Money making guide

This money making guide provides players with a list of ideas that can help make money in RuneScape. When using this guide, players should keep in mind that the RuneScape economy is constantly changing, which means not all of the information given here will be completely accurate. Although these methods have worked for the majority of players, they are not guaranteed to work for every player. Making money is about working hard and using resources.

Rating scale
Different star ratings are relevant to how quickly and effectively money can be made, NOT the difficulty of making money. The more stars there are, the better the money-making scheme.

Somewhat slow and inconvenient. Only recommended for players with little money making experience and/or not possessing the required skills for better money making.

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 effective if in need of earning the funds for items worth hundreds of thousands of coins, although higher skill levels are usually required.

The ultimate of money-making schemes. Most of these require investment, experience, and/or high skill levels.

Stronghold of Player Safety
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Players of any level can easily do the Stronghold of Player Safety between Barbarian Village and Edgeville in the Misthalin Training Centre of Excellence, as all of the monsters on the route to the 10,000 coins are all non-aggressive. Upon the completion of the miniquest, players are rewarded with two skill lamps (each lamp is worth 500xp and can be applied to any skill regardless of level), 10,000 coins, Safety gloves and the Safety first emote.

It is tricky to navigate through the Stronghold of Player Safety, but the rewards are great. The high level monsters drop large numbers of runes for players who choose to train on them, some high-level ores such as mithril and adamant, and even rune scimitars for rarer drops. (For members, they mainly drop charms, seeds, and herbs.) No food is needed, but a high enough percent of run is recommended. The reward may only be received once per player.

Once completed, the Cockroach soldier (level 83) drop Rune Scimitar and Rune Sq Shield. They also offer decent training for higher leveled players.

Stronghold of Security
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If players are brave enough, they can attempt the Stronghold of Security in Barbarian Village. Food is recommended for players at all levels and even more for low-level players. (Note: For players with 10-15 hitpoints, 'trouts or higher are recommended). One can usually pick up raw trout and salmon from powerfishers near barbarian village on world 1. After players have had their account recovery questions set and proceed through all four levels in the Stronghold, they will be awarded 10,000 coins and either: the Fancy boots or the Fighting boots. (You can only get the money one time)

The monsters in this dungeon get stronger as players descend from level to level, and are aggressive beginning with the second level. There are some "safe" spots on all levels where players can wait to recover their run energy and eat to restore their hitpoints before they proceed further.

Some lower trainable monsters in the security stronghold include zombies and minotaurs. The zombies constantly drop steel arrows, body runes, and gems. The minotaurs drop iron arrows which can add up in time. There have been reports that the random event occurrences tend to be increased in the stronghold, so training for a long time will increase your chances of getting gems and other random event items.

Players may bank all items and just sprint through each level to get the rewards easily.

Like the Stronghold of Player Safety, the reward may only be received once per player.

Once completed, the Flesh Crawlers often drop higher leveled herbs, which can be gathered, & sold for a tidy sum.

now there is a new strong hold where you can kill level 8,53,83 cockroach soldiers  they drop rune scimitar (level 83) and you get a reward  from this chest you earn 10k plus a safety glove

Silk merchanting
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Silk merchanting can be very slow: 4-5 pieces of silk are acquired per minute (3 if the player bargains) plus about 45 seconds each way running between Lumbridge and Al Kharid. The player will spend about 8 minutes to earn 126 coins (after the Al Kharid tolls and initial investment), far below the average income for other methods. (Even members taking advantage of the East Ardougne Silk Merchant will find that this method earns less than 300 coins per minute of work.) It is, therefore, only suitable for beginner players with no other options.

With 101 coins (74 if players are bargaining), they could travel on the road east from Lumbridge, cross the bridge, and go through the toll gate (paying a toll of 10 coins). The road could be followed as it turns south into Al Kharid. A Silk Trader is just east of the first building. Silk can be bought from him at 3 coins per piece (or 2 if a player bargains). The silk can then be sold at the Grand Exchange for coins, at any general store, the Varrock clothes store, or to the Silk Merchant in East Ardougne (for members). If the general store currently has no silk, a pack of 27 pieces of silk sold at once will fetch 227 coins. Al Kharid has a bank, so players can bank their purchases and return for more. However, it should be noted that it takes the general store about a half-hour to clear its stock, so it is advised to do some fishing or mining between trips to the store. Three to four trips will net a beginner enough coins for buying a full set of Iron armour.

Potatoes
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Collecting food materials can be quite profitable for beginners. Potatoes, in particular, can be found in several places on both member and free-to-play worlds. The current price of potatoes in the GE are coins each, and are in strong demand due to several member food items that can be prepared with them, as well as for Stew in F2P cooking. The fastest location (in F2P worlds) is the potato farm just to the east of Draynor Village. The potatoes can be banked in Draynor Village or by going north to the deposit box at the Gnomecopters. Potatoes also can be bought from Wydin's Food Store in Port Sarim for 16 coins each, banked, and then sold to the Grand Exchange.

Cheese
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With a little bit of cash, a player can also travel to Port Sarim and buy Cheese for 8 coins each at Wydin's Food Store and in turn sell them on the Grand Exchange for coins each, making a modest profit from just a few coins. The player can buy large quantities quickly from the grocer, so the main drawback has to run back and forth from Port Sarim to the bank in Draynor Village. The player can make about 5-8 trips per hour, assuming that the player leave all of the player’s equipment in the bank and only bring coins to purchase the cheese. If the player brings precisely 224 coins on each trip, the player can purchase a full 28 slices of cheese, maximizing the player profit. It is suggested for the player to use the cabbage-port-feature of an Explorer ring to minimize the traveling time. If the player is a member and has purchased a amulet of glory (4) he can teleport to Draynor, bank and repeat. ***Keep in mind, not everyone buys cheese in bulk on RuneScape, so before you do this, make sure you have time to wait for the money*** Members can also travel to the void knight island to bank. Members which have completed at least part of Recipe for Disaster can buy cheese (and various other profitable food items) at the Culinaromancer’s Chest, which also functions as a bank; however, this shop does not have an infinite stock.

Dyes
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Harvesting onions and redberries can give some modest profit as well, but by far it is more profitable to make dyes from these items. For only 5 coins (even on F2P worlds), the player can trade 2 onions for yellow dyes, or 3 red berries for red dyes. These can in turn be sold on the Grand Exchange for coins each for yellow dye or  coins for red dye.

On member worlds just south of Ardougne is a spawn point for purple dye. This can be collected and sold for coins.

Mining Clay
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Another way to make money quick is to go to the mining area just south of Varrock. There are several clay rocks which clay an be mined from, and mining requires a mining skill level of 1. The player can get a full inventory of clay in less than 10 minutes. After the player acquires the desired amount of clay, simply walk north to the Grand Exchange and sell the clay for coins each. It is an easy way for new players to get a few thousand coins right away. For improved profits, consider purchasing jug of water at Gnomecopter general store for 1 gp each and making Soft Clay that sells for coins each. Buy jugs of water at the Gnomecopeters general store and keep deposting them in the deposit bins. Another great area to mine clay is near port Khazard while wearing the clay bracelet. Deposit them at Yanille bank.

Cooking

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Cooking.

Fishing

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Fishing.

Woodcutting

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Woodcutting.

Magic

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Magic.

Mining

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Mining.

Runecrafting

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Runecrafting.

Smithing

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Smithing.

Air running
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 * See this page for more information on Air Running.

Potatoes
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Members can earn money even faster by bringing empty sacks to the potato fields and harvesting the potatoes and filling them while in the field, then selling the sacks of potatoes. Sacks of potatoes are fixed at 10 times the price of individual potatoes (by Jagex), but are used as a payment option in farming and a few other areas in member areas.

It is possible to collect some potato seeds in this fashion if players want to start farming for the first time (for free), as about 1 in 10 potatoes that a player harvests on member servers will provide a seed. The seeds are "stackable"; therefore it is unnecessary to keep running to the bank as often, if a player collects several potato seeds. Bringing 24 empty sacks (purchased on the Grand Exchange, or from Farming stores) while harvesting will allow a player to fill and sell the sacks for 0 coins with about an hour's worth of work and requires no skills of any kind, including farming.

Soda Ash
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Members can collect or buy Seaweed and burn it into Soda ash for a profit. Buying Seaweed off the Grand Exchange and making Soda ash can turn a profit of over 150,000 Coins per hour with no required Skills. To maximize profits, a player should buy a large amount of Seaweed all at once and then make Soda ash at a Bank that is very near to a Fire or a Range.

Alternatively, players with little money to start up can collect Seaweed from any of the locations listed here.

Glass Vials
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Members with little money can easily make 200,000 Coins or more per hour from "vial-merchanting". Go to Taverly, buy an inventory of vials from Jatix, and sell them in the Grand Exchange for a decent profit. Having 45 Magic helps a lot, as well as plenty of Law Runes. If you do, bring the required Runes or Teleport to House (if it's in Taverly), and another method of Teleportation so you can bank the vials for later, and repeat the process. Vials sell fast in the Grand Exchange, therefore, you don't need to wait very long.

Filling them with water is another option. Banks with fountains near them (i.e. Camelot) are espeically helpful. Just use one vial on a fountain, and it'll do every vial. Bank the vials, withdraw 28 more, and repeat. This way, you can earn even more money.

Agility

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Agility.

Crafting

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Crafting.

Construction

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Construction.

Farming

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Farming.

Firemaking

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Firemaking.

Fletching

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Fletching.

Hunter

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Hunter.

Slayer

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Slayer.

Summoning

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Summoning.

Thieving

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money with Thieving.

Nature running
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 * See this page for more information on Nature Running.

Law running
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 * See this page for more information on Law Running.

Combat

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money while fighting.

Merchanting

 * See this page for a list of ways to merchant for money.

Miscellaneous

 * See this page for a list of ways to make money that don't fit in any of the above sections.

Tips and hints

 * The RuneScape official forums or the forums of a clan site can be used to help money makers buy and sell items.
 * The Grand Exchange in the specified trade worlds (Worlds 1-6, etc.) is the busiest trading centre for both free players and members.


 * Members with a high enough CB level can kill the various dragons for their bones and dragonhides.


 * With 70 Agility Member's can use the pipe, near the ladder, in the Taverly dungeon for easy access to the Blue Dragon. This is called "farming" & it consists of a BoB (Beast of Burden) & falador teleport tabs. it can be extremely quick cash (300k+ an hour on good days, depending on familiar BoB) & provides decent training too.


 * In God wars Dungeon, a player can go and kill monsters that have just amazing drops. The Player must have at least 60 strength Or level 60 agility to enter the God War's Dungeon, and note, it is extremely dangerous in there.