweetcorn

 

Image	Potato	Level to cook	XP gained	Hits healed
	Baked potato	7	15	1
	Spicy sauce	9	25	2
	Chilli con carne	11	55	5
	Scrambled egg	13	50	5
	Scrambled egg and Tomato	23	50	8
	Sweetcorn	28	104	2-10
	Baked potato with Butter	39	95.5	14
	Baked potato with Chilli con carne	41	165.5	14
	Fried onion	42	60	5
	Fried mushroom	46	60	5
	Baked potato with Butter and Cheese	47	199.5	16
	Baked potato with Egg and Tomato	51	195.5	16
	Fried mushroom and Onion	57	120	11
	Baked potato with Mushroom and Onion	64	270.5	20
	Tuna and Sweetcorn	67	204	13
	Baked potato with Tuna and Sweetcorn	68	309.5	22

 

Dairy

To get Milk, use a Bucket on a Dairy cow. The common locations are near Lumbridge, Ardougne, and in Zanaris (the lost city).

 

To make Cream, use the Milk on a churn.

 

To make Butter:

 

1. Get a pot of Cream
2. Use the Cream on a churn

To make Cheese:

 

1. Get a pat of Butter
2. Use the Butter on a churn

 

Image	Food	Level to cook	XP gained	Hits healed
	Chocolatey milk	4	0	4
	Cream	21	18	N/A
	Butter	38	40.5	N/A
	Cheese	48	64	2

 

Gnome Foods

In order to start making Gnome foods, you will need to complete some tasks in Gianne's Restaurant located on the first floor of the Grand Tree (second floor for Americans) in the Northwest corner. To start these tasks, if you haven't already done so, speak to Aluft Gianne snr. During the task you will learn the basics of cooking Gnome foods. The main objects required for making Gnome foods are: Gianne dough (found in Hudo's grocery store) and either a Crunchy tray, Batta tin, or Gnomebowl mould. Most ingredients for the Gnome recipes can also be bought from Hudo's grocery store which is located North of Gianne. The only ingredients you cannot find in the grocery store are Toads legs and King worms.

 

To make Gnome foods:

 

1. Use the Gianne dough on a Crunchy tray, Batta tin, or Gnomebowl mould (depending on what you want to make) and cook it on a range.
2. Right-click the Half baked item and you will see the option 'Prepare.' Upon clicking, a menu will pop up showing which kind of crunchy, batta, or bowl you can make with the ingredients in your inventory. Click the kind you want to make.
3. Cook the Half made item.
4. Once cooked, add the final ingredient(s) if one is required.

 

Crunchies

Ingredients for Crunchies:

 

1. Toad Crunchies: 2 Toad legs and Gnome spice. After baking them, add Equa leaves.
2. Spice Crunchies: 2 Equa leaves and Gnome spice. After baking them, add more Gnome spice.
3. Worm Crunchies: Equa leaves, Gnome spice, and 2 King worms. After baking them, add more Gnome spice.
4. Choc chip Crunchies: 2 Chocolate bars and Gnome spice. After baking them, add Chocolate dust.

 

Image	Food	Level to cook	XP gained	Hits healed
	Toad crunchies	10	100	7
	Spicy crunchies	12	100	7
	Worm crunchies	14	100	8
	Chocchip crunchies	16	100	7
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Battas

Ingredients for Battas:

 

1. Fruit Batta: Orange chunks, Lime chunks, Pineapple chunks, and 4 Equa leaves. After baking it, add Gnome spice.
2. Toad Batta: Equa leaves, Cheese, Toad legs, and Gnome spice.
3. Worm Batta: Gnome spice, King worm, and Cheese. After baking it, add Equa leaves.
4. Vegetable Batta: 2 Tomatoes, an Onion, Cabbage, Cheese, and a Dwellberry. After baking it, add Equa leaves.
5. Cheese and Tomato Batta: Tomato and Cheese. After baking them, add Equa leaves.

 

Image	Battas	Level to cook	XP gained	Hits healed
	Fruit batta	25	150	11
	Toad batta	26	152	11
	Worm batta	27	154	11
	Vegetable batta	28	156	11
	Cheese and Tomato batta	29	158	11
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Bowls

Ingredients in Bowls:

 

1. Worm Hole: 4 King worms, 2 Onions, and Gnome spice. After baking it, add Equa leaves.
2. Vegetable Ball: 2 Onions, 2 Potatoes, and Gnome spice. After baking it, add Equa leaves.
3. Tangled Toads' Legs: 4 Toad legs, 2 Cheese, 2 Equa leaves, Gnome spice, and a Dwellberry.
4. Chocolate Bomb: 4 Chocolate bars and Equa leaves. After baking it, add 2 Pots of cream and Chocolate dust.

 

Image	Food	Level to cook	XP gained	Hits healed
	Worm hole	30	170	12
	Vegetable ball	35	175	12
	Tangled toad's legs	40	185	15
	Chocolate bomb	42	190	15
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Gnome Cocktails

In order to start making Gnome cocktails, you will need to complete some tasks in Blurberry's Bar located on the first floor of the Grand Tree (second floor for Americans) in the Southeast corner. During the task you will learn the basics of making Gnome cocktails. The main objects required for all Gnome cocktails are a Cocktail shaker and a Cocktail glass. You may also find it easier to keep a Knife nearby. All of the ingredients required for the cocktails can be found in Heckel Funch's store which is located to the East of Blurberry.

 

To make Cocktails:

 

1. Right-click the Cocktail shaker and will see the option 'Mix-Cocktail.' Upon clicking, a menu will pop up showing what kind of cocktails you can make with the ingredients in your inventory. Click the kind you want to make.
2. Once mixed, add the final ingredient(s).

 

Ingredients for Cocktails:

 

1. Fruit Blast: A Pineapple, Lemon, and Orange. After shaking, add Sliced lemon.
2. Pineapple Punch: 2 Pineapples, a Lemon, and an Orange. After shaking, add Lime chunks, Pineapple chunks, and a Sliced orange.
3. Wizard Blizzard: 2 Vodkas, Gin, an Orange, a Lime, and a Lemon. After shaking, add Pineapple chunks and a sliced lime.
4. Short Green Guy: Vodka and 3 Limes. After shaking, add Sliced lime and Equa leaves.
5. Drunk Dragon: Vodka, Gin, and a Dwellberry. After shaking, add Pineapple chunks, Cream, and heat from a range.
6. Chocolate Saturday: Whisky, Equa leaves, Milk, and a Chocolate bar. After shaking, add Chocolate dust, Cream, and heat from a fire or range.
7. Blurberry Special: Vodka, Brandy, Gin, an Orange, and 2 Lemons. After shaking, add Orange chunks, Equa leaves, Lemon chunks, and a Slice lime.

 

Image	Cocktail	Level to cook	XP gained	Hits healed	Other effects
	Fruit blast	6	50	9	None
	Pineapple punch	8	70	9	None
	Wizard blizzard	18	110	5	-4 Attack, +5 Strength
	Short green guy	20	120	5	-4 Attack, +5 Strength
	Drunk dragon	32	160	5	-4 Attack, +6 Strength
	Chocolate saturday	33	170	7	-4 Attack, +6 Strength
	Blurberry special	37	180	7	+6 Attack, -4 Strength
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Skill Boosters

Cooking Gauntlets

Cooking Gauntlets are acquired at the completion of the Family Crest Quest. They minimize the amount of burnt fish you pull (Lobster, Swordfish, Monkfish, and Sharks) and allow you to stop burning these fish at a much lower level resulting in faster experience.

Note: If you lose your Cooking gauntlets, talk to Dimintheis for a pair of Steel gauntlets. Dimintheis is located in a house South-east of the Varrock east bank. Then talk to Caleb in Catherby to enchant the gauntlets into Cooking gauntlets for a price of 25k.

 

Miscellaneous

Cooking Sinew

Crossbows require a stronger bow string that what flax makes, so you should use sinew.

To prepare Sinew:

 

1. Get some Meat.
2. Locate a range and use the Meat on it.
3. Select the option to dry it out into Sinew.

 

Request Assistance

The Request Assistance tool can be used with Cooking. To use another player's Cooking level, right-click them and 'Request assist'. Upon their acceptance, you will have the ability to Cook based on their level and they will get the experience. That is of course if their level is higher. If your level matches theirs or is higher, you'll get the experience. Requesting assistance doesn't work with quest-related items. This is a great way to cook that Manta Ray you've always wanted to cook, since you've never had the required level to do so!

 

Achievement Cape

The cooking skill cape can be acquired by talking to the Head Chef in Cooks' guild after getting 99 cooking. The cape, whether it is trimmed or not, costs 99k. As soon as you have the Cooking cape, you will also unlock the cooking skill emote. As you can see from the picture below, there is a stat difference between wearing the regular cape and trimmed cape. Wearing the Cooking hood does not increase any stats. If you ever lose your cape, you can regain it by paying the Head Chef 99k again. Just like all skill capes, this one is Members only.