A P2P player' guide to moneymaking

[RazorSpearZ]

Hello Everybody!

 

 

 

Foreword:

 

I've started this guide because I'm tired of the typical scenario when you run around varrock with anything from a full barrows set to ranger boots or a gs, and some player walks up to you and ask you "How did you make your money?". I honestly can't bring up a clear answer because I'm not a skiller with 99 Woodcutting or 99 Fishing, I will not explain all the of the chosen skills to the full potential since little to no one wants to read a 20-page guide, you'd rather read a 5-page guide, and then from that choose which metod you'd want to read more closely, since a lot of these methods probably already are covered on forums.

 

 

 

And most important; You cannot expect to make money for a Godsword in one hour! Moneymaking takes time, there is no one hour solution to getting 20m+!

 

 

 

Motivation

 

This section is put in because you can't be focused for a long time unless you have a goal, which has to be reachable and measurable, therefore "I want to catch a lot of Monkfish" will not work. What is "a lot"? Goals can be almost anything, from cutting 1000 yews or getting to level 67 in Mining. The point for them to be reachable is important, because if you don't reach your goal it will end up having the opposite effect and being demotivating, motivation will also be the thing that will get you to 99!

 

 

 

Competition is a good way to level and collect coins, if you have some friends you can compete with, then make a game out of it.

 

 

 

Requirements:

 

Woodcutting: 60+

 

Fishing: 62+ (the Swan Song quest must be done)

 

Hunting: 63+

 

Mining: 60+

 

Crafting: 10+ (Yes, just level 10 crafting!)

 

Trading (no skills needed, just a fair start capital)

 

More methods coming!

 

 

 

 

 

Woodcutting

 

This is where I started to make my coins, this requires at least lvl 60 to make a lot of coins since willows aren't really selling that well due to the massive amount of willows on the GE. Maples are a way of training, but due to their low price 30-32gp each it's not a good way to break your first million coins.

 

 

 

Yews, it can take quite a while to gather 1.000 yew logs, but believe me it is a decent way of making money. And in most cases faster than cutting magic logs, unless you're higher than level 90 woodcutting and even then this might be a quicker way.

 

 

 

Places to cut yews; North of Varrock Castle, Tree Gnome Stronghold (closest to bank), Edgeville

 

 

 

Magics, this can be a slower way of gaining coins than yew logs, unless you are high leveled (90+).

 

At level 60 you would be able to cut about 150 Yews per hour, which can be converted to approximately 70.000 coins.

 

 

 

To improve the speed of woodcutting by summoning a Beaver, which requires level 33 and boosts Woodcutting with +2, it is an invisible boost.

 

 

 

Fishing

 

The reason I have wrote the requirement of 62+ fishing is because of the wonderful Monkfish, but they do also provide the one of the fastest way of leveling fishing along with giving more coins than fishing Sharks! There is a bank nearby the fishing spot, but no cooking place nearby. This doesn't matter since the value of Raw Fish is higher than the value of Cooked Fish.

 

 

 

A way to further improve the speed of catching Monkfish is by the use of Familiars! Here are a few possible choices depending on your summoning level! Granite Crab(+1) requires level 16, Ibis(+3) requires level 56, Granite Lobster(+4) requires level 74. Aside from giving a hidden fishing boost listed in the (), they also provide a small amount of fishing experience since they catch fish too!

 

 

 

I estimate you can catch about 225 Raw Monkfish per hour at level 62 which can be converted into approximately 92.000 coins

 

 

 

Hunting

 

I'm not master hunter! But I do know that this is a great way of making money, the reason for this level requirement is that you can start catching Red Chinchompas, primarily used in range training where you can gain a whopping 300-400k xp per hour. But that isn't the reason you're watching my thread, it's the fact that they sell for about 650gp each.

 

 

 

To increase the amount of catches you can summon a hunting familiar! There are four different ones, but only two with relevance to catching chinchompas. Spirit Larupia(+5) and also teleports you to Feldip Hills where Red Chinchompas are catched, and the final familiar Artic Bear(+7).

 

 

 

It's possible to catch about 135 if you're a level 63 hunter, with some knowledge of how to set up your traps to maximize the amount of catches! This will generate approximately 88.000 coins

 

 

 

For more information on training and catching Red Chinchompas read this guide it will explain the principles of hunting and show the places to hunt.

 

 

 

Mining

 

The reason for level 60+ is because of two reasons; you will have access to mining guild and you are able to mine coal at a decent rate, coal is a brilliant choice because it is used in making all high-end bars and therefore constantly in demand. It sells for 175 each.

 

 

 

Here summoning can help a lot too, here are the familiars; Desert Wyrm(+1) at level 16, Obsidian Golem (+7) at level 73 and Lava Titan(+10) at level 83.

 

 

 

And least but not last! Get Varrock Armour by completing the easy varrock diary, this will give you a chance of mining two ores at once. Which will increase your income.

 

 

 

I think it is possible to mine about 250 coal ores per hour, and maybe more with varrock armour at level 60. Which will be about 44.000 coins an hour.

 

 

 

Crafting

 

Flax spinning is by far the best way to earn coins if you do not have a "high" moneymaking skill (woodcutting, fishing, mining, hunting or combat), it does however take a fair amount of time and also a good start capital. You will be buying the flax of the Grand Exchange and then simply but effectively spinning it into bow strings, flax is about 90gp each while bow strings are about 190gp each so about twice as much , this meaning:

 

 

 

If you invest 40.000gp you will get about 80.000gp

 

if you invest 10.000.000gp you will get about 20.000.000gp

 

 

 

But, the more money you invest the longer it will take to gain them!, I calculated that if you spun about 13500 bow strings a day it would take 52 days to make enough for an ags. This considering you can spin about 800-900 an hour! That is approximately 80-90.000gp an hour.

 

 

 

Trading

 

For this method you will need to have a start capital, the bigger the better! You will be buying things that are constantly in demand, like Lockpicks, these does however require 50 agility and 50 thieving to attain. The NPC to buy lockpicks is Martin Thwait, he sells them at 20gp each and they can be resold at Grand Exchange for about 50gp each.

 

 

 

This is in general where creative minds can make tones of coins, you have to figure out what items are high in demand aslong with being sold be NPC for a lower amount. And then simply resell.

 

 

 

*Please note that these amounts are rough estimates, thank you.

 

 

 

Credits

 

pirate_felix - corrections regarding fishing

 

rsautohater - corrections and letting me refer to his hunting guide

 

 

 

 

 

THIS GUIDE IS STILL NOT FINISHED!

 

 

 

You're welcome to come with tips of moneymaking or fill in some of my blanks!

[Pirate_Felix]

monkfish is 62 fishing, suggest to use granite crab/ibis/granite lobster

[RazorSpearZ]

monkfish is 62 fishing, suggest to use granite crab/ibis/granite lobster

 

Woops! , Well I kinda expected to make minor messups!

[Amaranth_GTO]

Very nice guide so far, keep it up :thumbsup:

 

And I noticed you linked to my hunter guide,thanks \ :

 

 

 

EDIT: the wc boost from the beaver is invisible ;)

[marader0]

Price change: lockpics on G.E are currently 30gp ea. no biggie, great guide, 2 thumbs up :thumbsup: keep it up!! waiting for the rest of the guide :lol:

[12pure34]

I don't think some of your methods actually.. do what you tell them. All you do is name the most basic ways of gathering gold. If you plan on making this guide close to something the least you should aim for is:

 

 

 

Average earnings per hour or estimated earnings.

 

Prices perhaps? Link to the GE for this.

 

 

 

Pictures are the absolute bomb, add them if you can.

 

 

 

Try to actually come up with new methods. Cutting yews is as old as Runescape 2 (or even RS classic).

 

At the moment, this is nothing more then a tip in my eyes.

[MstrMonopoly]

I think that Eucs are faster than Yews if you're P2P, also mention the 26k trick (unsavory but the best).

[Guest]

Good guide, though I suggest adding in price manipulation. Not nice, but it really makes a profit ;)

[demby123]

In addition to needles,there's another merchant opportunity just up the mountain.Back when I went for 70 mage I ran climbing boots.Took me 2.5 days(10 hours exactly) to gather 1k of them ,and what started off as 12k gp turned into about 650k gp.