• 1.0 - Introduction
• 2.0 - The Basics
• 3.0 - Food
  • 3.1 - Food Recipes
  • 3.2 - Fish
  • 3.3 - Vegetables
  • 3.4 - Gnome Delicacies
• 4.0 - Drinks
  • 4.1 - Brewing
  • 4.2 - Gnome Cocktails
• 5.0 - Training Methods and Locations
• 6.0 - Miscellaneous
• 7.0 - Quests for Experience

Dictionary: To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.

To the common player of RuneScape, Cooking is just a skill. However, to an expert chef, it is an art, a source of income, and an entertaining way to pass the time. Learn all about the meats, bread, pies, fish, and other delicacies that you can create with a high level of cooking in this guide.

As stated before, cooking is the preparation of food by adding heat, so obviously you will need some sort of stove. In RuneScape, you will need access to a cooking range in order to cook. There are plenty of ranges in RuneScape, so you should not have much trouble finding one. Normally you cannot use regular fires for cooking, however all types of fish can be cooked over this heat source. You should also note that there is a chance of burning food when you are cooking; however, this will happen less often as your cooking level rises.

You cannot bake most goods without some sort of container. Imagine trying to make a cake without a Cake Tin! Here is a list of the common items used to contain foods.

Picture	Item	Location
	Bowl	Cooks' Guild, General Stores Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Cake Tin	Cooks' Guild, General Stores Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Cocktail Glass	East wing, second floor of Grand Tree
	Jug	Cooks' Guild Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Knife	Spawn north of Lumbridge, and Lumbridge Castle basement. Spawn above Varrock General Store
	Pie Dish	Cooks' Guild Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle

Many kinds of food are prepared differently, however, they may have common ingredients. Here is a list of all the ingredients you may need when you cook.

Picture	Ingredient	Location
	Banana	Karamja Trees Charter Crewmembers Stores Port Sarim Cooking Store
	Cabbage	Farms and fields throughout RuneScape Port Sarim Food Store
	Cheese	Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle Port Sarim Cooking Shop Lletya food store, Aggie's house in Draynor Village, Bandit Camp (Wilderness), Churn from bucket of milk
	Chocolate Bar	Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle Grand Tree Food store, Yanille Cooking Store Cooks' Guild, Nardah
	Chocolate Dust	Use pestle and mortar or a knife with a chocolate bar
	Cooking Apple	Cooks' Guild Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle Farmer's Shop north of Ardougne
	Eggs	Respawn at chicken coops Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Flour	Pick wheat (Lumbridge or Ardougne best places) and grind it at a windmill. Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle Port Sarim Cooking Shop Other General Stores
	Gin	Grand Tree Food Shop
	Grapes	Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle Cooks' Guild, Phoenix Gang back room
	Lemon	Grand Tree Food store
	Lime	Grand Tree Food Shop
	Milk	Use a bucket on a Dairy Cow Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Onion	South-west of the Crafting Guild Farm on the outskirts of Lumbridge
	Orange	Grand Tree Food Store
	Pat of Butter	Churn from bucket of milk Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Pot of Cream	Churn from bucket of milk Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle
	Pineapple	Dropped by monsters Grand Tree Food Store Picked from Plants on Brimhaven Bought at the Catherby general store.
	Potato	Fields east of Draynor Village Fields west of Ardougne Field south of Varrock Field north-east of Lumbridge
	Redberries	Respawn south of Varrock Port Sarim Cooking Store
	Toad's Leg	Pull the legs off a swamp toad
	Tomato	Culinaromancers' Cooking Chest in the basement of Lumbridge Castle Port Sarim Cooking Shop Aggie's house in Draynor Village, Bandit Camp (Wilderness)
	Vodka	Grand Tree Food Shop
	Water	Use a jug on a sink or fountain
	Whisky	Grand Tree Food Shop

Some recipes may ask you to slice or dice certain fruits. To do this, simply use a knife on the fruit and choose the style of the cut.

As we all know, to cook you need something to cook with, and of course, to cook you need to have skill. In this part of the guide, you will learn how to make different kinds of food, and what cooking level is required to make it.

Basics for making cooked meat:

1. Kill an animal for their meat.
2. Cook your raw animal meat on a fire, range or spit (rabbit meat).

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals
	Cooked Meat	1	30	30
	Cooked Chicken	1	30	30
	Cooked Rabbit	1	30	50
	Roast Bird meat	11	63.5	60
	Roasted Rabbit	16	72	70
	Crab Meat	21	100	100
	Roast Beast Meat	21	82	60
	Chompy Bird	30	140	100
	Cooked Jubbly	41	160	150

Note: Chompy Birds, Beast Meat and Bird Meat must be cooked on a Spit roast. Jubbly can only be cooked on Rantz spit. Make a Spit roast with an iron bar and level 17 smithing. Use the Chompy Bird on the spit roast, and then use the spit roast with a fire. A permanent Spit roast is near Rantz south of Yanille.

Basics for making pies:

1. Find a pie dish in the Cooks' Guild or craft one out of clay.
2. Use flour with a jug or bucket of water, to make pastry dough.
3. Use the pastry dough with your pie dish.
4. Get your filling for your pie and add it to your pie dish with dough.
   • Redberry Pie - Redberries
   • Meat Pie - cooked meat
   • Mud Pie - compost, water, clay
   • Apple Pie - cooking apples
   • Garden Pie - tomato, onion, cabbage
   • Fish Pie - trout, cod, potato
   • Admiral Pie - salmon, tuna, potato
   • Wild Pie - raw bear, raw chompy, raw rabbit
   • Summer Pie - strawberry, watermelon, apple
5. Use your uncooked pie on a range to cook it. (You cannot cook pies on a fire.)

Note: Thanks to an update, there is now a "Cook X" option on pies, enabling the ability to cook many at once without having to click a bunch of times.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals	Effects
	Redberry Pie	10	78	100	None
	Meat Pie	20	110	120	None
	Mud Pie	29	128	0	Halves run energy of person hit
	Apple Pie	30	130	140	None
	Garden Pie	34	138	120	+3 Farming
	Fish Pie	47	164	120	+3 Fishing
	Admiral Pie	70	210	160	+5 Fishing
	Wild Pie	85	240	220	+5 Slayer, +4 Ranged
	Summer Pie	95	260	220	+10% run energy, +5 Agility

Basics for making Pizzas:

1. Mix flour and water together to make pizza base.
2. Put tomato on the pizza base.
3. Put cheese on the pizza base.
4. Cook on a range.
5. Put on toppings. Toppings are cooked meat, anchovies, or diced pineapple.

Note: Thanks to an update, there is now a "Cook X" option on pizzas, enabling the ability to cook many at once without having to click a bunch of times.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals
	Plain Pizza	35	143	140
	Meat Pizza	45	169	160
	Anchovy Pizza	55	182	180
	Pineapple Pizza	65	195	220

Basics for making cakes:

1. Get an egg, milk, flour, and a cake tin.
2. Put the flour, milk, and egg in the cake tin.
3. Cook it on a range.
4. If you are making a chocolate cake, add a chocolate bar to the cake.

To make a fishcake:

1. Get breadcrumbs, ground codfish, ground kelp, ground giant crab meat.
2. Put the breadcrumbs, ground codfish, ground kelp, ground giant crab in the cake tin.
3. Cook it on a range.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals
	Fishcake	31	100	110
	Cake	40	180	120
	Chocolate Cake	50	210	150

Basics for making stews:

1. Get a bowl and fill it with water.
2. Add potatoes and cooked meat to the bowl.
3. If you are making curry, add spice.
4. Use it with a stove or a range.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals
	Stew	25	117	110
	Curry	60	280	190

Upon completion of the Evil Dave sub quest of the Recipe for Disaster quest, players are able to make a new type of stew to increase or reduce stats. Simply use your cat to kill hellrats, and they will drop a coloured spice canister. Each canister can have up to four doses, three of which you will need to put in a stew. To determine the effect of the stew with the spice, simply multiply the number of doses you put in by 2. Note that your levels can go up or down at random when you drink this stew. That said, if you put three doses of red spice in your stew, your attack, strength, defence, ranged and magic levels could go up or down six levels - each skill being different. The table below shows what spice affects which skills.

	Red Spice Effects: Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged and Magic		Orange Spice Effects: Smithing, Crafting, Fletching, Runecrafting, Firemaking, Cooking and Construction
	Yellow Spice Effects: Prayer, Agility, Slayer, Thieving, and Hunter		Brown Spice Effects: Woodcutting, Herblore, Farming, Fishing and Mining

Basics for cooking snails:

1. Go out to Morytania and kill a snail.
2. Cook the snail meat on a range or fire, and you will get one of the three following snail meat.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals
	Thin Snail	12	70	50-70
	Lean Snail	17	80	60-80
	Fat Snail	22	95	70-90

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals	How to Make
	Ugthanki Kebab	1	80	190	Get a bowl, flour, water, tomato, onions, and a knife. Kill Ugthankis and collect their raw meat. Cook it. Use your onion, tomato, and cooked Ugthanki meat with your bowl. Mix the flour and water, and then make pitta dough. Bake it and use the pitta bread with the kebab mix.
	Oomlie Wrap	50	30	140	Go to the jungle south of Shilo Village (Note: you need to be doing or have completed the Legends' Quest!). Defeat Oomlie birds and get their meat. Shake a Leafy Palm Tree. One of their leaves will appear beside the tree afterwards. Pick it up and use it with the meat. Now use it with a stove or a range.
	Pitta Bread	58	40	-	Combine a pot of flour with a jug or bucket of water, then bake the dough in a range.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals	How to make
	Bread	1	40	50	Mix flour and water together to make bread dough. Then cook the bread dough on a range.
	Jungle Spider	16	80	70-100	Use a machete on a thatch to get a skewer. Then use a spider carcass on the skewer, use the spider on a stick on a fire/range.
	Nettle Tea	20	52	30	Fill a bowl with water, place some nettles1 into the bowl of water, boil the nettle water by using it with a range or fire, use the bowl of nettle tea with a cup. If you like, you can use a bucket of milk with the cup of tea.
	Pot of Cream	21	18	10	Use a bucket of milk on a churn located in some farm buildings.
	Wine	35	200	110	Obtain a jug, and fill it with water. Use grapes with the jug. The wine will ferment for approximately 5 seconds, and then it will be finished. This process has been made easier with the "Make X" option.
	Pat of Butter	38	40	N/A	Use a bucket of milk on a churn, and then use the pot of cream you made on the churn to make butter.
	Cheese	48	64	20	Use a bucket of milk on a churn, and then use the pot of cream you made on the churn to make cheese.

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As mentioned before, any heat source is good for cooking fish. Burning, like most other foods, happens as well; however, this will decrease as your cooking level rises. Refer to the Fishing guide for more information about fish.

Picture	Fish Name	Level Required	Exp. Gained	Heals
	Anchovies	1	30	10
	Crayfish	1	30	10
	Shrimp	1	30	30
	Karambwanji	1	30	30
	Sardine	1	40	40
	Karambwan*	1	80	180
	Herring	5	50	50
	Mackerel	10	60	60
	Trout	15	70	70
	Cod	18	75	70
	Pike	20	80	80
	Salmon	25	90	90
	Slimy eel	28	95	60-100
	Tuna	30	100	100
	Rainbow Fish	35	110	110
	Cave eel	38	115	70-110
	Lobster	40	120	120
	Bass	43	130	130
	Swordfish	45	140	140
	Lava eel	53	140	140
	Monkfish	62	150	160
	Shark	80	210	200
	Sea Turtle	82	212	210
	Cavefish	88	214	200
	Manta Ray	91	216	220
	Rocktail	93	225	230

*Karambwan require the completion of the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio to cook.

As you probably know, there is a level at which you stop burning fish. This is extremely handy when training your cooking; you no longer must 'waste' fish! If you are cooking sharks, however, even at level 99 you will still burn some if you have no Cooking gauntlets. If you've completed the Family Crest quest, you get a choice of a number of different gauntlets, one of which is cooking. With these equipped, you stop burning fish at a lower level than without them. Please note that, despite our best efforts, this table may not be 100% accurate. If you feel that there is a mistake, Submit a Correction.

Picture	Fish	Level to Cook	Level to Stop Burning	Level to Stop Burning with Gauntlets
	Trout	15	50	N/A*
	Salmon	25	59	N/A*
	Tuna	30	65	N/A*
	Lobster	40	74	68
	Swordfish	45	86	81
	Monkfish	62	92	89
	Shark	80	None	94
	Cavefish	88	None	94
	Rocktail	93	None	95

N/A* - Cooking gauntlets are only effective whilst cooking lobsters, swordfish, monkfish, sharks, cavefish and rocktail

Note: Thanks to an update, there is now a "Cook X" option on potatoes, enabling the ability to cook many at once without having to click a bunch of times. Also, in order to get the full amount of experience for the potato, you need to make it completely from scratch (cooking tuna, making butter, etc).

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Heals
	Baked Potato	7	15	40
	Sweetcorn	21	104	20-100
	Potato with Butter	39	55	140
	Chili Potato1	41	136	140
	Potato with Cheese	47	95	160
	Egg Potato2	51	191	160
	Mushroom Potato3	64	230	200
	Tuna Potato4	68	310	220

You will not be able to cook gnome foods until you complete a task that the gnome chef will give you. Go to the Grand Tree in the Tree Gnome Stronghold and find the bar to begin the task. Once you complete his task, you may now begin with cooking gnome foods. This is for members only.

Picture	Name	Level	Exp	Heals	How to make
	Worm Hole	30	170	120	Put dough in a gnomebowl mold, and cook it on a range. Next, add two onions, four king worms, and one spice. For the final step, cook it, and then add one Equa leaf.
	Vegetable Ball	35	175	120	Put dough in a gnomebowl mold and cook it on a range. Now add 2 potatoes, 1 spice, and two onions. Then cook it on range once more, and then add one Equa leaf to finish it.
	Tangled Toad Legs	40	185	150	Put dough in a gnomebowl mold and cook it on a range. Next, add one dwellberry, 2 Equa leaves, 2 spices, 4 toad legs, and 2 cheese. For the last step, cook it on a range.
	Chocolate Bomb	42	190	150	Put dough in a gnomebowl mold and cook it on a range. Add one Equa leaf and four chocolate bars, and then cook it again on a range. For the final addition, add chocolate dust and two pots of cream.

Picture	Name	Level	Exp	Heals	How to make
	Toad Crunchies	10	100	70	Put dough in crunchie tray and bake it on a range. Now add 2 toad legs and 1 spice. Then cook it on range once more, and then add one Equa leaf to finish it.
	Spicy Crunchies	12	100	70	Put dough in a crunchie tray, and then bake it on a range. Next, add two Equa leaves, and three spices. To finish it, cook it again, and then add one spice.
	Worm Crunchies	14	100	80	Put your dough in a crunchie tray and bake it. Next, add two king worms, one spice, and one Equa leaf. To finish it, bake it one more time then add one spice.
	Choc Chip Crunchies	16	100	70	Put dough in a crunchie tray and then bake it on range. Then add one spice and two chocolate bars. To finish it cook it, and then add one chocolate dust.

Picture	Name	Level	Exp	Heals	How to make
	Fruit Batta	25	150	110	Put dough in a batta tin, and then bake it on a range. Next, add four Equa leaves, and then cook it again. Now add diced pineapple, lime, and oranges to the batta. To finish this recipe add one spice, and you are done.
	Toad Batta	26	152	110	Put dough in a batta tin, and cook it on a range. Add one Equa leaf to a toad leg, and then put spices on it. Then add the toad leg to the batta, and add one cheese. To finish it cook it on range.
	Worm Batta	27	154	110	Put dough in a batta tin, and then cook it on a range. Next add spices to a king worm, and then add the king worm to the batta. Then add one cheese, and cook it on a range. To finish it add one Equa leaf, and you are done.
	Vegetable Batta	28	156	110	Put dough in a batta tin, and cook it on a range. Next, add two tomatoes, one onion, one cheese, one dwellberry, and one cabbage. To finish this recipe, cook it one last time, and then add one Equa leaf.
	Cheese and Tomato Batta	29	158	110	Put dough in a batta tin, and cook it on a range. Add one tomato and one cheese to the batta, and then bake it. For the final step, add one Equa leaf

RuneScape sports a wide range of ales, beers, and stat enhancing drinks. This section outlines the Gnome Cocktails, and beers made using the Dwarven method of Brewing.

Brewing is a crossover of the cooking and farming skills. One farms their own herbs, or hops, and uses a brewery to ferment them into various beers or ales which temporarily enhance stats. There are two breweries in the game, one in Keldagrim, and the other in Port Phasmatys. Brewing is often very tedious, and it can be much easier to buy the brewable items from a bar or inn if possible.

When you brew drinks, there is a chance of getting a mature or (m) ale, which increases the stat enhancement of the beverage. If you get 'The stuff' from the Trouble Brewing mini-game then the chances of getting a Mature ale is greatly increased.

General Brewing Instructions

Add the following to a vat:

1. 2 barley malts (Barley cooked on a range) and 2 buckets of water.
2. The ingredient for your specific drink shown in the table below.
3. One pot of Ale Yeast (Buy from the Brewmaster beside the Vat)

Wait several days, then return, turn the valve and use a Beer glass on the barrel to empty the contents.

Cider Brewing Instructions

Cider is brewed slightly differently from other drinks. To brew cider:

1. Use 16 Cooking apples on the apple barrel located near the vat. This will give you 4 buckets of apple mush. (Bring your own buckets)
2. Add all the apple mush to the vat, and add 1 pot of Ale Yeast

As before, you will then need to wait several days for the cider to ferment.

Picture	Name	Level Required	Exp.	Ingredients	Effects**
	Cider	14	182	4 buckets apple mush	Farming +1, Attack -2, Strength -2
	Dwarven Stout	19	215	4 Hammerstone hops	Mining +1, Smithing +1, Attack -2, Strength -2
	Asgarnian Ale	24	248	4 Asgarnian Hops	Strength +2, Attack -2
	Greenman's Ale	29	281	4 Harralander	Herblore +1, Attack -2, Strength -2, Defence -2
	Wizard's Mind Bomb	34	313	4 Yanillian Hops	Magic +2 or +3, Attack -1, Strength -1, Defence -1
	Dragon Bitter	39	347	4 Krandorian Hops	Strength +2, Attack -1
	Moonlight Mead	44	380	4 Bittercap Mushrooms	Heals 40 life points.
	Axeman's Folly	49	413	1 Oak root	Woodcutting +1, Attack -2, Strength -2
	Chef's Delight	54	446	4 Chocolate Dust	Cooking +2 to +5 depending on Cooking level, Attack -2, Strength -2
	Slayer's Respite	59	479	4 Wildblood Hops	Slayer +1, Attack -2, Strength -2

** Note that the decrease to the skills depends on your level and may differ from those listed.

Before you can make the wonderful gnomish cocktails, you will have to complete a challenge given to you by Blurberry, who is located on the first floor of the Grand Tree.

Picture	Name	Level	Exp	Effect	How to make
	Fruit Blast	6	50	Heals 90 life points	Put one lemon, one pineapple, and one orange into a shaker and pour it into a glass. For the final touch cut a lemon into slices, and add one to your cocktail.
	Pineapple Punch	8	70	Heals 90 life points	Put one orange, one lemon, and two pineapples into a shaker, and then pour it out into a glass. To finish it off, add some diced pineapple, diced lime, and a slice of orange.
	Wizard Blizzard	18	110	Heals 50 life points -4 att +5 str	Put two vodka, one gin, one orange, one lemon, and one lime into a shaker and pour it out into a glass. Next, add some diced pineapple, a slice of lime and you are done.
	Short Green Guy (SGG)	20	120	Heals 50 life points -4 att +5 str	Put three limes and one vodka into a shaker, and then pour it out into a glass. To finish it off, add an Equa leaf and a slice of Lime to the drink.
	Drunk Dragon	32	170	Heals 50 life points -4 att +6 str	Put one gin, one vodka, and one dwellberry into a shaker, and then pour it into a glass. For the final touches add diced pineapple, and cream, and then heat it up.
	Chocolate Saturday	33	170	Heals 70 life points -4 att +6 str	Put one Equa leaf, one milk, and one whisky into a shaker, and then pour it into a glass. Then add one chocolate bar, and heat the drink up. Then to finish it off, and one cream, and add one chocolate dust.
	Blurberry Special	37	170	Heals 70 life points +6 str -4 att	Put one vodka, one gin, two lemons, one brandy, and one orange into a shaker and pour it into a glass. Next, add some diced oranges, and then add some diced lemons. For the final step, add a slice of slice lime, and then one Equa leaf.

Although this guide talks about many different recipes, cooking fish is usually the preferred method of training. The reasoning behind this is that fish are much easier to obtain then gathering all the ingredients used in pies, pizzas, etc. So, to train cooking, always try to cook the best fish you can. You can do so by fishing them and then cooking what you catch, or by buying the uncooked fish first. Usually lobsters and sharks are the most commonly traded fish, so if you would like to buy raw fish and then cook them, try to find players that are willing to sell these raw fish. You can also sell these fish cooked to players wishing to use them as food during combat.

The best training process is quite simple, but unfortunately, quite boring. Find a range that is close to a bank or just use your tinderbox with some logs to make a fire. Use your raw fish on the range or fire to cook your fish. Repeat until all of your fish are cooked, and then grab some more raw fish from your bank account.

The best locations for cooking are the following:

• Few ranges are very close to a bank on the free worlds. Your best bet is to make a fire to cook in close proximity to a bank. The closest ranges to banks are in Al-Kharid, Edgeville or Lumbridge. The closest permanent fire to a bank in free RuneScape in Draynor Village at Ned's house. You can also try to cook your food at the Grand Exchange by using the fires made by other players, although it can get quite irritating as the fires may burn out too quickly.
• On member worlds, there is a range very close to the bank in Catherby and the Lumbridge Cellar. There is also a permanent fire next to a banker in Rogue's Den, considerably closer to each other than Catherby. The Rogues Den can be accessed through the pub in Burthorpe. If the Rogue's Den banker causes you problems by moving a lot because of other players, you can also try the Nardah oven right next to the bank. You do not need to wear desert clothing while in the village, and the bank stalls are permanent. Nardah is a much more quiet location if you wish to cook in peace.
• When you cook your food in Lumbridge castle kitchen, you receive a 10% less chance on burning your food. The down side, however, it's not that close to a bank because you have to go down in the basement or up two flights of steps to get to a bank. Upon completion of the Varrock Achievement Diaries, you get access to a bank area next to a range in the Cooks' Guild.

Where to buy/sell food:

The Official Forums are far from a bad place to make any of the trades necessary, as they are very active and fast. The Herblore, Farming, and Food board on our Community site is also a good place to make transactions. If you're pondering about ingame locations however, Edgeville on low numbered worlds (1-12) are excellent places for selling sharks and lobsters, especially cooked. The Grand Exchange is also a great place to buy and sell food, also.

Level 1 - 15:

If you want to be as self-sufficient as possible, you should begin cooking by also training fishing. Take a small net, axe, and tinderbox to Draynor Village, and begin fishing shrimp in the river south of the bank, cooking as you go. There's no point in keeping these cooked fish, so you're best saving time by dropping them when they're cooked. At level 5 fishing you will be able to move on to sardines. A Fishing rod and a stock of bait is required, both of which can be picked up at the fish shop in Port Sarim, just west of Draynor Village. Don't worry if you're cooking level is lower than your fishing (due to burning) - Sardines only require level 1 cooking, which you will find is a common trend throughout your training, in that fish require lower cooking levels than fishing levels. At level 10 you will start picking up Herring as well. Keep cooking and dropping as you go, until you reach level 15.

Alternatively, you can stick with your small net and shrimp until level 15, or you can camp out in the Lumbridge cow farm area and pick up the meat people leave on the ground.

• Level 1 Cooking, Level 1 Fishing: Shrimp
• Level 1 Cooking, Level 5 Fishing: Sardines
• Level 5 Cooking, Level 10 Fishing: Herring

Level 15 - 40:

You'll need a fishing level of 20 to continue properly. Keep training on sardines and herring if you need to. You'll now begin fly fishing, which is some of the quickest experience you'll encounter in the game. Get a decent stock of feathers - 500 should be enough to get you from level 20 to 40 fishing - and a fly fishing rod. Free players will also need an axe (equipped) and a tinderbox, while members have the option of using a stock of Rings of Duelling to bank their fish. For free players, head to the river banks of the Barbarian Village, just north of the bridge, where you'll find several fly fishing spots. You can bank your fish in Edgeville bank, though this is time consuming and not really worth it. Members can either head to Shilo Village, which requires you to have done the Shilo Village quest, or down to the Castle Wars arena. North of the arena is a large lake, on the shores of which are several fly fishing spots. You can either fish and cook, or fish and bank using Rings of Duelling.

For lower level chefs who have access to the Cooks' Guild or have a lot of grapes stored up in their banks, the best experience is making wine as it gives 200xp per successful jug and the Cooks' Guild has a grape spawn, jug spawn and water source so you never need to leave!

For lower level chefs who do not have access to the Cooks' Guild, one of the best ways is to go to the cow farm in Lumbridge, and cook the raw meat that people leave laying around, you will find an endless supply to the uncooked meat. It is also recommended that you cook trout/salmon, as they will provide you with minimal money loss, along with quick cooking experience for your levels.

Level 40 - 99:

Cooking lobsters at the start of level 40 is the fastest experience. The problem that lies herein is that you'll burn a high percentage of the lobsters you attempt to cook. At level 74, you will stop burning lobsters. You could continue with trout and salmon for a while. A decision you need to make is whether or not you want to spend a fair bit on this goal. Continuing the entire way to 99 with lobsters is the most expensive, but it won't take as long if cooking other fish. Switching to monkfish at around 90 will help you avoid burning a lot of them, and save you time. You could start sharks at this level as well, but you'll waste a lot of money burning them. To avoid burning a lot of sharks, start at around level 94 with cooking gauntlets. At level 94, you will stop burning sharks (With the gauntlets) and have the easiest route from 94-99 to be burn free. You may however lose a bit of money cooking sharks, as the prices for them are continually dropping and rising. It is best to stick with lobsters, as that way you will know how much you will be losing from 94 to 99 cooking.

Another tip if you're cooking fish, especially higher leveled fish such as lobster, swordfish, bass or shark is many players will trade their raw fish for your cooked. They may not have the level to cook or are too lazy and will happily trade so they can continue on with what they want to do. This makes training on these high level fish much easier - especially if you can find someone who it constantly willing to trade their raw fish for your cooked.

The quickest time saver of cooking is the placement of raw food in the inventory. If you scroll your inventory to the top, your raw food should be placed in the lower right hand corner of the bank. Above this should be your logs if you're going to build a fire to cook on. Placing the cooked food beside the raw will help you keep motivated on your goal. It also allows you to withdraw your food quickly if you see a buyer.

Another time saver is to find the closest range or fire from the bank. In the non-member world, most players usually cook in Draynor Village or Edgeville. Most players opt for Edgeville due to the fact that they can sell their food to player killers easier. Since the addition of the Grand Exchange, non-members are able to bank and make a fire at the same location. This is the best location for non-members to cook their food currently.

After the Family Crest quest, you will obtain some "Steel Gauntlets". The Family Crest quest guide explains all three options you have with the gauntlets. However, you are able to turn these Gauntlets into Cooking Gauntlets.

When equipped, these Gauntlets will add an effective 10 levels to your cooking level when cooking Lobsters, Swordfish, and Sharks. This means that there you have less of a chance of burning the food. If you ever lose yours, go back to Dimintheis and he'll give them back to you and after you have to pay the price of 25k gp to Caleb in Catherby to change them into Cooking Gauntlets.

As crossbows require a stronger form of string than the bowstrings used for regular bows, players will need to use "sinew" to string their crossbows. To make sinew, simply use beef or bear meat on range, and choose the option to dry it out into sinew. Once you have this, you can spin it at a spinning wheel to create a crossbow string.

• Big Chompy Bird Hunting: 1,470 XP
• Cook's Assistant: 300 XP
• Forgettable Tale...: 5,000 XP
• Gertrude's Cat: 1,525 XP
• Heroes' Quest: 2,825 XP
• Rag and Bone Man: 500 XP
• Recipe for Disaster: 28,000 XP
• Tai Bwo Wannai Trio: 5,000 XP

• Meeting History: 2,500 XP in any skill of your choice over level 25.
• A Fairy Tale Part II: 2,500 XP in any skill of your choice over level 30.
• Great Brain Robbery, The: 5,000 XP for any skill of your choice over level 30.
• Legends' Quest: 7,650-30,600 XP (4 x 7,650 is given to 4 skills from a list of skills).
• One Small Favour: 10,000-20,000 XP (2 x 10,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 30).
• Recipe for Disaster: 20,000 XP for any skill of your choice over level 50.
• Darkness Of Hallowvale: 6,000 XP (3 x 2,000 lamps for any skill of your choice).
• Legacy of Seergaze: 7,500 XP (3 x 2,500 tomes for any skill of your choice).
• Troll Stronghold: 10,000-20,000 XP (2 x 10,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 30).
• A Tail Of Two Cats: 2,500-5,000 XP (2 x 2,500 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 30).
• While Guthix Sleeps: 100,000-400,000 XP (4 x 100,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 65).
• The Temple At Senntisten: 23,000 XP for any skill of your choice over level 50.
• Love Story: 10,000 XP in any skill of your choice over level 60.