Money making guide/Free-to-play

For a full list of all the money making methods, see the Money making guide.

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Free-to-play methods

Method	Profit	Skill	Category	Intensity	Members
Collecting ashes	28,000	30	Collecting	Low
Killing cows and tanning cowhide	61,000	20+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Picking potatoes	46,000	None	Collecting	Low
Grinding chocolate bars	99,000	None	Processing	Moderate
Tanning cowhide	59,000	None	Processing	Low
Catching lobsters	53,000	40+ (60+ recommended)	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Making pastry dough	98,000	1	Processing	Moderate
Making flour	34,000	32 (reccommended)	Processing	Low
Making pizza bases	122,000	35	Processing	High
Smelting iron bars	63,000	15	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Cutting yew logs	40,000	60 (75+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard	44,000	Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item	Collecting	Moderate
Buying feather packs	228,000	None	Collecting	Low
Tanning hard leather	109,000	None	Processing	Low
Collecting iron ore	49,000	None	Collecting	Low
Collecting and tanning cowhide	70,000	None	Collecting	Low
Filling water containers	45,000	None	Processing	Low
Making dyes	86,000	None	Processing	High
Collecting monk's robes	38,000	31 Prayer required	Collecting	Low
Collecting cosmic runes	192,000	Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting chaos runes	164,000	Decent recommended 25 to teleport to Varrock	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting steel platebodies	87,000	Decent and recommended 43 recommended for Protect from Melee 25 for Varrock Teleport	Collecting	Moderate
Cutting yew logs (free-to-play)	34,000	60 (80+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play)	61,000	None	Collecting	Moderate
Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn	70,000	None	Collecting	High
Catching shrimp & anchovies	41,000	15+	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play)	29,000	50+ , 60+ recommended	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Blessing unblessed symbols	89,000	31+	Processing	Low
Mining runite ore (free-to-play)	453,000	85+ , 40 (optional), 40+ (optional), 25 (optional)	Skilling/Mining	Moderate
Buying team capes	21,000	None	Collecting	Low
Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild)	32,000	40 and 40	Skilling/Mining	Low
Buying kebabs in Al Kharid	43,000	None	Collecting	High
Buying from Wydin's Food Store	26,000	None	Collecting	High
Stealing Wydin's bananas	50,000	None	Collecting	High
Killing chickens	26,000	None	Combat/Low	Low
Making anchovy pizzas	70,000	55	Skilling/Cooking	Moderate
Cutting oak logs	58,000	15 (60+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Killing imps	56,000	30+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Smithing rune items	471,000	99	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Killing ogress warriors	88,000	40 (60+ recommended)	Combat/Mid	Low
Making chocolate cake	90,000	50	Skilling/Cooking	Moderate
Cooking raw chicken	55,000	1 (20+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw anchovies	52,000	1 (20+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Mining clay	76,000	41+	Skilling/Mining	Low
Catching lobsters (free-to-play)	34,000	40+	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Killing ogress shamans	129,000	80+ , 40 recommended	Combat/High	Moderate
Killing dark wizards	21,000	41+ recommended 40+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Killing hill giants	57,000	30+ (40 recommended for rune scimitar) 30+ (40+ recommended) 30+ (40 recommended for rune armour)	Combat/Low	Moderate
Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play)	243,000	69+ recommended	Collecting	Moderate
Killing monkeys	69,000	5+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Killing wizards	36,000	20+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Collecting nature runes	349,000	Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab	Skilling/Magic	Moderate
Killing chaos dwarves	61,000	60+ recommended	Combat/Mid	Low
Smelting silver bars	48,000	20 Smithing required	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Crafting gold jewellery	52,000	5+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy)	235,000	55 for High Level Alchemy Decent and 43 recommended for protection prayers	Skilling/Magic	Moderate
Cooking plain pizzas	141,000	35 (68 recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Crafting ruby jewellery	92,000	34+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Mining iron ore (free-to-play)	45,000	15+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ strongly recommended	Skilling/Mining	High
Mining coal (free-to-play)	36,000	35+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ strongly recommended	Skilling/Mining	Moderate
Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play)	132,000	70+	Skilling/Mining	Low
Crafting sapphire jewellery	74,000	20+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play)	121,000	37	Skilling/Magic	Low
Crafting emerald jewellery	98,000	29+ required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Killing hobgoblins (free-to-play)	34,000	50+	Combat/Mid	Moderate
Crafting diamond jewellery	124,000	43+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Shearing sheep	28,000	None	Collecting	Low

See also

• Money making guide
• Money making guide/Collecting
• Money making guide/Combat
• Money making guide/Processing

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