Cooking

Cooking is a skill that allows raw food to be made edible, healing hitpoints when eaten. To do this, the player uses a raw, cookable food on a range or fire.

Cookable Fish

Fish			Fishing		Cooking		Caught with	Heals
			Level	Exp	Level	Exp
		Shrimp (cooked)	1	10	1	30	Net	3
		Sardine (cooked)	5	20	1	40	Bait, Drift net	4
		Karambwanji (cooked)	5	5	N/A	N/A	Net	N/A
		Herring (cooked)	10	30	5	50	Bait	5
		Anchovies (cooked)	15	40	1	30	Net, Drift net	1
		Mackerel (cooked)	16	20	10	60	Big Net	6
		Trout (cooked)	20	50	15	70	Fly	7
		Cod (cooked)	23	45	18	75	Big Net	7
		Pike (cooked)	25	60	20	80	Bait	8
		Slimy eel (cooked)	28	65	28	95	Bait	6-10
		Salmon (cooked)	30	70	25	90	Fly	9
		Tuna (cooked)	35	80	30	100	Harpoon, Drift net	10
		Rainbow fish (cooked)	38	80	35	110	Stripy fly fishing	11
		Cave eel (cooked)	38	80	38	115	Bait	7-11
		Lobster (cooked)	40	90	40	120	Cage, Drift net	12
		Bluegill (cut)	43	11.5	1	3	Cormorant	N/A
		Bass(cooked)	46	100	43	130	Big Net	13
		Swordfish (cooked)	50	100	45	140	Harpoon, Drift net	14
		Lava eel (cooked)	53	60	53	30	Oily rod with bait	11
		Common tench (cut)	56	40	1	10	Cormorant	N/A
		Monkfish (cooked)	62	120	62	150	Net	16
		Karambwan (cooked)	65	50	30	190	Vessel	18
		Mottled eel (cut)	73	65	1	20	Cormorant	N/A
		Shark (cooked)	76	110	80	210	Harpoon, Drift net	20
		Sea turtle (cooked)	79	38	82	212	Fishing Trawler, Drift net	21
		Infernal eel (smashed)	80	95	N/A	N/A	Oily rod with bait	N/A
		Manta ray (cooked)	81	46	91	216	Fishing Trawler, Drift net	22
		Anglerfish (cooked)	82	120	84	230	Sandworms	3-22
		Dark crab (cooked)	85	130	90	215	Cage with fishing bait	22
		Cave fish (cooked)	85	300	88	214	Cage with dark bait	22
		Rocktail (cooked)	90	380	93	225	Fishing rod with Living minerals	23
		Greater siren (cut)	91	100	1	25	Cormorant	N/A

Temporary Boosts

Boost		Level increase	Other info
	Cooking cape	1	Activating the cape's effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
	Cooking gauntlets	N/A	When worn, they significantly decrease the likelihood of burning lobsters, swordfish, monkfish, sharks and anglerfish when cooking them.
	Spicy stew (brown spice)	±0-5	Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.
	Cooking guild	7	The boost takes effect while player is within the Cooking Guild, and is an invisible boost.

Where to train Cooking

The best free to play spot to train cooking is located southwest of our home area in the Hosidius house. Utilizing the ;;shops command, select the hosidius option, and enjoy the fancy range a couple tiles from the bank.

Platinum+ donators have access to the top floor of the Donator Zone which allows them access to the best place to cook. This range provides the same benefits as the Hosidius Range, however it is only 1 tile away from a bank. This range is located in the Hunter section of the top floor, as shown in the picture below.

Training Cooking (Method #1)

Levels 1-20

Shrimps / Anchovies are slightly less experience than sardines, but also have a lower burn rate. Early level training is so quick that these slight details do not matter as much.

Levels 20-35

Trout will be the best experience you can manage at this level alongside having the lowest burn rate. It should only take a few successful Trout before reaching level 35.

Levels 35-93

Jug of Wines will be the best experience in the game until reaching level 93. They do not require cooking gauntlets, only the combination of grapes and jugs of wine.

Levels 82-93

Anglerfish will be the best XP in the game, as well as are compatible with the Cooking Gauntlets bonus, making them the best option to finish off the 99 cooking grind.

Training Cooking (Method #2)

Levels 1-20

Shrimps / Anchovies are slightly less experience than sardines, but also have a lower burn rate. Early level training is so quick that these slight details do not matter as much.

Levels 20-30

Trout will be the best experience you can manage at this level alongside having the lowest burn rate. It should only take a few successful Trout before reaching level 30.

Levels 30-50

Salmon are not a major difference compared to Trout, but noticeable enough to the point where it's worth changing since we'll be cooking these until level 50.

Levels 50-61

Tuna will be cooked up until level 61.

Levels 61-82

Lobster, although fishable at level 40, is only worth cooking at level 61 due to its significantly decreased burn rate.

Levels 82-93

Monkfish will be a fairly long grind until we move to Anglerfish at 93. However, these are pretty decent for food so saving up a stack is never a bad idea.

Levels 82-93

Anglerfish will be the best XP in the game, as well as are compatible with the Cooking Gauntlets bonus, making them the best option to finish off the 99 cooking grind.