View source for Pay-to-play Cooking training

{{See also|Free-to-play Cooking training}}

This is a guide which aims to assist players in '''training [[Cooking]] in [[pay to play]]''' by using the most effective and efficient techniques and methods.
This guide may not always be up to date (mainly concerning G.E prices). Remember to ALWAYS check the G.E prices before purchasing ingredients. 

===Level advancement - Fish===

This is a fast, but more expensive way to advance the [[Cooking]] skill level. Note that the Money needed until next step column only accounts for the total amount of money that must be invested. It does not account for the money that will be earned back from selling the cooked fish. Fishing them yourself will give a sizable amount of fishing experience, as well as reduce the cost to 0 (minus any cost for lures, e.g feathers), and profit from selling them.

A side note: A slower, but more reliable way to train cooking is to check out the food chart under the cooking skill page to see what the best food you can cook without burning is, then cook that food. That means there's a certain number of items you must cook, without leaving things to chance or burning.


{|class="wikitable"
!Levels
!Food to cook
!Experience per item
!Approximate XP/Hour
!Number needed until next step
!Notes
!Approximate profit/loss during this step
|-
|1 - 15
|Various
|Various, see [[Cooking]]
|N/A
|N/A
|At this level, just cook anything readily available. Efficiency is not important because the first 10 levels are quickly gained. Good examples include chicken, meat*, bread, shrimp, anchovies, or herring. Undead chickens give the same exp but are MUCH cheaper.
|Very little
|-
|15-30
|[[Cooking#Fish|Assorted Fish]]
|Various
| 25k-50k
|N/A
|Cook fish such as [[trout]], [[cod]], [[pike]] and [[salmon]]. These are easily obtainable with the [[Fishing]] skill.
|Very little
|-
|28+
|[[Sweetcorn]]
|104
|130k
|25
|Cook Sweetcorn grown from Farming, or buy some from the Grand Exchange.
|{{Coins|Amount = {{#expr:( ({{:Exchange:Cooked sweetcorn|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:sweetcorn|View=price}})*25)}}}}
|-
|30+
|[[Tuna]]
|100 on a range or 110 on a fire
|125k
|2,604
|You do lose some money if you buy these from the GE, rather than fishing them yourselves. Alternatively, players may wish to cook [[apple pies]], although this method may be more time-consuming than tuna. Some players may choose to continue cooking sweetcorn as it yields 4% more experience.
|{{Coins|Amount = {{#expr:( ({{:Exchange:Tuna|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:Raw tuna|View=price}})*2604)}}}}
|-
|60+
|[[Lobsters]]
|120 or 132 on a fire
|150k
|22,313
|Either buy raw lobsters from other players, or fish for them. Players stop burning lobsters at level 74 (or level 68 with [[cooking gauntlets]]).
|{{Coins|Amount = {{#expr:( ({{:Exchange:Lobster|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:Raw lobster|View=price}})*22313)}}}}
|-
|84+
|[[Monkfish]]
|150
|190k
|15,967
|Either buy raw monkfish from other players or fish them, given that players have completed the [[Swan Song]] quest. Players stop burning monkfish at level 90 with cooking gauntlets.
|{{Coins|Amount = {{#expr:( ({{:Exchange:Monkfish|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:Raw monkfish|View=price}})*15967)}}}} minus some as burning occurs infrequently before level 90, but this is still a faster and usually cheaper method than lobsters or swordfish. Always check GE prices before buying in bulk (applies to all cooking)
|-
|92-94
|[[Sharks]]
|210
|263k
|6,797
|Either buy raw sharks from other players, or fish for cooking. Players will burn approximately 1% of Sharks with 93 Cooking and cooking gauntlets. Players stop burning sharks at level 94 with cooking gauntlets. Without the cooking gauntlets however, even at level 99, players will still burn sharks.
|{{Coins|Amount = {{#expr:( ({{:Exchange:Shark|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:Raw shark|View=price}})*6797)}}}} (minus a little because you will burn maybe 1 in 50 before level 94)
|-
|94-99
|[[Rocktail]]
|225
|285k
|22,622
|Either buy raw rocktail from other players or the grand exchange, or fish for cooking. Players stop burning rocktails at level 94 with cooking gauntlets. Without the cooking gauntlets however, even at level 99, players will still burn rocktails.
|{{Coins|Amount = {{#expr:( ({{:Exchange:Rocktail|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:Raw rocktail|View=price}})*22622)}}}} Always use Cooking Gauntlets or the burns cost too much.
|}

'''With cooking [[urns]]:'''
<!--Divide the number of items to be cooked by 1.1, or multiply by 0.909 (~91%) in order to obtain the number to be cooked with the appropriate level urn. -->

Cooking urns speed up the experience rates. In addition, it takes less supplies to level up.

{|class="wikitable"
!Levels
!Items to make
!Approximate XP/Hour
!Number needed until next step
!Notes
!Money needed until next step
|-
|1 - 10
|Various
|N/A
|N/A
|At this level, just cook anything readily available. Efficiency is not important because the first 10 levels are quickly gained. Good examples include chicken, meat*, bread, shrimp, anchovies, or herring. Undead chickens give the same exp but are MUCH cheaper.
|N/A
|-
|10 - 30
|[[Cooking#Fish|Assorted Fish]]
| 30k-60k
|N/A
|Cook fish such as [[trout]], [[cod]], [[pike]] and [[salmon]]. These are easily obtainable with the [[Fishing]] skill.
|N/A
|-
| 28+
|[[Sweetcorn]]
| 160k
|?
|Cook Sweetcorn grown from Farming, or buy some from the Grand Exchange.
|N/A
|-
|30+
|[[Tuna]]
| 115k
|2,368
|You do lose some money if you buy these from the GE, rather than fishing them yourselves. Alternatively, players may wish to cook apple pies, although this method may be more time-consuming than tuna.
|?
|-
|60+
|[[Lobster]]
|180k
|22,078 (from here to monkfish)
|Either buy raw lobsters from other players, or fish for them. Players stop burning lobsters at level 74 (or level 68 with [[cooking gauntlets]]).
|
14,516
|-
|74+
|[[Swordfish]]
|195k
|10,610
|Either buy raw swordfish from other players or fish for them. At this level with cooking gauntlets you will still burn about 2 fish per inventory so there is a cost for the increased xp rate.
|?
|-
|84+
|[[Monkfish]]
|210k
|14,516
|Either buy raw monkfish from other players or fish them, given that players have completed the [[Swan Song]] quest. Players stop burning monkfish at level 90 with cooking gauntlets.
|?
|-
|90+
|[[Shark]]s
|325k
|32,258
|Either buy raw sharks from other players, or fish for cooking. Players stop burning sharks at level 94 with cooking gauntlets. Without the cooking gauntlets however, even at level 99, players will still burn sharks.
|?
|}
*Players willing to spend time training Crafting to be able to use higher-level Urns may find it easier to train Cooking, as the lower number of fish to be cooked can make a big difference in how often a character has to bank while cooking, as well as less fish to catch or buy. This means making a large investment of time in training Crafting, however.

*Training with meat may be done by going to [[Neitiznot]]'s Yak Field where people leave the meat on the ground. There is a range and bank near to make easily cooking banking and collecting.

'''Remember''': burning a piece of food does not yield experience, so it is always better to plan on having extra money.

At level 85, some players switch to cooking pies with the lunar spell so that they gain experience comparable to shark or better, but also gain magic experience and spend runes. It requires 65 magic. As the quest Lunar Diplomacy requires 65 magic to complete, skill boosts will not work. Lunar spell cooked pies will never burn.

From level 84 to 90 you will burn approximately 525 Monkfish with cooking gauntlets

From level 90 to 94 you will burn approximately 270 Sharks with cooking gauntlets. Beyond that level you will not burn any.

== Combined POH training with a Chef's delight (barrel) ==
A very useful tip for training AND to save gold is to install a [[Chef's delight]] barrel in your POH kitchen along with a range. Mounting an [[Amulet of glory]] in your quest hall nearby the kitchen requires 48 construction, and can be used to provide teleports to [[Edgeville]] to bank. Teleportation to your POH can be used with a tab or runes. Using runes requires 40 magic. This helps you burn less food with the cooking level increase, and cook higher level foods.

Steps to train:

#Pick up food from a bank (raw).
#Teleport to your house.
#Grab a beer glass, and fill it with chef's delight from your barrel.
#Cook the food.
#Go to your quest hall, and teleport to [[Edgeville]] using your [[Amulet of glory]]
#Bank, and repeat.

The total levels used for this method are:
*40 Magic (optional to save 3x as much money by using runes instead of teleport tabs)
*48 Construction (Optional by buying flatpacks for everything but mounting your uncharged amulet of glory)

You can use cooking gauntlets to further boost your cooking success rate.

Alternatively, you could find a friend who has a larder and a range and continously make cakes inside their POH for free. World 31 (House Parties) often has open houses in yanille, and many of these do have these facilities.

== Alternate methods to level ==
This is an alternate method to level cooking without burning fish; however, it will most likely be slower than the method above. It is recommended to use the above method to attain level 50 cooking before beginning. It is possible to get 1,960 cooking xp with 1 inventory of trout.

===Chocolate Cakes===
This method is possibly profitable, although it does take some time. Simply buy lots of [[chocolate bar]]s and [[cake]]s, and make the cakes into [[chocolate cake]]s. This is rather time consuming, but can make a large profit depending on the price of cakes. You get 30 [[cooking]] experience per cake

===Gunnarsgrunn Cooking===
This method neither makes nor loses money, so it can be quite helpful for players without a lot of money. Since many players power-fish [[salmon]] and [[trout]] at [[Gunnarsgrunn]], you can easily light a fire with the trees nearby and cook all the fish that they drop. After that, drop the cooked fish and pick up the new fish the players have dropped. Since the fish are cooked, alternating between dropping and eating is both more effective and uses less clicks than simply dropping. It can be more effecient if you can get one of the other players to directly trade you the fish. This method is helpful to both players, the fisher gets more experience per hour and the cooker gets a costless way of gaining cooking levels.

===Wine===

While this method makes you lose a lot of money, it is very fast experience. 14 [[grapes]] are used with 14 [[jug of water|jugs of water]] to make 14 [[unfermented wine]]s which, after 12 seconds, becomes [[jug of wine|jugs of wine]] granting 200 xp each, up to 2,800 xp if no [[jug of bad wine|jugs of bad wine]] are made. Wine is made very fast, and ferments in your bank. As wine only requires level 35 cooking to make, it becomes very difficult to fail.

===Curry===
As an alternative to [[swordfish]], at level 74 you might choose to cook [[Curry]] as you will get much more experience, and will not burn any at that level. However this method is also much more expensive. Cooking 6626 [[Uncooked curry]] is required to get you to level 84. Cooking [[Curry]] gives the most experience in one step, making it faster than any other item that takes 4 [[tick]]s to cook, such as rocktail. However wine can be made 4 times faster and is therefore faster experience than curry.

===Without cooking gauntlets===
{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Fish
!Start<br />Level
!Finishing<br />Level
!Number Of<br />Fish Required
!Cost per<br />Raw Fish (coins)
!Total Cost<br />(coins)
!Sell For<br />(coins)
!Profit/Loss<br />(coins)
|-
|[[File:Trout.png]]
|'''[[Trout]]'''
|50
|59
|2,094
|{{GEPrice|Raw trout}}
|{{#vardefine:Trout_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw trout|n}}*-2094}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Trout_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Trout_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Trout|n}}*2094}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Trout_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Trout_cost}}+{{#var:Trout_sell}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Salmon.png]]
|'''[[Salmon]]'''
|59
|69
|4,669
|{{GEPrice|Raw salmon}}
|{{#vardefine:Salmon_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw salmon|n}}*-4669}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Salmon_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Salmon_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Salmon|n}}*4669}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Salmon_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Salmon_cost}}+{{#var:Salmon_sell}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Tuna.png]]
|'''[[Tuna]]'''
|69
|74
|4,283
|{{GEPrice|Raw tuna}}
|{{#vardefine:Tuna_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw tuna|n}}*-4283}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Tuna_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Tuna_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Tuna|n}}*4283}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Tuna_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Tuna_cost}}+{{#var:Tuna_sell}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Lobster.png]]
|'''[[Lobster]]'''
|74
|86
|20,846
|{{GEPrice|Raw lobster}}
|{{#vardefine:Lobster_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw lobster|n}}*-20846}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Lobster_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Lobster_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Lobster|n}}*20846}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Lobster_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Lobster_cost}}+{{#var:Lobster_sell}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Raw swordfish.png]]
|'''[[Swordfish]]'''
|86
|92
|20,854
|{{GEPrice|Raw swordfish}}
|{{#vardefine:Swordfish_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw swordfish|n}}*-20854}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Swordfish_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Swordfish_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Swordfish|n}}*20854}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Swordfish_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Swordfish_cost}}+{{#var:Swordfish_sell}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Raw monkfish.png]]
|'''[[Monkfish]]'''
|92
|99
|43,448
|{{GEPrice|Raw monkfish}}
|{{#vardefine:Monkfish_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw monkfish|n}}*-43448}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Monkfish_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Monkfish_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Monkfish|n}}*43448}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Monkfish_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Monkfish_cost}}+{{#var:Monkfish_sell}})}}}}
|-
!colspan="3"|
!Total Fish
!96,194
!Total cost
!{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Trout_cost}}+{{#var:Salmon_cost}}+{{#var:Tuna_cost}}+{{#var:Lobster_cost}}+{{#var:Swordfish_cost}}+{{#var:Monkfish_cost}})}}}}
!{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Trout_sell}}+{{#var:Salmon_sell}}+{{#var:Tuna_sell}}+{{#var:Lobster_sell}}+{{#var:Swordfish_sell}}+{{#var:Monkfish_sell}})}}}}
!{{#vardefine:Total_profit|{{#expr:({{#var:Trout_cost}}+{{#var:Salmon_cost}}+{{#var:Tuna_cost}}+{{#var:Lobster_cost}}+{{#var:Swordfish_cost}}+{{#var:Monkfish_cost}}+{{#var:Trout_sell}}+{{#var:Salmon_sell}}+{{#var:Tuna_sell}}+{{#var:Lobster_sell}}+{{#var:Swordfish_sell}}+{{#var:Monkfish_sell}})}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Total_profit}}}}
|}

===With [[cooking gauntlets]]===

{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Fish
!Start<br />Level
!Finishing<br />Level
!Number Of<br />Fish Required
!Cost per<br />Raw Fish (coins)
!Total Cost<br />(coins)
!Sell For<br />(coins)
!Profit/Loss<br />(coins)
|-
|[[File:Trout.png]]
|'''[[Trout]]'''
|50
|59
|2,094
|{{GEPrice|Raw trout}}
|{{#vardefine:Trout_cost2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw trout|n}}*-2094}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Trout_cost2}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Trout_sell2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Trout|n}}*2094}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Trout_sell2}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Trout_sell2}}+{{#var:Trout_cost2}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Salmon.png]]
|'''[[Salmon]]'''
|59
|68
|3,969
|{{GEPrice|Raw salmon}}
|{{#vardefine:Salmon_cost2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw salmon|n}}*-3969}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Salmon_cost2}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Salmon_sell2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Salmon|n}}*3969}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Salmon_sell2}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Salmon_sell2}}+{{#var:Salmon_cost2}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Lobster.png]]
|'''[[Lobster]]'''
|68
|81
|13,232
|{{GEPrice|Raw lobster}}
|{{#vardefine:Lobster_cost2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw lobster|n}}*-13232}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Lobster_cost2}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Lobster_sell2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Lobster|n}}*13232}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Lobster_sell2}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Lobster_sell2}}+{{#var:Lobster_cost2}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Raw swordfish.png]]
|'''[[Swordfish]]'''
|81
|90
|22,526
|{{GEPrice|Raw swordfish}}
|{{#vardefine:Swordfish_cost2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw swordfish|n}}*-22526}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Swordfish_cost2}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Swordfish_sell2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Swordfish|n}}*22526}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Swordfish_sell2}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Swordfish_sell2}}+{{#var:Swordfish_cost2}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Raw monkfish.png]]
|'''[[Monkfish]]'''
|90
|94
|17,322
|{{GEPrice|Raw monkfish}}
|{{#vardefine:Monkfish_cost2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw monkfish|n}}*-17322}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Monkfish_cost2}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Monkfish_sell2|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Monkfish|n}}*17322}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Monkfish_sell2}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Monkfish_sell2}}+{{#var:Monkfish_cost2}})}}}}
|-
|[[File:Raw rocktail.png]]
|'''[[Rocktail]]'''
|94
|99
|22,622
|{{GEPrice|Raw rocktail}}
|{{#vardefine:Rocktail_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw rocktail|n}}*-22622}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Rocktail_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Rocktail_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Rocktail|n}}*22622}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Rocktail_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Rocktail_sell}}+{{#var:Rocktail_cost}})}}}}
|-
!colspan="3"|
!Total Fish
!81,765
!Total cost
!{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Trout_cost2}}+{{#var:Salmon_cost2}}+{{#var:Lobster_cost2}}+{{#var:Swordfish_cost2}}+{{#var:Monkfish_cost2}}+{{#var:Rocktail_cost}})}}}}
!{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Trout_sell2}}+{{#var:Salmon_sell2}}+{{#var:Lobster_sell2}}+{{#var:Swordfish_sell2}}+{{#var:Monkfish_sell2}}+{{#var:Rocktail_sell}})}}}}
!{{#vardefine:Total_profit2|{{#expr:({{#var:Trout_cost2}}+{{#var:Salmon_cost2}}+{{#var:Lobster_cost2}}+{{#var:Swordfish_cost2}}+{{#var:Monkfish_cost2}}+{{#var:Rocktail_cost}}+{{#var:Trout_sell2}}+{{#var:Salmon_sell2}}+{{#var:Lobster_sell2}}+{{#var:Swordfish_sell2}}+{{#var:Monkfish_sell2}}+{{#var:Rocktail_sell}})}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Total_profit2}}}}
|}

===Alternative Method ([[cooking gauntlets]])===

{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Fish
!Start<br />Level
!Finishing<br />Level
!Number Of<br />Fish Required
!Cost per<br />Raw Fish (coins)
!Total Cost<br />(coins)
!Sell For<br />(coins)
!Profit/Loss<br />(coins)
|-
|[[File:Raw shark.png]]
|'''[[Shark]]'''
|90
|99
|36,610
|{{GEPrice|Raw shark}}
|{{#vardefine:Shark_cost|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Raw shark|n}}*-36610}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Shark_cost}}}}
|{{#vardefine:Shark_sell|{{#expr:{{GEPrice|Shark|n}}*36610}}}} {{Coins|Amount={{#var:Shark_sell}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{#expr:({{#var:Shark_sell}}+{{#var:Shark_cost}})}}}}
|}

You can also cook [[Shark]]s as an alternative to [[Rocktail]]s and [[Monkfish]]. At 90 cooking, you will burn roughly 7% of your sharks, which still works out at a higher xp/h rate than monkfish and will probably be more profitable.

===Notes===

*Another option is to cook [[Cavefish]], which would sometimes make more profit than sharks from 94-99.
*From 94 onwards, Rocktails will burn ''very rarely''. These provide a higher experience rate than sharks, as well as being more profitable than Sharks some of the time.
*If you do not want to do Rocktails from 94-99, as they are fluctuating everyday and may cause loss, you can do Sharks from 94-99.
*Assuming no fish are burned and all fish are sold, the profit for:
**The no cooking gauntlets method is {{formatnum:{{#var:Total_profit}}}} coins.
**The cooking gauntlets method is {{formatnum:{{#var:Total_profit2}}}} coins.
*A player with 80 cooking and cooking gauntlets will burn fewer than 2% of swordfish on a fire; therefore, it can be to one's advantage to begin cooking swordfish at an earlier level.
*If one cooks using a range rather than a fire, and wears cooking gauntlets, the burn rate of monkfish at level 86 is less than 0.5%, so this may be a cheaper and more efficient method of levelling than swordfish.
*Baking pies with the [[Bake Pie]] spell in the [[Lunar spellbook]] makes for quick Cooking experience, but is also very costly.

== Tips ==

====Collecting Raw Fish====

After finishing the quest [[Throne of Miscellania]] you can set up your kingdom to gather raw fish. Your subjects will gather swordfish, tuna, and lobsters if the kingdom is supplied with ample money, and if fishing is made a priority then the amount of raw fish available to be cooked after a few days will help towards levelling your Cooking skill.
For more information on managing your kingdom, please refer to the page: [[Managing Miscellania]].

Another great place to get fish is on the west bank of the River Lum next to Gunnarsgrunn, as there are several people that power-fish along the river's bank, and then drop their trout and/or salmon. You can also go  to Gunnarsgrunn to cook the fish right in one of the shops. It's a great place to cook as there are very few players cooking there and lots of fishers.

====Dairy Churn====

As normally unused as it is now, churning [[Cheese wheel|cheese wheels]] is one of the better ways of making cooking experience. First off, it doesn't fail, you cannot burn cheese using a dairy churn, and therefore you would constantly get 64 experience per bucket of milk. Second, each slice of cheese you make gives you an additional 4 experience. Finally, you can get milk from dairy cows scattered all over RuneScape. There are also milkmaid characters near milk cows where milk can be purchased from.

A good place to train with a churn is at the [[Sinclair Mansion]], just north of [[Seer's Village]]/[[Camelot]]. All you need is 14 [[buckets]], or whatever number you prefer. There's a [[dairy cow]] just a few steps south of the churn. Milk the cow, churn the milk, drop the churned product, and then repeat for fast churning exp.

Another good place to train is the farm south of [[Falador|Falador,]] by cabbage-porting with your Explorers Ring 3 or 4, then bying a full inventory of milk from the nearby milkmaid and churn it in the nearby churn. Then you can teleport, such as using an [[Amulet of glory]] or a [[Ring of kinship]], then repeating the process.

Additionally, if one owns a POH in Yanille, you can take buckets of milk from the larder in your kitchen, half an inventory at a time. Then, go to the dairy churn in the food shop east of the POH portal. Once all milk has been churned, you may take the cheese to the bank even farther east to the bank, and repeat.

====Cooking Urns====

Cooking urns will significantly increase experience rates per hour.

====Dwarven Army Axe====

Upon completion of the [[Troll Warzone]], the [[Dwarven Army Axe]] provides an extra +3 cooking experience when it is equipped whilst cooking food.

====Bonfires====

[[Bonfires]] are a great way of of training cooking for both members and non-members. Cooking on a [[Bonfire]] will earn a player 10% more experience than on a range. If you use a Bonfire in conjunction with a [[Dwarven Army Axe]] it will add to the experience gained. Keep in note that the bonus from the [[Dwarven Army Axe]] is added after the bonfires extra experience. Eg. when a [[lobster]] is used on a [[Bonfire]] it will gain the player 132 experience, the [[Dwarven Army Axe]] than adds another 3.3 experience totaling at 135.3 experience. (This is a great method of training if you have levels allowing you not to burn certain foods. The best place to do this is the [[Grand Exchange]] where bonfires are lit close to a bank).

Another great place to train cooking on bonfires is in world 100 (The unofficial Bonfire world) at the [[Castle Wars]] bank, the Shantay pass or Culinaromancer's Chest ([[Lumbridge]] Castle cellar). All three locations have a 'one-click' bank chest. There are many players cooking, or training firemaking 24/7.

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===Recommended Places to Cook===
====Bonfire locations====
Player bonfires are the best way to train your cooking on, they are often found close to banks for maximum convenience. These bonfires are recommended because they give a 10% bonus to your cooking experience.

Below is a list of commonly used locations to cook using a bonfire: (any other location close to a bank can be used too)
=====Free-to-Play Locations=====
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Location
!Advantages
!Disadvantages
!Requirements
|-
|[[Al Kharid]] at [[Shantay Pass]]
|''add image''
|
*Very close to a bank.
*Left-click bank chest.
*In world 100, there will be a lot of people cooking here, so a fire almost always lit.
|
*Can be crowded in certain worlds producing lag.
|N/A
|-
|[[Grand Exchange]]
|[[File:Grandexchange Cookingtraining.png|150px]]
|
*Very close to a bank. 
*There are almost always bonfires around to cook on. 
|
*If you want to use the xp bonus of a [[Clan avatar]], the avatar will be hidden at the GE, so the xp bonus will only be 3% instead of 6%.
|N/A
|-
|[[Lumbridge cellar]]
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*Very close to a bank.
*Left-click bank chest.
*In world 100, there will be a lot of people cooking here, so a fire almost always lit.
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*Can be crowded in certain worlds producing lag.
|You will need to have completed the first part of [[Recipe for Disaster]] to use the [[Culinaromancer's chest]] as a bank.
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=====Pay-to-Play Locations=====
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|[[Burthorpe]]
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*Very close to a bank.
*Left-click bank chest.
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*You probably need to bring your own logs and light your own fires.
|N/A
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====Range/Oven locations====
If you still wish to use a range, oven or something similar, some places are more suited for cooking than others. 

Below is a list of a few recommended places to cook:

=====Pay-to-Play Locations=====
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|The [[Rogues' Den]]
|[[File:Martin Thwait's Lost and Found location.png|150px]]
|Located in the Rogues' Den, under [[The Pick and Lute]] pub, just east of the Taverley [[lodestone]].
|A fire is close to [[Emerald Benedict]], the banker who is walking around the room. This fire is everlasting, so there is no need to worry about relighting it, saving time and inventory space. It is one of the '''most efficient''' training spots with at least 1,250+ cooked food per hour (With zero burned fish). It is recommended to use cooking gauntlets here, since a fire has a higher chance of burning food than a range.

*Players should lure Benedict by talking to him when he comes near by, improving the cooking rate as banking takes slightly less time.
|N/A
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|[[Nardah]]
|[[File:Nardah Cookingtraining.png]]
|Quiet desert town with a oven next to the bank.
|The bank and oven are found at the south end of the town, close together, so minimum running. Players can angle the camera to be in sight of both for easy banking.
|N/A
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|[[Catherby]]
|[[File:Catherby Cookingtraining.png]]
|Just east of the Catherby bank, very close to each other.
|This is a popular spot because it is close to the Catherby [[fishing]] spots. The food can be easily cooked before banking after being fished. The door can be annoying when it closes.
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|[[Cooks' Guild]]
|[[File:Cooks' Guild map location.png]]
|A bank and a range are a few steps from each other.
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A player must have earned [[Varrock Armour 3]] to use the bank located inside the Cooking Guild. In terms of distance from the range to the bank, '''this spot is the best place to train cooking on a range'''. Players without access to the bank and range on the ground floor can still use the ranges on the {{FloorNumber|2}} and use the west-Varrock bank or even use the south-west bank at the GE. Although this would be slower, you will still have quick access to the GE to buy or sell food.
|The [[Varrock Armour 3]].
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|[[Fishing Guild]]
|[[File:Fishing Guild cooking training.png]]
|Fish, cook, and bank.
|Players can fish, cook, and bank all in one run. However, it is a somewhat long walk from the range to the bank. Therefore if the player is only looking to train cooking, do not use this spot.
|Level 68 [[fishing]] to enter the guild. 63 with [[admiral pie]].
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|[[Lumbridge]]
|[[File:Lumbridge Cookingtraining.png]]
|Good place to cook if players have started the quest [[Recipe for Disaster]].
|The [[Culinaromancer's Chest]] in the cellar is a bank and a food store, that both can be used in conjunction with the range in the kitchen just above. This range has a lower burning rate than most other ranges, so it can be good to cook here if you still burn some food.
|Must have started [[Recipe for Disaster]] (Which requires the completion of [[Cook's Assistant]]).
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|The [[Tree Gnome Stronghold]]
|[[File:Gnometree Cookingtraining.png]]
|Useful because players can make [[Gnome_cooking#Cooking_gnome_cocktails|Gnome Cocktails]], [[Gnome_cooking#Cooking_gnome_baked_goods|Gnome Foods]], and various other dishes.
|[[Hudo]] and [[Heckel Funch]] can supply plenty of [[cooking]] ingredients. There is easy access to a bank as well.
|N/A
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|[[Zanaris]]
|[[File:Zanaris Cookingtraining.png]]
|A quiet nice place to cook at, since there is a bank close.
|Players can also cook [[pies]] in here easily since there is a [[wheat]] field and a [[windmill]] near by. If players have started the quest [[Fairytale II - Cure a Queen]] and are able to use the [[Fairy ring]], they can travel to the [[Grand Exchange]] quickly to sell and buy supplies, using the code DKR.
|Completed [[Lost city]].
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|[[Neitiznot]]
|[[File:Neitiznot cooking.png]]
|Fremennik Island of Neitiznot with a clay oven next to the bank.
|You can easily cook at the clay oven and then left-click the bank, without moving the screen.
|Requires the player to have started [[The Fremennik Isles]] quest.
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|[[TzHaar City]]
|[[File:TzHaar cooking spot.png]]
|There is a oven just south-east of the [[Fight Cave]] banker.
|Using this spot can be useful when you own the [[TokKul-Zo]] ring. This ring can teleport you next to the banker and has unlimited charges.
|N/A
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=====Free-to-Play Locations=====
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|[[Lumbridge]] bank
|[[File:Lumbridge Cookingtraining.png]]
|A good way for beginning cookers to start the skill.
|There are 4 log respawn points just outside the bank. Equip a [[Dwarven army axe]] when cooking to light the logs. Another option at Lumbridge would be to use the cooking range at the ground floor of the castle to reduce the chance of burning food.
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|[[Al Kharid]] bank
|[[File:Al kharid Cookingtraining.png|150px]]
|The best free-to-play spot to train cooking on a range.
|A range is right by the bank, providing fast runs to and from the bank.
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|[[Draynor Village]]
|[[File:Draynor Cookingtraining.png]]
|This spot is good for cooking fish because of the fishing spot near the bank.
|People usually train firemaking here because there is a lot of room for starting fires with no interruptions. You can possibly cook on the fires right outside the bank door. Alternatively, in [[Ned]]´s house is also a fireplace to cook on.
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|[[Gunnarsgrunn]] fishing spots
|[[File:Barb village Cookingtraining.png]]
|Many players would rather give away or drop [[salmons]] and [[trouts]], while doing power [[Fly-fishing rod|fly-fishing]].
|It's a good idea to bring a hatchet for cutting a tree nearby to start a fire, or instead cook fish on the [[endless fire]] near [[Peksa's Helmet Shop]].
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|[[Karamja]] fishing spots
|[[File:Karamja Cookingtraining.png]]
|These are good places to train both cooking and fishing
|In busy worlds there are usually plenty of fires made by other players. When done cooking an inventory players can go to the [[General store]], sell all fish and start over. With the level 3 [[Explorer's ring]], it is feasible to bank in [[Draynor]], thus making a profit, although this is slower exp and players have to walk back to Karamja. Players may also use the deposit box close to the monks of [[Entrana]] (though the boat is for members only the box is available even in free worlds), making it faster to deposit their catches.
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[[File:Cornered_Banker_Rogue's_Den.jpg|thumb|Players crowd around the banker at Rogue's Den for faster experience.]]
{{Training guides}}
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