Food

Food, in RuneScape, is what enables the player to regain life points and avoid death. Some food 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.

Some food items affect stats other than life points. Jug of 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 return to normal. Most effects do not stack.

Outside of combat, eating a piece of food will not consume adrenaline, but in combat, it will drain 3% adrenaline per piece of food, unless the food belongs to the "non-solid" category (cooked karambwan, green blubber jellyfish, and blue blubber jellyfish). Food can still be eaten in combat while adrenaline is at 0%.

The Eat Food ability will eat the first piece of food in the player's inventory.

Common food

The table below shows common food items. A complete list of cooked food can be found in the Cooking skill page.

Name	LP/use	LP	GE price	GP/LP	Notes
Kebab	???	???	4,250	???	Heals a random number of life points. Dropped by some monsters and obtained from some shops and NPCs.
Bread	200	200	591	2.96	Can be stolen from a Bakery Stall.
Doughnut	200	200	6,392	31.96	Can be bought from the Sandwich lady in Ardougne market.
Roll	250	250	399	1.6
Square sandwich	250	250	455	1.82
Crayfish	200	200	226	1.13	Low-level players may fish and cook these for food.
Shrimps	200	200	494	2.47
Sardine	200	200	83	0.42
Herring	200	200	97	0.49
Mackerel	200	200	76	0.38
Anchovies	200	200	639	3.2	Can be fished and cooked, and can be added to plain pizza to make anchovy pizza.
Cooked chicken	200	200	2,157	10.79	Low-level players may cook raw chicken for easy food.
Cooked meat	200	200	221	1.11	Low-level players may cook raw meat (such as raw beef or raw rat meat) for easy food.
Trout	375	375	333	0.89	Players fish and cook these for food.
Cod	450	450	1,117	2.48
Pike	500	500	172	0.34
Salmon	625	625	103	0.16
Tuna	750	750	93	0.12
Bass	1,300	1,300	236	0.22
Lobster	1,200	1,200	133	0.11
Swordfish	1,400	1,400	132	0.09
Desert sole	1,450	1,450	79	0.05
Catfish	1,500	1,500	127	0.08
Monkfish	1,600	1,600	1,865	1.17	Players fish and cook these for food. Commonly used by members as a cheaper but less effective alternative to sharks.
Beltfish	1,650	1,650	115	0.07
Ghostly sole	1,650	1,650	97	0.06
Cooked eeligator	1,875	1,875	133	0.07	Obtained from shops and boss drops in Mazcab.
Shark	2,000	2,000	271	0.14	Players fish and cook these for food.
Sea turtle	2,050	2,050	272	0.13	Players may fish these by playing the Fishing Trawler minigame or visiting the Deep Sea Fishing hub, and then cook them for food.
Great white shark	2,100	2,100	650	0.31	A slightly higher level and higher-healing alternative to sharks.
Giant crayfish	2,150	2,150	517	0.24	Heals up to 5% above maximum life points.
Cavefish	2,200	2,200	393	0.18	Temporarily increases a random combat stat by 2.
Manta ray	2,275	2,275	650	0.29	Players may fish these by playing the Fishing Trawler minigame or visiting the Deep Sea Fishing hub, and then cook them for food.
Rocktail	2,300	2,300	478	0.21	Can be fished in the Living Rock Caverns or at the Deep Sea Fishing hub. Heals up to 10% above maximum life points.
Tiger shark	2,375	2,375	N/A	N/A	Players may fish these by playing the Fishing Trawler minigame, then cook them for food. Heals up to 10% above maximum life points.
Sailfish	2,400	2,400	2,347	0.98	Can be fished by visiting the Deep Sea Fishing hub. Heals up to 10% above maximum life points.
Green blubber jellyfish	500	1,500	628	0.42	Players fish and cook these for food. It is eaten in 3 bites. Eating a bite does not drain adrenaline.
Blue blubber jellyfish	750	2,250	5,152	2.29	Players fish and cook these for food. It is eaten in 3 bites. Eating a bite does not drain adrenaline.
Cake	333	999	2,471	2.47	Baked by players by mixing an egg, bucket of milk, and pot of flour in a cake tin. Can also be thieved from East Ardougne market. Takes 3 bites to eat.
Chocolate cake	416	1,248	3,774	3.02	Made by adding a chocolate bar or chocolate dust to cake. Takes 3 bites to eat.
Plain pizza	437	874	875	1	Players may cook these for food or buy them from the Warriors' Guild. It is eaten in 2 bites.
Meat pizza	562	1,124	432	0.38	Players may cook these for food. It is eaten in 2 bites.
Anchovy pizza	687	1,374	1,624	1.18
Pineapple pizza	812	1,624	1,545	0.95
Wild pie	1,062	2,124	2,123	1	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat. Each bite boosts 4 Ranged and 5 Slayer levels.
Summer pie	1,187	2,374	1,366	0.58	This food is made by players using the Cooking skill. It takes two bites to eat. Each bite boosts 5 Agility levels, as well as restoring 20% run energy.
Potato with cheese	1,175	1,175	919	0.78	Made by using cheese and a pat of butter on a baked potato. Can also be bought from the Warriors' Guild.
Tuna potato	2,125	2,125	428	0.2	Heals almost as much as a manta ray.
Baron shark	2,500	2,500	N/A	N/A	Raw baron sharks are caught under the influence of the juju fishing potion. When cooked, this food initially heals 2,000 life points, then 50 life points every 1.2 seconds for 13.2 seconds, with a 1.2-second delay after consumption, for a total of 500 life points total over 13.2 seconds. Wearing a shark's tooth necklace extends it another 6 seconds, making it able to heal 2,750 life points total.
Juju gumbo	2,750	2,750	N/A	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 initially heals 2,250 life points, then 50 life points every 1.2 seconds for 13.2 seconds, with a 1.2-second delay after consumption, for a total of 500 life points total over 13.2 seconds.
Great maki	2,100	2,100	2,133	1.02	Heals 2,100 life points instantly, and the player regains 1% of their prayer every 1.8 seconds up to 5%. A second great maki cannot be eaten until the first one's prayer restore effect wears off. This makes it a less reliable food to eat for PvM encounters.
Rocktail soup	2,500	2,500	20,508	8.2	Made by cooking at the range at the player-owned port or Fort Forinthry. Requires one cooked rocktail and one spice. Heals up to 15% above maximum life points.
Sailfish soup	2,600	2,600	35,180	13.53	Made by cooking at the range at the player-owned port or Fort Forinthry. Requires one cooked sailfish and one spice. Heals up to 15% above maximum life points.
Giant chinchompa meat	2,700	2,700	35,506	13.15	Obtained with every successful hunt of a giant chinchompa variant during Havenhythe Big Game Hunter. Heals up to 15% above maximum life points.
Giant kebbit meat	2,800	2,800	35,611	12.72	Obtained with every successful hunt of a giant kebbit variant during Havenhythe Big Game Hunter. Heals up to 15% above maximum life points.
Fury shark	2,800	2,800	N/A	N/A	Consuming one while in combat heals 2,475 life points instead of the maximum 2,800. Additionally, provides the effects of the Protect Item prayer or curse.
Great gunkan	2,850	2,850	8,937	3.14	Heals 1,500 life points instantly, and then continues to heal 150 life points each 1.2 seconds for 10.8 seconds. A second great gunkan cannot be eaten until the first one's healing effect wears off. This makes it a less reliable food to eat for PvM encounters.
Primal feast	2,500	10,000	N/A	42.13	Untradeable, made at 115 Cooking (must be boosted with an extreme cooking potion). It is unpacked into 4 backpack slots, with each primal portion healing 2,500.

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 raw potatoes, cabbages, and onions; these items can be put into baskets and sacks. Players can 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:

Stackable foods

Stackable foods theoretically provide a near infinite source of healing (and stat restoration).
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Certain foods are stackable, meaning any quantity of the food may be carried within a single inventory space. These foods are used by players in situations where large amounts of healing are required, bolstered also by certain necklaces such as the expensive spices, an amulet which increases the amount by which food heals you.

The following is a list of stackable foods:

Purple sweets, obtained as a reward from all levels of Treasure Trails and also restores 20% run energy per sweet eaten.
Magnetic minnows, a form of bait that can be caught at level 68 Fishing in the Deep Sea Fishing Hub.
Holy biscuits, also obtained through Treasure Trails and additionally restores 10 prayer points per biscuit consumed.
Biscuits, obtained by cooking biscuit dough at level 32 Cooking on a range (used as an ingredient for cheesecakes).
Berries of The Arc, obtained by bushes located on different parts of the islands and through pollination (even cross-pollination) at the island of Tuai Leit. These berries offer a temporary +2 boost in a wide variety of skills, though at the cost of -1 Defence (also temporary).

Choosing the right food

Factors to consider when choosing the right food:

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 as it drains 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.
Items such as expensive spices, shark's tooth necklace, necklace of gluttony, and healer's insignia, as well as the Blessing of Het and Hungry Like the Wolf relic powers, can increase the potency of healing from eating certain types of food.

Highest-healing food

The highest-healing single-use food for non-members is a swordfish (1,400 life points); for members, it is the sailfish calorie bomb (2,880 life points).

The primal feast heals a total of 10,000 life points; however, it has to be unpacked into four primal portions healing 2,500 life points each. The giant kebbit meat heals 2,800 life points and allows overhealing up to 15% of the player's maximum life points. The great gunkan heals 1,500 life points instantly, and then continues to heal 150 life points per 1.2 seconds for 9 times total (10.8 seconds), for a total of 2,850 life points.

However, due to scaling to the maximum life points of the player, cooked sweetcorn can have a base healing value of up to 3,400 life points, making it the highest single-use food under specific conditions. In contrast, a basket of strawberries can, in ideal conditions, have a base healing value of up to 2120 life points per contained strawberry for a total of 10,600 life points, just barely beating primal feast as the highest non-stackable life points per inventory slot food.

The fastest-healing food for members with multiple bites is the summer pie, which takes only 0.6 seconds per bite (three times faster than most foods).

Achievements

There are 8 achievements in this group.

#	Name	Description
1	Gielinorian Cuisine	Complete all of the listed food-related achievements.	0
2	Who Ate All the Pies?	Sample all of the listed pies.	10
3	You Wanna Pizza Me?	Sample all of the listed pizzas.	10
4	Fishy Dishes	Sample all of the listed fish dishes.	30
5	Nice to Meat You	Sample all of the listed meat dishes.	20
6	A Flood of Spuds	Sample all of the listed baked potatoes. (X/7)	10
7	Gnome More, I'm Full	Sample all of the listed Gnome dishes.	20
8	Don't Choke	Eat food and then drink a Saradomin brew less than a second apart.	10

Gallery

A player eating a shark
A player drinking a keg of beer

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 2 March 2026 (Update):
- Food now restores its full listed value regardless of Constitution level.
- Eating food while in combat now drains 3% adrenaline, down from 10%.

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.

patch 9 November 2009 (Update):
- Added a variety of sound effects to the preparation of food products.

Trivia

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.
Most foods take 3 ticks (1.8 seconds) to eat; exceptions are purple sweets and pies.