Cooking in RS3

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Cooking training methods

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Levels 1–29

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1. 1Catching raw crayfish and cooking them is recommended, as they are caught rapidly even at level 1 Fishing (raw shrimps require the same Fishing/Cooking level and gives same experience, but are slower to catch).
2. 2After the tutorial, you'd have unlocked the Burthorpe lodestone.
3. 3Teleport there and run south until you see water, and there are crayfish spots on the northern shore (with trees very close by).
4. 4Chop a set of logs, fish until your inventory is full, then start a bonfire and cook the crayfish on it.
5. 5Cooked crayfish isn't worth much, so you can quickly get rid of them by selling to Nicholas Angle or deposit them in the bank south of the Taverley lodestone.
6. 6You can opt to save some raw crayfish and bank them, as they can be sold on the Grand Exchange for around coins, funding some later methods.
20+
High effortFreeIn 19 levels
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You must use the Lure option at fishing spots to catch trout.
1. 1Raw trout can be caught in Gunnarsgrunn or on the east side of Lumbridge (latter is closer to a bank), provided you have level 20 Fishing.
2. 2Trouts give 50 experience each.
3. 3You must use the Lure option at fishing spots to catch trout.
4. 4It would take about 40 minutes to go from 20 to 30 Fishing when you fish and cook trout; this also grants about 10k Cooking experience.
5. 5Fishing trout consumes a feather (costs 6 coins each from shops) per fish.
6. 6If this is not available, stick to catching and cooking crayfish.
7. 7Raw salmon can be randomly caught and cooked on the same spots with 30 Fishing/25 Cooking.
8. 8Some players choose to stick with this spot all the way to 99 due to the fast catching rate compared to higher level fish, although doing so is slightly more attention intensive.

Levels 30–49

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35+
Medium effortFreeIn 34 levels
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1. 1Raw tunas can be caught at the northeastern pier at Musa Point in Karamja with the Harpoon option at level 35 Fishing.
2. 2Cooking tuna yields 100 experience each, though the catching speed is slow.
3. 3This spot is very popular for medium to high level fishers in F2P and occasionally you may be able to pick up dropped raw fish (e.g. raw tuna by fishers only wanting raw swordfish).
4. 4Unlike previous spots, trees you can cut for logs are a lot further (closest is the dead tree at Karamja Volcano); you could note tunas, lobsters, and swordfish (both raw and cooked) at Stiles a fair distance to the southwest.
5. 5By noting raw fish, you can fish indefinitely until you wish to cook at your leisure at any bank.
6. 6It takes about 45 seconds (round trip) from the fishing spots to get logs, 60 seconds to note at Stiles, 70 seconds to teleport to Port Sarim lodestone, deposit at the bank deposit box just northeast, and take the ferry back to Musa Point.
7. 7If you do cook it here, cooked tuna is worth so little they are not worth noting/banking.
8. 8Instead, simply sell them to the general store southwest to the fishing spot for nearly as much as selling them on the Grand Exchange.
38+
High effortFreeIn 37 levels
50kXP/h
Chefs Assistant
Requires crossing a gate and door that players killing chickens prefer to keep closed to prevent them from wandering, so use an unpopulated world.
Cooking it requires level 32 and partial completion of Chef's Assistant.
1. 1South of Party Room in Falador.
2. 2Slightly faster than others, but requires Chef's Assistant.
3. 3Makeover Mage's house with the bank chest at Clan Camp.
4. 4Level 11 Highwayman may be dangerous to very low level players.
5. 5Fred the Farmer's house north of Lumbridge.
6. 6Requires crossing a gate and door that players killing chickens prefer to keep closed to prevent them from wandering, so use an unpopulated world.
7. 7Falador farm, requiring explorer's ring 3 to teleport to quickly and a teleport to bank.
8. 8Also has a dairy cow and milk seller to obtain milk yourself.
40+
Medium effortFreeIn 39 levels
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1. 1Raw lobsters can be caught at Musa point in Karamja at level 40 Fishing with the Cage option.
2. 2Lobster yields 120 experience each.
3. 3Cooking and catching speed is comparable to harpooning.
45+
Medium effortFreeIn 44 levels
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However, it would require a high Cooking level to prevent most burns, and the market can fluctuate wildly.
1. 1Raw swordfish can be caught in Musa point in Karamja at level 50 Fishing also with the Harpoon option.
2. 2Swordfish yields 140 experience each cooking.
3. 3However swordfish catching speed is the slowest among all fish, because tunas are also caught while harpooning.
4. 4Also, at least 60 Cooking should be attained before starting to cook swordfish, as the burning rate is very high (80% at the minimum 45 Cooking).
5. 5Swordfish has one of the lowest losses while cooking fish in F2P, and it offers one of the fastest experience, so it is more viable to buy it raw on the Grand Exchange, cook then resell.
6. 6However, it would require a high Cooking level to prevent most burns, and the market can fluctuate wildly.

Levels 50–69

4 methods

50+
Medium effortMembersIn 49 levels
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1. 1Train using Trout.
58+
Medium effortMembersIn 57 levels
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1. 1Train using Salmon.
63+
Medium effortMembersIn 62 levels
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1. 1Train using Tuna.
64+
Medium effortMembersIn 63 levels
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1. 1Train using Lobster.

Levels 70–89

4 methods

74+
Medium effortMembersIn 73 levels
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1. 1Train using Lobster.
80+
Medium effortMembersIn 79 levels
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1. 1Train using Swordfish.
86+
Medium effortMembersIn 85 levels
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1. 1Train using Swordfish.
87+
Medium effortMembersIn 86 levels
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1. 1Train using Monkfish.

Levels 90+

4 methods

90+
Medium effortMembersIn 89 levels
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1. 1Train using Shark.
92+
Medium effortMembersIn 91 levels
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1. 1Train using Monkfish.
94+
Medium effortMembersIn 93 levels
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1. 1Train using Rocktail.
95+
Medium effortMembersIn 94 levels
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1. 1Train using Blue blubber jellyfish.

Quests that need Cooking

0 of 20 at level 1

XP milestones

From 1 to 50: 101,333 XP

Level	Share of 99	Total XP	From last
50		101,333
60		273,742	+172,409
70		737,627	+463,885
80		1,986,068	+1,248,441
90		5,346,332	+3,360,264
92		6,517,253	+1,170,921
99		13,034,431	+6,517,178
110	3.0× 99	38,737,661	+25,703,230
120	8.0× 99	104,273,167	+65,535,506

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Cooking training methods

A set of logs

Levels 1–29

A set of logs

Raw trout

Levels 30–49

Raw tuna

Bucket of milk

Raw lobster

Raw swordfish

Levels 50–69

Trout

Salmon

Tuna

Lobster

Levels 70–89

Lobster

Swordfish

Swordfish

Monkfish

Levels 90+

Shark

Monkfish

Rocktail

Blue blubber jellyfish

Quests that need Cooking

XP milestones

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