RuneScape/Skills/Cooking

In RuneScape, cooking is a skill used to make food which players can eat to heal hit points from fighting or other injuries. There are many different types of food in RuneScape, each healing a different amount of hit points. The higher cooking level you have, the more kinds of food you can make.

Cooking is a very popular skill to raise, as players can also sell the food for a great profit, since almost all players need food.

How To Cook
Players can cook their food on a fire or on a range. Ranges are shown on the mini-map as a cooking pan. It is important to note that only meat, fish, vegetables, and tea can be cooked on fires, while all kinds of food can be prepared on ranges.

To cook, players have to use the food with a range or a fire. If they carry more than one item of the same food, then a menu will appear in the chat box asking how much of the food they want to cook.

At low cooking levels, players will burn their food quite often. But as they raise their cooking level, they will burn less food, and eventually they will hardly ever burn food again.

Items Needed For Cooking
There are many items that players need to cook, such as water or flour.

Flour
Flour is used to make dough which can then be made to bake pies or bread. However, the process of making flour is fairly long.


 * First of all, grain is needed. Grain fields are around Lumbridge, Varrock, and Draynor Village.


 * Next, a pot is needed. Pots can be bought from all general stores for about 1 gp. Players can also craft pots.


 * Next, the player has to go to a windmill. There is one between Lumbridge and Draynor Village and another one inside the cooking guild. The player will have to go to the very top floor and put grain in the hopper. They must then operate the hopper so that the grain slides down the chute. Then the player can collect the flour in a pot on the first floor.


 * A fairly easy way for members to get flour is to take a full inventory full of pots to Sinclair Mansion (north of Seers Village) and fill them at the flour bin in the kitchen. This is easily the quickest way to get flour in Runescape.

Water
Water is fairly easy to get.


 * First, either a jug or a bucket is need. Both of these items can be bought from general stores for about 2 gp.


 * Next, a player has to find a sink or a fountain. Places to get water are labeled on the mini-map as a rain drop. The player then has to use the jug or bucket with the sink or fountain. A bucket can also be used with a well.

Containers
The food containers in RuneScape are pots, bowls, pie dishes, and cake tins. All of these items can be crafted, bought from a general store, or obtained from the cooking guild.

Vegetables, Meats, and Fruits
Some recipes require certain vegetables, meats, and fruits. For example, players will need apples to make an apple pie and meat to make a meat pie.

Meat
Meat can be cooked by using it with a range or fire. Meat is great to cook at low cooking levels. Chickens, cows, rats, and bears all drop meat when they are defeated.

Fish
Fish is a very common food among players of RuneScape. They heal a lot, so fish is recommended to eat when fighting. All a player has to do is fish and then cook what they catch.

Bread
To make bread, players need to first make flour, which is explained above. When they've made flour, they must then use it with a jug of water or a bucket of water. When they use water with flour, they will make the dough. The dough can only be cooked on a range, not on a fire. When the dough is done being baked, it will become bread.

Pie
Pies require two bites to be fully eaten, thus giving players a bit more health than other foods. For example, when a player eats a redberry pie, they will only eat one half of it. The other half will stay in the dish which can be eaten later. To make pie, players need to mix flour and water together and then make some pastry dough. Players then need to use the dough with a pie dish. Then, the player can put in extra ingredients to make them heal more, such as meat to make a meat pie. When they are finished putting in the ingredients, the pie can then be baked.

Stew
To make stew, players need a bowl and some cooked meat. Next, the bowl has to be filled with water. Potatoes are needed next. They can be found around the farms near Draynor Village and Lumbridge or members can grow potatoes themselves. Members can also buy potatoes from Hudo's Grand Tree Groceries in the Grand Tree or from Frenita's Cookery Shop in Yanille. Players then have to add the cooked meat and potatoes to the bowl of water and then cook the bowl to make stew.

Pizza
Many players like to use pizzas to heal themselves as they can heal quite a lot of HP. Also, like pizzas, they can require players to take two bites, allowing them to eat one half and save the other half for when it's needed. To make a pizza, mix flour with water and make a pizza base. Players then need to add a tomato and a slice of cheese on the base. Both a tomato and a slice of cheese can be taken from their respawn in Draynor Village, north of the bank. They can also be bought from the food store in Port Sarim. When the tomato and slice of cheese is added to the pizza base, the pizza can then be baked. Players can also add things on their pizza after they have finished baking it.

Cake
Cakes require three bites to be fully eaten, so if a player clicks on a cake, they will still have two other pieces left. To make a cake, players need flour, an egg, milk, and a cake tin. Eggs are near the chicken coops around Lumbridge, while milk can be obtained by milking dairy cows with a bucket. Dairy cows are around Lumbridge near the level 2 cows. When all of these items are placed in the cake tin, the cake can then be cooked on a range.

Wine
To make wine, a jug of water and grapes are needed. Grapes can be found in the cooking guild. Use the grapes with the jug of water to make unfermented wine. About 10 seconds later, the wine will ferment and be drinkable.

Hot Drinks
The only hot drink is nettle tea, which is members only. To make nettle tea, players need fist a bowl of water. Next, nettles are needed. Nettles are located southeast of the slayer master in Canifis. It is important to note that nettles will hurt players when they pick them up, so they have to wear gloves. The nettles have to be used with the bowl of water to make nettle-water. The nettle-water next has to be boiled on a range to turn it into nettle tea. The tea can then be placed into an empty cup. Empty cups can be bought or stolen from the tea stall in Varrock or by speaking to Brother Galahad, located east of the coal trucks. Also, if a player wants to add milk to their tea, they can obtain some milk in a bucket and use it with the tea. Adding milk is optional.

Brewing
Ales


 * Two buckets of water
 * Two Barley Malt
 * Main ingredient (Varies depending on the type of ale you want from; Apple mush, Hammerstone hops, Asgarnian hops, harralander and so on. Quantity also varies.)
 * Pot of Yale Yeast.

You need to put the buckets of water in an empty VAT followed by the barley malt and then the main ingredient and finally the yeast which has to be bought from local brewers.

Note: The process of fermenting can take up to a full day so if you plan to brew ales be prepared by having something else to do while you wait or just come back in a few days time.

Vegetables
Vegetables basically consist of a baked potato with a topping of some kind. The toppings must be made separately and then added to the potato. The better toppings require high farming levels or lots of money to obtain.

Potato: grow using the farming skill or pick on any NPC farm and bake on a range (NOT a fire).

Notes:
 * Toppings count as foods on their own but it is better to add them to baked potatoes for better healing.
 * Always add butter first and then add whatever topping you wish to use.