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. The highest healing food for non-members is an anchovy pizza; for members it is the Juju gumbo.

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. 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.

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 lowers your strength. 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.
File:Anchovies.PNG	Anchovies	10	No	37	3.7	0.1	Low level players fish and cook these for easy food
	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.
File:Cooked chicken.PNG	Cooked chicken	30	No	69	2.3	0.1	Low level players cook raw chicken for easy food.
File:Cooked meat.PNG	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.
File:Sardine.PNG	Sardine	40	No	27	0.68	1	Fished at lower-levels using a normal Fishing Rod.
	Bread	50	No	323	6.46	0.5	Baked by players, see cooking skill.
File:Herring.PNG	Herring	50	No	36	0.72	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Mackerel.PNG	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.
File:Cod.PNG	Cod	70	Yes	73	1.04	0.33	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Pike.PNG	Pike	80	No	29	0.36	0.5	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Salmon.PNG	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).
File:Lobster.PNG	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.
File:Bass.PNG	Bass	130	Yes	299		0.3	Players fish and cook these for food.
File:Swordfish.PNG	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	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		0.83	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 play the fishing trawler activity and then cook these for food. Used by member player killers or in difficult quests.
	Pineapple pizza	220	Yes			0.35	Players fish and 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 activity and then fish and cook these for food. Used by member player killers or in difficult quests.
	Tuna potato	220	Yes			0.5	Heals as much and as fast (one bite) as a Manta ray, but is cheaper.
	Wild pie	220	Yes			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.
File:Summer pie.PNG	Summer pie	220	Yes			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			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	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.
	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.

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 coins each and heal 200 life points. Monkfish heal 160 life points and cost 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.

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 1 prayer point each.
• File:Cursor-apple.png
  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; one exception is Purple sweets.

See also

• Cooking
• Cooking Guild
• Drinks