How to get a Crafting boost in OSRS

Crafting is one of the most useful skills in all of Old School RuneScape. You can use it most commonly to create jewelry and Ranged armor, such as Dragonhide sets.

As you level up your Crafting skill, you gain access to the ability to create better gear. A specific Crafting level is also a requirement for tons of quests in Old School RuneScape, the highest of which is 70 for Monkey Madness II.

Sometimes, if you’re just a few levels away from a particular requirement but don’t want to actually grind for it, there are Crafting boosts you can use to push you over the boundary, albeit temporarily.

Old School RuneScape temporary Crafting skill boosts

In Old School RuneScape, there are just four items that provide a temporary Crafting skill boost. These are as follows:

Of all the OSRS Crafting Boosts, one stands out among the rest: the Mushroom Pie. You can’t obtain the Crafting Cape until Level 99 anyway, making its boost a little pointless. Meanwhile, both the Poison Chalice and Spicy Stew aren’t even guaranteed to give you a boost, at least not one higher than the Mushroom Pie.

You can obtain a Mushroom Pie in one of two ways. The first is by far the easiest – simply buy it on the Grand Exchange. Each one only costs around 2,500 GP, which is practically nothing. Alternatively, you can bake one yourself with 60 Cooking. To do this, use a Sulliuscep Cap with a Pie Shell, then cook the Uncooked Mushroom Pie on a range or a fire. If your Cooking skill is high enough, you won’t burn it, and you’ll have yourself an easy +4 temporary Crafting boost!