RuneScape - online manual

There is a variety of different foods you can cook in RuneScape. Food is useful because eating it will heal lost hit points. As you practice your cooking, your character will get better. You will burn food less often, and you will be able to make better food which heals you more.

Firemaking skill

To cook food you will need to use one of the many stoves which are scattered around the map. Alternatively if there aren't any stoves nearby you can build a campfire and use that. (although not all foods can be cooked on a fire). To build a fire buy an axe, and use it on a tree to get some logs. Then drop the logs on the ground and use a tinderbox on the logs to light the fire.

Fishing skill

As well as cooking foods such as Meat, Bread, and Stew, you can also catch and cook your own fish. As you get better at fishing you can catch bigger and better fish. Some fish can only be be found in freshwater wheras others can only be found in saltwater. Also different fish require different fishing equipment to capture.

Cooking and fishing guide
A guide to the different foods you can cook, and fish you can catch, is shown below. In addition to the foods listed there are also some low-level foods and drinks which can be brought directly from the shops and pubs in RuneScape.

Food Level Required steps

Meat
Cooking 1
Heals 3 1. Meat can be obtained by killing certain animals and monsters.
2. Use the meat with a fire or stove to cook it.

Shrimp
Cooking 1
Fishing 1
Heals 3 1. Use a net with fish in the sea, to catch some shrimp.
2. Use the shrimp with a fire or stove to cook them.

Bread
Cooking 1
Heals 4 1. Pick some grain, and take it to the windmill to make flour.
2. You will need to use a pot to pick up the flour you have made.
3. Buy a bucket or jug, and fill it with water from a sink or fountain.
4. Mix the flour and water to make some bread dough.
5. Cook the dough by using it with a stove.

Sardine
Cooking 1
Fishing 5
Heals 4 1. Buy a fishing rod and some fishing bait from the fishing shop.
2. Use the fishing rod with fish in the sea, to catch a sardine.
3. Use the sardine with a fire or stove to cook it.

Herring
Cooking 5
Fishing 10
Heals 5 1. Buy a fishing rod and some fishing bait from the fishing shop.
2. Use the fishing rod with fish in the sea, to catch a herring.
3. Use the herring with a fire or stove to cook it.

Redberry pie
Cooking 10
Heals 6 1. Mix flour and water to make some pastry dough.
2. Place the dough in an empty pie dish.
3. Use the redberries with the empty pie.
4. Cook the pie by using it with a stove.

Trout
Cooking 15
Fishing 20
Heals 7 1. Buy a fly fishing rod and some feathers from the fishing shop.
2. Use the fly fishing rod with fish in the river, to catch a trout.
3. Use the trout with a fire or stove to cook it.

Pike
Cooking 20
Fishing 25
Heals 8 1. Buy a fishing rod and some fishing bait from the fishing shop.
2. Use the fishing rod with fish in the river, to catch a pike.
3. Use the pike with a fire or stove to cook it.

Meat pie
Cooking 20
Heals 8 1. Mix flour and water to make some pastry dough.
2. Place the dough in an empty pie dish.
3. Use some cooked meat with the empty pie.
4. Cook the pie by using it with a stove.

Salmon
Cooking 25
Fishing 30
Heals 9 1. Buy a fly fishing rod and some feathers from the fishing shop.
2. Use the fly fishing rod with fish in the river, to catch a salmon.
3. Use the salmon with a fire or stove to cook it.

Stew
Cooking 25
Heals 9 1. Obtain a bowl, and fill it with water from a sink or fountain.
2. Pick a potato and place it in the bowl.
3. Cook some meat and place it in the bowl.
4. Cook the stew by using it with a stove or fire.

Apple pie
Coking 30
Heals 10 1. Mix flour and water to make some pastry dough.
2. Place the dough in an empty pie dish.
3. Use an apple with the empty pie.
4. Cook the pie by using it with a stove.

Tuna
Cooking 30
Fishing 35
Heals 10 1. There are only a few places where you can catch tuna.
1. Use a harpoon from the fishing shop to catch a tuna.
3. Use the tuna with a fire or stove to cook it.

Pizza
Cooking 35
Heals 11 1. Mix flour and water to make a pizza base.
2. Buy a tomato and add it to the pizza.
3. Buy some cheese and add it to the pizza.
4. Cook the pizza by using it with a stove.

Wine
Cooking 35
Heals 11 1. Buy a bucket or jug, and fill it with water from a sink or fountain.
2. Use grapes with the water to make wine.

Lobster
Cooking 40
Fishing 40
Heals 12 1. There are only a few places where you can catch lobster.
1. Use a lobster-pot from the fishing shop to catch a lobster.
3. Use the lobster with a fire or stove to cook it.

Cake
Cooking 40
Heals 12 1. Mix flour, eggs, milk together in a cake tin.
2. Cook the cake by using it with a stove.

Swordfish
Cooking 45
Fishing 50
Heals 14 1. There are only a few places where you can catch swordfish.
1. Use a harpoon from the fishing shop to catch a swordfish.
3. Use the swordfish with a fire or stove to cook it.

Meat pizza
Cooking 45
Heals 14 1. Make a plain pizza (see above).
2. Cook some meat and add it to the pizza.

Chocolate cake
Cooking 50
Heals 15 1. Make a plain cake (see above).
2. Buy some chocolate and add it to the cake.

Anchovie
pizza
Cooking 55
Heals 16 1. Make a plain pizza (see above).
2. Catch some anchovies by using a net with fish in the sea.
3. Add the anchovies to the pizza.