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Freeing the Goblin generals

The goblin generals need a food that they'll both eat. Find a chef in Goblin Village to learn how to make it.

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Difficulty
Special
Length
Short
Quest points
1
Released
15 March 2006
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Before you start

Where to start

Inspect one of the goblin generals in the Lumbridge Castle dining room.

Enemies to defeat

None

STEP BY STEP

Walkthrough

Follow the chapters below. Click any screenshot or diagram to view it at full size.

Before you begin


Items needed: Bread, an orange, a knife, dye (other than red, yellow, orange, or pink), spice, fishing bait, a bucket of water, and charcoal

First, inspect the frozen goblin statues in the Lumbridge Castle dining room to start the quest.

Go to the Goblin Village, enter the building just south of the generals and climb down the ladder. You will see Mudknuckles, a goblin cook. He will tell you to get him some charcoal to finish a cooking recipe that he overheard two dwarves talking about. Give him the charcoal. He will add it to his cauldron, which will explode in a hilarious cutscene. Miraculously, you both survive.

The chef claims it worked.
The chef claims it worked. Image source ↗

Mudknuckles will then tell you that he has trouble with the food, as both the generals are bickering over it. To make food for the generals, he needs oranges that aren't orange, maggots that aren't bland, and bread that isn't crunchy. You can make the ingredients listed below:

Give all three to Mudknuckles to get the Slop of compromise. Give it to the goblin generals in Lumbridge to complete this part of the quest.

Quick checklist 10 instructions

Use this when you already know the route. The full walkthrough above includes explanations and diagrams.

Walkthrough

  1. Inspect one of the goblin generals in Lumbridge Castle dining room.

  2. Go to the Goblin Village and climb down the ladder in the north-east building.

  3. Talk to the Goblin Cook.

    Say: I need your help... → What do you need? Maybe I cam get it for you., then talk to him again and give him the charcoal. → I've got the charcoal you were after.

  4. Talk to the Goblin Cook again.

    Say: I need your help...

    • Slice an orange and add blue, green, or purple dye. (Doesn't matter which)

    • Use spice on a fishing bait.

    • Use a bucket of water on bread.

  5. Talk to the Goblin Cook again.

    Say: I've got the ingredients we need...

  6. Give the slop of compromise to the generals in Lumbridge.

  7. Congratulations, section complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 1,000 Cooking Cooking experience
  • 1,000 Farming Farming experience
  • 1,000 Crafting Crafting experience
  • Further access to the Culinaromancer's Chest.

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Sources & credits

Walkthrough text and preparation lists are adapted from Old School RuneScape Wiki contributors under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Game imagery © Jagex Ltd; individual image sources are linked in their captions. This page is fan-made and not affiliated with Jagex.

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