Money making guide

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

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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 Yannile 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.


 * Level 30: Fast Free Law Service on World 66 is probably the easiest and fastest way to get more than 300k.


 * 1) You need to mine 27 un-noted pure essence 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-West next to the law altar.  There will be law crafters there in Zamorack Robes.
 * 4) They will usually say that they are "Open" for trading.  Offer to trade them or say "LAW ME" (it is highly recommended to trade players that say open).  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 (300-350gp a piece), this will give you anywhere from 120-500k.

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.

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 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.

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 55: High Level Alchemy is a great money maker especially when being used on Yew longbows at least 200 coins each.

Runecrafting Money Makers

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


 * Level 54: Law runes can be made quite quickly by using the Rune Essence teleport at the wizards tower. Then going to Port Sarim to head to Entrana. Law runes sells for about 300 - 350 generally. It can reach up to 1000 or maybe even more, but this is extremely rare and players should never totally rely on this to make a stable income. For players with runecrafting level below 54, law running is an option.

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 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.


 * 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.

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 335,000 coins.

Miscellaneous Money Makers

 * Flax can be gathered easily at any level and sell for 100-150 coins each. Flax is an item a bit more in demand than bowstrings.
 * There are a lot of respawining items in the game that can be sold for a good 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 hep 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.
 * 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.