OSRS Cooking Guide 1–99: Fastest Methods Without Losing GP

Why Cooking 1–99 Still Matters

Bils Services offers hand-done Cooking training if you would rather outsource the grind. This article stays educational first — use the service link only if it fits your plan.

We have not put XP per hour or supply costs in this guide. Cooking rates move whenever Jagex adjusts a method, and the cost of the cooking supplies below moves with the Grand Exchange — a frozen number here would mislead you into budgeting the wrong bank. The OSRS Wiki carries live figures.

Cooking 1–99 Level Path

Cooking breaks into 5 stages between level 1 and 99. Start at "1–30: quest XP + shrimp/trout ladder" and read the list as a default rather than a rule — if your goal is fastest rather than low GP loss, the later stages are where you should deviate.

1. 1–30: quest XP + shrimp/trout ladder
2. 30–60: swordfish/jungle progressions as relevant
3. 60–90: raw fish with low burn rates on hosidius/range
4. 90–99: sharks/anglerfish/wines depending on price sheets
5. Hosidius kitchen + Cooking gauntlets are major unlocks

Where You Cook and What You Wear Decide Your Burn Rate

Cooking has no tools to buy. The whole equipment question is about burning less, and there are three separate levers for that: the heat source, your gloves, and eventually the cape.

The gauntlets only cover that fixed list of fish, so if your plan is to cook something outside it, the location you pick is doing all the work.

Fastest XP Methods

1-tick karambwans are the sweat XP method.

Wines can be extremely fast at the cost of attention and possible GP loss.

For non-tick players, high-level fish on a good range is enough.

Cheapest / Budget Approach

Buy raw → cook → sell cooked only when margin exists.

Hosidius 5% stop-burn and gauntlets reduce wasted raws.

Never buy the “fastest” food without checking burn tier and GE tax.

AFK & Lower-Intensity Options

Cooking is bankstanding with inventory intervals — semi-AFK.

Slower fish = more chill. Wines = more attention.

Good preset hygiene prevents burning 1000 sharks while alt-tabbed too hard.

Practical Tips That Actually Matter

• Complete Family Crest for gauntlets early if meleeing too.
• Diary rewards and Culinaromancer gloves variants matter for some accounts.
• Ironmen should cook what they catch — train Fishing and Cooking as a pair.

Ironman Notes

Cooking is the cheapest skill on an Ironman to reach a useful level in, because the raw material is whatever your Fishing already caught. The trap is treating it as a separate project — cook as you fish and the skill mostly finishes itself.

What deserves actual planning is the food you want at the end. Wines and low-level fish are fine for the level; sharks and anglerfish are what your raid inventory needs, and those come from a Fishing level you may not have yet.

When Paid Training Makes Sense

The case for buying Cooking rests on what it is blocking. The grind here is mostly a buying-and-clicking exercise, so there is very little you learn by doing it yourself. That makes it a reasonable thing to hand over — and a bad one to hand over before you have priced the materials, since those are usually the larger bill.

If you do order it, the thing to specify is the route as well as the level range: fastest and low GP loss are different jobs on this skill, with different timelines and different supply bills for the same 99. Our Cooking page lists what we need from you, and the work is played rather than botted.

FAQ

Wines to 99?

Fast and often acceptable GP/XP. Recheck prices — wine metas swing.

When do sharks stop burning?

Depends on level + gauntlets + hosidius. Check the wiki burn table.

Final Takeaway

Browse Cooking training, more skill guides, or the full blog for related progression help.