Money making guide/Free-to-play

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Free-to-play methods

Collecting • Combat • Processing • Skilling • Recurring • Free-to-play

Method	Profit	Skill	Category	Intensity	Members
Collecting ashes	28,000	30	Collecting	Low
Killing cows and tanning cowhide	82,000	20+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Picking potatoes	22,000	None	Collecting	Low
Grinding chocolate bars	108,000	None	Processing	Moderate
Tanning cowhide	70,000	None	Processing	Low
Catching lobsters	31,000	40+ (60+ recommended)	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Making pastry dough	139,000	None	Processing	Moderate
Making flour	26,000	32 (recommended)	Processing	Low
Making pizza bases	161,000	35	Processing	High
Smelting iron bars	77,000	15	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard	24,000	Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item	Collecting	Moderate
Buying feather packs	228,000	None	Collecting	Low
Tanning hard leather	59,000	None	Processing	Low
Collecting iron ore	25,000	None	Collecting	Low
Collecting and tanning cowhide	95,000	None	Collecting	Low
Filling water containers	95,000	None	Processing	Low
Making dyes	121,000	None	Processing	High
Collecting monk's robes	92,000	31 Prayer required	Collecting	Low
Collecting cosmic runes	182,000	Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting chaos runes	117,000	Decent recommended 25 to teleport to Varrock	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting steel platebodies	88,000	Decent and recommended 43 recommended for Protect from Melee 25 for Varrock Teleport	Collecting	Moderate
Cutting yew logs (free-to-play)	35,000	60 (80+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play)	139,000	None	Collecting	Moderate
Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn	40,000	None	Collecting	High
Catching shrimp & anchovies	29,000	15+	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play)	24,000	50+ , 60+ recommended	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Killing Zamorak monks	22,000	40+ recommended, 20+ if Dragon Slayer I is not completed, 37 to cast Falador Teleport (optional)	Combat/Low	Moderate
Blessing unblessed symbols	68,000	31+	Processing	Low
Mining runite ore (free-to-play)	448,000	85+ , 40 (optional), 40+ (optional), 25 (optional)	Skilling/Mining	Moderate
Buying team capes	186,000	None	Collecting	Low
Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild)	35,000	40 and 40	Skilling/Mining	Low
Buying kebabs in Al Kharid	47,000	None	Collecting	High
Stealing Wydin's bananas	28,000	None	Collecting	High
Killing chickens	31,000	None	Combat/Low	Low
Making anchovy pizzas	208,000	55	Skilling/Cooking	Moderate
Cutting oak logs	57,000	15 (60+ recommended)	Skilling/Woodcutting	Low
Killing imps	56,000	30+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Smithing rune items	516,000	99	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Killing ogress warriors	83,000	40 (60+ recommended)	Combat/Mid	Low
Cooking raw chicken	57,000	1 (20+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw anchovies	21,000	1 (20+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw salmon	30,000	25 (50+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw tuna	55,000	30 (55+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw lobster	47,000	40 (65+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Cooking raw swordfish	36,000	45 (75+ recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Mining clay	121,000	41+	Skilling/Mining	Low
Smelting bronze bars	76,000	1+	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Catching lobsters (free-to-play)	20,000	40+	Skilling/Fishing	Low
Smelting steel bars	22,000	30+	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Smelting runite bars	32,000	85+	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Killing ogress shamans	123,000	80+ , 40 recommended	Combat/High	Moderate
Killing dark wizards	22,000	41+ recommended 40+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Killing hill giants	46,000	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)	151,000	69+ recommended	Collecting	Moderate
Killing monkeys	51,000	5+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Killing bears	34,000	30+ recommended	Combat/Mid	Moderate
Killing wizards	45,000	20+ recommended	Combat/Low	Low
Collecting nature runes	269,000	Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab	Skilling/Magic	Moderate
Killing chaos dwarves	42,000	60+ recommended	Combat/Mid	Low
Smelting silver bars	37,000	20 Smithing required	Skilling/Smithing	Low
Crafting gold jewellery	57,000	5+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy)	244,000	55 for High Level Alchemy Decent and 43 recommended for protection prayers	Skilling/Magic	Moderate
Cooking plain pizzas	130,000	35 (68 recommended)	Skilling/Cooking	Low
Crafting ruby jewellery	137,000	34+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Mining iron ore (free-to-play)	24,000	15+ (41+ for Rune pickaxe, 60+ for Mining Guild) 13+ recommended	Skilling/Mining	High
Mining coal (free-to-play)	33,000	35+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe), 65+ strongly recommended	Skilling/Mining	Moderate
Mining gold ore (free-to-play)	20,000	40 65+ recommended to avoid King Scorpion aggression	Skilling/Mining	Low
Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play)	122,000	70+	Skilling/Mining	Low
Crafting sapphire jewellery	139,000	20+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play)	83,000	37	Skilling/Magic	Low
Crafting emerald jewellery	143,000	29+ required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Killing hobgoblins (free-to-play)	33,000	50+	Combat/Mid	Moderate
Crafting diamond jewellery	80,000	43+ Crafting required	Skilling/Crafting	Low
Shearing sheep	16,000	None	Collecting	Low
Drinking irresponsibly	42,000	None	Processing	Low
Buying iron ore	66,000	60 for access to Mining Guild	Collecting	High
Making pie shells	184,000	None	Processing	Low
Making uncooked apple pies	86,000	30	Processing	Low
Making uncooked berry pies	74,000	10	Processing	Low
Making uncooked meat pies	29,000	20	Processing	Low
Taking Bronze Picks	114,000	None	Collecting	High
Collecting air talismans	26,000	None	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting garlic	30,000	None	Collecting	Moderate
Collecting beer glasses	54,000	None	Collecting	Low

See also

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

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