Money making guide
This is a list of some of the ways to make money (money makers) in Old School RuneScape and the requirements to do so. The prices and hourly rates are simply an estimate. The actual rates and profit are likely to differ. There are likely other ways that aren't included here; feel free to suggest them on the talk page.
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Notes:
- Caution: You should always research the items and methods before trying these methods. Because of constantly changing prices of items, the estimated profit may be inaccurate.
Any method in the "Hourly Profit" section that relies on buying an item from the Grand Exchange does not take into account the time needed to purchase the item or its buy limit. Therefore, do not assume the rate of item purchases on the GE matches the rate of item processing of the method.
All prices are calculated using current Grand Exchange market prices, meaning the actual profit per hour may vary greatly from what is stated here. If you notice a discrepancy between profits listed here and profits listed on guide pages, it is likely a caching issue. You can force this page to update by clicking here.
Hourly profit table
Note: Most money making methods rely on Grand Exchange item prices (taking into account the GE tax), which may fluctuate as players constantly sell for higher or lower than the listed price, and some items are less stable than others. For methods involving the processing of items, it is recommended to test each method with a small sample size before investing a lot of money, as the prices may not be fully accurate, possibly resulting in loss instead of profit.
| Method | Hourly profit | Skills | Category | Intensity | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing the Doom of Mokhaiotl (Delve 1-16) | 19,430,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Yama (Contract of shard acquisition, duo) | 16,816,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing The Doom of Mokhaiotl (Delve 1-8) | 14,404,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Theatre of Blood | 11,504,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Nex (Duo) | 11,088,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Completing the Fortis Colosseum (Wave 12) | 11,013,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Chambers of Xeric (Challenge Mode) | 9,688,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Tombs of Amascut (solo 545 raid level) | 9,489,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Yama (Contract of catalyst acquisition, duo) | 9,010,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Chambers of Xeric (Normal Mode) | 8,600,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Duke Sucellus | 8,085,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vardorvis | 7,867,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Nex (Team) | 7,300,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Yama (solo) | 6,774,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Tombs of Amascut (solo 450 raid level) | 6,716,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Phosani's Nightmare | 6,571,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing The Leviathan | 5,934,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Phantom Muspah (Twisted bow) | 5,897,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Whisperer | 5,686,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Araxxor | 5,683,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Venenatis | 5,499,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Yama (Contract of harmony acquisition) | 5,358,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Completing The Corrupted Gauntlet | 5,273,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Tormented Demons | 5,234,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing demonic gorillas | 5,025,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing zombie pirates (Max efficiency) | 4,890,000 |
| Combat/Low | High | |
| Killing Vet'ion | 4,563,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Alchemical Hydra | 4,472,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Frost dragons (on-task) | 4,457,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Killing Kree'arra | 4,400,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter lance) | 4,316,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing General Graardor | 4,262,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting sunfire runes | 4,226,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Tombs of Amascut (Expert) | 3,977,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing revenants (Craw's bow) | 3,957,000 | Combat/Mid | High | ||
| Killing Spindel | 3,952,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing elves | 3,886,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter crossbow) | 3,882,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Nightmare | 3,602,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Callisto | 3,547,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Crafting aether runes using scarred extract | 3,515,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing the Corporeal Beast | 3,512,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Zulrah (max efficiency) | 3,421,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Commander Zilyana | 3,400,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Cerberus | 3,370,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Fletching gem-tipped dragon bolts | 3,294,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Cutting raw marlin | 3,256,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Smithing oathplate armour | 3,240,000 | Skilling | Moderate | ||
| Deep sea trawling for marlin | 3,224,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Killing revenants (Magic shortbow) | 3,072,000 | Combat/Mid | High | ||
| Degriming grimy cadantine | 3,017,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Killing the Abyssal Sire | 2,888,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Frost dragons (off-task) | 2,826,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Crafting double nature runes (Achievement Diary Cape teleport) | 2,708,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing Vorkath (Toxic blowpipe) | 2,585,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Crafting wrath runes | 2,571,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Pickpocketing vyres | 2,571,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Making sanfew serum(4) | 2,449,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Smelting runite bars at Blast Furnace | 2,438,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Crafting blood runes | 2,385,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Smelting adamantite bars at Blast Furnace | 2,341,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Completing The Gauntlet | 2,313,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Creating crystal keys | 2,285,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Killing Dagannoth Kings (Solo tribrid) | 2,244,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Poisoning ammunition | 2,205,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making mahogany planks (max efficiency) | 2,182,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Killing Hueycoatl (Solo) | 2,168,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Moons of Peril | 2,141,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Creating eternal glories | 2,126,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing Blood Moon | 2,076,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Making toy cats | 2,058,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Killing Calvar'ion | 2,018,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Zalcano | 1,996,000 |
| Skilling | High | |
| Killing Scorpia | 1,975,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing Zulrah | 1,972,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Cutting raw yellowfin | 1,936,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Crafting death runes through the Abyss | 1,936,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Killing Artio | 1,927,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Looting Branda the Fire Queen | 1,913,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Wilderness Agility Course | 1,897,000 | Skilling/Agility | High | ||
| Crafting blood runes through the Abyss | 1,875,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing the Thermonuclear smoke devil | 1,873,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Looting Eldric the Ice King | 1,832,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Deep sea trawling for halibut | 1,829,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Stealing from Rogues' Castle chests | 1,828,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing adamant dragons | 1,821,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Mastering Mixology | 1,798,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Killing zombie pirates (Budget) | 1,777,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre (Floor 5) | 1,757,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Making raw wild pies | 1,755,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Hunting moonlight antelopes | 1,724,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Opening sinister chests | 1,715,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Killing K'ril Tsutsaroth | 1,701,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Degriming grimy toadflax | 1,688,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Killing Zalcano (Experience) | 1,675,000 |
| Skilling | Moderate | |
| Smelting mithril bars at Blast Furnace | 1,650,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Killing Chaos Elemental | 1,647,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Delivering food in Gnome Restaurant | 1,628,000 | Collecting | High | ||
| Killing brutal black dragons | 1,609,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Killing basilisk knights (Slayer) | 1,591,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing lava dragons | 1,530,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Crafting steam runes | 1,529,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Crafting astral runes | 1,525,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Crafting mud runes | 1,496,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Completing the Fortis Colosseum (Wave 1) | 1,494,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Degriming grimy avantoe | 1,494,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Killing rune dragons | 1,494,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Hunting sunlight antelopes | 1,488,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Last Man Standing | 1,481,000 |
or | Combat/Low | High | |
| Degriming grimy lantadyme | 1,478,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Casting Tan Leather | 1,459,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Smelting steel bars at Blast Furnace | 1,450,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Crafting double law runes through the Abyss | 1,445,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing the Giant Mole (Twisted bow) | 1,419,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Degriming grimy ranarr weed | 1,364,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Opening grubby chests | 1,346,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Buying Relicym's balm | 1,335,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Deep sea trawling for bluefin | 1,304,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Killing skeletal wyverns | 1,296,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Making mahogany planks at the Woodcutting Guild | 1,285,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Opening essence impling jars | 1,284,000 | Various (for clue steps) | Processing | High | |
| Degriming grimy tarromin | 1,283,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Degriming grimy irit leaf | 1,283,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Crafting aether runes | 1,253,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Degriming grimy harralander | 1,235,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Opening crystal chests | 1,223,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Crafting mist runes | 1,213,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Smithing rune items (Player-to-player trading) | 1,198,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing the Chaos Fanatic | 1,179,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing hydras | 1,168,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Making redwood pyre logs | 1,166,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Filling bullseye lantern (empty) | 1,154,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Degriming grimy kwuarm | 1,154,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Making tuna potatoes | 1,146,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing kurasks | 1,140,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Crafting chaos runes through the Abyss | 1,138,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Opening eclectic impling jars | 1,128,000 | Various (for clue steps) | Processing | High | |
| Making dwarf weed potions | 1,104,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Making kwuarm potions | 1,100,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Making adamant brutal arrows | 1,095,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Fletching sunlight antler bolts | 1,091,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Guardians of the Rift | 1,084,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Making sacred oil | 1,081,000 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | ||
| Killing the Grotesque Guardians | 1,080,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Settlement or Temple) | 1,058,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Killing Kourend necromancers | 1,044,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting soul runes | 1,043,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Buying kegs of beer | 1,037,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making elemental battlestaves (Ironman) | 1,037,000 | Ironman | Moderate | ||
| Making irit potions | 1,036,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Casting Superglass Make | 1,036,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | High | |
| Making snapdragon potions | 1,032,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Degriming grimy torstol | 1,024,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Pickpocketing master farmers | 1,024,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Cutting raw sharks | 1,023,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Crafting cosmic runes through the Abyss | 1,020,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Killing fiyr shades | 1,016,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Deep sea trawling for yellowfin | 1,008,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Making avantoe potions | 1,004,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Catching snowy knights | 998,000 | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | ||
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Canyon) | 994,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Making lantadyme potions | 984,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy cadantine | 970,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Making raw summer pies | 963,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Making ranarr potions | 956,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing Spitting Wyvern | 954,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing gargoyles | 952,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Mining lead ore (Deepfin mine) | 946,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing Dagannoth Kings (Rex only) | 942,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Making oak planks (Auburnvale) | 937,000 | Processing | Moderate | ||
| Charging and alchemising bracelets of ethereum | 927,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre (Floor 4) | 926,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Killing the Giant Mole (Dharok's) | 905,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Making mahogany planks | 904,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Buying beer tankards | 902,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Buying monkey nuts | 900,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Degriming grimy marrentill | 895,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Making super combat potions (with prescription goggles) | 894,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making toadflax potions | 884,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Hunting implings | 877,000 |
Decent | Skilling/Hunter | High | |
| Creating teleport to house tablets | 860,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting cosmic runes | 824,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Humidifying clay | 822,000 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | ||
| Making pineapple pizzas | 820,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | High | |
| Creating Varrock teleport tablets | 812,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (max) | 805,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Pickpocketing H.A.M. members | 804,000 | Skilling/Thieving | High | ||
| Hunting black chinchompas | 802,000 | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | ||
| Killing urium shades | 792,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Crafting air runes (high level) | 781,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Grinding unicorn horns | 774,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (no diary) | 766,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Looting ogre coffins | 762,000 |
| Collecting | Moderate | |
| Charging air orbs | 753,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Tanning black dragonhide | 753,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making raw admiral pies | 745,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Casting plank make | 745,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Barrows | 742,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing green dragons (Myths Guild) | 734,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Creating forester's rations | 721,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing the Kraken | 706,000 | Combat/High | Low | ||
| Killing Vyrewatch Sentinels | 697,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (Deep Wilderness Dungeon) | 692,000 |
| Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making ultracompost | 691,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making cadantine potions | 688,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Tanning blue dragonhide | 683,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Enchanting dragonstone jewellery | 682,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing green dragons | 681,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Catching rainbow crabs | 679,000 | Skilling/Hunter | High | ||
| Pickpocketing paladins | 668,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Fletching flighted ogre arrows | 655,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Degriming grimy snapdragon | 652,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Mining runite ore | 647,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Making guam potions | 644,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre (Floor 3) | 642,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Tanning red dragonhide | 630,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Enchanting jade amulets | 627,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Fletching ogre arrow shafts | 626,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Stealing cave goblin wire | 621,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Mining and crushing infernal shale (Tick manipulation) | 620,000 | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | ||
| Smelting adamantite bars (Superheat Item) | 619,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Charging fire orbs | 619,000 | Skilling/Magic | Low | ||
| Collecting snape grass | 609,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Underwater Agility and Thieving | 608,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing mithril dragons | 603,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Completing elite clues (urium remains) | 598,000 | Skilling/Firemaking | High | ||
| Making teak planks | 596,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing Wyrms (Slayer) | 590,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Selling archery supplies | 587,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Degriming grimy guam leaf | 587,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Fletching moonlight antler bolts | 581,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Filling buckets with water | 579,000 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | ||
| Killing Amoxliatl | 575,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Crafting law runes through the Abyss | 573,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw moonlight antelope | 564,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Making harralander potions | 560,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy toadflax | 560,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Creating teleport tablets at Lectern (Lunar) | 559,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Killing Drakes | 555,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing brine rats | 548,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Making oak planks | 539,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing the Kalphite Queen | 533,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Grinding desert goat horns | 531,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (minimal requirements) | 530,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Making prayer potions | 525,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Low | |
| Smithing rune items | 512,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Smelting runite bars (Superheat Item) | 511,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Tanning green dragonhide | 504,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making gloves of silence | 504,000 | None | Processing/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making Guthix rests | 501,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy avantoe | 500,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing Sarachnis | 499,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Making weapon poison(++) | 498,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Crafting clockwork (teleport method) | 496,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | High | |
| Cleaning grimy lantadyme | 495,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| High alching profitable free-to-play items | 494,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Collecting mort myre fungi | 490,000 | Collecting | Low | ||
| Making magic pyre logs | 483,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Creating Camelot teleport tablets | 483,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Hunting carnivorous chinchompas | 481,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Mining gemstones | 481,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing ice troll runts | 477,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing ents | 475,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Creating bones to peaches tablets | 475,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Killing frost naguas | 466,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Crafting nature runes through the Abyss | 460,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Cleaning grimy ranarr weed | 460,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing spiritual mages | 456,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Nechrecycling | 455,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Mining basalt | 452,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing blue dragons | 447,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Hunting herbiboars | 446,000 | Skilling/Hunter | Low | ||
| Making tarromin potions | 444,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy tarromin | 435,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Cleaning grimy irit leaves | 435,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Cooking raw dark crabs | 425,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy harralander | 420,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Creating Barrows teleport tablets | 419,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting runes at Ourania Altar | 415,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Cutting ruby bolt tips | 414,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Buying iron ore from Ordan | 408,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Charging earth orbs | 406,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing brutal red dragons | 405,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Blast mining | 403,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Smithing iron dart tips | 403,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Casting Hunter kit | 402,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | High | |
| Collecting climbing boots | 401,000 |
Decent | Collecting | High | |
| Mining runite ore (free-to-play) | 398,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Buying pies | 397,000 | Collecting | Moderate | ||
| Mining lead ore | 397,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Making uncooked meat pies | 397,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing disciples of Iban | 395,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Enchanting sapphire rings | 395,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy kwuarm | 395,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Temple Trekking | 395,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Stringing yew longbows | 389,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Killing skogres and zogres | 380,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Degriming grimy dwarf weed | 376,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Smithing steel cannonballs | 376,000 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | ||
| Buying beer | 374,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw sharks | 373,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Crafting opal bracelets | 371,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Crafting limestone bricks | 370,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Crafting jade bracelets | 368,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Mining salts | 361,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cooking raw marlin | 359,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Charging water orbs | 356,000 | Skilling/Magic | Low | ||
| Cleaning grimy torstol | 355,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing black dragons | 352,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Vyrecycling | 349,000 | Collecting | Low | ||
| Cutting yew logs | 349,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Stringing magic longbows | 348,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Salvaging mercenary shipwrecks | 344,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Fletching headless arrows | 343,000 | None | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Subduing Tempoross | 338,000 | Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | ||
| Catching dark crabs | 337,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Cutting diamond bolt tips | 336,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Creating Ardougne teleport tablets | 332,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting drift nets | 331,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Moderate | |
| Crushing bird nests | 330,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Smithing bronze dart tips | 329,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing fever spiders | 325,000 | Combat/Low | High | ||
| Killing cave horrors | 316,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy marrentill | 315,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing Jubsters | 309,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smithing steel dart tips | 306,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Making uncooked berry pies | 304,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Collecting black scimitars from Ardougne Castle | 299,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Killing aviansie | 298,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Catching anglerfish | 297,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Mining amethyst | 294,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing the Crazy archaeologist | 293,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Recharging rings of wealth | 289,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Chopping infected roots | 287,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Catching sacred eels | 276,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars at Blast Furnace | 273,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Making uncooked apple pies | 272,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Cutting camphor logs | 271,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne | 270,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Killing the King Black Dragon | 269,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy) | 263,000 |
Decent | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Motherlode Mine | 258,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cooking raw anglerfish | 255,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting ruby rings | 251,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Salvaging Fremennik shipwrecks | 251,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Salvaging merchant shipwrecks | 251,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Crafting topaz bracelets | 250,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Enchanting topaz jewellery | 248,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Planting flower seeds | 248,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining and crushing infernal shale (Infernal shale rocks) | 240,000 | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | ||
| Cleaning grimy snapdragon | 240,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Buying feather packs | 236,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing sulphur naguas | 235,000 | Combat/Low | Moderate | ||
| Casting Bones to Bananas | 234,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Salvaging pirate shipwrecks | 234,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Buying jug packs | 232,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Cooking raw karambwan | 230,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing Feral Vampyres | 228,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Fletching unstrung yew longbows | 228,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Catching minnows | 223,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | |
| Buying team capes | 222,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Stringing amulets | 222,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Making dynamite | 220,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy guam leaves | 220,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Buying steel nails | 220,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Smelting runite bars | 220,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Barbarian assault high gambles | 219,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Collecting steel platebodies | 213,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play) | 212,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Casting Spin Flax | 205,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Picking bananas | 202,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Crafting emerald bracelets | 200,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Climbing the Agility Pyramid | 200,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Making dyes | 200,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Crafting gold bracelets | 199,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting bronze pickaxes | 198,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Filling water containers (Hosidius kitchen) | 197,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Fletching unstrung maple longbows | 197,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Salvaging large shipwrecks | 194,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Spinning flax to bow strings | 190,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Making chocolate cake | 190,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Mining volcanic ash | 186,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Making anchovy pizzas | 185,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Making pie shells | 184,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Killing red dragons | 183,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Killing brutal green dragons | 183,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Baking potatoes | 179,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Selling silk to silk merchant | 177,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting sapphire bracelets | 175,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting eclipse red bottles | 175,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching raw karambwan | 174,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak | 174,000 |
500 total level | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching infernal eels | 174,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Dismantling bracelets of ethereum | 172,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Forging Giant swords | 169,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Hunting chinchompas | 168,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Stringing maple longbows | 168,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Cutting redwood logs | 165,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore | 164,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting jangerberries | 164,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting chaos runes | 164,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching sharks with shark lure | 161,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting white berries | 159,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting diamond jewellery | 158,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy dwarf weed | 155,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Making pizza bases | 154,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Collecting tinderboxes | 153,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing ogress shamans | 150,000 |
80+ | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Cutting magic logs | 150,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Blessing unblessed symbols | 148,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Tanning cowhide | 147,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting cosmic runes | 147,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Drift net fishing | 145,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | High | |
| Grinding chocolate bars | 144,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Stealing valuables | 143,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Low | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields | 142,000 |
High | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting fish food | 141,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making fine fish offcuts | 140,000 | Processing | Low | ||
| Killing chaos druids | 135,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Collecting nature runes | 127,000 |
Decent | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing black unicorns | 116,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing ankous | 113,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Running the Colossal Wyrm Agility Course | 112,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | Low | |
| Making super combat potions | 111,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Cutting rosewood logs | 111,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Running laps of the Canifis rooftop course | 110,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | Low | |
| Cutting yew logs (free-to-play) | 109,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Picking up chisels | 109,000 |
| Collecting | Moderate | |
| Fletching unstrung comp bow | 108,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Killing spidines | 107,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Mining clay members | 106,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Stranglewood fishing | 104,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Smelting steel bars | 101,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Making pastry dough | 98,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting ruby jewellery | 96,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Runite bars | 93,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play) | 89,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Killing ogress warriors | 88,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Cooking plain pizzas | 84,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Crafting emerald jewellery | 82,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars | 77,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Firecycling | 73,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 70,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing hill giants | 69,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Collecting monk's robes | 67,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting sapphire jewellery | 66,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play) | 65,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 65,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing chaos dwarves | 64,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars | 62,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play) | 61,000 |
| Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying kebabs in Al Kharid | 59,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting air talismans | 58,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing monkeys | 58,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Mining clay | 56,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 56,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing imps | 56,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars | 56,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing Bryophyta (free-to-play) | 50,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Collecting iron ore | 48,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore (free-to-play) | 45,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Crafting gold jewellery | 45,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cutting oak logs | 44,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Cooking raw chicken | 43,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting ashes | 42,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting spades | 41,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making dough at Cooks' Guild | 41,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Mining coal (free-to-play) | 36,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn | 34,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Catching lobsters | 33,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Stealing Wydin's bananas | 30,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Smelting silver bars | 29,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) | 28,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing Ankou (free-to-play) | 26,000 |
Or, if safespotting: | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw anchovies | 26,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing Zamorak monks | 24,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Killing wizards | 24,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Filling water containers | 22,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play) | 22,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Mining iron and superheating Iron bars | 22,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Catching lobsters (free-to-play) | 21,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Catching sardines & herring | 21,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Taking from the infinite money bag while picking up coin spawns in Varrock West bank | 19,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing bears | 18,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Catching shrimp & anchovies | 18,000 |
( | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (free-to-play) | 16,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low |
Recurring methods
Effective hourly profit is the amount of money you would make in an hour if you could continuously use these money makers. It is best not to use activities that have an effective profit less than what you can normally make otherwise.
Note that you can only do one type of herb farming at once, one type of brewing at once, and one of either picking papayas or coconuts.
| Method | Profit | Time | Effective profit | Recurrence time | Skills | Category | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewing greenman's ale(m) | 552,000 | 00:25:00 | 1,324,000 | 48:00:00 |
| Cooking (Brewing) | |
| Brewing chef's delight(m) | 545,000 | 00:25:00 | 1,309,000 | 48:00:00 |
| Cooking (Brewing) | |
| Growing magic saplings | 418,000 | 00:10:00 | 2,507,000 | 04:00:00 |
| Processing (Sapling) | |
| Growing palm saplings | 257,000 | 00:10:00 | 1,544,000 | 04:00:00 |
| Processing (Sapling) | |
| Farming cotton bolls | 233,000 | 00:05:00 | 2,793,000 | 01:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Growing coral | 218,000 | 00:03:00 | 4,365,000 | 02:40:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming toadflax | 210,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,099,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming ranarr weed | 201,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,007,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming kwuarm | 196,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,957,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming huasca | 195,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,948,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming torstol | 190,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,905,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming cadantine | 189,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,888,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming snapdragon | 174,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,743,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming irit leaves | 149,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,489,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming dwarf weed | 141,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,413,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming avantoe | 140,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,404,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Dying blue wizard robes | 139,000 | 00:11:00 | 757,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Processing | |
| Farming lantadyme | 136,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,363,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Exchanging mole parts | 120,000 | 00:01:30 | 4,796,000 | 04:00:00 | None | Processing | |
| Opening herb boxes | 110,000 | 00:02:00 | 3,300,000 | 24:00:00 | For getting Nightmare Zone points, see this section. | Minigame | |
| Farming Yanillian hops | 93,000 | 00:06:00 | 931,000 | 01:00:00 | Farming (Hop) | ||
| Farming jute fibre | 70,000 | 00:05:00 | 843,000 | 00:50:00 | Farming (Hop) | ||
| Picking papayas | 69,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,377,000 | 03:00:00 |
| Farming (Picking Fruit tree) | |
| Picking coconuts | 66,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,319,000 | 04:30:00 |
| Farming (Picking Fruit tree) | |
| Buying battlestaves from Zaff | 63,000 | 00:00:30 | 7,531,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Bird house trapping | 58,000 | 00:01:24 | 2,465,000 | 00:50:00 |
| Hunter | |
| Managing Miscellania | 56,000 | 00:00:30 | 6,683,000 | 24:00:00 |
Recommended for approval gaining: | Collecting | |
| Planting Celastrus sapling | 43,000 | 00:00:45 | 3,405,000 | 13:20:00 |
| Farming | |
| Claiming Dynamite from Thirus | 36,000 | 00:00:30 | 4,378,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Picking cactus spines | 35,000 | 00:01:00 | 2,084,000 | 01:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Selling hardleather bodies | 4,000 | 00:01:00 | 263,000 | 20:00:00 | None | Collecting | |
| Claiming pure essence from Wizard Cromperty | 0 | 00:01:00 | 15,000 | 24:00:00 |
| Recurring |
Stronghold of Security

Players can visit the Stronghold of Security for some quick coins. Players can get 10,000 just for completing the first three levels. This can be done even at Combat level 3, making it a good way to obtain your first bit of money.
Miscellaneous methods
Merchanting
Grand Exchange flipping, or merchanting, is the high-risk, high-reward activity of buying items for a low price and selling them at a higher price. You are looking for items that are unstable, but are frequently traded, with a changing price due to supply and demand.
Untradeable supplies
Certain money making methods use untradeable supplies that are gathered passively through normal gameplay, the time taken to gather these ingredients is impossible to objectively quantify with a specific value so they are assumed to be "zero time" to gather in these guides.
| Method | Hourly Profit | Skills | Category | Intensity | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making divine bastion potions | 11,071,200 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine battlemage potions | 8,328,600 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine magic potions | 6,211,800 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine ranging potions | 9,223,200 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine super attack potions | 4,424,700 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine super combat potions | 11,533,200 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine super defence potions | 2,570,400 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | ||
| Making divine super strength potions | 5,226,900 | Skilling/Herblore | Moderate |
See also
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