Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete
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Start: talk to Pirate Pete.
Pirate Pete needs a fishcake to be protected. Talk to the Lumbridge Cook to learn how to make one.
Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Special. 9 of the items and monsters involved exist as OSRS TCG cards, including Raw cod, Pestle and mortar and Bread. This page pairs the quest with those cards and with the open player trades for them; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.
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Required items & monsters
Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.
Resource
I should try cooking this.
Resource
I can grind things for potions in this.
Resource • Consumable
Nice crispy bread.
Resource
A dangerous looking knife.
Resource
An empty fishbowl.
Resource
Used with a thread to make clothes.
Resource
Useful for Crafting items.
Monsters you'll fight
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Inspect Pirate Pete in the Lumbridge Castle dining room, then talk to the Cook to learn the fishcake recipe: ground cod, breadcrumbs, ground crab meat and ground kelp.
- 2
Grind a raw cod with a pestle and mortar and make breadcrumbs from bread, using a knife to prepare ingredients.
- Raw cod
- Pestle and mortar
- Bread
- Knife
- 3
Take a fishbowl, needle and 3 bronze wire to Murphy at Port Khazard to make and assemble a diving apparatus.
- Fishbowl
- Needle
- Bronze wire
- 4
Dive underwater, gather kelp and fight mudskippers and a giant crab for crab meat.
- 5
Grind the kelp and crab meat, combine all four ingredients into a fishcake, and give it to Pirate Pete to free him.
- Pestle and mortar
Open exchanges for these cards
No open exchanges for this quest's cards right now. Create one.
Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete cards — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete?
- 9 catalogue cards map to Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete: Raw cod, Pestle and mortar, Bread, Knife, Fishbowl, Needle, Bronze wire, Mudskipper and Crab. They are the quest's items and the monsters you fight that exist as cards in the Old School RuneScape TCG.
- Is Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete members only?
- Yes, Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete is a members quest. It is rated Special.
- What is the rarest card from Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete?
- Raw cod at Common, which packs in the TCG plugin land on about 37.34% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete cards?
- Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this quest's cards are listed further down this page, and the trade itself happens in the plugin's own Trade window in game.
- Does this page tell me how to complete Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete?
- It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.
Related cards
Cards that come up around Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Petebut that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource
This cat definitely likes you.
You are explicitly forbidden from bringing a cat underwater; it is the opposite of a requirement here.
Resource • Armour
If it's good enough for crabs, it's good enough for me!
A reward crafted afterwards, not an item you bring.
Resource • Armour
If it's good enough for crabs, it's good enough for me!
A reward item, not a requirement.
Resource
Good for detailed crafting.
Used to make the crab reward gear, not a quest requirement.