1-99 F2P Cooking & Fishing Guide - OSRS F2P Skill Guide

This video is a 1-99 OSRS F2P Cooking & Fishing Guide. It is part of my OSRS F2P skill guides video series and is a quick and easy to follow guide to get you skilling and levelling effectively in OSRS F2P.
The guide is generally Ironman friendly, although the last. 2sections utilise the GE, so may not be of much use. This guide starts with a run through of any useful Quests, which in F2P, is limited to Cook's Assistant and optionally, X Marks the Spot
My OSRS F2P Cooking & Fishing Guide starts with Fishing & Cooking Shrimp in Al Kharid from levels 1-20. It then moves on the Barbarian Village, Fishing & Cooking Trout & Salmon from levels 20-40. Fishing Salmon at the Barb Village is actually the fastest Fishing XP in F2P so arguably this method could, and should be followed all the way to level 99. I've then thrown in an additional area in the form of Karamja, which isn't as good xp as Barb Vill, but offers useful food and some GE profitability.
The guide concludes with a method of levelling cooking that is not only the best method in F2P, but the best method in the game! Level 68 and wines is all I'll say!
This is one of my OSRS F2P Skill Guides, I’m currently working on an entire series to cover levelling/skilling all of the F2P skills. For any hardcore F2P skillers out there, I would love to get your feedback and any F2P skilling tips you have so that I can include the best possible content in my videos!
REQUIRMENTS 🔒:
None.
QUEST ITEMS 🧳:
Some coins to purchase the fishing tools and feathers/bait as required.
LINKS 🔗:
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TIMESTAMPS ⌚️:
00:00 Video Intro
00:20 Quests
01:08 Area 1: Al Kharid (Levels 1-20)
04:19 Area 2: Barbarian Village (Levels 20-40/99)
08:12 Area 3: Karamja (Level 40+ Optional)
11:45 Bonus: Best Cooking XP in OSRS!
13:30 Video Summary
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[@dezz52screamogirl]

out of all the f2p channels ive watched, your guides are definetly the most clear and detailed for me. thanks!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Vixen Wench! Thank you for the comment and the feedback! I’m glad it’s helping 😁 learnt a lot since I started the channel 😅 some of my early video are no where near as polished 😅 Thanks again Vixen and stay safe 👍

[@AlwaysNeedBait]

Brand new to runescape period. Always wanted to play growing up and finally have the time. I don't think I've watched anything but your channel for the past week. Great content.❤

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

That's awesome mafiake! Its definitely a classic game! I still love it 20 years later 😅 Glad you like the content! Haha love your picture! Good old Doug Funny! 👌

[@gemcitykid5465]

Since this video was made I'll like to point out a nice update to fishing & cooking. In Draynor Village along the wall of the bank there is now a permanent fire with the Friendly Forester NPC sitting by it. So it was very convenient for cooking the fish I caught near by.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hey gemcitykid5465! Thanks for the comment 😁👍 I’ll definitely check that out and add it too the updates list for the guide! I definitely need to look at some of the recent updates and incorporate them! 👍😁 Thanks again, stay safe!

[@teoteo3966]

Just getting back in after a 5 year hiatus, starting over on f2p. This is probably the 4th of your videos that I've come across while getting reacquainted with the gameplay and locations

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo Teo Teo! Thanks for watching the videos and leaving a comment bro! Much appreciated 👍👍👍 Welcome back dude!

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

You're guides are great! I'm trying to earn enough gold to buy membership for the first time. You're guides have been so useful. Thank you!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Thanks for the comment ItsSubmercible! 🙏😁 Your feedback is much appreciated 👍 Glad you’re finding the video helpful and good luck with your account bud 😁👍

[@Callsign-Wolf]

Hey Mate, I just achieved Level 99 in Cooking (in f2p), with the wine strat! Thanks for making this!!!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Congratulations man 😁🎉🎉🎉 any 99 is a big achievement especially in F2P 👍 Glad my video helped you bud 😁👍👍👍

[@Callsign-Wolf]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight Cheers mate! Have a good one!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

You too man 👍😁

[@psyjinx]

Made a Lv.3 locked F2P account, and after watching guides, I believe I've made a poor decision. Still gonna go through with it though! Ty for the content!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

No problem man! Hopefully 🙏 I’ll have a full set of F2P guides finished in the next few months 🤞🏻 Nothing wrong with F2P my friend! Just in the long term membership offers a lot more content and you hit the grind quite hard early on, not that members isn’t a grind like… I recommend doing Dragon Slayer 1 and getting to base 40ish in F2P then going members, as this gives a good taster of the game in general and can be done quite quickly. Can also get a bond for in game money so saves you spending your cash if you’re not sure 🤷🏻‍♂️ Personal preference 2bh. Gd luck with the challenge bro! And thanks again for the comment 👍👍👍

[@t-yoonit]

I've been f2p locked for awhile now. I'm base 40, and goal is f2p completionist. As for my cooking grind, I went straight to Draynor. Shrimps up to bait fishing. Then bought bait packs and hit the herring and sardines game hard to get to 60. I paused the fishing grind there for awhile. For cooking I saved all my fishing spoils and cooked them on the range in alkharid. From there I just bulk bought tuna and busted them out on the range until they didn't burn on camp fires and bankstood until I hit zero burn on range for swordies. From there I went back to alkharid to cook those til I hit the zero burn on fires. Then bankstand swordies at the GE until 99. I'm at 96 now. My account has a few other restrictions. I'm shooting for no net loss on the maxing portion meaning a lot of my skilling is going to be for profit so I have to sometimes sacrifice exp rates for more profitable means so that I can find cash sink skills like prayer and RC. It also means I need to keep a bank very close by so I can bank all my spoils for sale. I highly recommend the Corsair cove for the tuna/swordies fishing grind. You can also cut maple logs on site and cook right on the dock and gain passive WC/FM exp as well. If you want, you can bank them but it's a hike. The best part is it's free to use and on the island so that saves time and it's actually a bank so you can pull items out as well.

[@nathanwood7425]

personally at barb village i run to the edgeville bank and keep the food source. btw i love your guides, i used to play back in 07-2011-ish and recently found the mobile version and i missed it

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah I was the same probably played a bit earlier tbh... lol I still remember playing Runescape classic... 😅 Awesome to see it on mobile though! Thanks for the comment and the support Nathan! 😀👍👍

[@bbgaming7805]

How tf only 2k subs crazy this channel is great

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Thanks 🙏 BbGaming! Awesome comment 😁 Here’s to hoping that you’re right and my channel can continue to grow 👍👍👍

[@mannyramirez5630]

In lumb by the goblins, there's some fishing spots people train at and just drop everything. I've made so much money picking up what they drop, and I thought I'd start training cooking. Trout got me leveling so fast it's crazy. Only problem is it left my fishing level low

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah I love the goblin shack! Didn’t realise a lot of people fished there and abandoned the fish 🎣 👍👍👍

[@f2pscaper4lyfe93]

Just to let anyone know watching this video, as of January 8th 2023, it only costs about 3.2m to get from 68 to 99 cooking with jugs of wine. Bank them while you can!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Good old jugs of wine! Thanks for the comment F2P Scaper! 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@turmuthoer]

If you're fishing for profit, I'd recommend staying on lobbies until you reach 86 cooking. This is because you can then cook swordies at a 100% success rate for max XP and profits per hour.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

That's a great tip TurmutHoer! Cheers man!

[@ska187]

Please keep making videos. Just found your and love your editing.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Ska 1! Thank you for your comment 🙏🙏🙏 it’s much appreciated 😁😁😁And that’s the plan aiming to get at least 40-50 new videos out this year.🤞🤞🤞 Thanks again for the awesome feedback! 😁😁😁

[@RudolfAlmighty]

By the way, you can get a fair amount of feathers for a start by killing chickens and training combat skills. Each skill to about 5 will be fairly quick.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah great point especially for ironmen! 😅

[@kaaru1990]

Thank you so much for this guide, straight to the point and super informative. Love to see this kind of content, on to the magic one next!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo Kaaru! Thanks for the awesome comment/feedback! 🎉😎 Glad the guides have helped you! And thanks again for watching them 👍👍👍 Good Luck in Gielinor!

[@alice20001]

I can't not watch Lumbridge Knight. I started watching it in tandem with other. But none even came close to how good and consistent his are! First, I Leveled Melee, then Ranged, then Magic... This guy just can't steer you wrong! At this point I first look at Lumbridge Knight's channel before searching in general.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Thanks 🙏 Alice! That’s some awesome feedback 😁 I hope I can keep making the high quality videos and content you’ve come to expect 😁👍 Are you playing F2P only or are you members too? I’m hoping to get through most of my F2P plans this year and get into more members content too! Thanks again for your comments 😁😁

[@alice20001]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight Will be here subscribed for it. Literally my favorite (serious) channel on OSRS. Yep, playing F2P for about a year with the occasional bond, and then I'm going member (which might match up the time The Lumbridge Knigt's guide to Slayer comes out

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Haha blessings of saradomin to you too! 🤞🤞🤞 wow straight in with Slayer 🤣😅 but I’m up for it but I think Slayers one of the longest to train 🤣

[@elfabri666]

I loved your guide, f2p osrs is amazing

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Cheers elfabri666! Glad the videos are useful 😁👍 Gotta love OSRS! Thank you for the comment and support!! 👍👍

[@tobybuus9546]

Weird thing boys, people will buy burnt food for weirds amount of money. Try just typing at GE, weird high level accounts love stacking that in their banks.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

😂 Ill have to check it out next time I'm at the exchange!

[@tippinonmyha1321]

Lol makes no sense but no lie xD I've sold stacks for total of millions. It's to get a full bank stack.

[@Zachrax]

@@tippinonmyha1321 🧢

[@Symonne]

It’s probably because they can no longer burn food so it’s a collection thing

[@BanditZRaver]

@@Symonne you can burn food, you just cook it again over the Range. They just do it for collections of weird items, like a flex of Gold Sinks, and probably help out a local noob every now and then.

[@otbaht]

one way i got cooking up fast was by anytime I walked through barbarian village I picked up fish people dropped and cooked it.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Otbaht! Yes that is a great tip to jump your cooking level up! 😅 D’oh! I wish I’d added that tip in! Thanks for the comment and for sharing your tip! 😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@henryl3e]

The swords clashing sound at the outro nearly made me go deaf.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

😬😬😬 sorry dude! Are you using headphones btw? Just so I can test the sound to avoid this in the future?

[@henryl3e]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight yup

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

A set of new head phones for audio testing has been added to my shopping list 👍

[@DivineKraze]

you could also do dragon slayer 1 and the corsair cove quest and unlock corsair cove to fish lobsters and bank on the same island.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Oreo Jay! How’s it going? Yeah that’s a good point probably cheaper in the long run too as you don’t need to pay for the boat there and back every time! 👍

[@Mataraii]

I am staying in f2p because once I go p2p, I focus too much in the game that I don't do my irl work as efficiently as I want. I am planning to get 99 fishing in karamja fishing lobbies. Thanks for the help mate.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

No problemo my friend! Thank you for leaving a comment 🙏😎👍 I totally get that… as KZbin has consumed my life 😂 I barley get my day job covered… need to sort it out 😂😂😂 Good luck 🍀 with the fishing 🎣 bud 👍👍👍

[@Eryk178]

I’ve wasted bonds on rs3 for that reason it makes me feel like I need to play and I simply get burnt out.😂 Just recently I’ve switched back to osrs f2p and it’s just such a relief to play something so simple compared to rs3.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

I’ve never fancied RS3 to be honest 😅🤷🏻‍♂️ Just not my Jam… do you think it’s a better overall game? Or just too different to compare?

[@CurtisJensenGames]

I think I'm going to do the Karamja method. Thanks!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Curtis! The old school method is my preference too! Why many a night I have spent on that lonely pier… it used to be crammed full of people 😅 Good luck levelling up man! And thanks for the comment 👍👍👍

[@kg30004]

The most classic runescape loop there is

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Indeed! if you haven't sat on the pier at Karamja and fished Lobsters or Tuna for hours you have never lived! 😅😅😅

[@KosherConsole]

Looks like a great video!! I plan to start making F2P content soon and would love to pick your brain more!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Reb Tevye! Thanks for the comment bud 👍👍👍 And good luck on your content creation journey! 😁 Happy to answer any questions you might have (assuming I know the answer 😅😅😅)

[@KosherConsole]

Sweet! I’ll hit you up on discord sometime soon. Thank!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

You might have to nudge me on KZbin as I don't always login/check Discord 😅😅😅

[@c4n0vsk1]

Thanks for the guide it really helped a lot!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

You are more than welcome @C4n0vsk1! Thanks for the comment and the positive feedback! 😁 glad the guide was useful to you! 👍 Currently working on more content like this, hopefully 🙏 landing on the channel fairly soon 😬😬😬

[@c4n0vsk1]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight Looking forward to it!

[@Nixsen_Biksen]

I'm a little late but, I just wanna keep fishing trout and salmon. How do I get all the feathers for that? Seems like no one sells feathers at GE any longer ps very good video and I liked how to edit them :) Edit: an should I drop Trout when I hit 30+?

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo Nixsen_Biksen! Thanks for the comment and support much appreciated brother! So you can buy feather packs from the fishing store in Port Sarim. Not massively expensive and you get 100 feathers for 200 coins 😅 unfortunately it’s that or killing a lot of chickens/seagulls…

[@whoizjoe]

cool vid tbh you deserve more vews and subs

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo joe! Cheers man! It’s been a slow process but definitely feel like I’m starting to see the momentum shift to more subs 👌 Thanks for the comment bro!

[@wairriorsneverstop]

you cant sell fish to the fishing shop (not cooked atleast) but the gen store in lumbridge buys them. its a terrible money maker but especially for lower levels it does provide profit.,

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah you can only sell raw fish to the fishing shop 😅 I ran a few lobster 🦞 runs to see how much money it made and the results were not good 😬 I pretty much abandoned that method as a result 😂 I know what you mean though getting some start up capital from it can be useful though 👍

[@justindubielak4066]

I see its a year ild now....but i went through 1000 feathers and was onlv 38 fishing. So the amt of exo may have changed since this video was posted.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Is that from 20-40? Yeah sorry the video just assumed you fish trout from level 20-30 (178 trout) then salmon to level 40 (341 salmon), obviously you will catch a tone of trout too 😅 sorry should have made that more clear in the video and made a better estimate on the number of feathers… in reality you probably need more like 1.2k feathers 😬 I’ll make a note to update this for this video going forward 😁 Thanks for your comment Justin 👍👍👍

[@Itztroubletime]

You can also note with a dwarf on the island

[@Kirbael]

What dwarf?

[@waldo..8021]

The fishing spot near Lumbrige Castle is better IMO.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Is that for bait fishing? Or fly? I dunno why in F2P I always seem to bypass bait fishing 🎣 but I always have the rod in my bank 😂 my biggest grip in Lumbridge is the bank being on the 3rd floor… Think it’s about time they converted that church or the dukes dinning room 😂😂

[@ro1mq547]

thanks for the help

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Happy to help ro1mq! Mochas Gracias for the comment and the feedback 😎😎😎

[@LeeRaySmith]

So basically don’t worry about fishing tuna from 30-40? Tina takes a shit load of time.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Exactly! It’s so slow you may as well keep going with Salmon due to how fast you will catch those fish 🎣 😁👍 Technically salmon is the best xp/ph for Fishing in F2P.

[@tristanrediger]

Maybe turn the music down a touch so your voice stands out... My 2 cents, for whatever it's worth lol

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello GreyNblue E92! I really appreciate any feedback man! Since that video I’ve created a template and set levels for vocals and background music hopefully my last 4 videos are a bit better? 😅 Thanks again for the feedback 😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@brandonjoncas1582]

i have completed every f2p quest and the boat to karamja still cost 30gp

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello brandonjoncas1582, thanks for the comment man! 👍😁 Yeah there’s no way to get around that ferry cost in F2P. The best you can do is only pay for the trip to Karamja, and avoid the cost to come back either by teleporting away or using the bananas to get free passage. In most cases it’s probably best to just carry coins and pay since the deposit box in port sarim is your closest banking point versus falador or lumbridge teleports 🤔

[@MrCalexv12]

GENERALLY on what skill would you use the lamp XP?

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello MrCalexv12 😅 I think it really depends what skills you are looking to train. For example if you’re heart set on training RuneCrafting in F2P it’s definitely one of the slowest skills so I’d use it there. Another good option is Prayer, since I generally make all round accounts (I don’t tend to do pure skillers or anything), Prayer would probably be my choice as I don’t tend to train RuneCrafting past lvl 40 in F2P. You could also look at smithing and crafting as they are also a tad slower to train. Those would be my candidates, but I think it’s only 300xp so, it won’t make a huge difference if you’ve used it on something else. I’d avoid HP, woodcutting, fishing, mining and the skills that can be levelled quite quickly. Hope that helps you decide 👍 Thanks for the comment 😁👍

[@MrCalexv12]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight thanks hadn't thought of prayer. I just go for smithing because it's slow I just watched your Obor guide so I'm planning on getting that 40 prayer, currently at 22

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah smithing a gd choice too, but prayer can be very slow going in F2P 👍😁

[@rusty_at_games4007]

i have played rs for years how did i not realise there was a bin in the bank!?!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Mate the game is an enigma wrapped in a riddle at times 😂😂😂 every guide I do I find something new out it’s mad 😅😅😅

[@rusty_at_games4007]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight yeah its crazy lol

[@Erkebokken]

I might be blind, but I can't find that deposit in Port Sarim

[@Erkebokken]

Nvm, just found it XD

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Haha no worries! 😁👍

[@MattersNot]

Your better off catching herring and sardines 20 and 30xp ea and they catch like 1000x faster way faster xp…

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hi Matt! Yeah thats definitely true for level 10-20 fishing, I just stuck with Al'Kharid because although its slower, your already there and by the time you've set up for bait fishing you'd be well on your way to 20 fishing (and saves you buying bait too). 😅 Plus Anchovies give 40xp so overall from 10-20 its probably slightly slower but still comparable.🤔 just my own personal preference and being a bit lazy to switch spots. 😬 Definitely a good option though! Thanks for the comment and the feedback man! 👍👍👍

[@blitzzbob5643]

Cooking is kind of useless these days for f2p players? pretty much all food is cheaper cooked than raw.

[@OmniVirusHS]

Not considering F2P Ironmen who can't use the Grand Exchange aside, Cooking is also a somewhat okay money maker in free to play. Getting to level 20 cooking and making uncooked meat pies is an alright way to make money. Making 140 uc. Meat Pies, according to OSRS Wiki, will net you 16.8k (81,900 profit - 65,100 input costs) for just 10 inventories of the things (14 cooked meat/14 pie shells, bank, repeat). Edit: You can even start a little money-making even after level 10, making uncooked berry pies. The profits aren't better than meat pies, but it's a way to get started.

[@zpsba8415]

Hey man enjoyed the video lemme know if you want to do any content together -RSN zpsbaa

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo man, thanks for the comment! Always up for a collaboration! I’ll have to get back to you though as I’ve got a busy schedule IRL atm 😅 in the meantime I’ll definitely make some time to check out your channel 👍 keep up the work! Literally 11 months ago I was in the same position as you, now I’m monetised and hopefully I can push on even further 😅😁

[@zpsba8415]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight Thanks man and yeah me too thats why I've been lacking on uploads , but I'm gonna step it up for sure thanks for the motivation! And for sure whenever I'm always down!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

That’s cool man I’ll see where I’m at and what ideas 💡 for content we can come up with if we’re both free later in the year 👍 but definitely keep up the KZbin videos. Consistency and continuous improvements on your channel will get you there 👌😁