Food

Template:RSC page 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. The highest healing food for non-members is an anchovy pizza; for members it is the Juju gumbo with 1 bite. However the fastest healing food for members with multiple bites are summer pies which only takes 0.6 seconds per bite (3x faster than some types of food).

There are many types of food: fish, meat, bread, cakes, pies, and pizza. Some foods, such as pies, cakes and pizzas, have two or more "bites" or "slices". This is a downside that can easily be remedied by using the food on a Cornucopia in battle (but it doesn't interrupt your attacks) then using it to heal your life points. There are also foods which grow 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. You could also get food as a treasure trail reward, in the form of purple sweets or biscuits. 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 all are rare and extremely valuable.

Note: Eating 1 part of a pie only takes 0.6 seconds and eating 1 shark for example takes 1.8 seconds (3x longer), so overall you can heal faster with high level pies and the limit is 330 with summer pies.

Some foods affect stats other than life points. Wine increases life points, though it temporarily lowers the drinker's Attack level, while their strength level temporarily increases. Beer raises your strength while reducing your attack. The negative effects eventually wear off, though, and the affected stats go back to normal in time. Most 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
	Crayfish	20	No	38	1.9	1	Discovered during the now removed tutorial quest Learning the Ropes.
	Anchovies	10	No	37	3.7	0.1	Low level players fish and cook these for easy food, and they can put on pizzas.
	Garden pie	120	Yes	303	2.53	0	This food is made by players using the cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat, with each bite healing 60 life points, and temporarily boosting farming level by 3.
	Shrimp	30	No	138	4.6	0.5	Low level players fish and cook these for easy food.
	Cooked chicken	30	No	69	2.3	0.1	Low level players cook raw chicken for easy food.
	Cooked meat	30	No	163	5.43	0.25	Low level players cook raw meat (such as raw beef or raw rat meat) for easy food.
	Sardine	40	No	27	0.68	0.12	Fished at lower-levels using a normal Fishing Rod.
	Bread	50	No	323	6.46	0.5	Baked by players, see cooking skill.
	Herring	50	No	36	0.72	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Mackerel	60	Yes	28	0.47	0.3	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Trout.PNG	Trout	70	No	72	1.03	0.4	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Cod	70	Yes	73	1.04	0.33	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Pike	80	No	29	0.36	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Salmon	90	No	29	0.32	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Tuna.PNG	Tuna	100	No	37	0.37	0.4	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Cake	120	No	579	4.83	0.2	Baked by players, see cooking skill. Also thieved from East Ardougne market. Takes 3 bites to eat (each healing 40).
	Lobster	120	No	141	1.18	0.35	Players fish and cook these for food. Fish caught by "powerfishers" who want to level up quickly.
	Bass	130	Yes	299	2.3	0.3	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Swordfish	140	No	157	1.12	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food. Used by non-member player killers.
File:Bottleofwine.png	Bottle of wine	140	Yes	Not tradeable		1	Reduces attack temporarily by 3, can be stolen from Wine stall in Draynor market
	Potato with cheese	160	Yes	298	1.86	0.5	Heals the same amount as Monkfish.
File:Cookedmonkfish.png	Monkfish	160	Yes	388	2.43	0.4	Players fish and cook these for food. Commonly used by members as a cheap but less effective alternative to shark.
	Anchovy pizza	180	No	600	3.33	0.83	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 90 each bite).
	Shark	200	Yes	1,933	9.67	0.6	Players fish and cook these for food. Used commonly by members.
	Cavefish	200	Yes	2,540	12.7	0.5	Cavefish are commonly bought instead of Shark, as it heals same amount of Lifepoints and often costs slightly less, and also increases a random combat stat by 2.
	Sea turtle	210	Yes	1,541	7.34	0.35	Players play the fishing trawler activity and then cook these for food. Used by member player killers or in difficult quests.
	Pineapple pizza	220	Yes	452	2.05	0.35	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 110 each bite).
	Manta ray	220	Yes	3,283	14.92	0.4	Players playing the fishing trawler activity and then fish and cook these for food. Used by member player killers or in difficult quests.
	Tuna potato	220	Yes	2,292	10.42	0.5	Heals as much and as fast (one bite) as a Manta ray, but is cheaper.
	Wild pie	220	Yes	2,194	9.97	0	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.
	Summer pie	220	Yes	1,192	5.42	0	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.
	Rocktail	230	Yes	4,690	20.39	0.33	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.
	Baron shark	300 (350 with Shark's tooth necklace)	Yes	Not tradeable		0.6	Raw baron sharks are caught under the influence of the juju fishing potion. When cooked this food heals an initial 200 life points and then 10 life points a second, for 10 seconds. Wearing a Shark's tooth necklace extends it another 5 seconds, making it able to heal 350 life points total.
	Juju gumbo	320	Yes	Not tradeable		1	Made by using a dose of juju cooking potion on a baked potato and adding the resulting strange potato to a bowl of tuna and corn. This food heals an initial 220 life points and then 10 life points a second, for 10 seconds.

Types of Foods

The types of Foods can be found in one of the following links below.

• Ales and ciders
• Meat
• Pies
• Pizzas
• Potatoes

Notes

Here are factors to consider when choosing the right food:

• Heal per bite: Players should try to find food that heals more in one bite than the max hit of dangerous monsters they train on. This should not pose a problem for players who train on much weaker monsters than they are.
• Heal costs: Sharks are 1,933 coins each and heal 200 life points. Monkfish heal 160 life points and cost 388 coins, making them more cost effective, but the total amount of heal is less.

• Space: Some items require space, like baskets of strawberries to take out strawberries. Monsters drop items that requires space, so consider a monster's drops and frequency of drops when bringing food.
• Time to eat: Try to avoid eating during combat if it is not deadly. Eating in combat is wasteful if you get damaged while eating. Some areas have aggressive monsters that hit hard and foods that take multiple bites, like cake, cause problems. You cannot attack while you are eating either.

Trivia

• Purple Sweets and Biscuits are the only stackable food in the game. They each heal 10-30 life points. Purple sweets restore 10% run energy per serving, and Biscuits restore 10 prayer points each.
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  The mouse cursor for eating (after 2 September updates) represents a half-eaten apple, although you cannot eat apples in RuneScape (except rotten apples which do not heal anything).
• The animations for eating food were updated with the release of the Dungeoneering skill.
• In Daemonheim, it is possible to "feed" a fellow party member by using a piece of food on them, which makes them perform the eating animation and heal, using the food from your inventory. This is not possible outside of Daemonheim.
• On German servers, the old eating animation is still in effect.
• Most foods take 3 game ticks to eat; exceptions are Purple sweets and pies.

See also

• Cooking
• Cooking Guild
• Drinks