Food

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Food, in RuneScape, is what enables the player to regain life points, although some foods may have additional or different effects as well. Food can be obtained through the Cooking and Farming skills, as a drop from certain monsters, from other players, or from non-player characters. The highest healing food for non-members is a swordfish; for members it is the sailfish soup with 1 bite. However the fastest healing food for members with multiple bites are summer pies which only takes 0.6 seconds per bite (three times faster than some types of food).

A certain Constitution level is required to gain the maximum benefit from eating certain tiers of food. For example, at level 10 Constitution, a rocktail will only heal 250 life points but will heal 2,300 life points instead at level 95. The maximum health recovery from eating food can be determined by multiplying the player's Constitution level by 25. At a constitution level of 50, players can heal up to 1,250 life points per bite of food that has a maximum value of that or more. The required level to eat any food can also be determined by taking the maximum healing value of that food and dividing it by 25. If the player's constitution level is lower than this number, then they will be restricted to healing the maximum for their level.

Some foods affect stats other than life points. Wine increases life points, though it temporarily lowers the drinker's Attack level while their Strength level temporarily increases. Beer raises Strength while reducing Attack. The negative effects eventually wear off and the affected stats go back to normal in time. Most effects do not stack.

Common foods

Here are some common foods. A complete list of cooked foods can be found in the Cooking skill page. Healing amounts provided below are maximum for this type of food.

Icon	Name	Heals	level	GE price	Price/LP	Notes
	Skewered kebab	??? LP	3	188	???	These can be purchased from The Poison Arrow. The life points it heals scales with the player's constitution level, despite the tooltip claiming it needs level 3 constitution.
	Tomato	200 LP	1	993	4.97	These can be grown using the farming skill.
	Papaya fruit	500 LP	20	6,170	12.34	These can be grown using the farming skill.
	Chopped onion	200 LP	1	1,690	8.45	These can be made by chopping an onion into a bowl.
	Roll	250 LP	10	240	0.96	These can be stolen from bakers' stalls.
	Doughnut	200 LP	1	1,573	1.2	These can be stolen from bakers' stalls.
	Square sandwich	250 LP	10	658	0.96	These can be stolen from bakers' stalls.
	Bread	200 LP	1	409	2.05	Baked by players or stolen from bakers' stalls.
	Kebab	??? LP	3	258	???	Heals a random number of life points. Dropped by some monsters, and obtained from some shops and NPCs.
	Crayfish	200 LP	1	66	0.33	Low level players fish and cook these for food.
	Shrimps	200 LP	1	136	0.68	Low level players fish and cook these for food.
	Sardine	200 LP	1	62	0.31	Fished at lower levels using a normal fishing rod.
	Herring	200 LP	1	58	0.29	Low level players fish and cook these for food.
	Anchovies	200 LP	1	75	0.38	Low level players fish and cook these for easy food, and they can be put on pizzas.
	Poorly-cooked beast meat	200 LP	1	167	0.84	These are dropped by various monsters, and cooked from raw beast meat caught in Hunter.
	Cooked chicken	200 LP	1	100	0.5	Low level players cook raw chicken for easy food.
	Cooked meat	200 LP	1	344	1.72	Low level players cook raw meat (such as raw beef or raw rat meat) for easy food.
	Cooked rabbit	200 LP	1	266	1.33	Players kill and cook these for food.
	Mackerel	200 LP	1	41	0.21	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Trout	375 LP	15	69	0.18	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Cod	450 LP	18	92	0.2	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Pike	500 LP	20	26	0.05	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Salmon	625 LP	25	38	0.06	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Tuna	750 LP	30	39	0.05	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Bass	1,300 LP	52	210	0.2	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Lobster	1,200 LP	48	183	0.15	Players fish and cook these for food. Fish caught by "powerfishers" who want to level up quickly.
	Swordfish	1,400 LP	56	143	0.1	Players fish and cook these for food. Used by non-member player killers.
	Desert sole	1,450 LP	58	79	0.05	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Catfish	1,500 LP	60	78	0.05	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Monkfish	1,600 LP	64	170	0.11	Players fish and cook these for food. Commonly used by members as a cheap but less effective alternative to shark.
	Beltfish	1,650 LP	66	100	0.06	Players fish and cook these for food.
	Cooked eeligator	1,875 LP	75	313	0.17	Obtained from shops and boss drops in Mazcab.
	Shark	2,000 LP	80	595	0.3	Players fish and cook these for food. Used commonly by members.
	Sea turtle	2,050 LP	82	609	0.3	Players play the Fishing Trawler minigame and then cook these for food.
	Great white shark	2,100 LP	84	852	0.41	Great white sharks are commonly used when fighting low level bosses
	Cavefish	2,200 LP	88	807	0.37	Cavefish increases a random combat stat by 2
	Manta ray	2,275 LP	91	1,069	0.47	Players play the Fishing Trawler minigame and then cook these for food. Used by member player killers or in difficult quests.
	Rocktail	2,300 LP	92	2,402	1.04	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It can heal up to 10% above maximum life points.
	Tiger shark	2,375 LP	95	N/A		Players play the Fishing Trawler minigame and then cook these for food.
	Sailfish	2,400 LP	96	2,265	0.94	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It can heal up to 10% above maximum life points.
	Green blubber jellyfish	1,500 LP	20	121	0.08	Players fish and cook these for food. It is eaten in 3 bites (healing 500 each). Eating a bite does not reduce adrenaline.
	Blue blubber jellyfish	2,250 LP	30	3,004	1.34	Players fish and cook these for food. It is eaten in 3 bites (healing 750 each). Eating a bite does not reduce adrenaline.
	Cake	999 LP	40	340	0.34	Baked by players, see Cooking skill. Also thieved from East Ardougne market. Takes 3 bites to eat (each healing 333).
	Chocolate cake	1,248 LP	50	844	0.68	Made by adding chocolate bar or chocolate dust to cake. Takes 3 bites to eat (each healing 416).
	Plain pizza	874 LP	35	1,641	1.88	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 437 each).
	Meat pizza	1,124 LP	45	140	0.12	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 562 each).
	Anchovy pizza	1,374 LP	55	578	0.42	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 687 each).
	Pineapple pizza	1,624 LP	65	402	0.25	Players cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites (healing 837 each).
	Garden pie	850 LP	34	291	0.34	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat, with each bite healing 425 life points and temporarily boosting the player's Farming level by 3.
	Wild pie	2,124 LP	85	2,966	1.4	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat, with each bite healing 1,062 life points, and boosting up to 4 Ranged and 5 Slayer levels.
	Summer pie	2,374 LP	95	982	0.41	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat, with each bite healing 1,187 life points and boosting up to 5 Agility levels, as well as restoring 20% of your energy.
	Potato with cheese	1,175 LP	47	284	0.24	Made by using cheese and butter on a potato.
	Egg potato	1,375 LP	55	328	0.24	Made by using tomato, egg and butter on a potato.
	Tuna potato	2,125 LP	85	1,039	0.49	Heals almost as much and as fast (one bite) as a manta ray, but is cheaper.
	Baron shark	2,500 LP	80	N/A		Raw baron sharks are caught under the influence of the juju fishing potion. When cooked this food heals an initial 2,000 life points and then 50 life points a second, for 10 seconds. Wearing a shark's tooth necklace extends it another 5 seconds, making it able to heal 2,750 life points total.
	Juju gumbo	2,750 LP	90	N/A		Made by using a dose of juju cooking potion on a baked potato and adding the resulting strange potato to a bowl of tuna and corn. This food heals an initial 2,250 life points and then 50 life points a second, for 10 seconds.
	Great maki	2,100 LP	84	957	0.46	Heals 2,100 life points instantly, and the player regains 1% of their prayer every two seconds for up to 5%. A second great maki cannot be eaten until the first one's prayer restore effect wears off.
	Great gunkan	2,850 LP	91	2,076	0.73	Heals 1,500 life points instantly, and then continues to heal 150 life points per second for 9 seconds. A second great gunkan cannot be eaten until the first one's healing effect wears off.
	Arc gumbo	2,225 LP	89	N/A		Untradable, made with ingredients gathered from The Arc.
	Shark soup	2,350 LP	94	N/A		Untradable, made with ingredients gathered from The Arc.
	Rocktail soup	2,500 LP	96	6,654	2.66	It is produced from spices obtained from Player-owned ports and a cooked rocktail. It can heal up to 15% above maximum life points.
	Sailfish soup	2,600 LP	99	10,459	4.02	It is produced from spices obtained from Player-owned ports and a cooked sailfish. It can heal up to 15% above maximum life points.
	Fury shark	2,800 LP	99	N/A		Consuming one while in combat heals 2,475 life points. It has other side effects.
	Guthix rest	2,000 LP	10	280	0.14	This potion is consumed in 4 doses (500 life points each). The prices are not accurate and are typically traded higher than the GE values shows.
	Guthix rest flask	3,000 LP	10	19,650	6.55	This potion is consumed in 6 doses (500 life points each). It has other side effects. While possibly not as efficient for dangerous combat situations it may prove useful for staying long doing activities such as agility.
	Super Guthix rest	2,600 LP	10	5,959	2.29	This potion is consumed in 4 doses (650 life points each). It has other side effects. While possibly not as efficient for dangerous combat situations it may prove useful for staying long doing activities such as agility.
	Super Guthix brew flask	3,900 LP	10	17,124	4.39	This potion is consumed in 6 doses (650 life points each). It has other side effects. While possibly not as efficient for dangerous combat situations it may prove useful for staying long doing activities such as agility.
	Saradomin brew	4,000 LP	1	9,270	2.32	This potion is consumed in 4 doses (1,000 life points each). It has other side effects. They are best used with Overload (and variants) because this potion reapplies its boosts every 15 seconds, counteracting the bad stat-lowering effects of Saradomin brew.
	Saradomin brew flask	6,000 LP	1	18,954	3.16	This potion is consumed in 6 doses (1,000 life points each). It has other side effects. They are best used with Overload (and variants) because this potion reapplies its boosts every 15 seconds, counteracting the bad stat-lowering effects of Saradomin brew.
	Super Saradomin brew	5,200 LP	1	66,968	12.88	This potion is consumed in 4 doses (1,300 life points each). It has other side effects. They are best used with Overload (and variants) because this potion reapplies its boosts every 15 seconds, counteracting the bad stat-lowering effects of Saradomin brew.
	Super Saradomin brew flask	7,800 LP	1	91,074	11.68	This potion is consumed in 6 doses (1,300 life points each). It has other side effects. They are best used with Overload (and variants) because this potion reapplies its boosts every 15 seconds, counteracting the bad stat-lowering effects of Saradomin brew.

Types of food

There are many types of food such as fish, meat, bread, cakes, pies, and pizza. There are also foods which grow from the ground such as potatoes, cabbages, and onions; these items can be put into baskets and sacks. Players could also get food as a treasure trail reward in the form of purple sweets or holy biscuits. Lastly, there are holiday items food such as pumpkins and Easter eggs. It is strongly recommended that players do not eat holiday items as they are rare and extremely valuable.

Most types of food can be found in one of the following articles:

• Ales and ciders
• Fish
• Fruit
• Meat
• Pies
• Pizzas
• Potatoes

Notes

Factors to consider when choosing the right food:

• Players should try to find food that heals more in one bite than the max hit of dangerous monsters they train on. This should not pose a problem for players who train on much weaker monsters than they are.

• Some items require inventory space, like baskets of strawberries to take out strawberries. Monsters drop items that require space, so consider the value and frequency of drops when bringing food.
• Try to avoid eating during combat if it is not necessary. Not only does it prevent an attack from being used, it also uses some adrenaline. Some areas have aggressive monsters that hit hard and foods that take multiple bites, like cake, may cause problems.
• Some foods, such as cakes, require two or more servings. This can easily be remedied by storing the food in a Cornucopia during combat as this action does not interrupt attacks and allows the food to be eaten at once.
• Eating one piece of pie only takes 0.6 seconds as opposed to other foods which normally take 1.8 seconds (3x longer), making high-level pies valuable where fast healing is necessary. The limit is 330 life points with summer pies.
• Items such as expensive spices, shark's tooth necklace, necklace of gluttony, and healer's insignia can increase the potency of healing from eating certain types of food.

Trivia

• Purple Sweets, magnetic minnows, biscuits and holy biscuits are the only stackable food in the game. Purple sweets heal 200 life points and restore 20% run energy per serving, and holy biscuits restore heal 250 life points and 10 prayer points each.
• 
  The mouse cursor for eating (after 2 September 2009 updates) represents a half-eaten apple, although you cannot eat apples in RuneScape (except rotten apples which do not heal anything).
• The animations for eating food were updated with the release of the Dungeoneering skill.
• In Daemonheim, it is possible to "feed" a fellow party member by using a piece of food on them, which makes them perform the eating animation and heal, using the food from your inventory. This is only possible outside of Daemonheim when on a co-op Slayer task with the ability bought at a Slayer Master with co-op Slayer points.
• On German servers, the old eating animation is still in effect.
• Most foods take 3 game ticks to eat; exceptions are purple sweets and pies.

Update history

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• patch 23 April 2018 (Update):
  • The Constitution level of food has been added to its tooltip.

• patch 20 April 2015 (Update):
  • Eating in PvP will no longer lower the global cooldown on abilities.

• patch 2 March 2015 (Update):
  • Attempting to eat whilst stunned will no longer drain adrenaline.

• patch 26 July 2011 (Update):
  • Food with heal-over-time effects no longer block the death interface.

• patch 21 February 2011 (Update):
  • Script involving the use of food has been updated to be more efficient.