Food

Food, in RuneScape, is what enables the player to regain life points, 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 than life points. For example, wine makes your life points 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.

Image	Name	Heals	Members?	GE Price	Price/LP	Weight	Notes
File:Crayfish.gif	Crayfish	20	No	38	19	Unknown	Discovered during the tutorial quest Learning the Ropes.
File:Anchovies.PNG	Anchovies	10	No	37	37	0.1	Low level players fish and cook these for easy food
File:Shrimp.PNG	Shrimp	30	No	138	46	0.5	Low level players fish and cook these for easy food.
File:Cooked chicken.PNG	Cooked chicken	30	No	69	23	0.1	Low level players cook raw chicken for easy food.
File:Cooked meat.PNG	Cooked meat	30	No	163	54.33	0.25	Low level players cook raw meat (such as raw beef or raw rat meat) for easy food.
File:Bread.gif	Bread	50	No	323	64.6	0.5	Baked by players, see Cooking skill.
File:Herring.PNG	Herring	50	No	36	7.2	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Mackerel.PNG	Mackerel	60	Yes	28	4.67	0.3	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Trout.PNG	Trout	70	No	72	10.29	0.4	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Cod.PNG	Cod	70	Yes	73	10.43	Unknown	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Pike.PNG	Pike	80	No	29	3.63	Unknown	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Salmon.PNG	Salmon	90	No	29	3.22	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Tuna.PNG	Tuna	100	No	37	3.7	0.4	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Cake	120	No	579	48.25	0.2	Baked by players, see Cooking skill. Also thieved from East Ardougne market. Takes 3 bites to eat (each healing 40).
File:Lobster.PNG	Lobster	120	No	141	11.75	0.35	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Bass.PNG	Bass	130	Yes	299	23	<0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Swordfish.PNG	Swordfish	140	No	157	11.21	Unknown	Players fish and cook these for food. Used by non-member PKers.
File:Bottleofwine.PNG	Bottle of wine	140	Yes			1	Reduces attack temporarily by 3, can be stolen from Wine stall in Draynor market
File:Potato cheese.gif	Potato with cheese	160	Yes	298	18.63	0.5	Heals the same amount as Monkfish.
File:Cookedmonkfish.PNG	Monkfish	160	Yes	388	24.25	0.4	Players fish and cook these for food. Commonly used by members as a cheap but less effective alternative to shark.
File:Anchovy pizza.gif	Anchovy Pizza	180	No	If you need assistance on editing this page, or trying to understand how these Exchange pages work, please add a comment to Talk:Grand Exchange Market Watch. Anchovy pizza A pizza with anchovies. Price data Price: 600 Last updated: 3 years ago (update) 9 June 2020, 01:12 (UTC) Other details Exchange ID: 2297 Low Alchemy: 24 High Alchemy: 36 Value: 60 Exchange limit: 1,000 GED Category: Food and Drink External links Look up current price Search for relevant prices Usage This item is used in: Grand Exchange Market Watch/Cooking Modules: info • data		Unknown	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 90 each bite).
File:Shark.PNG	Shark	200	Yes	If you need assistance on editing this page, or trying to understand how these Exchange pages work, please add a comment to Talk:Grand Exchange Market Watch. Shark I'd better be careful eating this. Price data Price: 1,933 Last updated: 3 years ago (update) 9 June 2020, 03:53 (UTC) Other details Exchange ID: 385 Low Alchemy: 120 High Alchemy: 180 Value: 300 Exchange limit: 10,000 GED Category: Food and Drink External links Look up current price Search for relevant prices Usage This item is used in: Grand Exchange Market Watch/Common Trade Index Grand Exchange Market Watch/Cooking Grand Exchange Market Watch/Divination Grand Exchange Market Watch/Fishing Grand Exchange Market Watch/Food Index Grand Exchange Market Watch/Most traded Modules: info • data		0.6	Players fish and cook these for food. Used commonly by members.
File:Sea turtle.PNG	Sea turtle	210	Yes	If you need assistance on editing this page, or trying to understand how these Exchange pages work, please add a comment to Talk:Grand Exchange Market Watch. Sea turtle Tasty! Price data Price: 1,541 Last updated: 3 years ago (update) 9 June 2020, 03:50 (UTC) Other details Exchange ID: 397 Low Alchemy: 200 High Alchemy: 300 Value: 500 Exchange limit: 10,000 GED Category: Food and Drink External links Look up current price Search for relevant prices Usage This item is used in: Grand Exchange Market Watch/Cooking Grand Exchange Market Watch/Fishing Grand Exchange Market Watch/Minigames Modules: info • data		0.35	Players playing the fishing trawler mini-game and then cook these for food. Used by memberplayer killers or in difficult quests.
File:Pineapple pizza.gif	Pineapple Pizza	220	Yes			0.35	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 110 each bite).
File:Manta ray.PNG	Manta ray	220	Yes			0.4	Players playing the fishing trawler mini-game and then cook these for food. Used by member player killers or in difficult quests.
File:Potato tunasweetcorn.gif	Tuna potato	220	Yes			0.5	Heals as much and as fast (one bite) as a manta ray, but is cheaper.
File:Wild pie.gif	Wild pie	220	Yes			Unknown	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat, with each bite healing 110 life points, and boosting up to 4 Ranged and 5 Slayer levels.
File:Summer pie.PNG	Summer pie	220	Yes			Unknown	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat, with each bite healing 110 life points, and boosting up to 5 Agility levels, and restoring 20% of your energy.
File:ImageRocktail.gif	Rocktail	230	Yes			0.35	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. When eaten, they heal 230 life points and can heal a player up to 100 life points higher than the maximum life points.

Notes

When players are selecting the right food for the next venture, there are a few factors to keep in mind:

• Effectiveness: If players know exactly what they're going to be facing, they should try to find food that heals for more than their max hit in one bite. E.g., a TzHaar-Ket will generally hit 150. Therefore, shark and monkfish are adequate while lobsters might prove ineffective in that scenario.
• Cost: How much will healing each life point cost? Sharks are coins each and heal 200 life points. Monkfish heal 160 life points and cost coins, making them more cost effective. Also, what foods can be made by the player for free? Is it worth it to invest the time to do so?
• Space: How much space will the food take up in player's inventory? Is it better to carry multiple bite foods such as a basket of strawberries or single bite foods like monkfish? Is space important enough to justify taking less food or more expensive, high-healing food?
• Restoration: Monkfish cost coins and heal 160. Potatoes with cheese heal 160 also. Depending on the GE price, it may cost less to use potatoes with cheese over monkfish.
• Time: How much time will it take to eat your food? Is it better to take high healing manta rays (Heals 220 - 1 bite) or the much cheaper summer pies (Heals 110 per bite - 2 bites)?

Trivia

• Purple Sweets are the only stackable food in the game, healing 10-30 life points and restoring 10% run energy per serving.
• File:Cursor-apple.png
  The mouse cursor for eating (after 2 September updates) represents a half-eaten apple, although you can't eat apples in RuneScape.

See also

• Cooking
• Cooking Guild
• Drinks

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