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Recipe for Disaster (#100)

Also called	RfD
Release date	15 March 2006 (Update)
Members	Yes
Voice Over	No
Official difficulty	Special
Quest series	None
Age	Fifth Age
Developers Main developer(s) James B (framework), sub-quests developed by others Graphics Concept Unknown edit Quality Assurance Core Unknown edit Audio Composition Unknown edit

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Recipe for Disaster is the 100th quest released by Jagex, being a sequel to the Cook's Assistant quest. It is composed of 10 subquests. The subquests range in difficulty from easy to very hard. It is intended to be a quest which nearly any member can start, but which only the most accomplished and willing players can complete.

Dimension of Disaster, the 200th quest and a "sequel" to Recipe for Disaster, was released on 23 March 2015.

Official description

The cook in Lumbridge has a surprisingly small number of ingredients to hand in his kitchen, possibly as a result of an endless stream of newcomers with light fingers, taking anything that isn't nailed down from his kitchen.

Luckily, in the past, a kind Cook's Assistant was willing to help him in his culinary duties, but a problem has now appeared that could spell... a Recipe For Disaster!

Almost all members may attempt to solve his tricky predicament, and be rewarded accordingly, but only the very elite of Questers will be able to put an end to his problem permanently!

Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to the cook in Lumbridge Castle.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Special
Official length	Very, Very Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Recipe for Disaster Cook's Assistant Goblin Diplomacy Fishing Contest Gertrude's Cat Shadow of the Storm Demon Slayer The Golem Big Chompy Bird Hunting Biohazard Plague City Demon Slayer Murder Mystery Nature Spirit Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost Witch's House Lost City Started Legends' Quest 107 quest points Family Crest Heroes' Quest 56 quest points Shield of Arrav Lost City Dragon Slayer 33 quest points Merlin's Crystal Druidic Ritual Shilo Village Jungle Potion Underground Pass Biohazard Plague City Waterfall Quest Monkey Madness The Grand Tree Tree Gnome Village Desert Treasure The Dig Site Priest in Peril Temple of Ikov The Tourist Trap Troll Stronghold Death Plateau Waterfall Quest Horror from the Deep Bar Crawl 70 Cooking 20 Firemaking 48 Agility 176 Quest points Able to kill a level 50 monster (only if you don't have Ice gloves, level 50 and the ability to kill a level 77 Ice queen if you want Ice gloves) Able to defeat a level 100 Black dragon Able to defeat 5 level 35 monsters Able to defeat a level 64 Big Snake Ability to fight very tough, high-levelled enemies ranging from level 128 to 140 without prayer or summoning. (You don't have to beat all of them in one go; you can make several trips if you wish.)
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. See each subquest's article for items needed.
Enemies to defeat	None

Subquests 1

Main article: Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest

The cook is preparing for a party in Lumbridge. He tells you that a hundred years ago, a very important meeting was held in Lumbridge. His ancestor, Franizzard Van Lumbcook, cooked such an amazing banquet for the occasion that he was offered a job as head cook, along with all his descendants, for life. This big, important meeting is held in Lumbridge every 10 years and today is the 10th anniversary. As he cannot think of a brilliant dish himself, he intends to use his ancestor's recipe for the feast. However, he needs your help gathering the ingredients, again.

The Secret Council

The music that plays during the cutscene.

The frozen Council

After completing Another Cook's Quest, you receive an invitation to the feast. Enter the doors to the dining room to observe the feast, and you will see members of the Secret Council of RuneScape seated at the table.

As the Duke introduces the rest of the secret council, he is interrupted by the Mysterious Old Man and is teleported to take care of it. Osman will then get taken away by Evil Bob. At this point, you enter the room. A short while later, the Culinaromancer crashes the party and starts to attack everyone at the dining table with magic spells.

Luckily, the Gypsy from Varrock enters the room and casts Tempus Cessit, which freezes everyone in time, except for you and her. She explains that the Culinaromancer was a cook in Lumbridge a hundred years ago and had threatened the secret council with death, only to be thwarted by the Duke's assistant, who managed to trap him in another dimension. This assistant was the cook's ancestor, and was made head cook for life.

The current head cook, whom you helped build the feast, apparently created a powerful food-magic, which released the Culinaromancer from his prison. Seeing him, the Gypsy casts the aforementioned spell, so that you both can protect the council from the Culinaromancer's attacks. While she can easily seal the Culinaromancer in a heartbeat, due to the fact you caused the Culinaromancer to awaken she holds you responsible and sends you to save them as the magic is causing a temporal paradox that could destroy the known reality with the magic.

The Culinaromancer arrives.

Gypsy Aris arrives too late.

The Gypsy Casts Tempus Cessit to freeze the room in time.

Subquests 2 through 9

To release each member of the council from the Culinaromancer's spell, you must feed each of them their favourite food. After you give each member their favourite dish, Gypsy teleports them away to safety and tells you how many more council members are left.

You can complete these subquests in any order and start as many of them at a time as you want. Each subquest opens up increased access to the Culinaromancer's Chest, which holds a variety of goods.

It is strongly recommended that you grow a pet kitten before you start the subquests if you do not already have an adult cat, as it will take two and a half hours for the kitten to grow. If you do this at the start, it should be fully grown and you can save the Evil Dave subquest for last.

Image	Name	Requirements
	Freeing the Goblin Generals	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Goblin generals Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Goblin Diplomacy
	Freeing the Mountain Dwarf	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Mountain dwarf Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Fishing Contest Able to kill a level 35 Icefiend (only if you don't have Ice gloves) Level 50 Mining if you want Ice gloves
	Freeing Evil Dave	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Evil Dave Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Gertrude's Cat Shadow of the Storm Demon Slayer The Golem Level 25
	Freeing the Lumbridge Sage	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Lumbridge Sage Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Big Chompy Bird Hunting Biohazard Plague City Demon Slayer Murder Mystery Nature Spirit Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost Witch's House Level 40
	Freeing Pirate Pete	Level 31 Able to defeat 5 level 35 monsters
	Freeing Skrach Uglogwee	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Skrach Uglogwee Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Big Chompy Bird Hunting Level 41 Level 20
	Freeing Sir Amik Varze	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Sir Amik Varze Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Lost City Started Legends' Quest 107 quest points Family Crest Heroes' Quest 56 quest points Shield of Arrav Lost City Dragon Slayer 33 quest points Merlin's Crystal Druidic Ritual Shilo Village Jungle Potion Underground Pass Biohazard Plague City Waterfall Quest Started Legends' Quest (you do not need to have anything mapped, but keep in mind the quest requirements for Legends' Quest) Able to defeat a level 100 Black dragon
	Freeing King Awowogei	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Freeing King Awowogei Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Monkey Madness The Grand Tree Tree Gnome Village Level 70 (temporary boost possible; level 65 with Chef's delight (m) or 66 with Chef's delight, see Cooking) Level 48 Able to defeat a level 64 Big Snake

Subquest 10

The Culinaromancer is unfrozen!

After you have freed all the council members, you will see a cutscene, where Gypsy Aris restarts time by saying "Tempus procedit!" The Culinaromancer will then retreat through the portal. Aris then says that you too must go through the portal to finish him off.

Image	Name	Requirements
	Recipe for Disaster: Defeating the Culinaromancer	Quests: Recipe for Disaster: Defeating the Culinaromancer Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Evil Dave Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Gertrude's Cat Shadow of the Storm Demon Slayer The Golem Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Goblin generals Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Goblin Diplomacy Recipe for Disaster: Freeing King Awowogei Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Monkey Madness The Grand Tree Tree Gnome Village Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Lumbridge Sage Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Big Chompy Bird Hunting Biohazard Plague City Demon Slayer Murder Mystery Nature Spirit Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost Witch's House Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Mountain dwarf Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Fishing Contest Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Pirate Pete Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Sir Amik Varze Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Lost City Started Legends' Quest 107 quest points Family Crest Heroes' Quest 56 quest points Shield of Arrav Lost City Dragon Slayer 33 quest points Merlin's Crystal Druidic Ritual Shilo Village Jungle Potion Underground Pass Biohazard Plague City Waterfall Quest Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Skrach Uglogwee Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest Cook's Assistant Big Chompy Bird Hunting Desert Treasure The Dig Site Priest in Peril Temple of Ikov The Tourist Trap Troll Stronghold Death Plateau Waterfall Quest Horror from the Deep Bar Crawl 176 quest points to access the portal. Ability to fight very tough, high-levelled enemies ranging from level 89 to 98 without Prayer or Summoning. (You don't have to beat all of them in one go; you can make several trips if you wish.)

Rewards

If you have fully completed all 10 subquests for "Recipe for Disaster", you will have received the following:

• 10 quest points
• Experience
  • 28,000 experience
  • 1,000 experience
  • 2,500 experience
  • 1,000 experience
  • 1,000 experience
  • 1,000 experience
  • 2,500 experience
  • 1,500 experience
  • 1,500 experience
  • 4,000 experience
  • 10,000 experience
  • A 20,000 experience antique lamp for any skill above 50 (can be banked)
• Access to the following areas:
  • Mogre Camp
  • Evil Chicken's Lair
• Ability to dive for crabs
• Ability to own a crab
• Ability to cook crab meat
• Ability to catch Hell-Rats
• Ability to own a hellcat
• Ability to add coloured spices to stews of any sort
• Ability to use the boat trip to travel between Karamja and Feldip Hills
• Ape Atoll Teleport spell
• Full access to Culinaromancer's Chest
  • Access to the metal gloves such as Dragon gloves, plus Barrows gloves
  • Access to Kitchen weaponry
  • Access to the banking chest (under Lumbridge Castle)
  • Access to a food store in the Chest
• 20 Treasure hunter keys for use in Treasure Hunter.
• 20 Hearts of Ice for use in Treasure Hunter.
  

Music unlocked

• Chef Surprize (after completing Another Cook's Quest - after the dining room cutscene)
• Chickened Out (during Freeing Sir Amik Varze - the Evil Chicken's Lair)
• Davy Jones' Locker (during Freeing Pirate Pete - the Mogre Camp)
• Mastermindless (during Freeing the Lumbridge Sage - the quiz show)
• Too Many Cooks... (during Freeing the Goblin generals - the Goblin Village basement)

Required for completing

• While Guthix Sleeps
• Desert Tasks:
  • Elite: "Sun Shade" (all the bosses encountered in the final fight need to be killed in a special match in the Dominion Tower)

Development team

• Developer - Framework: James B
• Developer - Dining room cutscenes: Mod Ash
• Developer - Mountain Dwarf: Mod Maz
• Developer - Goblin Generals: Ian G
• Developer - Pirate Pete: Anthony W
• Developer - Lumbridge Sage: Tim C
• Developer - Evil Dave: John A
• Developer - Skrach Uglogwee: Mod Tytn
• Developer - Sir Amik Varze Greg V
• Developer - King Awowogei Mod Chihiro, Mod Liam, Dylan C
• Developer - New cat chats: Mark O
• QuestHelp: Rob M, Gillan M, Stephen R, Dave O
• Graphics: John S, Steve R, Damian C, Tom W, Paul B, Nick F, Joe R, Dan B, Matt M, James W
• QA: Martin I, Francis B
• Audio: Mod Ian

Trivia

• In the first cutscene, Duke Horacio and Osman appear to have a random event featuring the Mysterious Old Man. After Duke Horacio is abducted, the Dwarf Guard says to Osman "something has to be done about that old man". Furthermore, once Osman has also been abducted, the Dwarf comments on the rarity of witnessing two random events in a matter of seconds.
• A visual glitch has appeared on Osman of Al Kharid, his appearance is stretched and glitched.
• When informed by Gypsy Aris that the universe could be destroyed, your player exclaims, Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff! This is a reference to the animated comedy series Futurama. The original quote came from the cartoon series "The Tick". Interviewer: Well, can you... blow up the world? Tick: Egad. I hope not. That's where I keep all my stuff.
• The quest point requirement used to be only 175. It was increased to 176 after the Unstable Foundations tutorial update, which gave an extra quest point upon completion.
• The cook, after telling you about defeating the Culinaromancer, says, "Did you ever know that you're my hero?" This is a reference to Bette Midler's "Wind beneath my Wings".
• When you attempt to release Pirate Pete, the gypsy exclaims "Wait a moment, my gypsy-sense is tingling..." This is a reference to Spiderman.
• When asking the Lumbridge Cook for help on a section of the quest you didn't start yet, the gypsy will stop you, saying that it will cause a time paradox if you don't talk to her about it first.
• The first subquest is called 'Another Cook's Quest' on the "Quest-Complete Scroll", but is called 'Starting Out' in the Adventurer's Log.
• After you have freed the last member of the council, Gypsy Aris releases her spell, allowing the Culinaromancer to escape, but not before saying "But you cannot defeat me! I'LL BE BACK!" This is a reference to The Terminator.