Food

Food, in RuneScape, is what enables the player to regain hitpoints, although some foods may have other effects as well. Food can be obtained through the Cooking skill, as a drop from certain monsters, from some random events such as the Sandwich Lady random event, from other players, or from non-player characters.



There are several kinds of food, such as fish and meat, bread, cakes, pies, and even pizza. Some foods, such as pies, cakes and pizzas, have two or more "bites" or "slices". There are also foods which grows from the ground such as potatoes, cabbages, and onions; those items can be put into baskets and sacks. There are also special foods such as spinach roll and baguette gained from random events. Lastly, there are holiday items food such as pumpkin and easter egg. It is strongly recommended that a player does not eat holiday items, as some are rare and extremely valuable.

Some foods have effect on skills other then hitpoints. For example, wine makes your hitpoints go up, though it has a downside. If a player drinks a jug of wine and then goes to the skills tab, it can be seen that the player's attack level temporarily decreased, while the strength level increased. The negative effect eventually wears off, though, and the affected stat is back to normal within some time. Most of such effects do not stack.

Common foods
Here are some common foods. A complete list of cooked foods can be found in the Cooking skill page.

Trivia

 * Purple Sweets are the only stackable food in the game, healing 1-3 health and restoring 10% run energy.
 * If you eat the same time you are hit you gain the hitpoints first then lose the amount of damage you got.
 * Though monkfish heal more than either swordfish or lobster, their cost:heal ratio is better than either. This is because swordfish and lobster are in high demand in Free-to-play.
 * You can slice a banana with a knife to make sliced banana. The slices heals 2 hitpoints.
 * Strangely enough, the mouse cursor for eating (After September 2nd updates) represents a half-eaten apple, although you cannot eat apples in RuneScape.