The Cooking skill is used to prepare raw food materials for a number of reasons, including the restoring of Hitpoints and the temporary boosting of skill levels.

There are many different types of food in RuneScape, each healing a different amount of Hitpoints. However, as with all skills, players must reach certain levels to cook certain foods. Cooking is also a very popular skill to raise, as many players like to sell food they have cooked to other players. This can give great profit, as many players are willing to purchase food already cooked. Cooking also has a larger variety of training options than any other skill. This is another reason Cooking is a very popular skill amongst players. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at rank 2,000,000) on the hiscores for Cooking is level 52.

A player cooking food on a range.

Players can cook in different ways. They can cook their food on a fire, a spit, a Sulphur Vent or they can cook their food on a range. Ranges are labeled on the map as a cooking pan () icon. It is important to note that only meat, fish, stew and tea can be cooked on a fire.

To cook, players have to use their food with a range or a fire. If they have more than one food item of the same kind in their inventory, a menu will ask them how many items they want to cook. Players aiming to max out cooking for the cape by buying the materials should be aware that it will cost from 3.5M-7Mgp.

There are many items that players need in order to cook food, such as water or flour. Listed below are the items needed to cook certain kinds of food.

Players can obtain meat from killing chickens, cows, bears, yaks, and giant rats. When a player cooks raw chicken, the name becomes cooked chicken. However, when a player cooks raw beef, raw bear meat, or raw rat meat, the name becomes cooked meat for all three kinds. If meat is used on the fire after it is already cooked, it will become burnt and a message will say, “You deliberately burn the nicely cooked meat.”

Image	Name	Level	Experience	Heals	Notes
	Cooked meat	1	30	3	Any player can cook raw beef, raw bear meat, raw yak meat, or raw rat meat.
	Cooked chicken	1	30	3	Any player can cook raw chicken.
	Ugthanki meat	1	40	3	Members can cook Ugthanki meat
	Cooked rabbit	1	30	5	Members can find rabbits on Miscellania, Isafdar, and Relleka. They may be also be bought from Charter ship shops. Rabbits can be cooked on a fire.
	Sinew	1	10	Cannot be consumed	Members can make sinews by selecting the Make Sinew option on the screen that appears when trying to cook meat. Its use is to spin it into crossbow strings.
	Roasted bird meat	11	62	6	Members can hunt birds and cook the meat on a spit.
	Roasted rabbit	16	72	7	Members can find rabbits on Miscellania, Isafdar, and Relleka. They may be also be bought from Charter ship shops. Roasted rabbits can be made with an Iron spit and a fire.
	Spider on stick	16	80	7-10	Members can roast spiders on a skewer stick by cutting a thatching spar with a machete from the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame, then using the stick with a spider carcass. An arrow shaft may also be used, but cannot be re-used like a skewer stick.
	Crab meat	21	100	10	Members can get Crab meat from the Mogre Camp after completing Recipe for Disaster (Pirate Pete) quest.
	Roasted beast meat	21	82	8	Members can hunt kebbits and cook the meat on a spit.
	Cooked chompy	30	140	10	Members can hunt Chompy birds and cook the meat on a spit.
	Cooked jubbly	41	160	15	Members can hunt Jubbly birds and cook the meat on a spit after completing Recipe for Disaster (Skrach Uglogwee) quest.
	Oomlie wrap	50	30	14	Members can find Oomlie birds in the Kharazi Jungle after starting Legends Quest. Players must wrap Raw oomlies with a Palm Leaf before cooking the meat or else they will burn it.

Fish

Fish are the most common food to cook in RuneScape, due to the availability. They heal a great amount of Hitpoints and are the recommended food to eat when in combat. Fish can be easily obtained by Fishing or bought in large amounts from other players.

Image	Name	Level	Level Burning Stops	Experience	Heals	Notes
	Crayfish	1	9+	30	1	Created by cooking raw crayfish.
	Shrimp	1	33	30	3	Created by cooking raw shrimp.
	Karambwanji	1	Never	10	3	Members can create karambwanji by cooking raw karambwanji.
	Sardine	1	36	40	3	Created by cooking raw sardine.
	Anchovies	1	37	30	1	Created by cooking raw anchovies.
	poison karambwan	1	Never	80	-5	Members can create poison karambwan by cooking raw karambwan (only poison can be made before 30 cooking and Tai Bwo Wannai Trio).
	Herring	5	39	50	5	Created by cooking raw herring.
	Mackerel	10	??	60	6	Members can create mackerel by cooking raw mackerel.
	Trout	15	50	70	7	Created by cooking raw trout.
	Cod	18	??	75	7	Members can create cod by cooking raw cod.
	Pike	20	52	80	8	Created by cooking raw pike.
	Salmon	25	58	90	9	Created by cooking raw salmon.
	Slimy eel	28	58	95	7-9	Members can create by cooking raw slimy eel.
	Tuna	30	63	100	10	Created by cooking raw tuna.
	Karambwan	30	Never	190	18	Members can create by cooking raw karambwan (must talk to Tiadeche after Tai Bwo Wannai Trio to learn how).
	Rainbow fish	35	60	110	11	Members can create by cooking raw rainbow fish.
	Cave eel	38	38	115	8-10	Members can create by cooking raw cave eel.
	Lobster	40	74 (68)	120	12	Created by cooking raw lobster.
	Bass	43	79	130	13	Members can create bass by cooking raw bass.
	Swordfish	45	86 (81)	140	14	Created by cooking raw swordfish.
	Lava Eel	53	53	30	9-11	Members can create by cooking raw lava eel after completing Heroes’ Quest.
	Monkfish	62	90	150	16	Members can create monkfish by cooking raw monkfish. Fishing Requires Swan Song quest, Cooking Does not.
	Shark	80	Never (94)	210	20	Members can create shark by cooking raw shark.
	Sea turtle	82	Never	212	21	Members can create sea turtle by cooking raw sea turtle (can only be obtained from the Fishing Trawler minigame).
	Manta ray	91	Never	216	22	Members can create manta ray by cooking raw manta ray. (Manta Ray is tied for the food that heals the most Hitpoints per bite, along with Tuna potato at 22 Hitpoints. Raw Manta Ray are currently obtainable through the Fishing Trawler minigame and purchasing from another player or the Grand Exchange.)

• Number in parentheses indicates level at which cooking no longer burns while wearing cooking gauntlets. This only affects Lobster, Swordfish, and Shark. Items with ?? need to be filled in as this table is not totaly complete. Please feel free to fill in any off these gaps.

Snails

Members can also cook snail meat, obtained by killing snails in the Mort Myre swamp and Haunted Forest, southeast of the Slayer master Mazchna (both areas are in Morytania). The Priest in Peril quest has to be finished to access both areas. There are more snails in the eastern part of the swamp than in the Haunted Forest. Once a player has found a snail, they can then kill it, pick up the raw snail meat, and then cook it.

Image	Name	Level	Experience	Heals
	Thin snail	12	70	5 to 7
	Lean snail	17	80	6 to 8
	Fat snail	22	95	7 to 9

Bread

To make bread, players need to first make flour, which is then used with a jug of water or a bucket of water to make the dough. The dough can only be cooked on a range, not on a fire. When the dough is baked, it becomes bread.

Image	Name	Level	Experience	Total healing	Notes
	Bread	1	40	5	Mix water in some flour and create bread dough, then cook it on a range.
	Pitta bread	58	40	Cannot be consumed	This dough is members only. It is used to make ugthanki kebabs.