How to Really Make Money on Runescape

For those who enjoy Runescape and want it to stay a fun game, playing within the rules is recommended. The more people that scam each other, the more Runescape programmers are forced to change the rules and restrict how people play. The more the restrictions, the less fun the game will become.

Low Level Character Skills for Getting Runescape Gold Pieces: Cows

When a player first starts out in the game, one of the best ways to get gold pieces is to kill cows in the field just northeast of Lumbridge.

Bury their bones and put their hides and meat in the bank. Sell them later in the Grand Exchange, or for quick sale, sell them at one of the

General Stores.

More Low Level Character Skills for Earning GP: Goblins

Another great way to earn money with low level characters is to take that meat (from the cows) and cook it ("use" with fire). The character should then fill up her pouch with meat and go across the bridge to the east side of Lumbridge.

There is a shack there with goblins walking about. Kill them and pick up what they drop. The meat will be needed if the character is low level to be healed between or during batles, but as the meat is eaten, it will be creating more room to carry the loot. Bring the loot back to the bank in the Lumbridge Castle to sell later at the Grand Exchange. (or for quick resale, sell it to the General Store just north of the castle).

Non-Killing Ways to Earn cheap runescape Gold Pieces for Many Levels: Rune Essence

If killing does not appeal to the player, he can go to the Wizard's Tower and start the quest to learn about runes. Once he has completed the quest, he will be allowed to mine rune essence by being teleported by Aubrey in Varrock.

The player can mine the essence, return to Varrock, put it in the bank just to the north of Aubrey, and repeat the entire process as necessary. Players can keep doing this until the character gets a couple of hundred of them, after which they should take them to the Grand Exchange and sell them there.

They are always in demand and are a very reliable source of income. Plus at higher levels, Rune Essence becomes "Pure Essence" and is worth 2 to 3 times as many gold pieces.

All Levels Money Making: Fishing to get Food and Gold Pieces

Fishing is always a good way to make money; everyone buys fish at some point and many people don't have the patience for fishing. Start out with the small stuff in Port Sarim to get levels up then move to the river in Barbarian Village for Trout and Salmon (and if the player becomes a member, the fishing spots in Catherby are great for Lobsters).

When fishing in Port Sarim, sell the fish at the fish store. After moving to the Barbarian Village, bring the fish to the bank and sell them at the Grand Exchange. They can also be cooked first at the house on the way back to the bank before selling.

NOTE: for anchovies; Cooking anchovies and selling them at the Grand Exchange will bring a lot more money because they can be used by higher level players to make anchovy pizza and many higher level players don't like to fish in low level spots.

Mid to Higher Level Ways to get Runescape money: Moss Giants, Chaos Druids, and Unicorns, Oh My!

Killing Moss Giants in the Varrock Sewers, Chaos Druids in the tunnels under Varrock (enter through the shack east of Barbarian Village) and Unicorns scattered throughout Runescape are also good ways of making money by selling their drops. They consistently drop some pretty valuable things. (Don't throw anything down without first checking with the Grand Exchange and see how much it's worth. Even a single, lowly "Ranaar Seed" is worth over 20K!

Any Level (Members Only) Ways to get Runescape Gold Pieces: Collecting

Go to the dock in Catherby. Talk to the General Store owner, Arhein (not trade or buy) and ask him about pineapples and then about seaweed.

Buy as many as he will sell (there are daily limits) of each for the 2 coins each that he charges. Then take them to the Grand Exchange and sell them. Pineapples average 175 coins ea. and seaweed averages 225 GP ea.

Go to East Ardougne and go the the General Store just north of the zoo. Buy (for 2 coins ea.) all the vials of water that will fit in the pouch and bring them to the bank just east of there. Go back and buy more and continue this for several trips. The next time the character heads back to the Grand Exchange, sell them. Vials of water sell for approx 67 coins (depending on the day). Empty ones sell for 57.

There are plenty of ways to make legitimate Runescape money. The game is fun - keep it that way and it will continue to be free and available to play for many years.

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