OSRS Ironman Cooking Guide (1–99)

This guide assumes you’re banking all fish from Fishing. Let’s cook them to perfection — no raw XP waste.

🔥 Cooking Tips – When You Stop Burning Fish

Fish	No Gauntlets	With Cooking Gauntlets	Notes
Shrimp	34	n/a	Burn-free at 34
Trout	50	n/a	Trout stop burning by 50
Salmon	58	n/a	Reliable by mid 50s
Tuna	63	n/a	Safe cooking by 63
Lobster	74	68	Gauntlets help a lot here
Swordfish	86	81	Strongly recommended to use gauntlets
Monkfish	92	n/a	Fishing level 62 to catch, cook at 92
Shark	99	94	Cooking gauntlets highly advised
Anglerfish	99	99	Never 100% safe – always can burn

Tips:

🔥 Equip a Cooking gauntlets (from Family Crest) for fish 68+. Also reduces burning on lobsters, swordfish, and sharks.
🔥 Hosidius kitchen gives -5% burn chance or a portable range in POH (if available) for reduced burn rates.
🔥 Consider using a cooking cape at level 99 – it gives 100% no burn on everything except Anglerfish.

1–15: Shrimp & Anchovies

Use all shrimp and anchovies you caught early on
Use a range in Lumbridge Castle or Hosidius if unlocked
~100 shrimp should get you to level 15

15–25: Trout

Cook your banked trout from fly fishing
XP: ~70 per fish cooked
You’ll need about 160 trout to reach level 25

25–35: Salmon

Cook all banked salmon from Barbarian/Barbarian Village fly fishing
Salmon gives 90 XP per cook
~200 salmon needed to hit 35

35–50: Tuna

Caught with harpoon while getting swordfish or via Kingdom
Make sure to use a range to minimize burning
You’ll need around 600 cooked tuna for level 50

50–68: Lobsters

These should have been banked during fishing from Karamja or Catherby
XP: 120 per cooked lobster
~2,500–2,800 lobsters should get you to 68
Burn free at 74 with range / 68 with Hosidius + Gauntlets

68–80: Swordfish (optional)

Start to burn less with Cooking gauntlets + Hosidius kitchen
XP: 140 per cook
~3,500 swordfish for level 80 (less if mixed with sharks)

80–99: Sharks or Karambwan (if unlocked)

Sharks = 210 XP each, still slower but viable with gloves + range
Karambwan = 190 XP, fast cooking time, **no burn at all after 99** (earlier with gloves)
To catch Karambwan: Complete Tai Bwo Wannai Trio and use karambwanji bait
You’ll need ~13,000 fish total from all types to reach 99 Cooking

Optional Food Choices

Monkfish: XP: 150 – good alternative if you did Swan Song
Anglerfish: Late-game PvM food, fishable at 82 Fishing
Wines: Fast XP but wasteful — not Ironman-recommended

Useful Unlocks

Cooking Gauntlets: From Family Crest
Hosidius Kitchen: Use 100% favor or start Taste of Hope
Kingdom of Miscellania: Assign to gather raw fish passively