a f2p source of gems?

[baron8000]

Ok here we go, basically im f2p, and looking to increase my crafting and hopefully make a profit or at least break even. 1st of all, i dont really want to do leather os its down to silver or ammys.

 

 

 

so with the silver 1st) is it possible to sell tiaras to players, is there even a market? or is it general stores for me?

 

 

 

2) and this is the big one, where o where can i get my hands on gems in decent amounts? do i really have to only use the gems i stumble on in mining? is buying from players profitable? if so what prices? and apart from mining/players is there another reliable source?

 

 

 

thanks a lot for any help given :D

[Z_E_R_O_I_Q]

1. general stores

 

2. practically nothing that gives decent xp makes profit => you'll lose a LOT when buying from other players in decent amounts

[n8myton]

Gem store. Buy uncuts, sell back as cuts.

[Legend_Gaara]

I'll pay 50gp per tiara ^^ I collect;; I r a freak like that :D

 

 

 

pm me if you end up doing it x.x

[baron8000]

rsn name scary tiara collecting guy? i got 200 + lol, you can have em all as far as im concerned :P

 

 

 

mines - baron8000 add me, i will be on tmoz after school, GMT time zone by the way

 

 

 

as for gems im not concerned about price im sure selling the ammy can make it back, can somebody put up a list of gem prices?

 

 

 

thanks very much for the help already by the way, much appreciated.

[noname713]

when buying in mass amounts these are the prices i typically see...bear in mind there are some people who will be trying to buy for ridiculously low prices (i once saw someone trying to buy diamonds 150 each :roll: ) and some people who will be trying to sell for high prices

 

 

 

sapphs 200-500 each

 

emmys 500-2000 each

 

rubies 1-3K each

 

diamonds 3-5K each

 

 

 

uncut gems typically sell for more than cut gems (when buying from players), since they offer additional xp

[Goobore]

Gem store. Buy uncuts, sell back as cuts.

 

F2P gems stores don't normally carry any gems in stock.

 

They only have whatever players sell to them.

[prof_fleb]

get your picaxe, mine, if you get any gems, well done, now bank your ore and sell it, use that cash to buy more gems

[Goobore]

Ok here we go, basically im f2p, and looking to increase my

 

crafting and hopefully make a profit or at least break even.

 

I have level 75 crafting in F2P and I can craft everything that a F2Per

 

can make, and, IMHO, crafting in F2P is a money losing occupation.

 

 

 

"Money losing" in that it will take a very long time to

 

earn back the money that you will spend raising it.

 

 

 

1st of all, i dont really want to do leather os its down to silver or ammys.

 

You could try Clay bowls.

 

Everything that you need is in the crafting guild so

 

there's not much walking or buying required.

 

Clay bowls give 33 exp.

 

Hard leather gives 35, Tiaras give 52.5

 

 

 

so with the silver

 

1st) is it possible to sell tiaras to players, is there even a market?

 

or is it general stores for me?

 

General store.

 

 

 

A player only needs 1 tiara for each altar so there's not much of a market.

 

(I have about 15000 tiaras sitting in the bank lol )

 

 

 

2) and this is the big one, where o where can i get my hands on gems in decent amounts?

 

do i really have to only use the gems i stumble on in mining?

 

is buying from players profitable? if so what prices?

 

and apart from mining/players is there another reliable source?

 

Check the "Crafting" market forum.

 

 

 

Even then, I don't think that you will get enough gems fast enough.

 

Your best choice is to probably do silver if you have a lot cash,

 

or leather if you have less, or clay bowls if you have very little.

 

 

 

Hope this helps

[katha610]

there are some people who will be trying to buy for ridiculously low prices (i once saw someone trying to buy diamonds 150 each :roll: )

 

yup that would have been me 8-) and hey, it worked.

 

i got a lot of gems from the mos giants or randoms. my mining lvl isnt that good, never bothered to get it up. always have some money on you so you can get the gems of gem traders before someone else does.

 

players although sell them in general stores. why? i dont know, but try the one in varrock. you might have to wait a little bit.

[cky021]

i went through the same dilema

 

it depends on if u wanna make a profit or not

 

here are the 2 ways

 

trading cuts for uncuts but u dont make a profite u break even

 

then u can buy gems for these prices and no higher!! or else u wont make a profit

 

saphires 100 ea

 

emeralds 200 ea

 

rubys 500ea

 

and dont buy diamonds if u do 2k

 

then u make all the gems into necklaces!

 

sell them to the bandit general store

 

ull get more money

 

or u can make tiaras but noone buys

[noname713]

for some reason general stores pay more for necklaces than they do for ammies (be they unstrung, strung, or enchanted)

 

 

 

also, all ammies sell for the same price as a ring made with the same gem for some reason...

[koddo]

Merchant hides. For every 3K hides you buy at 100 each, sell 2K of them for 150 each and craft the other 1K hides. Probably the fastest way if you want to break even.

[Antitheus]

i researched all this stuff, the quickest way to get crafting xp by yourself is to kill cows at crafting guild, and tan and craft the hides.. then drop them =P (it'll cost 3gp per hide though)

 

 

 

i didn't keep my stats, but making the clay in the guild wasn't far behind the cow hides... maybe 7 minutes for the clay and 5 minutes for the cow hides?

 

 

 

i ended up buying cow hides and using them to get to lvl 70 crafting =P

[Freesia]

Strange boxes from mom seems to give gems quite frequently, for me

[Antitheus]

yeah but it's not like u can choose your random events... they wouldn't be very random then =/

[andybrann]

when i was f2p i bought uncuts in al kharid bank:

 

sapphires:200-300 ea

 

emeralds:400-500 ea

 

rubys: 600-750 ea

 

diamonds:1,5k-2k ea