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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 WITHOUT the tax in place, 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 Nex | 14,002,000 |
| Combat/High | High |  |
| Theatre of Blood | 5,167,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Phosani's Nightmare | 4,921,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Completing The Corrupted Gauntlet | 4,710,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Alchemical Hydra | 4,155,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter lance) | 3,864,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing elves | 3,825,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter crossbow) | 3,411,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing General Graardor | 3,375,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Commander Zilyana | 3,318,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Nightmare | 3,272,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing vyres | 3,241,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Crafting wrath runes | 3,088,000 |
 95 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Killing demonic gorillas | 3,065,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Corporeal Beast | 3,009,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre | 2,879,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Killing Cerberus | 2,803,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Last Man Standing | 2,265,000 |
 750+ Total level and  30+ Quest pointsor 1,500+ Total level | Combat/Low | High | |
| Chambers of Xeric | 2,200,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Toxic blowpipe) | 2,178,000 | Combat/High | High | | |
| Opening eclectic impling jars | 2,153,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Crafting blood runes through the Abyss | 2,121,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Completing The Gauntlet | 2,082,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing K'ril Tsutsaroth | 2,039,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Zulrah | 1,865,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Thermonuclear smoke devil | 1,848,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting nature runes through the Abyss | 1,821,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Crafting death runes through the Abyss | 1,802,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Making snapdragon potions | 1,748,000 |
 63 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Canyon) | 1,738,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Making redwood pyre logs | 1,720,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Opening sinister chests | 1,672,000 |
 49  58 recommended | Processing | High | |
| Smelting runite bars at Blast Furnace | 1,649,000 |
 85 | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Killing Callisto | 1,648,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Opening crystal chests | 1,501,000 |
 10 | Processing | High | |
| Killing Vet'ion | 1,452,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Growing magic saplings | 1,445,000 |
 75 68  85 needed for Dream Mentor, to unlock the spell "Humidify" | Processing | Moderate | |
| Casting Tan Leather | 1,419,000 |
78 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing the Abyssal Sire | 1,417,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing master farmers | 1,406,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Killing rune dragons | 1,373,000 |
 90+ ,  ,  ,  recommended 75+ ,  recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing Zalcano | 1,368,000 |
| Skilling | High | |
| Pickpocketing H.A.M. members | 1,361,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing lava dragons | 1,338,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Making ranarr potions | 1,284,000 |
30 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing brutal black dragons | 1,201,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus | 1,156,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Settlement or Temple) | 1,048,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing the Giant Mole | 1,018,000 |
70+ , , recommended 43+ recommended 92+ | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Making bottled dragonbreath | 1,007,000 |
 50 recommended | Processing | Moderate | |
| Temple Trekking | 989,000 |
 50+ recommended to kill Nail Beasts | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smelting adamantite bars at Blast Furnace | 981,000 |
70 | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Cremating urium remains | 975,000 |
| Skilling/Firemaking | High | |
| Making toy cats | 965,000 |
 85 42 , 50 recommended for Demon butler | Processing | High | |
| Killing the Kraken | 963,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Buying monkey nuts | 950,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making avantoe potions | 940,000 |
50 | Processing | Low | |
| Filling bullseye lantern (empty) | 939,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Casting Superglass Make | 938,000 |
77 | Skilling/Magic | High | |
| Making lantadyme potions | 924,000 |
69 | Processing | Low | |
| Humidifying clay | 914,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing hydras | 912,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Kalphite Queen | 900,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting astral runes | 889,000 |
82 (40 decreases profit) 69 recommended | Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Smelting mithril bars at Blast Furnace | 889,000 |
50 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Hunting black chinchompas | 886,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Making kwuarm potions | 884,000 |
55 | Processing | Low | |
| Smelting steel bars at Blast Furnace | 882,000 |
30 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Killing the Grotesque Guardians | 876,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing skeletal wyverns | 871,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Hunting carnivorous chinchompas | 863,000 |
 63+ (80+ strongly recommended) | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Crushing bird nests | 860,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing Vyrewatch Sentinels | 858,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Making toadflax potions | 856,000 |
34 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing fiyr shades | 845,000 |
 65 (can be boosted) 80+ , , recommended | Combat/High | High | |
| Cleaning grimy torstol | 825,000 |
75 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Barrows | 818,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Green Dragons (Myths Guild) | 804,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | | |
| Hunting implings | 802,000 |
83 strongly recommended 60+ recommended | Skilling/Hunter | High | |
| Making cadantine potions | 796,000 |
66 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing revenants | 767,000 |
| Combat/Mid | High | |
| Making dwarf weed potions | 764,000 |
72 | Processing | Low | |
| Buying kegs of beer | 762,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting law runes through the Abyss | 760,000 |
54 required (95 strongly recommended) 70+ , and (optional) | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing revenants | 746,000 |
| Combat/Mid | High | |
| Making irit potions | 732,000 |
45 | Processing | Low | |
| Mining runite ore | 713,000 |
85+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Making ultracompost | 702,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting mort myre fungi | 684,000 |
Decent recommended | Collecting | Low | |
| Tanning black dragonhide | 683,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making gloves of silence | 677,000 | None | Processing/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing Venenatis | 673,000 |
80+ 74+ recommended for Rigour | Combat/High | High | |
| Blast Mining | 671,000 |
43 (75+ recommended) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Making raw wild pies | 659,000 |
 85 | Processing | High | |
| Tanning red dragonhide | 644,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Enchanting jade amulets | 638,000 |
27 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing urium shades | 631,000 |
80 (can be boosted) 80+ , , recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Tanning green dragonhide | 624,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Grinding unicorn horns | 621,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Tanning blue dragonhide | 616,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Charging water orbs | 600,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting drift nets | 595,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Moderate | |
| Crafting cosmic runes through the Abyss | 590,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing Sarachnis | 589,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | | |
| Smithing rune items | 581,000 |
99 | Skilling/Smithing | Low |  |
| Cleaning grimy snapdragon | 575,000 |
59 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Charging and alchemising bracelets of ethereum | 570,000 |
55 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Charging fire orbs | 564,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Killing ents | 556,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Collecting climbing boots | 556,000 |
Decent recommended | Collecting | High | |
| Creating Barrows teleport tablets | 550,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Supply-running in Skeletal Wyvern Cavern | 511,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Charging air orbs | 506,000 |
66 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Collecting blue dragon scales | 505,000 |
70 recommended 37 recommended | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing blue dragons | 498,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | | |
| Making pineapple pizzas | 495,000 |
65 | Skilling/Cooking | High | |
| Crafting cosmic runes | 492,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Mining gemstones | 489,000 |
40 (41+ recommended, 61+ strongly recommended) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Pickpocketing paladins | 474,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Crafting mud runes | 469,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Charging earth orbs | 460,000 |
60 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Grinding desert goat horns | 459,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Looting ogre coffins | 443,000 |
High agility recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining basalt | 440,000 |
72+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Mining runite ore (free-to-play) | 439,000 |
85+ , 40 (optional), 40+ (optional), 25 (optional) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Making harralander potions | 436,000 |
22 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing green dragons | 432,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Buying beer tankards | 411,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cutting diamond bolt tips | 409,000 |
 65 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing disciples of Iban | 407,000 |
50+ recommended 60 recommended | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy cadantine | 405,000 |
65 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Stringing magic longbows | 403,000 |
85 | Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Catching dark crabs | 396,000 |
 85+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Mining amethyst | 394,000 |
92+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Making magic pyre logs | 394,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Smelting iron bars at Blast Furnace | 393,000 |
15 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Growing palm saplings | 385,000 |
68 , recommended 85 needed for Dream Mentor, to unlock the spell "Humidify" | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making raw admiral pies | 379,000 |
70 | Processing | High | |
| Stringing yew longbows | 377,000 |
70 | Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Cutting ruby bolt tips | 373,000 |
63 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing ice troll runts | 371,000 |
60+ , , , or recommended 43+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Making tarromin potions | 368,000 |
12 | Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy toadflax | 365,000 |
30 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Exchanging impling jars | 363,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy ranarr weed | 360,000 |
25 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing spidines | 357,000 |
40 , , recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Delivering food in Gnome Restaurant | 356,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Killing gargoyles | 353,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Making guam potions | 348,000 |
3 | Processing | Low | |
| Creating bones to peaches tablets | 342,000 |
60 30 67 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Making Guthix rests | 339,000 |
18 | Processing | High | |
| Killing brutal red dragons | 336,000 |
80+ recommended 37+ (Protect from Magic) | Combat/High | High | |
| Stealing cave goblin wire | 333,000 |
44 | Collecting | High | |
| Crafting clockwork (teleport method) | 331,000 |
8 25 , 45 | Skilling/Crafting | High | |
| Stealing from Rogues' Castle chests | 327,000 |
84 43+ strongly recommended | Collecting | High | |
| Killing the Crazy archaeologist | 316,000 |
50+ , for Iban's staff (u) (75+ recommended for powered staves) 40+ (Protect from Missiles) | Combat/High | High | |
| Killing cave horrors | 315,000 |
 58 70 , , or 50 (Along with 70 Defence) recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Crafting runes at Ourania Altar | 308,000 |
70 for rates as shown. Higher levels recommended to craft higher level runes and use Runecraft pouches High and recommended 71 strongly recommended 75+ recommended | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Collecting snape grass | 307,000 |
72 recommended | Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting soul runes | 299,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Collecting runes at Ourania Altar | 297,000 |
Decent and recommended 43+ recommended | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting nature runes | 293,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing spiritual mages | 289,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Crafting clockwork | 284,000 |
8 25 , 50 recommended for Demon butler | Skilling/Crafting | High | |
| Collecting black scimitars from Ardougne Castle | 283,000 |
61 | Collecting | Low | |
| Making mahogany planks | 277,000 |
50 | Processing | High | |
| Recharging rings of wealth | 277,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making raw summer pies | 276,000 |
95 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Catching anglerfish | 275,000 |
82+ (95+ recommended) 15 optional (to dig for sandworms) | Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw sharks | 273,000 |
80+ (89+ strongly recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Catching sacred eels | 272,000 |
87 (99 recommended) 72 (96 recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Stringing maple longbows | 271,000 |
55 | Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Catching minnows | 270,000 |
82 | Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | |
| Enchanting sapphire rings | 266,000 |
7 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs | 256,000 |
Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Collecting | Low | |
| Making mahogany planks at the Woodcutting Guild | 244,000 |
 60 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy) | 242,000 |
55 for High Level Alchemy Decent and 43 recommended for protection prayers | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing skogres and zogres | 241,000 |
40+ or & recommended 40+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing aviansies | 241,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Smithing cannonballs | 231,000 |
35 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Making oak planks | 229,000 |
50 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Buying feather packs | 228,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Catching raw karambwan | 227,000 |
65+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Killing Feral Vampyres | 227,000 |
75+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy harralander | 225,000 |
20 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Crafting gold bracelets | 224,000 |
7 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing black dragons | 216,000 |
80+ recommended 70 recommended | Combat/High | High | |
| Creating Ardougne teleport tablets | 216,000 |
51 57 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy avantoe | 210,000 |
48 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing red dragons | 208,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Smithing bronze dart tips | 207,000 |
4 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Enchanting dragonstone amulets | 205,000 |
68 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Catching infernal eels | 204,000 |
80 (99 recommended) 25 (For oily fishing rod) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Hunting chinchompas | 203,000 |
53+ | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Making pie shells | 201,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Climbing the Agility Pyramid | 200,000 |
30+ (60+ recommended) 20+ | Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Killing brutal green dragons | 198,000 |
70+ recommended 37+ (Protect from Magic) | Combat/High | High | |
| Cleaning grimy lantadyme | 195,000 |
67 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Mining iron ore | 193,000 |
15+ (60+ for access to the Mining Guild) | Skilling/Mining | Medium | |
| Killing chaos druids | 192,000 |
40+ recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak | 190,000 |
33 20+ recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining adamantite ore | 190,000 |
70+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Fletching ruby bolts | 189,000 |
63 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Mining clay members | 185,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Spinning flax to bow strings | 181,000 |
10 | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play) | 180,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting chaos runes | 179,000 |
Decent recommended 25 to teleport to Varrock | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play) | 179,000 |
69+ recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting bronze pickaxes | 176,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Cooking raw anglerfish | 176,000 |
84 (99 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Making teak planks | 174,000 |
50 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting cosmic runes | 173,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Baking potatoes | 172,000 |
7 (41+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Buying bronze bars | 171,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Creating teleport to house tablets | 171,000 |
40 67 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Cooking raw karambwan | 170,000 |
30+ (90+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Creating Camelot teleport tablets | 170,000 |
45 57 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Creating Varrock teleport tablets | 164,000 |
25 40 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting planks | 164,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making pastry dough | 163,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Fletching headless arrows | 160,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Picking bananas | 160,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining gold ore | 160,000 |
40+ , 40+ (optional) | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting jangerberries | 158,000 |
10 | Collecting | Low | |
| Tanning hard leather | 157,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Filling water containers (Hosidius kitchen) | 156,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting white berries | 156,000 |
56 (higher, the better) | Collecting | Low | |
| Casting plank make | 153,000 |
86 | Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy guam leaves | 150,000 |
3 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Crafting limestone bricks | 150,000 |
12 | Processing | High | |
| Enchanting diamond necklaces | 149,000 |
57 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Buying iron ore | 149,000 |
60 for access to Mining Guild | Collecting | High | |
| Mining volcanic ash | 148,000 |
22+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe) | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cutting mahogany logs | 147,000 |
50 | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Fletching unstrung yew longbows | 146,000 |
70 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Cooking plain pizzas | 145,000 |
35 (68 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Casting Spin Flax | 144,000 |
76 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Crafting emerald jewellery | 142,000 |
29+ required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields | 140,000 |
High recommended to have increased running energy restoration. | Collecting | High | |
| Killing Bryophyta (free-to-play) | 138,000 |
50+ 50+ 50+ 43+ 57+ | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Crafting ruby jewellery | 136,000 |
34+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Smithing iron dart tips | 135,000 |
19 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play) | 135,000 |
70+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Buying team capes | 135,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Cooking raw dark crabs | 133,000 |
90 (99 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Cutting magic logs | 132,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy irit leaves | 130,000 |
40 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing mithril dragons | 130,000 | Combat/High | High | | |
| Cooking raw monkfish | 129,000 |
62 (80+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Cutting teak logs | 128,000 |
35 | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Smithing steel dart tips | 126,000 |
34 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Selling silk to silk merchant | 126,000 |
51 | Skilling | Moderate | |
| Grinding chocolate bars | 126,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing ogress shamans | 126,000 |
80+ , 40 recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Crafting sapphire jewellery | 124,000 |
20+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting potato cacti | 121,000 |
Decent and recommended 43+ recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making uncooked berry pies | 120,000 |
10 | Processing | Low | |
| Making pizza bases | 120,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Killing ankous | 117,000 |
60+ , , recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Catching sharks | 115,000 |
76+ (90+ recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Killing brine rats | 115,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing the King Black Dragon | 112,000 | Combat/High | High | | |
| Making planks at the Woodcutting Guild | 112,000 |
60 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting monk's robes | 112,000 |
31 Prayer required | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining clay | 110,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Making uncooked apple pies | 108,000 |
30 | Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy tarromin | 105,000 |
11 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play) | 104,000 |
37 | Skilling | Low | |
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 103,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making dyes | 103,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Making tuna potatoes | 102,000 |
68 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw swordfish | 101,000 |
45 (75+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Fletching unstrung maple longbows | 101,000 |
55 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Collecting tinderboxes | 97,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Making uncooked meat pies | 93,000 |
20 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing ogress warriors | 90,000 |
40 (60+ recommended) | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 90,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing monkeys | 88,000 |
5+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Making anchovy pizzas | 88,000 |
55 | Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Collecting steel platebodies | 87,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for Protect from Melee 25 for Varrock Teleport | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Filling water containers | 87,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making chocolate cake | 80,000 |
50 | Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Tanning cowhide | 80,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars | 77,000 |
15 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Cutting oak logs | 76,000 |
15 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Smelting runite bars | 75,000 |
85+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing imps | 74,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Blessing unblessed symbols | 70,000 |
31+ | Processing | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) | 67,000 |
40 and 40 | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Crafting gold jewellery | 66,000 |
5+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing hill giants | 62,000 |
30+ (40 recommended for rune scimitar) 30+ (40+ recommended) 30+ (40 recommended for rune armour) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Smelting bronze bars | 61,000 |
1+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Collecting garlic | 59,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn | 58,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting iron ore | 55,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore (free-to-play) | 52,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Killing bears | 50,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Collecting beer glasses | 49,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 49,000 |
Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting ashes | 44,000 |
30 | Collecting | Low | |
| Buying kebabs in Al Kharid | 44,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars | 42,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing chaos dwarves | 41,000 |
60+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (free-to-play) | 38,000 |
40 65+ recommended to avoid King Scorpion aggression | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Mining coal (free-to-play) | 37,000 |
35+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ strongly recommended | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Catching shrimp & anchovies | 36,000 |
15+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars | 36,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting spades | 36,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching lobsters | 34,000 |
40+ (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Cooking raw tuna | 34,000 |
30 (55+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing hobgoblins (free-to-play) | 33,000 |
50+ | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Smelting silver bars | 31,000 |
20 Smithing required | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play) | 30,000 |
50+ , 60+ recommended | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Killing chickens | 30,000 | None | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing wizards | 30,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Catching trout & salmon | 30,000 |
20 | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Cooking raw anchovies | 30,000 |
1 (20+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing Zamorak monks | 30,000 |
40+ recommended, 20+ if Dragon Slayer I is not completed, 37 to cast Falador Teleport (optional) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Cutting yew logs (free-to-play) | 29,000 |
60 (80+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Making flour | 28,000 |
32 (recommended) | Processing | Low | |
| Stealing Wydin's bananas | 27,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting air talismans | 26,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw salmon | 23,000 |
25 (50+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Picking potatoes | 22,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Catching lobsters (free-to-play) | 22,000 |
40+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Smelting steel bars | 21,000 |
30+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing dark wizards | 20,000 |
41+ recommended 40+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Shearing sheep | 19,000 | None | Collecting | 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 | 379,000 | 00:25:00 | 909,000 | 48:00:00 |
29+ | Cooking | |
| Opening herb boxes | 177,000 | 00:10:00 | 1,063,000 | 24:00:00 | For getting Nightmare Zone points, see this section. | Minigame | |
| Farming ranarr weed | 172,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,715,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming snapdragon | 154,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,536,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming torstol | 132,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,325,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming toadflax | 116,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,164,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Exchanging mole parts | 106,000 | 00:01:00 | 6,355,000 | 04:00:00 | None | Processing | |
| Picking coconuts | 99,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,989,000 | 03:00:00 |
68 or 85 (recommended) | Farming | |
| Farming avantoe | 98,000 | 00:06:00 | 982,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming kwuarm | 98,000 | 00:06:00 | 978,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming lantadyme | 97,000 | 00:06:00 | 972,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming cadantine | 97,000 | 00:06:00 | 970,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming jute fibre | 83,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,000,000 | 01:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Buying battlestaves from Zaff | 83,000 | 00:01:00 | 4,997,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Farming yanillian hops | 75,000 | 00:05:00 | 905,000 | 01:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Managing Miscellania | 63,000 | 00:02:00 | 1,889,000 | 24:00:00 |
Recommended for approval gaining: 45 Woodcutting to cut Maple trees, 10 Farming to rake flax and 35 Herblore to rake herb patch. | Collecting | |
| Picking papayas | 41,000 | 00:03:00 | 819,000 | 03:00:00 |
57 or 85 (recommended) | Farming | |
| Farming dwarf weed | 37,000 | 00:06:00 | 371,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Claiming Dynamite from Thirus | 34,000 | 00:01:00 | 2,026,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Farming irit leaves | 31,000 | 00:06:00 | 307,000 | 00:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Picking cactus spines | 27,000 | 00:01:00 | 1,603,000 | 01:15:00 |
55 (higher recommended) | Farming | |
| Claiming pure essence from Wizard Cromperty | 1,000 | 00:01:00 | 30,000 | 24:00:00 |
| Recurring | |
Starting off
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 | 10,130,400 | 86
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine battlemage potions | 8,339,100 | 86
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine magic potions | 7,312,200 | 78
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine ranging potions | 6,468,000 | 74
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super attack potions | 2,898,000 | 70
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super combat potions | 15,737,400 | 97
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super defence potions | 1,295,700 | 74
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super strength potions | 3,714,900 | 70
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
Other links
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