Ultimate Ironman Guide/Cooking

UIM Guide

Cooking is one of the fastest skills to train, even on an ultimate ironman. The skill itself is not particularly useful, as cooking food is often less convenient than simply buying food from a shop.

Fastest methods

Early training: Quests

Main article: Quest experience rewards § Cooking

Early levels can be skipped by completing quests that give Cooking experience.

• Cook's Assistant rewards 300 Cooking experience.
• Recipe for Disaster (Mountain Dwarf subquest) requires Fishing Contest, rewards 1,000 Cooking experience
• Recipe for Disaster (Goblin generals subquest) requires Goblin Diplomacy, rewards 1,000 Cooking experience
• Gertrude's Cat no requirements, rewards 1,525 Cooking experience

Levels 1–15: Cooking raw sardines

From level 1 to 15, buy raw sardines from any Fishing shop and cook them on a fire. Raw sardines can be bought from Gerrant's Fishy Business. in Port Sarim and Lovecraft's Tackle in Witchaven for 10 coins each.

Levels 15–30/65: Fly fishing

From level 15 onwards, one of the best ways to train Cooking is to catch trout and salmon and cook the caught fish on a nearby fire. Many fishing spots have nearby trees that can be cut down and used to make fires, and the fly fishing spots near the Barbarian Village have a permanent fire very close by.

For more information, see Ultimate Ironman Guide/Fishing.

Levels 30–99: Buying and cooking karambwan

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Buying raw karambwan from Tiadeche and 1-tick cooking them on a fire offers the fastest Cooking experience. This method is very click-intensive and can be hard to do consistently for long periods of time. It also requires using another account to light the fires, as having logs in the inventory and getting more would significantly lower experience rates, which would make this method not worth doing over other methods.

To be able to cook karambwan thoroughly and to gain access to Tiadeche's stall, players must have completed Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest. Players will also need to store their items at an Item Retrieval Service for more inventory space, although 25 empty inventory spaces for the karambwan is sufficient.

This method goes as follows:

1. Buy a full inventory of raw karambwan from Tiadeche, hop worlds for more stock.
2. During the last world hop, light a fire inside Tiadeche's hut on the alternative account.
3. 1-tick cook the karambwan by manually using them on the fire and holding down 1.
4. Drop the karambwan, and repeat the process.

Experience rates and cost for each level are shown in the table below. 1-tick rates assume 2,105 fish cooked per hour and AFK rates 1,000. Long-term rates vary depending on performance, how fast the fish are dropped, and world switching speed.

level	XP/h (1-tick)	XP/h (AFK)	GP/XP
30	195,300	92,800	−1.38
40	225,000	106,900	−1.20
50	254,700	121,000	−1.06
60	282,800	134,300	−0.95
70	312,500	148,400	−0.86
80	342,200	162,500	−0.79
90	371,900	176,600	−0.72
99	400,000	190,000	−0.67

Levels 68–99: Making jugs of wine from noted grapes

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Noted grapes can be used to make jugs of wine. While this is slower than cooking karambwan, it is considerably easier and less click-intensive. Noted grapes can be obtained in large quantities from Zulrah, Vorkath, and the Kalphite Queen. Empty jug packs can be bought from various shops, such as from the Culinaromancer's Chest.

For this method, players will need to store their items at an Item Retrieval Service for more inventory space. Players will also need to have completed Dream Mentor to be able to cast Humidify. Manually filling the jugs with water at a water source is a lot slower and thus not recommended. It is also recommended to have completed Swan Song to gain access to Arnold Lydspor's general store in Piscatoris Fishing Colony, so players can sell the wines instead of dropping them. If fletching broad arrows or headless arrows, having the rune pouch is strongly recommended to be able to make 11 jugs of wine per inventory.

To start off, unnote 12 empty jugs at Arnold Lydspor, and cast Humidify to fill them with water. After that, this method goes as follows:

1. Unnote 12 grapes.
2. Use the grapes on the jugs of water to make 12 unfermented wine.
3. Unnote 12 empty jugs and cast Humidify to fill them with water.
4. If fletching arrows, fletch them while waiting for the wine to ferment.
5. Once the wine has fermented, sell the jugs of wine to the general store.
6. Repeat the process.

The method also allows training Fletching at the same time at a cost in Cooking experience rates. For example, while waiting for wine to ferment, it is possible to make about 150 broad arrows (10 sets of 15) before dropping the jugs of wine and making more.

Players can gain up to 280,000 Cooking experience per hour. If fletching arrows, players can expect to gain around 200,000 Cooking experience per hour and make up to 30,000 arrows per hour.

Other methods

Levels 5–99: Noted raw fish from Tempoross

Tempoross is a great method to obtain raw fish while also gaining Fishing, Cooking, Construction, and Strength (only if using Barbarian_Training#Fishing) experience. Level 35 Fishing is a requirement to begin killing Tempoross.

For this method the player will be killing Tempoross and wait on opening Reward pool until their Fishing level matches the rewards bracket of the raw fish they would like to cook. Stored rewards gained from the Reward pool are calculated when opened. Refer to Reward pool#Fish for a table of raw fish that are obtained per Fishing level bracket. Fish rewards begin with Raw Herring at levels 35-39 Fishing. Solo methods of Tempoross are recommended for higher points per game.

Cooking raw fish is recommended to be done at Rogue's Den. Players can un-note raw fish on Emerald Benedict, cook them on the fire, and then drop or sell the cooked fish to Martin Thwait. For slightly faster cooking experience per hour, an alternate account can wait for Martin Thwait to patrol close to the fire, talk to him, and keep the conversation window up. This prevents Martin Thwait from walking around. The alternate account should talk to Martin Thwait every few minutes to prevent him from walking away.

Levels 20/65–99: Hosidius Mess

The Hosidius mess hall in Great Kourend.

Main article: Mess

Making servery food at the Mess in Hosidius does not require any supplies or money, which makes it one of the best training methods at lower levels. Even though this method can be done starting at level 20, it is recommended to train Cooking through fly fishing to a higher level, as players burn a lot of food at lower levels. Servery pineapple pizzas become available at level 65 and they offer much faster experience than the meat pies or stews, so it may be worthwhile to wait until level 65.

For the fastest experience, players will need to have as much inventory space as possible. It is recommended to store the items at an Item Retrieval Service beforehand for more inventory space.

With good focus, players can gain up to 200,000 experience per hour when making servery pineapple pizzas. This is one of the fastest available training methods for Ultimate Ironman players. When making servery meat pies at level 20, it is possible to gain around 48,000–55,000 Cooking experience per hour; with servery stews, players can expect to gain around 70,000–80,000 Cooking experience per hour.

This method assumes the player uses humidify to speed up making pizzas, though it is not required.

1. Your inventory at the beginning of every pizza will look as follows. This allows us to click the upcoming flour pots on the bowls of water we are about to fill:

2. Access the Servery cupboard, and Take-50 of the servery flour, and cast humidify to fill the bowls of water. Alternatively, fill the bowls using the kitchen sink.

3. Combine the servery flour and bowl of water to create the base. After the bases are made, use a bowl on the Utensil cupboard, removing them all from your inventory.

4. Access the Servery cupboard, and Take-50 of the Servery tomato, and combine them with the bases.

5. Access the Servery cupboard, and Take-50 of the servery cheese. Before combining with the pizza base, run over to the stove. As you combine each base with the cheese, you will click on the stove to cook the single pizza in your inventory without triggering the dialogue about how many pizzas you wish to cook. Repeat this process of using the pizzas base on the cheese, then clicking the stove, and interrupting the cooking by combining another base and cheese.

Cheese Pizza combination example

6. Access the Servery cupboard, and Take-50 of the Servery pineapple. Use the knife on the pineapple, creating Servery pineapple chunks. Add these to the pizza to create Servery pineapple pizza. Then, access the Utensil cupboard and Take-50 of the bowl, swapping items to maintain this inventory layout.

7. After turning the pizzas in, you repeat this process once again, and then hop to a different world, as turning in consecutive pizzas lowers the experience of future pizzas for a short period.

Levels 30–65/80: Frankie's Fishing Emporium

Frankie's Fishing Emporium

Buying fish from Frankie's Fishing Emporium and cooking them on a nearby range is a slower but easier alternative to the Hosidius Mess at lower levels. This method costs some money, and the amount of money spent depends on the type of fish cooked. Most notable among the sold fish are raw cod and raw bass, which are sold at a far lower price per experience compared to other fish. Raw tuna also provides competitive experience rates with low costs.

Having a decent Agility level and wearing the graceful outfit is also recommended, as this method involves a lot of running.

This method goes as follows:

1. Start at Frankie's Fishing Emporium and buy a full inventory of your chosen fish.
2. Run west to the building with two ranges; the westernmost of the two is slightly faster to run to.
3. Cook all your fish
4. Run east to the general store and sell your inventory.
5. Return to Frankie's Fishing Emporium, hopping worlds before purchasing more fish.

Experience rates are shown in the table below. The table assumes 850 fish are cooked per hour, although up to 900 fish can be cooked per hour when paying attention.

Fish		Level	XP	Burn level	Price (×27)	Sold (×27)	Net cost (×27)	GP per XP	XP per hour
	Raw cod	18	75	52	−294	60	−234‬	−0.12	63,750‬ at 52
	Raw tuna	30	100	64	−1,210	281	−929‬	−0.34	85,000‬‬ at 64
	Raw bass	43	130	80	−1,210	281	−929‬	−0.26	110,500‬ at 80

Note: If below the level required to cease burning a fish, experience rates will be lower and net costs slightly increased, varying with cooking level.

Levels 28-60: Sweetcorn

Starting at level 28, players can harvest raw sweetcorn from sweetcorn plants in Kastori and cook them on one of the two nearby ovens. Alternatively, the nearby Tool Leprechaun can note raw sweetcorn for future training. This method provides up to 70,000 experience per hour at level 54.

Alternatively and more efficiently, sweetcorn can be grown in allotment patches using the Farming skill and collected during herb runs.

Levels 40-60: Cakes

Starting at level 40, players with 33 Construction (boostable) can build an oak larder, which provides an infinite amount of cooking materials to bake cakes. It is very click intensive, however 500 cakes can be cooked per hour. They can be cooked using a range in the player-owned house, or one right outside the portal such as in Rimmington or Hosidius. This provides 50,000 experience per hour at level 40 and 70,000 experience per hour at level 60. While using the larder, the number keys can be held down while clicking once per tick to retrieve the supplies quickly.

Levels 80–99: Minnow fishing

Noted raw sharks from minnow fishing can be un-noted and cooked on demand. This is useful for combat situations where food is needed.

Levels 72 - 99: Sacred eels

Dissecting sacred eels is a less click intensive and moderately AFK method. Players can catch an inventory of sacred eels and use a knife on them to get Zulrah's Scales.

Passive training: Barbarian Fishing

3-tick Barbarian "cut-eat" fishing

Main article: Ultimate Ironman Guide/Fishing

Barbarian Fishing can offer some passive Cooking experience. Cutting leaping fish successfully gives a small amount of Cooking experience along with its usual byproducts. Some players using tick manipulation to quickly train Fishing using this method will cut every fish they catch, which can give a significant amount of Cooking experience in the long term.

For each 100,000 Fishing experience earned through Barbarian Fishing, the player should expect around 9,000 Cooking experience if they are cutting every fish. If training with Barbarian Fishing up to level 99 Fishing, this can amount to over one million Cooking experience in total.