Cooking

The cooking skill is used to make food, which can be eaten to heal a player's hitpoints.

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 a great profit, as many players are willing to purchase food already cooked.

How to cook
Players can cook in two different ways. They can cook their food on a fire or they can cook their food on a range. Ranges are labelled on the mini-map as a cooking pan. It is also important to note that only meat, fish, vegetables, and tea can be cooked on a fire.

To cook, players have to use their food with a range or fire. If they have more than one same kind of food in their inventory, then a menu will appear in the chatbox which will ask them the amount of the food they want to cook. This is known as 'cook x'; the 'x' being the number of food the player wants cooked.

At a low cooking level, players will burn much of their food. But as they raise their cooking level, they will burn less often and eventually never burn again.

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 foods.


 * Flour
 * Water
 * Meat
 * Vegetables
 * Fruits
 * Bowl
 * Bucket
 * Cake tin
 * Jug
 * Pie dish
 * Pot

Meats
Players can obtain meat from killing chickens, cows, bears, and 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 the three meats.

Fish
Fish are what almost all players of RuneScape cook. They heal a great amount of hitpoints and are the recommended food to eat when in combat. All a player has to do is fish and then cook what they catch on either a fire or on a range.

Snails
Members can also cook snail meat from Mort Myre swamp and in the Haunted Forest, southest of the slayer master Mazchna. The Priest in Peril quest has to be finished to access both areas, as well as Nature Spirit to access the swamp. 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 snail meat, and then cook it.

Bread
To make bread, players need to first make flour, which is explained above. When they've made flour, they must then use it with a jug of water or a bucket of water. When they use water with flour, they will make the dough. The dough can only be cooked on a range, not on a fire. When the dough is done being baked, it will become bread.

Pie
Pies require two bites to be fully eaten, 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 eaten 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.

Stew
To make stew, players need a bowl and some cooked meat. 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.

Pizza
Many players like to use pizzas to heal themselves as they can heal quite alot of HP. Also, like pie, they require players to take two bites, allowing them to 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. Players then need to add a tomato and a slice of cheese on the base. Both a tomato and a slice of cheese can be taken from their respawn in Draynor Village in Aggie the Witch's house, north of the bank. They can also be bought from the food store in Port Sarim. When the tomato and slice of cheese is added to the pizza base, the pizza can then be baked. Players can also add things on their pizza after they have finished baking it.

Cake
Cakes require three bites to be fully eaten, 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 near the chicken coops around Lumbridge, while milk can be obtained by milking dairy cows with a bucket. Dairy cows are around Lumbridge near the level 2 cows. When all of these items are placed in the cake tin, the cake can then be cooked on a range.

Wine
To make wine, a jug of water and grapes are needed. Grapes can be found in the cooking guild. Use the grapes with the jug of water to make unfermented wine. About 10 seconds later, the wine will ferment and be drinkable.

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 southeast of the slayer master in Canifis. 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.

Cooking Gauntlets
Players who complete the Family Crest quest can have their gauntlets made into Cooking Gauntlets, which increase the chances of successfully cooking lobsters, swordfish, and sharks.

Temporary boosts

 * Chef's Delight a type of player-made beer increases cooking by 1-5 temporarily.