While there are many ways to make money in Old School RuneScape, some ways are exclusive to members only. This guide will cover all the ways available to everyone and members. Money is depicted in gold coins, gold pieces (GP), gold, and money in general. Players will require a lot of money to progress their way in OSRS, which are mentioned below.
5 Ways On How to Make Money in Old School RuneScape
1. Stronghold of Security
Here is the quickest and easiest way to make money and get that load of gold when you first start the game. Go to the Lumbridge Castle, which is located in the southern part of the game. There you will come across a character called Count Check. He will teleport you to Stronghold of Security. You have to answer some questions there which will help you receive ten thousand gold at the 4th level. This method of making money is available to all the players.
2. Boss Fights
Just like many other RPG games out there, Old School Runescape also has Boss fights as you progress. Successfully, kill the bosses and earn gold.
- From the Nightmare boss fight you can gain 800 gold and more along with 4.3 million profit per hour.
- Then from the Vorkath boss fight you can gain 3 million profit per hour.
- The Theatre of Blood Fight will help you gain 3.2 million profit per hour.
- Bandos God Wars Dungeon will help you gain 2.2 million per hour.
These were some of the examples of how much you can earn from boss fights in OSRS. Surely, there are more boss fights available further in the game, which will help you gain more money as you progress. Some boss fights can also help you make more than 4 million profit per hour. The profit range fluctuates based on the upgrades and the fight, but the above-given ones were a rough estimate of it.
3. Rune crafting
The other way to make money in Old Scholl RuneScape is through Rune crafting. You have to complete the rune crafting training and get a hang of the whole method. The goal here is to level up because the higher your level is the more money will you make. There are different kinds of Rune crafting techniques in the game. Each one of them starts paying you hourly as you reach the desired level for it. For example:
- Mud Runes require to reach level 13 to gain 568 thousand per hour.
- Blood Runes Requires you to reach level 77 to gain a profit of 641 thousand per hour.
- Astral runes help you gain a profit of 1 million after you reach level 82.
- Cosmic Runes helps you gain a profit of 613 thousand per hour after you reach Level 75.
- Wrath Runes require to reach Level 95 to receive 1.3 million per hour.
4. Cooking
Cooking in the game is quite fun and can help you gain some profit and make a lot of money. For example –
- Tuna costs 72 thousand per hour at level 30.
- Plain Pizza costs 1,110 thousand per hour at level 35.
- Pineapple Pizza costs 608 thousand per hour at level 65.
- Karambwan costs 204 thousand per hour at level 30.
5. Hunting to Make Money
Hunting is most definitely one of the most common ways to make money in OSRS. Once again you have to reach certain levels to make a profit while hunting, for example –
- Chinchompas will help you gain 149 thousand per hour at level 53.
- Carnivorous Chinchompas will help you gain 501 thousand per hour at level 63.
- Black Chinchompas will help you gain 1 million per hour at level 80.
6. Other Ways to Make Money
There are still quite a few other ways to make money in Old School RuneScape. You can pick a method that suits you best along with the methods mentioned above.
- Mining will help you gain profit from 164 thousand per hour to 678 thousand per hour.
- Fishing, while it does not help you make a lot of money it is still quite useful.
- Gathering leather which costs around 216 coins. This method can be done with cows and dragons.
These were some of the easiest and best-known ways to make money in Old School RuneScape. There are still some more ways you can make money in the game, which you will learn as you progress and explore the game. If you found this article helpful you can also check out this article on how to delete character in Old School RuneScape.