Money making guide

The Money Making Guide is a list of ideas that player may want to use to make money.

Note: When adding additional ideas, please keep these on a neutral point of view.

Mining Money Makers

 * Level 15: Iron is probaly the easiest yet the most demanded ores compare to the rest. Non-members can mine iron easily at Varrock east mine. Members have much more choice; the mine to the north of Yanille is one of them. Iron ores sell for 100 coins, possibly more in bulk.


 * Level 20: For lower leveled miners you may want to mine silver in the Dorgeshuun mines and sell the ore to Mistag. He will buy silver for 60 coins each; it does take a while though to make thousands. These can alternatively be sold to player for around 200 coins each.


 * Level 30: Pure essence can be mined quickly and sell for 100 coins each. Pouches from the Abyss help collect more per trip. The best place to mine them is from Yanille if you have 66 Magic. Note that this is a material that is very easy to sell in Falador.


 * Level 55: Mithril ore- mithril ore can be mined at level 55 and can be sold for 300 gp each to other players. This is very limited for non-members due to the fact that there are very few places to mine mithril ore. The mining guild contains 8 mithril rocks and is close to a bank making it perhaps the best place for f2p's to mine mithril ore.


 * Level 60: Mining coal from the Mining Guild is a good way to make money at this level. Coal sells for about 150gp - 180gp each and mines very quick because the Mining Guild is right next to the Falador bank.

Smithing Money Makers

 * Level 12: After completing Doric's Quest, remain in Falador and use the nearby Dwarven Mine to mine copper and tin. Improve your level by smithing the best item possible. Once you can make shields, you can sell them in Falador to the specialist shop there, but don't do this too often as it tends to drive the price down. Once you can smith bronze plate, you can sell it to the armour shop in Varrock.


 * Level 23-35 (with 15 mining): Once you can mine and smelt iron, you can again follow the previous strategy, although again it can drive prices down due to the low popularity of iron and bronze (in which case world switching can fix the problem). Continue to follow the previous strategies with steel.


 * Level 35: For members, this is a very fast way of making some quick money. Get the materials for 250 steel bars, you also need to start "Dwarf Cannon" to get the cannonball mould. Take your cannonball mould and an inventory of steel bars to a anvil and make cannonballs with them. Cannonballs currently sell for around 200 coins each, so even if you buy the steel bars (500 to 600 each) your still making a profit and gain smithing experience.


 * Level 48 (also requires either level 21 magic or 55 magic) Make Steel plate bodies (5 steel bars) and depending on your level use either low or high alchemy on them. 100 steel plate bodies using low alchemy will get you 80k and high alchemy will get you 120k. This can add up very quickly (can also be used with mithril plate bodies at level 68 smithing).

Fishing Money Makers

 * Level 1-3: In order to start improving your skills, make good use of the two fishing spots just outside of Lumbridge (head through the graveyard near the swamp, they're a little further along the path). If you lose your net, you can pick another one up from the respawns. This is also a good time to improve your Cooking skill, as you can cook the shrimp on the range in the castle, on the way to the bank.


 * Level 40: A very common money maker is fishing and selling lobsters. Other players may buy 100 lobsters for up to 20,000 coins. They are also very fast. Karamja is one of the most popular spots, although there are others.


 * Level 45: Fish swordfish with a harpoon and cook them if you have level 45 cooking. Cooked swordfish can fetch 300-400 coins each and raw can fetch 200-300 coins each.


 * Level 76: At this level, Sharks are the most common. Sharks can be sold for 900 - 1000 coins each. Raw ones tend to fetch higher prices compared to cooked ones due to the high demand by rich players whom want to level their cooking quickly. Sharks are P2P only.

Magic Money Makers

 * Level 20: Those of you who have completed Elemental Workshop II could make mind elemental equipment. Shops will buy these for 2800 coins each though this does wear your magic level down and you can only make 4 at a time even with 99 magic.


 * Level 33: You could use Telekinetic Grab to obtain Wine of Zamorak, which sells for 1k each, and even more in bulk on the forums. This can be very boring, waiting for the wine to respawn, but you can gain combat training by killing monks whilst you're waiting.

You can use Telekinetic Grab to obtain these items and sell them for a good price. (what might cost you is getting the law runes)
 * Level 33: In Wizard's Tower if you go all the way to the top of the tower, there is a caged level 82 Lesser Demon, if you usually kill this demon he drops: **Mithril Arrows
 * Rune Medium Helmet
 * 100-200 Coins


 * Level 55: High Level Alchemy is a great money maker especially when being used on Yew longbows at 768 coins each. After gaining a fair sum of money, another wise thing to do is buy Rune Medium Helmets for approximately 10,000 coins each and using High Level Alchemy to turn them into 12,000 coins.

Runecrafting Money Makers

 * Level 1: Fast Free Law Service on World 66 is probably the easiest and fastest way to get easy money!


 * 1) You need to mine 27 un-noted pure essence (30 minining needed) or trade them from a player.
 * 2) Talk to the Monks of Port Sarim to go to Entrana (Remember no armor or weapons are allowed on Entrana).
 * 3) Go North-East next to the law altar.  There will be law crafters there in Zamorak Robes.
 * 4) They will usually say that they are "Open" for trading.  DO NOT SAY "LAW ME" they do not like that.  They will trade you 27 law runes and 27 noted pure essence (so you never lose an essence).
 * 5) Take the ship back to Port Sarim and go to the closest bank, Draynor Village, or use Amulet of Glory, to go there. Store all pure essence and withdraw all back. You can also use the Balloon Transport System from Castlewars Bank to Entrana and teleport back to the bank using a Ring of Dueling.
 * 6) Repeat to you have 400-2000+ law runes, and sell them from (300-500gp a piece), this will give you anywhere from 120-500k.


 * Level 44: Nature runes can be made easily through the Abyss. They're very easy to sell for 300-330 coins each.


 * Level 54: Law runes also sell in the region of 300 coins whem sold in bulk quantities. Very low volume law sales charge around 1000 coins each. Law making through the Abyss is difficult due to the Abyss monsters and the limited amount of points where you can enter the center ring. Law crafting using the Balloon transport system is an alternative.


 * Level 59: Cosmic runes are now another variation. Double cosmics still yield around 300 coins per pure essence. Cosmic runes are used in bulk quantities in the Mage Training Arena.


 * Level 65: Death runes are now craftable. Death runes are not an easy sell in bulk quantities.


 * Level 66: Air runes using runners now becomes marginally profitable as the value of the airs is higher than the cost of normal essences and the fee paid to the runners.


 * Level 75: Adding the Giant pouch to any runecrafting activity offers a significant boost in crafting speed.


 * Level 91: making double Nature runes more than doubles the net runecrafting profits (proceeds of selling the runes minus the cost of pure essences). It can make you more than 1,000,000gp per hour!

Woodcutting Money Makers

 * All Levels (Members): Nests will often fall from tree often containing seeds, depending on the seed they can be sold from 5,000 coins to 225,000.


 * Level 15+: Oak logs are in high demand for the construction skill, if you have a large quantity you might expect to receive 50 coins each for oak log. Additionally, if you are a member, you might consider cutting oaks by the sawmill northeast of Varrock, making the logs into oak planks and selling the planks, which sell for up to 500 coins each - however, you must have a reasonable amount of cash to start with.


 * Level 60+: Yew logs are a good mix of cutting speed and sale price. They sell for approximately 250-320 coins each but can be hard to sell. It is wise to go to a crowded world, normaly closer to 1. A good place to sell these is the west gates of Varrock, by the bank.


 * Level 75+: Magic logs can be sold to fletchers for 900-1100 coins each.

Fletching Money Makers

 * Level 70: You can make Yew longbows and sell them for about 600 each, or you could use High Level Alchemy on them and get 768 coins each.

Crafting Money Makers

 * Level 10: Crafters can now spin flax into bowstrings. This is a popular way to make money as 1 bowstring can be worth 180 coins. For example 1000 bowstrings could make you 180k. NOTE: Bulk bowstrings (10k+) can be worth as much as 220each.

Herblore Money Makers

 * Level depending: Identifying herbs and selling them is a good way to make money, for example if you identify three Rannar weed's and sell them you could get up to 21,000 coins. Generally, the higher the level herb identified the more money it is worth, but that is not always the case.


 * All levels: Gathering secondary ingredients for potions is an easy way for players to make money. Indeed, because of the few people using this method (you gain little experience whilst ingredient collecting), you can expect to make up to 400k an hour collecting white berries.
 * Snape grass can be gathered without cost and sold for 500 coins each. Either collect from the peninsula just below the crafting guild, or if you have lyre teleports, your house is in Rellekka, or you have Waterbirth Teleport, collecting from Waterbirth Island is both faster and less busy.
 * White berries sell for up to 1k each. They are difficult to obtain for normal players, but after completing Mourning's Ends Part I you can then teleport to Lletya using elf crystals, and run around to the nearby fast white berry spawn.  Up to 400 berries can be collected an hour, even taking into account the elf crystal recharges that you have to make.  Some food and anti-poisons are required for this.
 * Mort myre fungi are reasonably easy to collect if you have a good construction level (50) and have completed the nature spirit quest. Use the altar in your house to recharge your prayer and teleport to canifis via the Kharyll Teleport, then run west and collect fungi using a silver sickle.  Then teleport to your house again (recharge prayer, teleport to canifis), bank at canifis and repeat.
 * When sold in bulk, Eyes of Newt can be sold for as much as 250 coins each, despite being bought for a meager 3 coins. Nearly every secondary ingredient can be found or bought for nearly nothing, and sold for a noticeable amount.

Merchanting Money Makers

 * Merchanting is the easiest way to make money as it requires no skills.
 * If you are able to buy runes from Rogue Trader, then buy 1,000 Nature runes for 225,000 coins and sell them to another player for 300,000 to 350,000 coins.


 * Start with a capita of at least 200k. Go to world 1 and buy sets of full rune for between 160-175k each and sell them for between 175-200k each. This can make you a profit of at least 20k per set. As your capita increases you can start to merchant more than one set of full rune at once.

Miscellaneous Money Makers

 * Flax can be gathered easily at any level and sell for around 100 coins each.
 * There are a lot of respawining items in the game that can be sold for a fair price.
 * One good way for new players is going to Port Sarim, South of Falador. Then go to the docks talk to one of the three seamen. Pay 30 coins. You will end up at Karamja island. Talk to Luthas get him 10 bananas go back to him and fill the crate. Talk to him again he will pay you 30 coins. Repeat.
 * Hanging around areas where players kill creatures can yield many drops, which, although they don't get a good price at general stores, can help make money. The cow paddock outside Lumbridge also gives cowhides, which can be sold to players levelling Crafting, or they can be stored for use in crafting.

Combat Money Makers
This is a way everyone gets money when they start out. Here are some tips


 * In the Stronghold of Security, if you go straight 3 doors in the Vault of War, you will see some minotaurs. Kill these minoutars and they'll usually drop bronze full helmets. If you go up to the helmet shop in barbarian village and they are low on bronze helmets they buy for 26-24 Coins. As the number of helmets increase, the less the money. Sell your helmets and go back to the cave to kill some more minotaurs and check back to see if people bought the helmets. If they did you can sell your helmets for 26-24 coins again.


 * Goblin Village Is another popular place of making money. The Goblins usually drop 5-10 Coins. You can make some money.


 * If you have a normal combat level (around 25-35), then you can make an attempt at the Wilderness. Bank everything that you can, besides the best food available (swordfish or lobsters are recommended for free players; members can use sharks) and try not to go too far in unless you're confident that you'll be able to get out of there quickly. A high Magic level is also recommended, so that you can teleport out, but remember: teleport spells won't work after you pass level 20 wilderness. The risks involved are high, but many of the monsters drop very good items.


 * Hill giants for their Big bones. If the other drop has a value over 300 coins it might be worth keeping in the inventory. Limpwurt roots can be sold to Pay to play players for around 600 coins. Bank in West Varrock.


 * Player Killing: Get your combat to a decent level (50+) and go into the wilderness and wait for other players to venture into where you are and if you can kill them, take their items and sell them. Be careful! If you die you can lose all your items so it is recommended to bring food and armor that you don't mind losing. (A tip is that if you are level 50 or below it is better for you to stay in level 20 and below wilderness. If you are level 60-70 level 30 is a good place to stay and if you are level 70 or 80+ any level wilderness is good for you....)