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.

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. Some of these require investment and experience and high skill levels.

Stronghold of Player Safety and Stronghold of Security
Go to the Stronghold of Player Safety between Barbarian Village and Edgeville in the Misthalin Training Centre of Excellence. Once a player has completed it, he will be awarded with 2 skill lamps, 10,000 coins and a nice pair of gloves. There's also a mean-looking colony of cockroaches, so watch out!

If players are quite strong in combat, they can go to 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. But be carefull, for as a player gets lower down into the levels, the monsters that inhabit them will get stronger and more short-tempered!

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 Ardounge (Members).

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 stick 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.

Woodcutting Money Makers
Similar to fishing, woodcutting is also a popular way to make money. 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 you feel the market is too unstable in one of the runes you can hop to another for no loss.

Requesting Assistance
Level 1/44 (members): You can also make double natures from requesting assistance off someone with 91 runecrafting. World 36 is the main world in which people do this and at peak times there is always someone there who is 91+ runecrafting. The downside is you don't get runecrafting xp, it´s really boring and if you don't use the abyss you will need a least 44 runecrafting to access the altar, also a crafter with 91 runecrafting may not be there. Most can be identified as wearing yellow robes but check their levels on the high scores as people may lie saying they are 91 runecrafting when they are in fact not. This is a great way to make money if your not bothered about getting xp and want lots of money fast.

Fletching Money Makers (members)
It is not especially good, but still fairly fast 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 he/she is doing.

Slayer and Combat (members)
All slayer monsters have a chance of dropping a dragon spear.

Herblore Money Makers (members)
All levels: Gathering secondary ingredients for potions 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 1k each. They are difficult to obtain for players until he/she has begun Mourning's Ends Part I, but if you have, 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.


 * Potato cactus are easy to collect if you have a relatively high defence level (70+). Run to the Kalphite Dungeon where the potato cacti spawn. They sell for up to 2k 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. Players with a lot of high level alchemy to do may find it profitable to grab wines whilst they cast high level alchemy.


 * Red spiders' eggs are easy to collect if you have a reasonable defence level (40+). Go to edgeville dungeon and collect from the 6 respawn places. Either run to Edgeville bank, or use amulet of glory teleports (for faster banking). They sell for about 400 each.


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

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

Construction Money Makers (members)
You can either make the required lectern in your own house, or use someone else's (requires 1 Construction).

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

Summoning Money Makers
Wolf Pouches can be sold at about 250 coins each, and with a beast of burden, a familiar or pet can easily carry several wolf pouches at a time. By killing white wolfs, you gain about 200 profit with every Spirit wolf pouch.

Other Money-making Tips

 * Use the RuneScape official forums or the forums of a clan site to help you 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.


 * Buy tradeable discontinued items. Hold onto them for a while until you make a good profit. Many players make hundreds of millions by "hoarding rares" (buying many discontinued items at once and holding them).