Money making guide

This money making guide is a list of ideas that players may want to use to make money. When using it, keep in mind that the RuneScape economy is continually changing, so not all of the information given here will be 100% accurate. Also, although these methods have worked for some (or many) players, they are not guaranteed to work for every player. Making money is about working hard, using resources and, usually, having good luck. The ideas expressed here will hopefully help players to make their own money.

Rating scale
Different star ratings are relevant to how quickly money can be made. The more stars there are, the better the money maker.

Somewhat slow and inconvenient. Only recommended for players with little money making experience.

Good for players who need a little bit of cash in a small period of time. There are more effective methods for a long-term investment.

Solid for nearly all players.

Very quick for purchasing items worth hundreds of thousands of coins, although high skill levels are usually required.

The ultimate money makers. Most of these require investment and experience and high skill levels.

Stronghold of Player Safety and Stronghold of Security
Players can attempt the Stronghold of Player Safety between Barbarian Village and Edgeville in the Misthalin Training Centre of Excellence. Once a player has completed it, he/she will be awarded with 2 skill lamps, 10,000 coins and a nice pair of gloves.

If players are quite strong in combat, they can attempt the Stronghold of Security in Barbarian Village. Foods are recommended for players at all levels. Once a player has their account's recovery questions set and gone through the four levels in the Stronghold, they will be awarded 10,000 coins and a pair of boots.

Silk Merchanting
Follow the road east from Lumbridge across the bridge and through the toll gate. Follow the road as it turns south into Al Kharid. A Silk Trader is just east of the first building. Buy silk from him at 3 coins per sheet (or 2 if a player bargains). The silk can then be sold at the general store or Silk trader in Ardougne (Members). However, this method is slow and is only suitable for lower-leveled players.

If the store currently has no silk, a pack of 27 sold all at once will fetch 227 coins. Al Kharid has a bank, so players can bank their purchases and return for more. However, keep in mind that it takes the general store about a half-hour to clear a pack's worth of sales, so plan to run a fishing or mining (or whatever) trip between trips to the store. Three or four such trips will net a beginner enough for his first full suit of Iron armour.

Mining Money Makers
Mining is frequently used among lower levels as a way to make money. However, many higher levels and/or members abandon it in search of faster methods.

Smithing Money Makers
Probably the fastest money maker at high levels. Overall, it is not incredibly good for money making in the short term, but amazing if a player sticks with it long enough.

Fishing and Cooking Money Makers
Fishing is another popular and efficient way to make money. Raw fish tends to fetch higher prices than cooked fish, due to the high demand of players who want to train cooking. Therefore, it is recommended to leave those fish raw if maximum profit is desired. However fishing can take some time to get a full inventory, so patience is required.

Woodcutting Money Makers
Similar to fishing, woodcutting is also a popular way to make money. Though like fishing, it can take some time to get a full inventory. However, because of the lack of attention usually required, one does not have to be glued to the screen every moment.

Asterisks (*) mark often crowded woodcutting spots.

Runecrafting Money Makers
A very good money maker. There are several ways to make over 300k per hour with Runecrafting, including nature, law, double cosmic, death and double nature crafting, meaning that if players feel the market is too unstable in one of the runes their can hop to another for no loss.

Fletching Money Makers (members)
Not one of the best money makers, but still fairly good at level 70. Many players train this for the 99 skill cape, and a large amount of money can be made while doing this.

Magic Money Makers
Magic can be a decent money maker, but it is usually combined with other skills, and one needs to know what they are doing.

Slayer and Combat (members)
All slayer monsters have a chance of dropping a Dragon spear, though it's a rare drop.

Herblore Money Makers (members)
All levels: Gathering secondary ingredients for potions and then selling them is an easy way for players to make money.


 * Snape grass can be gathered without cost and sold for 500 coins each. Either collect from the peninsula just below the crafting guild or from Waterbirth Island is suggested.


 * White berries sell for up to 800 coins each. They are difficult to obtain for players until they have begun Mourning's Ends Part I, but when one has, they can then teleport to Lletya using elf crystals, and go to the nearby white berry spawn.  Up to 400 berries can be collected an hour, taking into account the coins needed to recharge the teleport crystals.
 * Potato cactus are easy to collect if one has a relatively high defence level (70+). They sell for up to 1100 coins each.


 * Wine of Zamorak is the only high level herblore ingredient that can be collected on free-to-play, by using telekinetic grab at the altar on the edge of the wilderness. The wines can sell for around 700-800 coins.


 * Red spiders' eggs are easy to collect if players have a reasonable defence level (40+). They can also be collected by using the Egg Spawn scroll with a spirit spider familiar. They sell for about 400 coins each.


 * Mort Myre fungi can work well for players who have completed the Nature Spirit quest. In Mory Myre Swamp, one can use a blessed silver sickle to cast spell on some logs. Then pick the fungi and sell it for up to 600 coins each.

Thieving Money Makers (members)
Thieving is a members skill, which can be used to make loads of money if players have a high level.

Construction Money Makers (members)
This skill is commonly referred as a money-wasting skill to level. However, if players have a decent level, they can certainly earn some money to cover their "output".

Merchanting Money Makers
Merchanting requires no in-game skills. Merchanting has taken a big blow due to the release of the Grand Exchange, but it is still possible.

Tips and hints

 * Use the RuneScape official forums or the forums of a clan site to help money makers buy and sell items.


 * The Grand Exchange in the specified trade worlds, (world 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) is the most busiest trading centre for both free players and members.
 * World 18 at Seers Village is a very big trading place and busy worlds (1800 -2000 people) are usually strong for selling items.