chapter 1:getting started
chapter 2:your first million!
chapter 3:start your own runescape bussinuse!
chapter 4
rofitable items
chapter 5:buy low sell high from shops
chapter 6:woodcutting
chapter 7:runecrafting
chapter 8:crafting
chapter 9:Mining/Smithing
chapter 10:Fletching
chapter 11:Fishing/Cooking
chapter 12:Farming
chapter 13:tips and tricks to making money
chapter 14:avoid scams and hacking
step 1:get 5k-10k
The first, easiest, and most common way is to kill chickens .
KILLING CHICKENS?? ARE YOU CRAZY! I know your probably
laughing as you read this, but trust me....there is a demand for feathers,
and soon enough you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank!
Members use feathers all the time for making arrows to raise their range
or fletching levels. Simple enough right? Kill the chickens and collect the
feathers. The chickens will drop between 5-15 feathers when they are
killed.
Listed below are the prices that people are currently buying for:
Free Worlds : 5-7gp each
Members Worlds : 10-12gp each
I know this may not sound like alot of money, but you have to think
BIG. To make money with anything you have to sell in bulk amounts .
If you are F2P (free to play player), then you should always try to sell
in World 1, if World 1 is full then log into the next busiest world, and so on.
Many people will offer to buy your feathers for 1-3gp each. Be firm
with your price!! If they do not accept the trade, don’t worry about it, just
keep collecting feathers and wait for someone who will buy them for 5 each.
Having feathers in your inventory is like having Money in your pocket!!
If you are selling over 1,000 (1k) of feathers then you should try to sell for
6-7gp each. (If you are a member you should always sell in units over 1k and
demand nothing less than 10-12 ea.)
You should keep collecting and selling feathers until you have reached
5,000-10,000 gp. This may take some time, but remember YOU need
MONEY to make MONEY!
Selling at 5gp each you can reach the 5,000gp mark, by killing approximately
250 chickens (this is if they just drop 5 feathers everytime, but remember
they can drop 10 or 15 feathers as well or sometimes none).
This is a great time to
work on training your other skills as well...combat, range, mage, (early levels),
prayer, and cooking. (You’ll get a lot of bones and chicken meat. i got up lvl 30 cooking using this technique)
another way to buy feathers is at port sarim specially after an update keep buying untill they they are over 5-10ea the shop is in port sarim I used the
Luckily collecting feathers is not your only option! (Trust me, I know
how boring this can get!)
Another option you may consider, is to mine Rune Essence. In order
to be able to mine Essence you will need to complete the Rune Mystery
Quest first.
You can start this quest by talking to the King in Lumbridge castle.
After you have completed the quest you will be able to teleport to the
Rune Essence Mines. The easiest way to do this is to go to the Varrock
Rune Shop south of the west bank. Here you can right click or talk to
Aubury. He will then teleport you to the mines.
Once you have mined an inventory full of Rune Essence travel back
to the bank. Repeat this until you have 1k or more Rune Essence.
(Remember to always sell in bulk amounts .)
You can sell your essence for 20-40 gp each. You can also apply the same
tactics to feathers once you get enough money, just be sure that you buy
the essence for less then 10-20gp or so.
Members Options
If you are a member you have a slight advantage. Members can make
an easy 50k to 100k per hour at a lvl 3!! To achieve this all you need is a
knife and an axe. You will be making arrow shafts.
All you need to do now is empty your inventory, keeping an axe and a
knife only. Then just go start cutting down trees ( normal trees only!). When
you get a full load of wood then use your knife with a log. On the screen that
pops up, right click on the arrow shafts, and select " Make X ", then just enter
the number of logs that you have.
Easy enough right. Depending on your wood cutting lvl, one round
should take around 3-5 minutes to complete. When you fletch a log you will
get 15 arrow shafts per log. So if you where to chop 200 trees, you would
recieve a total of 3k arrow shafts . Arrow shafts generally sell for 5-10gp
each.
If you where to chop 666 logs you would recieve 10k shafts which you
could sell for 100k gp!!
UPDATE: Many players have said that this is not possible anymore, it does
take a little longer than some of the other starting methods, compared to
last year, but IT STILL WORKS, you must have patience! If you find yourself
stuck with loads of shafts, attach feathers to them to make headless
arrows, these arrows will sell better normally at 15-20gp ea., they just take
longer to make, which means more time on your hands) it really depends
on if you can find the right buyer. You will want to look for players raising
there range or fletching levels, as they are in need of shafts constantly,
many are lazy and rich, and don’* want to take the time to make shafts
themselves. If you find a buyer, they will need MORE later, keep them on
your friends list and stay in touch with them, you may wish to offer them a
discount sell for say 2 gp lower then the rest of everyone, this will ensure
that they come back to you when they are in need.
The best way to sell shafts is to post them on the forums You can keep making the shafts yourself, or to save time, you can
start hiring log cutters to cut normal logs for you.
Pay them 10-100gp or less per log. A good place to find log cutters is to
advertise that you are hiring log cutters in the banks in free worlds. By
spending the 10gp per log, you are investing your money , because each
log will give you 15 shafts :
1000 logs * 10gp = 10,000gp (what you pay for the logs)
1000 logs * 15 arrow shafts/log = 15,000gp x 10gp = 150,000gp
As you can see you can easily turn 10k into 150k by doing this!!
In this chapter we have discussed how you can earn your vital starting
cash and turn it into 50-100k gp. The following chapter will discuss how
you can take this starting cash and start your journey to millions!
Chapter 2:
Your First Million!
Now that you have earned 50-100k you are well on your way to making
your first million!! This chapter will primarily focus on easy ways to make
your money grow. Remember what I said earlier " It takes money to make
money. " If you have not followed some of the ideas in Chapter 1 , it is a
must that you do so!!
What is Bulk??
When trying to make money you always need to deal with bulk
items . Bulk is simply a lot of items ...generally over 1,000 of one item or
more. So 5k feathers would be considered bulk.
This goes for any item in the game. When dealing with non-stackable
items such as ore or fish, you will always want to deal with bank
notes. Without a bank note you could only carry 26 pieces of coal in your
inventory. When you withdraw the coal in a note, you can carry for example
5k coal, and it will only take up one spot in your inventory bag.
To withdraw an item as a note simply click on “withdraw as note†when you
are talking to the bankteller.
All items in your bank can be withdrawn as notes. Using notes is
great for the bulk trading of one item to another player, because the note
only takes up one space in your inventory. (Sorry if you already no how to
use notes, I just want to make sure everyone is following me.)
Ok, so you now have a good amount of money in your bank, by following
the methods in Chapter 1 . Now you need to look for good deals on
items. Always buy low and sell high , this is the key. Some of you are familiar
with this I’m sure, but it honestly is the best way to make money, for it
will never go out of fashion.
If you notice an item is constantly being sold, but nobody is buying it,
then there is a low demand for the item. On the other hand , if you notice
people standing around the bank, screaming, “ Buying XXX ,†and nobody is
selling it, then you will learn that this item is in high demand .
Now it’s important to realize that this is just the general idea of how
supply and demand work. You obviously wouldn’* want to go by 3k of an
item just because one person is looking for it (unless that one person is rich or has already asked you)
You need to observe these trends to see how often people are asking
to buy them, and how often people are selling them.
There are however a few items that have remained constant for at
least 2 years in Runescape:
Lobster
Coal
Iron
Feathers
Herbs
There are plenty more out there on the market today, these are ones I
am personally comfortable with and had, and still have success with today.
I will touch on a few of these items in this guide. But is important
that you realize these are examples of my game play , results will always
vary depending on who or what you are trading with. You may need to adjust
these examples to fit your needs or capabilities, but this will give you the
basic template of how I do it.
Cooked Lobsters
Cooked Lobsters currently are selling anywhere from 170-250gp each.
Generally though you can find sellers that will sell Lobbies (Lobsters) for
100-150 each. These are the sellers you are looking for. One of the best
ways to find a cheap lobby seller is to travel to Karjama (or Catherby if you
are a member) and go the the fishing docks located there
What Do I do with all these Lobbies?
SELL THEM OF COURSE! The best way to make money off of lobbies
is to find sellers in the bank who will sell you a large quantity of lobbies
in notes.
You will then want to resell the lobbie notes at a higher price. I generally
buy lobbie notes at 150-175gp each. Then resell them for 200-250gp
each. I know this may not sound like you are making a lot of money by doing
this, but trust me, it works!!
Example:
Say that you have bought 100 lobbies off of several people at an average
of 150 per lobbie. This would mean that you have spent 15,000gp on
them. Then you turn around and sell them for 200gp each.
100 x 200gp = 20,000gp
You have just profited 5k gp for doing nothing!! This may not sound like
a lot, but imagine after you have done this many, many times. It all adds up
quick. One night last week I personally bought 3,500 lobbies off of several
sellers for 150gp. I spent a total of 525,000gp on them. I then resold them
at 200gp each... 700,000 gp . I made a profit of 175,000gp, in half an hour!
IT SIMPLY TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY!! DON'T BE SCARED TO
SPEND IT!! Once you have your first million you are set forever, as long as
you are smart with your purchases .
You can use this method with any item I was just using lobbies for an
example. I know it may seem like it starts slow, but that's because it does!
You must start slow to build a strong bankroll. Being persistent will make
you extremely WEALTHY!!
Iron Ore
I often use this same process and principles with Iron ore. I will travel
to different worlds and buy as much Iron ore as I possibly can. I will only
buy for 50-80 gp each, occasionally I will purchase for higher prices if the
seller has a large amount (3k or more). I generally offer to buy for 65 gp
each. If the seller wants more than 80 gp I will simply refuse to buy it, and
will log out of the world and into a new one. (Trust me there are plenty of
sellers out there, lol). In world 1 you can always sell Iron ore for 110gp
each. I normally try to buy ore in the Fallador bank, simply because this
town is centralized with miners since the bank is so close to the mining
guild and the mines southwest of Fally.
When buying I always log into the smaller worlds, starting with the
worlds that have the least players online, and staying out of world 1 and 3.
As with any item world 1 should always be used for selling, as prices are
always high there. A typical night for me when I am buying iron ore would
be like this:
I simply start finding sellers who will sell for 20-50gp each. I normally
set an average price that I will buy for (65 gp), occasionally if I run across a
seller who has a bulk amount (1k or more) I will pay 80gp each, simply because
I know it is a quick profit. I generally will do this for an hour or so, before
I sell. An average night will consist of me buying somewhere around
10,000 iron ore. At an average of 65gp each I have spent a total of
350,000gp. I will then log into world 1 and start selling the Iron ore for
100gp each (if you are really broke, you may wish to sell for 90 each, this
will be less of a profit, but you will sell quicker this way.) This means I have
sold the ore for 1 million gp , for a total profit of 650,000! ! This is great
money for no longer than it took to get it!
If you do this everynight, or even a few hours, you will be a multi-millionaire
before you know it!! Trust me there is no better feeling then seeing
that large amount of money in your bank!!!
Chapter 3
Start Your Own Runescape Business!!
Ok so you've made your first million of gold or so, now what can you do?
Well if your like me than I want to make more gp, lol. This chapter will my
show my personal little trick to turn you into a multi-millionaire in a mattter
of days!!
By now you should have figured out what item you personally like to sell
and trade, and know the high and low prices of what this item sales for. In
this next example I will tell you how I started a feather business, (I chose
feathers to start with because this is how I first started making my money
and I know this Runescape item (as far as how to push it ) better than any
other. This plan will work with any item in the game providing that is has a
generally demand. Some examples would be logs, iron, coal, steel, food
items, etc. Please note that I am a member, therefore selling is a little easier
since I can post the items I'm selling in the official Jagex Runescape Forums.
F2P's may have better results with an Iron, Coal, or Steel business.
Setting Payout Prices
The first step in creating your Runescape business is to decide how
much you are willing to pay your workers. How I figure this price is to go by
the average price that the item sales for, and pay a little above it, but still
below the high (the price that you will sell the item for.) In my feather business
I currently pay 6 gp per each feather. I chose 6 because the current
value of feathers in the free worlds is 5 gp each.
Paying above the " street " price allows workers to receive more gp from
me ( the buyer) than anyone else, (most people are offering to buy for 3-5
gp, because they do not know that you can sell them for 10 gp to members.)
This keeps the sellers/workers happy and also keeps them from selling to
other players. And as you have learned in Chapter 1, feathers can sell for
10 gp each to members. (If you are a free player view the FORUMS to find
buyers!)
This means that I currently profit 4gp per feather, which adds up
very quickly when you are multiplying by 10,000 or higher!!
Establish a Payment Plan
The second step is to lay out some kind of payment plan for your
workers, basically when they will receive there paycheck. I currently pay my
workers once a week, every Friday (unless I will not be able to be online, for
some reason.) I have created a website for my workers, so that they can
check when payments will be made. (This page is very simple, and there
are many free web hosts available, click here for some of the top free websites.)
The only limit I set is that they must have at least 1k of feathers for me
to purchase them, some of my best workers will have 20-30k + per week.
You may decide to pay your workers daily or whenever you wish, this is totally
up to you. YOU set your own limits. As with any business you will
need to start out small, and before you know it you will bigger than you can
imagine!
Hiring Good Workers
The third step is to hire workers! This may sound hard, but trust
me you can find many very quickly! Everyone is looking for money. The
best way to find workers is to go the Varrock Bank and simply type " Hiring
Workers, Pays Well, Add me to find out details! " When a person messages
you then give them the info. The other spot to hire workers is of
course the chicken farm (for feathers) Northeast of Lumbridge.
I currently have 25 workers in this business. You may wish to start
out smaller this is up to you. I have weeded out, or fired tons of workers, for
not being dependable on bringing in feathers, the 25 I have picked are hand
selected and always have a good quanity (over 5k) of feathers to sell each
week. Most of my workers will buy feathers as well as collect. They will often
buy for 1-3 gp, knowing that they are going to get 6 each for them at the
end of the week. On average I collect 250k-400k feathers per week.
So at 4 gp profit per feather (buying for 6gp and selling for 10)
I currently
make 1 mil-1.6 Million gp per week!! This is just from the feather bussinuse
Steel Bar Business
I also run a steel bar business which is brings in crazy money !!
Ok here is the basics of this business:
I have hired miners paying them 175gp per coal, and 95 for iron ore.
Then make the steel bars. I often buy steel bars for 200-400 also. I have
hired smithers (I always use smithers willing to work for free ) as well to
smith the steel for me, I give them the coal and iron for free , and in return I
get the steel bars , and they get the smithing experience they are after without
the hassle of mining or collecting the ore on there own.
Average cost per steel bar : 175 (coal)+95 (iron) = 280gp per steel bar
I am then selling the bars for 500-600 each for a gp profit per bar.
Last week I sold a total of 45,000+ steel bars at an average of 560 per bar.
This means that I spent 16,875,000 gold on the bars, but sold them for
20,720,000 gp !! My total profit for last week was 6,845,000 !! Not bad at all,
think if you had 2 or three other businesses going. It is possible to make this
amount in one night if you have the materials and workers to do so.
If you are a member you can also make cannonballs . You get 4 cannonballs
per steel bar. Cannonballs currently sell for 180-200 each. If I
would have just made half (18k) bars of the 45k I sold. I would have had
72,000 cannonballs! I could have sold these for 12.9-14.4 million , and still
had 18.5k bars left to smelt or to sell!! (I’m sure you can see the possibilities
here.)
Overall you may want to start with the feathers to generate some starting
business cash and then switch to the steel bar business. Or just start out
with what money you have to start the steel business, dont be scared to go
into debt, because you can always sell your product
Chapter 4
Profitable Items
The following are current items that are always in demand and always sell
easy with great profit opportunities, it is not a very big list simply because
this list is based upon items that have proved they can make good money.
(In over 2 years of playing Runescape, these items have always been in demand
and will continue to stay that way
FEATHERS - As over viewed in previous chapters.
IRON ORE - As I stated before buying and selling Iron ore, is a great and
easy way to make big profits. Smithers always and seeking large amounts of
Iron. Always try to buy for 50-80 gp (It can be done hire noobs and under lvl
20 workers). Hire miners, pay them 50-80 gp per Iron. If you hire several
miners you can acquire a large amount of Iron very quickly! Imagine if you
had 10-15 miners working for you, bringing you 20k - 50k Iron ore per week.
That is a possibility of 5,000,000 per week!! (I personally have made a ton
more then that, just by hiring the right workers, for more on that click here.
Even if you paid half of it back to your workers you'd still profit 2.5 MILLION!!
That is a HUGE profit!
COAL ORE - Use the same technique as you would Iron Ore, only the profits
are always higher!! Just use this price range instead:100-200. I normally
try to buy for 125gp and then sell for 175gp.
RARE ITEMS - Rare items always sell easily, because everyone wants one.
Always keep your eyes open for good deals! Just a few weeks ago I purchased
3 Santas of another player. I bought them for 350k each, which
meant I spent 1,050,000gp on them. Within 30 minutes I had resold all 3 of
them for 500k each (1,500,000). So I profited 450k within 30 minutes, not
bad at all, lol.
HERBS - Collect or Grow Unidentified Herbs. They sell for 1k each.
Buy Bowstings For 150 each then on forums sell for 180-200 each! I make about 100k atleast a hour with this!
Ok go to world 2 and buy D meds for 350k.
Then go to the forums and sell for 400-415k!
This can be fast money if you try hard!
Go to a busy members world. The go to Varrok East bank. Then say Buying Pure Ess 90 Each! Soon you should get some sellers. After you spent most of your money on Pure ess go on the forums and sell for 100-115 each!
First go to Fally park world 2, or fourms and buy furys
for 4.45 mil! Then sell for 4.55 mil!
Buy lots of whips for 1.9 mil, Then aell them all in bunches for 2.1 mil-2.2 mil each!
Buy dragon axes for 3 mil and sell for 3.2-3.3 mil
Buy lots of magic logs for 1k each!
Then on fourms sell for 1100 each in bunches!
Buy low Sell high from Shops
Another great way to profit is to visit various shops located within Runescape.
We will touch on a few of these in this chapter.
The goal is to find items in demand, or “rare†items. You will want to
buy common items from shops, and then resell them high to other players.
If you are a member there are certain shops in Runescape that only sell
items to members, and the good thing is that many of these items can be
used by F2P players.
1. Rune Shops (F2P and members)
This will work in any Rune shop for any level. (However, if you have
access to the Magic Guild, you can literally make millions in minutes!)
When you visit the rune shops you are looking for high volumes of runes
that are in stock.
Mostly Death, Law, Cosmic, Chaos, Mind...any rune that is used
greatly by mages. Mages rely on runes to play and gain experience. The
best place I have found to sell Runes in large quantities is to visit the Wizard
Tower and head up to the 3rd floor. On this floor is the caged Lesser Demon,
the are normally tons of mages here as this is the prime spot to level
and gain magic experience for all levels.
(pic of lesser)
When you arrive just ask if anyone needs runes, or if they are running
low. Mages hate to interrupt there training, and love it when they can find
“runners†to go get runes for them.
I personally am a mage and I actually have hired “runners†to run back
and forth from Varrock and other towns to buy runes from the shop, and I
pay them 2-3 times more than they have purchased them for. This is just an
example of how this can work.
Always remember to change worlds, to try and sell your runes. You may
also wish to take orders. If you choose to do this, just write down what everyone
wanted, (write down there username and how much of whatever runes they wanted)
Once you have this information, simply visit the rune shop purchase the runes
(switch worlds to find more runes in stock.)
Tip: The more of an item in stock the less is costs. So watch the price,
when it increases to high, switch worlds, over time the stock will regenerate, then
you can come back and continue to buy.
2. Caniffs Clothes Shop (member)
Have you ever wondered wear those colored gloves come from? Well here
they are. This is another EASY way to make a quick profit. This shop houses
many different colored robes, boot, and gloves. Red, Teal, Gold, Grey....
You may choose to only sell gloves, this is up to you. I always choose to
buy complete outfits. (Gloves, Boots, Robes). Once you have bought what you
would like to sell, log into a members world and go to the Varrock Marketplace:
Example:
Say you where to purchase 26 sets of Red Gloves (or any color). Each set
costs you 650gp.
26 x 650gp = 16,900gp
You then sell them at the Varrock marketplace, “SELLING COLORED
GLOVES 3K†(I use to sell them for 5-7K!!) A good way to choose a selling price
is to see what others are selling for. Say you sold them for 4k each.
26 x 4,000gp = 104,000gp for a total profit of (104,000-16,900) 87,100gp!!
When you have emptied your inventory visit the Shop again and repeat!!
EASY MONEY!! Thats all I have to say.
There are tons of shops where you can do this at. Another good place is the
fishing shop located in Port Sarim . Here you can buy feathers, really cheap, and
then resell for 10-12 gp.
Always keep your eyes open when you enter a new town, and be sure to
check out the shops, because you never know when you will find a gold mine!
3.water filled vials-buy vials at the argoudne general store 13ea then fill them with water and sell 500ea on forums
Get your cash and your money and head to Ape Atoll. MAKE SURE YOU WIELD YOUR GREGEE SO YOU DON’T DIE. Head to the rune stall. Buy as many law runes as they have and keep switching worlds until you are out of money. THESE LAW RUNES NEVER GO PAST 299EA IN THE SHOP. Now sell them on the forums for 350ea(about 50 profit from each).
Have about 500-1mil with you. Get a pestle and mortar. Go to the Grand Tree and in the second floor there should be a food shop. Buy all the chocolate bars and chocolate dust they have. Crush all the chocolate so that they are chocolate dust. World switch until your inventory is full. Head to the bank on the other side and repeat. Sell them on the forums (usually 400ea).
Chapter 6
Woodcutting
Woodcutting
Of course one of the simplest ways of making money is woodcutting. Although this can be extremely boring the rewards are reasonable, and it is such a simple skill!
Start off on normal trees, of course. Now before the release of Construction I would have said burn or drop the logs [F2P] or fletch into shafts [P2P] but I now advise banking the logs! Normal logs are now fairly easy to sell to people in World 1 for F2P or on the forums for P2P (sell for anywhere between 20 – 100gp ea!).
Alternatively you can turn these into planks [P2P] at the sawmill for the cost of 100gp/log and sell for up to 500gp ea (check current selling prices before doing this)! A good method for making planks without needing to walk to/from bank is the use of servants. If your Construction is 30+ a great and fast method is to cut logs or oak logs outside of the Rimmington portal, then with a full inventory head inside and tell your servant to take the logs to the sawmill (Cooks or better). Remember, each servant can only take a certain amount of logs at a time, and there is a cost involved so bring money. Servants also demand pay at regular intervals.
Whatever method you choose, cut these until level 15 WC. Personally I would cut into shafts to increase my fletching later (if you are P2P of course).
At level 15 Woodcutting start cutting oak logs and either bank for selling or make into planks for a cost of 250gp/plank. These sell for anywhere between 750gp – 1000gp per plank (check current prices on forums) so can be very good money! For F2P there are a lot of members that buy oak logs just outside of the West Varrock Bank on World 1, so look for a good price J. Cut these until 30 WC.
At level 30 Woodcutting start cutting willow logs at Draynor Village. This is right next to the bank so bank all of your logs. These sell for 30 – 40gp per log to P2P fletchers so for F2P sell in World 1 Draynor Bank or P2P on the forums. Easier sales and better prices for more logs of course.
At level 45 Woodcutting P2P’s can cut Maple logs. These are not as fast as Willows but sell for 100gp+ and can be found right next to Seer’s Bank. If you prefer faster XP stick to Willow logs.
At level 60 Woodcutting you can cut Yew logs. These are great for money, selling for between 250gp – 300gp per log! At level 60 Yew’s take a long time to cut a full load so personally I would recommend you continue cutting Willow logs, as they still make reasonable money but much faster XP. There is also the hassle of competing with the huge number of Autoer’s on every F2P world so keep this in mind if you choose to cut Yews at level 60 WC.
Personally I would continue cutting Willows until 70 WC, then move to Yew logs. P2P players could also try cutting Maples at around level 60 and see how this goes, but I used Willows until level 70.
At level 70 Woodcutting I cut Yew logs until level 75 then cut Magic Logs [P2P] below seers. Magic logs take a long time to cut at level 75 so it is advisable to continue cutting Yew logs until around level 80 WC, which will allow you to cut Magic logs a little bit faster and also make a fair bit of money too. Magic logs sell for between 900gp – 1100gp each. With the logs cut you can choose to sell, fletch [P2P] or burn them! It is up to you.
Log Cutting Chart:
Level 1 – 15 = 97 Normal Logs
Level 15 – 30 = 439 Normal Logs, 293 Oak Logs
Level 30 – 45 = 714 Willow Logs
Level 45 – 60 = 3,145 Willow Logs, 2,123 Maple Logs
Level 60 – 70 = 6,873 Willow Logs, 4,639 Maple Logs, 2,651 Yew Logs
Level 70 – 75 = 7,005 Willow Logs, 4,728 Maple Logs, 2,702 Yew Logs
Level 75 – 80 = 7,757 Maple Logs, 4,433 Yew Logs, 3,103 Magic Logs
Level 80 – 99 = 63,134 Yew Logs, 44,194 Magic Logs
Willows from 30 – 70 as advised = 7,587
Yews from 70 – 80 as advised = 7,135
Try to make this skill interesting by chatting to people at the various trees, there will usually be a number of other people there!
chapter 7
Runecrafting
method 1(recomended 500k to start)
1.now with your money buy 12k rune ess (or as much as you can buy) then get an air tiara.turn that regular ess. into air runes then sell the air runes on forums for 17ea.you should come out with more money than you had before because you get up to 4 airs per ess.
2.Now get out about 20k cash and Nature Tiara and Sell 5k noted Pure Essence to the general store on Karamja. Keeping the Natures in your inventory. After you make the 5k Natures sell them on the forums for 300gp each getting you 1.5m.
METHOD 2 – Long and boring, but more profit
Method one is to buy all of your rune essence and craft it yourself, crafting the best rune you can when you can! This means running back and forth between the bank and the altar thousands of times rising it bit by bit! Sounds slow and boring? It is! But isn’t this the case with most skills when you are low levelled?
Personally I started on air runes and continued doing air runes until level 44! Below I will describe a method that made this MUCH easier for me to raise it quickly. Air runes are reasonably easy to sell compared with earth runes, fire runes and water runes as they are used in a large variety of spells.
At level 44 Runecrafting you can then make nature runes! I chose to skip making Chaos runes due to the danger of crafting them in the wilderness, so I will leave that out. You have two choices here defined in this method. Take all of your pure essence [noted] and go to the Karamja Jungle where the Nature Altar is, also taking with you a Nature talisman/tiara and some gold. You will then need to go to the general store (north-west of altar) and sell a “full load†(defined by the space in your inventory) of essence to the general store and buy it back in item form. This will cost a small amount to you, and is dangerous, as many people will try to steal the essence away from you, buying it before you get to! Boots of lightness come in handy as you must run to the general store and back to the nature altar a HUGE number of times! This is the longest and most boring way of runecrafting nature runes.
Once you achieve level 54 runecrafting you can craft law runes, well done! The altar is on Entrana and the talisman is a reward from the Troll Stronghold quest. You cannot take any armour or weapons to Entrana so keep this in mind before trying to go there from Port Sarim. Run back and forth from the Draynor bank to the Law Altar, and I’m sure that anyone who has ran for “Fast Free Laws on World 66 + 99†would know this route very well!
METHOD 3 – Way faster, costs more/less profitable
In method two you employ runners to work for you! This is not advisable unless your runecrafting is 33+ as that is when it starts to “break even†and you stop losing money for employing runners.
AIRS: Air runners are a potentially large business, especially if you are using a F2P world. You can offer two things: Cash payment or Air rune payment. Remember that the more runners who come to work for you, the faster you will gain XP, but the less profit you will make. For rich players the XP is usually the more desired of the two, and methods can be developed to retain some profit! Before choosing to use runners, search the rs forums for “Air Companies†that you may be eligible to join. A good idea is to offer 78 Air Runes per trip, which means that at level 33 Runecrafting you start making a decent amount of profit at a very fast rate!
NATURES: There are a number of nature crafting companies within the rs forums, or you can just start your own private company offering however much pay you want! Usual prices are between 9,000gp – 11,000gp per run. Obviously with high prices like these it is difficult to make a profit, so a lot of people choose to pay in Nature runes to runners, which may sometimes prove a better payment.
LAWS: There are a couple of very large law companies that offer “Laws for Ess†where crafters bring the original 26 essence [unnoted] and receive 26 law runes + 26 essence [noted]. Obviously this means you will be making no profit (it is actually a loss!) as a crafter but the XP is extremely fast, Worlds 66 + 99 being full at most times due to the large number of runners for the huge company operating there. Other companies also exist on a “No Return†basis where runners supply their own ess, which means you work at no profit but gain free XP!
As you can see, Method 2 does not bring a lot of money, and is mainly used as a way to gain XP quickly so that you can get to law runes or double natures!
METHOD 4 – Extremely fast, very risky but reaps rewards
Method 3 is of course crafting in the abyss. To do this you need to do the Mage of Zamarok mini-quest by talking to him around level 7 Wilderness above Edgeville. There are plenty of guides for doing that quest on fan sites so I’m not going into it here! Once the quest has been completed you can start crafting with the abyss! Remember to use as many pouches as you can at your level! It adds up, trust me!
The abyss is located in Level 7 Wilderness above Edgeville by choosing “Teleport†on the Mage of Zamarok.
To use the abyss I advise the following:
• Glory Amulet (as well as a 1 click teleport for those with safety concerns)
• Woodcutting Axe – any kind
• Low levels take cheap, light armour set like Green Dragonhide.
The armour is good as the abyss is a multi combat zone and you will get attacked by a swarm of abyssal monsters! There are a number of high-levelled monsters too, with the teleport spot being random, so watch out! You can get to the centre of the abyss by either going through the passage at the far north, or using one of the shortcuts around the circle. There is a number of each shortcut type, which requires different skills. By using a Woodcutting Axe you can chop through the tentacles, and then use thieving and agility to get through their respective shortcuts. Decent levels are required in these skills. Once inside the inner circle look for the portal with the picture of the rune you are trying to craft flashing inside the black area. You will know what I mean when you get there! Simply click on this portal to be transported there without the need of a tiara or talisman! Use the essence with the altar; empty the pouches then use the essence with the altar again. Un-equip your Glory Amulet and teleport to Edgeville, bank the runes and withdraw essence (filling pouches) then start the process again! This is the fastest way to craft runes, and also only involves the cost of rune essence (plus one time glory purchase)! It is advisable, if you have the money, to buy 10+ glory amulets so you only need to go charge them every 40 trips, which is just over 1,000 nature runes without pouches.
Please keep in mind that the abyss skulls you and drops prayer to 0, therefore when you are in the Wilderness you can be PK-ed by the dirty, filthy people that kill for the want of one glory amulet! L Just keep this in mind when selecting a world to craft on, as less crowded worlds is generally safer to craft on. If you see a team of PK-ers 7-10 levels lower or higher than you, DON’T use this world. It is too risky! Change worlds without a second thought; don’t try to outsmart them by being sneaky, as you will die a number of times.
Runecrafting Guide:
Level 1 – 44 = 11,130 Essence (Air)
Level 44 – 54 = 19,045 Essence (Air), 10,581 Essence (Nature)
Level 54 – 91 = 639,107 Essence (Nature), 605,470 Essence (Law)
As you can see, Runecrafting takes a lot of time and patience, but the money you gain is amazing. At current prices of around 90gp/pure essence, Runecrafters still make 210gp profit PER essence! At level 91 Runecrafting, crafters make 510gp profit PER essence! WOW! This is another skill that doesn’t require a high level to make high levels of money (44 Runecrafting ISN’T a high level people)!
chapter 8
crafting
Try buying Flax for 90-100 Each then, just string it! You can easily make 150k an hour with this method!
chapter 9
Mining/Smithing
One of my least favourite skills of all time, mining can be an excellent moneymaker once you hit level 85. I will keep this guide simple as I don’t know the best methods for training either of these, with my max levels in each being only 70 and 68 respectively.
Start out mining tin and copper. I personally mine from level 1 – 15 on Tin, then mine the same number of copper. Mining 150 of both Tin and Copper will get you to 21 Mining and the ability to use a mithril pick, which will make mining Iron easier than using a steel pick! Make sure to bank these ores, with a close mine to the bank being East Varrock mines. Smelting and smithing all of these ores will get you to 16 Smithing, so you will be able to smith Iron Bars.
Once you have reached 21 Mining you can mine iron! A good spot is the Rimmington mines, especially if you are a P2P with 30+ Construction. The servant can take your ores to the bank for you, and the mine is right next to the portal! This is even faster than power mining and dropping Iron ores in my opinion, and way less clicking! Iron ore is great money selling at 100gp+ per ore. Smithing these into bars is very profitable for members with a Ring of Forging which will make 140 Bars at 100% success (5 loads) otherwise the success rate is only 50%.
I would keep mining iron until level 60 Mining so you can enter the Miners Guild in Falador just below the bank. Smith only the amount of Iron needed to gain 30 Smithing then leave the rest for smithing Steel bars later (see numbers below). At level 60 Mining you can start mining coal in the guild for good money or for making steel bars, or if you would rather the XP you can keep mining Iron (power mining or banking, whichever is preferred). Personally I advise raising smithing WITH your mining rather than wasting the ores. I THINK coal becomes fairly easy to mine in the guild at around level 70, plus you have the advantage of mining the Adamantite ores in the Scorpions Lair just next to the guild through the gate along with the Mithril ores scattered through the two areas. Remember, crowded worlds have faster respawn on ores but more competition! Choose one that is right for your level.
For high-level mining do whatever you want to! I have never had mining above 70 so this is unknown to me. A fast way to raise is power mining Iron but if you would rather make money by all means mine coal and sell for 200gp+ per coal (check these prices).
It is advisable to smith everything you make at least into bars! Bars sell for a lot more than the ores would but take time to smith. It all depends on whether you like the skill ore not, but it reaps its rewards like most other skills!
Mining:
Level 1 – 21 = 287 Copper/Tin
Level 23 – 60 = 7,678 Iron
Level 60 – 70 = 13,254 Iron, 9,278 Coal
Level 70 – 85 = 72,028 Iron, 50,420 Coal
Smithing (smelt and smith):
Level 1 – 15 = 129 Bronze
Level 15 – 30 = 293 Iron (at 100% success rate – more without Ring of Forging)
Level 30 – 55 = 1600 Steel
Level 55 – 70 = 11,569 Steel, 7,954 Mithril
Level 70 – 85 = 45,836 Steel, 31,513 Mithril, 25,210 Adamantite
As you can see, mining and smithing is A LOT of work, but with Rune Ores selling at around 12k each ore, it is certainly worth the effort!
chapter 10
Fletching
Fletching is one of the most commonly raised member skills, as it offers a great way to make money in conjunction with High Alchemy (Level 55 Magic). This is a member’s only skill!
Simply put fletching is cutting logs into bows/arrows! To start off you should cut normal logs to make arrow shafts. If you have the money to spare I advise buying 1,000 normal logs and turning them all into shafts, then add feathers to the shafts. ONLY USE THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVE MONEY SPARE:
• Buy 1,000 normal logs and fletch into 15,000 Arrow shafts
• Buy 15,000 feathers (150K) and attach to shafts to make headless arrows
• Buy 1K Iron Bars and make 15,000 Arrowheads (20 smithing required)
• Attach heads to headless arrows making 15,000 Iron Arrows!
The above method costs approximately 400,000Gp (logs = 50ea, feathers = 10ea, bars = 200ea) with a 450,000Gp return selling Iron arrows at 30 ea! This also gets you to level 46 Fletching with the ability to make Willow Long Bows (plus an extra 6 levels)!
If you don’t have the money for the aforementioned guide, keep cutting arrow shafts until you reach 20 Fletching for Oak Short Bows, I personally wouldn’t bother making normal bows as it is annoying having to drop them, and arrow shafts are stackable! At level 20 start making Oak bows and continue making the best bow you can for as long as you can! Great way to raise Woodcutting at the same time, but make sure you are close to a bank so you don’t need to drop all of the bows! Another method is to cut all of the logs first then stand at the bank withdrawing logs, fletching then depositing and withdrawing more. Choose the best to suit your style of play – cutting and fletching straight away is more interesting than constant cutting and constant fletching but the choice is yours!
After fletching the 15,000 Arrow Shafts I bought 17,000 Willow Logs to get me to 70 Fletching (only 16,878 from level 40). DO NOT attach ANY strings to these, as it is not worth it! Stringing bows is VERY tedious and costs more for the same XP! Strings cost around the 150gp/string area, and strung bows give 2x the XP as unstrung bows. Therefore a strung Willow Long costs around 190gp whilst two unstrung Willow Longs costs around 80gp to make. Less than half the costs and WAY less clicking! You can sell the Unstrung Bows to the general store (not sure on price when store is maxed), drop them, sell them, keep them as a memento or give away to low levels or anyone that wants them!
At 70 Fletching you start making money from Yew Longs! Either cut or buy Yew logs (buy at 250gp from F2P or up to 300gp on F2P forums) and pick & spin or buy strings. BOTH methods make profit, it just depends on how much you want and the time you are willing to spend doing it!
It costs, to make one Yew Long (using logs = 250ea, string = 150ea) 400gp, and the selling price on mass Yew Longs (i.e. 1,000+) is 600gp ea! That’s 200gp profit per bow!
If you have 55 Magic you can use the great method of high alchemy to raise your mage level. This is a great way for members to make money whilst training mage, and is the reason for the insane rs economy! Strung Yew Long Bows alchemy for 768gp/bow and alchemy uses one nature rune per spell (whilst using a fire staff). You can buy the resources for a Yew Long plus the spell for 700gp (Bow = 400gp as above, Nature rune = 300gp) meaning 68gp profit per bow! This doesn’t sound like a lot but if you are alchemising 1,000 Yew Long Bows [notes] that is 68,000Gp profit, plus 65,000 Magic Experience (65xp per cast)! AMAZING!
At 85 Fletching the profit becomes even greater, with the ability to make Magic Long Bows which alchemy for 1,536gp/bow. You can buy the resources for a Magic Long plus the spell for 1,450gp (logs = 1,000gp, string = 150gp, Nature rune = 300gp) meaning 86gp profit per bow! If you alchemise 1,000 Magic Longs Bows [notes] that is 86,000Gp profit, plus 65,000 Magic Experience. AMAZING!
Another method that I used at level 75 Fletching was making Rune Arrows. These are fairly easy to sell on the forums or in World 2/18, the main PK-ing Worlds, in Edgeville. For this method I sell at 400gp/arrow.
For a start buy however many headless arrows you will need, depending on how many you want to make. Headless arrows cost around 15gp – 20gp each. Go to the Catherby range store and buy Rune Arrowheads from the store, ONLY if it is completely stocked to 100 Heads. If it is not completely stocked the prices WILL be higher! Buy all 100 arrowheads then world switch to the next world (SwiftSwitch or another trusted client comes in handy here) and continue buying arrowheads until you have 1,000 then use them with your headless arrows. Depending on your starting cash you may continue buying more, sell them now for profit or make LESS arrows than 1,000. It costs around 300gp – 330gp average per arrowhead (cant remember exact amount) after buying 100 arrowheads from the store. To maximise profits you can buy LESS from each store, meaning the price will not rise as high per arrowhead, but it will take a lot longer to make the same amount of arrows. Including world switching time, it takes me around 20 minutes to make 1,000 Rune Arrows. Now lets look at the profit for 1,000 Rune Arrows (selling 400gp each).
Resources:
• Headless arrows = 15gp each
• Rune arrowheads = 320gp each (average after 100 purchased)
Therefore it costs 335gp to make 1 rune arrow. Making 1,000 will cost around 335,000Gp which means 65,000Gp profit in 20 minutes work! AMAZING!
Bows making chart (long bows):
Level 25 – 40 = 1,176 Oak Unstrung
Level 40 – 70 = 16,878 Willow Unstrung (CHEAPEST)
Level 70 – 85 = 16,807 Yew Strung
Arrows making chart (including shaft making + attaching feathers):
Level 1 – 15 = 7,307 Shafts (488 logs), 2,411 Headless Arrows
Level 15 – 30 = 2,860 Iron
Level 30 – 45 = 12,572 Iron, 7,607 Steel
Level 45 – 60 = 55,413 Iron, 33,528 Steel, 24,036 Mithril
Level 60 – 75 = 106,080 Mithril, 85,153 Adamantite
Level 75 – 85 = 136,545 Rune
Obviously Fletching is a great money mule for members!
chapter 11
Fishing/Cooking
Again, a skill I haven’t been able to raise the best I wanted to, fishing (with cooking) is an excellent way to make a boatload of money! If you put in the time and effort to get to 76 Fishing and 80 Cooking, the rewards are GREAT!
Starting off, go to Draynor Village with a small net and fish shrimp there. You can either do this until level 5 and baitfish or continue till level 20 (along with anchovies at level 15) so that you can move straight to fly-fishing. Personally I fish with a net until fly fishing, but remember to keep ALL of the fish you catch! It is better to have a HIGHER cooking level than fishing level so you don’t burn as much, therefore you don’t lose as much money! The advantage of being in Draynor village is that you can cut a tree down, start a fire and cook the food as soon as you have caught the fish, then bank and fish some more.
Here’s a smart guide just for cooking for those of you with LOW COOKING levels. Also good for getting some feathers for fly fishing later:
• Go to the chicken pen near Lumbridge and kill chickens
• Collect feathers and fill inventory with raw chicken
• The farmer’s building inside the fenced area has a “cooking potâ€
• Use the chicken on the pot, then “cook all†chicken
• After all have been cooked, drop the chickens and go kill more
I did this to get me to 20 cooking on my new account then bought raw trouts to get 40 cooking, and it is still 1 fishing, so as fishing rises, the cooking level will get higher and will burn less by the time I get to lobsters! This works well to maximise money you earn later AND gain fishing supplies for fly-fishing!
At level 20 F2P and P2P should move onto Barbarian Village to fly fish Trout. It is smart to bring a tinderbox and axe to cook the fish here straight after catching, and it is up to you whether you drop or bank. Personally I would drop trout as they don’t sell very easily and it is a fairly long walk to the bank (Edgeville). Continue fishing trout until level 30, when you can catch salmon with fly-fishing. You can catch a number of different fish using bait fishing but I personally find fly fishing all the way easier, without the hassle of buying more supplies like a rod and bait. At level 30 fishing you will catch a lot more trout than you will salmon, but keep cooking and dropping everything, as they are not worth selling in my opinion. Continue fly-fishing until level 60! YES, level 60.
At level 40 it is easy to say “Sweet time to catch lobsters†but it isn’t worth your time just yet! It takes a LONG time to fish lobsters at level 40, even up to level 50! Trout/salmon fishing is very fast XP, so if you’re looking to raise your fishing and cooking level a little higher before moving onto lobsters stay with fly-fishing. If you raised your cooking level using the method above for getting level 20 before fishing, and you have cooked everything you have caught since beginning fishing, on reaching level 20 fishing you should have around 61 – 62 cooking! This means you will burn a lot less lobsters! At level 60 fishing P2P can move on to Catherby and start catching lobsters, whilst F2P can go to Karamja and catch lobsters there. It is VERY hard for F2P to make money from lobsters without being dedicated, so it’s all up to you! P2P should keep fishing and cooking lobsters until they can catch sharks, of course! The fishing guild becomes available for P2P at level 68 fishing, or you can use a fishing pot to get in at level 65. Here there are a lot of places for fishing lobsters and sharks, along with a bank and a range, which makes fishing easy as well as enjoyable whilst talking to a number of other skilled fishers!
At level 76 fishing it is fairly slow fishing sharks so you can keep catching lobsters till 80 whilst raising your cooking to 80, remembering that you cannot cook the sharks until you reach 80 cooking! Once you are fishing and cooking sharks you’re on the road to riches, as these sell for up to 1,000gp each!
A great, fast way to raise your cooking is by buying raw lobsters. This is costly so don’t do it if you don’t have the money. It has the potential to make back the money spent depending on how much you payed for raw lobsters! A smart idea is to go to F2P and buying raw lobsters for 225gp – 250gp each then cook and sell for 250 ea on the forums. I always cook in Catherby but I think there are closers spots (to a bank), I am not positive though. I used this method to go from 60 – 72 cooking, and at around 72 cooking you stop burning lobsters! A good quest to complete is the Family Crest quest, which you can get cooking gauntlets from. The cooking gauntlets stop you from burning as much food, so these are a must have for sharks!
Fishing Guide:
Level 60 – 76 = 11,808 Lobsters
Level 76 – 80 = 7,219 Lobsters, 5,906 Sharks
Level 80 – 99 = 100,440 Sharks
Before level 60, if you follow my guide, you will catch a mix of salmon and trout so I cant post an exact amount for you, sorry!
Obviously cannot do a cooking guide as cooking is random unless your cooking level is great enough to avoid burning them at all. I’m not sure on the levels needed for each fish, so I’ll leave that out. Remember to cook everything you catch! You will need the levels!
chapter 12
Farming
Farming! YES FARMING! This is an absolutely amazing moneymaker, from using just ONE METHOD! Level 32 farming is required but I’m hoping you have the basic knowledge to get those few levels, so I wont be posting that here. Basically though, just plant some seeds with super compost and make sure you water and check regularly. But onto the awesome money side of farming!
RANARR FARMING:
At level 32 farming you have the ability to farm ranarr weeds! In my opinion this is one of the BEST ways of making money, whilst still being able to train other skills! To farm ranarr weeds you need super compost, a rake, a spade and ranarr seeds.
For the purpose of this guide I will keep the cost of ranarr seeds at 20,000gp each, and the cost of super compost as 1,000gp each. The selling price of ranarr weeds will be 6,500gp each.
Lets say we bought 100 Ranarr seeds = 2,000,000gp
And we bought 100 Super compost = 100,000gp
Therefore total cost = 2,100,000gp
Now, each ranarr seed, when using super compost, yields an average of 7 ranarr weeds per seed, so from planting 100 seeds we will yield approximately 700 ranarr weeds!
Selling these ranarr weeds at 6,500gp each will get you 4,550,000gp!
Profit = Revenue - Cost
Therefore profit = 4,550,000gp – 2,100,000gp = 2,450,000gp!
You can farm 100 ranarr seeds in a matter of a few days! On my account I got from level 1 – 32 farming in just over a day, and farmed 100 ranarr seeds in 3 days. This is amazing profit and the best part is you don’t even have to be there! The beauty of farming herbs is that you rake the patch, super compost it and plant the seed, then let it sit there for 75 minutes (including offline time) without the need to water it! This means whilst the herbs are growing you can go fish, woodcut, fletch or whatever you desire!
I personally use the Falador South/Draynor, Catherby and Ardougne patches for growing herbs, and fish at the fishing guild whilst waiting for the herbs to grow. It is advisable to check up on your herbs to make sure they do not become diseased, which can easily be cured by using plant cure purchasable from any farming NPC near the patches! Hopefully this proves to you that this is NOT a worthless skill!
Chapter 13
Thieving
Thieving is a very useful Members-Only skill that can be used to make quick cash as you get higher in levels. To make big cash you will need at least 50 Thieving, so if you aren't a high enough level, follow these steps to increase your level:
From level 1-10, pickpocket Men in Edgeville 145 times.
From level 10-30, steal cakes from the Baker's Stall in Ardougne 764 times.
From level 30-50, pickpocket Al Kharid Warriors 3,384 times.
Now that you're level 50 thieving, you should be able to easily pickpocket guards to get some good amounts of gp.
From level 50-70, pickpocket guards 13,684 times to steal 410,500gp.
From 70-80, pickpocket watchmen to thieve another 364,520gp and 9,113 bread.
At level 80, it should be easier to pickpocket Paladins to make 100,000gp an hour. Just be sure to bring lots of food with you.
chapter 13
magic
magical money
you can high alch or
Go to a very unpopulated world and start out in falador. Wield a staff of air, and have in your inventory: as many law runes as you will need, as many earth runes as you will need, as many water runes as you will need (depending on how many trips you want to make). Teleport to your house, and walk right out. Now, head west and very shortly you should find a peninsula many know as ‘hobgoblin island.’ Go to the most northern part of it and you should see 2 snape grass respawns. Continually pick them up until your inventory is full. Teleport to Falador, bank them, and repeat! Simple, eh? It took me about 1 hour and a half to get 1000 of them
and they sell for 400-500ea.
chapter 14
combat
This one is a also a very good way to make some cash. Now, go to a moderately high populated world (not too high because sometimes there are other people doing this, SOMETIMES) and go to the Warrior guild. Now, you are going to need some tokens before doing this. Get around 1-2k tokens ( doesn’t take very long to get them) and head upstairs until you reach the room with all the trolls (I don’t remember what they are, haven’t been there in a while) and you will notice there are many people killing them but they leave the big bones on the ground. Pick them up and bank them in the bank downstairs and repeat. Sell the bones 400-450ea. 
try and kill chickens and sell there feathers
(sry this isnt very differin't not many ways to make money off combat other than killing and sell what they drop)
Chapter 14
Tips & Tricks to Making Money
The following are just some simple Tips & Tricks to keep in mind when try to
make money. Some of these tips will seem obvious, however it is still important:
Always use a calculator!! For accurate trades it is very important to
keep a calculator on hand. Make sure they are selling/buying for the price
they said. I personally always keep a calculator on hand. You never know
when you will run into scammers!
Start slow!! Start off only selling 1 or 2 items at first. When you first start
merchanting items it is important too stay focused on 1-2 items. This willhelp
you learn and perfect the different sale techniques for your item,
whether it be iron ore, coal, feathers, or whatever else you may be selling.
Buy starting out slow you will be able to find out what works well and what
does not.
ALWAYS DEAL IN BULK!! I can't stress this enough, this is the easiest
and almost the only way to make big money. It's simple really: The more
items you have the more profiit there is to be made off of that item.
Buy low and Sell High! This is obvious right? Use the price guide to
double check the prices for items you are unfamilar with.
Be sure to use the most updated price guide . We update the guide
every 2 weeks.
PATIENCE is the key, sometimes it can take awhile to sell. This is ok, if
the items won't sell for what you are asking (and the price of the items are
relevant) DONT SELL CHEAP! Just keep the items in your bank, and try to
sell them later. Having items in your bank is just like having money on your
pocket.
Double check all trades to avoid scams. To good to be true? Most likely
is.
Never give in on your price, if they won't buy it then leave, don't waste
your time with them. There are always plenty of buyers!!
Use the FORUMS! They are there for a reason. This is the easiest way to
sell in bulk. The forums are also a very good way to find bargains on low
priced items as well.
Forums
Switch worlds often . If you cant find any good deals, log into another
world, eventually you will find them. In general you can find items for less
money in the less populated worlds. The higher the population in the world
the higher the prices will be.
Try different bank locations to find the items your looking to buy/sell.
Example - If buying ores or bars you should try the banks in Faldor as this
town has a furnace and is close to mining areas. If you are buying Rune Essence
visit the East Bank in Varrock, since it is close to the Rune Essence
mine.
Chapter 15
avoid scams and hacking
Scamming and Hacking into accounts are unfortunatly very common in
Runescape. The tips below will help you to protect your account from any
hacking and scamming when playing.
Hacking Accounts
The most common way that people can hack your account is that they get
your password, whether it be from keyloggers, simply guessing it, or other
advanced macro programs that are there today. Follow these tips to further
protect your account.
1. Change your password often - I try to change my password at least 2
times a week. This prevents anyone from constantly gaining access to your
account.
2. BE SURE TO SET YOUR RECOVERY QUESTIONS- This should be
one of the first things that you do when you open an account. It is helpful
not only for regaining access to your account if it happens to get hacked,
but also in case you happen to forget it as well.
3. Never give your passwordto anyone for any reason- Never type your
password in the chat screen JAGEX does not block your password from
being displayed!! Trust I've done it.
4 . Be sure to run your virus program daily to detect any viruses. Trojan Viruses
often carry keyloggers which can track what you are typing, including
your password. If you do not have a virus program, please visit the site below:
5. Make your password impossible to guess! I use a password generator
for this. A password generator creates a random password for you automatically,
just be sure to write it down, lol.
chapter 2:your first million!
chapter 3:start your own runescape bussinuse!
chapter 4
rofitable itemschapter 5:buy low sell high from shops
chapter 6:woodcutting
chapter 7:runecrafting
chapter 8:crafting
chapter 9:Mining/Smithing
chapter 10:Fletching
chapter 11:Fishing/Cooking
chapter 12:Farming
chapter 13:tips and tricks to making money
chapter 14:avoid scams and hacking
step 1:get 5k-10k
The first, easiest, and most common way is to kill chickens .
KILLING CHICKENS?? ARE YOU CRAZY! I know your probably
laughing as you read this, but trust me....there is a demand for feathers,
and soon enough you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank!
Members use feathers all the time for making arrows to raise their range
or fletching levels. Simple enough right? Kill the chickens and collect the
feathers. The chickens will drop between 5-15 feathers when they are
killed.
Listed below are the prices that people are currently buying for:
Free Worlds : 5-7gp each
Members Worlds : 10-12gp each
I know this may not sound like alot of money, but you have to think
BIG. To make money with anything you have to sell in bulk amounts .
If you are F2P (free to play player), then you should always try to sell
in World 1, if World 1 is full then log into the next busiest world, and so on.
Many people will offer to buy your feathers for 1-3gp each. Be firm
with your price!! If they do not accept the trade, don’t worry about it, just
keep collecting feathers and wait for someone who will buy them for 5 each.
Having feathers in your inventory is like having Money in your pocket!!
If you are selling over 1,000 (1k) of feathers then you should try to sell for
6-7gp each. (If you are a member you should always sell in units over 1k and
demand nothing less than 10-12 ea.)
You should keep collecting and selling feathers until you have reached
5,000-10,000 gp. This may take some time, but remember YOU need
MONEY to make MONEY!
Selling at 5gp each you can reach the 5,000gp mark, by killing approximately
250 chickens (this is if they just drop 5 feathers everytime, but remember
they can drop 10 or 15 feathers as well or sometimes none).
This is a great time to
work on training your other skills as well...combat, range, mage, (early levels),
prayer, and cooking. (You’ll get a lot of bones and chicken meat. i got up lvl 30 cooking using this technique)
another way to buy feathers is at port sarim specially after an update keep buying untill they they are over 5-10ea the shop is in port sarim I used the
Luckily collecting feathers is not your only option! (Trust me, I know
how boring this can get!)
Another option you may consider, is to mine Rune Essence. In order
to be able to mine Essence you will need to complete the Rune Mystery
Quest first.
You can start this quest by talking to the King in Lumbridge castle.
After you have completed the quest you will be able to teleport to the
Rune Essence Mines. The easiest way to do this is to go to the Varrock
Rune Shop south of the west bank. Here you can right click or talk to
Aubury. He will then teleport you to the mines.
Once you have mined an inventory full of Rune Essence travel back
to the bank. Repeat this until you have 1k or more Rune Essence.
(Remember to always sell in bulk amounts .)
You can sell your essence for 20-40 gp each. You can also apply the same
tactics to feathers once you get enough money, just be sure that you buy
the essence for less then 10-20gp or so.
Members Options
If you are a member you have a slight advantage. Members can make
an easy 50k to 100k per hour at a lvl 3!! To achieve this all you need is a
knife and an axe. You will be making arrow shafts.
All you need to do now is empty your inventory, keeping an axe and a
knife only. Then just go start cutting down trees ( normal trees only!). When
you get a full load of wood then use your knife with a log. On the screen that
pops up, right click on the arrow shafts, and select " Make X ", then just enter
the number of logs that you have.
Easy enough right. Depending on your wood cutting lvl, one round
should take around 3-5 minutes to complete. When you fletch a log you will
get 15 arrow shafts per log. So if you where to chop 200 trees, you would
recieve a total of 3k arrow shafts . Arrow shafts generally sell for 5-10gp
each.
If you where to chop 666 logs you would recieve 10k shafts which you
could sell for 100k gp!!
UPDATE: Many players have said that this is not possible anymore, it does
take a little longer than some of the other starting methods, compared to
last year, but IT STILL WORKS, you must have patience! If you find yourself
stuck with loads of shafts, attach feathers to them to make headless
arrows, these arrows will sell better normally at 15-20gp ea., they just take
longer to make, which means more time on your hands) it really depends
on if you can find the right buyer. You will want to look for players raising
there range or fletching levels, as they are in need of shafts constantly,
many are lazy and rich, and don’* want to take the time to make shafts
themselves. If you find a buyer, they will need MORE later, keep them on
your friends list and stay in touch with them, you may wish to offer them a
discount sell for say 2 gp lower then the rest of everyone, this will ensure
that they come back to you when they are in need.
The best way to sell shafts is to post them on the forums You can keep making the shafts yourself, or to save time, you can
start hiring log cutters to cut normal logs for you.
Pay them 10-100gp or less per log. A good place to find log cutters is to
advertise that you are hiring log cutters in the banks in free worlds. By
spending the 10gp per log, you are investing your money , because each
log will give you 15 shafts :
1000 logs * 10gp = 10,000gp (what you pay for the logs)
1000 logs * 15 arrow shafts/log = 15,000gp x 10gp = 150,000gp
As you can see you can easily turn 10k into 150k by doing this!!
In this chapter we have discussed how you can earn your vital starting
cash and turn it into 50-100k gp. The following chapter will discuss how
you can take this starting cash and start your journey to millions!
Chapter 2:
Your First Million!
Now that you have earned 50-100k you are well on your way to making
your first million!! This chapter will primarily focus on easy ways to make
your money grow. Remember what I said earlier " It takes money to make
money. " If you have not followed some of the ideas in Chapter 1 , it is a
must that you do so!!
What is Bulk??
When trying to make money you always need to deal with bulk
items . Bulk is simply a lot of items ...generally over 1,000 of one item or
more. So 5k feathers would be considered bulk.
This goes for any item in the game. When dealing with non-stackable
items such as ore or fish, you will always want to deal with bank
notes. Without a bank note you could only carry 26 pieces of coal in your
inventory. When you withdraw the coal in a note, you can carry for example
5k coal, and it will only take up one spot in your inventory bag.
To withdraw an item as a note simply click on “withdraw as note†when you
are talking to the bankteller.
All items in your bank can be withdrawn as notes. Using notes is
great for the bulk trading of one item to another player, because the note
only takes up one space in your inventory. (Sorry if you already no how to
use notes, I just want to make sure everyone is following me.)
Ok, so you now have a good amount of money in your bank, by following
the methods in Chapter 1 . Now you need to look for good deals on
items. Always buy low and sell high , this is the key. Some of you are familiar
with this I’m sure, but it honestly is the best way to make money, for it
will never go out of fashion.
If you notice an item is constantly being sold, but nobody is buying it,
then there is a low demand for the item. On the other hand , if you notice
people standing around the bank, screaming, “ Buying XXX ,†and nobody is
selling it, then you will learn that this item is in high demand .
Now it’s important to realize that this is just the general idea of how
supply and demand work. You obviously wouldn’* want to go by 3k of an
item just because one person is looking for it (unless that one person is rich or has already asked you)
You need to observe these trends to see how often people are asking
to buy them, and how often people are selling them.
There are however a few items that have remained constant for at
least 2 years in Runescape:
Lobster
Coal
Iron
Feathers
Herbs
There are plenty more out there on the market today, these are ones I
am personally comfortable with and had, and still have success with today.
I will touch on a few of these items in this guide. But is important
that you realize these are examples of my game play , results will always
vary depending on who or what you are trading with. You may need to adjust
these examples to fit your needs or capabilities, but this will give you the
basic template of how I do it.
Cooked Lobsters
Cooked Lobsters currently are selling anywhere from 170-250gp each.
Generally though you can find sellers that will sell Lobbies (Lobsters) for
100-150 each. These are the sellers you are looking for. One of the best
ways to find a cheap lobby seller is to travel to Karjama (or Catherby if you
are a member) and go the the fishing docks located there
What Do I do with all these Lobbies?
SELL THEM OF COURSE! The best way to make money off of lobbies
is to find sellers in the bank who will sell you a large quantity of lobbies
in notes.
You will then want to resell the lobbie notes at a higher price. I generally
buy lobbie notes at 150-175gp each. Then resell them for 200-250gp
each. I know this may not sound like you are making a lot of money by doing
this, but trust me, it works!!
Example:
Say that you have bought 100 lobbies off of several people at an average
of 150 per lobbie. This would mean that you have spent 15,000gp on
them. Then you turn around and sell them for 200gp each.
100 x 200gp = 20,000gp
You have just profited 5k gp for doing nothing!! This may not sound like
a lot, but imagine after you have done this many, many times. It all adds up
quick. One night last week I personally bought 3,500 lobbies off of several
sellers for 150gp. I spent a total of 525,000gp on them. I then resold them
at 200gp each... 700,000 gp . I made a profit of 175,000gp, in half an hour!
IT SIMPLY TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY!! DON'T BE SCARED TO
SPEND IT!! Once you have your first million you are set forever, as long as
you are smart with your purchases .
You can use this method with any item I was just using lobbies for an
example. I know it may seem like it starts slow, but that's because it does!
You must start slow to build a strong bankroll. Being persistent will make
you extremely WEALTHY!!
Iron Ore
I often use this same process and principles with Iron ore. I will travel
to different worlds and buy as much Iron ore as I possibly can. I will only
buy for 50-80 gp each, occasionally I will purchase for higher prices if the
seller has a large amount (3k or more). I generally offer to buy for 65 gp
each. If the seller wants more than 80 gp I will simply refuse to buy it, and
will log out of the world and into a new one. (Trust me there are plenty of
sellers out there, lol). In world 1 you can always sell Iron ore for 110gp
each. I normally try to buy ore in the Fallador bank, simply because this
town is centralized with miners since the bank is so close to the mining
guild and the mines southwest of Fally.
When buying I always log into the smaller worlds, starting with the
worlds that have the least players online, and staying out of world 1 and 3.
As with any item world 1 should always be used for selling, as prices are
always high there. A typical night for me when I am buying iron ore would
be like this:
I simply start finding sellers who will sell for 20-50gp each. I normally
set an average price that I will buy for (65 gp), occasionally if I run across a
seller who has a bulk amount (1k or more) I will pay 80gp each, simply because
I know it is a quick profit. I generally will do this for an hour or so, before
I sell. An average night will consist of me buying somewhere around
10,000 iron ore. At an average of 65gp each I have spent a total of
350,000gp. I will then log into world 1 and start selling the Iron ore for
100gp each (if you are really broke, you may wish to sell for 90 each, this
will be less of a profit, but you will sell quicker this way.) This means I have
sold the ore for 1 million gp , for a total profit of 650,000! ! This is great
money for no longer than it took to get it!
If you do this everynight, or even a few hours, you will be a multi-millionaire
before you know it!! Trust me there is no better feeling then seeing
that large amount of money in your bank!!!
Chapter 3
Start Your Own Runescape Business!!
Ok so you've made your first million of gold or so, now what can you do?
Well if your like me than I want to make more gp, lol. This chapter will my
show my personal little trick to turn you into a multi-millionaire in a mattter
of days!!
By now you should have figured out what item you personally like to sell
and trade, and know the high and low prices of what this item sales for. In
this next example I will tell you how I started a feather business, (I chose
feathers to start with because this is how I first started making my money
and I know this Runescape item (as far as how to push it ) better than any
other. This plan will work with any item in the game providing that is has a
generally demand. Some examples would be logs, iron, coal, steel, food
items, etc. Please note that I am a member, therefore selling is a little easier
since I can post the items I'm selling in the official Jagex Runescape Forums.
F2P's may have better results with an Iron, Coal, or Steel business.
Setting Payout Prices
The first step in creating your Runescape business is to decide how
much you are willing to pay your workers. How I figure this price is to go by
the average price that the item sales for, and pay a little above it, but still
below the high (the price that you will sell the item for.) In my feather business
I currently pay 6 gp per each feather. I chose 6 because the current
value of feathers in the free worlds is 5 gp each.
Paying above the " street " price allows workers to receive more gp from
me ( the buyer) than anyone else, (most people are offering to buy for 3-5
gp, because they do not know that you can sell them for 10 gp to members.)
This keeps the sellers/workers happy and also keeps them from selling to
other players. And as you have learned in Chapter 1, feathers can sell for
10 gp each to members. (If you are a free player view the FORUMS to find
buyers!)
This means that I currently profit 4gp per feather, which adds up
very quickly when you are multiplying by 10,000 or higher!!
Establish a Payment Plan
The second step is to lay out some kind of payment plan for your
workers, basically when they will receive there paycheck. I currently pay my
workers once a week, every Friday (unless I will not be able to be online, for
some reason.) I have created a website for my workers, so that they can
check when payments will be made. (This page is very simple, and there
are many free web hosts available, click here for some of the top free websites.)
The only limit I set is that they must have at least 1k of feathers for me
to purchase them, some of my best workers will have 20-30k + per week.
You may decide to pay your workers daily or whenever you wish, this is totally
up to you. YOU set your own limits. As with any business you will
need to start out small, and before you know it you will bigger than you can
imagine!
Hiring Good Workers
The third step is to hire workers! This may sound hard, but trust
me you can find many very quickly! Everyone is looking for money. The
best way to find workers is to go the Varrock Bank and simply type " Hiring
Workers, Pays Well, Add me to find out details! " When a person messages
you then give them the info. The other spot to hire workers is of
course the chicken farm (for feathers) Northeast of Lumbridge.
I currently have 25 workers in this business. You may wish to start
out smaller this is up to you. I have weeded out, or fired tons of workers, for
not being dependable on bringing in feathers, the 25 I have picked are hand
selected and always have a good quanity (over 5k) of feathers to sell each
week. Most of my workers will buy feathers as well as collect. They will often
buy for 1-3 gp, knowing that they are going to get 6 each for them at the
end of the week. On average I collect 250k-400k feathers per week.
So at 4 gp profit per feather (buying for 6gp and selling for 10)
I currently
make 1 mil-1.6 Million gp per week!! This is just from the feather bussinuse
Steel Bar Business
I also run a steel bar business which is brings in crazy money !!
Ok here is the basics of this business:
I have hired miners paying them 175gp per coal, and 95 for iron ore.
Then make the steel bars. I often buy steel bars for 200-400 also. I have
hired smithers (I always use smithers willing to work for free ) as well to
smith the steel for me, I give them the coal and iron for free , and in return I
get the steel bars , and they get the smithing experience they are after without
the hassle of mining or collecting the ore on there own.
Average cost per steel bar : 175 (coal)+95 (iron) = 280gp per steel bar
I am then selling the bars for 500-600 each for a gp profit per bar.
Last week I sold a total of 45,000+ steel bars at an average of 560 per bar.
This means that I spent 16,875,000 gold on the bars, but sold them for
20,720,000 gp !! My total profit for last week was 6,845,000 !! Not bad at all,
think if you had 2 or three other businesses going. It is possible to make this
amount in one night if you have the materials and workers to do so.
If you are a member you can also make cannonballs . You get 4 cannonballs
per steel bar. Cannonballs currently sell for 180-200 each. If I
would have just made half (18k) bars of the 45k I sold. I would have had
72,000 cannonballs! I could have sold these for 12.9-14.4 million , and still
had 18.5k bars left to smelt or to sell!! (I’m sure you can see the possibilities
here.)
Overall you may want to start with the feathers to generate some starting
business cash and then switch to the steel bar business. Or just start out
with what money you have to start the steel business, dont be scared to go
into debt, because you can always sell your product
Chapter 4
Profitable Items
The following are current items that are always in demand and always sell
easy with great profit opportunities, it is not a very big list simply because
this list is based upon items that have proved they can make good money.
(In over 2 years of playing Runescape, these items have always been in demand
and will continue to stay that way
FEATHERS - As over viewed in previous chapters.
IRON ORE - As I stated before buying and selling Iron ore, is a great and
easy way to make big profits. Smithers always and seeking large amounts of
Iron. Always try to buy for 50-80 gp (It can be done hire noobs and under lvl
20 workers). Hire miners, pay them 50-80 gp per Iron. If you hire several
miners you can acquire a large amount of Iron very quickly! Imagine if you
had 10-15 miners working for you, bringing you 20k - 50k Iron ore per week.
That is a possibility of 5,000,000 per week!! (I personally have made a ton
more then that, just by hiring the right workers, for more on that click here.
Even if you paid half of it back to your workers you'd still profit 2.5 MILLION!!
That is a HUGE profit!
COAL ORE - Use the same technique as you would Iron Ore, only the profits
are always higher!! Just use this price range instead:100-200. I normally
try to buy for 125gp and then sell for 175gp.
RARE ITEMS - Rare items always sell easily, because everyone wants one.
Always keep your eyes open for good deals! Just a few weeks ago I purchased
3 Santas of another player. I bought them for 350k each, which
meant I spent 1,050,000gp on them. Within 30 minutes I had resold all 3 of
them for 500k each (1,500,000). So I profited 450k within 30 minutes, not
bad at all, lol.
HERBS - Collect or Grow Unidentified Herbs. They sell for 1k each.
Buy Bowstings For 150 each then on forums sell for 180-200 each! I make about 100k atleast a hour with this!
Ok go to world 2 and buy D meds for 350k.
Then go to the forums and sell for 400-415k!
This can be fast money if you try hard!
Go to a busy members world. The go to Varrok East bank. Then say Buying Pure Ess 90 Each! Soon you should get some sellers. After you spent most of your money on Pure ess go on the forums and sell for 100-115 each!
First go to Fally park world 2, or fourms and buy furys
for 4.45 mil! Then sell for 4.55 mil!
Buy lots of whips for 1.9 mil, Then aell them all in bunches for 2.1 mil-2.2 mil each!
Buy dragon axes for 3 mil and sell for 3.2-3.3 mil
Buy lots of magic logs for 1k each!
Then on fourms sell for 1100 each in bunches!
Buy low Sell high from Shops
Another great way to profit is to visit various shops located within Runescape.
We will touch on a few of these in this chapter.
The goal is to find items in demand, or “rare†items. You will want to
buy common items from shops, and then resell them high to other players.
If you are a member there are certain shops in Runescape that only sell
items to members, and the good thing is that many of these items can be
used by F2P players.
1. Rune Shops (F2P and members)
This will work in any Rune shop for any level. (However, if you have
access to the Magic Guild, you can literally make millions in minutes!)
When you visit the rune shops you are looking for high volumes of runes
that are in stock.
Mostly Death, Law, Cosmic, Chaos, Mind...any rune that is used
greatly by mages. Mages rely on runes to play and gain experience. The
best place I have found to sell Runes in large quantities is to visit the Wizard
Tower and head up to the 3rd floor. On this floor is the caged Lesser Demon,
the are normally tons of mages here as this is the prime spot to level
and gain magic experience for all levels.
(pic of lesser)
When you arrive just ask if anyone needs runes, or if they are running
low. Mages hate to interrupt there training, and love it when they can find
“runners†to go get runes for them.
I personally am a mage and I actually have hired “runners†to run back
and forth from Varrock and other towns to buy runes from the shop, and I
pay them 2-3 times more than they have purchased them for. This is just an
example of how this can work.
Always remember to change worlds, to try and sell your runes. You may
also wish to take orders. If you choose to do this, just write down what everyone
wanted, (write down there username and how much of whatever runes they wanted)
Once you have this information, simply visit the rune shop purchase the runes
(switch worlds to find more runes in stock.)
Tip: The more of an item in stock the less is costs. So watch the price,
when it increases to high, switch worlds, over time the stock will regenerate, then
you can come back and continue to buy.
2. Caniffs Clothes Shop (member)
Have you ever wondered wear those colored gloves come from? Well here
they are. This is another EASY way to make a quick profit. This shop houses
many different colored robes, boot, and gloves. Red, Teal, Gold, Grey....
You may choose to only sell gloves, this is up to you. I always choose to
buy complete outfits. (Gloves, Boots, Robes). Once you have bought what you
would like to sell, log into a members world and go to the Varrock Marketplace:
Example:
Say you where to purchase 26 sets of Red Gloves (or any color). Each set
costs you 650gp.
26 x 650gp = 16,900gp
You then sell them at the Varrock marketplace, “SELLING COLORED
GLOVES 3K†(I use to sell them for 5-7K!!) A good way to choose a selling price
is to see what others are selling for. Say you sold them for 4k each.
26 x 4,000gp = 104,000gp for a total profit of (104,000-16,900) 87,100gp!!
When you have emptied your inventory visit the Shop again and repeat!!
EASY MONEY!! Thats all I have to say.
There are tons of shops where you can do this at. Another good place is the
fishing shop located in Port Sarim . Here you can buy feathers, really cheap, and
then resell for 10-12 gp.
Always keep your eyes open when you enter a new town, and be sure to
check out the shops, because you never know when you will find a gold mine!
3.water filled vials-buy vials at the argoudne general store 13ea then fill them with water and sell 500ea on forums
Get your cash and your money and head to Ape Atoll. MAKE SURE YOU WIELD YOUR GREGEE SO YOU DON’T DIE. Head to the rune stall. Buy as many law runes as they have and keep switching worlds until you are out of money. THESE LAW RUNES NEVER GO PAST 299EA IN THE SHOP. Now sell them on the forums for 350ea(about 50 profit from each).
Have about 500-1mil with you. Get a pestle and mortar. Go to the Grand Tree and in the second floor there should be a food shop. Buy all the chocolate bars and chocolate dust they have. Crush all the chocolate so that they are chocolate dust. World switch until your inventory is full. Head to the bank on the other side and repeat. Sell them on the forums (usually 400ea).
Chapter 6
Woodcutting
Woodcutting
Of course one of the simplest ways of making money is woodcutting. Although this can be extremely boring the rewards are reasonable, and it is such a simple skill!
Start off on normal trees, of course. Now before the release of Construction I would have said burn or drop the logs [F2P] or fletch into shafts [P2P] but I now advise banking the logs! Normal logs are now fairly easy to sell to people in World 1 for F2P or on the forums for P2P (sell for anywhere between 20 – 100gp ea!).
Alternatively you can turn these into planks [P2P] at the sawmill for the cost of 100gp/log and sell for up to 500gp ea (check current selling prices before doing this)! A good method for making planks without needing to walk to/from bank is the use of servants. If your Construction is 30+ a great and fast method is to cut logs or oak logs outside of the Rimmington portal, then with a full inventory head inside and tell your servant to take the logs to the sawmill (Cooks or better). Remember, each servant can only take a certain amount of logs at a time, and there is a cost involved so bring money. Servants also demand pay at regular intervals.
Whatever method you choose, cut these until level 15 WC. Personally I would cut into shafts to increase my fletching later (if you are P2P of course).
At level 15 Woodcutting start cutting oak logs and either bank for selling or make into planks for a cost of 250gp/plank. These sell for anywhere between 750gp – 1000gp per plank (check current prices on forums) so can be very good money! For F2P there are a lot of members that buy oak logs just outside of the West Varrock Bank on World 1, so look for a good price J. Cut these until 30 WC.
At level 30 Woodcutting start cutting willow logs at Draynor Village. This is right next to the bank so bank all of your logs. These sell for 30 – 40gp per log to P2P fletchers so for F2P sell in World 1 Draynor Bank or P2P on the forums. Easier sales and better prices for more logs of course.
At level 45 Woodcutting P2P’s can cut Maple logs. These are not as fast as Willows but sell for 100gp+ and can be found right next to Seer’s Bank. If you prefer faster XP stick to Willow logs.
At level 60 Woodcutting you can cut Yew logs. These are great for money, selling for between 250gp – 300gp per log! At level 60 Yew’s take a long time to cut a full load so personally I would recommend you continue cutting Willow logs, as they still make reasonable money but much faster XP. There is also the hassle of competing with the huge number of Autoer’s on every F2P world so keep this in mind if you choose to cut Yews at level 60 WC.
Personally I would continue cutting Willows until 70 WC, then move to Yew logs. P2P players could also try cutting Maples at around level 60 and see how this goes, but I used Willows until level 70.
At level 70 Woodcutting I cut Yew logs until level 75 then cut Magic Logs [P2P] below seers. Magic logs take a long time to cut at level 75 so it is advisable to continue cutting Yew logs until around level 80 WC, which will allow you to cut Magic logs a little bit faster and also make a fair bit of money too. Magic logs sell for between 900gp – 1100gp each. With the logs cut you can choose to sell, fletch [P2P] or burn them! It is up to you.
Log Cutting Chart:
Level 1 – 15 = 97 Normal Logs
Level 15 – 30 = 439 Normal Logs, 293 Oak Logs
Level 30 – 45 = 714 Willow Logs
Level 45 – 60 = 3,145 Willow Logs, 2,123 Maple Logs
Level 60 – 70 = 6,873 Willow Logs, 4,639 Maple Logs, 2,651 Yew Logs
Level 70 – 75 = 7,005 Willow Logs, 4,728 Maple Logs, 2,702 Yew Logs
Level 75 – 80 = 7,757 Maple Logs, 4,433 Yew Logs, 3,103 Magic Logs
Level 80 – 99 = 63,134 Yew Logs, 44,194 Magic Logs
Willows from 30 – 70 as advised = 7,587
Yews from 70 – 80 as advised = 7,135
Try to make this skill interesting by chatting to people at the various trees, there will usually be a number of other people there!
chapter 7
Runecrafting
method 1(recomended 500k to start)
1.now with your money buy 12k rune ess (or as much as you can buy) then get an air tiara.turn that regular ess. into air runes then sell the air runes on forums for 17ea.you should come out with more money than you had before because you get up to 4 airs per ess.
2.Now get out about 20k cash and Nature Tiara and Sell 5k noted Pure Essence to the general store on Karamja. Keeping the Natures in your inventory. After you make the 5k Natures sell them on the forums for 300gp each getting you 1.5m.
METHOD 2 – Long and boring, but more profit
Method one is to buy all of your rune essence and craft it yourself, crafting the best rune you can when you can! This means running back and forth between the bank and the altar thousands of times rising it bit by bit! Sounds slow and boring? It is! But isn’t this the case with most skills when you are low levelled?
Personally I started on air runes and continued doing air runes until level 44! Below I will describe a method that made this MUCH easier for me to raise it quickly. Air runes are reasonably easy to sell compared with earth runes, fire runes and water runes as they are used in a large variety of spells.
At level 44 Runecrafting you can then make nature runes! I chose to skip making Chaos runes due to the danger of crafting them in the wilderness, so I will leave that out. You have two choices here defined in this method. Take all of your pure essence [noted] and go to the Karamja Jungle where the Nature Altar is, also taking with you a Nature talisman/tiara and some gold. You will then need to go to the general store (north-west of altar) and sell a “full load†(defined by the space in your inventory) of essence to the general store and buy it back in item form. This will cost a small amount to you, and is dangerous, as many people will try to steal the essence away from you, buying it before you get to! Boots of lightness come in handy as you must run to the general store and back to the nature altar a HUGE number of times! This is the longest and most boring way of runecrafting nature runes.
Once you achieve level 54 runecrafting you can craft law runes, well done! The altar is on Entrana and the talisman is a reward from the Troll Stronghold quest. You cannot take any armour or weapons to Entrana so keep this in mind before trying to go there from Port Sarim. Run back and forth from the Draynor bank to the Law Altar, and I’m sure that anyone who has ran for “Fast Free Laws on World 66 + 99†would know this route very well!
METHOD 3 – Way faster, costs more/less profitable
In method two you employ runners to work for you! This is not advisable unless your runecrafting is 33+ as that is when it starts to “break even†and you stop losing money for employing runners.
AIRS: Air runners are a potentially large business, especially if you are using a F2P world. You can offer two things: Cash payment or Air rune payment. Remember that the more runners who come to work for you, the faster you will gain XP, but the less profit you will make. For rich players the XP is usually the more desired of the two, and methods can be developed to retain some profit! Before choosing to use runners, search the rs forums for “Air Companies†that you may be eligible to join. A good idea is to offer 78 Air Runes per trip, which means that at level 33 Runecrafting you start making a decent amount of profit at a very fast rate!
NATURES: There are a number of nature crafting companies within the rs forums, or you can just start your own private company offering however much pay you want! Usual prices are between 9,000gp – 11,000gp per run. Obviously with high prices like these it is difficult to make a profit, so a lot of people choose to pay in Nature runes to runners, which may sometimes prove a better payment.
LAWS: There are a couple of very large law companies that offer “Laws for Ess†where crafters bring the original 26 essence [unnoted] and receive 26 law runes + 26 essence [noted]. Obviously this means you will be making no profit (it is actually a loss!) as a crafter but the XP is extremely fast, Worlds 66 + 99 being full at most times due to the large number of runners for the huge company operating there. Other companies also exist on a “No Return†basis where runners supply their own ess, which means you work at no profit but gain free XP!
As you can see, Method 2 does not bring a lot of money, and is mainly used as a way to gain XP quickly so that you can get to law runes or double natures!
METHOD 4 – Extremely fast, very risky but reaps rewards
Method 3 is of course crafting in the abyss. To do this you need to do the Mage of Zamarok mini-quest by talking to him around level 7 Wilderness above Edgeville. There are plenty of guides for doing that quest on fan sites so I’m not going into it here! Once the quest has been completed you can start crafting with the abyss! Remember to use as many pouches as you can at your level! It adds up, trust me!
The abyss is located in Level 7 Wilderness above Edgeville by choosing “Teleport†on the Mage of Zamarok.
To use the abyss I advise the following:
• Glory Amulet (as well as a 1 click teleport for those with safety concerns)
• Woodcutting Axe – any kind
• Low levels take cheap, light armour set like Green Dragonhide.
The armour is good as the abyss is a multi combat zone and you will get attacked by a swarm of abyssal monsters! There are a number of high-levelled monsters too, with the teleport spot being random, so watch out! You can get to the centre of the abyss by either going through the passage at the far north, or using one of the shortcuts around the circle. There is a number of each shortcut type, which requires different skills. By using a Woodcutting Axe you can chop through the tentacles, and then use thieving and agility to get through their respective shortcuts. Decent levels are required in these skills. Once inside the inner circle look for the portal with the picture of the rune you are trying to craft flashing inside the black area. You will know what I mean when you get there! Simply click on this portal to be transported there without the need of a tiara or talisman! Use the essence with the altar; empty the pouches then use the essence with the altar again. Un-equip your Glory Amulet and teleport to Edgeville, bank the runes and withdraw essence (filling pouches) then start the process again! This is the fastest way to craft runes, and also only involves the cost of rune essence (plus one time glory purchase)! It is advisable, if you have the money, to buy 10+ glory amulets so you only need to go charge them every 40 trips, which is just over 1,000 nature runes without pouches.
Please keep in mind that the abyss skulls you and drops prayer to 0, therefore when you are in the Wilderness you can be PK-ed by the dirty, filthy people that kill for the want of one glory amulet! L Just keep this in mind when selecting a world to craft on, as less crowded worlds is generally safer to craft on. If you see a team of PK-ers 7-10 levels lower or higher than you, DON’T use this world. It is too risky! Change worlds without a second thought; don’t try to outsmart them by being sneaky, as you will die a number of times.
Runecrafting Guide:
Level 1 – 44 = 11,130 Essence (Air)
Level 44 – 54 = 19,045 Essence (Air), 10,581 Essence (Nature)
Level 54 – 91 = 639,107 Essence (Nature), 605,470 Essence (Law)
As you can see, Runecrafting takes a lot of time and patience, but the money you gain is amazing. At current prices of around 90gp/pure essence, Runecrafters still make 210gp profit PER essence! At level 91 Runecrafting, crafters make 510gp profit PER essence! WOW! This is another skill that doesn’t require a high level to make high levels of money (44 Runecrafting ISN’T a high level people)!
chapter 8
crafting
Try buying Flax for 90-100 Each then, just string it! You can easily make 150k an hour with this method!
chapter 9
Mining/Smithing
One of my least favourite skills of all time, mining can be an excellent moneymaker once you hit level 85. I will keep this guide simple as I don’t know the best methods for training either of these, with my max levels in each being only 70 and 68 respectively.
Start out mining tin and copper. I personally mine from level 1 – 15 on Tin, then mine the same number of copper. Mining 150 of both Tin and Copper will get you to 21 Mining and the ability to use a mithril pick, which will make mining Iron easier than using a steel pick! Make sure to bank these ores, with a close mine to the bank being East Varrock mines. Smelting and smithing all of these ores will get you to 16 Smithing, so you will be able to smith Iron Bars.
Once you have reached 21 Mining you can mine iron! A good spot is the Rimmington mines, especially if you are a P2P with 30+ Construction. The servant can take your ores to the bank for you, and the mine is right next to the portal! This is even faster than power mining and dropping Iron ores in my opinion, and way less clicking! Iron ore is great money selling at 100gp+ per ore. Smithing these into bars is very profitable for members with a Ring of Forging which will make 140 Bars at 100% success (5 loads) otherwise the success rate is only 50%.
I would keep mining iron until level 60 Mining so you can enter the Miners Guild in Falador just below the bank. Smith only the amount of Iron needed to gain 30 Smithing then leave the rest for smithing Steel bars later (see numbers below). At level 60 Mining you can start mining coal in the guild for good money or for making steel bars, or if you would rather the XP you can keep mining Iron (power mining or banking, whichever is preferred). Personally I advise raising smithing WITH your mining rather than wasting the ores. I THINK coal becomes fairly easy to mine in the guild at around level 70, plus you have the advantage of mining the Adamantite ores in the Scorpions Lair just next to the guild through the gate along with the Mithril ores scattered through the two areas. Remember, crowded worlds have faster respawn on ores but more competition! Choose one that is right for your level.
For high-level mining do whatever you want to! I have never had mining above 70 so this is unknown to me. A fast way to raise is power mining Iron but if you would rather make money by all means mine coal and sell for 200gp+ per coal (check these prices).
It is advisable to smith everything you make at least into bars! Bars sell for a lot more than the ores would but take time to smith. It all depends on whether you like the skill ore not, but it reaps its rewards like most other skills!
Mining:
Level 1 – 21 = 287 Copper/Tin
Level 23 – 60 = 7,678 Iron
Level 60 – 70 = 13,254 Iron, 9,278 Coal
Level 70 – 85 = 72,028 Iron, 50,420 Coal
Smithing (smelt and smith):
Level 1 – 15 = 129 Bronze
Level 15 – 30 = 293 Iron (at 100% success rate – more without Ring of Forging)
Level 30 – 55 = 1600 Steel
Level 55 – 70 = 11,569 Steel, 7,954 Mithril
Level 70 – 85 = 45,836 Steel, 31,513 Mithril, 25,210 Adamantite
As you can see, mining and smithing is A LOT of work, but with Rune Ores selling at around 12k each ore, it is certainly worth the effort!
chapter 10
Fletching
Fletching is one of the most commonly raised member skills, as it offers a great way to make money in conjunction with High Alchemy (Level 55 Magic). This is a member’s only skill!
Simply put fletching is cutting logs into bows/arrows! To start off you should cut normal logs to make arrow shafts. If you have the money to spare I advise buying 1,000 normal logs and turning them all into shafts, then add feathers to the shafts. ONLY USE THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVE MONEY SPARE:
• Buy 1,000 normal logs and fletch into 15,000 Arrow shafts
• Buy 15,000 feathers (150K) and attach to shafts to make headless arrows
• Buy 1K Iron Bars and make 15,000 Arrowheads (20 smithing required)
• Attach heads to headless arrows making 15,000 Iron Arrows!
The above method costs approximately 400,000Gp (logs = 50ea, feathers = 10ea, bars = 200ea) with a 450,000Gp return selling Iron arrows at 30 ea! This also gets you to level 46 Fletching with the ability to make Willow Long Bows (plus an extra 6 levels)!
If you don’t have the money for the aforementioned guide, keep cutting arrow shafts until you reach 20 Fletching for Oak Short Bows, I personally wouldn’t bother making normal bows as it is annoying having to drop them, and arrow shafts are stackable! At level 20 start making Oak bows and continue making the best bow you can for as long as you can! Great way to raise Woodcutting at the same time, but make sure you are close to a bank so you don’t need to drop all of the bows! Another method is to cut all of the logs first then stand at the bank withdrawing logs, fletching then depositing and withdrawing more. Choose the best to suit your style of play – cutting and fletching straight away is more interesting than constant cutting and constant fletching but the choice is yours!
After fletching the 15,000 Arrow Shafts I bought 17,000 Willow Logs to get me to 70 Fletching (only 16,878 from level 40). DO NOT attach ANY strings to these, as it is not worth it! Stringing bows is VERY tedious and costs more for the same XP! Strings cost around the 150gp/string area, and strung bows give 2x the XP as unstrung bows. Therefore a strung Willow Long costs around 190gp whilst two unstrung Willow Longs costs around 80gp to make. Less than half the costs and WAY less clicking! You can sell the Unstrung Bows to the general store (not sure on price when store is maxed), drop them, sell them, keep them as a memento or give away to low levels or anyone that wants them!
At 70 Fletching you start making money from Yew Longs! Either cut or buy Yew logs (buy at 250gp from F2P or up to 300gp on F2P forums) and pick & spin or buy strings. BOTH methods make profit, it just depends on how much you want and the time you are willing to spend doing it!
It costs, to make one Yew Long (using logs = 250ea, string = 150ea) 400gp, and the selling price on mass Yew Longs (i.e. 1,000+) is 600gp ea! That’s 200gp profit per bow!
If you have 55 Magic you can use the great method of high alchemy to raise your mage level. This is a great way for members to make money whilst training mage, and is the reason for the insane rs economy! Strung Yew Long Bows alchemy for 768gp/bow and alchemy uses one nature rune per spell (whilst using a fire staff). You can buy the resources for a Yew Long plus the spell for 700gp (Bow = 400gp as above, Nature rune = 300gp) meaning 68gp profit per bow! This doesn’t sound like a lot but if you are alchemising 1,000 Yew Long Bows [notes] that is 68,000Gp profit, plus 65,000 Magic Experience (65xp per cast)! AMAZING!
At 85 Fletching the profit becomes even greater, with the ability to make Magic Long Bows which alchemy for 1,536gp/bow. You can buy the resources for a Magic Long plus the spell for 1,450gp (logs = 1,000gp, string = 150gp, Nature rune = 300gp) meaning 86gp profit per bow! If you alchemise 1,000 Magic Longs Bows [notes] that is 86,000Gp profit, plus 65,000 Magic Experience. AMAZING!
Another method that I used at level 75 Fletching was making Rune Arrows. These are fairly easy to sell on the forums or in World 2/18, the main PK-ing Worlds, in Edgeville. For this method I sell at 400gp/arrow.
For a start buy however many headless arrows you will need, depending on how many you want to make. Headless arrows cost around 15gp – 20gp each. Go to the Catherby range store and buy Rune Arrowheads from the store, ONLY if it is completely stocked to 100 Heads. If it is not completely stocked the prices WILL be higher! Buy all 100 arrowheads then world switch to the next world (SwiftSwitch or another trusted client comes in handy here) and continue buying arrowheads until you have 1,000 then use them with your headless arrows. Depending on your starting cash you may continue buying more, sell them now for profit or make LESS arrows than 1,000. It costs around 300gp – 330gp average per arrowhead (cant remember exact amount) after buying 100 arrowheads from the store. To maximise profits you can buy LESS from each store, meaning the price will not rise as high per arrowhead, but it will take a lot longer to make the same amount of arrows. Including world switching time, it takes me around 20 minutes to make 1,000 Rune Arrows. Now lets look at the profit for 1,000 Rune Arrows (selling 400gp each).
Resources:
• Headless arrows = 15gp each
• Rune arrowheads = 320gp each (average after 100 purchased)
Therefore it costs 335gp to make 1 rune arrow. Making 1,000 will cost around 335,000Gp which means 65,000Gp profit in 20 minutes work! AMAZING!
Bows making chart (long bows):
Level 25 – 40 = 1,176 Oak Unstrung
Level 40 – 70 = 16,878 Willow Unstrung (CHEAPEST)
Level 70 – 85 = 16,807 Yew Strung
Arrows making chart (including shaft making + attaching feathers):
Level 1 – 15 = 7,307 Shafts (488 logs), 2,411 Headless Arrows
Level 15 – 30 = 2,860 Iron
Level 30 – 45 = 12,572 Iron, 7,607 Steel
Level 45 – 60 = 55,413 Iron, 33,528 Steel, 24,036 Mithril
Level 60 – 75 = 106,080 Mithril, 85,153 Adamantite
Level 75 – 85 = 136,545 Rune
Obviously Fletching is a great money mule for members!
chapter 11
Fishing/Cooking
Again, a skill I haven’t been able to raise the best I wanted to, fishing (with cooking) is an excellent way to make a boatload of money! If you put in the time and effort to get to 76 Fishing and 80 Cooking, the rewards are GREAT!
Starting off, go to Draynor Village with a small net and fish shrimp there. You can either do this until level 5 and baitfish or continue till level 20 (along with anchovies at level 15) so that you can move straight to fly-fishing. Personally I fish with a net until fly fishing, but remember to keep ALL of the fish you catch! It is better to have a HIGHER cooking level than fishing level so you don’t burn as much, therefore you don’t lose as much money! The advantage of being in Draynor village is that you can cut a tree down, start a fire and cook the food as soon as you have caught the fish, then bank and fish some more.
Here’s a smart guide just for cooking for those of you with LOW COOKING levels. Also good for getting some feathers for fly fishing later:
• Go to the chicken pen near Lumbridge and kill chickens
• Collect feathers and fill inventory with raw chicken
• The farmer’s building inside the fenced area has a “cooking potâ€
• Use the chicken on the pot, then “cook all†chicken
• After all have been cooked, drop the chickens and go kill more
I did this to get me to 20 cooking on my new account then bought raw trouts to get 40 cooking, and it is still 1 fishing, so as fishing rises, the cooking level will get higher and will burn less by the time I get to lobsters! This works well to maximise money you earn later AND gain fishing supplies for fly-fishing!
At level 20 F2P and P2P should move onto Barbarian Village to fly fish Trout. It is smart to bring a tinderbox and axe to cook the fish here straight after catching, and it is up to you whether you drop or bank. Personally I would drop trout as they don’t sell very easily and it is a fairly long walk to the bank (Edgeville). Continue fishing trout until level 30, when you can catch salmon with fly-fishing. You can catch a number of different fish using bait fishing but I personally find fly fishing all the way easier, without the hassle of buying more supplies like a rod and bait. At level 30 fishing you will catch a lot more trout than you will salmon, but keep cooking and dropping everything, as they are not worth selling in my opinion. Continue fly-fishing until level 60! YES, level 60.
At level 40 it is easy to say “Sweet time to catch lobsters†but it isn’t worth your time just yet! It takes a LONG time to fish lobsters at level 40, even up to level 50! Trout/salmon fishing is very fast XP, so if you’re looking to raise your fishing and cooking level a little higher before moving onto lobsters stay with fly-fishing. If you raised your cooking level using the method above for getting level 20 before fishing, and you have cooked everything you have caught since beginning fishing, on reaching level 20 fishing you should have around 61 – 62 cooking! This means you will burn a lot less lobsters! At level 60 fishing P2P can move on to Catherby and start catching lobsters, whilst F2P can go to Karamja and catch lobsters there. It is VERY hard for F2P to make money from lobsters without being dedicated, so it’s all up to you! P2P should keep fishing and cooking lobsters until they can catch sharks, of course! The fishing guild becomes available for P2P at level 68 fishing, or you can use a fishing pot to get in at level 65. Here there are a lot of places for fishing lobsters and sharks, along with a bank and a range, which makes fishing easy as well as enjoyable whilst talking to a number of other skilled fishers!
At level 76 fishing it is fairly slow fishing sharks so you can keep catching lobsters till 80 whilst raising your cooking to 80, remembering that you cannot cook the sharks until you reach 80 cooking! Once you are fishing and cooking sharks you’re on the road to riches, as these sell for up to 1,000gp each!
A great, fast way to raise your cooking is by buying raw lobsters. This is costly so don’t do it if you don’t have the money. It has the potential to make back the money spent depending on how much you payed for raw lobsters! A smart idea is to go to F2P and buying raw lobsters for 225gp – 250gp each then cook and sell for 250 ea on the forums. I always cook in Catherby but I think there are closers spots (to a bank), I am not positive though. I used this method to go from 60 – 72 cooking, and at around 72 cooking you stop burning lobsters! A good quest to complete is the Family Crest quest, which you can get cooking gauntlets from. The cooking gauntlets stop you from burning as much food, so these are a must have for sharks!
Fishing Guide:
Level 60 – 76 = 11,808 Lobsters
Level 76 – 80 = 7,219 Lobsters, 5,906 Sharks
Level 80 – 99 = 100,440 Sharks
Before level 60, if you follow my guide, you will catch a mix of salmon and trout so I cant post an exact amount for you, sorry!
Obviously cannot do a cooking guide as cooking is random unless your cooking level is great enough to avoid burning them at all. I’m not sure on the levels needed for each fish, so I’ll leave that out. Remember to cook everything you catch! You will need the levels!
chapter 12
Farming
Farming! YES FARMING! This is an absolutely amazing moneymaker, from using just ONE METHOD! Level 32 farming is required but I’m hoping you have the basic knowledge to get those few levels, so I wont be posting that here. Basically though, just plant some seeds with super compost and make sure you water and check regularly. But onto the awesome money side of farming!
RANARR FARMING:
At level 32 farming you have the ability to farm ranarr weeds! In my opinion this is one of the BEST ways of making money, whilst still being able to train other skills! To farm ranarr weeds you need super compost, a rake, a spade and ranarr seeds.
For the purpose of this guide I will keep the cost of ranarr seeds at 20,000gp each, and the cost of super compost as 1,000gp each. The selling price of ranarr weeds will be 6,500gp each.
Lets say we bought 100 Ranarr seeds = 2,000,000gp
And we bought 100 Super compost = 100,000gp
Therefore total cost = 2,100,000gp
Now, each ranarr seed, when using super compost, yields an average of 7 ranarr weeds per seed, so from planting 100 seeds we will yield approximately 700 ranarr weeds!
Selling these ranarr weeds at 6,500gp each will get you 4,550,000gp!
Profit = Revenue - Cost
Therefore profit = 4,550,000gp – 2,100,000gp = 2,450,000gp!
You can farm 100 ranarr seeds in a matter of a few days! On my account I got from level 1 – 32 farming in just over a day, and farmed 100 ranarr seeds in 3 days. This is amazing profit and the best part is you don’t even have to be there! The beauty of farming herbs is that you rake the patch, super compost it and plant the seed, then let it sit there for 75 minutes (including offline time) without the need to water it! This means whilst the herbs are growing you can go fish, woodcut, fletch or whatever you desire!
I personally use the Falador South/Draynor, Catherby and Ardougne patches for growing herbs, and fish at the fishing guild whilst waiting for the herbs to grow. It is advisable to check up on your herbs to make sure they do not become diseased, which can easily be cured by using plant cure purchasable from any farming NPC near the patches! Hopefully this proves to you that this is NOT a worthless skill!
Chapter 13
Thieving
Thieving is a very useful Members-Only skill that can be used to make quick cash as you get higher in levels. To make big cash you will need at least 50 Thieving, so if you aren't a high enough level, follow these steps to increase your level:
From level 1-10, pickpocket Men in Edgeville 145 times.
From level 10-30, steal cakes from the Baker's Stall in Ardougne 764 times.
From level 30-50, pickpocket Al Kharid Warriors 3,384 times.
Now that you're level 50 thieving, you should be able to easily pickpocket guards to get some good amounts of gp.
From level 50-70, pickpocket guards 13,684 times to steal 410,500gp.
From 70-80, pickpocket watchmen to thieve another 364,520gp and 9,113 bread.
At level 80, it should be easier to pickpocket Paladins to make 100,000gp an hour. Just be sure to bring lots of food with you.
chapter 13
magic
magical money
you can high alch or
Go to a very unpopulated world and start out in falador. Wield a staff of air, and have in your inventory: as many law runes as you will need, as many earth runes as you will need, as many water runes as you will need (depending on how many trips you want to make). Teleport to your house, and walk right out. Now, head west and very shortly you should find a peninsula many know as ‘hobgoblin island.’ Go to the most northern part of it and you should see 2 snape grass respawns. Continually pick them up until your inventory is full. Teleport to Falador, bank them, and repeat! Simple, eh? It took me about 1 hour and a half to get 1000 of them
and they sell for 400-500ea.
chapter 14
combat
This one is a also a very good way to make some cash. Now, go to a moderately high populated world (not too high because sometimes there are other people doing this, SOMETIMES) and go to the Warrior guild. Now, you are going to need some tokens before doing this. Get around 1-2k tokens ( doesn’t take very long to get them) and head upstairs until you reach the room with all the trolls (I don’t remember what they are, haven’t been there in a while) and you will notice there are many people killing them but they leave the big bones on the ground. Pick them up and bank them in the bank downstairs and repeat. Sell the bones 400-450ea. 
try and kill chickens and sell there feathers
(sry this isnt very differin't not many ways to make money off combat other than killing and sell what they drop)
Chapter 14
Tips & Tricks to Making Money
The following are just some simple Tips & Tricks to keep in mind when try to
make money. Some of these tips will seem obvious, however it is still important:
Always use a calculator!! For accurate trades it is very important to
keep a calculator on hand. Make sure they are selling/buying for the price
they said. I personally always keep a calculator on hand. You never know
when you will run into scammers!
Start slow!! Start off only selling 1 or 2 items at first. When you first start
merchanting items it is important too stay focused on 1-2 items. This willhelp
you learn and perfect the different sale techniques for your item,
whether it be iron ore, coal, feathers, or whatever else you may be selling.
Buy starting out slow you will be able to find out what works well and what
does not.
ALWAYS DEAL IN BULK!! I can't stress this enough, this is the easiest
and almost the only way to make big money. It's simple really: The more
items you have the more profiit there is to be made off of that item.
Buy low and Sell High! This is obvious right? Use the price guide to
double check the prices for items you are unfamilar with.
Be sure to use the most updated price guide . We update the guide
every 2 weeks.
PATIENCE is the key, sometimes it can take awhile to sell. This is ok, if
the items won't sell for what you are asking (and the price of the items are
relevant) DONT SELL CHEAP! Just keep the items in your bank, and try to
sell them later. Having items in your bank is just like having money on your
pocket.
Double check all trades to avoid scams. To good to be true? Most likely
is.
Never give in on your price, if they won't buy it then leave, don't waste
your time with them. There are always plenty of buyers!!
Use the FORUMS! They are there for a reason. This is the easiest way to
sell in bulk. The forums are also a very good way to find bargains on low
priced items as well.
Forums
Switch worlds often . If you cant find any good deals, log into another
world, eventually you will find them. In general you can find items for less
money in the less populated worlds. The higher the population in the world
the higher the prices will be.
Try different bank locations to find the items your looking to buy/sell.
Example - If buying ores or bars you should try the banks in Faldor as this
town has a furnace and is close to mining areas. If you are buying Rune Essence
visit the East Bank in Varrock, since it is close to the Rune Essence
mine.
Chapter 15
avoid scams and hacking
Scamming and Hacking into accounts are unfortunatly very common in
Runescape. The tips below will help you to protect your account from any
hacking and scamming when playing.
Hacking Accounts
The most common way that people can hack your account is that they get
your password, whether it be from keyloggers, simply guessing it, or other
advanced macro programs that are there today. Follow these tips to further
protect your account.
1. Change your password often - I try to change my password at least 2
times a week. This prevents anyone from constantly gaining access to your
account.
2. BE SURE TO SET YOUR RECOVERY QUESTIONS- This should be
one of the first things that you do when you open an account. It is helpful
not only for regaining access to your account if it happens to get hacked,
but also in case you happen to forget it as well.
3. Never give your passwordto anyone for any reason- Never type your
password in the chat screen JAGEX does not block your password from
being displayed!! Trust I've done it.
4 . Be sure to run your virus program daily to detect any viruses. Trojan Viruses
often carry keyloggers which can track what you are typing, including
your password. If you do not have a virus program, please visit the site below:
5. Make your password impossible to guess! I use a password generator
for this. A password generator creates a random password for you automatically,
just be sure to write it down, lol.
