Bouldabass



Bouldabass is one of the food items that was added to the game along with the skill Dungeoneering in the 12 April 2010 update. It is a tier 7 fish, and heals 170 life points. According to the 44th Postbag from the Hedge, Thok named the bouldabass after chipping his tooth on its stiff scales.

Raw bouldabass can be fished at a fishing level of 60, and cooked into bouldabass at a cooking level of 60. At a cooking level of 63, the cooked bouldabass can be added to a cooked cave potato to create a bouldabass potato. At a cooking level of 66, the cooked bouldabass can be added to a gissel potato to create bouldabass & gissel potato. And at a cooking level of 69, the cooked bouldabass can be added to a edicap potato to create a bouldabass & edicap potato.

Trivia

 * The name is a play on bouillabaisse, a type of fish stew which originated in France.
 * Its name may also be a portmanteau of 'boulder' and 'bass', as an indication of its size and rocky "scales".
 * When a player reaches a constitution level of 80, monsters will start dropping bouldabass.
 * It is named by Thok, In the Postbag from the Heim released on 7 October 2010, he bit a tooth out when trying to eat the fish, only to find its scales being very hard. However it is revealed by Marmaros as Thok does not want players to know that.