Main page/Skill guides/Ironman modes/Cooking

What is 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. Remember you can't use the bank as an ultimate ironman.

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, he can give you the skilling cape when you reached level 99 cooking. Finally you can view his shop where you can spend your cooking points.

Experience table

Name	Image	Level	Experience gained with regular mode	Experience gained with classic mode
Shrimps		1	1740	522
Sardine		1	2320	754
Anchovies		1	1740	522
Herring		5	2900	928
Mackerel		10	3480	1102
Trout		15	4060	1334
Cod		18	4350	1392
Pike		20	4640	1508
Salmon		25	5220	1682
Slimy eel		28	5510	1798
Tuna		30	5800	1914
Rainbow Fish		35	6380	2088
Cave eel		38	6670	2146
Lobster		40	6960	2262
Bass		43	7540	2436
Swordfish		45	8120	2668
Lava eel		53	1740	522
Monkfish		62	8700	2842
(Big) Shark		80	12180	4002
Sea turtle		82	12238	4002
Anglerfish		84	13340	4350
Dark crab		90	12470	4060
Manta ray		91	12528	4118

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.

When you burn food and you need more raw food, it also possible to buy some kinds of raw fish at fisherman Harry in Catherby, Karamja or donator zone.

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.

Watch the order of the hourly bonus skills to see when cooking is the hourly bonus skill.

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	Get it from the skillcape store or the cooking master
Cooking hood		Gives you 5% more cooking xp	Get it from the skillcape store or the cooking master
Cooking gauntlets		The cooking gauntlets give you less chance to burn food	Buy it from the skilling point store for 50 skilling points or buy from players
Golden 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		Gives you 5% more cooking xp and 5% less chance to burn food	Get it from the cooking master at the cooking guild