This quest has a quick guide, found here, which briefly summarises the steps needed to complete the quest.

Cook's Assistant (#1)

Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members only?	No
Voice acted?	No
Quest series	None
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Short
Developer	Original: Paul Gower Rework: Chihiro Y Second improvement: Fred M

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Cook's Assistant is the first RuneScape quest ever released.^[1] In the quest, players must obtain a bucket of top-quality milk, a super large egg, and a pot of extra fine flour. They need to give the items to the cook, who requires the ingredients to make a cake for Duke Horacio.

This quest was one of the six available during RuneScape's launch, and was originally developed by Paul Gower. It has since gone through a rework and another improvement which introduced different ingredients and additional rewards.

Official description Edit

Walkthrough Edit

Start point:	Speak to the cook in the kitchen of Lumbridge Castle.
Member requirement:
Official difficulty:	Novice
Length:	Short[2]
Requirements:	None
Items required:	Items from the toolbelt do not need to be listed unless that version won't work, or aren't automatically added to it. A bucket (can be obtained during the quest) An empty pot (can be obtained during the quest)
Enemies to defeat:	None

A feast for a DukeEdit

To begin the quest, talk to the cook in the Lumbridge Castle's kitchen, which is on the ground floor. He tells you that it is Duke Horacio's birthday, and he is supposed to prepare a cake for the celebration, but he has forgotten to bring some of the ingredients required for the cake. Thus, he requires you to bring him a bucket of top-quality milk, a super large egg, and a pot of extra fine flour.

Obtaining the ingredientsEdit

Before heading off to collect the ingredients, it is advised to take the empty pot sitting on the table in the kitchen, to collect the flour with. The bucket for collecting the milk can be obtained right next to the prized cow, in the cattle pen east of the River Lum and south of the chicken farm, next to the prized dairy cow from whom the top-quality milk is collected. One could alternatively buy both of the items in a general store.

Top-quality milkEdit

A bucket of top-quality milk may be obtained from the Lumbridge cow field. To do this, simply use a bucket on the prized dairy cow to receive a bucket of Top-quality milk. A bucket can be obtained at the nearby general store for 2 coins.

Super large eggEdit

To obtain a super large egg, visit the chicken farm in Lumbridge, east of the River Lum, and pick up the super large egg there. The egg can also be found outside Fred the Farmer's farm, which is north of Lumbridge Castle and south-east of Mill Lane Mill, a local windmill.

Extra fine flourEdit

Lastly, to obtain the extra fine flour, you should pick up some wheat from the field west of Fred the Farmer's farm, leave the field, and head north to Mill Lane Mill. Speak to Millie Miller about making extra fine flour before climbing to the top floor, so she can convert regular flour into the extra fine kind by realigning millstones. Use the grain with the hopper and operate the hopper controls, in order to cause the grain to grind. Finally, head down to the ground floor and empty the flour bin by clicking on it.

DeliveryEdit

To wrap up, take the ingredients back to the cook in the castle. Speak to him for the final time, and give him the ingredients to complete the quest.

RewardsEdit

The following are rewarded to you upon completion of the quest:

• 1 quest point
• 300 Cooking experience
• 500 coins
• 20 sardines
• Permission to use the Cook-o-matic 25, which has a lower chance of burning food than other ranges.
• 2 extra spins on the Squeal of Fortune

If you have completed the quest before the update that awards 20 sardines and 500 coins, you can claim them at any time by speaking to the cook.

Required for completingEdit

The completion of Cook's Assistant is a requirement to complete the following:

• Recipe for Disaster
• Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks:
  • Medium: "A Meal Fit For a Duke"
  • Hard: "Have your Cake and Eat It"

TranscriptEdit

Development and releaseEdit

Cook's Assistant was first released on 4 January 2001 on the launch of RuneScape Classic, the same day The Restless Ghost, Demon Slayer, Romeo & Juliet, Shield of Arrav and Sheep Shearer quests were released. It was originally developed by Paul Gower, one of the co-founders of Jagex.^[3] Andrew Gower, another co-founder,^[3] originally did the conversion, while Nishal K did the QuestHelp and Ian T did the audio for the quest.^[2]

The quest has been reworked since its release. The rework was developed by Chihiro Y, the Quality Assurance was done by Daniel G, and the graphics were done by Matt M.^[2]

Another improvement was implemented on 15 December 2009.^[4] The 500 coins and 20 sardines rewards were added with it. The improvement also changed the type of ingredients that were required. Beforehand, players only had to bring an ordinary egg, bucket of milk and flour to the cook, which meant that they could just finish the quest by talking to the cook twice with the ingredients ready. The second improvement was developed by Fred M, the Quality Assurance was done by Dean O and James H, and the graphics were done by Alec V, Giuseppe G, and Daniel J.^[2]

Reception and sequelEdit

In a 2007 poll, 3% of players voted that Cook's Assistant was their favourite novice quest. In another poll in the same year, 50% of players voted that it was the first quest they completed. A sequel to the quest, Recipe for Disaster,^[1] was released on 15 March 2006.^[5]

TriviaEdit

• For the April Fools 2013, a video was released by Jagex showing the development of 'Cook's Assistant - The Musical', to emphasise how iconic the quest is. This was, however, a joke.

ReferencesEdit

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