Grand Exchange - Money-Making Items

[satriales]

This method has worked very well for me since the Grand Exchange was introduced, but I expect it will become less profitable as people read this and learn of the method.

 

 

 

Intro

 

I have discovered an item that can make lots of profit from the Grand Exchange. That item has not changed in price since the GE was introduced and I have continued to make a steady, but significant profit off that item. I was tempted to keep this a secret, but I have a made 500k gp so far and a lot of my enjoyment from runescape comes form earning money, so I think if I kept doing this it would make the game less fun. I think that if lots of people follow this guide then it may become quite useless (as Jagex will change the prices, or the item becomes harder to obtain), but I'll reveal it anyway and maybe some will get a good profit from it.

 

 

 

 

 

The Guide:

 

 

 

There are no skills required, just some starting cash and you must be in a P2P world.

 

 

 

1. Visit the Grand Exchange in Varrock. Withdraw 105k from the banker (you can use more or less if you like, but 105K will get you 1000 items). And then open up the Grand Exchange interface.

 

 

 

2. The item you want to buy is 'Giant Frogs Legs', so search for that item. The price is 95-105gp, buy 1000 @ 105gp.

 

 

 

3. Now you will have to wait for people to sell Giant Frogs Legs in the Grand Exchange. It's not the most popular item, so it will take atleast a few days to buy all 1000 but you should get about 100 a day (I have got 535 in 4 days).

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. You can withdraw some of your Giant Frog Legs at any time, you don't have to wait for all 1000 to be bought. Once you have withdrawn some go to The Grand Tree (Use the Spirit Tree if you are at the Grand Exchange).

 

 

 

5. To the North-West of the first floor of the Grand Tree is Hudo and he will buy your Giant Frog Legs for 1000gp each. He is just north of the banks, so it is very quick to withdraw 28 at a time and sell them to him (he won't buy them noted).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary

 

 

 

Buy 1000 Giant Frog Legs for 105gp each = 105,000gp

 

Sell 1000 Giant Frog Legs for 1000gp each - 1,000,000gp

 

 

 

Profit per 1000 Giant Frog Legs = 895,000gp

 

 

 

This is completely risk-free. If after a while you still haven't been able to buy many Giant Frog Legs then you can just cancel the order at the Grand Exchange and get your money back. Any you do buy will give you 895gp profit each.

 

 

 

 

Update:

 

I just did a quick test to get a more accurate idea of how long it takes to sell the Giant Frog Legs. I had did 7 trips from the bank in the Grand Tree to Hudo just north of the bank, this was not a particularly fast run and if you concentrated you could do it much faster:

 

 

 

Total time for 7 trips (7*28 = 196 Giant Frog Legs) = 315 seconds

 

Average time per trip = 315/7 = 45 seconds

 

Average time per legs sold = 45/28 = 1.6 seconds

 

Legs sold per hour = (3600/45)*28 = 2240

 

 

 

Profit per hour* = 2240k - (2240*105gp) = 2,004,600gp (2mil)

 

 

 

*Assuming you have the Giant Frog Legs sitting in your bank. Does not include the time taken to buy them or to travel to The Grand Tree, just the time taken to sell them once you are at The Grand Tree.

 

 

 

 

Other Items

 

 

 

 

Pineapples.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Go to Catherby and talk to Arhein (the general store guy outside the bank).

 

 

 

2. Ask to buy pineapples and he will tell you that he has 40 in stock for 2gp each. Buy them all and put them in the bank.

 

 

 

3. You can only buy 40 each day, but if you get into the habit of buying them whenever you're near Catherby you will soon have a nice stack of them in your bank.

 

 

 

4. Sell them on the Grand Exchange for 348gp each.

 

 

Buy pineapples for 2gp, sell for 348gp, profit per pineapple = 346gp

 

 

 

While this is only 13k profit per day it requires very little work and will quickly add up if you do it regularly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope this helps some people, all feedback is welcome.

[Aurthor1234]

Another way which I would like to share is *drum roll*

 

Collecting swamp tar at lumbridge swamp and selling at the Grand Exchange for 350 ea at minimum price! :thumbsup:

 

 

 

This is faster than cutting yews & you don't need any skills.

[icecube]

Killing Cave Slimes gets you faster swamp tar :P.

 

 

 

BTW, wrong forum. Should go in PMG.

[the_tallest1]

Moving this over to Player Made Guides.

[Guest Eagledude81]

Good guide, GREAT idea. Love it. They're just kinda hard to buy.

[Wavemasta]

lol great idea :) but i think everyone who likes it will do it and the price of the legs will raise.. but good guide anyways 10/10

[maddudy]

never thought of that b4 hmmmm

[satriales]

I've added another picture to my first post, to show Hudo buying the Giant Frog Legs and to give an idea of where he is in the Grand Tree.

 

 

 

I'd be interested to know if anyone has been able to buy an Giant Frog Legs from the Grand Exchange yet? I have still been receiving them at about the same rate (742 so far) and was just wondering if they are randomly distributed between buyers or whether it is a first come - first served system and my whole order will be filled before any others?

 

 

 

Also, does anyone know of other items that can be sold to NPC's?

 

 

 

There is Grey Wolf Fur that can be bought on the exchange for 82-92gp and sold for 120gp to the fur trader in Varrock, but that is more hassle than it's worth and it takes longer to sell to the NPC than Giant Frog Legs.

[Lemurian]

Items from Pyramid Plunder? Sell to Simon Templeton?

[satriales]

Items from Pyramid Plunder? Sell to Simon Templeton?

 

I checked the price of Gold Seals as I had a few in my bank, but the GE price was the same as selling to the NPC, so I assume it is the same for all pyramid plunder items.

[easonadam]

how long does it take ya to sell the legs?

[Super_arty]

That sounds great... but i will be out of cash for a while as I just lost rune boots, g body and glory... but i will try thst as soon as possible

[satriales]

how long does it take ya to sell the legs?

 

 

 

You sell 28 at a time, and you can probably do about 3 trips per minute.

 

28 x 3 = 84 per minute

 

 

 

It really is quick to sell, I wait until I've got 100-200 and then it takes about 5 mins to get to Grand Tree, sell them, and then come back.

[satriales]

That sounds great... but i will be out of cash for a while as I just lost rune boots, g body and glory... but i will try thst as soon as possible

 

 

 

If you just invested 10.5k it would get you 100 Giant Frog Legs which could be sold for 100k. If you have trouble buying them then you can get your money back, so there's no risk (unless Jagex suddenly reduces the price Hudo will buy for).

[easonadam]

how long does it take ya to sell the legs?

 

 

 

You sell 28 at a time, and you can probably do about 3 trips per minute.

 

28 x 3 = 84 per minute

 

 

 

It really is quick to sell, I wait until I've got 100-200 and then it takes about 5 mins to get to Grand Tree, sell them, and then come back.

 

 

 

using a more conservative estimate [2 trips a monute] that's about 895k every 18 minutes - that's pretty damn awesome! someone please correct me if i'm wrong 'cause that does seem like alot to me.

[satriales]

how long does it take ya to sell the legs?

 

 

 

You sell 28 at a time, and you can probably do about 3 trips per minute.

 

28 x 3 = 84 per minute

 

 

 

It really is quick to sell, I wait until I've got 100-200 and then it takes about 5 mins to get to Grand Tree, sell them, and then come back.

 

 

 

using a more conservative estimate [2 trips a monute] that's about 895k every 18 minutes - that's pretty damn awesome! someone please correct me if i'm wrong 'cause that does seem like alot to me.

 

Assuming you've actually got 895 Giant Frog Legs then I think 18mins is about right. The hard bit is getting the Frog Legs (not many sellers).

[elmo_killer6]

how long does it take ya to sell the legs?

 

 

 

You sell 28 at a time, and you can probably do about 3 trips per minute.

 

28 x 3 = 84 per minute

 

 

 

It really is quick to sell, I wait until I've got 100-200 and then it takes about 5 mins to get to Grand Tree, sell them, and then come back.

 

 

 

using a more conservative estimate [2 trips a monute] that's about 895k every 18 minutes - that's pretty damn awesome! someone please correct me if i'm wrong 'cause that does seem like alot to me.

 

Assuming you've actually got 895 Giant Frog Legs then I think 18mins is about right. The hard bit is getting the Frog Legs (not many sellers).

 

 

 

But it can be used to make money over time like MTK. Jsut leave the buying in the exchange then come back each week and sell your profits.

[Tha_big_guy]

Nice guide and all that stuff :).But could i ask you to make a f2p merch guide with grand exchange?Thanks in advance :D.

[runexa]

Great Guide 10/10 will help me allot .

[satriales]

I mentioned earlier that you can buy Grey Wolf Fur for 82-92gp and sell for 120gp to Baraek the fur trader, but I've heard he will pay more if you have a ring of charos(a). I haven't done the quest to get the Ring of Charos(a) yet, so can't confirm how much he will pay and whether it applies to Grey Wold Fur, perhaps someone else can check? It might actually be a good item to buy and sell and is much easier to aquire than the frogs legs.

 

 

 

Nice guide and all that stuff :).But could i ask you to make a f2p merch guide with grand exchange?Thanks in advance :D.

 

 

 

If anyone has some suggestions for f2p then I'll add them to the guide, but I pesonally can't think of much other than the Grey Wolf Fur (I've only recently got back into runescape after taking over a year off, so i'm still catching up with most things).

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: Also, has anyone actually been able to buy Giant Frog Legs from the GE yet? My initial order of 1000 is almost complete (959/1000), I'd like to know if others have been able to buy them at the same time as me.

[satriales]

I just did a quick test to get a more accurate idea of how long it takes to sell the Giant Frog Legs. I had did 7 trips from the bank in the Grand Tree to Hudo just north of the bank, this was not a particularly fast run and if you concentrated you could do it much faster:

 

 

 

Total time for 7 trips = 315 seconds

 

Average time per trip = 315/7 = 45 seconds

 

Average time per legs sold = 45/28 = 1.6 seconds

 

Legs sold per hour = (3600/45)*28 = 2240

 

 

 

Profit per hour* = 2240k - (2240*105gp) = 2,004,600gp (2mil)

 

 

 

*Assuming you have the Giant Frog Legs sitting in your bank. Does not include the time taken to buy them or to travel to The Grand Tree, just the time taken to sell them once you are at The Grand Tree.

 

 

 

 

 

I'll add this to the guide a bit later (in a rush at the moment).

[hatebringer]

nice guide, only problem is that there are tons of people buying, and almost no one selling, so it will nearly be impossible to ever get the 1k, but its something to have going at all times.

 

 

 

Maybe add some other ways to make money using the exchange?

[satriales]

nice guide, only problem is that there are tons of people buying, and almost no one selling, so it will nearly be impossible to ever get the 1k, but its something to have going at all times.

 

 

 

Maybe add some other ways to make money using the exchange?

 

 

 

I've bought and sold 999 Giant Frog Legs from the Grand Exchange in the last week, so it has worked for me, but I can see it being harder to buy now as there are probably a few more buyers ;)

 

 

 

I will try and find some other items, but I doubt any will be as good as this one has been (895gp profit per item * 999 = 894105gp profit so far). If anyone has suggestions I will add them to the guide.

[Phr33st00fpl0x]

It's been 3 days so far, trying to buy 1k frog legs. So far I've had none sold to me. Hopefully that will change. Anyways, great guide 10/10! \

[meme79]

i havent been able to buy any legs yet...i think, whell, im in fight caves right now so i can't cheak...

 

 

 

 

 

gr8 giude though