Food | OSRS Index

Food is a type of item primarily used to restore the player's Hitpoints, though some foods may have other effects. Food can be obtained through the Cooking skill, as a drop from certain monsters, from some random events such as the Sandwich lady, from other players, or from non-player characters. There are also foods which can be grown with the Farming skill or found in some farm areas such as potatoes, cabbages, and onions. Lastly, there are holiday food items such as pumpkins and easter eggs. It is not advised to eat one of these holiday items due to their low availability and high price.

There are many different kinds of food, such as fish and meat, bread, cakes, pies, and pizza. Some food items, such as pies and pizzas, have two or more "bites" or "slices" meaning they can be eaten multiple times.

Most food will delay your next attack or food consumption by 3 ticks (1.8 seconds) when consumed. Foods which incur non-standard attack or eating delays are called fast foods.

Popular foods

This list only includes some of the most popular foods. You can find a list of all foods here, and a list of all cooked foods under the Cooking skill.

	Heals	Skills Needed	Notes	GP per heal^[a]	GE price	Members
Shrimps	3	1 1	Caught via small net fishing. Commonly used for very early game combat.	7.33	22	0
Cooked chicken	3	1	Raw chicken is obtained by killing chickens. Commonly used for very early game combat.	23.67	71	0
Cooked meat	3	1	Raw meat can be obtained by killing cows or giant rats. Commonly used for very early game combat.	21.00	63	0
Sardine	4	1 5	Caught via bait fishing.	3.25	13	0
Bread	5	1	Baked by players, see Cooking skill. Can be stolen from East Ardougne, Keldagrim, Kourend Castle and Hosidius Farmers' Market.	17.80	89	0
Herring	5	5 10	Caught via bait fishing.	5.00	25	0
Mackerel	6	10 16	Caught via big net fishing.	4.83	29	1
Trout	7	15 20	Caught via fly fishing.	2.29	16	0
Pike	8	20 25	Caught via bait fishing.	5.75	46	0
Peach	8	60	Created with the Bones to Peaches magic spell or tablet after unlocking it from the Mage Training Arena. Replenishable food source when bones are available.	4.78	382^[b]	1
Red crab meat	8	21 21	Caught via crab trapping.	23.00	184	1
Salmon	9	25 30	Caught via fly fishing.	3.11	28	0
Cooked t-bone steak	9	13	Dropped by Brutus. Boosts Strength by 2.	6.11	55	0
Tuna	10	30 35	Caught with a harpoon.	4.80	48	0
Jug of wine	11	35	Upon consumption, Attack is temporarily decreased by 2 points and leaves a jug behind. Can be purchased for 1 from a variety of shops, either from the Free-to-play accessible Fortunato, or the infinite stock pubs available in Varlamore, such as The Flaming Arrow.	0.27	3	0
Cake	4 × 3	40	Baked by players, see Cooking skill. Heals 4 Hitpoints per bite (3 bites total). Can be stolen from East Ardougne, Keldagrim, Kourend Castle and Hosidius Farmers' Market.	14.33	172	0
Meat pie	6 × 2	20	Baked by players, see Cooking skill. Can be purchased in the Cooks' Guild for 15. Heals 6 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). After eating it, a pie dish will remain.	3.33	40	0
Lobster	12	40 40	Caught with a lobster pot.	8.00	96	0
Bass	13	43 46	Caught via big net fishing.	3.62	47	1
Plain pizza	7 × 2	35	Baked by players, see cooking skill. Heals 7 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total).	27.14	380	0
Swordfish	14	45 50	Caught with a harpoon. Best single bite food item for Free-to-play.	14.36	201	0
Blue crab meat	14	48 48	Caught via crab trapping.	22.79	319	1
Apple pie	7 × 2	30	Made by using a cooking apple on a pie shell to make an uncooked apple pie and cooking it. Can be purchased in the Cooks' Guild for 30. Heals 7 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). After eating it, a pie dish will remain.	7.64	107	0
Chocolate cake	5 × 3	50	Made by adding chocolate dust to cake. Heals 5 Hitpoints per bite (3 bites total). 1/3 slice can be stolen from East Ardougne, Keldagrim, Kourend Castle and Hosidius Farmers' Market.	9.87	148	0
Snowy knight	15	35	Caught via hunter while having a Butterfly jar. Can be released to restore 15 Hitpoints. Use on another player with accept aid turned on to heal them and up to 3 other players in a 5x5 area around them (including yourself), healing up to 60 Hitpoints total. Will not increase the delay before your next attack.	156.07	2,341	1
Potato with cheese	16	47	Made by using cheese on a potato with butter. Can be purchased from the Warriors' Guild for 9, requiring a combined Attack and Strength level of 130 to access.	18.69	299	1
Monkfish	16	62 62	Caught via small net fishing in the Piscatoris Fishing Colony after the completion of the Swan Song.	9.69	155	1
Ixcoztic white	16	N/A	Purchased from Moonrise Wines for 100. Upon consumption, Attack is temporarily decreased by 5, Herblore by 1, and Farming is temporarily boosted by 1.	11.63	186	1
Giant krill	17	69 69	Caught with a fishing rod or via deep sea trawling.	14.88	253	1
Cooked kyatt	9 + 8	51 55	Caught via hunter. If a second meat is eaten before the effect happens, only the most recent secondary heal will occur.	14.71	250	1
Anchovy pizza	9 × 2	55	Made by using anchovies on a plain pizza. Heals 9 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). Highest healing food per inventory slot for Free-to-play	28.17	507	0
Cooked karambwan	18	30 65	A karambwan vessel and completion of Tai Bwo Wannai Trio required to fish and cook it properly. Can be eaten in the same tick as another piece of food, allowing for combo eating. Shorter attack delay than most other food (2 ticks instead of 3).	22.83	411	1
Haddock	18	73 73	Caught with a fishing rod or via deep sea trawling. Can boost Hitpoints above maximum up to 109.	29.17	525	1
Curry	19	60	Commonly used for fighting the Chaos Elemental. Once eaten, an empty bowl remains in the inventory.	21.47	408	1
Rainbow crab meat	19	77 77	Caught via crab trapping.	38.79	737	1
Yellowfin	19	79 79	Caught with a fishing rod or via deep sea trawling. Restores 20% Energy when eaten.	47.84	909	1
Cooked pyre fox	11 + 8	59 57	Caught via hunter. If a second meat is eaten before the effect happens, only the most recent secondary heal will occur.	28.05	533	1
Guthix rest	5 × 4	18	Requires partial completion of One Small Favour to make and consume. Can boost 5 Hitpoints above max. Restores 5% run energy and reduces poison damage by 1 and reduces venom to poison. In many cases, it may not be considered food as it is a potion made with the Herblore skill; however in some raids, it is a food and cannot be consumed. Will not increase the delay until your next attack.	160.15	3,203	1
Shark	20	80 76	Caught with a harpoon or traded for with minnows.	52.65	1,053	1
Halibut	20	83 83	Caught with a fishing rod or via deep sea trawling. Can be eaten in the same tick as another piece of food, allowing for combo eating. Shorter attack delay than most other food (2 ticks instead of 3).	101.60	2,032	1
Dragonfruit pie	10 × 2	73	Heals 10 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). Boosts Fletching by 4.	19.30	386	1
Sea turtle	21	82 79	Can be caught from the Fishing Trawler minigame, Tempoross, drift net fishing. Drops noted from Larran's small chest, Larran's big chest, and the Brimstone chest.	51.81	1,088	1
Cooked sunlight antelope	12 + 9	68 72	Caught via hunter. If a second meat is eaten before the effect happens, only the most recent secondary heal will occur.	55.29	1,161	1
Pineapple pizza	11 × 2	65	Made by using pineapple chunks or rings on a plain pizza. Heals 11 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). Useful for having a much lower Cooking requirement than similarly high-healing foods.	32.05	705	1
Summer pie	11 × 2	95	Heals 11 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). Boosts Agility by 5, and restores 10% run energy. After eating it, a pie dish will remain.	32.59	717	1
Wild pie	11 × 2	85	Heals 11 Hitpoints per bite (2 bites total). Boosts Slayer by 5, and Ranged by 4. After eating it, a pie dish will remain.	27.95	615	1
Manta ray	22	91 81	Can be caught with fishing from Fishing Trawler minigame, drift net fishing, Tempoross Drops from Zulrah, Vorkath, and the Tombs of Amascut.	66.05	1,453	1
Tuna potato	22	68	Made by using tuna and corn on a potato with butter. Useful for having a much lower Cooking requirement than similarly high-healing foods.	66.77	1,469	1
Dark crab	22	90 85	Caught by using a lobster pot with dark fishing bait. Can only be fished in the Wilderness and the Resource Area.	66.32	1,459	1
Bluefin	22	87 86	Caught with a fishing rod or via deep sea trawling. Also restores 5 prayer points.	85.95	1,891	1
Anglerfish	3 to 22	84 82	Caught by using a fishing rod with sandworms. Healing dependent on the player's Hitpoints level (complex, see page) Can boost Hitpoints above maximum equal to the amount it heals.	110.50 – 810.33	2,431	1
Cooked dashing kebbit	13 + 10	82 69	Heals 13 Hitpoints immediately, then an additional 10 Hitpoints and 10 run energy after 7 ticks (4.2 seconds). If a second meat is eaten before the secondary healing effect happens, only the most recent secondary heal will occur. Caught via hunter.	71.48	1,644	1
Marlin	24	91 91	Caught with a fishing rod or via deep sea trawling. Requires having built an Eternal brazier on your boat to catch.	148.83	3,572	1
Cooked moonlight antelope	14 + 12	92 91	Heals 14 Hitpoints immediately, then 7 ticks (4.2 seconds) later it will heal 12 more, additionally curing poison/reducing venom to poison. If a second meat is eaten before the secondary healing effect happens, only the most recent secondary heal will occur. Caught via hunter.	117.92	3,066	1
Basket of strawberries	(1 to 6) × 5	31	Contains 5 strawberries, each of which heals 1-6 Hitpoints (1 + 6% of hp). Strawberry spawn at Shayziens' Wall in Great Kourend for no requirements.	15.90 – 95.40	477	1
Armadyl brew	(2 to 11) × 4	89	Drunk in 4 sips, each healing for and can boost health above the maximum value. Boosts Ranged by . Due to it lowering offensive stats, it is typically used with super restore potions. It is not considered food as it is a potion made with the Herblore skill. Will not increase the delay before your next attack.	19.41 – 103.50	1,242	1
Saradomin brew	(3 to 16) × 4	81	Drunk in 4 sips, each healing for and can boost health above the maximum value. Due to it lowering offensive stats, it is typically used with super restore potions. It is not considered food as it is a potion made with the Herblore skill. Will not increase the delay before your next attack.	107.02 – 570.75	6,849	1

^ GP per heal on food that take multiple bites indicate the total hitpoints healed, rather than per bite or dose.
^ Estimate: Converting 10 bones with one spell.

Wilderness-only foods

Blighted foods can only be consumed in the Wilderness.

	Heals	Skills Needed	Notes	GP per heal	GE price	Members
Blighted karambwan	18	N/A	Can only be eaten in the Wilderness. Purchased from the Soul Wars Reward Shop or Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing. Can be acquired from Castle wars supply crates in quantities 35-45. Can be eaten in the same tick as another piece of food, allowing for combo eating. Shorter attack delay than most other food (2 ticks instead of 3).	2.56	46	1
Blighted manta ray	22	N/A	Can only be eaten in the Wilderness. Purchased from the Soul Wars Reward Shop or Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing. Can be acquired from Castle wars supply crate in quantities 15-25.	4.82	106	1
Blighted anglerfish	3 to 22	N/A	Can only be eaten in the Wilderness. Purchased from the Soul Wars Reward Shop or Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing. Can be acquired from Castle wars supply crates in quantities 25-35. Healing dependent on the player's Hitpoints level and can boost hitpoints above one's maximum equal to the amount it heals providing that the player is not in combat with another player or NPC.	3.77 – 27.67	83	1

Fast foods

Fast foods refer to a subtype of food that incur non-standard attack or eating delays when they are consumed. This means you may be able to eat them faster, or attack more quickly after eating one than you could with other foods.

For comparison with the chart below, most foods add a 3-tick (1.8 second) penalty to when a player may attack, or eat again.

Combo eating

Combo eating is a strategy that allows the healing effect from multiple foods to apply in a single server tick. The most common example involves eating a Karambwan directly after eating another non-combo food. This consumes both foods and applies healing instantly.

	Heals	Skills needed	Notes	Attack delay (ticks)	Eat delay (ticks)	GE price	Members
Cooked giant crab meat	2x5	21	Made using Cooking All five bites have 2-tick eat delay.	3,3,3,3,3	2,2,2,2,2	1,163	1
Cake	4x3	40	Made using Cooking Only the first two bites have the 2-tick eat delay, the third slice is 3-tick.	3,3,3	2,2,3	172	0
Chocolate cake	5x3	50	Made using Cooking Only the first two bites have the 2-tick eat delay, the third slice is 3-tick.	3,3,3	2,2,3	148	0
Redberry pie	5x2	10	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3,3	1,2	95	0
Meat pie	6x2	20	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3,3	1,2	40	0
Garden pie	6x2	34	Made using Cooking Temporary Farming boost of +3 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	43	1
Fish pie	6x2	47	Made using Cooking Temporary Fishing boost of +3 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	315	1
Apple pie	7x2	10	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3	1,2	107	0
Botanical pie	7x2	52	Made using Cooking Temporary Herblore boost of +4 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	974	1
Mushroom pie	8x2	60	Made using Cooking Temporary Crafting boost of +4 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	11,037	1
Admiral pie	8x2	70	Made using Cooking Temporary Fishing boost of +5 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	94	1
Toad crunchies	8	10	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	4,895	1
Premade t'd crunch	8	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 85	2	3	935	1
Spicy crunchies	7	12	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	2,285	1
Premade s'y crunch	7	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 85	2	3	47	1
Worm crunchies	8	14	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	4,295	1
Premade w'm crun'	8	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 85	2	3	47	1
Chocchip crunchies	7	16	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	1,581	1
Premade ch' crunch	7	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 85	2	3	55	1
Plain pizza	7x2	35	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3	1,2	380	0
Meat pizza	8x2	45	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3	1,2	320	0
Anchovy pizza	9x2	55	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3	1,2	507	0
Dragonfruit pie	10x2	73	Made using Cooking Temporary Fletching boost of +4 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	386	1
Pineapple pizza	11x2	65	Made using Cooking Only the first bite has the 1-tick eat delay, the second slice is 2-tick.	3	1,2	705	1
Wild pie	11x2	85	Made using Cooking Temporary Ranged boost of +4, Slayer +5 Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	615	1
Summer pie	11x2	95	Made using Cooking Temporary Agility boost of +5 and 10% Run energy Both slices are a 1-tick eat delay.	3,3	1,1	717	1
Fruit batta	11	25	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	4,547	1
Premade fr't batta	11	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 120	2	3	43	1
Toad batta	11	26	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	1,481	1
Premade t'd batta	11	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 120	2	3	45	1
Worm batta	11	27	Made using Gnome cooking, Dropped by Tortoise	2	3	3,017	1
Premade w'm batta	11	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 120	2	3	44	1
Vegetable batta	11	28	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	3,195	1
Premade veg batta	11	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 120	2	3	43	1
Cheese+tom batta	11	29	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	1,728	1
Premade c+t batta	11	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 120	2	3	48	1
Worm hole	12	30	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	5,140	1
Premade worm hole	12	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 150	2	3	52	1
Veg ball	12	36	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	2,003	1
Premade veg ball	12	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 150	2	3	50	1
Chocolate bomb	15	42	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	455	1
Premade choc bomb	15	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 160	2	3	129	1
Tangled toad's legs	15	40	Made using Gnome cooking	2	3	946	1
Premade ttl	15	N/A	Purchased from Gnome waiter in the Grand tree for 160	2	3	92	1
Toad's legs	3	N/A	Obtained by removing the legs from Swamp toads	2	3	259	1
Crystal paddlefish	16	1 1	Only obtainable and useable within The Gauntlet	2	3	N/A	1
Corrupted paddlefish	16	1 1	Only obtainable and useable within The Corrupted Gauntlet	2	3	N/A	1
Cooked karambwan	18	30 65	Requires Tai Bwo Wannai Trio to fish/cook.	2	3	411	1
Smelly kebab	18	N/A	Only obtainable and useable during the quest The Blood Moon Rises.	2	3	N/A	1
Halibut	20	83 83	Obtained via rod fishing a halibut shoal or deep sea trawling.	2	3	2,032	1

Hunter meats

Hunter meats, when eaten, will heal an initial amount before doing so again after 7 ticks (4.2 seconds), making it heal more Hitpoints overall than other foods in its level bracket. If a second hunter meat is eaten before the effect happens, only the most recent secondary heal will occur. The secondary effect will not be cancelled when eating other foods such as manta rays or cooked karambwans, however.

By default, players with the appropriate Cooking level can cook low tier hunter meat, but higher quality meats require having completed a set amount of Hunters' Rumours before being able to cook them.

Level		Rumours	XP	Initial heal	Secondary heal	Total heal	GP per heal	Additional effect
23	Cooked wild kebbit	0	73	4	4	8	83.00		Pike	8
31	Cooked larupia	0	91	6	5	11	35.73		Rainbow fish	11
32	Cooked barb-tailed kebbit	0	106	7	5	12	46.75		Lobster	12
41	Cooked graahk	25	124	8	6	14	39.86		Swordfish	14
51	Cooked kyatt	25	143	9	8	17	14.71		Monkfish	16
59	Cooked pyre fox	25	154	11	8	19	28.05		Shark	20
68	Cooked sunlight antelope	50	175	12	9	21	55.29		Sea turtle	21
82	Cooked dashing kebbit	50	215	13	10	23	71.48	Restores 10 run energy	Manta ray	22
92	Cooked moonlight antelope	50	220	14	12	26	117.92	Cures poison	Marlin	24

Niche foods

These foods can be more useful than the more commonly used foods, but will usually only see use in more niche scenarios due to their high cost, low trade volume, difficulty to obtain, or limited use cases. Some uses would include speed, endurance, or low-level challenges for various bosses, supplementing other food as a means to perform specific strategies, or Ironmen who do not wish to train Cooking very high.

	Heals	Skills Needed	Notes	GP per heal^[a]	GE price	Members
Moonlight mead(m) (keg)	6 × 4	44 72	Can heal 24 Hitpoints per inventory slot, weighs almost nothing, and has a very low Cooking requirement for its healing amount. Extremely expensive and has almost no daily trade volume. Creating it is a slow process with a low chance of success, see Brewing.	5,675.17	136,204	1
Purple sweets	1 to 3	N/A	Restores 10% run energy per sweet, and can be stacked to heal thousands in one inventory slot. Only obtainable from Treasure Trails in small quantities, making them very expensive to use.	1,724.33 – 5,173	5,173	1
Onions(10)	1 × 10 or 5 × 10	None or 42	Restores only 1 Hitpoint per Onion, but is useful as a cheaper and more consistent option than Purple sweets for tick eating, though it requires more inventory management in order to empty the sack and then eat. Without additional tools they are only practical for this purpose, as using these as a primary source of healing is slow. When combined with a knife, bowl, a means to cook it, and enough time out of combat to cook it, they can be made into Fried onions, allowing each sack to heal 50 Hitpoints.	109.30 or 21.86	1,093	1

^ GP per heal on food that take multiple bites indicate the total hitpoints healed, rather than per bite or dose.

Notes

When selecting the right food for your next venture, two things should be thought about.

Effectiveness: Ensure that the food you take is good enough for your next encounter. Tuna is cheap but it only heals 10 Hitpoints, making it not the most effective against stronger opponents, whereas swordfish heal 14 Hitpoints, a major difference. Also, if you know exactly what you're going to be facing, you should try to find food that heals for more than their max hit. As an example, a TzHaar-Ket has a max hit of 16. Therefore, sharks and monkfish are effective, swordfish are passable, and lobsters and below are much less effective.
Cost: Use food that you can afford. Sharks are often sold by players for around 1,053 coins, whereas monkfish are nearly as effective in many situations and typically sell for 155 coins, 80% of the health restoration for 14.72% of the cost. Weigh the cost of food against the possible profit of the venture, and avoid using expensive food unless it is going to make a significant difference to your chance of survival or task completion.

Changes

Date	Changes
5 February 2015 (Update)	"It heals some health" messages have been added to the game filter for more types of food.
1 August 2005 (Update)	"Animation to eat or drink was changed to conceal wielded weaponry.