Cooking

Cooking is used to turn raw fish and crops into edible food. Although produce such as Potatoes harvested while

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This article is about the Cooking skill. For training the skill, see Cooking/Training.

Cooking

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Farming

can be used as raw food, cooked food is substantially stronger, with even low level fish such as Sardines healing more than Snape Grass, the strongest raw crop. The amount of time taken to cook food varies depending on the item being cooked. Purchasing the

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Art of Control

god upgrade reduces this time by 15%. Using the

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Pig

and

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Salamander

synergy will reduce this by a further 0.1 seconds, and wearing the Chef's Hat reduces it by another 0.1 seconds.

Mechanics

Cooking Utilities

Cooking utilities can be purchased from the Shop if the player has the required skill levels. Cooking fires increase the amount of

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Cooking

experience gained, while furnaces and pots increase the chance of acquiring double items when actively cooking. In addition, all utilities provide additional chance to perfectly cook items. Bonuses granted from upgrading utilities apply when cooking on any utility. For example, if the player has upgraded to the

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Maple Cooking Fire

, then the 25% bonus

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Cooking

experience is granted even when actively cooking with the furnace or pot.

Cooking Fires

Name		Requirements	Cost	Bonus Error creating thumbnail: File missing XP		Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect Cook Chance		Passive Cook Time Decrease		2x Items Chance		Active Cook Time Decrease
				This Fire	Total	This Fire	Total	This Fire	Total	This Fire	Total	This Fire	Total
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Normal Cooking Fire	None	20,000 500	+5%	+5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Oak Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 10	40,000 500	+5%	+10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Willow Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 25	70,000 500	+5%	+15%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Teak Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 35	100,000 500	+5%	+20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Maple Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 45	150,000 500	+5%	+25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mahogany Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 55	200,000 500	+5%	+30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Yew Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60	300,000 500	+10%	+40%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Magic Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 75	500,000 500	+10%	+50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Redwood Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 90	1,000,000 500	+20%	+70%	+3%	+3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Spruce Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100	5,000,000 1,000	0%	+70%	+2%	+5%	-5%	-5%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Elderwood Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 110	10,000,000 1,000	0%	+70%	+2%	+7%	0%	-5%	+2%	+2%	0%	0%
	Carrion Cooking Fire	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 120	30,000,000 1,000	0%	+70%	+3%	+10%	0%	-5%	+2%	+4%	-3%	-3%

Furnaces

Name		Requirements	Cost	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect Cook Chance		2x Items Chance		Passive Cook Time Decrease		Active Cook Time Decrease		+1 Item Chance
				This Furnace	Total	This Furnace	Total	This Furnace	Total	This Furnace	Total	This Furnace	Total
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Basic Furnace	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 15	500 , 500	+1%	+1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Strong Furnace	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 30	1,000 , 1,000	+1%	+2%	+1%	+1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Magic Furnace	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 50 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 50	1,500 , 1,500	+1%	+3%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Corundum Furnace	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100	1,600	0%	+3%	0%	+2%	-5%	-5%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Augite Furnace	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 108	2,000	0%	+3%	+2%	+4%	0%	-5%	-2%	-2%	0%	0%
	Divine Furnace	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 115	2,500	0%	+3%	0%	+4%	0%	-5%	0%	-2%	+10%	+10%

Pots

Name		Requirements	Cost	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect Cook Chance		2x Items Chance		Passive Cook Time Decrease		Active Cook Time Decrease		+1 Item Chance		Increased Cooking Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mastery XP
				This Pot	Total	This Pot	Total	This Pot	Total	This Pot	Total	This Pot	Total	This Pot	Total
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Basic Pot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 25	400	+1%	+1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Strong Pot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 50	800	+1%	+2%	+1%	+1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Magic Pot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 75	1,200	+1%	+3%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Iridium Pot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100	2,000 , 2,000	0%	+3%	0%	+2%	-5%	-5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Palladium Pot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 105 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 105	2,500 , 2,500	0%	+3%	+2%	+4%	0%	-5%	-2%	-2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Divine Pot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 115 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 115	3,000 , 3,000	0%	+3%	0%	+4%	0%	-5%	0%	-2%	+10%	+10%	0%	0%
	Superior Cooking Pot	None	50,000,000 10	0%	+3%	0%	+4%	-10%	-15%	0%	-2%	0%	+10%	+3%	+3%

Passive Cooking

While one utility is actively cooking food, the other two can also passively cook to produce food. This will not grant any

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or skill XP, takes five times longer than actively cooking the same recipe, and has no chance of preserving resources, doubling items or perfect cooking, however has no negative effects on the active utility.

Perfect Cook

Food that is actively cooked has a chance to be "perfectly cooked," giving the item 10% increased healing and 50% increased sale value. This chance starts at 0%, and is increased by 5% every 10 mastery levels, 50% at 99 mastery, 2% by the Cooking Skillcape and 3% from upgrading the appropriate cooking utility. The maximum chance is 100%.

Perfectly cooked items cannot be used in place of regular cooked food when creating things such as Summoning tablets or Agility obstacles. For this reason, players may opt out from receiving perfectly cooked items by using the "Enable Perfect Cooks?" option near the top of the Cooking page.

Failed Cook

There is a base 30% chance for cooking attempts to fail, which can be reduced via

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Mastery

down to 0%. There is also a 25% chance to fail a cooking attempt with the

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Pig

and

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Mole

synergy. If a cooking attempt fails the player will only receive 1 XP, and unless preserved the ingredients will be lost.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each Mastery level provides +0.6% success rate. Success rate is capped at 99%, except with Gloves or Cooking Skillcape.
10	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
20	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
30	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
40	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
50	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
60	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
70	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
80	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
90	+5% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item.
99	+50% Perfect Cook Chance for this Item. This cooked product heals you for an extra 20% when eaten.

The cap of 100% success is reached at level 50 Mastery.

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	2,700,000 xp	+5% Cooking Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
25%	6,750,000 xp	+5% chance to Double Items in Cooking for Melvor Realm only
50%	13,500,000 xp	+10% chance to preserve resources in Cooking for Melvor Realm only
95%	25,650,000 xp	+10% Food healing value while using Normal Damage
Total Mastery Pool XP		27,000,000

The heal bonuses from the per-item

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Mastery

and the 95% Checkpoint bonus stack additively. If a player has 99

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Mastery

for a given fish and has the 95%

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Mastery

Checkpoint unlocked, the fish will heal 130% of the normal amount. The

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Mastery

Checkpoint bonus also applies to uncooked Food such as crops grown via

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Farming

.

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches

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Level 99

.

Regular Skillcape

The Cooking Skillcape is the skillcape for the Cooking skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Cooking skill. The Cooking Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+100% chance to successfully Cook an item, +2% Global Perfect Cook chance, and -15% Cooking Interval

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Cooking Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Cooking skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Cooking skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+100% chance to successfully Cook an item, +4% Global Perfect Cook chance, -25% Cooking Interval, and +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Cooking action.

Pet	Name	DLC	Effect
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Cris		+5% Chance to Double Items in Cooking

Cooking Items

Cooking Fire

These items can be cooked using a Cooking Fire.

Cooked Item			Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	DLC	Cook Time (s)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing XP	XP/s	Total Healing		Ingredients	Value
								Normal	Perfect		Normal	Perfect
		Shrimp	1		2s	5	2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 30	33	1x	2	3
		Beef	1		3s	10	3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 50	55	1x	5	8
		Sardine	5		2s	10	5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 40	44	1x	5	8
		Herring	10		3s	15	5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 50	55	1x	10	15
		Seahorse	15		4s	50	12	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 120	132	1x	65	98
		Trout	20		4s	33	8	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70	77	1x	27	41
		Mackerel	20		4s	36	9	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 77	84	1x	32	49
		Salmon	35		4s	40	10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90	99	1x	58	87
		Halibut	40		5s	73	15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 121	133	1x	129	194
		Lobster	40		5s	66	13	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 110	121	1x	108	162
		Anglerfish	50		6s	100	17	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 120	132	1x	209	314
		Swordfish	50		5s	83	17	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 130	143	1x	134	201
		Fanfish	55		6s	120	20	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 140	154	1x	250	375
		Crab	60		7s	140	20	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 150	165	1x	280	420
		Carp	65		7s	150	21	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 180	198	1x	395	593
		Shark	70		8s	186	23	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 200	220	1x	674	1,011
		Tilapia	75		9s	205	23	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 242	266	1x	645	968
		Cave Fish	75		9s	186	21	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 220	242	1x	538	807
		Manta Ray	85		10s	291	29	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 400	440	1x	1,624	2,436
		Whale	95		11s	400	36	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 480	528	1x	2,048	3,072
		Lava Fish	100		11s	390	35	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 550	605	1x	1,200	1,800
		Blue Crab	102		11s	435	40	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 600	660	1x	1,461	2,192
		Magma Fish	105		12s	450	38	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 585	643	1x	2,323	3,485
		Static Jellyfish	108		12s	485	40	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 400	440	1x	4,500	6,750
		Frost Crab	110		12s	545	45	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 630	693	1x	1,234	1,851
		Magma Eel	112		13s	520	40	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 660	792	1x	5,000	7,500
		Frozen Manta Ray	115		13s	690	53	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 720	864	1x	2,222	3,333
		Terrorfish	118		13s	810	62	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 750	900	1x	3,000	4,500
		Mystic Shark	120		13s	885	68	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 880	1,056	1x	7,500	11,250

Furnace

These items are cooked using a Furnace.

Cooked Item			Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	DLC	Error creating thumbnail: File missing XP	XP/s	Total Healing		Ingredients	Value
							Normal	Perfect		Normal	Perfect
		Bread x3	1		13	2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 30	33	1x	5	8
		Chicken	4		44	6	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90	99	1x	8	12
		Plain Pizza Slice x8	9		72	9	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 112	120	1x1x1x	2	3
		Beef Pie	17		117	15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 240	264	1x1x	37	56
		Meat Pizza Slice x8	25		161	20	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 256	280	2x1x1x2x	4	6
		Strawberry Cupcake x2	41		214	27	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 160	176	1x1x1x	42	63
		Cherry Cupcake x2	57		252	32	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 200	220	1x1x1x	78	117
		Apple Pie	73		424	53	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 220	242	2x1x	253	380
		Strawberry Cake	89		490	61	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 270	297	3x1x2x	378	567
		Carrot Cake	97		603	75	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 300	330	3x1x2x	751	1,127
		Banana Bread x4	100		815	102	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 400	440	1x1x	120	180
		Spicy Chicken Pizza x8	103		1,695	212	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 960	1,152	1x8x1x	30	45
		Sandwich x2	106		1,480	185	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 860	1,032	1x1x1x1x	605	908
		Fancy Meat Pizza x8	113		1,885	236	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,120	1,344	1x8x1x	60	90
		Starfruit Cake	117		710	89	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 400	440	3x2x1x	1,350	2,025

Pot

These items are cooked using a Pot.

Cooked Item			Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	DLC	Error creating thumbnail: File missing XP	XP/s	Total Healing		Ingredients	Value
							Normal	Perfect		Normal	Perfect
		Basic Soup x4	33		126	18	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 144	156	2x	8	12
		Hearty Soup x4	49		223	32	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 160	176	1x1x	22	33
		Cream Corn Soup x4	65		274	39	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 232	252	2x1x1x	42	63
		Chicken Soup x4	81		617	88	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 440	484	1x1x1x1x	96	144
		Mushroom Soup x4	101		275	39	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 260	284	2x1x	150	225
		Beef Mushroom Stew x4	104		1,105	158	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 640	768	2x1x	50	75
		Pumpkin Soup x4	106		710	101	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 400	440	1x1x1x	175	263
		Spicy Shrimp Soup x4	111		1,005	144	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 580	696	4x1x1x	500	750
		Chicken Cream Mushroom Soup x4	114		1,200	171	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 720	864	1x1x1x	600	900
		Chilli Frost Crab x4	116		1,045	149	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 640	768	2x2x	1,155	1,733

Potion

The Generous Cook Potion has a chance to double food created. Charges are not used when burning food.

Generous Cook Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	15	+10% Chance to Double Items in Cooking
	II	30	+20% Chance to Double Items in Cooking
	III	40	+30% Chance to Double Items in Cooking
	IV	60	+50% Chance to Double Items in Cooking

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the

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Summoning

Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Cooking.

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		DLC	Effect
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig				+10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig			Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Ent	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig		+30% chance to gain +1 additional resource in Cooking for Melvor Realm only (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Octopus	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Devil		+5% Cooking Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only -10% Cooking Skill XP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Crow		+15% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Runes +15% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Salamander		-0.3s Cooking Interval for Melvor Realm only -0.3s Smithing Interval for Melvor Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Devil		+8% Firemaking & Cooking Mastery XP. -10% Firemaking & Cooking Preservation Chance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig		Eagle		-10% Cooking interval for Melvor Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pig		Owl		+1.5% Cooking Mastery XP per maxed Star in Vale constellation in Astrology
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Ent	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+40% chance to gain +1 additional resource in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Bear	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+20% chance to Double Items in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Crow	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Abyssal Runes +20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Abyssal Combo Runes +20% chance to preserve resources in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Salamander	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	-0.4s Cooking Interval for Abyssal Realm only -0.4s Smithing Interval for Abyssal Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Devil	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+11% Firemaking & Cooking Mastery XP for Abyssal Realm only. -12% Firemaking & Cooking Preservation chance for Abyssal Realm only.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Golem	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+50% chance to gain +1 additional Fish in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Void Wisp	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	-50% Cooking Abyssal XP +1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only (cannot be doubled)

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Cooking-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from

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