Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Cooked karambwan

Released							14 September 2004 (Update)
Members							Yes
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Edible							Yes
Options							Eat, Drop
Examine							Cooked octopus. It looks very nutritious.
Values
Value							250 coins
High alch							150 coins
Low alch							100 coins
Weight							0.65 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							402 coins (info)
Buy limit							10,000
Daily volume							1,133,511
View real-time prices
Advanced data
Item ID							3144
Link							MOID

Cooked karambwan is a type of fish that restores 18 Hitpoints when eaten. They can be obtained by cooking raw karambwan on a fire or cooking range. Cooking a karambwan requires level 30 Cooking, and grants 190 experience when successful.

In order to produce a cooked karambwan, the player must first complete Tai Bwo Wannai Trio and afterwards talk to Tinsay in the southernmost hut in Tai Bwo Wannai. If the player has not done this, cooking a raw karambwan will instead produce a poison karambwan. Players may burn a karambwan while cooking one, resulting in a burnt karambwan; the burn rate while cooking these will decrease as players reach higher Cooking levels. It will stop burning entirely at Cooking level 99 on both ranges and fires. It is possible to use tick manipulation to cook each raw karambwan in one tick rather than the standard four to increase Cooking experience rates.

When eaten, the message You eat the Karambwan. is displayed.

Karambwans are commonly used as a fast food, a subtype of food that incurs non-standard attack or eating delays when consumed. Karambwans may be consumed after other foods without delay; this does not work if the karambwan is eaten first, and does not work when eating two karambwan in a row. This technique (commonly referred to as combo eating) can be further enhanced by drinking a dose of Saradomin brew after your alternative food item, and before your karambwan (food>brew>karambwan).

Additionally, karambwans add a delay of two ticks before the player can attack again, while most other foods have a delay of three ticks.

Karambwans may also be used in tick manipulation to improve rates. This is only recommended for non-ironman players. For example, you can start your usual 3-tick timer using your herb and tar, then on the next cycle, you eat a cooked karambwan instead. This effectively allows you to 2.5-tick certain actions, such as barbarian fishing.

Creation

Requirements
Skill		Level	XP
Cooking		30 ^(nb)	190
Completion of Tai Bwo Wannai Trio
Members		Ticks	4 (2.4s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Cooking range

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Raw karambwan	1	263
Total cost			263
	Cooked karambwan^{[r 1]}	1	402
Profit			139
Profit after GE Tax			131

^ Cooked karambwan require a visible Cooking level of 1 to make, although level 30 is required to complete Tai Bwo Wannai Trio.

Cooking chance

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Money making

The following money making guide is available for Cooked karambwan:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Cooking raw karambwan	175,500	30+ (90+ recommended)

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Karambwan paste		None	None	1 × Cooked karambwan

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Gourmet impling	28; 38	2 (noted)	1/100
Gourmet impling jar	N/A	2 (noted)	1/100

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members
The Shrimp and Parrot	Brimhaven	3	9m	325	187	3.0%

Changes

Date	Changes
5 June 2014 (Update)	Food delay on karambwan has been reduced by one tick.
22 May 2014 (Update)	When you eat a karambwan or karambwanji during combat, the fish no longer blocks you from taking damage for a moment.
26 – 31 January 2005	The item's inventory sprite was slightly adjusted.

Gallery (historical)



14 September 2004 ⁠– 26-31 January 2005	26-31 January 2005 – present

Trivia

According to Lubufu, Karambwan is translated as "Friend of Karamja" in the Karamjan language.
- The villagers call players "bwana", which means "friend". This would make the word "Karambwan" a combination of the words "Karamja" and "bwana".