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	40,000	30 Firemaking	Collecting	Low
Killing cows and tanning cowhide	46,000	Combat 20+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Picking potatoes	20,000	None	Collecting	Low
Grinding chocolate bars	90,000	None	Processing	Moderate
Killing chickens	18,000	None	Combat/Low	Low
Tanning cowhide	30,000	None	Processing	Low
Making anchovy pizzas	58,000	Cooking 55	Skilling/Cooking	Moderate
Catching lobsters	26,000	Fishing 40+ (60+ recommended)	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Mining rune essence	13,000	None (Mining 41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe)	Skilling/Mining	Low
Killing Ankou (free-to-play)	11,000	Combat 60+ recommended Magic 60+ Ranged 60+ Attack 60+ Strength 60+ Defence 60+ recommended Prayer 43+ recommended for Pray Melee	Combat/Mid	Moderate
Making chocolate cake	25,000	Cooking 50	Skilling/Cooking	Moderate
Cooking raw chicken	26,000	Cooking 1 (20+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw anchovies	33,000	Cooking 1 (20+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw trout	3,000	Cooking 15 (40+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw salmon	5,000	Cooking 25 (50+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw tuna	4,000	Cooking 30 (55+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Making pastry dough	22,000	Cooking 10	Processing	Moderate
Killing ogress shamans	144,000	80+ DefenceAttackStrengthMagic, Ranged 40 recommended	Combat/High	Moderate
Making flour	72,000	Cooking 32 (reccommended)	Processing	Low
Making pizza bases	110,000	Cooking 35	Processing	High
Cooking plain pizzas	124,000	Cooking 35 (68 recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Smelting iron bars	33,000	Smithing 15	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Cutting yew logs	30,000	Woodcutting 60 (75+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard	43,000	Decent Combat and Defence recommended Prayer 25 recommended for Protect Item	Collecting	Moderate
Cutting oak logs	24,000	Woodcutting 15 (60+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Tanning hard leather	62,000	None	Processing	Low
Collecting iron ore	28,000	None	Collecting	Low
Collecting and tanning cowhide	52,000	None	Collecting	Low
Killing imps	50,000	Combat 30+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Smithing rune items	470,000	Smithing 99	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Killing ogress warriors	99,000	Ranged 40 60+ recommended	Combat/Mid	Low
Mining clay	39,000	Mining 41+	Skilling/Mining	Low
Smelting bronze bars	37,000	Smithing 1+	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Catching lobsters (free-to-play)	17,000	Fishing 40+	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Smelting steel bars	104,000	Smithing 30+	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Smelting runite bars	5,000	Smithing 85+	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Killing dark wizards	28,000	Combat 41+ recommended Ranged 40+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Killing hill giants	51,000	Attack 30+ (40 recommended for rune scimitar) Strength 30+ (40+ recommended) Defence 30+ (40 recommended for rune armour)	Combat/Low	Moderate
Drinking beer	13,000	None	Processing	Low
Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play)	324,000	Combat 69+ recommended	Collecting	Moderate
Filling water containers	28,000	None	Processing	Low
Making dyes	54,000	None	Processing	High
Killing monkeys	52,000	Combat 5+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Killing bears	40,000	Combat 30+ recommended	Combat/Mid	Moderate
Killing wizards	44,000	Combat 20+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Collecting monk's robes	56,000	Prayer 31 Prayer required	Collecting	Low
Collecting nature runes	455,000	Decent Combat and Defence recommended Prayer 43 recommended for protection prayers Magic 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab	Skilling/Magic	Moderate
Killing chaos dwarves	61,000	Combat 60+ recommended	Combat/Mid	Low
Collecting cosmic runes	281,000	Decent Combat and Defence recommended Prayer 43 recommended for protection prayers	Collecting	Moderate
Smelting silver bars	35,000	Smithing 20 Smithing required	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Collecting chaos runes	253,000	Decent Combat recommended Magic 25 to teleport to Varrock	Collecting	Moderate
Crafting gold jewellery	52,000	Crafting 5+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting steel platebodies	88,000	Decent Combat and Defence recommended Prayer 43 recommended for Protect from Melee Magic 25 for Varrock Teleport	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy)	219,000	Magic 55 for High Level Alchemy Decent Combat and Defence Prayer 43 recommended for protection prayers	Skilling/Magic	Moderate
Cutting willow logs	6,000	Woodcutting 30 (41+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Cutting yew logs (free-to-play)	25,000	Woodcutting 60 (80+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Crafting ruby jewellery	89,000	Crafting 34+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play)	61,000	None	Collecting	Moderate
Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn	25,000	None	Collecting	High
Mining iron ore (free-to-play)	26,000	Mining 15+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ Combat strongly recommended	Skilling/Mining	High
Mining gold ore (free-to-play)	22,000	Mining 40 Combat 65+ recommended to avoid King Scorpion aggression	Skilling/Mining	Low
Mining coal (free-to-play)	32,000	Mining 35+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ Combat strongly recommended	Skilling/Mining	Moderate
Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play)	57,000	Mining 70+	Skilling/Mining	Low
Crafting sapphire jewellery	101,000	Crafting 20+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play)	120,000	Magic 37	Skilling/Magic	Low
Catching shrimp & anchovies	31,000	Fishing 15+	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play)	22,000	Fishing 50+, 60+ recommended	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Killing Zamorak monks	29,000	Ranged 40+ recommended, Defence 20+ if Dragon Slayer is not completed, Magic 37 to cast Falador Teleport/ Magic 33 to cast Telekinetic Grab	Combat/Low	Moderate
Crafting emerald jewellery	106,000	Crafting 27+ required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Blessing unblessed symbols	78,000	Prayer 31+	Processing	Low
Mining runite ore (free-to-play)	454,000	Mining 85+, Attack 40 (optional), Defence 40+ (optional), Magic 25 (optional)	Skilling/Mining	Moderate
Buying team capes	89,000	None	Collecting	Low
Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild)	39,000	Mining 40 and Crafting 40	Skilling/Mining	Low
Killing hobgoblins (free-to-play)	40,000	50+ DefenceAttackStrength	Combat/Mid	Moderate
Crafting diamond jewellery	25,000	Crafting 43+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low

See also

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

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