Cooking


 * Help needed on meats, brewing, pictures, exp, and hp healed on cider. Need a section on gnomish foods.

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, a spit or they can cook their food on a range. Ranges are labelled on the map as a cooking pan  icon. 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 - (Held in a pot)
 * Water - (Held in a bucket, bowl or jug)
 * Meat - (Raw meat,Raw Rat Meat,Raw bear meat)
 * Vegetables - (Potatoes,Cabbages,Grain)
 * Fruits - (Cooking apple,Grapes,Banana)
 * Bowl
 * Bucket
 * Cake tin
 * Jug
 * Pie dish
 * Pot

Meats
Players can obtain meat from killing chickens, cows, bears, 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 the three meats. If you use the meat on the fire after it's already cooked it'll say, "You delibrately Burnt the fine meat."

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

Snails
Members can also cook snail meat that can be obtained by killing snails in the Mort Myre swamp and in the 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.

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 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.

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, or stolen from the Wine Stall in Draynor Village (Level 22 Thieving required, Members Only). Use the grapes with the jug of water to make unfermented wine. About 10 seconds later, the wine will ferment and either be drinkable, or go bad.

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.

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. You need 2 bundles of barley malt, a pot of ale yeast (bought from NPC near vat), 2 buckets of water and an ingredient that varies depending on what you want to make. Head to the brewery in either Keldagrim or Port Phasmatys, and pour your 2 buckets in the tub. Add the barley malt, then your ingredients and finally the ale yeast. Next, wait for awhile, as much as an entire day in some cases. Return and use a beer glass on the tap. Making Cider is completely different however. You need a massive 16 apples, a pot of ale yeast, and 4 empty buckets. Head to the brewery and put four of the apples in the nearby cider barrel. Your character will do a nice dance and squish the apples to a pulp, making a bucket of apple mush. Once you have 4, add them, then the ale yeast into the fermenting vat and wait. Occasionally, you will make bad ale, wasting all that time. You can also sometimes make matured ale, shown by a (m) next to the drink. Matured ale is slightly stronger than normal ale. Also, if you add "The stuff" bought from Honest Jimmy instead of ale yeast, the chances of getting mature ale is increased.


 * All ales decrease attack, and all ales except Asgarnian Ale decrease strength.

Gnome Cooking
Main article: Gnome Cooking

Gnome Cooking plays a big part in the Gnome restaurant minigame further information can be found there.

Sell and buy, or just trade
Fish play a big role in the cooking market, particularly the high level ones (lobsters, sharks). They make up the bulk of the food market, and with high demands in both raw and cooked forms.

When training on lobsters or sharks, players may wish to use the RuneScape food forum to buy raw fish and sell cooked ones. Alternatively, they may wish to trade cooked fish for raw ones, one for one. This method saves money and time, because no value is lost between the trades, and cooking materials are easily found.

Cook in the correct environment
Some places are more suited for cooking than others. Here are a few.

The Catherby range is just east of the Catherby bank. This place is frequented often, giving lots of chances for interaction. There are a couple of fishing spots nearby, giving players opportunities to fish and cook at the same time. However, it is a short walk from the bank to the range, and in the long term, the loss in time is significant. Also, the range is located inside a house with a door that auto-closes every few minutes, inconveniencing cooks.

Lumbridge is a good place to cook if you have started Recipe for Disaster. The Culinaromancer's Chest in the cellar can act as a bank and a food store, which can be used in conjunction with the range in the kitchen, which has a lower burn rate than most ranges. Also, the Lumbridge Home Port spell can take players there almost immediately, which is good if you have just gathered special ingredients.

The Tree Gnome Stronghold is useful because you can make Gnome Cocktails, Gnome Foods, and various other dishes thanks to Hudo and Heckel Funch who supply you with plenty of cooking ingredients. There is easy access to a bank and a minigame as well.

The Rogue's Den fires are located at the start of the Rogue's Den, just below the Burthope pub. This place is an excellant and fast way to level cooking. The bank(Emerald Benedict) may just be a step away from the fire, allowing players to cut down on time spent walking. The fire is everlasting, so there is no need to worry about relighting it, saving inventory space. On the downside, rogues den only has a fire as the means to cook, so it is only usable for cooking fish or meat. Lastly, due to the bank being an NPC, he may wander around from time to time, requiring players to sometimes walk.

If you wish to be in a friendly environment with lots of people whilst cooking, try the Catherby range or the Rogue's Den. They can often be filled with fellow chefs looking to talk.

Cooking Gauntlets
Players who complete the Family Crest quest can have their gauntlets made into Cooking Gauntlets, which increase the chances of successfully cooking tuna, lobsters, swordfish and sharks by a considerable amount. They also decreases the level required to no longer burn these foods by 5.

Temporary boosts

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


 * Brown Spicy stew can be used to raise the player's Cooking by up to 6 levels, but it can also have the opposite effect and lower it.

Trivia

 * Before fishing was added in June 2001, the experience for cooking meat depended on the player's cooking level, namely, 25 + 1.75 * level.
 * Before pies were added in March 2001, the amount of healing provided by bread and meat (the only food available at the time) depended on the player's Cooking level.
 * Tks was the first player to reach level 99 Cooking.
 * Cooking tied with Fletching were the first non-combat skills to get 10,000 users with a level of 99.
 * Cooking is one of the fastest skills a player can reach 99 in, it only taking two weeks from levels 1-99 (assuming you cook all day and have all the raw food prepared).

99 Cooking

 * Once a player has reached 99 cooking he/she can buy a cooking skillcape for 99,000gp.
 * The cooking skillcape emote is unique and different from other ones. For example:
 * Your character will pull out a pan, he will flip a pie in the air, then your character will hold the pan out catching a piece of meat and hold the finished meat pie above his/her head.