Playing Old School Runescape (OSRS) as a Free-to-play (F2P) player is challenging due to limited areas, slower XP rates, and fewer options. However, we’ve gathered fast, easy, and effective money-making methods for F2P players. For those who want to save time and access better opportunities, consider getting a membership here are some P2P money making methods, which can be economical using this guide. If you stick to F2P, here are the best free-to-play money-making methods for both new and advanced players.
High alching profitable items – up to 1M GP/H
Requirements:
•55 Magic
•Gold
•Nature Runes and Staff of Fire
This method also applies to P2P players, who have more items to choose from and more Grand Exchange slots. Train Magic while earning money by choosing profitable items to alch, like Rune items (helm, platelegs, platebody, kiteshield). Aim for at least 400 GP profit per alch for around 500k GP/H. For higher profits, target 800 GP or more per alch, though items may be harder to obtain.
You can see the best Alchable items here.
Filling Buckets/Jugs of Water up to – 50K GP/H
Requirements:
•Buckets or Jugs
This classic method involves filling buckets with water at the Lumbridge Castle fountain on a PVP world. Bring buckets, fill them at the fountain, and bank them. This method is safe and straightforward.
Just in case, make sure you dont have anything valuable on you before you log in to a PVP world!
Collecting cowhide – 80k GP/H
Requirements:
•Nothing
Collect cowhides in the Lumbridge cow field. Pick up cowhides dropped by other players, bank them in Lumbridge, and repeat. This is a good starting method for new players.
Tanning Cowhide – 100k GP/H
Requirements:
•Coins
•Cowhide
Tan cowhides in Al-Kharid. Bring GP and cowhides, trade with the tanner to convert them to soft leather, and bank the leather. This is a simple and profitable method.
Collecting Nature Runes in Deep Wilderness – 130k GP/H
Requirements:
•33 Magic
•Staff of Air
•Law Rune
Recommended:
•Energy Potion
•Food
•Runes to Teleport
Telegrab nature runes from the island in Deep Wilderness. Use the spell, hop worlds, and avoid PKers. This method is risky but rewarding.
After taking the Nature rune, just hop to the next world and repeat.
Collecting Wines of Zamorak in Deep Wilderness – 150k GP/H
Requirements:
•33 Magic
•Staff of Air
•Law Rune
Recommended:
•Energy Potion
•Food
•Runes to Teleport
It is also recommended to walk to save energy.
Telegrab Wines of Zamorak from the Chaos Temple in Deep Wilderness. This method is dangerous but effective.
Fill your inventory and then go down to level 20 Wilderness and cast teleport to Varrock.
Killing Ogres – 100k GP/H
Requirements:
•The Corsair Curse Quest
•Good Armour (Ranged recommended)
•Good Food
Recommended:
•Nature and Fire Runes for High Alchemy
Kill ogres in the Corsair Cove Dungeon using ranged attacks. Collect and alch rune items for profit.
It is highly recommended to use ranged attacks because you can safespot. It is possible to be AFK (away from keyboard) for hours here.
Mining Adamant Ore – 150k GP/H
Requirements:
•70 Mining
•Rune Pickaxe
This image shows the place where we can find Adamant Ore.
Mine adamant ore in Al-Kharid or the Mining Guild. Hop worlds after mining the ore to maximize profits.
Mining Iron Ore in Mining Guild – 270k GP/H
Requirements:
•15 Mining
•Rune Pickaxe
Recommended:
•60 Mining
Mine iron ore in the Mining Guild and bank it in Falador. This method is efficient for low-level miners.
Mining Runite Ore in Deep Wilderness – 700k GP/H
Requirements:
•85 Mining
•Rune Pickaxe
Recommended:
•Energy Potion
•Good Food
•Teleport to Escape
Runite Ore is the most valuable ore in the game, becoming highly demanded and popular between the P2P and F2P players. The only flaw of F2P is, the Runite ore can be found in the Deep Wilderness only, making it difficult to access and dangerous to players who mine it.
Mine runite ore in the Lava Maze. Hop worlds and avoid PKers to maximize profit. Mining Runite Ore is one of the best osrs f2p money making methods.
Chopping Oak Trees – 70k GP/H
Requirements:
•15 Woodcutting
•Any Axe
Chop oak trees north of Falador Bank or Draynor Village. Bank the logs and repeat. Oak logs are in high demand for various skills.
Chopping Yew Trees – 45k GP/H
Requirements:
•60 Woodcutting
•Rune Axe
Chop yew trees and bank the logs. Yew logs are valuable for both F2P and P2P players.
Cooking raw tunas – 60k GP/H
Requirements:
•30 Cooking
Recommended:
•63 Cooking
The image shows the site where the range is located.
Cook raw tunas in Al-Kharid for profit. Higher cooking levels reduce the chance of burning tunas, maximizing profit.
Cooking Tunas is simple, just go to the range and click on it, the option of how many tunas you want to cook will appear, select “all” and all will be cooked, then back to the bank for more Tunas.
Collecting Wines of Zamorak – 75k GP/H
Requirements:
•33 Magic
•Law Rune
•Air Staff
•Zamorak Robes
•Total Skill Level of 500
Recommended:
•Food
•37 Magic (Teleport to Falador)
Wines of Zamorak is not only found in the Deep Wilderness, it can also be found in the Temple North of Falador where followers of Zamorak reside.
Collect Wines of Zamorak at the temple north of Falador using telegrab. Wear Zamorak robes to avoid attacks from followers.
Crafting Gold Jewellery – 260k GP/H
Requirements:
•5-8 Crafting
•Gold Bars – buy gold here to buy gold bars.
•Mould
The Edgeville furnance is one of the Furnances closest to the Bank, allowing the reduction of time between trips.
This method requires you to have some Crafting Levels, so be sure to check out 1-99 crafting guide. Also, we have some additional crafting money making methods that can make you 200k+ GP/H in F2P.
Grinding chocolate bars – 290k GP/H
Requirements:
•Knife or Pestle and mortar
•Starting cash – buy some here.
•Chocolate bars
To grind the bars, use a knife or a pestle and mortar on the chocolate bars. Be careful when doing this quickly because the default option is to eat the chocolate bars. Grinding the bars one by one is slow. Repeatedly using the tool on the bars will speed up the process. To make it easier, place your tool above the last chocolate bar in your inventory to reduce the mouse movement needed it’s one of the best osrs f2p money making methods.
Making pie shells – 270k GP/H
Requirements:
•Pastry dough
•Starting cash – buy some here.
•Pie dish
Processing pie shells can be a lucrative way to OSRS f2p money making. Once you’ve acquired a large number of pastry dough and pie dishes, follow these steps:
•Withdraw 14 pieces of pastry dough and 14 pie dishes.
•Left-click on the pastry dough.
•Left-click on a pie dish.
•Begin to create Pie Shells
•Wait until your inventory is full.
•Deposit the pie shells to bank.
•Repeat the process.
Dancing in the Grand Exchange OSRS F2P Money Making is another fun way to get money although it is not Recommended as many players do not appreciate this because it is known as a form of begging. However it is not against the rules.
Be sure to check out a few additional Low Level money makers here.
Thank you for reading. Hopefully you can escape the evil lands of F2P and afford a bond after this guide. And if you want the fastest money making method, click here to buy gold.