 This is the ironman / hardcore ironman Cooking guide, the guide for regular players can be found here.

Cooking is an artisan skill that allows a player to cook raw food into food that you can eat. Cooking goes hand in hand with the Fishing skill. By levelling up Cooking you are able to cook higher level fish which heals more Hitpoints.

Cooking is very straight forward. The only thing you need to do is use a food on a range. The only problem with cooking is that it is very slow paced as you get little experience compared to other skills.

Experience Tables

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The table below shows the cooking exp of each food item for Ironmen.

Name	Level	Ironman XP	Hardcore Ironman XP
Shrimps	1	8	4
Sardine	1	33	19
Mackerel	10	82	49
Pike	20	104	73
Trout	20	104	62
Tuna	30	170	102
Lobster	40	262	157
Karambwan	40	1.333	800
Swordfish	45	336	202
Shark	80	525	315
Manta Ray	91	675	405
Rocktail	92	850	510

Note: When you reach level 99, xp will get reduced by half.

All though Karambwan's give more experience than all other food, they can only be fished in the wilderness which makes acquiring them very difficult, especially for Hardcore Ironmen.

Where to Cook

Cooking can only be done on Cooking Ranges, there are only three Cooking Ranges that are close enough to a bank to be worth using here at Etherum.

These Cooking Ranges are located at:

Catherby

One is located in Catherby, which is the furthest from the bank out of the 3 suggested. However, is close to the teleport.

Donator Zone

Another range is located in the Donator Zone (only available for in-game donators). This is much closer to the bank than Catherby and other players are often nearby which could help pass time if you want to converse with them.

Cooking Guild

The best area to train Cooking is located south west of the Grand Exchange, this is the Cooking Guild. It is incredibly close to the bank.

Useful Items and Boosts

Picture	Item/Boost	Effect	How to Obtain
	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased by: 75% for 10 minutes for normal donators 100% for 20 minutes for super donators 110% for 40 minutes for extreme donators	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
	Bonus Experience	All experience gained will be multiplied by 3 until the bonus experience runs out.	Logging in every day grants 200k Bonus Exp. Every 10th vote streak rewards you with 500k Bonus Exp.
N/A	Monthly Bonus	All experience gained is multiplied by 1.1 Voting during this time adds an additional 1.25 multiplier.	Play during the 1st to the 5th of every month.
	Brawling Gloves (Cooking)	Doubles all cooking experience gained.	Dropped by all Revenants. Recieved as a Voting Sortition Reward. Bought from the skilling point store.
	Cooking Gauntlets	Decreases the chance of burning food, also stops burning for most fish.	Bought from the agility ticket shop.
	Cooking Skillcape	Provides 25% chance to cook two raw fish at the same time.	Bought from the Wise Old Man (after 99 cooking)
	Chef's hat	Provides 50% more experience gained	Purchased from Voting store.
	White apron	Provides 25% more experience gained and boosts cooking speed by 1 tick.	Purchased from Voting store.

Cooking Gauntlets vs. Brawling Gloves (Cooking)

When you have both the Cooking Gauntlets and the Brawling Gloves (Cooking), it is tough to decide which one you should be using, as they both have useful benefits.

If you are going purely for fast experience, Brawling Gloves (Cooking) would be a better option. Even though you will be burning fish, the bonus experience you get from the Brawling Gloves is more than enough make up for this loss.

However, if you just want a nice supply of food. You'll be better off using Cooking Gauntlets.

The Skill Cape

If you reach level 99 in Cooking, you can talk to the Wise Old Man at home to obtain the Skill cape. He is located at home, in the building north of the bank.

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The 99 cape costs 30M Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Cooking cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

If you reach 200m experience in the Cooking skill you will also unlock the ability to buy the Master Cooking Cape. It is exactly the same as the normal Skill cape. However, you can adjust the trim colour to whatever you like. This cape costs 15m Gp.