Levels 1-10
Method 1: Collecting Raw Chicken and Beef
When you have a full inventory, go to the Lumbridge Castle or the cooking pot inside the house that is near the chicken pen. Cook the food on the Cook's range. This special range will help you burn less food, but you can only use it if you have completed the Cook's Assistant Quest. If you haven't completed that quest, you will need to find a fire to cook on. Each chicken or beef gives 30 XP each, so before you know it, your Cooking level should be 10! Congratulations!
XP per raw chicken or beef: 30
XP needed for level 10 (from level 1): 1,084
Amount of chicken or beef needed for level 10 (with Cook's Assistant): 65, (55)
XP needed for level 10 (from level 1): 1,084
Amount of chicken or beef needed for level 10 (with Cook's Assistant): 65, (55)
Levels 10-25
If you're level 10, you're probably eager to increase your Cooking level to cook even better, more exciting food. These are the fast ways to go about this:
Method 1: Collecting Raw Beef and Chicken
XP per raw chicken or beef: 30
XP needed for level 35 (from level 10): 21,252
Amount of chicken or beef needed for level 10 (with Cook's Assistant): 350
XP needed for level 35 (from level 10): 21,252
Amount of chicken or beef needed for level 10 (with Cook's Assistant): 350
Method 2: Making Scrambled Eggs
Egg - Eggs are obtained from the Lumbridge chicken pen or can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest or inRellekka.
Bowl - You can get bowls from General Stores and from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Bowl - You can get bowls from General Stores and from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Once you have those ingredients, follow these instructions to make scrambled eggs:
- Withdraw 13 bowls and 13 eggs, or take them from your larder.
- Use your eggs with the bowls.
- Cook the eggs on a range.
From level 13, which is required to make the eggs, you'll need to make 120 of them. However, because you may burn the eggs, 160 bowls of eggs is a good number. Remember to use the Cook's Range in Lumbridge to help you burn less food!
XP per scrambled eggs: 50
XP needed for level 25 (from level 13): 21,252
Bowls and eggs to collect: 160
XP needed for level 25 (from level 13): 21,252
Bowls and eggs to collect: 160
Method 3: Fishing or Taking Trout or Pike
Enter yourself into a highly populated world, such as worlds 1, 3, 5, or 7. Once you enter these words, begin to say: "taking free raws", or pick up any fish that players may drop. However, if you plan on fishing your raws, you will need feathers and a fly fishing rod. Both can be bought in Port Sarim or the Catherby fishing shop for a small price. This method of obtaining your own fish is faster and much more reliable. When you have a full inventory, run north into Edgeville. Bank your raw fish, and then run back to Barbarian Village. This technique can also be done in Lumbridge, but you are less likely to encounter fishers. You will only need about 120 pieces of trout to achieve level 25 Cooking. The exact number is 78, but remember, you could burn. To minimize burning, use the special range in Lumbridge.
XP per trout: 70
XP needed for level 25 (from level 15): 5,431
Amount of trout needed for level 25 (from level 15): 120
XP needed for level 25 (from level 15): 5,431
Amount of trout needed for level 25 (from level 15): 120
Levels 25-40
You can do two things for these levels.
Method 1: Making Scrambled Eggs
Egg - Eggs are obtained from the Lumbridge chicken pen or can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Bowl - You can get bowls from General Stores and from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Bowl - You can get bowls from General Stores and from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Like before, once you have those ingredients, follow these instructions to make scrambled eggs:
- Withdraw 13 bowls and 13 eggs, or take them from your larder.
- Use your eggs with the bowls.
- Cook the eggs on a range.
To reach level 40, you'll need to make exactly 588 scrambled eggs. However, you'll burn quite a few bowls of eggs, so getting ingredients to make 620 is recommended. Nevertheless, if you're only raising it to 35 so you can cook pizza and wine, you'll only need 292. This number should be taken up to 330 in case you burn too many.
XP per bowl of scrambled eggs: 50
XP needed for level 40 (from 25): 29,382
Scrambled eggs needed for level 40 (from level 35): 620
Scrambled eggs needed for level 35 (from level 25): 330
XP needed for level 40 (from 25): 29,382
Scrambled eggs needed for level 40 (from level 35): 620
Scrambled eggs needed for level 35 (from level 25): 330
Method 2: Making Pizza
Buckets of water - Buckets can be bought from General Stores and filled with water from any water source, like a sink or fountain.
Flour - Flour can be obtained in the Port Sarim grocery store and the Culinaromancer's Chest. One of the best ways to obtain flour is by using empty pots on the flour sacks in the Sinclair Mansion. This gives very fast flour, and barely takes any time at all to get.
Tomato - Tomatoes can be bought from the Port Sarim grocery store, or from the Culinaromancer's Chest. It can also be found in the Bandit Camp in the wilderness.
Cheese - Cheese can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest and found in the wilderness Bandit Camp. It can also be found in Aggie the witch's house in Draynor.
Flour - Flour can be obtained in the Port Sarim grocery store and the Culinaromancer's Chest. One of the best ways to obtain flour is by using empty pots on the flour sacks in the Sinclair Mansion. This gives very fast flour, and barely takes any time at all to get.
Tomato - Tomatoes can be bought from the Port Sarim grocery store, or from the Culinaromancer's Chest. It can also be found in the Bandit Camp in the wilderness.
Cheese - Cheese can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest and found in the wilderness Bandit Camp. It can also be found in Aggie the witch's house in Draynor.
Once you have those ingredients, do this to make a pizza:
- Get 14 pots of flour and buckets of water in your inventory, and use them with each other. Then choose to make pizza bases.
- Once you have made enough bases, withdraw 14 of them and 14 tomatoes. Use the tomatoes on the bases.
- Withdraw 14 half made pizzas, and 14 bits of cheese. Use the cheese with the half made pizzas.
- Get 28 uncooked pizzas and cook them on a range.
XP per plain pizza: 143
XP needed for level 40 (from 35): 14,818
Pizzas needed for level 40 (from level 35): 140
XP needed for level 40 (from 35): 14,818
Pizzas needed for level 40 (from level 35): 140
Method 3: Making Wine
Grapes - Found in the Cooks' Guild or the Phoenix Gang hideout. They can also be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1gp each.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest or General Stores for 1 gp each. They also respawn on the second floor of the Cooks' Guild. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest or General Stores for 1 gp each. They also respawn on the second floor of the Cooks' Guild. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Once enough ingredients have been obtained, this is the fastest method for making the wine:
- Fill jugs with water, and withdraw 14 from your bank.
- After obtaining grapes, withdraw 14 from your bank.
- Move one of the jugs of water or grapes to the bottom of your inventory, next to the opposite ingredient.
- Use the grapes with your jug of water until there are no more left.
- Put everything in your bank.
- Wait 15 seconds for the wine to ferment, and voila, 200 cooking XP!
- Repeat.
There is no specific amount of XP that can be earned while doing this, as your technique may vary. Also, it is unlikely you will have enough ingredients to make wine for a whole hour, but in an hour you will get 375,000 cooking XP! For level 40, from level 35, you only need around 80 grapes and jugs of water. The exact amount is 75, but sometimes your wine will go bad.
XP per jug of wine: 200 XP
XP needed for level 40 (from 25): 14,818
Amount of wine needed for level 40 (from level 25): 75
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
XP needed for level 40 (from 25): 14,818
Amount of wine needed for level 40 (from level 25): 75
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
Levels 40-50
At a level like 40-50, you're starting to get into cooking lobsters. These won't be very useful to you at this level, because you will burn too many. Using these methods will help you get lots of XP.
Method 1: Baking Cakes
Cake Tin - Cake tins can be bought from the General Store in Ardougne and found in the Cooks' Guild.
Pot of Flour - Flour can be obtained in the Sinclair Mansion in Ardougne by using a pot with the flour sacks. Another way is use wheat with the windmill and collect the flour with a pot.
Bucket of Milk - Milk can be obtained by milking a dairy cow. A dairy cow can be found in the Lumbridge cow field. Milk can also be bought in the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Egg - Eggs can be found in the Lumbridge chicken pen, or bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Pot of Flour - Flour can be obtained in the Sinclair Mansion in Ardougne by using a pot with the flour sacks. Another way is use wheat with the windmill and collect the flour with a pot.
Bucket of Milk - Milk can be obtained by milking a dairy cow. A dairy cow can be found in the Lumbridge cow field. Milk can also be bought in the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Egg - Eggs can be found in the Lumbridge chicken pen, or bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest.
Another thing to remember, if you have a complete kitchen with a teak larder in your POH, you can make unlimited cakes free of charge! Once you have those ingredients, you need to do the following to make a cake:
- Withdraw your cake tin into your inventory.
- Withdraw 9 eggs, 9 pots of flour and 9 buckets of milk.
- Cook your uncooked cakes
To be exact, you need 357 cakes to reach level 50, but that should be made up to around 450 incase you burn any.
XP per cake: 180
XP needed for level 50 (from level 40): 64,109 XP
Amount of cakes needed for level 50: 450
XP needed for level 50 (from level 40): 64,109 XP
Amount of cakes needed for level 50: 450
Method 2: Making Wine
Grapes - Found in the Cooks' Guild or the Phoenix Gang hideout. They can also be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
This is how to make wine very fast, minimizing time:
- Fill jugs with water, and withdraw 14 from your bank.
- After obtaining grapes, withdraw 14 from your bank.
- Move one of the jugs of water or grapes to the bottom of your inventory, next to the opposite ingredient.
- Use the grapes with your jug of water until there are no more left.
- Put everything in your bank.
- Wait 15 seconds for the wine to ferment, and voila, 200 cooking XP!
- Repeat.
If you want to get level 50 Cooking from level 40, you need to make 400 wines. The exact number is 350, but some may go bad. It's better to be safe than sorry.
XP per jug of wine: 200 XP
XP needed for level 50: (from level 40): 64,109 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 50 (from level 40): 400
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
XP needed for level 50: (from level 40): 64,109 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 50 (from level 40): 400
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
Levels 50-70
If you're between the levels of 50-70, new fish like lobsters and swordfish can be cooked without too much burning. These few fast methods should make sure you reach level 70 in a minimal amount of time.
Method 1: Roasting Lobsters
A) Get the fish yourself. The fish can be fished in a variety of locations. They can be caught from these locations:
(i) Catherby. This is beyond the White Wolf Mountain and is the most common place to catch lobsters for members. Bank or cook your fish to the west.
(ii) Musa Point. You need 30gp to get on the Island. However if you have a Ring Of Charos (a), you can get to Musa Point for free. You could Falador teleport if you wish to bank your fish quickly.
(iii) The Fishing Guild. This require level 68 Fishing to enter, or 65 with a Fishing Potion. The "F" and "Y" docks are the fishing spots. There is a range here, but it is recommended that you bank your fish first, then cook them.
B) Buy the fish yourself. This is much faster although you will lose money in the process. Lobsters can be bought raw in World 1 for 230 GP each (1/6/07) and sold cooked for 200-220gp each. See the World One Trading guide for a detailed explanation.
Overall, you need 5,303 Lobsters to get to level 70 Cooking. Making that number closer to 6,000 would be a much safer bet incase you burn lots of Lobsters. Those can be all bought for around 1.3M (1/5/07), or fished for free. Another thing to note is this; if you have completed the Family Crest quest and chose the Cooking Gauntlets, you will not burn lobsters at level 68 cooking.
XP per cooked lobster: 120 XP
XP needed for level 70 (from 50): 636,294 XP
Lobsters for level 70 cooking (from 50): 6000
XP earned per hour: 140,000 XP
XP needed for level 70 (from 50): 636,294 XP
Lobsters for level 70 cooking (from 50): 6000
XP earned per hour: 140,000 XP
Method 2: Making Wine
Grapes - Found in the Cooks' Guild or the Phoenix Gang hideout. They can also be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Once you have those, follow this to make wine fast:
- Fill jugs with water, and withdraw 14 from your bank.
- After obtaining grapes, withdraw 14 from your bank.
- Move one of the jugs of water or grapes to the bottom of your inventory, next to the opposite ingredient.
- Use the grapes with your jug of water until there are no more left.
- Put everything in your bank.
- Wait 15 seconds for the wine to ferment, and voila, 200 cooking XP!
- Repeat.
That method for making the wine is fastest and will maximize XP. You need to make around 3,250 wines to get to level 70. The exact number is 3,182, but sometimes you may make one or two bad wines. That's 3,250 grapes and jugs of water overall.
XP per jug of wine: 200 XP
XP needed for level 70 (from level 50): 636,294 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 70 (from level 50): 3,250
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
XP needed for level 70 (from level 50): 636,294 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 70 (from level 50): 3,250
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
Levels 70-85
You are up there with the best chefs in RuneScape, and that is something to be proud of. These next few tips for raising your level will help you reach 85.
Method 1: Roasting Lobsters
XP per cooked lobster: 120 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from 70): 2,520,967 XP
Lobsters for level 85 cooking with cooking gauntlets from 70 (without Gauntlets): 21,009 (21,400)
XP earned per hour: 140,000 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from 70): 2,520,967 XP
Lobsters for level 85 cooking with cooking gauntlets from 70 (without Gauntlets): 21,009 (21,400)
XP earned per hour: 140,000 XP
Method 2: Making Wine
Grapes - Found in the Cooks' Guild or the Phoenix Gang hideout. They can also be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
When you have those, this method for making the wine is fastest, because you are filling your inventory with ingredients.
- Fill jugs with water, and withdraw 14 from your bank.
- After obtaining grapes, withdraw 14 from your bank.
- Move one of the jugs of water or grapes to the bottom of your inventory, next to the opposite ingredient.
- Use the grapes with your jug of water until there are no more left.
- Put everything in your bank.
- Wait 15 seconds for the wine to ferment, and voila, 200 cooking XP!
- Repeat.
This is a really easy, simple, cheap and fast way to level your cooking. You will rarely make any wine go bad at this level. Now for the important part of the section, how much you will need and the XP per hour. The exact amount of wine needed is 12,605, but that should be up to 12,670 incase any goes bad.
XP per jug of wine: 200 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from level 70): 2,520,967 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 85 (from level 70): 12,670
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from level 70): 2,520,967 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 85 (from level 70): 12,670
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
Method 3: Making Pizza
Buckets of water - Buckets can be bought from General Stores and filled with water from any water source, like a sink or fountain.
Flour - Flour can be obtained in the Port Sarim grocery store and the Culinaromancer's Chest. One of the best ways to obtain flour is by using empty pots on the flour sacks in the Sinclair Mansion. This gives very fast flour, and barely takes any time at all to get.
Tomato - Tomatoes can be bought from the Port Sarim grocery store, or from the Culinaromancer's Chest. It can also be found in the Bandit Camp in the wilderness.
Cheese - Cheese can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest and found in the wilderness Bandit Camp. It can also be found in Aggie the witch's house in Draynor.
Meat - Obtained by killing chickens or cows and cooking their raw bodies.
Anchovies - You can fish these with a net in Al Kharid and the wilderness Bandit Camp.
Pineapple slices - Obtained by picking a pineapple on Karamja and using a knife with it, then selecting slices.
Flour - Flour can be obtained in the Port Sarim grocery store and the Culinaromancer's Chest. One of the best ways to obtain flour is by using empty pots on the flour sacks in the Sinclair Mansion. This gives very fast flour, and barely takes any time at all to get.
Tomato - Tomatoes can be bought from the Port Sarim grocery store, or from the Culinaromancer's Chest. It can also be found in the Bandit Camp in the wilderness.
Cheese - Cheese can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest and found in the wilderness Bandit Camp. It can also be found in Aggie the witch's house in Draynor.
Meat - Obtained by killing chickens or cows and cooking their raw bodies.
Anchovies - You can fish these with a net in Al Kharid and the wilderness Bandit Camp.
Pineapple slices - Obtained by picking a pineapple on Karamja and using a knife with it, then selecting slices.
Once you have enough of those, this is the fastest way to make those pizzas:
- Get 14 pots of flour and buckets of water in your inventory, and use them with each other. Then choose to make pizza bases.
- Once you have made enough bases, withdraw 14 of them and 14 tomatoes. Use the tomatoes on the bases.
- Withdraw 14 half made pizzas, and 14 bits of cheese. Use the cheese with the half made pizzas.
- Add meat, anchovies or pineapple slices if you wish. This will get you more XP.
- Get 28 uncooked pizzas and cook them on a range.
That method should ensure the fastest XP is earned. For level 85, you need to cook 17,630 plain pizzas to get to level 85. Remember it's an exact number because you won't burn any. You'll need around 13,500 pineapple pizzas, 14,000 anchovy pizzas and 15,100 meat pizzas. You may burn those sometimes.
XP per plain pizza: 143 XP
XP per meat pizza: 169 XP
XP per anchovy pizza: 182 XP
XP per pineapple pizza: 195 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from level 70): 2,520,967 XP
Normal pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 17,630
Meat pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 15,100
Anchovy pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 14,000
Pineapple pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 13,500
XP per meat pizza: 169 XP
XP per anchovy pizza: 182 XP
XP per pineapple pizza: 195 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from level 70): 2,520,967 XP
Normal pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 17,630
Meat pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 15,100
Anchovy pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 14,000
Pineapple pizzas needed for level 85 (from level 70): 13,500
Levels 85-99
This is the final stretch to level 99, starting at 85. These techniques will ensure the fastest and easiest ways to 99, and some very cheap methods, too!
Method 1: Roasting Lobsters
XP per cooked lobster: 120 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from 70): 9,775,837 XP
Lobsters for level 99 cooking from 85: 81,446
XP earned per hour: 140,000 XP
XP needed for level 85 (from 70): 9,775,837 XP
Lobsters for level 99 cooking from 85: 81,446
XP earned per hour: 140,000 XP
Method 2: Cooking Monkfish
XP per cooked monkfish: 150 XP
XP needed for level 99 (from 85): 9,775,837 XP
Monkfish for level 99 cooking from 85: 65,173
XP needed for level 99 (from 85): 9,775,837 XP
Monkfish for level 99 cooking from 85: 65,173
Method 3: Making Wine
Grapes - Found in the Cooks' Guild or the Phoenix Gang hideout. They can also be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Jug of water - Jugs can be bought from the Culinaromancer's Chest for 1 gp each. They can also be bought from General Stores. Fill it up at a fountain or sink.
Once you have as many of those as you need, this is the fastest way to transform those ingredients into wine.
- Fill jugs with water, and withdraw 14 from your bank.
- After obtaining grapes, withdraw 14 from your bank.
- Move one of the jugs of water or grapes to the bottom of your inventory, next to the opposite ingredient.
- Use the grapes with your jug of water until there are no more left.
- Put everything in your bank.
- Wait 15 seconds for the wine to ferment, and voila, 200 cooking XP!
- Repeat.
You need to make 48,880 jugs of wine from level 85 to reach 99. Wine will never go bad at this level, so predicting the amount needed is much easier. This information should be helpful:
XP per jug of wine: 200 XP
XP needed for level 99 from 85: 9,775,837 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 99 from 85: 48,880
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
XP needed for level 99 from 85: 9,775,837 XP
Amount of wine needed for level 99 from 85: 48,880
XP earned per hour making wine: 375,000 XP
Method 4: Cooking Sharks - Only at Level 94+
XP per cooked shark: 210
XP needed for level 99 from 94: 5,089,817
Sharks needed for level 99 from 94 (with cooking gauntlets): 24,238
XP needed for level 99 from 94: 5,089,817
Sharks needed for level 99 from 94 (with cooking gauntlets): 24,238