Money making guide
A money making guide for Ironmen can be found here.
This is a list of some of the ways to make money in Old School RuneScape and the requirements to do so. The prices and hourly rates are simply estimates, and 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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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.
NOTE: Any method in the "Hourly Profit" section that relies on buying an item from the Grand Exchange is shown only for completeness, as most of those methods ignore the item's buy limit. Such methods include processing materials. Therefore, you shouldn't rely on methods that rely on certain purchase prices or have restrictive buy limits.
Note: 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.
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Hourly profit table[edit | edit source]
Note: Most money making methods rely on Grand Exchange item prices, 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 | Profit | Skill | Category | Intensity | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting nature runes through the Abyss | 1,486,000 | 44 Runecraft |
Runecrafting | High | 
|
| Killing green dragons (Wilderness) | 437,000 | 80+ Combat |
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing green dragons (Myths' Guild) | 753,000 | 80+ Combat |
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Collecting ashes | 19,000 | 30 Firemaking
|
Collecting | Low | 
|
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 60,000 | 20+ Combat recommended
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Picking bananas | 230,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate |
|
| Collecting jangerberries | 177,000 | 10 Agility
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Collecting mort myre fungi | 892,000 | Decent Prayer recommended
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Killing blue dragons | 523,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate |
| |
| Picking potatoes | 18,000 | None | Collecting | Low |
|
| Collecting swamp tar from the Lady Zay | 27,000 | None | Collecting | Low |
|
| Collecting wine of zamorak | 307,000 | 33 Magic 20+ Hitpoints  recommended
|
Collecting | Moderate |
|
| Killing hobgoblins | 89,000 | 40 Attack , Defence for Rune equipment
|
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Collecting snape grass | 165,000 | 72 Magic recommended
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Collecting white berries | 125,000 | 56 Agility (higher, the better)
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Grinding chocolate bars | 90,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Killing aviansies | 232,000 | 60 Strength |
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing black dragons | 215,000 | 80+ Ranged recommended70 Defence recommended
|
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing cave horrors | 285,000 | 58 Slayer 70 Magic , Attack, Defence or 50 Ranged (Along with 70 Defence) recommended
|
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing chickens | 17,000 | None | Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing skeletal wyverns | 432,000 | 72 Slayer |
Combat/High | Low |
|
| Killing desert goats | 13,000 | 30 Combat recommended
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing fiyr shades | 727,000 | 65 Firemaking (can be boosted) 80+ Attack , Strength , Defence recommended
|
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing the King Black Dragon | 162,000 | Combat/High | High |
| |
| Killing brutal green dragons | 199,000 | 70+ Ranged recommended 37+ Prayer (Protect from Magic)
|
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing lava dragons | 780,000 | 80+ Ranged |
Combat/High | Moderate |
|
| Killing red dragons | 210,000 | 30 Agility |
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing mithril dragons | 121,000 | Combat/High | High |
| |
| Killing Zulrah | 2,189,000 | 70+ Defence |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing unicows | 51,000 | 40 Attack, Strength, Defence recommended
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing spiritual mages | 535,000 | 83 Slayer |
Combat/High | Moderate |
|
| Killing brine rats | 171,000 | 47 Slayer |
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing snakes | 42,000 | 60 Combat recommended
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing cave slime | 18,000 | 17 Slayer 50+ Combat recommended
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing skogres and zogres | 243,000 | 40+ Ranged or Attack & Strength recommended 40+ Defence recommended
|
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing black unicorns | 77,000 | 40+ Combat recommended 25 Prayer recommended for Protect Item
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing the Crazy archaeologist | 440,000 | 50+ Magic, Attack for Iban's staff (u) (75+ recommended for powered staves) 40+ Prayer (Protect from Missiles)
|
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing ents | 567,000 | 60+ Attack |
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Cutting magic logs | 135,000 | 75 Woodcutting (90+ recommended)
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Killing chaos druids | 180,000 | 40+ Combat recommended 25 Prayer recommended for Protect Item
|
Combat/Low | Low |
|
| Killing tree spirits | 90,000 | 13+ Magic 43+ Prayer (optional but recommended for Protect from Melee)
|
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing ankous | 112,000 | 60+ Attack, Strength, Defence recommended
|
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing ice troll runts | 180,000 | 60+ Attack, Strength, Defence, or Ranged recommended 43+ Prayer recommended
|
Combat/Mid | Moderate |
|
| Killing fire giants | 21,000 | 40+ Ranged (50+ recommended) or 13+ Magic (Fire Strike)
|
Combat/Mid | Low |
|
| Making mahogany planks | 824,000 | 50 Firemaking
|
Processing | High |
|
| Making oak planks | 610,000 | 50 Firemaking
|
Processing | Moderate |
|
| Making teak planks | 848,000 | 50 Firemaking
|
Processing | Moderate |
|
| Tanning cowhide | 59,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Tanning black dragonhide | 820,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Tanning blue dragonhide | 773,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Tanning green dragonhide | 717,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Tanning red dragonhide | 655,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Exchanging impling jars | 184,000 | 17 Hunter |
Processing | Moderate |
|
| Collecting blue dragon scales | 485,000 | 70 Agility recommended 37 Magic recommended
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Collecting potato cacti | 165,000 | Decent Combat and Defence recommended 43+ Prayer recommended
|
Collecting | Moderate |
|
| Collecting buckets of sand | 29,000 | 50 Construction 40 Magic recommended
|
Collecting | Moderate |
|
| Collecting red spiders' eggs | 505,000 | Decent Combat and Defence recommended 25 Prayer recommended for Protect Item
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Opening sinister chests | 1,127,000 | 49 Agility 58 Magic recommended
|
Processing | High |
|
| Delivering food in Gnome Restaurant | 350,000 | 42 Cooking |
Cooking | High |
|
| Making anchovy pizzas | 70,000 | 55 Cooking
|
Cooking | Moderate |
|
| Making raw summer pies | 588,000 | 95 Cooking
|
Cooking | Moderate |
|
| Making raw wild pies | 568,000 | 85 Cooking
|
Cooking | High |
|
| Making tuna potatoes | 480,000 | 68 Cooking
|
Cooking | Moderate |
|
| Cooking raw dark crabs | 173,000 | 90 Cooking (99 recommended)
|
Cooking | Low |
|
| Cooking raw karambwan | 211,000 | 30+ Cooking (90+ recommended)
|
Cooking | Low |
|
| Cooking raw monkfish | 130,000 | 62 Cooking (90+ strongly recommended, but 80+ recommended)
|
Cooking | Low |
|
| Cooking raw sharks | 101,000 | 80+ Cooking (89+ strongly recommended)
|
Cooking | Low |
|
| Making magic pyre logs | 1,025,000 | 80 Firemaking
|
Firemaking | Moderate |
|
| Catching lobsters | 48,000 | 40+ Fishing (60+ recommended)
|
Fishing | Low |
|
| Catching monkfish | 93,000 | 62+ Fishing (80+ recommended)
|
Fishing | Low |
|
| Catching sharks | 112,000 | 76+ Fishing (90+ recommended)
|
Fishing | Low |
|
| Cutting diamond bolt tips | 363,000 | 65 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Cutting ruby bolt tips | 367,000 | 63 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Fletching diamond bolts | 162,000 | 65 Fletching
|
Fletching | Moderate |
|
| Fletching headless arrows | 200,000 | None | Fletching | Low |
|
| Fletching unstrung maple longbows | 86,000 | 55 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Fletching unstrung yew longbows | 87,000 | 70 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Stringing yew longbows | 425,000 | 70 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy avantoe | 210,000 | 48 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy irit leaves | 120,000 | 40 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy kwuarm | 110,000 | 54 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy lantadyme | 240,000 | 67 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy ranarr weed | 230,000 | 25 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy snapdragon | 485,000 | 59 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy toadflax | 405,000 | 30 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy torstol | 690,000 | 75 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making avantoe potions | 578,000 | 50 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making dwarf weed potions | 721,000 | 72 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making irit potions | 571,000 | 45 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making kwuarm potions | 578,000 | 55 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making lantadyme potions | 898,000 | 69 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making ranarr potions | 704,000 | 30 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making snapdragon potions | 782,000 | 63 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making toadflax potions | 745,000 | 34 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making weapon poison(++) | 218,000 | 82 Herblore
|
Herblore | High |
|
| Hunting chinchompas | 310,000 | 53+ Hunter
|
Hunter | Moderate |
|
| Hunting carnivorous chinchompas | 1,069,000 | 63+ Hunter (80+ strongly recommended)
|
Hunter | Moderate |
|
| Hunting implings | 658,000 | 83 Hunter strongly recommended 60+ Thieving  recommended
|
Hunter | High |
|
| Casting Superglass Make (Seaweed) | 36,000 | 77 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Charging air orbs | 519,000 | 66 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Charging earth orbs | 442,000 | 60 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Charging fire orbs | 500,000 | 63 Magic |
Magic | Low |
|
| Charging water orbs | 461,000 | 56 Magic |
Magic | Low |
|
| Creating teleport to house tablets | 204,000 | 40 Magic 67 Construction recommended
|
Magic | Low |
|
| Creating Varrock teleport tablets | 155,000 | 25 Magic 40 Construction recommended
|
Magic | Low |
|
| Enchanting diamond necklaces | 27,000 | 57 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Enchanting sapphire rings | 418,000 | 7 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Humidifying clay | 637,000 | 68 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Mining adamantite ore | 83,000 | 70+ Mining
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Mining runite ore | 443,000 | 85+ Mining
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Mining coal | 45,000 | 30+ Mining (60+ recommended, but 75+ strongly recommended)
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Mining gold ore | 57,000 | 40+ Mining, Crafting (85+ mining recommended)
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Mining iron ore | 44,000 | 15+ Mining (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe)
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Mining rune essence | 10,000 | None (41+ Mining strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe)
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Fletching ruby bolts | 108,000 | 63 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Casting Tan Leather | 1,490,000 | 78 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Crafting astral runes | 1,147,000 | 82 Runecraft (40 decreases profit)69 Magic recommended
|
Runecrafting | High |
|
| Crafting cosmic runes | 691,000 | 75 Runecraft |
Runecrafting | High |
|
| Crafting cosmic runes through the Abyss | 832,000 | 75 Runecraft |
Runecrafting | Moderate |
|
| Crafting death runes through the Abyss | 1,234,000 | 65 Runecraft |
Runecrafting | Moderate |
|
| Crafting law runes through the Abyss | 827,000 | 54 Runecraft required (95 strongly recommended) 70+ Hitpoints , Agility and Thieving (optional)
|
Runecrafting | Moderate |
|
| Smelting adamantite bars at Blast Furnace | 1,511,000 | 70 Smithing High Agility recommended
|
Smithing | High |
|
| Smelting mithril bars at Blast Furnace | 758,000 | 50 Smithing (60+ recommended) High Agility recommended
|
Smithing | High |
|
| Smelting runite bars at Blast Furnace | 1,589,000 | 85 Smithing High Agility recommended
|
Smithing | High |
|
| Smelting steel bars at Blast Furnace | 1,624,000 | 30 Smithing (60+ recommended) High Agility recommended
|
Smithing | High |
|
| Smelting iron bars at Blast Furnace | 157,000 | 15 Smithing (60+ recommended) High Agility recommended
|
Smithing | High |
|
| Smelting iron bars | 40,000 | 15 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing cannonballs | 212,000 | 35 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing iron knives | 48,000 | 22 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Pickpocketing H.A.M. members | 1,287,000 | 15 Thieving |
Thieving | High |
|
| Pickpocketing master farmers | 1,225,000 | 38+ Thieving |
Thieving | Moderate |
|
| Stealing from silk stalls | 14,000 | 20 Thieving
|
Thieving | Low |
|
| Looting the nature rune chest in Ardougne | 51,000 | 28 Thieving
|
Thieving | Low |
|
| Cutting yew logs | 32,000 | 60 Woodcutting (75+ recommended)
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Cutting maple logs | 3,000 | 45 Woodcutting (60+ recommended)
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Cutting teak logs | 60,000 | 35 Woodcutting
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Cutting mahogany logs | 125,000 | 50 Woodcutting
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Mining gemstones | 621,000 | 40 Mining (41+ recommended, 61+ strongly recommended)
|
Mining | Moderate |
|
| Stealing from Rogues' Castle chests | 334,000 | 84 Thieving 43+ Prayer strongly recommended
|
Thieving | High |
|
| Barrows | 987,000 | 43+ Prayer |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 45,000 | Decent Combat and Defence recommended 25 Prayer recommended for Protect Item
|
Collecting | Moderate |
|
| Killing K'ril Tsutsaroth | 2,094,000 | 70+ Hitpoints |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Crafting blood runes | 527,000 | 77 Runecraft |
Runecrafting | Low |
|
| Collecting planks | 233,000 | None | Collecting | Low |
|
| Crafting soul runes | 242,000 | 90 Runecraft |
Runecrafting | High |
|
| Catching anglerfish | 272,000 | 82+ Fishing (95+ recommended) 15 Hunter optional (to dig for sandworms)
|
Fishing | Moderate |
|
| Catching sacred eels | 331,000 | 87 Fishing (99 recommended) 72 Cooking (96 recommended)
|
Fishing | Low |
|
| Baking potatoes | 128,000 | 7 Cooking (41+ recommended)
|
Cooking | Low |
|
| Killing brutal black dragons | 869,000 | 77 Slayer |
Combat/High | Low |
|
| Pickpocketing Ardougne knights | 59,000 | 55+ Thieving (95+ recommended) Decent Hitpoints
|
Thieving | Moderate |
|
| Casting Spin Flax | 7,000 | 76 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Collecting anti-dragon shields | 74,000 | High Agility recommended to have increased running energy restoration.
|
Collecting | High |
|
| Stringing magic longbows | 250,000 | 85 Fletching
|
Fletching | High |
|
| Cleaning grimy guam leaves | 30,000 | 3 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy marrentill | 75,000 | 5 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy tarromin | 85,000 | 11 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Cleaning grimy harralander | 70,000 | 20 Herblore
|
Herblore | Moderate |
|
| Cleaning grimy cadantine | 135,000 | 65 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making guam potions | 320,000 | 3 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making marrentill potions | 119,000 | 5 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making tarromin potions | 398,000 | 12 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making harralander potions | 530,000 | 22 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Making cadantine potions | 782,000 | 66 Herblore
|
Herblore | Low |
|
| Crushing bird nests | 665,000 | None | Processing | Moderate |
|
| Grinding desert goat horns | 385,000 | None | Processing | Moderate |
|
| Grinding unicorn horns | 390,000 | None | Processing | Moderate |
|
| Cutting redwood logs | 55,000 | 90 Woodcutting
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Cutting oak logs | 18,000 | 15 Woodcutting (60+ recommended)
|
Woodcutting | Low |
|
| Stringing maple longbows | 216,000 | 55 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Killing disciples of Iban | 398,000 | 50+ Hitpoints recommended 60 Agility recommended
|
Combat/Low | Unknown |
|
| Smithing adamant dart tips | 1,000 | 74 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing mithril dart tips | 101,000 | 54 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing steel dart tips | 48,000 | 34 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing iron dart tips | 186,000 | 19 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing bronze dart tips | 191,000 | 4 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing rune dart tips | 58,000 | 89 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Chambers of Xeric | 2,361,000 | 90+ Attack |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Enchanting dragonstone amulets | 210,000 | 68 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Killing brutal red dragons | 346,000 | 80+ Ranged recommended 37+ Prayer (Protect from Magic)
|
Combat/High | High |
|
| Creating Ardougne teleport tablets | 57,000 | 51 Magic 57 Construction recommended
|
Magic | Low |
|
| Catching minnows | 381,000 | 82 Fishing
|
Fishing | Moderate |
|
| Mining volcanic ash | 188,000 | 22+ Mining (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe)
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Killing gargoyles | 317,000 | 75 Slayer |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Opening eclectic impling jars | 2,259,000 | 50 Hunter 42 Construction |
Processing | High |
|
| Killing Cerberus | 2,876,000 | 91 Slayer |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing the Giant Mole | 849,000 | 70+ Attack, Strength, Defence recommended 43+ Prayer recommended
|
Combat/Mid | Low |
|
| Hunting black chinchompas | 1,231,000 | 80+ Hunter |
Hunter | Moderate |
|
| Crafting wrath runes | 1,919,000 | 95 Runecraft
|
Runecrafting | High |
|
| Collecting climbing boots | 476,000 | Decent Agility recommended
|
Collecting | High |
|
| Charging and alchemising bracelets of ethereum | 782,000 | 55 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Creating bones to peaches tablets | 275,000 | 60 Magic 67 Construction recommended
|
Magic | Low |
|
| Catching infernal eels | 213,000 | 80 Fishing (99 recommended)
|
Fishing | Low |
|
| Collecting black scimitars from Ardougne Castle | 226,000 | 61 Thieving
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Mining amethyst | 339,000 | 92+ Mining
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Smithing unfinished mithril bolts | 53,000 | 53 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Smithing unfinished adamant bolts | 58,000 | 73 Smithing
|
Smithing | Low |
|
| Pickpocketing paladins | 504,000 | 70+ Thieving |
Thieving | Moderate |
|
| Collecting runes at Ourania Altar | 296,000 | Decent Combat and Defence recommended 43+ Prayer recommended
|
Collecting | Low |
|
| Catching dark crabs | 413,000 | 85+ Fishing
|
Fishing | Low |
|
| Killing demonic gorillas | 2,583,000 | 80+ Strength |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing rune dragons | 1,417,000 | 90+ Hitpoints, Attack, Strength, Defence recommended 75+ Magic , Prayer recommended
|
Combat/High | Moderate |
|
| Growing palm saplings | 309,000 | 68 Farming , Magicrecommended 85 Combat needed for Dream Mentor, to unlock the spell "Humidify"
|
Farming | Moderate |
|
| Growing magic saplings | 273,000 | 75 Farming 68 Magic 85 Combat needed for Dream Mentor, to unlock the spell "Humidify"
|
Farming | Moderate |
|
| Spinning flax to bow strings | 197,000 | 10 Crafting
|
Crafting | Low |
|
| Enchanting jade amulets | 53,000 | 29 Magic
|
Magic | Moderate |
|
| Tanning hard leather | 123,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Killing General Graardor | 2,029,000 | 70+ Strength |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing the Abyssal Sire | 1,708,000 | 85 Slayer |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing the Kraken | 830,000 | 87+ Slayer |
Combat/High | Low |
|
| Killing the Alchemical Hydra | 3,732,000 | 95 Slayer |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing Callisto | 1,626,000 | 90 Combat |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing Commander Zilyana | 1,298,000 | 70+ Defence |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Fletching broad bolts | 28,000 | 55 Fletching
|
Fletching | Low |
|
| Killing Venenatis | 735,000 | 80+ Ranged 74+ Prayer recommended for Rigour
|
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing the Grotesque Guardians | 711,000 | 75 Slayer |
Combat/Medium | Unknown |
|
| Killing the Thermonuclear smoke devil | 1,222,000 | 93+ Slayer |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Making planks at the Woodcutting Guild | 845,000 | 60 Woodcutting
|
Processing | Moderate |
|
| Killing Sarachnis | 502,000 | Combat/Med | Unknown |
| |
| Opening crystal chests | 865,000 | 10 Construction
|
Processing | High |
|
| Drift net fishing | 116,000 | 90+ Fishing 90+ Hunter
|
Fishing/Hunter | High |
|
| Making Guthix rests | 133,000 | 18 Herblore
|
Herblore | High |
|
| Killing Vorkath (Toxic blowpipe) | 2,374,000 | Combat/High | High |
| |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter crossbow) | 3,568,000 | 90+ Ranged |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter lance) | 3,806,000 | 90+ Hitpoints |
Combat/High | High |
|
| Crafting clockwork | 266,000 | 8 Crafting 25 Construction , 50 Construction recommended for Demon butler
|
Crafting | High |
|
| Making clockwork cats | 1,108,000 | 85 Crafting 42 Construction , 50 Construction recommended for Demon butler
|
Crafting | High |
|
| Stealing cave goblin wire | 365,000 | 44 Thieving
|
Thieving | High |
|
| Making pineapple pizzas | 683,000 | 65 Cooking
|
Cooking | High |
|
| Making raw admiral pies | 464,000 | 70 Cooking
|
Cooking | High |
|
| Making ultracompost | 427,000 | None | Processing | Low |
|
| Making bottled dragonbreath | 643,000 | 50 Mining recommended
|
Processing | Moderate |
|
| Mining basalt | 1,021,000 | 72+ Mining
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Buying monkey nuts | 658,000 | none | Processing | Low |
|
| Crafting mud runes | 513,000 | 13+ Runecraft |
Runecrafting | Unknown |
|
| Collecting iron ore | 28,000 | None | Collecting | Low |
|
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 69,000 | None | Collecting | Low |
|
| Motherlode Mine | 43,000 | 30+ Mining
|
Mining | Low |
|
| Crafting drift nets | 204,000 | 26 Crafting |
Processing | Moderate |
|
| Crafting Clockwork (teleport method) | 318,000 | 8 Crafting 25 Construction , 45 Magic
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Crafting | High |
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| Looting in Revenant Caves | 459,000 | High Agility |
Collecting | High |
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| Killing revenants | 709,000 | 40+ Defence |
Combat/Mid | High |
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| Killing revenants | 690,000 | 70+ Attack |
Combat/Mid | High |
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| Killing imps | 63,000 | 30+ Combat recommended
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Combat/Low | Low |
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| Buying beer tankards | 785,000 | none | Processing | Unknown |
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| Looting ogre coffins | 600,000 | High agility Agility recommended
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Looting | Moderate |
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| Smithing rune items | 581,000 | 99 Smithing
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Smithing | Low |
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| Killing ogress warriors | 95,000 | 40 Ranged 60+ recommended
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Combat/Medium | Low |
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| Making chocolate cake | 78,000 | 50 Cooking
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Cooking | Moderate |
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| Cooking raw chicken | 36,000 | 1 Cooking (20+ recommended)
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Cooking | Low |
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| Cooking raw anchovies | 44,000 | 1 Cooking (20+ recommended)
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Cooking | Low |
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| Cooking raw trout | 3,000 | 15 Cooking (40+ recommended)
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Cooking | Low |
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| Cooking raw tuna | 1,000 | 30 Cooking (55+ recommended)
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Cooking | Low |
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| Killing spidines | 1,046,000 | 40 Attack, Strength, Defence recommended
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Combat/Low | Low |
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Recurring methods[edit | edit source]
Effective hourly profit is the amount of money you would make in an hour if you could continuously use this method. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farming avantoe | 122,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,224,000 | 01:30:00 | 50 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming cadantine | 97,000 | 00:06:00 | 970,000 | 01:30:00 | 67 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming dwarf weed | 20,000 | 00:06:00 | 195,000 | 01:30:00 | 79 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming irit leaves | 40,000 | 00:06:00 | 404,000 | 00:00:00 | 44 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming kwuarm | 93,000 | 00:06:00 | 926,000 | 01:30:00 | 56 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming lantadyme | 101,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,007,000 | 01:30:00 | 73 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming snapdragon | 126,000 | 00:08:00 | 947,000 | 01:30:00 | 62 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming toadflax | 150,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,497,000 | 01:30:00 | 38 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming torstol | 107,000 | 00:08:00 | 801,000 | 01:30:00 | 85 Farming |
Farming
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| Farming ranarr weed | 135,000 | 00:08:00 | 1,016,000 | 01:30:00 | 32 Farming |
Farming
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| Picking cactus spines | 23,000 | 00:01:00 | 1,377,000 | 01:15:00 | 55 Farming (higher recommended)
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Farming
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| Picking coconuts | 65,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,309,000 | 04:30:00 | 68 Farming
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Farming
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| Picking papayas | 14,000 | 00:04:00 | 208,000 | 04:30:00 | 57 Farming
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Farming
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| Buying battlestaves from Baba Yaga | 5,000 | 00:01:00 | 292,000 | 00:00:00 | None | Shops
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| Buying battlestaves from Zaff | 117,000 | 00:01:00 | 6,998,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring
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| Buying from the Culinaromancer's Chest | 14,000 | 00:01:00 | 836,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Shops
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| Buying ore from Hring Hring | 46,000 | 01:00:00 | 46,000 | 01:00:00 | None | Shops
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| Buying ore from Ordan | -44,000 | 01:00:00 | -44,000 | 00:00:00 | None | Shops
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| Buying runes from Lundail | 70,000 | 01:00:00 | 70,000 | 01:24:00 | None | Shops
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| Buying supplies from Razmire | 353,000 | 01:00:00 | 353,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Shops
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| Buying supplies from the Stonemason | 249,000 | 00:20:00 | 746,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Shops
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| Brewing greenman's ale | 281,000 | 00:25:00 | 675,000 | 48:00:00 | 29+ Cooking
|
Cooking
|
| Claiming pure essence from Wizard Cromperty | 1,000 | 00:01:00 | 30,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring
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| Opening herb boxes | 163,000 | 00:10:00 | 979,000 | 24:00:00 | See this section. | Minigame
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| Farming yanillian hops | 76,000 | 00:05:00 | 907,000 | 01:00:00 | 16 Farming |
Farming
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| Buying bone bolt packs | 450,000 | 01:00:00 | 450,000 | 01:00:00 | None | Shops
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Starting off[edit | edit source]
Stronghold of Security[edit | edit source]
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. Just pick some cabbages on the way there from the field north of Lumbridge (or cooked meat from the lodge just above the entrance to the stronghold) and eat between rooms. Also, if you level up your Cooking skill a little, you could get some raw trout or raw salmon from a popular world at Barbarian Village and cook them on the everlasting fire next to the fishing spot. Cooking trout and salmon requires level 15 and 25 Cooking respectively.
Imps[edit | edit source]
Imps have a chance to drop the beads used in the Imp Catcher quest. There are four different beads: yellow, red, black and white that are each worth 963, 751, 824 and 864 coins respectively. Three imps spawn near the south gate of Falador, as well as several around the Karamja Volcano. Members also have access to the spawns near the Ardougne Monastery and the southern coast of Kourend.
Dark wizards[edit | edit source]
Dark wizards, located south of Varrock, are level 7 and 20 wizards that can easily be killed by low levels, especially those using Ranged. They drop talismans and runes. Talismans can be sold to runecrafters for a decent sum of gold pieces. More specifically, fire talismans can be sold over the Grand Exchange for up to 5,927 each. This method only being useful for low level players, it is advised to wear Magic or Ranged equipment when fighting against them, as Magic can easily penetrate Melee armour. Also, targeting the level 7 wizards makes this method easier, as this is a single-way combat zone.
Players who are level 40 Combat or lower may find it easier to kill the two level 7 dark wizards in Draynor Village instead.
Skilling[edit | edit source]
Another way to start making some gold pieces is by levelling up a skill, such as Woodcutting, Fishing, or Mining. These three skills are commonly used by players to make money in Old School RuneScape as they provide resources that can be sold on the Grand Exchange.
Members have access to an additional money-maker in the Hunter skill as well as an array of other content like high-level Runecraft and Thieving. The latter is a very fast skill that unlocks many very effective money-making methods that require little-to-no startup costs or supplies, thus making it an ideal stat for Ironman accounts or players without a large bank.
Miscellaneous methods[edit | edit source]
Treasure Trails/Clue Scrolls[edit | edit source]
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Clue scrolls are a great money-maker but require a lot of luck and medium-level skills to start doing them. Patience is also needed as some clues will require days of skilling just to complete the clue.
If you are a lower Combat level player, easy clue scrolls will often be the best (due to various requirements not being present) you can possibly do. Mid-level players should aim for medium clues and so on. Clue scrolls on skillers is not recommended due to a lot of clues requiring random armours and weapons that you won't be able to wear.
Players may acquire low-value rewards from this method, but there's always the chance ranging from nothing, all the way up to tens of millions of gold, and for hard and elite clues, even more. If you have a string of poor rewards, remember you can still get a 10-million-gp item out of nowhere. Players constantly killing NPCs for clue scrolls may see profits of millions of gold per day, or just one-thousand air runes.
Merchanting[edit | edit source]
Grand Exchange flipping, or merchanting, is the high-risk, high-reward activity of buying items for a low price and selling them at a high price. You are looking for items that are unstable, but are frequently traded, with a changing price due to supply and demand.
Supply running[edit | edit source]
Rune running[edit | edit source]
One easy method to make large amounts of money is rune running. There are rich players willing to pay people to "run" rune or pure essence for them, either to the bank or to a nearby general store for unnoting.
There are many players and clans involved in rune-running services; many of them post advertisements on the RuneScape Forums. Generally, the "Runes and Ammo" section is where most players post for this method. Titles, such as "25:25", "18:25", "23:25" and so on, are what you should be looking for. These numbers are ratios of runes to rune essence (or pure essence).
Skeletal wyvern running[edit | edit source]
Due to the popularity of Skeletal Wyverns, runners are in constant demand. Runners relieve players camping the wyverns of their unstackable drops and charge a "tax" for their convenient service. Depending on efficiency, runners can make anywhere between 400,000 and 1,000,000 an hour.
General pricing[edit | edit source]
Although runners buy items significantly lower and sell higher than the GE Price, the general rule of thumb is to buy at half price and sell at double with the exception of broad bolts and dragon equipment. Such drops include the following as well as the neighbourhood runners' prices:
- Buying
- Dragon equipment—namely, Dragon platelegs and Dragon plateskirt (140,000 to 150,000)
- Prayer potion (5,000 to 6,000)
- Ranarr weed (3,000 to 4,000)
- Dragonstone (7,000 to 8,000)
- Crystal key (12,000 to 13,000)
- Tooth half of key (7,000 to 8,000)
- Loop half of key (4,000 to 5,000)
- Runite bar (6,000 to 7,000)
- Wyvern bones (500 to 1,000)—also can swap two bones for one bone in noted form (i.e. at a 2:1 ratio)
- Selling
- 1,000 Broad bolts (70,000 to 80,000)
- Ranging potion (2,000 to 2,000)—also can be swapped for the equivalent amount of Prayer potions (i.e. at a 1:1 ratio)
- Alch runes (500 to 600)
- 1,000 Mind runes (8,000 to 10,000)
- Shark (2,000 to 3,000)
Note: Prices could vary, and these are only suggested, ball-park prices.
Joining a clan chat could help in getting more requests, but simply asking people at the Wyvern cavern will do. Be sure to tell them you're running and to add you.
Tip: Also, make sure to have your private chat set on so that players can contact you more easily.
Gear[edit | edit source]
WARNING: Skeletal Wyverns have a devastating icy attack if players have no type of elemental shielding.
- Weight-reducing clothing
- Ancient/Elemental/Mind or Dragonfire shield (strongly recommended)
- Amulet of glory
- Dramen/Lunar staff (if Fairytale II - Cure a Queen is partially completed) or Air/Fire staff
Inventory[edit | edit source]
- Cash (~500,000 for starters)
- 4-8 Sharks
- 5-6 Ranging potions
- Broad bolts
- Mind runes
- Varrock teleports (if not using Amulet of glory)
- House teleports (if POH is set in Rimmington and not using fairy rings)
- Rune pouch (to hold runes, which can free up inventory space)—optional
Travelling[edit | edit source]
Players who have partially completed Fairytale II - Cure a Queen can take full advantage of the fairy rings to commute to and from Mudskipper Point (code AIQ) in which the Wyvern dungeon is due a short distance north. Furthermore, the player could also use an Amulet of glory to teleport to Edgeville, bank, and run east to the fairy ring located between Edgeville and the Grand Exchange.
Alternatively, players who have their houses set in Rimmington could teleport there and run southwards to the dungeon. Depending on their chosen teleportation, they could bank in either Edgeville or Varrock West Bank.
Tip: As you'll be getting aggro, time the wyverns and let the players secure their wyverns first before rushing in and trading. Afterwards, stand behind the player or out of the wyvern's reach before trading.
Other links[edit | edit source]
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