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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tombs of Amascut (solo 500 raid level) | 16,926,000 |
| Combat/High | High |  |
| Killing Nex (Duo) | 16,824,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Nex (Team) | 13,283,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vardorvis | 8,964,000 |
 90+  90+  90+  70+ recommended for Piety | Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Whisperer | 7,889,000 |
 90+ 77+ recommended for Augury | Combat/High | High | |
| Theatre of Blood (Scythe of vitur) | 7,750,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Tombs of Amascut (Expert) | 7,654,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Leviathan | 7,501,000 |
 90+ 90+ 74+ recommended for Rigour | Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Venenatis | 7,143,000 |
80+ 80+ 70+ recommended for Piety | Combat/High | High | |
| Theatre of Blood (Abyssal tentacle) | 6,574,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Duke Sucellus | 6,567,000 |
90+ 90+ 90+ 70+ recommended for Piety | Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vet'ion | 6,240,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Kree'arra | 5,867,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing General Graardor | 5,257,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Chambers of Xeric | 5,251,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Spindel | 4,815,000 |
80+ 80+ 70+ recommended for Piety | Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Cerberus | 4,705,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Artio | 4,601,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Completing The Corrupted Gauntlet | 4,323,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Calvar'ion | 4,263,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing revenants (Craw's bow) | 4,233,000 |
| Combat/Mid | High | |
| Killing Callisto | 4,172,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Phantom Muspah (Twisted bow) | 3,973,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Alchemical Hydra | 3,842,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Commander Zilyana | 3,838,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Zulrah (max efficiency) | 3,022,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing elves | 2,907,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter lance) | 2,846,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter crossbow) | 2,741,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Phosani's Nightmare | 2,590,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing demonic gorillas | 2,445,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing revenants (Magic shortbow) | 2,369,000 |
| Combat/Mid | High | |
| Killing the Corporeal Beast | 2,263,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Dagannoth Kings (Solo tribrid) | 2,109,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre | 2,044,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Crafting wrath runes | 1,932,000 |
 95 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Pickpocketing vyres | 1,885,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Crafting blood runes | 1,712,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Making toy cats | 1,693,000 |
 85  42 , 50 recommended for Demon butler | Processing | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Toxic blowpipe) | 1,650,000 | Combat/High | High | | |
| Delivering food in Gnome Restaurant | 1,551,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Completing The Gauntlet | 1,536,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Zalcano | 1,466,000 |
| Skilling | High | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Canyon) | 1,446,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing the Thermonuclear smoke devil | 1,387,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing rune dragons | 1,382,000 |
 90+ , , , recommended 75+ , recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing the Giant Mole (Twisted bow) | 1,382,000 |
85+ recommended 77+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Killing The Nightmare | 1,363,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Zulrah | 1,357,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting double law runes through the Abyss | 1,336,000 |
95 required 70+ ,  and  (optional) | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing K'ril Tsutsaroth | 1,298,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Opening eclectic impling jars | 1,293,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Casting Tan Leather | 1,258,000 |
78 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Cremating urium remains | 1,192,000 |
| Skilling/Firemaking | High | |
| Completing elite clues (urium remains) | 1,185,000 |
| Skilling/Firemaking | High | |
| Opening sinister chests | 1,135,000 |
49 58 recommended | Processing | High | |
| Crafting blood runes through the Abyss | 1,073,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Killing brutal black dragons | 1,064,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Killing lava dragons | 1,049,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Buying kegs of beer | 1,037,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing the Abyssal Sire | 1,020,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting death runes through the Abyss | 987,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Smelting runite bars at Blast Furnace | 981,000 |
 85 | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Crafting astral runes | 972,000 |
85 (82 will slightly reduce profit, 40 will significantly) 69 recommended | Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Pickpocketing H.A.M. members | 968,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing the Grotesque Guardians | 962,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Hunting implings | 944,000 |
 83+ 60+ (recommended for avoiding Imp defenders)Decent and recommended 50+ (optional for casting Snare or Dark Lure) | Skilling/Hunter | High | |
| Hunting black chinchompas | 933,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Settlement or Temple) | 914,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Crushing bird nests | 895,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing the Kraken | 873,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Killing hydras | 869,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Giant Mole (Dharok's) | 856,000 |
70+ , , recommended 43+ recommended 92+ | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Buying monkey nuts | 854,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making toadflax potions | 824,000 |
 34 | Processing | Low | |
| Opening crystal chests | 806,000 |
10 | Processing | High | |
| Making kwuarm potions | 800,000 |
55 | Processing | Low | |
| Making cadantine potions | 780,000 |
66 | Processing | Low | |
| Humidifying clay | 779,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making dwarf weed potions | 768,000 |
72 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing fiyr shades | 766,000 |
 65 (can be boosted) 80+ , , recommended | Combat/High | High | |
| Making avantoe potions | 760,000 |
50 | Processing | Low | |
| Making snapdragon potions | 724,000 |
63 | Processing | Low | |
| Mining runite ore | 712,000 |
 85+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Crafting cosmic runes through the Abyss | 701,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Making bottled dragonbreath | 699,000 |
50 recommended | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making magic pyre logs | 691,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting soul runes | 684,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Killing green dragons (Myths Guild) | 679,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | | |
| Killing skeletal wyverns | 668,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Making sacred oil | 656,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Making weapon poison(++) | 652,000 |
82 | Collecting | High | |
| Killing mithril dragons | 645,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | | |
| Casting Superglass Make | 643,000 |
77 | Skilling/Magic | High | |
| Making raw wild pies | 643,000 |
 85 | Processing | High | |
| Mining basalt | 639,000 |
72+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Barrows | 628,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing ents | 625,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing gargoyles | 625,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting cosmic runes | 625,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Last Man Standing | 620,000 |
 750+ Total level and  30+ Quest pointsor 1,500+ Total level | Combat/Low | High | |
| Smelting adamantite bars at Blast Furnace | 612,000 |
70 | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Pickpocketing master farmers | 606,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Killing the Kalphite Queen | 605,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Filling bullseye lantern (empty) | 601,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy ranarr weed | 600,000 |
25 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Exchanging impling jars | 599,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Making ranarr potions | 596,000 |
30 | Processing | Low | |
| Buying beer tankards | 595,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy snapdragon | 590,000 |
59 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (max) | 589,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Charging and alchemising bracelets of ethereum | 582,000 |
55 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Mining gemstones | 576,000 |
40 (41+ recommended, 61+ strongly recommended) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Making irit potions | 576,000 |
45 | Processing | Low | |
| Killing Sarachnis | 564,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | | |
| Crafting drift nets | 563,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Moderate | |
| Smithing rune items | 563,000 |
99 | Skilling/Smithing | Low |  |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (no diary) | 561,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Killing Vyrewatch Sentinels | 556,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Tanning black dragonhide | 548,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Hunting carnivorous chinchompas | 542,000 |
63+ (80+ strongly recommended) | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| High alching profitable free-to-play items | 535,000 |
55 | Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Killing urium shades | 517,000 |
80 (can be boosted) 80+ , , recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing green dragons | 515,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Making pie shells | 515,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Temple Trekking | 508,000 |
 60 Combat level recommended to kill Nail Beasts | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Crafting law runes through the Abyss | 507,000 |
54 required 70+ , and (optional) | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Making lantadyme potions | 500,000 |
69 | Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy avantoe | 495,000 |
48 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Smelting mithril bars at Blast Furnace | 486,000 |
50 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Motherlode Mine | 479,000 |
85+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Stealing cave goblin wire | 474,000 |
44 | Collecting | High | |
| Making harralander potions | 468,000 |
22 | Processing | Low | |
| Grinding unicorn horns | 459,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Smelting iron bars at Blast Furnace | 458,000 |
15 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Making redwood pyre logs | 448,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Smelting steel bars at Blast Furnace | 444,000 |
30 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Grinding desert goat horns | 441,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy kwuarm | 440,000 |
54 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Mining runite ore (free-to-play) | 438,000 |
85+ , 40 (optional), 40+ (optional), 25 (optional) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing blue dragons | 437,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | | |
| Cleaning grimy cadantine | 435,000 |
65 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Making ultracompost | 432,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making gloves of silence | 423,000 | None | Processing/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making dynamite | 419,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Pickpocketing paladins | 414,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Fletching ogre arrow shafts | 410,000 |
 5+ | Processing | Low | |
| Killing brutal red dragons | 410,000 |
80+ recommended 37+ (Protect from Magic) | Combat/High | High | |
| Enchanting dragonstone jewellery | 408,000 |
68 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy dwarf weed | 405,000 |
70 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Planting mithril seeds | 405,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making adamant brutal arrows | 390,000 |
62+ | Processing | Low | |
| Crafting dragonstone jewellery | 390,000 |
74 Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (minimal requirements) | 388,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Creating Barrows teleport tablets | 378,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Fletching ruby bolts | 378,000 |
63 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Killing ice troll runts | 378,000 |
60+ , , , or recommended 43+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Collecting climbing boots | 377,000 |
Decent recommended | Collecting | High | |
| Charging air orbs | 374,000 |
66 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Crafting topaz bracelets | 373,000 |
38 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing disciples of Iban | 372,000 |
50+ recommended 60 recommended | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Mining amethyst | 371,000 |
92+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy toadflax | 370,000 |
30 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Blast mining | 365,000 |
43 (75+ recommended) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Casting plank make | 359,000 |
86 | Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting nature runes through the Abyss | 355,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Killing skogres and zogres | 353,000 |
40+ or & recommended 40+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Stealing from Rogues' Castle chests | 352,000 |
84 43+ strongly recommended | Collecting | High | |
| Crafting clockwork (teleport method) | 345,000 |
8 25 , 45 | Skilling/Crafting | High | |
| Tanning green dragonhide | 345,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making raw summer pies | 344,000 |
95 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Mining salts | 343,000 |
72+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing the King Black Dragon | 336,000 | Combat/High | High | | |
| Making guam potions | 332,000 |
3 | Processing | Low | |
| Making raw admiral pies | 330,000 |
70 | Processing | High | |
| Crafting limestone bricks | 330,000 |
12 | Processing | High | |
| Making mahogany planks | 322,000 |
50 | Processing | High | |
| Creating teleport to house tablets | 320,000 |
40 67 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Crafting jade bracelets | 317,000 |
29 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting mort myre fungi | 316,000 |
Decent recommended | Collecting | Low | |
| Fletching headless arrows | 315,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Charging fire orbs | 309,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Making tarromin potions | 308,000 |
12 | Processing | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy irit leaves | 305,000 |
40 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Crafting mud runes | 301,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing spidines | 298,000 |
40 , , recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Recharging rings of wealth | 294,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Tanning blue dragonhide | 292,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Charging water orbs | 280,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Making teak planks | 275,000 |
50 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy) | 265,000 |
55 for High Level Alchemy Decent and 43 + recommended for Protect from Melee | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making mahogany planks at the Woodcutting Guild | 264,000 |
 60 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making dyes | 258,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Crafting opal bracelets | 252,000 |
22 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing Feral Vampyres | 251,000 |
75+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Stringing maple longbows | 245,000 |
55 | Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Picking bananas | 243,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Crafting emerald bracelets | 241,000 |
30 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Smithing cannonballs | 239,000 |
35 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Catching raw karambwan | 235,000 |
 65+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Creating bones to peaches tablets | 233,000 |
60 30 67 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Catching dark crabs | 229,000 |
85+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Cutting diamond bolt tips | 228,000 |
65 | Processing | Low | |
| Tanning red dragonhide | 226,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs | 226,000 |
Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Collecting | Low | |
| Making oak planks | 225,000 |
50 | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting black scimitars from Ardougne Castle | 223,000 |
61 | Collecting | Low | |
| Charging earth orbs | 223,000 |
60 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Smithing bronze dart tips | 219,000 |
4 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Casting Spin Flax | 219,000 |
76 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Crafting sapphire bracelets | 218,000 |
23 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cooking raw sharks | 218,000 |
80+ (89+ strongly recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing aviansies | 213,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Making anchovy pizzas | 205,000 |
55 | Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Casting Bones to Bananas | 205,000 |
15 | Processing | High | |
| Killing cave horrors | 204,000 |
 58 70 , , or 50 (Along with 70 Defence) recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Crafting ruby bracelets | 203,000 |
42 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Crafting gold bracelets | 200,000 |
7 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Climbing the Agility Pyramid | 200,000 |
30+ (60+ recommended) 20+ | Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Stringing yew longbows | 199,000 |
70 | Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Making Guthix rests | 196,000 |
18 | Processing | High | |
| Cooking raw anglerfish | 194,000 |
84 (99 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Creating Varrock teleport tablets | 194,000 |
25 40 recommended | Processing | Low | |
| Cooking raw dark crabs | 191,000 |
90 (99 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Cutting ruby bolt tips | 189,000 |
63 | Processing | Low | |
| Making marrentill potions | 188,000 |
5 | Processing | Low | |
| Looting ogre coffins | 187,000 |
High agility recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing spiritual mages | 187,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing black dragons | 187,000 |
80+ recommended 70 recommended | Combat/High | High | |
| Killing red dragons | 187,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Fletching unstrung yew longbows | 186,000 |
70 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Making pastry dough | 185,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Catching infernal eels | 183,000 |
80 (99 recommended) 25 (For oily fishing rod) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting fish food | 181,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Grinding chocolate bars | 180,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting snape grass | 178,000 |
72 recommended | Collecting | Low | |
| Catching sacred eels | 176,000 |
87 (99 recommended) 72 (96 recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Stringing magic longbows | 175,000 |
85 | Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Killing chaos druids | 174,000 |
40+ recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy lantadyme | 170,000 |
67 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Mining iron ore | 170,000 |
15+ (60+ for access to the Mining Guild) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting jangerberries | 169,000 |
10 | Collecting | Low | |
| Enchanting sapphire rings | 168,000 |
7 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Forging Giant swords | 166,000 |
30 | Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Cutting mahogany logs | 166,000 |
50 | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Collecting planks | 165,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting sapphire jewellery | 163,000 |
20+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing chaos dwarves | 163,000 |
60+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Filling water containers (Hosidius kitchen) | 161,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Catching anglerfish | 160,000 |
82+ (94+ recommended) 15 optional (to dig for sandworms) | Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | |
| Killing brutal green dragons | 159,000 |
70+ recommended 37+ (Protect from Magic) | Combat/High | High | |
| Buying team capes | 156,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Baking potatoes | 153,000 |
7 (41+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Crafting emerald jewellery | 151,000 |
29+ required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cooking plain pizzas | 150,000 |
35 (68 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play) | 147,000 |
69+ recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Crafting runes at Ourania Altar | 146,000 |
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 | |
| Cutting magic logs | 144,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Crafting diamond jewellery | 142,000 |
56+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Mining volcanic ash | 138,000 |
22+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe) | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting cosmic runes | 137,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Fletching diamond bolts | 135,000 |
65 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy harralander | 135,000 |
20 | Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing Bryophyta (free-to-play) | 135,000 |
50+ 50+ 50+ 43+ 57+ | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Buying iron ore | 134,000 |
60 for access to Mining Guild | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining adamantite ore | 133,000 |
70+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Spinning flax to bow strings | 132,000 |
10 | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak | 131,000 |
33 20+ recommended 500 total level | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play) | 130,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing brine rats | 129,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw monkfish | 129,000 |
62 (80+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Crafting ruby jewellery | 128,000 |
34+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields | 128,000 |
High recommended to have increased running energy restoration. | Collecting | High | |
| Killing ogress shamans | 127,000 |
80+ , 40 recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Dismantling bracelets of ethereum | 126,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| High alching wrath runes at the fountain of rune | 124,000 |
55 | Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Making pizza bases | 122,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Cooking raw karambwan | 121,000 |
30+ (90+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting monk's robes | 117,000 |
31 Prayer required | Collecting | Low | |
| Fletching unstrung maple longbows | 116,000 |
55 | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Smithing iron dart tips | 115,000 |
19 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Collecting nature runes | 114,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Smithing mithril dart tips | 113,000 |
54 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Crafting diamond bracelets | 113,000 |
58 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Crafting gold jewellery | 108,000 |
5+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Buying bronze bars | 105,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Catching minnows | 105,000 |
82 | Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | |
| Mining clay members | 103,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting tinderboxes | 102,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting bronze pickaxes | 102,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Cutting redwood logs | 102,000 |
90 | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Mining gold ore | 101,000 |
40+ , 40+ (optional) | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars | 95,000 |
15 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play) | 95,000 |
70+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cooking raw tuna | 91,000 |
30 (55+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Filling water containers | 90,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting steel platebodies | 89,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for Protect from Melee 25 for Varrock Teleport | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw swordfish | 85,000 |
45 (75+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Cooking raw salmon | 85,000 |
25 (50+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting chaos runes | 83,000 |
Decent recommended 25 to teleport to Varrock | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying jug packs | 82,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing monkeys | 81,000 |
5+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Blessing unblessed symbols | 81,000 |
31+ | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting ashes | 80,000 |
30 | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing imps | 79,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing ogress warriors | 78,000 |
40 (60+ recommended) | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Cooking raw lobster | 72,000 |
40 (65+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Buying kebabs in Al Kharid | 70,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Making dough at Cook's Guild | 69,000 |
32 | Processing | High | |
| Shearing sheep | 69,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play) | 66,000 |
37 | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 64,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making chocolate cake | 63,000 |
50 | Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Mining clay | 60,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Mining coal (free-to-play) | 56,000 |
35+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ strongly recommended | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars | 56,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 56,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smelting silver bars | 54,000 |
20 Smithing required | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Collecting iron ore | 51,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars | 51,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Stealing Wydin's bananas | 49,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Mining iron ore (free-to-play) | 48,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Killing hill giants | 47,000 |
30+ (40 recommended for rune scimitar) 30+ (40+ recommended) 30+ (40 recommended for rune armour) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Tanning cowhide | 47,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Catching shrimp & anchovies | 47,000 |
15+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting spades | 44,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 44,000 |
Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting garlic | 44,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn | 44,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) | 42,000 |
40 and 40 | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cutting yew logs (free-to-play) | 41,000 |
60 (80+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Smelting bronze bars | 40,000 |
1+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Cutting oak logs | 38,000 |
15 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Collecting beer glasses | 35,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing chickens | 34,000 | None | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Cooking raw anchovies | 31,000 |
1 (20+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing Zamorak monks | 25,000 |
40+ recommended, 20+ if Dragon Slayer I is not completed, 37 to cast Falador Teleport (optional) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Picking potatoes | 25,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (free-to-play) | 24,000 |
40 65+ recommended to avoid King Scorpion aggression | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Making flour | 22,000 |
32 (recommended) | Processing | Low | |
| Buying from Wydin's Food Store | 22,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing bears | 21,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Catching lobsters | 21,000 |
40+ (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play) | 19,000 |
50+ , 60+ recommended | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Getting infinite money | 19,000 | Collecting/None | High | | |
| Cutting willow logs | 16,000 |
30 (41+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | 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 chef's delight(m) | 607,000 | 00:25:00 | 1,457,000 | 48:00:00 |
54 | Cooking | |
| Brewing greenman's ale(m) | 528,000 | 00:25:00 | 1,267,000 | 48:00:00 |
40 | Cooking | |
| Growing palm saplings | 481,000 | 00:10:00 | 2,886,000 | 04:00:00 |
 68 68 85 needed for Dream Mentor, to unlock the spell "Humidify" | Processing | |
| Growing magic saplings | 288,000 | 00:10:00 | 1,729,000 | 04:00:00 |
75 68 85 needed for Dream Mentor, to unlock the spell "Humidify" | Processing | |
| Farming kwuarm | 271,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,713,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming avantoe | 267,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,666,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming ranarr weed | 266,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,658,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming snapdragon | 256,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,562,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming cadantine | 251,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,510,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming toadflax | 241,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,410,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming torstol | 210,000 | 00:06:00 | 2,096,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Opening herb boxes | 195,000 | 00:02:00 | 5,847,000 | 24:00:00 | For getting Nightmare Zone points, see this section. | Minigame | |
| Farming dwarf weed | 150,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,496,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Buying battlestaves from Zaff | 148,000 | 00:01:00 | 8,870,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Farming jute fibre | 123,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,481,000 | 00:50:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming lantadyme | 117,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,168,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Exchanging mole parts | 115,000 | 00:01:00 | 6,891,000 | 04:00:00 | None | Processing | |
| Farming Yanillian hops | 106,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,276,000 | 01:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Farming irit leaves | 101,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,011,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming | |
| Managing Miscellania | 98,000 | 00:02:00 | 2,948,000 | 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 coconuts | 85,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,704,000 | 04:30:00 |
68 or 85 (recommended) | Farming | |
| Bird house trapping | 68,000 | 00:02:00 | 2,047,000 | 00:50:00 |
| Hunter | |
| Claiming Dynamite from Thirus | 66,000 | 00:01:00 | 3,984,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Picking papayas | 64,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,277,000 | 03:00:00 |
57 or 85 (recommended) | Farming | |
| Picking cactus spines | 17,000 | 00:01:00 | 1,026,000 | 01:15:00 |
55 (higher recommended) | Farming | |
| Claiming pure essence from Wizard Cromperty | 1,000 | 00:01:00 | 30,000 | 24:00:00 |
| Recurring | |
| Dying blue wizard robes | 0 | 00:11:00 | 0 | 24:00:00 | None | Processing | |
| Selling hardleather bodies | 0 | 00:01:00 | 1,000 | 20:00:00 | None | Collecting | |
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 | 4,269,300 | 86
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine battlemage potions | 2,622,900 | 86
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine magic potions | 3,486,000 | 78
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine ranging potions | 3,301,200 | 74
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super attack potions | 308,700 | 70
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super combat potions | 8,013,600 | 97
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super defence potions | 283,500 | 74
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Making divine super strength potions | 403,200 | 70
|
Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
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