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Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete/Quick guide

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Details

Start pointMap icon Inspect Pirate Pete in the Lumbridge Castle dining room. Show on map
Official difficultySpecial
Official lengthMedium
DescriptionPirate Pete needs a fishcake to be protected. Talk to the Lumbridge Cook to learn how to make one.
Requirements
Items required
Enemies to defeat
Ironman concerns

This quest has a weight limit.

Walkthrough

Starting off

  • Inspect Pirate Pete.
  • Talk to the cook in the next room about protecting the pirate. (Chat 3)…
    3Protecting the Pirate
  • Go through all 5 chat options. (Chat 1•1•2•3•4•5)…
    1Where do I get Ground Cod?
    1Where do I get Ground Kelp?
    2Where do I get Ground Giant Crab Meat?3
    3Where do I get Breadcrumbs?
    4What do I do with all of it?
    5Thanks!
  • Use your pestle and mortar on the raw cod.
  • Use your knife on the bread to make breadcrumbs.
  • Talk to Murphy in Port Khazard. (Chat 1)…
    1Talk about Recipe for Disaster.
    (Fishing Trawler minigame teleport is the easiest way to get there - requires 15 Fishing)
  • Talk to Murphy again. (Chat 1)…
    1Yes, Let's go diving.

Under the Sea

Note: Before diving your weight must be under 27 kg and you must have at least 7 free inventory spaces (10 recommended). Paired with pieces of the Graceful outfit, you can easily match this weight while still bringing a weapon and armour such as the Varrock armour from the easy Varrock Diary, which weighs 1 kg. You also cannot go underwater with a pet following you or in your inventory. You may also wish to acquire multiple ingredients in case the fishcake is burnt.

  • Equip your fishbowl helmet and diving apparatus, Bring the needle and three bronze wire. Agree to go diving.
  • Pick some kelp. (It's highly recommended to pick at least 3 kelp as the fishcake can burn).
    • If you don't have at least 5 inventory spaces, skip this until leaving as you must gather 5 hide.
  • Go north and talk to Nung.
  • Go west and pick up 5 rocks, then enter the cave.
  • Kill 5 mudskippers (level 30/31) for 5 hides.
    • You can give the hide in more than one trip
  • Talk to Nung twice.
  • Enter the crab pen, kill a crab and take its meat. (It's highly recommended to get at least 3 Crab meat as the fishcake can burn).
  • Grind the kelp and crab meat with a pestle and mortar.
  • Teleport away, or go south and climb the anchor
  • Talk to the Cook in Lumbridge about freeing the pirate again. (Chat 3)…
    3Protecting the Pirate
  • Use the ingredients on each other then cook the fishcake.
  • Give the fishcake to Pirate Pete in Lumbridge.
  • Congratulations, section complete!

Rewards

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