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About Cooking

Cooking is a skill that allows you to use raw food to be made edible, healing hitpoints when eaten. To do this, the player must use a raw, cookable food on a range or fire. Cooking goes hand in hand with the Fishing skill.

Cooking places

There are a few cooking locations near to a bank.

Catherby

Karamja

Members Zones

Run to the north east in both zones to reach the cooking range.

Cooking guild

You need level 32 cooking to get access to the guild, and make sure to wear chef's hat or a cooking related item.

Cooking master

The cooking master can be found at the cooking guild. He's able to give you skilling tasks to obtain cooking points or money (you will also get participation points when you finish your task). In addition, you can view his shop where you can spend your cooking points.

Experience table

Name	Image	Level	Regular Mode	Classic	Ironman	Realism	One Life	Pure/Master	Spawn
Shrimps		1	450	300	450	150	450	150	450
Sardine		1	600	400	600	200	600	200	600
Anchovies		1	450	300	450	150	450	150	450
Herring		5	750	500	750	250	750	250	750
Mackerel		10	900	600	900	300	900	300	900
Trout		15	1,050	700	1,050	350	1,050	350	1,050
Cod		18	1,125	750	1,125	375	1,125	375	1,125
Pike		20	1,200	800	1,200	400	1,200	400	1,200
Salmon		25	1,350	900	1,350	450	1,350	450	1,350
Slimy eel		28	1,425	950	1,425	475	1,425	475	1,425
Tuna		30	1,500	1,000	1,500	500	1,500	500	1,500
Rainbow Fish		35	1,650	1,100	1,650	550	1,650	550	1,650
Cave eel		38	1,725	1,150	1,725	575	1,725	575	1,725
Lobster		40	1,800	1,200	1,800	600	1,800	600	1,800
Bass		43	1,500	1,300	1,500	650	1,500	650	1,500
Swordfish		45	2,100	1,400	2,100	700	2,100	700	2,100
Lava eel		53	450	300	450	150	450	150	450
Monkfish		62	2,250	2,480	2,250	750	2,250	750	2,250
Karambwan		1	2,850	1,500	2,850	950	2,850	950	2,850
Shark / Big		80	3,150 / 4,200	2,100 / 2,800	3,150 / 4,200	1,050 / 1,400	3,150 / 4,200	1,050 / 1,400	3,150 / 4,200
Sea turtle		82	3,165	1,900	3,165	1,240	3,165	1,240	3,165
Anglerfish		84	3,450	2,110	3,450	1,055	3,450	1,055	3,450
Dark crab		90	3,225	2,300	3,225	1,150	3,225	1,150	3,225
Manta ray		91	3,240	2,150	3,240	1,075	3,240	1,075	3,240

1-99 walktrough

This is the suggested method for 1-99 cooking:

Name	Image	Levels
Shrimps		1-10
Mackerel		10-30
Tuna		30-40
Lobster		40-62
Monkfish		62-80
Sharks		80-91
Dark crab		91-99

Note: this table is based on xp rates and how hard it is to catch all fish.

Useful items and boosts

Hourly bonus skill

The hourly bonus skill gives you 50% more cooking xp for 1 hour. Quest tab > the "i" icon to see what the current hourly bonus skill is. Refresh the page to be sure you have the right one.

Item/Boost	Image	Effect	How to obtain?
Voting		Gives you 25% more cooking xp for 1 hour	When you redeem your vote, you will get a boost xp for 1 hour. See here how to vote
Cooking cape		Gives you 10% more cooking xp and you won't burn food anymore when wearing the cape	Buy it from the cooking master
Cooking hood		Gives you 5% more cooking xp	Buy it from the cooking master
Cooking gauntlets		The cooking gauntlets give you less chance to burn food	Get it from the command triva or buy it from players or the Skilling point store
Golden Chef's hat/Chef's hat		Gives you 5% more cooking xp and gives access to cooking guild	Buy from the cooking master at the cooking guild
Apron/Gold apron/White apron		Gives you 5% more cooking xp and 5% less chance to burn food	Buy it from the cooking master at the cooking guild (brown apron is for free)