This is a list of some of the ways to make money (money makers) in Old School RuneScape and the requirements to do so. The prices and hourly rates are simply an estimate. The actual rates and profit are likely to differ. There are likely other ways that aren't included here; feel free to suggest them on the talk page.
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Notes:
- Caution: You should always research the items and methods before trying these methods. Because of constantly changing prices of items, the estimated profit may be inaccurate.
Any method in the "Hourly Profit" section that relies on buying an item from the Grand Exchange does not take into account the time needed to purchase the item or its buy limit. Therefore, do not assume the rate of item purchases on the GE matches the rate of item processing of the method.
All prices are calculated using current Grand Exchange market prices, meaning the actual profit per hour may vary greatly from what is stated here. If you notice a discrepancy between profits listed here and profits listed on guide pages, it is likely a caching issue. You can force this page to update by clicking here.
Hourly profit table
Note: Most money making methods rely on Grand Exchange item prices (taking into account the GE tax), which may fluctuate as players constantly sell for higher or lower than the listed price, and some items are less stable than others. For methods involving the processing of items, it is recommended to test each method with a small sample size before investing a lot of money, as the prices may not be fully accurate, possibly resulting in loss instead of profit.
| Method | Hourly profit | Skills | Category | Intensity | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing the Doom of Mokhaiotl (Delve 1-16) | 13,084,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Nex (Duo) | 11,148,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing the Maggot King | 11,007,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Completing the Fortis Colosseum (Wave 12) | 10,963,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Phosani's Nightmare | 10,886,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Chambers of Xeric (Challenge Mode) | 9,799,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing the Doom of Mokhaiotl (Delve 1-8) | 9,741,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Yama (Contract of Shard Acquisition, duo) | 9,430,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Theatre of Blood | 9,129,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing the Maggot King (Ranged) | 9,083,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Duke Sucellus | 8,873,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Tombs of Amascut (solo 545 raid level) | 8,493,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Chambers of Xeric (Normal Mode) | 8,210,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Vardorvis | 7,971,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Leviathan | 6,850,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Whisperer | 6,538,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Nex (Team) | 6,513,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Tombs of Amascut (solo 450 raid level) | 6,049,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Yama (solo) | 6,002,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Venenatis | 5,968,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Phantom Muspah (Twisted bow) | 5,729,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Yama (Contract of Catalyst Acquisition, duo) | 5,661,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Yama (Contract of Harmony Acquisition) | 5,549,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing zombie pirates (Max efficiency) | 5,178,000 |
| Combat/Low | High | |
| Killing Tormented Demons | 5,027,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing demonic gorillas | 4,882,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Araxxor | 4,771,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vet'ion | 4,563,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing The Nightmare | 4,490,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Spindel | 4,353,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Kree'arra | 4,290,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Pickpocketing elves | 4,117,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Completing The Corrupted Gauntlet | 4,100,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter lance) | 4,016,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing General Graardor | 3,990,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing revenants (Craw's bow) | 3,963,000 | Combat/Mid | High | ||
| Killing the Alchemical Hydra | 3,815,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing the Corporeal Beast | 3,649,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Tombs of Amascut (Expert) | 3,631,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter crossbow) | 3,611,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting sunfire runes | 3,558,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing Commander Zilyana | 3,520,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing Zulrah (max efficiency) | 3,322,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Crafting double nature runes (Achievement Diary Cape teleport) | 3,290,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing Cerberus | 3,269,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Crafting blood runes | 3,263,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Crafting aether runes using scarred extract | 3,115,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing Callisto | 3,106,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing revenants (Magic shortbow) | 3,076,000 | Combat/Mid | High | ||
| Making mahogany planks (max efficiency) | 2,978,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Smelting runite bars at Blast Furnace (Player-to-player trading) | 2,961,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Crafting wrath runes | 2,960,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | High | |
| Fletching gem-tipped dragon bolts | 2,862,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Creating crystal keys | 2,810,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Killing the Abyssal Sire | 2,720,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing vyres | 2,639,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Crafting blood runes through the Abyss | 2,573,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Cutting raw yellowfin | 2,530,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Killing Frost dragons (on-task) | 2,520,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Smelting runite bars at Blast Furnace | 2,512,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Cutting raw marlin | 2,497,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Stealing from Rogues' Castle chests | 2,453,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Killing Vorkath (Toxic blowpipe) | 2,450,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Looting Eldric the Ice King | 2,435,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Deep sea trawling for marlin | 2,397,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Looting Branda the Fire Queen | 2,387,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Smelting adamantite bars at Blast Furnace | 2,348,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Killing Dagannoth Kings (Solo tribrid) | 2,312,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Poisoning ammunition | 2,242,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Slaying Venators | 2,203,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing Zalcano | 2,124,000 |
| Skilling | High | |
| Sac jacking | 2,101,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting death runes through the Abyss | 2,098,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Killing Calvar'ion | 2,073,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Frost dragons (off-task) | 2,053,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Making sanfew serum(4) | 2,035,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Wilderness Agility Course | 2,031,000 | Skilling/Agility | High | ||
| Killing Hueycoatl (Solo) | 1,960,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Completing The Gauntlet | 1,943,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Buying mixed hide bases | 1,928,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Degriming grimy irit leaf | 1,910,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Killing Scorpia | 1,890,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing Zulrah | 1,876,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Crafting astral runes | 1,859,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Killing zombie pirates (Budget) | 1,838,000 | Combat/Low | Moderate | ||
| Smelting steel bars at Blast Furnace | 1,810,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Killing Zalcano (Experience) | 1,798,000 |
| Skilling | Moderate | |
| Making mahogany planks at the Woodcutting Guild | 1,779,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing the Thermonuclear smoke devil | 1,773,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Opening sinister chests | 1,772,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Smelting mithril bars at Blast Furnace | 1,762,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Killing adamant dragons | 1,755,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Moons of Peril | 1,728,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Casting Tan Leather | 1,718,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing K'ril Tsutsaroth | 1,711,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Mastering Mixology | 1,692,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Completing the Fortis Colosseum (Wave 1) | 1,692,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Chaos Elemental | 1,692,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Hallowed Sepulchre (Floor 5) | 1,688,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Degriming grimy avantoe | 1,684,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Degriming grimy lantadyme | 1,684,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Opening grubby chests | 1,682,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Killing Blood Moon | 1,673,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Deep sea trawling for halibut | 1,668,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Crafting aether runes | 1,650,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Crafting steam runes | 1,601,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing brutal black dragons | 1,590,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Killing araxytes (off-task) | 1,590,000 |
| Combat | Moderate | |
| Killing Artio | 1,575,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Delivering food in Gnome Restaurant | 1,563,000 | Collecting | High | ||
| Killing lava dragons | 1,556,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Killing rune dragons | 1,528,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Making toy cats | 1,505,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Hunting pyre foxes | 1,496,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Low | |
| Crafting double law runes through the Abyss | 1,494,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Opening essence impling jars | 1,486,000 | Various (for clue steps) | Processing | High | |
| Killing skeletal wyverns | 1,429,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Crafting mud runes | 1,424,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Making raw wild pies | 1,409,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Crafting mist runes | 1,396,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Killing the Giant Mole (Twisted bow) | 1,396,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Hunting sunlight antelopes | 1,358,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Crafting cosmic runes through the Abyss | 1,356,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Degriming grimy tarromin | 1,327,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Buying Relicym's balm | 1,315,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Deep sea trawling for bluefin | 1,287,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Killing the Grotesque Guardians | 1,249,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Pickpocketing master farmers | 1,246,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Degriming grimy kwuarm | 1,246,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Making mahogany planks | 1,227,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Degriming grimy cadantine | 1,214,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Degriming grimy toadflax | 1,214,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Crafting topaz jewellery | 1,204,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing fiyr shades | 1,201,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Making cadantine potions | 1,192,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing Spitting Wyvern | 1,169,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Smithing rune items (Player-to-player trading) | 1,166,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Opening eclectic impling jars | 1,160,000 | Various (for clue steps) | Processing | High | |
| Killing kurasks | 1,160,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Killing basilisk knights (Slayer) | 1,157,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Settlement or Temple) | 1,152,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Crafting chaos runes through the Abyss | 1,151,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Making sacred oil | 1,146,000 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | ||
| Making kwuarm potions | 1,132,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing Lizardman Shamans (Canyon) | 1,120,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Making raw summer pies | 1,118,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Making super combat potions (with prescription goggles) | 1,116,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Killing urium shades | 1,111,000 |
| Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Killing hydras | 1,108,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Degriming grimy ranarr weed | 1,100,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (max) | 1,094,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Guardians of the Rift | 1,087,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | ||
| Killing the Chaos Fanatic | 1,084,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting cosmic runes | 1,080,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Aerial fishing | 1,072,000 | Skilling/Fishing, Hunter | High | ||
| Crafting soul runes | 1,068,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Collecting snape grass | 1,065,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Making toadflax potions | 1,064,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Grinding unicorn horns | 1,062,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (no diary) | 1,046,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Killing Dagannoth Kings (Rex only) | 1,046,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Making dwarf weed potions | 1,032,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Casting Superglass Make | 1,024,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | High | |
| Opening crystal chests | 1,023,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Enchanting dragonstone jewellery | 1,022,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making elemental battlestaves (Ironman) | 1,021,000 | Ironman | Moderate | ||
| Making snapdragon potions | 1,020,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Last Man Standing | 1,010,000 |
or | Combat/Low | High | |
| Crafting air runes (high level) | 995,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Making irit potions | 992,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Hunting moonlight antelopes | 989,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Catching snowy knights | 986,000 | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | ||
| Killing the Mad Angel | 978,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Killing green dragons (Myths Guild) | 973,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Making lantadyme potions | 964,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Charging and alchemising bracelets of ethereum | 961,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre (Floor 4) | 956,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Making magic pyre logs | 955,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Degriming grimy harralander | 955,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Tanning blue dragonhide | 954,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Hunting black chinchompas | 941,000 | Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | ||
| Tanning green dragonhide | 933,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making avantoe potions | 932,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Making ranarr potions | 928,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing green dragons | 918,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Tanning black dragonhide | 915,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Killing gargoyles | 910,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing the Kraken | 907,000 | Combat/High | Low | ||
| Mining lead ore (Deepfin mine) | 898,000 | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | ||
| Tanning red dragonhide | 891,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Making redwood pyre logs | 890,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing Vyrewatch Sentinels | 890,000 |
| Combat/High | Low | |
| Killing the Giant Mole (Dharok's) | 885,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Mining and crushing infernal shale (Tick manipulation) | 872,000 | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | ||
| Degriming grimy marrentill | 857,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Killing cave horrors | 856,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Hunting implings | 855,000 |
Decent | Skilling/Hunter | High | |
| Creating Barrows teleport tablets | 854,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Fletching moonlight antler bolts | 851,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Buying beer tankards | 842,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Humidifying clay | 808,000 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | ||
| Making oak planks (Auburnvale) | 804,000 | Processing | Moderate | ||
| Smithing cannonballs (Grimstone Dungeon) | 798,000 | Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | ||
| Creating forester's rations | 797,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Deep sea trawling for yellowfin | 794,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Moderate | ||
| Degriming grimy dwarf weed | 793,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Mining basalt | 788,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Crafting limestone bricks | 780,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Looting ogre coffins | 760,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Creating teleport tablets at Lectern (Lunar) | 759,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Making raw admiral pies | 738,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Barrows | 736,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing Wyrms (Slayer) | 727,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Temple Trekking | 711,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Buying monkey nuts | 706,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Grinding goat horns | 702,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making pineapple pizzas | 690,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | High | |
| Pickpocketing H.A.M. members | 686,000 | Skilling/Thieving | High | ||
| Degriming grimy snapdragon | 679,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Killing Drakes | 668,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Hallowed Sepulchre (Floor 3) | 666,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Creating eternal glories | 664,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Crafting blood runes at Arceuus (minimal requirements) | 660,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Low | |
| Smelting adamantite bars (Superheat Item) | 659,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Hunting carnivorous chinchompas | 659,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Fletching ogre arrow shafts | 655,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Fletching flighted ogre arrows | 655,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Mining runite ore | 647,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Selling archery supplies | 647,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (Deep Wilderness Dungeon) | 642,000 |
| Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy irit leaves | 640,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Pickpocketing paladins | 639,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Smelting iron bars at Blast Furnace | 637,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | High | |
| Making harralander potions | 632,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Degriming grimy guam leaf | 631,000 | Skilling/Herblore | High | ||
| Smithing rune items | 628,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Enchanting jade amulets | 618,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Crafting nature runes through the Abyss | 617,000 | Skilling/Runecraft | High | ||
| Filling bullseye lantern (empty) | 616,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Making prayer potions | 615,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Low | |
| Killing mithril dragons | 584,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Killing blue dragons | 583,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Smelting runite bars (Superheat Item) | 582,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Catching rainbow crabs | 579,000 | Skilling/Hunter | High | ||
| Killing Amoxliatl | 575,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Making adamant brutal arrows | 570,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy lantadyme | 570,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Cleaning grimy avantoe | 570,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Casting Spin Flax | 568,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw moonlight antelope | 564,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing brine rats | 563,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Crafting law runes through the Abyss | 562,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Crushing bird nests | 560,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Mining rubium splinters | 546,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Buying beer | 539,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Enchanting sapphire rings | 538,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Making Guthix rests | 531,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Stealing cave goblin wire | 517,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Crafting opal jewellery | 517,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Making tarromin potions | 516,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Crafting jade jewellery | 514,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing the Kalphite Queen | 511,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Chopping the engorged bloodwood tree | 508,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Killing ice troll runts | 504,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Blast mining | 501,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing Sarachnis | 493,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Stringing magic longbows | 485,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Killing Kourend necromancers | 481,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Underwater Agility and Thieving | 480,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | High | |
| Filling buckets with water | 478,000 | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | ||
| Casting plank make | 468,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting runes at Ourania Altar | 461,000 |
| Skilling/Runecraft | Moderate | |
| Making oak planks | 461,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Killing frost naguas | 461,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Cleaning grimy tarromin | 460,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Pasting squid | 460,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Stringing yew longbows | 458,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| High alching profitable free-to-play items | 454,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Collecting climbing boots | 440,000 |
Decent | Collecting | High | |
| Nechrecycling | 438,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy kwuarm | 435,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing brutal red dragons | 428,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Cleaning grimy cadantine | 425,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Cleaning grimy toadflax | 425,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Killing Jubsters | 425,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Making teak planks | 421,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Mining lead ore | 419,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Cutting diamond bolt tips | 419,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Making gloves of silence | 414,000 | None | Processing/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing black dragons | 414,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Cutting ruby bolt tips | 409,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Hunting herbiboars | 405,000 | Skilling/Hunter | Low | ||
| Mining runite ore (free-to-play) | 398,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Making super combat potions | 391,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | Moderate | |
| Buying kegs of beer | 390,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy ranarr weed | 390,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Planting flower seeds | 389,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing skogres and zogres | 388,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing ents | 387,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Cutting yew logs | 384,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Killing spiritual mages | 384,000 | Combat/High | Moderate | ||
| Buying jug packs | 382,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Creating bones to peaches tablets | 380,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Creating teleport to house tablets | 373,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Subduing Tempoross | 372,000 | Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | ||
| Charging air orbs | 365,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw anglerfish | 361,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Vyrecycling | 359,000 | Collecting | Low | ||
| Buying iron ore from Ordan | 356,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw dark crabs | 354,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Cooking raw sharks | 352,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Salvaging mercenary shipwrecks | 350,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Cleaning grimy harralander | 345,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Mining salts | 343,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Fletching headless arrows | 343,000 | None | Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Crafting drift nets | 339,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Moderate | |
| Killing fever spiders | 338,000 | Combat/Low | High | ||
| Mining and crushing infernal shale (Infernal shale rocks) | 338,000 | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | ||
| Making ultracompost | 338,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Spinning flax to bow strings | 337,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Collecting mort myre fungi | 335,000 | Collecting | Low | ||
| Tanning cowhide | 334,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Mining volcanic ash | 334,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing disciples of Iban | 328,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Charging fire orbs | 321,000 | Skilling/Magic | Low | ||
| Crafting ruby bracelets | 318,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy marrentill | 315,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Making anchovy pizzas | 315,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Recharging rings of wealth | 311,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Mining gemstones | 307,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing aviansie | 298,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy dwarf weed | 295,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Crafting emerald bracelets | 287,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Stranglewood fishing | 286,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Smithing bronze dart tips | 286,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Killing the King Black Dragon | 285,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Smithing steel dart tips | 284,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Smithing steel cannonballs | 283,000 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | ||
| Crafting diamond jewellery | 278,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Smithing iron dart tips | 275,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Crafting ruby jewellery | 274,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Buying steel nails | 270,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching dark crabs | 268,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Making pie shells | 267,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Crafting emerald jewellery | 264,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne | 263,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Moderate | |
| Crafting diamond bracelets | 263,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Filling water containers (Hosidius kitchen) | 262,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Motherlode Mine | 261,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Cooking raw marlin | 261,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Mining amethyst | 261,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Crafting dragonstone jewellery | 260,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cleaning grimy snapdragon | 260,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Collecting white berries | 258,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Smelting runite bars | 257,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Crafting clockwork (teleport method) | 256,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | High | |
| Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy) | 255,000 |
Decent | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Catching minnows | 255,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Moderate | |
| Casting Bones to Bananas | 252,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Salvaging Fremennik shipwrecks | 251,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play) | 250,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cleaning grimy guam leaves | 245,000 |
| Skilling/Herblore | High | |
| Charging earth orbs | 242,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Killing Feral Vampyres | 242,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Collecting ruby rings | 238,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Catching sacred eels | 238,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Buying feather packs | 236,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Enchanting diamond necklaces | 236,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Crafting sapphire jewellery | 235,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Salvaging merchant shipwrecks | 235,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Creating Varrock teleport tablets | 234,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Crafting sapphire bracelets | 234,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Picking bananas | 233,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing sulphur naguas | 233,000 | Combat/Low | Moderate | ||
| Charging water orbs | 231,000 | Skilling/Magic | Low | ||
| Barbarian assault high gambles | 230,000 | Combat/High | High | ||
| Killing the Crazy archaeologist | 229,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Killing red dragons | 229,000 | Combat/Mid | Moderate | ||
| Salvaging pirate shipwrecks | 222,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Killing brutal green dragons | 221,000 |
| Combat/High | High | |
| Crafting gold bracelets | 220,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Making weapon poison(++) | 219,000 |
| Collecting | High | |
| Catching sharks with shark lure | 216,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Making dyes | 213,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Collecting jangerberries | 213,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Hunting chinchompas | 211,000 |
| Skilling/Hunter | Moderate | |
| Casting Hunter kit | 210,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | High | |
| Fletching sunlight antler bolts | 202,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Low | |
| Cooking raw yellowfin | 202,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting steel platebodies | 201,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying team capes | 201,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Climbing the Agility Pyramid | 200,000 |
| Skilling/Agility | High | |
| Collecting bronze pickaxes | 196,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing Scurrius | 195,000 | Combat/Low | High | ||
| Making tuna potatoes | 194,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Cutting camphor logs | 191,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Collecting black scimitars from Ardougne Castle | 191,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting nature runes | 187,000 |
Decent | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Catching infernal eels | 182,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting cosmic runes | 182,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Salvaging large shipwrecks | 177,000 | Skilling/Sailing | Low | ||
| Collecting eclipse red bottles | 175,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Chopping infected roots | 172,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Catching anglerfish | 171,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Making pastry dough | 170,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cooking raw karambwan | 170,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Forging Giant swords | 170,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Selling silk to silk merchant | 168,000 |
| Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting wine of Zamorak | 165,000 |
500 total level | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Smelting steel bars | 165,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Stringing amulets | 164,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields | 162,000 |
High | Collecting | High | |
| Killing black unicorns | 158,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Catching raw karambwan | 155,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting chaos runes | 155,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Grinding chocolate bars | 153,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Cutting redwood logs | 153,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore | 150,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting tinderboxes | 150,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing ogress shamans | 149,000 |
80+ | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Buying pies | 149,000 | Collecting | Moderate | ||
| Cooking plain pizzas | 143,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Stealing valuables | 142,000 |
| Skilling/Thieving | Low | |
| Creating Ardougne teleport tablets | 142,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Enchanting topaz jewellery | 139,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Crafting gold jewellery | 137,000 |
| Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Creating Camelot teleport tablets | 133,000 |
| Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Cutting magic logs | 133,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Killing ankou | 131,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing chaos druids | 128,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Collecting fish food | 120,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Cutting yew logs (free-to-play) | 120,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars | 115,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Making uncooked apple pies | 113,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing spidines | 112,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Mining clay members | 110,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Baking potatoes | 109,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Catching sharks | 109,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Completing elite clues (urium remains) | 107,000 | Skilling/Firemaking | High | ||
| Drift net fishing | 101,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | High | |
| Stringing maple longbows | 101,000 |
| Skilling/Fletching | Moderate | |
| Collecting monk's robes | 100,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Killing ogress warriors | 90,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Runite bars | 89,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play) | 83,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 80,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn | 77,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Buying kebabs in Al Kharid | 75,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars | 72,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Making uncooked berry pies | 71,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 70,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Smelting silver bars | 69,000 |
| Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Making pizza bases | 67,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play) | 66,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing chaos dwarves | 66,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Killing hill giants | 65,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Blessing unblessed symbols | 64,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 63,000 |
Decent | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play) | 61,000 |
| Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars | 59,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing imps | 58,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Mining clay | 57,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting air talismans | 56,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting spades | 55,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making dough at Cooks' Guild | 54,000 |
| Processing | High | |
| Firecycling | 53,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing monkeys | 52,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Cutting oak logs | 51,000 |
| Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Killing Bryophyta (free-to-play) | 50,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Mining iron and superheating Iron bars | 48,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Collecting iron ore | 44,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore (free-to-play) | 41,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Cooking raw chicken | 40,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Stealing Wydin's bananas | 34,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing elemental wizards | 33,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) | 32,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Mining coal (free-to-play) | 32,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Catching sardines & herring | 31,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Cooking raw swordfish | 30,000 |
| Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Killing ankou (free-to-play) | 29,000 |
Or, if safespotting: | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Making flour | 28,000 |
| Processing | Low | |
| Filling water containers | 28,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Catching lobsters | 27,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting ashes | 27,000 |
| Collecting | Low | |
| Killing wizards | 27,000 |
| Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing Zamorak monks | 22,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play) | 20,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Taking from the infinite money bag while picking up coin spawns in Varrock West bank | 19,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing bears | 18,000 |
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Mining gold ore (free-to-play) | 18,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Catching lobsters (free-to-play) | 17,000 |
| Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting beer glasses | 17,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Collecting garlic | 15,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate |
Recurring methods
Effective hourly profit is the amount of money you would make in an hour if you could continuously use these money makers. It is best not to use activities that have an effective profit less than what you can normally make otherwise.
Note that these guides assume you do only one type of herb farming at once, one type of fruit tree farming at once, one type of brewing at once, etc.
| Method | Profit | Time | Effective profit | Recurrence time | Skills | Category | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing magic saplings | 711,000 | 00:10:00 | 4,266,000 | 04:00:00 |
| Processing (Sapling) | |
| Brewing greenman's ale(m) | 649,000 | 00:25:00 | 1,558,000 | 48:00:00 |
| Cooking (Brewing) | |
| Brewing chef's delight(m) | 581,000 | 00:25:00 | 1,395,000 | 48:00:00 |
| Cooking (Brewing) | |
| Growing palm saplings | 235,000 | 00:10:00 | 1,410,000 | 04:00:00 |
| Processing (Sapling) | |
| Farming kwuarm | 175,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,751,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming ranarr weed | 168,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,684,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming toadflax | 166,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,662,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming snapdragon | 163,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,625,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming torstol | 156,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,562,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming huasca | 156,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,562,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming cadantine | 155,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,550,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming avantoe | 147,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,469,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Growing coral | 121,000 | 00:03:00 | 2,425,000 | 02:40:00 |
| Farming | |
| Opening herb boxes | 109,000 | 00:02:00 | 3,268,000 | 24:00:00 | For getting Nightmare Zone points, see this section. | Minigame | |
| Farming irit leaves | 109,000 | 00:06:00 | 1,089,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Farming cotton bolls | 99,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,187,000 | 01:40:00 |
| Farming (Hop) | |
| Farming dwarf weed | 99,000 | 00:06:00 | 988,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Buying battlestaves from Zaff | 96,000 | 00:00:30 | 11,506,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Farming Yanillian hops | 95,000 | 00:06:00 | 948,000 | 01:00:00 | Farming (Hop) | ||
| Farming hemp | 94,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,132,000 | 01:20:00 |
| Farming (Hop) | |
| Farming lantadyme | 92,000 | 00:06:00 | 925,000 | 01:30:00 |
| Farming (Herb) | |
| Planting Crystal acorn | 91,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,096,000 | 08:00:00 |
| Processing | |
| Farming jute fibre | 87,000 | 00:05:00 | 1,047,000 | 00:50:00 | Farming (Hop) | ||
| Exchanging mole parts | 82,000 | 00:01:30 | 3,286,000 | 04:00:00 | None | Processing | |
| Bird house trapping | 62,000 | 00:01:24 | 2,667,000 | 00:50:00 |
| Hunter | |
| Picking papayas | 61,000 | 00:03:00 | 1,215,000 | 03:00:00 |
| Farming (Picking Fruit tree) | |
| Planting Celastrus sapling | 50,000 | 00:00:45 | 4,014,000 | 13:20:00 |
| Farming | |
| Picking coconuts | 47,000 | 00:03:00 | 948,000 | 04:30:00 |
| Farming (Picking Fruit tree) | |
| Managing Miscellania | 42,000 | 00:00:30 | 5,046,000 | 24:00:00 |
Recommended for approval gaining: | Collecting | |
| Picking cactus spines | 31,000 | 00:01:00 | 1,831,000 | 01:00:00 |
| Farming | |
| Claiming runes from Lundail | 19,000 | 00:01:00 | 1,150,000 | 24:00:00 |
| Recurring | |
| Claiming Dynamite from Thirus | 14,000 | 00:00:30 | 1,709,000 | 24:00:00 | None | Recurring | |
| Selling hardleather bodies | 6,000 | 00:01:00 | 338,000 | 20:00:00 | None | Collecting | |
| Claiming pure essence from Wizard Cromperty | 1,000 | 00:01:00 | 30,000 | 24:00:00 |
| Recurring |
Stronghold of Security

Players can visit the Stronghold of Security for some quick coins. Players can get 10,000 just for completing the first three levels. This can be done even at Combat level 3, making it a good way to obtain your first bit of money.
Miscellaneous methods
Merchanting
Grand Exchange flipping, or merchanting, is the high-risk, high-reward activity of buying items for a low price and selling them at a higher price. You are looking for items that are unstable, but are frequently traded, with a changing price due to supply and demand.
Untradeable supplies
Certain money making methods use untradeable supplies that are gathered passively through normal gameplay, the time taken to gather these ingredients is impossible to objectively quantify with a specific value so they are assumed to be "zero time" to gather in these guides.
See also
- Category:Guides
- Skill training guides
- Ironman money making guide
- Skills
- Gold sink
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