Raw lobster

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This article is about the raw version. For the cooked version, see Lobster.

Raw lobster
Release																				11 June 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Values
Value																				284 coins
High alch																				170 coins
Low alch																				113 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0.4 kg
Examine
I should try cooking this.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				475 coins (info)
Buy limit																				20,000
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Advanced data
Item ID																				377
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A raw lobster is a type of fish that can be caught with level 40 Fishing, giving 90 experience. Raw lobsters can be cooked with a Cooking level of 40 or higher. Cooking raw lobsters on a range gives 120 experience, and cooking them on a bonfire gives 132 experience. Players may accidentally burn lobsters while cooking until they reach a Cooking level of 74 (or 64 while wearing cooking gauntlets), though the chance to burn a lobster turns rare at level 60 Cooking. Burning a lobster grants no experience. Players may also use them with a pet kitten for food like other types of fish.

Fishing

Catching

Raw lobster
Fishing level	40
Fishing spot	Cage/Harpoon
Tool	Lobster pot
Experience
Fishing XP	90 XP
Equipment XP	10.62 XP

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Locations

Spot	Location	Number	Requirements	Members	Maplink
Cage, Harpoon	Fishing Guild	8	68 Fishing		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Catherby	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Musa Point	3	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Rellekka	4	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Miscellania	4	The Fremennik Trials		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Southeast of the Demonic Ruins (level 38 Wilderness)	3	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Jatizso	5	The Fremennik Isles		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Feldip Hills	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Anachronia - Spirit grove	3	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Southeast Anachronia	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Mass grave - The Everlight	1	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Oikoi (households) - The Everlight	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Dominion Games stadium - The Everlight	1	None		Show on map

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Divine lobster bubble	41	70 × Sparkling energy 20 × Raw lobster	N/A
Lobster	40	1 × Raw lobster	133

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1–2 (noted)	Rare
Basilisk	70; 77	1	1/128
Brine rat	49	10 (noted)	Uncommon
Dagannoth (Lighthouse)	77; 78	1	1/128
Dagannoth (Waterbirth Island)	78; 79	1	5/128
Fish Stall (Catherby)		1	5/140
Fish stall		1	5/140
Fishing spot (cage, harpoon)	35; 40	1	Always
General malpractitioner	84	1–3 (noted)	Common
Giant Rock Crab	95	1	Common
Giant Sea Snake	63	1	Uncommon
Icefiend (Ghorrock)	107	4 (noted)	Common
Magical chest	N/A	3–10	Varies
Mystery box (Court Cases)	N/A	60	Common
Premier Vault	N/A	12	Varies
Rare drop table		135–165 (noted)	4/64
Rock lobster	100	1	Common
'Rum'-pumped crab	84	3 (noted)	Common
Sea Snake Hatchling	63	1	Uncommon
Sea Snake Young	63	1	Uncommon
Waterfiend (Ghorrock)	102; 107	4 (noted)	10/128
Waterfiend (elite)	111	4 (noted)	Common
Waterfiend	107	4 (noted)	10/128

Acquiring raw lobsters

A player fishing for lobsters

Fishing is by far the most popular way to acquire raw lobsters. Players with level 40 or higher in the Fishing skill can fish for lobsters with a lobster pot. Doing so yields 90 experience for each lobster fished. Depending on your level of fishing you get around 30,000-40,000 experience per hour.

Players can steal raw lobsters from the fish stalls in Rellekka and possibly bank them with Peer the Seer if the player is wearing Fremennik sea boots. This method requires 42 Thieving.

Raw lobsters are on the drop tables of several monsters, such as Waterfiends, which commonly drop four noted raw lobsters. However, gathering raw lobsters via combat is inefficient and not recommended.

Raw lobsters are also featured on the rare drop table; 135 to 165 raw lobsters can be obtained in this fashion.

Noted raw lobsters can sometimes be found inside barrels.

Fishing locations

• Free-to-play players can fish for lobsters on Karamja or in the north eastern corner of the Wilderness. Using Stiles to note your fish for free on the south coast of Karamja is a helpful tool for power fishing large quantities, without losing time running around.
• Pay-to-play players also have the option of fishing lobster in Catherby, Rellekka, and Jatizso. Players with level 68 or higher (65 or higher with a fishing potion or 63 or higher with an admiral pie) may also fish for lobsters in the Fishing Guild. Therefore it is suggested for the higher levels to fish in the Fishing Guild, which is reachable by Ardougne lodestone teleport.

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
'Two Feet' Charley's Fish Shop	Mos Le'Harmless	284	Coins	0
Etceteria Fish	Etceteria	284	Coins	0
Fish stall (Menaphos)	Merchant district Menaphos	284	Coins	0
Fishing Guild Shop	Fishing Guild	284	Coins	0
Flosi's Fishmongers	Jatizso	284	Coins	0
Fremennik Fishmonger	Rellekka	284	Coins	0
Gerrant's Fishy Business	Port Sarim	284	Coins	0
Harry's Fishing Shop	Catherby	284	Coins	0
Island Fishmonger	Miscellania	284	Coins	0
Lovecraft's Tackle	Witchaven	284	Coins	0

Disassembly

Raw lobster
Disassembly category	Food and herbs
Disassembly XP	1.2
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  56.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 56.0% 1 34 55.5 2 49 54.4 3 64 53.2 4 69 52.1 5 78 51.0 6 83 49.3 7 91 48.2 8 95 46.5 9 105 44.9
Common materials
Organic parts	89/100
Uncommon materials
Crafted parts	8/100
Rare materials
Living components	1/100
Healthy components	1/100
Enhancing components	1/100

Achievements

• A Meal Fit For a Duke ( 10) – Cook a lobster on the range in Lumbridge Castle's kitchen.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• update 11 June 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• With the introduction of Stiles on 21 April 2010, free players can fish and bank lobsters between 3 and 4 times faster than before. This has led to a substantial increase in the supply of raw lobsters and therefore a dramatic decrease in their price.
• Lobsters are the only free-to-play fishing catch other than crayfish that are never caught with any other fish. (e.g. anchovies are caught with shrimps.)
• In the earliest years of RuneScape, raw lobsters had a bright red colour that dulled to brown when cooked, contrary to real-life behaviour, where raw lobsters are naturally brown and turn bright red when cooked.
• When a lobster is cooked, instead of saying "You cook the lobster." the game will say "You roast a lobster." This is the only food in the game that can be "roasted". Despite this, the raw lobster has the examine text "I should try cooking this."