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Have you ever wondered how you could make enough money to buy a full set of Rune, or how you could possible save up enough to buy a Party Hat? There are numerous ways that you can make money in RuneScape, and this guide explains several of the most profitable ways to earn cash in RuneScape. You can also find strategies for increasing your levels efficiently so that you can follow the guide.

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.

High Alchemizing

In order to use the High Alchemy magic spell, you need at least 55 Magic. Firstly, decide what you think may be the quickest for you to make. If you have a high enough Mining and Smithing level, you can smith Steel Platemail. Someone who has a high Fletching level can make Yew or Magic bows.

Smithing Levels

1. Buy Coal for 160-200gp each.
2. Mine half as much iron as you have Coal.
3. Smelt the ores into Steel bars and Smith the bars into Steel Platemail.
4. Buy or use your RuneCrafting skill to get a huge amount of Nature Runes.
5. Use High Alchemy on the Platemail for money, and repeat the above steps for more Smithing levels.

Making Money With Fletching

1. Pick flax in the Gnome Stronghold and spin them on a Spinning Wheel to make bowstrings.
2. Fletch the best bow that you can and string the bow.
3. Use High Alchemy on the bows, and then buy more bowstrings with the money.
4. Fletch more bows to earn even more money.

Mining

Mining is one of the most vital skills in RuneScape. Everyone should have at least 40 Mining, so here's how you can level up if you aren't already level 40. You may also want to bank the ores later.

• From level 1-20 mine Copper from the South Varrock mine.
• From level 20-40 mine Iron from the mine near Rimmington or Varrock.

Now that you have a Mining level of 40, it should be easier to mine Coal. Even though you only need 30 Mining for Coal, it would be much more difficult to mine it at that level. You should also buy either an Adamantite or Rune pick.

For Members, a great place to mine coal is at the mine near Ardougne, and a bank is nearby. Free-Players can mine in the Dwarven mines, but there isn't a bank very close to you.

• Now mine 4,731 coal and sell for around 100-150gp each, or keep them for Smithing.
• You should be at level 60 Mining, which means that you can go inside the Miner's Guild.
• Mine 59,598 coal and sell for around 100-150gp each, or keep them for Smithing.
• Now that you're level 85 Mining, you can mine Rune in the Wilderness, or from the Heroes Guild. Each ore sells for around 10,000-15,000gp!

Smithing

Some time ago, Smithing was voted the most popular non-combat skill in the official RuneScape Polls. It can be a long, hard and tedious skill at times, but it gives the greatest rewards. In the early days of RuneScape, you could sell a Rune 2-Hander for 1 million gp!

You need to be at least level 48 Smithing to be a good Smither. You can buy your own ores if you have the money, or you could mine the ores yourself. Unless you have a Ring of Forging, don't smith iron!

• From level 1-15, smith 131 Bronze bars.
• From level 15-30, smith either 592 Bronze bars or 293 Iron bars.
• From level 30-48, smith 1,858 Iron bars or 1,267 Steel bars.

Now that you've got ten to level 48 Smithing, you can incorporate this method of earning money with method 2 - High Alchemy.

Earning Money From Steel

1. Get 2,000 Coal and 1,000 Iron.
2. Smelt them into Steel, and then Smith them into Steel Platemail.
3. Use your High Alchemy spell on the plates for 1,200gp each, or sell to Horvik in Varrock for no less than 980gp.
4. You can make anywhere from 196,000-240,000gp this way!

Mithril at Level 68

1. Get 4,000 Coal and 1,000 Mithril.
2. Smelt the ores into bars, and then smith them into Mithril Platemail.
3. Use your High Alchemy spell on the plates to make 3,112gp each.
4. After High-Alching the plates, you've made 622,400gp!

Steel appears to be better since you can make more money with fewer coal, and iron is much easier to get than Mithril. At level 99, go for the big kill...

Merchanting

Merchanting is making money from the market by buying and selling things such as armor, weapons and food. With merchanting, you don't raise any skills. However, you get a deep insight into RuneScape and how the economy works, and you could probably control it once you master it!

The rule of using Merchanting to gain a profit is: Buy low, sell high. You need to have at least a 500,000gp investment to make a big profit. To do this, take a look at one of the other methods mentioned in this guide. Once you have a good-sized investment:

• Look for items that are high in demand.
• Buy it for the lowest price possible.
• Now wait for the peak hours, which are around 4-6pm GMT on weekdays.
• Sell the item for the highest price you can.

Merchanting Tips

1. When you're buying things, try and haggle down the price.
2. Try offering things like Runes or food when trying to buy or sell.
3. Don't be desperate when trying to buy or sell. Show the buyer or seller that you can just walk away if your price is not met.
4. Offer freebies like herbs or Runes.
5. Don't talk too much, just cut to the point.
6. Be friendly but formal at the same time.

By following these tips, your customer will respect you and want to do business with you.

Dragon & Giant Slaying

There are several monsters that are quite worthwhile to kill. This method doesn't explain how to kill monsters, but it offers a short bestiary which you can choose a kind of monster to kill.

You Should Also Have...

Stats: At least 70 Attack, Defense and Hits. Also, you should have around 80 Strength, 60-80 Magic and 50 Prayer.
Bring: Lots of good food such as Bass or Shark, a Ring of Wealth, Prayer Potions, and Anti-DragonBreath Shield, and a back-up friend.

Fishing & RuneCrafting

Fishing is a very useful skill, not only to make money, but for yourself to use. It can also help you with the above method, Dragon & Giant Slaying. You need a minimum of 50 Fishing until you can start making a big profit from this method.

• From level 1-20, fish 447 Shrimps from Al Kharid.
• From level 20-50, fish 1,938 Trout from the Barbarian Village or Shilo Village.
• From level 50-80, fish 20,942 Lobsters from Catherby or the Fishing Guild.

Lobsters sell for around 100-200gp each. At level 80, fish for Sharks and sell them for about 700-1,000gp each.

RuneCrafting is a great skill to gain money from selling your Runes, but you need at least level 35.

• From level 1-35, make Air Runes using 4,482 Rune Essence.
• From level 35-44, make Chaos Runes using 3,911 Rune Essence.

Of course, you can sell Chaos Runes for 50-200gp each, but you should save these to level your Magic up. Remember, at level 44 you can make Nature Runes which can be sold for 300-500gp each!

Making Nature Runes Quickly

1. Put all of your Rune Essence into bank notes.
2. Take 4 times the amount of gp as you have Essence.
3. Run to the Shop near the village.
4. Sell your notes to the shop and buy them back so that they're in real form.
5. Craft Nature Runes in the alter.
6. Run back to the shop and repeat

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