Player 1 has an item valued at 100k on the GE but it is worth 200k. Player 2 wants this item, and is willing to pay 200k. Player 1 offers the item as well as 100k worth of overpriced or useless items (AKA junk). Player 2 offers 200k. Everyone is happy.
1. The ores are cheaper than the bars. 2. The blast furnace requires half the coal as normal furnaces. 3. You make multiple bolts per bar. I would reccomend blast furnace mithril bolts, fast and profitable.
The rune zerker shield (kite) is far better than the [bleep]e shield (square). The rune gauntlets provide good defensive stats, as well as the strength bonus, making them the best available f2p gloves.
I was checking on rune prices, when I found that dust runes are only 11 gp each. I was wondering, why are dust runes cheaper than both air runes and earth runes? Can't you use them as either?
Yes. You may be able to buy gold bars cheaper than market price using junk or if you have enough quest points. I think that there are also people who will buy the bracelets on the forums. Ruby costs 1073 Gold bar costs 180 Nature rune costs 263 263+180+1073=1516 Alchs for 1315 201gp loss each 80 exp each 201/80=2.5125 lost gp per exp
For crafting, I've heard ruby and saphire bracelets aren't bad to make and alch. For smithing, from fast and expensive to slow and cheap: smithing steel plates, gold bars with goldsmithing gauntlets, mithril bolts, smelting bars and cannonballs. Mithril bolts seem like the best option.