Cooking

Cooking UI

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Cooking is a skill that allows raw ingredients be cooked into edible food. Players can add up to 5 ingredients into the pot by interacting with them in ingredients window on the right and then using heat to cook them.

Food has a chance to burn, depending on the player's effective cooking level, resulting in either burnt food or burnt fish depending on the type of ingredients used. Effective cooking level and the amount of ingredients used also effects the level of food produced, which directly affects the amount of buff stacks the food will have. By leveling cooking, the player is able to cook better foods that give increased healing and better buffs.

Uses

Recover health by eating food out of combat
Food can be placed in the combat inventory to recover health during combat.
- Combat buffs are only applied when food is eaten during combat.
Can be used to obtain various buffs that help in other skills such as foraging, mining, etc.
Cooking fish has a chance to produce fish oil which can be used in the crafting skill to create pyre logs.

Fish Oil Chance

Fish	Chance*
Raw Shrimp	5%
Raw Anchovy	5%
Raw Trout	10%
Raw Salmon	10%
Raw Lobster	15%
Raw Tuna	15%
Raw Shark	20%

*This is per fish used. For example, cooking with 1 Raw Shark and 1 Raw Tuna results in a 35% chance, while cooking with 5 Raw Sharks will result in a 100% chance to receive fish oil.

Determining Produced Food

Ingredients

The first part to understanding how the game determines the resulting food produced is to understand the ingredients. Each ingredient has "Categories" or "Tags", size, heat, exp, buff.

Size

Used to calculate difficulty and tag value. This affects everything from bonuses to how long it takes to cook the dish.

XP

The amount of experience gained per ingredient when cooked.

Heat

The amount of heat used per ingredient when cooked.

Buff

Some ingredients will apply buffs to dishes when they’re used. If more than 1 unique buff ingredient is used, it will always result in questionable food. Buffs are also always applied at level 2, and cannot be increased or decreased. This stacks with existing enchants from sources such as armor, e.g. if the player has 3 gathering scrolls on their ring, eating a dish with gathering 2 will have the effect of gathering 5.

Ingredient Table

Ingredient	Category	EXP	Size	Heat	Source	Seed	Buff
Butter	Dairy	15	3	15	Crafting
Milk	Dairy	5	1	5	Combat
Egg	Egg	5	1	5	Combat
Raw Anchovy	Fish, Meat	5	1	5	Fishing
Raw Lobster	Fish, Meat	15	3	15
Raw Salmon	Fish, Meat	10	2	10
Raw Shark	Fish, Meat	20	4	20
Raw Shrimp	Fish, Meat	5	1	5			Shrimp Lord
Raw Trout	Fish, Meat	10	2	10
Raw Tuna	Fish, Meat	15	3	20
Apple	Fruit, Sweetener	5	2	10	Foraging	x
Banana	Fruit, Sweetener	5	1	5		x	Gathering
Tomato	Fruit	10	2	10		x
Wildberry	Fruit, Sweetener	10	1	5		x
Sageberry	Fruit, Sweetener	25	1	25	Combat	x	Intuition
Ashes	Grain, Spice	15	3	15	Combat		Pyromancy
Rice	Grain	10	2	10	Foraging	x
Wheat	Grain	10	1	5	Foraging	x
Raw Beef	Meat, Beast	5	2	10	Combat
Raw Chicken	Meat, Poultry	5	2	10	Combat
Goblin Brain	Monster	10	2	10	Combat		Runecrafting
Ichor	Monster	20	1	5			Demon Skin
Spider Legs	Monster	20	4	20			Nimble
Honey	Spice, Sweetener	15	3	15	Foraging		Fishing
Pepper	Spice	5	1	5	Farming	x	Inferno
Salt	Spice, Preservative	5	1	5	Mining		Cooking
Sugar	Spice, Sweetener	5	1	5	Foraging	x	Efficiency
Carrot	Vegetable	5	1	5	Foraging	x
Chili Pepper	Vegetable	10	2	10		x	Superheated
Mushroom	Vegetable	15	1	5		x	Nature
Potato	Vegetable	10	2	10		x
Pumpkin	Vegetable	15	3	15		x

Recipes

Recipes are pre-determined dishes that require certain ingredients to create, each having their own unique properties. These are stored in an in-game database that it compares chosen ingredients to in order to determine which recipe will be the result. Each recipe has these properties:

ID

The order in the recipe list within the game’s code. This is important when selecting recipes that fit the chosen ingredients.

HP

The base value that this dish will heal, without considering ingredients or bonuses.

Value

How much gold a dish can be vendored for.

Ingredient Tags

What ingredient types are required to cook the dish, e.g. the Birdie Pasta recipe has the poultry and grain tags, meaning a raw chicken and rice would create this recipe.

Recipes Table

ID	Name	HP	Vendor price	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
2100	Questionable Food	1	5	-	-	-
2101	Monster Surprise	1	5	Monster
2102	Seared Steak	1	50	Beast
2103	Seared Fish	1	30	Fish
2104	Seared Poultry	1	50	Poultry
2105	Birdie Pasta	3	75	Poultry	Grain
2106	Spaghetti & Meat	3	75	Beast	Grain
2107	Sushi	3	100	Fish	Grain
2108	Birdie Pie	4		Poultry	Grain	Dairy
2109	Cottage Pie	4		Beast	Grain	Dairy
2110	Fisherman's Pie	4		Fish	Grain	Dairy
2111	Fruit Pie	4	125	Fruit	Grain	Dairy
2112	Demon Cake	3	175	Monster	Grain	Sweetener
2113	Cake	4	125	Dairy	Grain	Sweetener
2114	Fruit Cake	4	125	Fruit	Grain	Sweetener
2115	Grain Cake	3	125	Grain	Sweetener
2116	Omelette	2	75	Eggs
2117	Monster Omelette	3		Eggs	Monster
2118	Meaty Omelette	3	125	Eggs	Beast
2119	Veggie Crepe	3	125	Eggs	Vegetable
2120	Fruity Crepe	3	175	Eggs	Fruit
2121	Eggnog	3	50	Eggs	Dairy
2122	Meat Roast	4	150	Beast	Fish	Poultry
2123	Fried Fruit	1	100	Fruit
2124	Grilled Veggies	1	100	Vegetable
2125	Kebabs	3	150	Meat	Vegetable
2126	Candied Fruit	2	125	Fruit	Sweetener
2127	Milkshake	4	75	Fruit	Sweetener	Dairy
2128	Vegetable Stew	3	150	Dairy	Vegetable
2129	Meaty Stew	3	125	Dairy	Meat
2130	Monster Stew	3	200	Dairy	Monster
2131	Jerky	3	75	Meat	Preservative
2132	Pudding	4		Eggs	Dairy	Sweetener
2133	Ice Cream	3	100	Dairy	Sweetener
2134	Monster Curry	4		Monster	Grain	Spice
2135	Birdie Curry	4		Poultry	Grain	Spice
2136	Beast Curry	4	175	Beast	Grain	Spice
2137	Seafood Curry	4	175	Fish	Grain	Spice
2138	Monster Gelato	4	225	Monster	Dairy	Eggs

Resulting Dish

The resulting dish has a few parts, its recipe, bonus/quality, hp, buff, and stacks.

Recipe

the determine the chosen recipe the game will check each recipe in the the database if its viable or not. To check if the recipe is viable or not the game will first add the value(weight of ingredient) of each tag of the ingredients that is used by the recipe and value of each tag of the ingredient that is not used by the recipe. If the total value of tags used by the recipe is greater or equal to the total value of tags not used by the recipe, then the recipe is valid.

For example, consider the following ingredients: 2 x raw beef, 2 x ashes, 1 x potato, and the recipe: Beast Curry, which ingredients are beast, grain, and spice

The total tags of each ingredient is:

6 x grain (3 each from the ashes)

4 x meat (2 each from the raw beef)

4 x beast (2 each from the raw beef)

2 x vegetable (2 from the potato)

From this we can see the total tags used by the recipe is 14(from grain, meat and beast) and total tags not used by the recipe is 2(from vegetable). Since the number of tags used is bigger than the number of tags not used, this recipe is valid.

If there are multiple recipes valid, the game will choose the first one based on the ID.

Bonus/Quality

Bonus is the little number on the top right of dishes, which affects the final hp and stacks of dishes.

The bonus is determined by 2 factors:

The first factor is the effective cooking level of the cook. This modifier's formula is:

${\biggl \lfloor }{\frac {EffectiveLevel}{30}}-1{\biggr \rfloor }$

The second factor is determined by the lowest used tag in the recipe.

Using the previous example with the ingredients: 2 x raw beef, 2 x ashes, 1 x potato, and the recipe: Beast Curry, which ingredients are beast, grain, and spice

In this case, since the vegetable tag isn't asked for, the minimum tag for this recipe will be 4 from Beast or meat.

So if this recipe is cooked using effective level 30 the resulting quality will be +4

HP

The amount of HP recovered when the dish is consumed, can be easily determined using the formula

$(Bonus+1)\times BaseHp$

Buff

The buff of the food is determined by the buff of the ingredients used. However, if more than 1 type of buff is used as an ingredient , the resulting food will always be Questionable Food with the buff of the first buff ingredient put in the pot.

Stacks

The number of stacks of the buff that will be applied when the dish is consumed can be determined by using the formula:

$Bonus\times 2+1$

Buffs

Cooking and eating food created with a few specific ingredients (see below) can give various buffs, similar to those from enchantments. The amount of buffstacks given by the food is determined by the quality of the food and players effective cooking level (base cooking level + additional modifiers such as an augmented ladle), players can hover over the cooking skill icon to see their effective level.

Identical food buffs and enchantments will stack. For example, if a player has an active 30% Inferno buff from a scroll of inferno, and a 10% inferno buff from food, they will have a total of 40%.

Food can be eaten any time out of combat to recover health, food added to the combat inventory may be used during combat. Combat buffs will only be applied if the food is eaten during combat. Combat buffs will not be kept upon exiting combat, while skill-based buffs gained from eating food in combat will be kept until used once out of combat. Non-combat buff stacks are consumed by performing an action out of combat, regardless of the type of skill being trained. I.E inferno stacks will be used even when not smithing

Buffs gained from food

Name	Skill Affected	Description	Buff Gained From	Top Tier Recipe	Mid Tier Recipe
Inferno	Smithing	Gain a 10% chance to automatically smelt ores an additional time while smithing.	1 Pepper	4 Pumpkins, 1 Pepper	4 Tomato, 1 Pepper
Cooking	Cooking	Decreases chance of burning food by 8% while cooking.	1 Salt	4 Pumpkins, 1 Salt	2 Raw Chickens, 3 Salt
Efficiency	All production skills except crafting	Gain a 2% chance to produce an extra item during production tasks, except crafting.	1 Sugar	4 Pumpkins, 1 Sugar	4 Apples, 1 Sugar
Superheated	Mining	Gain a 2% chance to instantly smelt an ore into a bar while mining.	1 Chilli Pepper	4 Pumpkins, 1 Chilli Pepper	4 Potatoes, 1 Chilli Pepper
Gathering	Mining, Foraging, and Fishing	Gain a 20% chance to find an extra resource while gathering.	1 Banana	4 Pumpkins, 1 Banana	4 Apples, 1 Banana
Runecrafting	Runecrafting	Reduces essence used in runecrafting by 5%.	1 Goblin Brain	4 Pumpkins, 1 Goblin Brain	5 Goblin Brains
Intuition	Most activities	Increases experience gained by 10% while doing most things.	1 Sageberry	4 Pumpkins, 1 Sageberry	4 Apples, 1 Sageberry
Demon Skin	Combat	All damage taken is reduced by 2.	1 Ichor	2 Raw Sharks, 2 Pumpkins, and 1 Ichor	4 Apples, 1 Ichor
Pyromancy	Cooking and Smithing	Player uses 10% less heat while Cooking and Smithing.	1 Ashes	3 Raw Chickens, 2 Ashes	4 Apples, 1 Ashes
Nimble	Combat	Slightly increases evasion.	1 Spider Legs	3 Pumpkins, 1 Raw Shark, and 1 Spider Leg	???
Shrimp Lord	Cooking	Player gains 5% increased chance of finding Raw Shrimp while Cooking.	1 Raw Shrimp	???	???

Top and mid tier recipes are based on community input and might not be best available in-game

Equipment

Equipment that can used to support cooking.

Name	Requirement	Source	Effect	Augmenting Bonus	Enchantment Slots
Lesser Ladle	N/A	Rare Goblin Drop	None	+3 Cooking Level	5
Ladle	N/A	Rare Goblin Drop	None	+3 Cooking Level	5
Greater Ladle	N/A	Rare Goblin Drop	None	+3 Cooking Level	5

Enchantments

Enchantments that benefit cooking.

Scroll	Slot	Level	Silver	Rune Amount	Runes	Effect
Scroll of the Shrimp Lord	Gloves, Boots	1	100	10	Air, Water, Chaos, Nature	Gain 5% chance to find shrimps in any food you cook.
Scroll of Pyromancy	Ring, Necklace	7	100	30	Fire, Water, Nature	Use 10% less heat when cooking and smithing.
Scroll of Cooking	Gloves, Boots	40	500	50	Earth, Fire, Water	Decreases chance to burn food while cooking by 4%.
Scroll of Prolonging	Gloves, Boots	58	700	60	Nature, Mind	Grants 10% more buff stacks from consumables.