Main page/Guides/Ironman & Hardcore/Skilling Guides/ Cooking

This is the Ironman/ Hardcore Ironman Cooking Guide, the guide for regular players is 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

Ironman

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

Fish	Name	Level	Experience Gained	Experience With Brawling Gloves
	Shrimps	1	16	32
	Anchovies	1	16	32
	Sardine	1	66	132
	Herring	10	133	266
	Mackerel	10	165	330
	Cod	15	208	416
	Pike	20	208	416
	Trout	20	208	416
	Salmon	25	269	538
	Tuna	30	340	680
	Lobster	40	525	1,050
	Bass	40	608	1,216
	Karambwan	40	2,666	5,332
	Swordfish	45	673	1,346
	Shark	80	1,051	2,102
	Sea Turtle	82	1,219	2,438
	Manta Ray	91	1,350	2,700
	Rocktail	92	1,700	3,400

Hardcore Ironman

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

Fish	Name	Level	Hardcore Experience	Hardcore With Brawling Gloves
	Shrimps	1	7	14
	Anchovies	1	7	14
	Sardine	1	28	56
	Herring	10	57	114
	Mackerel	10	70	140
	Cod	15	89	178
	Pike	20	89	178
	Trout	20	89	178
	Salmon	25	115	230
	Tuna	30	145	291
	Lobster	40	225	450
	Bass	40	260	520
	Karambwan	40	1,142	2,284
	Swordfish	45	288	576
	Shark	80	450	900
	Sea Turtle	82	522	1,044
	Manta Ray	91	578	1,156
	Rocktail	92	728	1,456

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.

Acquiring Supplies

As an Ironman there are only two ways of acquiring your cooking supplies.

• Fishing them yourself.
• Completing the 'Safety First' task by eating 1,000 sharks. (Can only be done once)

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 Grinderscape.

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
N/A	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased for the next 10 minutes for normal donators and 20 minutes for super donators.	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
N/A	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 1.25	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.
	Cooking Gauntlets	Decreases the chance of burning food, also stops burning for most fish.	Bought from the agility ticket shop.

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.

The 99 cape costs 150K Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Cooking cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

If you reach 350m 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 2.5m Gp.