How long does 99 Cooking take on an Ironman?

Roughly 100 h with the methods on this page, including rough time to gather your own supplies. Faster methods exist if you push harder.

What is the best way to train Cooking as an Ironman?

It changes with level: Sweetcorn in Kastori from 30, then Karambwan (AFK, Hosidius kitchen) from 65. The full table above shows every stage.

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Cooking training for Ironmen

Cooking turns your catches into food and is needed for several key quests.

Raw food. It levels quickly once you have a steady supply from Fishing.

Methods and XP rates from the OSRS Wiki's Ironman and training guides, October 2026. Times are our estimates.

1 to 50

3 h

1 to 70

14 h

1 to 80

23 h

1 to 90

46 h

1 to 99

100 h

Methods by level

Levels	Method	XP/hr	Time for this stretch	Needs
1–30	Cooking own-caught fishEstimate from 1,365 fish/hr; early burns lower it.	~60,000	20 min	—
30–65	Sweetcorn in KastoriIronman guide: up to 70k at level 54.	~60,000	12 h	Children of the Sun
65–99	Karambwan (AFK, Hosidius kitchen)Raw karambwan from Fishing or Tiadeche's stall; excludes gathering.	~240,000	87 h	Tai Bwo Wannai Trio

XP rates are typical, not maximum. Our time column scales skills where you gather your own supplies (Prayer, Herblore, Cooking, Construction, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting) to include that gathering.

What Cooking levels unlock

Plan it for your account

Look yourself up and use Goal mode: it shows the levels a target needs and roughly how long each takes from your real XP.

Questions

How long does 99 Cooking take on an Ironman?: Roughly 100 h with the methods on this page, including rough time to gather your own supplies. Faster methods exist if you push harder.
What is the best way to train Cooking as an Ironman?: It changes with level: Sweetcorn in Kastori from 30, then Karambwan (AFK, Hosidius kitchen) from 65. The full table above shows every stage.