Money making guide/Free-to-play
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Free-to-play methods[edit | edit source]
| Method | Hourly Profit | Skills | Category | Intensity | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithing rune items | 479,000 |
 99 | Skilling/Smithing | Low |  |
| Mining runite ore (free-to-play) | 445,000 |
 85+ ,  40 (optional),  40+ (optional),  25 (optional) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting nature runes | 277,000 |
Decent  and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making pie shells | 247,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting cosmic runes | 245,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy) | 243,000 |
55 for High Level Alchemy Decent and 43 recommended for protection prayers | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Buying feather packs | 228,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Buying iron ore | 193,000 |
60 for access to Mining Guild | Collecting | High | |
| Tanning cowhide | 188,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting chaos runes | 185,000 |
Decent recommended 25 to teleport to Varrock | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting bronze pickaxes | 184,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play) | 179,000 |
69+ recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Crafting ruby jewellery | 166,000 |
 34+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play) | 163,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cooking plain pizzas | 160,000 |
 35 (68 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Crafting emerald jewellery | 157,000 |
29+ required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing Bryophyta (free-to-play) | 153,000 |
50+  50+ 50+ 43+  57+ | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Collecting monk's robes | 147,000 |
31 Prayer required | Collecting | Low | |
| Making pizza bases | 144,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Making pastry dough | 142,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting sapphire jewellery | 142,000 |
20+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Making dyes | 136,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play) | 130,000 |
70+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing ogress shamans | 127,000 |
80+ ,  40 recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Mining clay | 120,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 104,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Grinding chocolate bars | 99,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting diamond jewellery | 97,000 |
43+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting tinderboxes | 94,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Filling water containers | 92,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play) | 92,000 |
37 | Skilling | Low | |
| Collecting steel platebodies | 91,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for Protect from Melee 25 for Varrock Teleport | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 91,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing ogress warriors | 90,000 |
40 (60+ recommended) | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Crafting gold jewellery | 87,000 |
5+ Crafting required | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Blessing unblessed symbols | 86,000 |
31+ | Processing | Low | |
| Killing imps | 84,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smelting bronze bars | 81,000 |
1+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars | 80,000 |
15 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Cutting oak logs | 79,000 |
15 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Killing monkeys | 79,000 |
5+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Cooking raw swordfish | 72,000 |
45 (75+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting iron ore | 71,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore (free-to-play) | 67,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Making dough at Cook's Guild | 67,000 |
32 | Processing | High | |
| Smelting silver bars | 62,000 |
20 Smithing required | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing hill giants | 59,000 |
30+ (40 recommended for rune scimitar) 30+ (40+ recommended) 30+ (40 recommended for rune armour) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Collecting garlic | 58,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn | 55,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) | 54,000 |
40 and 40 | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting ashes | 52,000 |
 30 | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting beer glasses | 49,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing bears | 48,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Buying kebabs in Al Kharid | 48,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Cooking raw tuna | 48,000 |
30 (55+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Making chocolate cake | 48,000 |
50 | Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Buying team capes | 45,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 45,000 |
Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars | 44,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Catching shrimp & anchovies | 42,000 |
 15+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Killing chaos dwarves | 41,000 |
60+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Cooking raw salmon | 36,000 |
25 (50+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting spades | 36,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining coal (free-to-play) | 36,000 |
35+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ strongly recommended | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Catching trout & salmon | 34,000 |
20 | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Making flour | 34,000 |
32 (recommended) | Processing | Low | |
| Cooking raw lobster | 34,000 |
40 (65+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing hobgoblins (free-to-play) | 33,000 |
50+ | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars | 32,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Catching lobsters | 31,000 |
40+ (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (free-to-play) | 31,000 |
40 65+ recommended to avoid King Scorpion aggression | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cutting yew logs (free-to-play) | 30,000 |
60 (80+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Killing chickens | 30,000 | None | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Stealing Wydin's bananas | 28,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing Zamorak monks | 28,000 |
40+ recommended, 20+ if Dragon Slayer I is not completed, 37 to cast Falador Teleport (optional) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Shearing sheep | 27,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing wizards | 27,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smelting runite bars | 26,000 |
85+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play) | 25,000 |
50+ , 60+ recommended | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Picking potatoes | 24,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting air talismans | 23,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching lobsters (free-to-play) | 20,000 |
40+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Cutting willow logs | 15,000 |
30 (41+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
Due to constantly changing prices on the Grand Exchange, some information in this article may or may not be current.
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