OSRS Cooking Calculator
Plan your route from your current level to a target level, estimate how many fish you need, and preview expected profit or loss.
Tip: If you are using Cooking Gauntlets or the Hosidius range, increase your success rate to reflect fewer burns.
How this OSRS cooking calculator helps
Cooking is one of the most popular skills in Old School RuneScape because it can be fast, simple, and profitable. The biggest challenge is deciding what to cook and how many items to buy. This calculator solves that by estimating:
- Total XP needed from your current state to your goal level.
- Successful cooks required based on the food you choose.
- Total attempts needed once burn rate is considered.
- Estimated burns, time to finish, and potential GP profit/loss.
How OSRS Cooking XP works
In OSRS, each recipe gives a fixed amount of XP for a successful cook. If an item burns, you get no XP. That means your effective XP per attempt depends on your burn rate, which changes based on your Cooking level, what you are cooking, where you cook it, and whether you have useful gear.
Key training factors
- XP per item: Higher-tier food gives more XP per success.
- Burn chance: Lower burn chance means more XP/hour and better profit consistency.
- Market prices: Raw and cooked prices can turn the same method into a profit or loss overnight.
- Throughput: More attempts per hour gives faster levels.
Suggested cooking path (simple and practical)
| Level Range | Typical Food | Why It Works |
|---|---|---|
| 1-20 | Shrimps / Sardine | Cheap and easy to start with basic access. |
| 20-40 | Trout / Salmon | Solid XP with widely available supplies. |
| 40-62 | Lobster / Tuna | Good middle progression with stable demand. |
| 62-80 | Monkfish / Karambwan | Popular mid-game options; check margins often. |
| 80-99 | Shark / Anglerfish / Manta ray | High XP and strong endgame market volume. |
Reducing burns for faster and cheaper training
If your goal is 99 Cooking efficiently, reducing burns is usually more important than picking the highest-XP fish. A better success rate means fewer raw items needed, less wasted gold, and more predictable time-to-goal.
Ways to improve results
- Cook at locations that improve consistency (such as ranges commonly used by players for lower burn rates).
- Use Cooking Gauntlets when relevant.
- Move to food types where your burn chance is lower if losses are too high.
- Re-check GE prices regularly and update raw/cooked values in the calculator.
Profit vs speed: choosing your strategy
There is no single “best” cooking method for everyone. Some players want the fastest XP/hour, while others want to break even or profit. Use this calculator in two passes:
- Set your exact level goal and compare multiple food options.
- Adjust success rate and market prices to find the best balance between speed and GP.
For many accounts, a slightly slower method with better margins can be more sustainable than rushing with expensive fish.
Quick FAQ
Do I need to enter current XP?
No. If left blank, the calculator uses the minimum XP for your current level. Entering exact XP makes the estimate more precise.
Why do my numbers differ from other calculators?
Different tools use different burn assumptions. This calculator lets you manually set success rate so you can match your own conditions.
Can I use this for 99 Cooking planning?
Absolutely. Set target level to 99 and test several foods to compare item count, time, and expected profit/loss.