FAN-MADE • ALWAYS FREE
Plan the grind.
Keep the adventure.
Practical Old School RuneScape routes for every skill, honest money-making playbooks, and live Grand Exchange tools—written from one player to another.
Made by Daniel, an OSRS fan. Not affiliated with Jagex.
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THE LONG GRIND
MARKET DESK
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THE SKILL HALL
Every skill, documented from first unlock to cape.
No single route is sacred. Each guide gives you a dependable progression, a lower-attention alternative, and the checkpoints worth caring about.
Attack
Unlock accurate weapons first, then let Slayer and quests carry the long grind.
Strength
Prioritise max hits: Strength usually gives the biggest early boost to melee damage.
Defence
Train enough for the armour you need, then finish levels alongside Slayer or bossing.
Hitpoints
A passive skill in the best sense: train damage skills well and Hitpoints follows.
Ranged
Use cheap ammunition for the base, then scale into Slayer, chinning, or bossing.
Prayer
Bank the bones first, then choose between safe, social, or high-risk altar methods.
Magic
Unlock teleports and utility spells early; let combat, alching, and burst tasks handle the rest.
Cooking
Cook near a bank, reduce burns with the right range and gauntlets, then scale by budget.
Woodcutting
Move from quick early logs into either Forestry groups, profit logs, or low-attention trees.
Fletching
A flexible bank skill: make useful ammunition cheaply or spend for rapid levels.
Fishing
Quest the opening, then rotate between Tempoross, fly fishing, Karambwans, and low-attention catches.
Firemaking
Use logs for the first few levels, then Wintertodt offers a more varied path to 99.
Crafting
Treat Crafting as an account-unlock skill: jewellery, battlestaves, glass, and hides all have a place.
Smithing
Quest the slow opening, then use Giants’ Foundry, Blast Furnace, or anvils based on budget and attention.
Mining
Front-load quests, then choose between active granite, Motherlode Mine, stars, and mining bosses.
Herblore
Fund it with herb runs, clean strategically, and make potions around unlocks your account will use.
Agility
Prioritise Graceful and diary shortcuts; rooftops are steady, Sepulchre is the skill ceiling.
Thieving
Quest the opening, then mix stalls, blackjack, knights, artefacts, and high-level targets.
Slayer
Build points before chasing perfect tasks, then block around your goals and preferred combat styles.
Farming
Let time work for you: tree runs for XP, herb runs for GP, contracts for seed flow.
Runecraft
Use quests to escape the opening, Guardians of the Rift for structure, and specialised altars later.
Hunter
Build passive levels with birdhouses, then mix rumours, salamanders, and chinchompas.
Construction
Build for utility first: teleports, storage, restoration, and a clean training room layout.
Sailing
Learn the helm through Pandemonium, chart the coast, then branch into salvaging, tasks, and trials.
THE COIN POUCH
Money makers for different kinds of days.
Active, recurring, skilling, and market methods—ranked by attention and risk, not by a made-up promise of guaranteed GP per hour.
Recurring • Low attention
Herb runs
32+ Farming recommended; more patches improve each runRecurring • Low attention
Birdhouse runs
Fossil Island access and 5+ HunterSkilling • High attention
Blast Furnace bars
Coal bag strongly recommended; relevant Smithing levelSkilling • Medium attention
Process GE materials
Varies: Cooking, Crafting, Herblore, or FletchingPvM • Medium attention
Barrows runs
Protection prayers, underground travel, and basic combat gearPvM • High attention
Vorkath
Dragon Slayer II and a practiced combat setupSkilling • Medium attention
High-level pickpocketing
Target-dependent Thieving level; Rogue outfit recommendedMarket • Medium attention
Grand Exchange flipping
Starter capital and spare GE slotsMarket • Medium attention
High Level Alchemy
55 Magic and nature runesSkilling • High attention
Wilderness gathering
Method-dependent; only bring what you accept losingTHE VARROCK DESK
Live prices. Clear math. Your call.
Search any tradeable item, scan after-tax flip margins, compare high-alch returns, or work out a grind before you commit.
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A NOTE FROM DANIEL
“I like guides that help me decide, then get out of the way. These are the routes and tools I'd want open on a second monitor while I play.”