Cooking
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Cooking is used to turn raw fish and crops into edible food. Although produce such as Potatoes harvested while
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 in the base game.
Mechanics
Action Time
The amount of time taken to cook food varies depending on the item being cooked. Purchasing the Art of Control god upgrade reduces this time by 15%, as does wearing the
Cooking Skillcape. Up to a 5% reduction can be obtained from
Vale (
Level 20). The
Burning Coals and
Sweltering Pools obstacles both reduce cooking time by 3%. Using the
Pig and
Salamander synergy will reduce this by a further 0.3 seconds, and wearing the
Chef's Hat reduces it by another 0.1 seconds. The maximum interval reduction possible in the base game is therefore 41% plus 0.4 seconds (where the flat reduction is applied after the percentage reduction).
The Throne of the Herald Expansion introduces further reductions to the cooking time: The Superior Cooking Skillcape reduces the cooking interval by 25% - a 10% advantage over the
Cooking Skillcape. The
Pig and
Eagle synergy provides a 10% reduction, which is a greater reduction than
Pig and
Salamander for any food with a base cooking time of over 3 seconds. Agility has a number of reductions, with
Freezing Rafting,
Monkey Trail, and
Elite Pillar of Expertise providing reductions of 10%, 5%, and 3% respectively. A 5% reduction is granted while the
Mortar and Pestle is equipped. Purchasing the
Augite Furnace and
Palladium Pot each provide a 2% reduction, while the
Carrion Cooking Fire provides 3%. Finally,
Harold provides a 2% reduction when unlocked. Therefore, the maximum interval reduction possible with the expansion is 93% plus 0.1 seconds.
The passive cooking interval may also be reduced by up to 40% when the Multicooker Potion is used (depending on the tier of potion used), and by 15% while the
Pig and
Beaver synergy is in use. Bonuses reducing the active cooking time also reduce the passive cooking time, where active reductions are applied before bonuses specifically reducing the passive cooking time. The passive cooking time of a recipe is determined as follows:
[math]\displaystyle{ \left ( \text{Base Action Time} \times \frac{100 - \text{Active Reduction %}}{100} - \text{Flat Active Reduction} \right ) \times 5 \times \frac{100 - \text{Passive Reduction %}}{100} }[/math]
Cooking Utilities
Cooking utilities can be purchased from the Shop if the player has the required skill levels. Cooking chance can be increased by 10% by equipping Cooking Gloves with active charges. Cooking fires increase the amount of
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 Maple Cooking Fire, then the 25% bonus
Cooking experience is granted even when actively cooking with the furnace or pot. The one exception to this is increases to the perfect cooking chance, which only apply to the utility providing the bonus.
Cooking Fires
Furnaces
Pots
Passive Cooking
While one utility is actively cooking food, the other two can also passively cook to produce food. This will not grant any Mastery 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. Passive Cooking also has a 100% chance of success even when the
Pig +
Mole synergy is active.
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 Mastery down to 0%. There is also a 25% chance to fail a cooking attempt with the
Pig and
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 |
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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 |
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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 Mastery and the 95% Checkpoint bonus stack additively. If a player has 99
Mastery for a given fish and has the 95%
Mastery Checkpoint unlocked, the fish will heal 130% of the normal amount.
The Mastery Checkpoint bonus also applies to uncooked Food such as crops grown via
Farming.
Skillcape
The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches
Level 99.
The superior skillcape can be purchased from the store for 10,000,000 after the player reaches
Level 120.
Skillcape | Name | Requirements | Effect |
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Cooking Skillcape | +100% chance to successfully Cook an item, +2% Global Perfect Cook chance, and -15% Cooking Interval | |
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+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 active Cooking action. Passive Cooking does not roll for the pet.
Pet | Name | Effect |
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Cris | +5% Chance to Double Items in Cooking |
Cooking Items
Cooking Fire
These items can be cooked using a Cooking Fire.
Cooked Item | Requirements | Cook Time (s) | XP | XP/s | Healing | Value | Ingredients | ||||
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Shrimp | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 |
3 |
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Beef | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 5 |
8 |
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Sardine | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
8 |
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Herring | 3 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
15 |
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Seahorse | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 65 |
98 |
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Trout | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 27 |
41 |
1 ![]() | |||
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4 | 36 | 9 | 32 |
49 |
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Salmon | 4 | 40 | 10 | 58 |
87 |
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5 | 73 | 14.6 | 129 |
194 |
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Lobster | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 108 |
162 |
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Anglerfish | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 209 |
314 |
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Swordfish | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 134 |
201 |
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Fanfish | 6 | 120 | 20 | 250 |
375 |
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Crab | 7 | 140 | 20 | 280 |
420 |
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Carp | 7 | 150 | 21.43 | 395 |
593 |
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Shark | 8 | 186 | 23.25 | 674 |
1,011 |
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9 | 205 | 22.78 | 645 |
968 |
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Cave Fish | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 538 |
807 |
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Manta Ray | 10 | 291 | 29.1 | 1,624 |
2,436 |
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Whale | 11 | 400 | 36.36 | 2,048 |
3,072 |
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11 | 390 | 35.45 | 1,200 |
1,800 |
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11 | 435 | 39.55 | 1,461 |
2,192 |
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12 | 450 | 37.5 | 2,323 |
3,485 |
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12 | 485 | 40.42 | 4,500 |
6,750 |
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12 | 545 | 45.42 | 1,234 |
1,851 |
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13 | 520 | 40 | 5,000 |
7,500 |
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13 | 690 | 53.08 | 2,222 |
3,333 |
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13 | 810 | 62.31 | 3,000 |
4,500 |
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13 | 885 | 68.08 | 7,500 |
11,250 |
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Furnace
These items are cooked using a Furnace.
Cooked Item | Requirements | Cook Time (s) | XP | XP/s | Healing | Value | Ingredients | ||||
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3x Bread | 8 | 13 | 1.62 | 5 |
8 |
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Chicken | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 8 |
12 |
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8x Plain Pizza Slice | 8 | 72 | 9 | 2 |
3 |
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Beef Pie | 8 | 117 | 14.62 | 37 |
56 |
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8x Meat Pizza Slice | 8 | 161 | 20.12 | 4 |
6 |
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2x Strawberry Cupcake | 8 | 214 | 26.75 | 42 |
63 |
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2x Cherry Cupcake | 8 | 252 | 31.5 | 78 |
117 |
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Apple Pie | 8 | 424 | 53 | 253 |
380 |
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Strawberry Cake | 8 | 490 | 61.25 | 378 |
567 |
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Carrot Cake | 8 | 603 | 75.38 | 751 |
1,127 |
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4x |
8 | 815 | 101.88 | 120 |
180 |
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8x |
8 | 1,695 | 211.88 | 30 |
45 |
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2x |
8 | 1,480 | 185 | 605 |
908 |
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8x |
8 | 1,885 | 235.62 | 60 |
90 |
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8 | 710 | 88.75 | 1,350 |
2,025 |
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Pot
These items are cooked using a Pot.
Cooked Item | Requirements | Cook Time (s) | XP | XP/s | Healing | Value | Ingredients | ||||
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4x Basic Soup | 7 | 126 | 18 | 8 |
12 |
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4x Hearty Soup | 7 | 223 | 31.86 | 22 |
33 |
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4x Cream Corn Soup | 7 | 274 | 39.14 | 42 |
63 |
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4x Chicken Soup | 7 | 617 | 88.14 | 96 |
144 |
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4x |
7 | 275 | 39.29 | 150 |
225 |
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4x |
7 | 1,105 | 157.86 | 50 |
75 |
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4x |
7 | 710 | 101.43 | 175 |
263 |
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4x |
7 | 1,005 | 143.57 | 500 |
750 |
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4x |
7 | 1,200 | 171.43 | 600 |
900 |
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4x |
7 | 1,045 | 149.29 | 1,155 |
1,733 |
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Potion
The Generous Cook Potion has a chance to double food created.
Generous Cook Potion | |||
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Potion | Tier | Charges | Effect |
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I | 15 | +10% Chance to Double Items in Cooking |
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II | 30 | +20% Chance to Double Items in Cooking |
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III | 40 | +30% Chance to Double Items in Cooking |
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IV | 60 | +50% Chance to Double Items in Cooking |
The Multicooker Potion reduces the interval for passive cooking.
Multicooker Potion | |||
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Potion | Tier | Charges | Effect |
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10 | -10% Passive Cook Interval | |
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20 | -15% Passive Cook Interval | |
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30 | -25% Passive Cook Interval | |
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50 | -40% Passive Cook Interval |
Summoning Boosts
This table shows all the Summoning Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Cooking.
Familiar 1 | Familiar 2 | Effect | ||
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Pig | +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking | |||
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+10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking | ||
Ent | Pig | +30% chance to gain +1 additional resource in Cooking for Melvor Realm only (Cannot be doubled) | ||
Octopus | Devil | +5% Cooking Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only -10% Cooking Skill XP | ||
Pig | Crow | +15% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Runes +15% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking | ||
Pig | Salamander | -0.3s Cooking Interval for Melvor Realm only -0.3s Smithing Interval for Melvor Realm only | ||
Pig | Devil | +8% Firemaking & Cooking Mastery XP. -10% Firemaking & Cooking Preservation Chance. | ||
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-10% Cooking interval for Melvor Realm only | ||
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+1.5% Cooking Mastery XP per maxed Star in Vale constellation in Astrology | ||
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+40% chance to gain +1 additional resource in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only (Cannot be doubled) |
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+20% chance to Double Items in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only |
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+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 |
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-0.4s Cooking Interval for Abyssal Realm only -0.4s Smithing Interval for Abyssal Realm only |
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+11% Firemaking & Cooking Mastery XP for Abyssal Realm only. -12% Firemaking & Cooking Preservation chance for Abyssal Realm only. |
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+50% chance to gain +1 additional Fish in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only (Cannot be doubled) |
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-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 Mastery rewards.
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