Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play)

Requirements
Skills
50+, 60+ recommended
Items
Harpoon ~480 for ferry
Quest
None, Pirate’s Treasure recommended
Other
None
Results
Profit	Experience gained
13,416, after tax	17,160
Inputs	Outputs (13,416, after tax)
	78 ×  Raw swordfish (6,162)117 ×  Raw tuna (7,254)

Without any requirements besides a harpoon, 50 Fishing, and 60 gold for the round trip, you can start fishing raw swordfish and raw tuna in Karamja for a great amount of exp and a decent amount of money, with little effort. A harpoon can be bought from Gerrant’s Fishy Business in Port Sarim, where you will find a number of blue-clad seamen who will ferry you to Musa Point, Karamja. In order to use the “pay-fare” option, and skip some lines of dialogue, you must complete the Pirate’s treasure quest (which is short and worth the effort if you plan on doing this method).

If you want to fish at Corsair Cove instead, and forgo having to pay for a boat each time you want to bank, then you must first complete Dragon Slayer I and Corsair Curse. Doing so will save you around 2 to 3 seconds per bank cycle and around 480 gold per hour.

Keep in mind that your profits will greatly depend on how high your Fishing level is, as raw swordfish 79 are worth more than raw tuna 62.

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All runes craftable by free-to-play RuneScape players may be crafted from either rune essence, pure essence or Runecrafting cores. Body cores give the most experience, but they are very hard to obtain in large quantities. To obtain enough, one needs to spend most of their combat training by killing Body Golems.

For rune or pure essence, using one over the other makes no difference to experience gained or the number of runes crafted per essence. It is therefore recommended to use the cheaper option, which is pure essence (1 each) rather than rune essence (10 each). As a free-to-play player, you will not be able to mine your own pure essence, but you can still purchase it through the Grand Exchange or from other players directly.

Note that energy potions (66.00 per dose) restore 10% run energy with each dose, and using them either at the bank or while running greatly increases experience gained from all of the below methods by 30–50% over just letting your run energy recharge normally (the actual percent experience per hour gained depending on the method and your Agility level).

Levels 1–9/14/20: Air runes

 In free-to-play, the standard way to begin training Runecraft is by crafting air runes, which grants 5 Runecraft experience per pure essence or rune essence used (140 experience for an inventory of 28). The Air Altar is located just south of Falador, with a bank close by. Players with 37 Magic can use Falador Teleport to return back slightly closer to the bank after crafting the runes and speed up experience rates, otherwise simply run back and forth between the altar and bank. Continue to craft air runes until you reach level 9, at which point it is best to move on to crafting earth runes.

• Experience needed (1–9): 969
• Pure essence or rune essence needed: 194
• № of inventories (28 essence per inventory): 7
• Cost of pure essence: 194
• Air runes value: 970
• Profit: 776

Levels 9–14/20: Earth runes

 Players with a Runecraft level of at least 9 are able to craft earth runes, which grant 6.5 experience per pure essence or rune essence used (182 experience for an inventory of 28). The Earth Altar is located north-east of Varrock, near the sawmill. The distance between the altar and bank is a brisk walk away, and Varrock teleport allows even faster return to the bank (use an earth tiara to save a slot), so you can earn more experience in less time. You will accumulate a decent amount of earth runes, which you may sell or retain as you see fit.

• Experience needed (9–14): 1,138
• Pure essence or rune essence needed: 176
• № of inventories (28 essence per inventory): 7
• Cost of pure essence: 176
• Earth runes value: 880
• Profit: 704

Levels 14–20: Fire runes

 At level 14, it is possible to craft fire runes, which grant 7 experience per pure essence or rune essence used (196 experience for an inventory of 28). The Fire Altar is located west of the Emir’s Arena north of Al Kharid. The closest bank is the Al Kharid bank. (Due to the farther bank distance, fire runes result in less experience per hour than earth runes [Fire giving 6533xp/hr, Earth giving 6911xp/hr]).

• Experience needed (14-20): 2,363
• Pure essence or rune essence needed: 338
• № of inventories (28 essence per inventory): 13
• Cost of pure essence: 338
• Fire runes value: 1,690
• Profit: 1,352

Levels 20–99: Body runes

 Players with a Runecraft level of at least 20 are able to craft body runes, which grant 7.5 experience per pure essence or rune essence used (210 experience for an inventory of 28). Body runes are useful for a number of spells, such as Confuse and Weaken, which are often used for low-intensity Magic training. Body runes are the highest level runes that free-to-play players are able to craft and crafting them grants the highest possible Runecraft experience per GP for free-to-play players. You will accumulate a huge amount of body runes, which you may sell or retain as you see fit.

From levels 20 to 45, one body rune will be created per essence used. From levels 46 to 91, two body runes will be created per essence used. From level 92 onwards, three body runes will be created per essence used.

• Experience needed (20–99): 13,029,961
• Pure essence or rune essence needed: 1,737,329
• Body runes created: 4,335,146
• № of inventories (28 essence per inventory): 62,048
• Cost of pure essence: 1,737,329
• Body runes value: 21,675,730
• Profit: 19,938,401

There are several ways to increase the efficiency of body rune crafting.

Using teleports

The closest free-to-play players can teleport to the body rune altar is the teleport to Barbarian Village using the imbued skull sceptre. The closest free-to-play players can teleport to a bank on a non PvP world is using Falador teleport to go to the Falador west bank. The closest free-to-play players can teleport to a bank on a PvP world is using Lumbridge teleport.

Therefore, the fastest method of runecrafting body runes without help of others is to keep law and water runes (or earth runes on the PvP world) and an imbued skull sceptre in your inventory as well as equipping a staff of air and a body tiara (or, equip the imbued skull sceptre and carry air runes, to lower your weight by 2.5 kg).

This would allow players to teleport to Barbarian Village with the skull sceptre, run up to the altar to craft the runes, then teleport to Falador (or Lumbridge on the PvP world) to bank and repeat. This method results in around 20,000 experience per hour (or 25,000 experience per hour in the PvP world) provided the player uses energy potions to keep their run energy from depleting.

Be very careful to only take items you’re willing to lose to PvP worlds, as you can be Snared and Tele Blocked and killed when you’re not in the Lumbridge safe zone. As long as you aren’t Tele Blocked, however, you can teleport yourself back to the safe zone in Lumbridge, and even when carrying fewer runes with you to have a smaller risk, this method is still faster than the non-PVP method.

Using runners

Players who are not an Ironman can use essence runners to provide essence to them at the Body Altar. This can either be done by paying other players in-game for their services, or by employing alternate accounts. Using the strategy below requires very few clicks per account, making it easy to manage two or three alternate accounts on the same screen running essence. Note that for most clicks, one should click the next spot before the player completes the route started by the previous click.

When using 2 extra runners and no energy potions, this gives experience rates of approximately 17,000 experience per hour. Using 3 this can become up to 24,000 experience per hour, and 5 runners give up to 30,000 experience per hour.

Fastest Experience

Levels 1–99: Body tiaras

 Talisman imbued tiaras require 1 Runecraft to make, they range from air tiaras to body tiaras and each yield 5 times the amount of experience from runecrafting their respective rune. Making one requires a tiara and a corresponding talisman to use on the respective altar. This method yields the fastest free-to-play Runecraft experience rates, except for stacked up runecrafting cores.

Optimal experience rates of up to 47,000 experience per hour can be attained by using a dangerous PvP World, teleporting to Barbarian Village using a skull sceptre (i), running to the Body Altar, and making the body tiaras. Lumbridge Teleport for the closest bank and repeat. This requires 31 Magic, a staff of air, law runes, and earth runes, as well as enough bone fragments to recharge the skull sceptre (i). Energy potions will be necessary to keep your run energy up. It may be more efficient to carry air runes instead of using a staff of air in order to lower your weight by 2.5 kg at the added cost of spending air runes to teleport.

If avoiding PvP Worlds, the closest teleport to a bank is the Falador Teleport.

• Experience needed (1–99): 13,034,431
• Tiaras needed: 347,585
• Body talismans needed: 347,585
• Total Cost: 661,106,670
• Body tiaras created: 347,585
• Profit/Loss: −657,978,405
• Number of inventories (12 Tiaras + 12 Talismans): 28,966

Levels 1–99: Earth tiaras

 Earth tiaras yield up to 27,000 experience per hour. Run to the Earth Altar and then Varrock Teleport, requiring 25 Magic, you must have law and fire runes with a staff of air equipped. Energy potions will be required to keep your run energy up.

• Experience needed (1–99): 13,034,431
• Tiaras needed: 401,060
• Earth talismans needed: 401,060
• Total Cost: 180,477,000
• Earth tiaras created: 401,060
• Profit/Loss: −178,471,700
• Number of inventories (13 Tiaras + 13 Talismans): 30,850

Levels 1–99: Water tiaras

 Water tiaras yield up to 25,000 experience per hour. Optimally, run to the Water Altar and then Lumbridge Teleport, requiring 31 Magic, you must have law and earth runes with a staff of air equipped. If done on a PvP World a bank chest is next to the teleport, saving about 30 seconds per run. Energy potions will be required to keep your run energy up.

If you are not teleporting and do not want to use a PvP world, the closest bank is in Draynor Village.

• Experience needed (1–99): 13,034,431
• Tiaras needed: 434,333
• Water talismans needed: 434,333
• Total Cost: 123,784,905
• Water tiaras created: 434,333
• Profit/Loss: −120,744,574
• Number of inventories (12 Tiaras + 12 Talismans): 33,411

Air tiaras

Air talismans can be drop tricked if you haven’t progressed in the Rune Mysteries quest, explained here. This is very slow experience and recommended only for ironman mode.

Comparison table for crafting tiaras

Tiara		Experience	Materials	Material cost	Tiara value	Profit/Loss	Profit/Loss per XP
	Air tiara	25		232	4	−228	-9.12
	Mind tiara	27.5		1,600	11	−1,589	-57.78
	Water tiara	30		285	7	−278	-9.27
	Earth tiara	32.5		450	5	−445	-13.69
	Fire tiara	35		2,284	25	−2,259	-64.54
	Body tiara	37.5		1,902	9	−1,893	-50.48

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To optimise your Woodcutting experience gained, it’s usually fastest to drop your logs instead of banking, both in terms of time saved not travelling to the bank but also time saved by not having to compete for resources, as Woodcutting locations far away from banks are usually empty. This depends on your ability to quickly drop an entire inventory of logs versus the travel time to and from the nearest bank. Some players may find that when cutting willow trees for example, with the very close willows to the bank in Draynor Village, it may be faster and less stressful to bank the logs instead of dropping them.

Training Firemaking alongside Woodcutting may be an appealing choice depending on your situation. For players with a Firemaking level below 45, it’s usually an efficient use of your time to burn cut logs; however, once you reach a Firemaking level of 45, it is more time efficient to drop/bank your low-level logs from training Woodcutting and use the saved time to build up money for maple logs or yew logs instead.

Forestry

Players who want to earn anima-infused bark whilst training Woodcutting can do so, but free-to-play worlds can only spawn the Struggling sapling, Rising roots, and Friendly ent Forestry events when wearing the Forestry kit. These events can give players more Woodcutting experience per hour and anima bark to purchase only the felling axe handle if needed.

The probability of spawning an event increases when chopping a high-level tree, chopping with 10 other players on the same tree, or doing both whilst chopping a tree. Below are popular areas where players can spawn events in free-to-play worlds:

Axes

Axes are required to train Woodcutting; they range in quality from bronze to rune. Each tier up has a higher chance to successfully cut a tree and thus it is recommended to always use the highest tier axe available. If the Attack level requirement is met, save an inventory space by equipping the axe.

Item				How to obtain	GE Price	Weight	Multiplier
	Bronze axe	1	1	Bob’s Brilliant Axes: 16	108	1.36 kg	1
	Iron axe	1	1	Bob’s Brilliant Axes: 56	106	1.36 kg	1.5
	Steel axe	6	5	Bob’s Brilliant Axes: 200	102	1.36 kg	2
	Black axe	11	10	Reward casket (beginner)	582	1.36 kg	2.25
	Mithril axe	21	20	51 Smithing	158	1.33 kg	2.5
	Adamant axe	31	30	71 Smithing	444	1.587 kg	3
	Rune axe	41	40	86 Smithing	7,206	1.36 kg	3.5

Trees

Level	Logs	Tree	Exp per log
1		Trees	25
15		Oak trees	37.5
30		Willow trees	67.5
45		Maple trees	100
60		Yew trees	175

Levels 1–99

Levels 1–15: Trees

 Starting Woodcutting requires cutting trees from level 1 to 15, which grants 25 experience per log.

Trees are found throughout Gielinor. There are large patches of trees south of the Grand Exchange, west of Lumbridge Castle, or outside Draynor Manor. Doing so south of the Grand Exchange allows for easily selling logs as they are cut.

• Starting experience: 0
• Experience required: 2,411
• Logs required: 97 (2,425 experience)
• Profit: 9,409

Levels 15–30/60/99: Oak trees

 At level 15, it is recommended to start cutting oak trees, which grant 37.5 experience per log.

Oak trees are found throughout Gielinor. There are several oak tree spots: there are trees south-west of Varrock west bank, two behind Lumbridge General Store, some south of Falador’s southern gates and near Port Sarim, and more east of Rimmington. If banking the logs, it is recommended to use the trees near Varrock west bank. There is also one oak tree just outside Falador west bank and another oak tree near Draynor Village’s bank that are both very convenient for banking logs.

A table displaying the oak logs and XP required to level up, starting at 2,425 XP assuming the player chops exactly enough logs to reach level 15:

2-tick oaks

Using the same technique as 2-tick teaks for members, Auto Retaliate can be used for tick manipulation by artificially resetting the cooldown before a log can be cut.

First, bring a shortbow with no arrows and your best Woodcutting axe in your inventory. Also bring mind runes, air runes, and equip a set of iron with a kiteshield in order to splash. Around six energy potions are also highly recommended.

Just outside the southern Falador gates are two oak trees that are reachable from a single tile, which are also within range of two rats at the nearby farm that can be dragged over to the oaks by splashing Wind Strike, or alternatively by using Confuse. The rat spawn locations are given in the map. Usually, the rats do not end up anywhere close to the trees automatically, so they have to be led there each time manually. They spawn in the fenced area west of the main farm house on death, and must be led from there through the house and around the southwestern fence, hugging the fence on the southern side. This can be very tricky since only the area very close to the trees is multicombat, and the entire trip is at the border of the rats’ maximum movement range. It’s effective to lure one at a time from the farm house around the fence and as far north as it can go along the road (just north of the oak trees) and then go back for the second one. If the first one wandered too far back from the trees, then drag the second one as far as it will go, then go back to drag the first, and repeat. This process can take over five minutes to drag both rats to the trees.

Once both rats are led to the trees and are both attacking you in multicombat, switch to your shortbow and use Rapid attack style with Auto Retaliate on and no arrows equipped. Keep walking back and forth on the three tiles between the two oaks, standing on the rats and moving around a few tiles at a time until the two rats stagger their attack animations to attack once every two ticks. Then, on the ticks that the 0 hitsplats are landing on you, click one of the two trees, and on the alternating ticks, either drop a log from your inventory or click underneath you/underneath the tree such that the game registers an action but does not move you. This gives you a chance at a log every 2 ticks instead of 4, and continuing this alternating pattern of clicking the tree and dropping logs allows you to cut oak trees at twice the normal speed without interruption.

From 60 Woodcutting onwards using a rune axe, it is possible to get over 100k experience per hour with 2-tick oaks. The same or similar experience rates are also obtainable with an adamant axe at level 78 Woodcutting, or a mithril axe at 99 Woodcutting.

Levels 30/60–99: Willow trees

 At level 30, players can cut willow trees, which grant 67.5 experience per log.

If dropping logs, oak trees are higher experience rates until level 60, however because willow logs are closer to the bank in Draynor Village compared to the oak trees near Varrock west bank, banking oak and willow logs makes the experience rates equal.

Experience rates are about 35% higher than those achieved when cutting maple trees, however maples are a more AFK method.

The best places to chop willow trees are south-west of the bank in Draynor Village, but beware of aggressive dark wizards. There is also one tree East of Edgeville that is very close to a bank. If a bank isn’t required, or if you are level 3 and don’t want the dark wizard attacking you, there are more trees just east of the Rusty Anchor Inn in Port Sarim, with a nearby bank deposit box just south on the docks next to the monks. There are more trees west of Farmer Fred’s house in Lumbridge, south of the Port Sarim jail, south-east of Rimmington, and east of the Champions’ Guild.

A table displaying the willow logs and XP required to level up, starting at 13,375 XP assuming the player chops exactly enough oak logs to reach level 30:

3-tick willows with snow

Players who have completed a Christmas event and have unlocked the snow globe can attempt to use snow for tick manipulation; this gives a chance to cut a willow log every 3 ticks instead of the normal delay of 4 ticks between receiving logs, increasing experience rates by 33.3%. Find a secluded area where you can cut from two willow trees without moving from a single spot. Then, choose the snow option on the snow globe to drop a pile of snow underneath you; there is a delay of 7 ticks before the snow appears. To 3-tick with snow, on tick 1 click the snow, on tick 2 shift-click to drop a set of willow logs from your inventory, and on tick 3 click the willow tree, and repeat this 3-tick pattern. Because snow lasts only 24 ticks and there must be an empty tick with no snow between snowdrops, you have to remember every 25 ticks to click snow on your snow globe. The ideal tick to operate your snow globe for the next pile of snow is on the 18th tick when the current snow is active. The best way to time operating your snow globe every 25 ticks is to create a custom music track or metronome to listen to that plays a sound every 25th beat at 100 beats per minute.

3-tick willows give one of the highest possible Woodcutting experience rates in free-to-play, capping out at a maximum of 85,000 experience per hour at level 99 Woodcutting.

Level	Woodcutting XP W/out 3-tick	Woodcutting XP W/ 3-tick
30	20,000–28,000	26,600–37,240
40	28,000–35,000	37,240–46,550
60	34,000–45,000	45,220–59,850
80	45,000–56,000	59,850–74,480

Levels 45–99: Maple trees

 At level 45, players can cut maple trees, which grant 100 experience per log.

Experience rates are about 35% lower than willow trees (when not using tick manipulation), however maples are easier to AFK as they take more time to cut therefore allowing a more relaxed style of grinding. At level 80 Woodcutting, it is possible to obtain 36,000 experience per hour without tick manipulation.

The only place where free-to-play players can cut maple trees is the Corsair Cove Resource Area which has 4 trees and is very far from a bank. It requires completion of Dragon Slayer I to enter. Players must start The Corsair Curse to access Corsair Cove where the resource area is located.

A table displaying the maple logs and XP required to level up, starting at 61,570 XP assuming the player chops exactly enough willow logs to reach level 45:

Other methods

Levels 60–99: Yew trees

 At level 60, players can cut yew trees, which grant 175 experience per log. While yew logs earn a profit, it is recommended to cut willow or maple trees for experience and use the time saved to earn money doing other things.

The best place to chop yew trees is south of Edgeville bank, as there are two trees close to a bank and each other. Banking can also be made even faster by swapping to the PvP world to bank whenever your inventory fills, as the free-to-play PvP world has a bank extremely close to the yews. Note that the yews are in a PvP zone, but the bank in the building is a safe zone, so as long as you swap worlds in the safe zone, there’s no risk to doing this. The next best location to cut yews is behind the Varrock Palace east of the Grand Exchange, and there are also 3 trees south of Falador east bank and another 3 between Lumbridge and Draynor.

For more information, see Money making guide/Cutting yew logs (free-to-play).

A table displaying the yew logs and XP required to level up, starting at 273,770 XP assuming the player chops exactly enough maple logs to reach level 60:

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The fastest Firemaking experience is gained by burning the highest-tier log available. The best place to do this tick-perfectly is at the eastern part of the Grand Exchange, as the bank is only one tile away from an area a log can be burned and the area has a lot of empty space. When correctly timed, the player can move to another square in between lighting the logs, which allows the player to burn the logs in any formation. The player should have noted logs in the inventory, and use them on a banker while standing 2 steps away when banking for more logs. A log is lit every 4 game ticks or 2.4 seconds, meaning a theoretical perfect rate of 1,500 logs per hour; the table below assumes 1,485 logs lit per hour.

An easier but a slower method is to simply burn logs in a row from east to west. The best place to do this is at Varrock: use Varrock Teleport, light the logs from the fountain and bank at the Varrock west bank.

Additionally, with the introduction of Forestry, players can utilize the Forester’s Campfire as a method of AFK Firemaking training at the same Firemaking experience per log although much slower this way.

Overview

Level	Log type		Experience	GE Price	GP/XP	XP/HR
						Regular[t 1]	Collecting ashes[t 2]
1		Normal	40	97	-2.42	59,400	42,000
15		Oak	60	51	-0.85	89,100	63,000
30		Willow	90	55	-0.61	133,650	94,500
45		Maple	135	22	-0.16	200,475	141,750
60		Yew	202.5	224	-1.11	300,712.5	212,625

Level 1–99

This section will show the time and number of logs needed to reach level 99 Firemaking if switching to each newly unlocked log type you can burn as soon as possible. It would take a player approximately 44 hours to reach level 99 Firemaking from level 1 if switching to each newly unlocked log type that they can burn as soon as possible.

Level 15–30: Oak logs

 The quickest way to get from level 1 to level 15 is by burning normal logs, which grant 40 experience per log. Normal logs from trees, evergreen, dead and dying trees can be cut nearly everywhere in Gielinor ranging from Lumbridge to the Wilderness. Purchasing the logs for 1 to 15 Firemaking is not necessary as getting level 15 is only several minute’s work; only 61 logs have to be burnt to raise Firemaking from level 1 to 15. One must cut normal logs to train the first levels of Woodcutting anyway, so one may as well burn these logs to obtain 15 Firemaking.

• Experience needed: 2,411
• Logs needed: 61
• Time: 2 minutes 27 seconds (147 seconds)
• Money spent: −5,917

Level 15–30: Oak logs

 The quickest way to get from level 15 to level 30 is by burning oak logs, which grant 60 experience per log. Oak trees can be cut almost everywhere. Level 15 Woodcutting to cut the oak logs may be useful; oak logs can also be bought from other players.

• Experience needed: 10,952
• Oak logs needed: 183
• Time: 7 minutes 20 seconds (440 seconds)
• Money spent: −9,333

Level 30–45: Willow logs

 The quickest way to get from level 30 to level 45 is by burning willow logs, which grant 90 experience per log. Willow logs can be bought from other players or they can be cut with a Woodcutting level of at least 30. Willow trees can be cut near the River Lum in Lumbridge, near Edgeville, near the sea south of Draynor Village bank, south of the cabbage patch north-west of Draynor Village, or in Rimmington.

• Experience needed: 48,149
• Willow logs needed: 535
• Time: 21 minutes 24 seconds (1,284 seconds)
• Money spent: −29,425

Level 45–60: Maple logs

 The quickest way to get from level 45 to level 60 is by burning maple logs, which grant 135 experience per log. Free to play players may cut them or purchase them via the Grand Exchange. Many players choose to burn maple logs from level 45 until level 99.

• Experience needed: 212,230
• Maple logs needed: 1,572
• Time: 1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds (3,773 seconds)
• Money spent: −34,584

Level 60–99: Yew logs

 The fastest way to get from level 60 to level 99 is by burning yew logs, which grant 202.5 experience per log. These can be cut yourself, but it is much more efficient overall to buy them from other players. Though faster, this method is considerably more expensive than burning willow or maple logs.

• Experience needed: 12,760,689
• Yew logs needed: 63,016
• Time: 42 hours 39 seconds (151,239 seconds)
• Money spent: −14,115,584

Other methods

Level 30–99: Willow logs

 Using exclusively willow logs are a cheap, albeit slow, route to achieving level 99 in Firemaking. Burning willow logs grants 90 experience per log.

• Experience needed: 13,021,068
• Willow logs needed: 144,679
• Time: 96 hours 27 minutes 11 seconds (347,230 seconds)
• Money spent: −7,957,345

Level 45–99: Maple logs

 The cheapest way to get from level 45 to level 99 is by burning maple logs, which grants 135 experience per log. Currently, maple logs (22 coins) are cheaper than willow logs (55 coins), so this method is recommended for free-to-players on a budget. As maple logs give 45 more experience per log than willows and cost 33 less coins, this method is strictly better than burning willow logs once players reach level 45, and is the most cost-efficient method overall for those not utilising yew logs.

• Experience needed: 12,972,919
• Maple logs needed: 96,096
• Time: 64 hours 3 minutes 52 seconds (230,631 seconds)
• Money spent: −2,114,112

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This is a cropped table indicating what can be achieved starting at certain levels. It only covers items efficient for training Cooking.

Training methods

Below are some training methods suitable for different kinds of players. You should start off by doing the quest Cook’s Assistant, as this will get you to level 4.

Training alongside Fishing

This method is suitable for players wanting to train Cooking along with Fishing. If the player has at least 30 Cooking, 35 Fishing and has done Dragon Slayer I, they may want to choose the Corsair Cove Resource Area as a substitute place for training rather than at Karamja.

Level 1

Shrimp can be caught without any requirements. They yield 30 experience per successful cooking. Cooked shrimps can be sold in the Grand Exchange for little profit however, they should only be used for food. The best place to net shrimps is Draynor.

Level 20

Trout can be caught in Barbarian Village or in Lumbridge, provided you have level 20 Fishing. Trout are very handy and each of them give 70 experience. Power-cookers can even grab dropped raw trout from powerfishers and cook them. If you go to Barbarian Village on a populated world, there are usually people giving away free raw trout and salmon.

Level 30

Tuna can be caught at Musa Point in Karamja by harpooning them at level 35 Fishing. Tuna yields 100 experience each successful cook, though the catching speed is slow. The dropped raw tunas from powerfishers can be taken to cook. If a player decides to use this method to train Cooking, a very busy world should be selected. There is no permanent cooking location so bring an axe and tinderbox to use on the trees by the dock.

Level 40

Lobsters can be caught at Musa Point in Karamja at level 40 Fishing. Lobster yields 120 experience each cooking and catching speed is comparable to harpooning. There are rarely any lobster drops from powerfishers, thus fishing them yourself is better.

Level 45/50

Swordfish can be caught in Musa Point in Karamja once level 50 Fishing is attained. Swordfish yields 140 experience each cooking. However, swordfish catching speed is the slowest among all free-to-play fish, because tuna are also caught while harpooning. While swordfish can be cooked starting at level 45, a higher Cooking level is recommended before starting to cook swordfish, as the chances of successfully cooking them are relatively low at lower Cooking levels.

Alternate method to level without burning food

This is an alternate method to level Cooking without burning fish, using the highest-level food possible such that they cannot be burned; however, it will most likely be slower than the method suggested above. It is recommended to use the other methods to attain level 50 Cooking before beginning.

Fish		Start level	End level	Number of fish	Price of uncooked fish	Price of cooked fish	Profit/Loss (overall)	Price per uncooked fish	Price per cooked fish	Profit/Loss per fish
	Trout	50	58	1760	190,080	103,840	−86,240	108	59	−49
	Salmon	58	64	2029	111,595	148,117	36,522	55	73	18
	Tuna	64	74	6893	427,366	1,027,057	599,691	62	149	87
	Lobster	74	86	20846	1,459,220	3,773,126	2,313,906	70	181	111
	Swordfish	86	99	67405	5,324,995	9,908,535	4,583,540	79	147	68
Totals				98933	7,513,256	14,960,675	7,447,419

Another method is to cook pizza from the level you’re able to cook them all the way to 99. It is better experience than swordfish (143 vs 140), however, 3 steps are required to make them, making the hourly experience rate lower than swordfish. The prices change constantly, so check the prices before selling the pizzas.

Training in the Cooks’ Guild

Please note, 32 Cooking is needed to enter the Cooks’ Guild. You cannot enter the guild without getting a chef’s hat.

Level 32

Although apple pies can be made at level 30 Cooking, only the Cooks’ Guild has free and fairly abundant resources for mass-producing them. One jug, pot, pie dish and three cooking apple spawns are available in the guild. The process of making pies can be sped up if players bring their own jugs and pots prior. Wheat can be harvested in the field directly behind the guild, then made into flour using the mill. Collecting flour, water and mixing pastry dough can all be done on the 1^st floor^[US], then cooked using the ranges on the 2^nd floor^[US], while obtaining more equipment from the 3^rd floor^[US].

Level 35

Jugs and grapes can also be found inside the guild. Wine can be fermented within the guild by filling jugs with water from the sink on the ground floor, then using grapes on the jugs of water. Wine gives the highest Cooking experience per success, though grape spawning is slow. Nothing is needed to be brought prior. This method of training is somewhat expensive, but can give up to 2,800 experience per inventory (14 grapes/14 jugs of water).

Training with complex food

Complex food requires time to make and can initially be a bit costly, but can be very rewarding. Complex food basically has varied trips, ranging from Draynor to Wilderness. It is possible to power-level these kinds of food, simply by purchasing the final uncooked version of the food (an uncooked pie, for example) from the Grand Exchange, or trading with another player. This method is usually quite expensive, but in turn offers very fast experience.

Level 10

Redberry pies are the first complex food that can be made. As these pies serve no purpose at higher levels, a quick method shall be shown here. The supplies such as buckets or jugs can be bought from a general store, but it’s best to obtain the berries from the bushes south-east of Varrock, straight north from the entrance to Al Kharid. After that, redberry pies can be made in bulk. This pie is one of the easiest to make due to the low level requirement, and often the most expensive one to sell in the Grand Exchange, possibly due to its quest use. Using the Cooks’ Guild and bushes located on the outskirts of Varrock, a decent profit can be made, however the experience given is low compared to other cooking processes.

Level 20

Meat pies can be similarly to redberry pies, and a variety of different uncooked meats may be cooked into cooked meat. Raw beef is more efficient so you should kill cows and bank the raw beef.

Level 25

Stews can be made by picking potatoes in the potato field between Lumbridge and Varrock (directly north of the Lumbridge cow farm) and killing the cows for raw beef. Bowls can be taken from the kitchen of Lumbridge Castle, purchased from general stores or the Grand Exchange, or manufactured with the Crafting skill (requires level 8 Crafting).

Level 35

Plain pizza can be made from one tomato, one cheese and one pizza base; the pizza base can be made by using a pot of flour with a jug of water or bought from Fat Tony in the Bandit Camp (Wilderness) for 4 coins each. To ensure quick buying of pizza bases, exactly 51 coins can be brought to buy exactly 10 pizza bases and 145 coins to buy 28 pizza bases, and immediately move to and from the bank. Due to the personal shop update, the respawn rate of shop supply is low and players might choose to make the pizza bases themselves or wait. Cheese and tomatoes can be taken from Aggie’s house or Fat Tony’s camp, but both of them have disadvantages. Draynor lacks a support of cooking ranges, and Fat Tony is in the Wilderness which means players are at risk of being attacked by other players. Bandits are also aggressive, meaning that lower-levelled players must take care if they choose to train with pizzas in the Wilderness. Cooking pizzas at the range in Al Kharid can earn up to 180,000 experience per hour.

Level 55

Anchovy pizza can be made. Making an anchovy pizza out of plain pizza and anchovies is always a success. Raw anchovies can be fished south of Lumbridge, in Al Kharid and in Draynor.

Making jugs of wine

Jugs of wine can be made starting at 35 cooking, providing the fastest Cooking experience in the game for free-to-play, topping out at 470,000–490,000 experience per hour at level 68. Wine is not created at a range or fire; instead, players can combine a bundle of grapes with a jug of water in their inventory, creating an unfermented wine. After 12 seconds, the unfermented wine ferments into a jug of wine, granting 200 experience. If a new unfermented wine is made before the 12 seconds are up, the timer will reset back to 12 seconds, so experience for all the wine will be awarded at once 12 seconds after completely stopping the process of making wine. Before level 68 Cooking, there is also a chance to create a jug of bad wine instead depending on level, granting no experience.

62,147 jugs of wine are required to go from 68 to 99 Cooking. Jugs of water and grapes can be bought en masse from the Grand Exchange and combined together at any bank.

Profitability

Players wishing to know the profits of cooking certain foods should consult the related calculators, such as Calculator:Cooking/Fish for profits from fish, and Cooking/Burn level to see what level different foods stop being burned.

Fish, particularly the high level ones, play a big role in the cooking market. They make up the bulk of the food market, with high demands for both raw and cooked forms. Note that buying fish raw from the Grand Exchange and selling the cooked product in the Grand Exchange is not always profitable due to many players buying mass amounts of fish to get to 99 Cooking. For many fish there is often a price difference between cooked and raw fish.

A way to train Cooking and gain a profit would be to make foods containing many steps. These foods give much more experience than fish when made from scratch, many cannot be burnt, and can be sold for modest profit in the Grand Exchange. The downside to this method is that it takes much longer to prepare the ingredients for combining.

Training locations

Some places are more suited for cooking than others. Here are some recommended places.

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