Cooking

The Cooking skill is used to prepare raw food materials for a number of reasons, including the restoring of Hitpoints and the temporary boosting of skill levels. A good way to also train is to go to the barbarian village fishing spot. Then on a quiet world collect the fish that fisherman drop and cook that fish on the fireplace in the helmet vendor's house in barbarian village.

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 great profit, as many players are willing to purchase food already cooked. Cooking also has a larger variety of training options than any other skill. This is another reason Cooking is a very popular skill amongst players.

How to cook
Players can cook in different ways. They can cook their food on a fire, a spit, a Sulphur Vent or they can cook their food on a range. Ranges are labeled on the map as a cooking pan icon. It is important to note that only meat, fish, stew and tea can be cooked on a fire.

To cook, players have to use their food with a range or a fire. If they have more than one food item of the same kind in their inventory, a menu will ask them how many items they want to cook.

Interestingly enough, there is a way to reverse the effects of cooking something. If a player happens to be teleported to Evil Bob's Island with cooked food (food that requires cooking only, not adding toppings or extra ingredients such as cheese or potatoes, such as meat, and fish.) such as beef or sharks in their inventory can use the food on one of the two un-cooking pots, effectively turning it back into raw food. If the player tries to use an already-raw piece of food with the un-cooking pot however, the game will display a message box saying "That is already raw". Examples of food that will not work with the un-cooking pot are:


 * Pizza, with or without any toppings
 * Any sort of baked potato that has not had any topping applied to it. Normal baked potatoes (potatoes that have been cooked but no topping has been applied to them) are able to be used with the un-cooking pot on Evil Bob's Island.
 * Cake. Includes chocolate, sponge, and mint cakes.

Some of the food that works with the un-cooking pot on Evil Bob's Island:


 * Rat meat, beef, etc.
 * Any kind of fish, excluding seasoned sardines.

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 kinds of food.


 * Fish- (raw lobster, raw trout, etc.)
 * Flour - (Held in a pot)
 * Water - (Held in a bucket, bowl, vial or jug)
 * Meat - (Raw meat, Raw rat meat, Raw bear meat, Raw yak meat, Raw chicken)
 * Vegetables - (Potatoes, Cabbages, Grain)
 * Fruits - (Cooking apple, Grapes, Banana, Redberries)
 * Bowl
 * Bucket
 * Cake tin
 * Jug
 * Pie dish
 * Pot
 * Knife

Meat
Players can obtain meat from killing chickens, cows, bears, yaks, 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 all three kinds. If meat is used on the fire after it is already cooked, it will become burnt and a message will say, "You deliberately burn the nicely cooked meat."

Fish
Fish are the most common food to cook in RuneScape, due to the availability. They heal a great amount of Hitpoints and are the recommended food to eat when in combat. Fish can be easily obtained by Fishing or bought in large amounts from other players.
 * Level at which cooking no longer burns. Parentheses indicates level at which cooking no longer burns while wearing cooking gauntlets.

Snails
Members can also cook snail meat, obtained by killing snails in the Mort Myre swamp and 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 then used with a jug of water or a bucket of water to make the dough. The dough can only be cooked on a range, not on a fire. When the dough is baked, it becomes bread.

Pies


Pies require two bites to be fully consumed, 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 consumed 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 heal large amounts of Hitpoints. Like pies, pizzas are consumed in two bites, so that players can 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. Add a tomato and a slice of cheese on the base. Both a tomato and a slice of cheese can be taken from Aggie the Witch's house in Draynor Village, north of the bank; and also in the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness. They can also be bought from the food store in Port Sarim. When the tomato and cheese are added to the pizza base, the pizza must be baked. It is possible to add various toppings to the pizza after baking it.

Cake
Cakes require three bites to be fully consumed, 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 found near the chicken coops around Lumbridge, while milk can be obtained by milking dairy cows with a bucket. Dairy cows are found near the level 2 cows around Lumbridge, and also on a farm south of Falador, which also houses a churn. When all of these items are placed in the cake tin, the cake can be cooked on a range.

Potato Toppings
Potato Toppings are members only.

Baked Potato
Baking potatoes are members only.

Dairy
Dairy products can only be made on Members' worlds with a Dairy churn. A Dairy churn is found on the farm south of Falador and at several other locations.

Wine
Wine is made from a jug of water and a bunch of grapes. Grapes can be found in the cooking guild, In the Phoenix gang's hideout, or stolen from the Wine Stall in Draynor Village (Level 22 Thieving required, Members Only); members who have completed a portion of Recipe for Disaster can obtain grapes from the Culinaromancer's chest. A jug can be found on the top floor of the cooking guild. 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.Wine gives 200 experience for a good jug ,and none for a bad jug.If you make the maximum amount of jugs in one trip (14) successfully,you will get 2800 experience.

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.

Ales
Head to the brewery in either Keldagrim or Port Phasmatys

Steps for brewing Ales:
 * 1) 2 buckets of water added to fermenting vat.
 * 2) 2 lots of barley malt added to fermenting vat. (made by cooking barley on a cooking range)
 * 3) 1 bag of The stuff added to fermenting vat. (optional, 50% increase in chance of mature ale)
 * 4) An ingredient, that varies depending on what kind of ales desired, added to fermenting vat. (see chart)[[Image:Getting_beer.gif|right|frame|A player retrieving their ale from the barrel.]]
 * 5) 1 pot of ale yeast added to fermenting vat. (bought from NPC near vat, players will need an Amulet of Ghostspeak and 5 Ecto-tokens AND an Empty pot for the one located in Port Phasmatys, 25 coins for Keldagrim, empty pot spawn near vat)
 * 6) Next, wait for the brew to ferment. If the brew is not ready, the examine text will say, "_____ ale is fermenting in this vat."  If you attempt to turn the valve prematurely, you will receive the prompt, "Are you sure you want to drain the vat?"  Note that fermenting often takes a good 24 hours.
 * 7) Once it's done brewing (examine will say "This vat is filled with _____ ale."), turn the valve between the vat and the attached barrel to move brewed ale to the barrel (make sure the barrel is empty first!)
 * 8) Use 8 beer glasses on the barrel or 2 Calquat kegs. This will fill players' glasses or kegs with brew.

Players may now start the next batch.

Note: The contents of the vat will change colour as the fermenting progresses.

Cider
To make cider, 16 cooking apples, a pot of ale yeast, and 4 empty buckets are required.

Head to the brewery and put four of the apples in the nearby cider barrel. The players' character will do a nice dance and squish the apples to a pulp, making a bucket of apple mush. Use empty buckets on the apple barrel to get 4 buckets of mashed apples.

Once all 4 buckets are filled, add them to the fermenting vat, then the ale yeast into the fermenting vat and wait.

Mature brews
With normal brewing, a player can randomly make matured ale, shown by a (m) next to the drink. Matured ale is slightly stronger than normal ale.

"The stuff" is available from Honest Jimmy for 50 Pieces of Eight at the Trouble Brewing minigame. It gives a 50% chance of brewing a mature ale of the type the player is brewing.

Add "The stuff" after the barley and before other ingredients and yeast. If the player try to add it after the other ingredient or after the yeast, it's too late, and will be told he or she can't add that to this vat.

Failure
Occasionally ale will become bad, wasting all that time. Drain the vat and try again.

Types of Ales and Ciders

 * All ales except Moonlight Mead decrease attack, and all ales except Asgarnian Ale and Dragon Bitter decrease strength.

Gnome Cooking
Gnome cooking plays a big part in the Gnome Restaurant minigame. Further information can be found in said article.

Trivia

 * 44 People have 200M XP in Cooking, the most for any skill.