Lobster

Lobsters are the cooked version of raw lobsters. They are a very popular food to both free-to-play and pay-to-play players.

Where to Get
Apart from buying them from other players, lobsters can be acquired by:


 * Cooking raw lobsters. Players with level 40 or higher in the Cooking skill can cook raw lobsters on a range or fire to create lobsters and gain 120 Cooking experience.  For more information see this page.


 * Buying them from shops. The following sell lobsters:
 * Fishing Guild Shop
 * Keepa Kettilon's Store
 * Port Sarim fishing shop


 * Monster drops. The following monsters each sometimes drop a small number of lobsters:
 * Ice Troll
 * Black Demon
 * Abyssal Demon
 * Fire Giant
 * Brine Rat

Uses
Cooked lobsters are an extremely popular food. They heal 12 Hitpoints each. This combined with the fact that they are rather easy to acquire makes them an efficient way for players to heal.

Free-to-play
While lobsters are often used for training on pay-to-play servers, it is not recommended that they are used for player killing. Instead sharks or at least monkfish are recommended so that the player is not easily killed.

Trivia

 * Back in RSC, the colouration of the lobster was actually the wrong way around. Raw lobsters were a bright red colour when caught, and turned a deep brown when cooked. It wasn't until the implementation of the "RS2" upgrade that it was fixed.
 * Players have been known to sell a "rare black lobster" for outrageous prices in the past. This was just a worthless burnt lobster. The term "rare black lobster" is now used as a term making fun of new player's gullibility.
 * There is a scam in which players are tricked into trading their inventory for some lobsters.

Lobster