Cooking

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A player cooking food on a fire.

The Cooking skill is used to prepare raw food materials for a number of reasons, including the restoring of Hitpoints and the temporary boosting of skill levels.

There are many different types of food in RuneScape, each healing a different amount of Hitpoints. However, as with all skills, players must reach certain levels to cook certain foods. Cooking is also a very popular skill to raise, as many players like to sell food they have cooked to other players. This can give great profit, as many players are willing to purchase food already cooked. Cooking also has a larger variety of training options than any other skill. This is another reason Cooking is a very popular skill amongst players. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at rank 2,000,000) on the hiscores for Cooking is level 52.

[edit] How to cook

A player cooking food on a range.

Players can cook in different ways. They can cook their food on a fire, a spit, a Sulphur Vent or they can cook their food on a range. Ranges are labeled on the map as a cooking pan () icon. It is important to note that only meat, fish, stew and tea can be cooked on a fire.

To cook, players have to use their food with a range or a fire. If they have more than one food item of the same kind in their inventory, a menu will ask them how many items they want to cook. Players aiming to max out cooking for the cape by buying the materials should be aware that it will cost from 3.5M-7Mgp.

[edit] Items needed

There are many items that players need in order to cook food, such as water or flour. Listed below are the items needed to cook certain kinds of food.

Fish- (raw lobster, raw trout, etc.)
Flour - (Held in a pot)
Water - (Held in a bucket, bowl, vial or jug)
Milk - (Held in a bucket)
Meat - (Raw meat, Raw rat meat, Raw bear meat, Raw yak meat, Raw chicken)
Vegetables - (Potatoes, Cabbages, Grain, Tomatoes)
Fruits - (Cooking apple, Grapes, Banana, Redberries)
Cheese
Bowl
Bucket
Cake tin
Jug
Pie dish
Pot
Knife

[edit] Cookables

[edit] Meat

Players can obtain meat from killing chickens, cows, bears, yaks, and giant rats. When a player cooks raw chicken, the name becomes cooked chicken. However, when a player cooks raw beef, raw bear meat, or raw rat meat, the name becomes cooked meat for all three kinds. If meat is used on the fire after it is already cooked, it will become burnt and a message will say, "You deliberately burn the nicely cooked meat."

Name	Level	Experience	Heals	Notes
Cooked meat	1	30	3	Any player can cook raw beef, raw bear meat, raw yak meat, or raw rat meat.
Cooked chicken	1	30	3	Any player can cook raw chicken.
Ugthanki meat	1	40	3	Members can cook Ugthanki meat
Cooked rabbit	1	30	5	Members can find rabbits on Miscellania, Isafdar, and Relleka. They may be also be bought from Charter ship shops. Rabbits can be cooked on a fire.
Sinew	1	10	Cannot be consumed	Members can make sinews by selecting the Make Sinew option on the screen that appears when trying to cook meat. Its use is to spin it into crossbow strings.
Roasted bird meat	11	62	6	Members can hunt birds and cook the meat on a spit.
Roasted rabbit	16	72	7	Members can find rabbits on Miscellania, Isafdar, and Relleka. They may be also be bought from Charter ship shops. Roasted rabbits can be made with an Iron spit and a fire.
Spider on stick	16	80	7-10	Members can roast spiders on a skewer stick by cutting a thatching spar with a machete from the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame, then using the stick with a spider carcass. An arrow shaft may also be used, but cannot be re-used like a skewer stick.
Crab meat	21	100	10	Members can get Crab meat from the Mogre Camp after completing Recipe for Disaster (Pirate Pete) quest.
Roasted beast meat	21	82	8	Members can hunt kebbits and cook the meat on a spit.
Cooked chompy	30	140	10	Members can hunt Chompy birds and cook the meat on a spit.
Cooked jubbly	41	160	15	Members can hunt Jubbly birds and cook the meat on a spit after completing Recipe for Disaster (Skrach Uglogwee) quest.
Oomlie wrap	50	30	14	Members can find Oomlie birds in the Kharazi Jungle after starting Legends Quest. Players must wrap Raw oomlies with a Palm Leaf before cooking the meat or else they will burn it.

[edit] Fish

Fish are the most common food to cook in RuneScape, due to the availability. They heal a great amount of Hitpoints and are the recommended food to eat when in combat. Fish can be easily obtained by Fishing or bought in large amounts from other players.

Name	Level	Level Burning Stops	Experience	Heals	Notes
Crayfish	1	9+	30	1	Created by cooking raw crayfish.
Shrimp	1	33	30	3	Created by cooking raw shrimp.
Karambwanji	1	Never	10	3	Members can create karambwanji by cooking raw karambwanji.
Sardine	1	36	40	3	Created by cooking raw sardine.
Anchovies	1	37	30	1	Created by cooking raw anchovies.
poison karambwan	1	Never	80	-5	Members can create poison karambwan by cooking raw karambwan (only poison can be made before 30 cooking and Tai Bwo Wannai Trio).
Herring	5	39	50	5	Created by cooking raw herring.
Mackerel	10	??	60	6	Members can create mackerel by cooking raw mackerel.
Trout	15	50	70	7	Created by cooking raw trout.
Cod	18	??	75	7	Members can create cod by cooking raw cod.
Pike	20	52	80	8	Created by cooking raw pike.
Salmon	25	58	90	9	Created by cooking raw salmon.
Slimy eel	28	58	95	7-9	Members can create by cooking raw slimy eel.
Tuna	30	63	100	10	Created by cooking raw tuna.
Karambwan	30	Never	190	18	Members can create by cooking raw karambwan (must talk to Tiadeche after Tai Bwo Wannai Trio to learn how).
Rainbow fish	35	60	110	11	Members can create by cooking raw rainbow fish.
Cave eel	38	38	115	8-10	Members can create by cooking raw cave eel.
Lobster	40	74 (68)	120	12	Created by cooking raw lobster.
Bass	43	79	130	13	Members can create bass by cooking raw bass.
Swordfish	45	86 (81)	140	14	Created by cooking raw swordfish.
Lava Eel	53	53	30	9-11	Members can create by cooking raw lava eel after completing Heroes' Quest.
Monkfish	62	90	150	16	Members can create monkfish by cooking raw monkfish. Fishing Requires Swan Song quest, Cooking Does not.
Shark	80	Never (94)	210	20	Members can create shark by cooking raw shark.
Sea turtle	82	Never	212	21	Members can create sea turtle by cooking raw sea turtle (can only be obtained from the Fishing Trawler minigame).
Manta ray	91	Never	216	22	Members can create manta ray by cooking raw manta ray. (Manta Ray is tied for the food that heals the most Hitpoints per bite, along with Tuna potato at 22 Hitpoints. Raw Manta Ray are currently obtainable through the Fishing Trawler minigame and purchasing from another player or the Grand Exchange.)

Number in parentheses indicates level at which cooking no longer burns while wearing cooking gauntlets. This only affects Lobster, Swordfish, and Shark. Items with ?? need to be filled in as this table is not totaly complete. Please feel free to fill in any off these gaps.

[edit] Snails

Members can also cook snail meat, obtained by killing snails in the Mort Myre swamp and Haunted Forest, southeast of the Slayer master Mazchna (both areas are in Morytania). The Priest in Peril quest has to be finished to access both areas. There are more snails in the eastern part of the swamp than in the Haunted Forest. Once a player has found a snail, they can then kill it, pick up the raw snail meat, and then cook it.

Name	Level	Experience	Heals
Thin snail	12	70	5 to 7
Lean snail	17	80	6 to 8
Fat snail	22	95	7 to 9

[edit] Bread

To make bread, players need to first make flour, which is then used with a jug of water or a bucket of water to make the dough. The dough can only be cooked on a range, not on a fire. When the dough is baked, it becomes bread.

Image	Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
	Bread	1	40	5	Mix water in some flour and create bread dough, then cook it on a range.
	Pitta bread	58	40	Cannot be consumed	This dough is members only. It is used to make ugthanki kebabs.

[edit] Pies

Pies require two bites to be fully consumed, thus giving players a bit more health than other foods. For example, when a player eats a redberry pie, they will only eat one half of it. The other half will stay in the dish which can be consumed later. To make pie, players need to mix flour and water together and then make some pastry dough. Players then need to use the dough with a pie dish. Then, the player can put in extra ingredients to make them heal more, such as meat to make a meat pie. When they are finished putting in the ingredients, the pie can then be baked.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Redberry pie	10	78	10 in two bites	Redberries are needed to make this pie. Redberries can be bought from Port Sarim's food store, or they can be picked up from their respawns south of Varrock. Members can grow their own.
Meat pie	20	110	12 in two bites	Cooked meat is needed to make this pie. Meat is dropped by killing Bears, Cows, Chickens, and Giant rats.
Mud pie	29	128	Cannot be consumed	This pie is members only. Compost, water, and clay are needed to make this pie. It can be tossed at players when it is cooked. When tossed, the target loses half of his/her run energy.
Apple pie	30	130	14 in two bites	Apples are needed to make this pie. Free players can only get apples from the cooking guild or by buying them from the Grand Exchange, while members can buy apples from Frenita's Cookery Shop in Yanille, grow their own apples, or take one from the table in the farming shop north of Ardougne.
Garden pie	34	128	12 in two bites	This pie is members only. Tomatoes, onions, and cabbage are needed to make this pie. These items can be grown by players, or picked from farms around Lumbridge and Draynor Village. Each bite of this pie raises farming 3 temporarily.
Fish pie	47	164	12 in two bites	This pie is members only. Trout, cod, and potatoes are needed to make this pie. The fish can be fished and the potatoes can be grown or picked from farms around Lumbridge and Draynor Village. Each bite of this pie raises fishing 3 temporarily.
Admiral pie	70	210	16 in two bites	This pie is members only. Salmon, tuna, and potatoes are needed to make this pie. The fish can be fished and the potatoes can be grown or picked from farms around Lumbridge and Draynor Village. Each bite of this pie raises fishing 5 temporarily.
Wild pie	85	240	22 in two bites	This pie is members only. Raw bear meat, raw chompy meat, and raw rabbit meat is needed to make this pie. Raw bear meat can be obtained by killing bears, raw chompy meat can be obtained by killing a chompy (see the Big Chompy Bird Hunting quest), and raw rabbit meat can be obtained by killing rabbits. Each bite of this pie raises Slayer by 5 temporarily and raises Ranged by 4 temporarily.
Summer pie	95	260	22 in two bites	This pie is members only. Strawberries, watermelons, and apples are needed to make this pie. All of these items can be grown by players. Apples can also be taken from the cooking guild. Each bite restores 10% of run energy and increases Agility by 5 temporarily.

[edit] Stew

To make stew, players need a bowl and some cooked meat or cooked chicken. Next, the bowl has to be filled with water. Potatoes are needed next. They can be found around the farms near Draynor Village and Lumbridge or members can grow potatoes themselves. Members can also buy potatoes from Hudo's Grand Tree Groceries in the Grand Tree or from Frenita's Cookery Shop in Yanille. Players then have to add the cooked meat and potatoes to the bowl of water and then cook the bowl to make stew.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Stew	25	117	11	To make Stew players must put cooked meat and a raw potato in a Bowl of water.
Spicy stew	25	117	11	This stew is members only. However, players need to complete Evil Dave's part of the Recipe for Disaster quest. To make this stew, players need to add several spices to a regular stew. Each spice affects a different set of skills, raising or lowering them, although certain spices show a correlation to the group of skills they change. For more information see temporary boosts.
Curry	60	280	19	This stew is members only. To make curry, players need to use either spice or add three curry leaves (grown using the farming skill) before cooking the stew. Spices can be bought or stolen using the Thieving skill in Ardougne's market or bought from the Culinareomancer's Chest.

[edit] Pizza

Many players like to use pizzas to heal themselves as they heal large amounts of Hitpoints. Like pies, pizzas are consumed in two bites, so that players can eat one half and save the other half for when it's needed. To make a pizza, mix flour with water and make a pizza base. Add a tomato and a slice of cheese on the base. Both a tomato and a slice of cheese can be taken from Aggie the Witch's house in Draynor Village, north of the bank; and also in the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness. They can also be bought from the food store in Port Sarim. When the tomato and cheese are added to the pizza base, the pizza must be baked. It is possible to add various toppings to the pizza after baking it, which is also a popular money-making method for players, although it may offer relatively slow experience.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Plain pizza	35	143	14 in two bites	This is a pizza with only tomatoes and cheese.
Meat pizza	45	169	16 in two bites	This is a pizza with meat added on it. To make a meat pizza, players need to kill a bear, cow, chicken, or giant rat, cook the meat they drop, then use it on the pizza. Meat includes the meat from cows, chickens, rats, and bears as they are all the same.
Anchovy pizza	55	182	18 in two bites	This is a pizza with anchovies added on it. To make an anchovy pizza, players need to fish some anchovies, cook them, and then add them to the pizza.
Pineapple pizza	65	195	22 in two bites	This pizza is members only. To make a pineapple pizza, players need a pineapple, which can be obtained by killing the monsters on Karamja, picked from pineapple plants on Karamja or Ape Atoll, or bought from Hudo's Grand Tree Groceries and Funch's Fine Groceries. The pineapple can be cut into chunks or slices with a knife.

[edit] Cake

Cakes require three bites to be fully consumed, so if a player clicks on a cake, they will still have two other pieces left. To make a cake, players need flour, an egg, milk, and a cake tin. Eggs are found near the chicken coops around Lumbridge, while milk can be obtained by milking dairy cows with a bucket. Dairy cows are found near the level 2 cows around Lumbridge, and also on a farm south of Falador, which also houses a churn. When all of these items are placed in the cake tin, the cake can be cooked on a range.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Cooked fishcake	31	100	11	This cake is members only. To make it, players have to have completed the Pirate Pete section of the Recipe for Disaster quest. The ingredients needed to make this cake are: ground cod, ground kelp, ground giant crab, and breadcrumbs. To make these items ground, use them with a pestle and mortar.
Cake	40	180	12 in three bites
Chocolate cake	50	210	15 in three bites	To make this cake, a chocolate bar or Chocolate dust has to be added to a normal Cake. Chocolate bars can be taken from their respawn in the cooking guild or bought from Port Sarim's food store, the Culinaromancer's Chest (after starting Recipe for Disaster), or Hudo's Grand Tree Groceries. One slice of this cake can also be bought from the cook in Ardougne market (or stolen).

[edit] Potato Toppings

Potato Toppings are members only.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Spicy sauce	9	25	2	Use Gnome spice and garlic on a bowl
Chilli con carne	11	55	5	Use spicy sauce with cooked meat
Scrambled egg	13	50	5	Use an egg with a bowl. Use the bowl with a range
Egg and tomato	23	50	8	Use a scrambled egg with a tomato
Fried onions	42	60	5	Cook an onion with a bowl.
Fried mushrooms	46	60	5	Cook a mushroom with a bowl.
Mushroom and onion	57	120	11	Fried mushroom and fried onion
Tuna and corn	67	204	13	Use cooked sweetcorn with a bowl and tuna

[edit] Baked Potato

Baking potatoes are members only.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Potato (not baked)	1	0	1	When eaten raw, it will say that it is nasty.
Baked potato	7	15	4	Players can only cook a potato on a range, otherwise it will burn.
Potato with butter	39	95.5	14	Use a baked potato with a Pat of butter.
Chilli potato	41	165.5	14	Use a Potato with butter with a Chilli con carne topping (see above).
Potato with cheese	47	199.5	16	Use a Potato with butter with Cheese.
Egg potato	51	195.5	16	Use a Potato with butter with an Egg and tomato topping (see above).
Mushroom and onion potato	64	270.5	20	Use a Potato with butter with a Mushroom and onion topping (see above)
Tuna potato	68	309.5	22	Use a Potato with butter with a Tuna and corn topping (see above)

[edit] Dairy

Dairy products can only be made on Members' worlds with a Dairy churn. A Dairy churn is found on the farm south of Falador, the cooking guild just south of the grand exchange and at several other locations.

Name	Level	Experience	Heals	Notes
Chocolate milk	4	0	4	Use chocolate dust on a Bucket of milk.
Pot of cream	21	23	1	Use a bucket of milk on a dairy churn to create it.
Pat of butter	38	40	Can’t be consumed.	Use a bucket of milk on a dairy churn to create it.
Cheese	48	64	2	Use a bucket of milk on a dairy churn to create it.

[edit] Wine

Wine is made from a jug of water and a bunch of grapes. Grapes can be found in the Cooking guild, In the Phoenix Gang's hideout, or stolen from Fortunato's Fine Wine in Draynor Village (level 22 Thieving required, members only); members who have completed a portion of Recipe for Disaster can obtain grapes from the Culinaromancer's chest. A jug can be found on the top floor of the cooking guild.

Use the grapes with the jug of water to make unfermented wine. About ten seconds later, the wine will ferment and either be drinkable, or go bad. Wine gives 200 experience for a good jug, and none for a bad jug.If you make the maximum amount of jugs in one trip (14) successfully,you will get 2800 experience.

Image	Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
	Jug of wine	35	200	11	Lowers attack when consumed
	Jug of bad wine	35	0	0	Lowers attack when consumed

[edit] Hot drinks

The only hot drink is nettle tea, which is members only. To make nettle tea, players need first a bowl of water. Next, nettles are needed. Nettles are located near the prison along the road between the Wizard's Tower and Draynor Village, southeast of the slayer master in Canifis, or next to the yew trees in Edgeville. It is important to note that nettles will hurt players when they pick them up, so they have to wear gloves. The nettles have to be used with the bowl of water to make nettle-water. The nettle-water next has to be boiled on a range to turn it into nettle tea. The tea can then be placed into an empty cup. Empty cups can be bought or stolen from the tea stall in Varrock or by speaking to Brother Galahad, located east of the coal trucks. Also, if a player wants to add milk to their tea, they can obtain some milk in a bucket and use it with the tea. Adding milk is optional.

Image	Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
	Nettle tea	20	52	3	This tea is members only.

[edit] Brewing

Brewing is much more complicated and time consuming than other foods, but the results are quite useful, for most of them boost assorted stats.

[edit] Ales

Head to the brewery in either Keldagrim or Port Phasmatys

Steps for brewing Ales:

2 buckets of water added to fermenting vat.
2 lots of barley malt added to fermenting vat. (made by cooking barley on a cooking range)
1 bag of The stuff added to fermenting vat. (optional, 50% increase in chance of mature ale)
An ingredient, that varies depending on what kind of ales desired, added to fermenting vat. (see chart)

A player retrieving their ale from the barrel.
1 pot of ale yeast added to fermenting vat. (bought from NPC near vat, players will need an Amulet of Ghostspeak and 5 Ecto-tokens AND an Empty pot for the one located in Port Phasmatys, 25 coins for Keldagrim, empty pot spawn near vat)
Next, wait for the brew to ferment. If the brew is not ready, the examine text will say, "_____ ale is fermenting in this vat." If you attempt to turn the valve prematurely, you will receive the prompt, "Are you sure you want to drain the vat?" Note that fermenting often takes a good 24-72 hours!
Once it's done brewing (examine will say "This vat is filled with _____ ale."), turn the valve between the vat and the attached barrel to move brewed ale to the barrel (make sure the barrel is empty first!)
Use 8 beer glasses on the barrel or 2 Calquat kegs. This will fill players' glasses or kegs with brew.

Players may now start the next batch.

Note: The contents of the vat will change colour as the fermenting progresses.

[edit] Cider

To make cider, 16 cooking apples, a pot of ale yeast, and 4 empty buckets are required.

Head to the brewery and put four of the apples in the nearby cider barrel. The players' character will do a nice dance and squish the apples to a pulp, making a bucket of apple mush. Use empty buckets on the apple barrel to get 4 buckets of mashed apples.

Once all 4 buckets are filled, add them to the fermenting vat, then the ale yeast into the fermenting vat and wait.

[edit] Mature brews

With normal brewing, a player can randomly make matured ale, shown by a (m) next to the drink. Matured ale is slightly stronger than normal ale.

"The stuff" is available from Honest Jimmy for 50 Pieces of Eight at the Trouble Brewing minigame. It gives a 50% chance of brewing a mature ale of the type the player is brewing.

Add "The stuff" after the barley and before other ingredients and yeast. If the player try to add it after the other ingredient or after the yeast, it's too late, and will be told he or she can't add that to this vat.

[edit] Failure

Occasionally ale will become bad, wasting all that time. Drain the vat and try again.

[edit] Types of Ales and Ciders

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
Cider	14	182	2	See instructions for making above. Increases farming level by 1, decreases attack and strength by 2.
Dwarven stout	19	215	1	Uses 4 Hammerstone hops as ingredient. Increases Smithing and Mining by 1, decreases Attack, Strength and Defence by 1.
Asgarnian ale	24	248	2	Uses 4 Asgarnian hops as ingredient, increases strength level by 2, decreases Attack by 4.
Greenman's ale	29	281	1	Uses 4 Harralander as ingredient. Increases Herblore level by 1, decreases Attack by 4.
Wizard's mind bomb	34	314	1	Uses 4 Yanillian hops as ingredient. Increases magic level by 2 or 3, decreases Attack by 4, decreases Strength and Defence by 3.
Dragon bitter	39	347	1	Uses 4 Krandorian hops as ingredient. Increases strength by 2, decreases attack by 1.
Moonlight mead	44	380	5	Uses 4 Bittercap mushrooms. Does nothing except heal 5 hitpoints.
Axeman's folly	49	413	1	Uses an oak roots as ingredient, raises woodcutting level by 1, lowers attack and strength by 3.
Chef's delight	54	446	1	Uses 4 pinches of chocolate dust as ingredient, raises cooking level by 1-5 (see below), lowers attack and strength by 2
Slayer's respite	59	479	1	Uses 4 Wildblood hops as ingredient, raises slayer level by 1, lowers attack and strength by 2.

All ales except Moonlight Mead decrease attack, and all ales except Asgarnian Ale and Dragon Bitter decrease strength.

[edit] Gnome Cooking

This section is a stub. Please help expand it.

Main article: Gnome cooking

Gnome cooking plays a big part in the Gnome Restaurant minigame. Further information can be found in said article.

Name	Level	Experience	Total healing
Fruit blast	6	50	9
Pineapple punch	8	70	9
Toad crunchies	10	100	8
Spicy crunchies	12	100	7
Worm crunchies	14	100	8
Chocchip crunchies	16	100	7
Wizard blizzard	18	110	5
Short green guy (SGG)	20	120	5
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
Worm hole	30	170	12
Drunk dragon	32	160	?
Choc saturday	33	170	5
Veg ball	35	175	12
Blurberry special	37	180	?
Tangled toads' legs	40	185	15
Chocolate bomb	42	190	15

[edit] Training

Main article: Cooking Training

This is just one of the many ways to advance the Cooking skill level. Further information can be found in the above article.

Levels	Items to make	Notes
1 - 15	Various	At this level, just cook anything readily available. Efficiency is not important because the first 10 levels are quickly gained. Good examples include chicken, meat, bread, shrimp, anchovies, or herring.
15 - 30	Assorted Fish	Cook fishes such as trout (at level 15), cod, which is P2P only (at level 18), pike (at level 20) and salmon (at level 25). These are easily obtainable with the Fishing skill.
30-80	Tuna	Raw tuna can often be found in the Karamja general store on f2p worlds, where banking the tuna is inconvenient. With a small amount of coins, raw tuna can be bought from the shop, cooked, then sold back. Many people also tend to drop Tunas for Swordfish. Otherwise, fish for raw tuna to cook. Alternatively, players may wish to cook apple pies, although this method may be more time-consuming than tuna. Also, many players decide to continue cooking tunas as they won't burn them past level 63. In addition to this, the gp loss/experience is lower then while cooking lobsters.
40-90	Lobsters	Either buy raw lobsters from other players, or fish. Players stop burning lobsters at level 74 or level 65 with cooking gauntlets. Cooking lobsters give around ~150k exp per hour. If your Cooking level is 55 you can make money by buying Anchovies and plain pizza and using on each other to make Anchovy Pizza. Start with at least 20k.
90-99	Monkfish	Either buy raw monkfish from other players or fish them, given that players have completed the Swan Song quest. You do not have to complete Swan Song to be able to cook monkfish. Even at 99 Cooking people never stop burning monkfish. However, at 99 you burn only a very small amount. Cooking monkfish give around ~180k exp per hour.
94-99	Sharks	Either buy raw sharks from other players, or fish for cooking. Players stop burning sharks at level 94 with cooking gauntlets. Without the cooking gauntlets however, even at level 99, players will still burn sharks. Cooking sharks give around ~270k exp per hour. 94-99 is the fastest part of getting 99 cooking because if you have the Cooking Gauntlets you will never burn a shark and you lose minimal money with the fastest experience.

At level 85, some players switch to cooking pies with the lunar spell so that they gain experience comparable to shark or better, but also gain magic experience and spend runes. It requires 65 magic. As the quest Lunar Diplomacy requires 65 magic to complete, skill boosts will not work. Lunar spell cooked pies will never burn.

[edit] Cooking Gauntlets & Lumbridge Range

Players who complete the Family Crest quest can have their gauntlets made into Cooking gauntlets, which increase the chances of successfully cooking fish by a considerable amount.

Jagex claimed that the Cooking gauntlets give players increased chance of successful treating certain types of fish, and while wearing these gauntlets players will burn fewer lobsters, swordfish, and sharks. However, there are statements based on both statistical and unknown evidence that the gauntlets have their power with other fish and pies.

When the Cook's Assistant quest is completed, the player is granted use of the Lumbridge Cook's magical range, which has a lower chance of burning food when compared to other ranges.

[edit] Power-Cooking

This is where players don't speak to anyone and have no distractions. This reduces the time to cook things thus gaining cooking level up faster. However, players will have no breaks so it is somewhat hard to keep cooking after a long time. Instead of dropping burnt food, which takes many clicks, simply bank them. Dropping individual items takes a long time, so it isn't good to do, even if they are not power-cooking. After having cooked everything, just take the burnt items of food out of the bank (noted) and drop them. Most power-cookers go to the area underneath the bar in Burthorpe, called the Rogue's Den. This is because the perpetual fire is only 1 to 6 squares away from the bank, as the banker is able to move around the Rogue's Den but he tends to stay in one place unless talked to. The bank isn't a normal bank, its a man named Emerald Benedict. This is the shortest distance to a fire any where.The shortest distance to a range is in the cooks guild although the downside of this is that the player must have completed Varrock Achievement diary completely. Players normally buy raw fish in large quantities and cook them, then resell to GE.

[edit] Temporary boosts

Chef's delight, a type of player-made beer, temporarily increases Cooking level by 1-5 when drunk (5% of base cooking level).

Orange Spicy stew raises Cooking level by up to 6 temporarily, but can also have the opposite effect and lower it by 6

[edit] Training Tips

A good way to train cooking for lower levels is to go to the Barbarian village fishing spot. Then on a quiet world collect the fish that fisherman drop and cook that fish on the fireplace in the helmet vendor's house in barbarian village.
To recap the above tip, training cooking with fish is good. Uncooked fish are easy to obtain, and with cooking gauntlets you'll have a lower chance of burning Lobster, Swordfish, and Shark.

The cook's range in Lumbridge Castle has less chance of burning food, and is available to all players who have completed the Cook's Assistant quest.
If you have food in the bank, go to places where fires are commonly lit such as the G.E., Draynor bank and Edgeville bank. By doing this you save two inventory spaces by not needing to light a fire.
Al Kharid, Catherby and Neitiznot all have a range quite close to the bank.
If you have completed all tasks in the Varrock Diary, you can wear your Varrock Armour 3 and use the bank & stove inside the cooking guild. These are only 3 steps from each other.
After you buy, fish or make your food it is advised that the best cooking spot for Members is underneath the pub south-east of the Burthorpe games room, where there is a fire feet away from the banker (Emerald Benedict).

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62 players have 200,000,000 experience in Cooking, the most for any skill.
Using a cooked item on a fire will not burn it.

See [[1]] for the cooking hiscores page on the runescape website.

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