Cook's Assistant

Cook's Assistant is the oldest of the RuneScape quests, and is often one of the first quests completed by new players as it is fairly simple. Players can complete Cook's assistant without leaving Lumbridge.

Starting Out
To begin this quest, the player should talk to the cook in the kitchen of Lumbridge Castle's first floor. He will tell the player that he needs ingredients to make a cake for Duke Horacio for his birthday. He wants the player to retrieve a bucket of milk, a pot of flour and an egg, and to bring those items back to him.

Obtaining the Ingredients
Before heading off to collect the ingredients, players should take the pot that is sitting on the table in the kitchen to collect the flour in. There is also a bucket in the cellar through the trapdoors in the kitchen, which can be used to collect the milk. You could alternatively buy both of these items in a general store.

Obtaining a Bucket of Milk
To obtain milk, players require a bucket and a dairy cow. Just left-click on the cow with a bucket in your inventory. There are two places near Lumbridge where there are diary cows:
 * The cow field north of Mill Lane Mill, where Beefy Bill is set up. To get there, head north along the path from Fred the Farmer's farm, between the fields.
 * The cow field east of the River Lum. Here you can ask Gillie Groats for advice on milking cows. It is just south of the chicken farm.

Obtaining a Pot of Flour
To make the flour:
 * Pick some wheat from the field to the north-west of Fred the Farmer's farm.
 * Head north along the road to the east of the field and you should find Mill Lane Mill, a windmill. Go inside and head up to the top floor. Put the grain into the hopper and pull the lever. Now head down to the ground floor and if you have a pot in your inventory, empty the flour bin.

You can alternatively buy some flour from Wydin's Food Store in Port Sarim for 14 coins.

Obtaining an Egg
There are two locations an egg can be obtained near Lumbridge:
 * Fred the Farmer's farm, north of Lumbridge and south of Mill Lane Mill. There is one egg respawn here. You can get here by walking north from the front of Lumbridge Castle.
 * The farm to the north-east of Lumbridge, east of the River Lum. Cross the bridge going across River Lum North-east of the castle and follow the path north. After a little while, you will come across a chicken farm on the west side of the path. There are two egg respawns in this farm.

Now that all three of the ingredients have been collected, take them all back to the cook and the quest will be completed.

More Expensive Method
This method can be quicker, although whether it is worth it is debatable.
 * Buy a bucket of milk, a pot of flour and an egg from the Grand Exchange in Varrock.
 * With those three items in your inventory, talk to the cook to start the quest. Talk to the cook again to give him the three items and complete the quest.

Rewards



 * 1 Quest Point
 * 300 [[File:Cooking.gif]] experience
 * Permission to use the cook's range, which gives players 50% more chance of cooking food successfully
 * 500gp
 * 20 raw sardines

Music
Music tracks unlocked:

None, although players may unlock tracks from the outskirts of Lumbridge if they haven't already.

Trivia

 * Cooks Assistant was one of the 6 quests available during RuneScape's launch.
 * Despite being one of the easiest and shortest quests in RuneScape, Cook's Assistant is the only requirement other than level 10 Cooking required to start its sequel, Recipe for Disaster, one of the longest quests in the game.
 * Jagex mentioned in the March 2006 issue of the Postbag from the Hedge that Cook's Assistant was the first quest they started to develop.
 * This quest is often called a 'noob' or 'newbie' quest, and used in many jokes about quests.
 * This quest was mentioned in the 2008 Easter event, in which it was used to make the Chocatrice angry. "...It said you couldn't even do the Cook's Assistant quest."
 * Fishers usually finish this quest to use the range for the convenience.
 * This is the only free quest that gives Cooking as an experience reward directly.
 * This is one of the shortest quests in RuneScape. It can be completed almost instantly after starting if players already have the needed ingredients.
 * There is no need to speak to the cook again after the quest to use his range; instantly after completion the player is automatically granted full access.
 * Before the update of 15 December 2009, the entire reward for the quest was the 300 Cooking experience and the Quest Point. A player who finished the quest before the update can get the 500 coins and 20 sardines (noted) by speaking to the Lumbridge Cook.

Cook's Assistant