Monkfish

For the item used in the quest Hunt for Red Raktuber, see Monkfish (Hunt for Red Raktuber).

Monkfish are members-only food that heal 160 Life Points when consumed. During the Swan Song quest, players must fish fresh monkfish, a non-tradeable quest item that heals 10 Life Points when successfully cooked, then consumed.

Members with at least level 62 Fishing can catch raw monkfish, gaining 120 Fishing experience points per fish. They can do this with a small fishing net; but the only suitable fishing spot is at the Piscatoris Fishing Colony, which requires players to have completed Swan Song.

Members can cook the raw monkfish if they have at least level 62 Cooking, and gain 150 experience if they are successful in doing so.

Cooking and burning rates
Failure to cook the raw monkfish will produce burnt monkfish instead. At 71 Cooking, players burn about 1 out of every 4 monkfish (based on a sample size of 364 monkfish: 88 were burned) on a range in the cooking guild. On the same range, and with cooking gauntlets, the rate of burn seems to be reduced by about 1/3rd: 1 out of 6 is burned (54/319). At level 89 Cooking, players burn about 1 out of every 120 monkfish or about 1 out of every 270 with Cooking Gauntlets.

Burning monkfish becomes impossible after level 92 Cooking. It is for this reason that players are advised to use the cook's range in Lumbridge Castle under the level of 85, as this decreases the chance of burning. Recently, monkfish have gone down in value drastically, but the price seems to be going back up.

Cooking gauntlets do aid in the cooking success rate of monkfish, but do not affect what level you stop burning them at. JaGex has not stated what level is required to stop burning Monkfish. Most players assume that that level is 90 cooking though. However, if using Cooking gauntlets and cooking on a range, it is exceedingly rare to burn a monkfish after level 86 cooking.

Comparison with other foods

 * Monkfish are a very popular high level food as they are significantly cheaper than sharks, but heal almost as many Life Points (160 points versus 200).
 * The speed of catching Monkfish in terms of other fish are as followed, Lobster > Monkfish, Shark < Monkfish

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Trivia

 * During the Swan song quest, fresh monkfish heal only 10 Life Points when eaten.
 * Lophius piscatorius is the scientific name for Monkfish. Piscatoris Fishing Colony probably got the name for that reason.
 * Raw monkfish (and cooked to some extent too) are popular among item flipping merchants. They are bought in high quantity when the price dips and are sold back after a short amount of time (minimum 4 hrs) for great profit.