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Barrows guide
Credits: Gianni russo
Guide to Money Making by: gianni russo guidemaker of runetrower.
This guide WILL NOT show you the following:
How to scam players
How to hack the system
How to steal passwords
How to duplicate items
How to sell players acounts
I do not believe in these practices and people who do should be banned from the game.
I will show you how to make an honest living in runescape.
I would like to thank Andruw Gower and the Jagex team for making a great game.
Combat:
If you are a high levelled combat, there are some monsters which drop good items, though they are scarce and the place would usually be quite packed (Hence more of the tendency for KSers, or Kill-Stealers, who are people who basically just walk in and take your monster that you were waiting for to spawn and then kick you out of your spot. Also there would be an increased chance of having arrow stealers, who are a pain in the butt, but I do pity them for having to resort to stealing arrows. Arrow stealers are NEWBIES, so DON'T become one.)
Some good Free-To-Play (F2P, a terminology I will use a lot in this guide) monsters which are good to kill would be Lesser Demons (level 82), found in Crandor predominantly. Moss Giants (Level 42) are another good monster to kill, and they can be found in the depths of Varrock Sewers and Crandor. Good Pay-to-Play (In other words, members, but I will refer to you lot as P2P) monsters are Fire Giants (level 86), as they drop really good items (I had a haul of many rune scimitars, and it's possible to get a dragon med helm and dragon half shield from them. Big bones are another good item to get from them too.) They can be found in Saniboch's dungeon (The new Karamjan dungeon, where the metal dragons are found) or Baxtorian Falls (After doing Waterfall quest. This is the best place to get them.)
If you are a low-level and are thinking about using combat to gain money, I suggest you train at Barbarian Village . Believe it or not, it is very easy to gain levels there, the monastery is not even a minute's walk away (but you need 31 prayer to get in) and there is a limitless food supply there. Once you think you are done with this, I suggest going to Hill Giants (level 28) next. They drop big bones, which are very good for prayer experience, and for members the limpwurt roots are a bonus (for herblore - strength potion), and hill giants can drop iron and steel items. The third step would be to seek and mutilate Moss Giants (level 42). These also drop big bones, but they have better drops; such as Nature rune, uncut gem, black square, magic staff, mith sword, steel kite and steel bars are some examples. Remember that if you want to get to them in the Varrock sewers, you need to bring a weapon with 'slash' attack (to cut through the web). After 'Mossies', the final monster you should progress to is the feared Lesser Demon (level 83) They are one of the best monsters in Runescape, in my opinion. What you do is fish a load of lobsters or swordfish on the deck, cook them, proceed into the dungeon, genocide the lesser demons, who can drop rune med helms (which sell for 10k to other players or high alchemies for 11,520gp. Yes, that is why people buy rune med helms for 10k each.), up to 200gp, gems and consequently dragon med helms and shield halves.
As you can see, being a P2Per is very beneficial in terms of using Combat to earn money, and this applies to many other skills too. A big thing in being part of the P2P community is the bonus 'Clue Scroll' drop. Also known as treasure trails/hunts, these are like mini-quests which take you to places in Runescape (and sometimes throughout and all over the place) step-by-step until you get your prize; and these prizes can sometimes earn you a lot of money - Especially the Level 3 Clues which can give you Rune Trimmed, Gold, God and Gilded armours, and other good stuff in it. Of course, bear in mind that you can only have one Clue Scroll at a time, and Level 3 clues are very challenging! (A lot of it can be in the Wilderness, and many of them require access to places you can only go to during or after you have done hard quests, e.g. Regicide Quest or Legends Quest. Puzzle boxes are a pain if you are not good at it (and many people are not good at it), and plus there are the Saradomin and Zamorak Wizards to take care of when you do these clues.)
Runecrafting:
This is one of many skills which are not good for making money unless you're patient, have a lot of time in your hands, and you are very good at it. I will say now, that if you are not a member, I strongly not recommend you use runecrafting as a source of money. There are no good and high-in-demand runes that a non-member can make (with the exception of air runes, but these buyers may be hard to find as well). The altars for members-only craft runes are also located in the most unattractive, discouraging places. (e.g. The chaos at wilderness, natures all the way around Shilo Village and laws at Entrana. There is, of course, the cosmic altar at Zanaris, which is not far from bank, but it may take time to try and sell cosmic runes.) So unless you have oceans of time or essence runners, I strongly discourage this. But if you can, I know someone who managed to craft 10k nature runes in just 3 days by himself. It earned him over 4 million gp. That's your God armour money settled, Or at least, you're almost there.
However, because these altars are a pain to get to, a whole new job industry is open; Essence Running. This means that you basically travel to and fro between the bank and the altar. You take unnoted essences from the bank and to the person crafting the rune, and you get paid for it (sometimes paid a lot, too) either with money or with a portion of the runes which they are crafting to sell for some income. This is an easy job, but it may take a while. Nevertheless, if you are getting paid in cash, this job will get the money rolling in.Here is another way to money making by trading runes. You can buy chaos and death runes from the rune shops in Varrock and the Betties’ shop in Port Sarim.The shop prices are 90 gp for choas and 180 gp for death.You can then check the weekly price guide to see the average selling price.As of 1-18-05 these were the average advertised buying and selling prices for the two runes.
Choas average buying price=156 gp average selling price=175 gp
Death average buying price=350 gp average selling price=360gp
As you can see this is a very easy way to double your Money,however a lot of people know this and the rune shops inventory is always low.To get around this you can try the follwing tips.
Go to worlds with as few people as possible.
If the rune shop is out of runes change worlds.
Try playing at different times to find when there are fewer people playing.
First thing in the morning is a good time to try.
You also can ask to buy runes from the other people who are buying perhaps they will still for a low enough price that you can make a profit.
Crafting:
Unless you are a hardcore, lucky non-member miner, crafting is useless to you in terms of earning a lot of money quickly. Like runecrafting, members greatly benefit from this skill as opposed to free-players. With crafting, the common items to make are enchanted battlestaffs (which high alchs for 9300gp each - you can make a million gp a day with these, and I'm not kidding).
Battlestaff making is commonly known as Battlestaving, and what you do is you buy battlestaffs from Zaff (In varrock. The first staff costs 7,000gp, and the next 4 of them costs slightly more. Just like all items you buy from shops. I'ld bring 50k just in case.) Zaff stocks up 5 at a time, so people who wish to do battlestaving usually world-hop to buy staffs. After getting the amount of battlestaffs you want, you will need glass orbs. If you buy them, you don't actually make money (assuming one nature rune is 300gp), so make the glass orbs yourself (Bucket of sand with Soda ash (use seaweed on range) and use them on a furnace. Use Glassblowing pipe with the molten glass, then make glass orbs. 46 Crafting required). With the glass orbs in your inventory, you must 'charge' them. This charging is done at elemental obelisks, and you require specific Magic levels for different Orbs. The easiest one is Water Orbs, 56 Magic required, you need 30 Water Runes, 3 Cosmic Runes The Water and Fire obelisks are found in the Taverly dungeon, all the way in until the Black Dragons. Head west of the black dragons to find the Fire Obelisk, and head upstairs (onto the small island south of the Catherby Fishing Shore ) to find the Water Obelisk. The Air and Earth Obelisks are found in the Wilderness; the Earth one is in the wildy portion of Edgeville Dungeon, and the Air Obelisk is located just north of there, beyond the Black Demons and up the ladder. You should surface at about level 5 wilderness.
Crafting dragonhide bodies (you don't earn as much with these unless you obtain the hides yourself) is a good method of earning money too, but you need over 60 crafting to be productive in this. Another method used mostly by lower levels is the picking and spinning of flax. It is fast, easy, you get a bit of crafting exp for spinning them and plus they're worth 100gp each (over that amount if you have more than 1k usually). Gems are another merchandise, so if you can mine them (gem rocks or not), they sell for good prices, however they are time consuming to get, and it is rare for people to buy cut gems. Leaving them uncut means you do not get experience at all - just money.
Mining:
One of the 'Big Three' - or the three primary money-making skills - is Mining. It is also my personal liking. But really, the best thing to mine for experience is iron ore. You get 35 exp per ore, you can get it in one hit (after mining for a while), it re-spawns fairly quickly and it can sell for up to 100gp each (if you find a decent buyer, and you accumulate a stash of it). For money, the best things to mine are rune essences, coal, mithril ores, adamantite ores and runite ores. Rune essences are easy and fast to get; a great way for newer players to earn money (You can obtain these after doing the Rune Mysteries Quest), and plus they can sell for 20gp and upwards. Coal - 120 to 170gp each, but it's a bummer to get unless you spend time at the member worlds' coal trucks [Like Me!], mithril ores at 200 to 400gp each depending on amount, adamantite ores at 750gp (I never sell for this price because it's simply too low) to 1,000gp each (buyers at this price are extremely hard to find! I'ld go with 800gp and up each.) and finally, the creme de la creme - Runite ores. They're the big nice cyan ones, and they can sell for a minimum of 12.5k each to 15k each! That's a whopping amount for one ore! But bear in mind that there are only 5 runite rocks, 2 of them in the basement of Heroes Guild and the other 3 in wilderness.
Here is another way to make crazy Money by flipping coal.
You need some seed Money of 100k to get started.But once you get going you are set for life. As of December 2004 coal is going for 75 gp to 175 gp ea.You can buy all the coal you want for 100 gp ea at the east bank in Falador on the high number worlds.Again, if none is selling on your wolrd switch until you find people selling.Once you have 1k coal people will be willing to buy them for 150 ea on world 1 right there at the fallador east bank. THATS A 50K PROFIT!!! There is no traveling required when doing this just switching worlds. I have bought over 3k coal in one hour for 300k .I then went to world 1 and sold them for 150 gp ea or 450k and made 150 profit!It is very easy to buy coal here because there are miners traveling back and forth from the mine to the bank here.Do not, i repeat, do not try and sell in amounts less then 1k.You will not be able to get the best selling price with small amounts.
Another way to find buyers is to check the forums there are always people buying coal there in large amounts.If you are f2p you can just read the post, but if you are a member you can advertise your coal for sale a 150 ea and it will sell right away.Also be sure to ask if people will mine for you.Most people are training their mining skill and will sell you all they can get. Once you have a few people mining coal for you regulary you are set for life.Have fun making milions!!!!!!!
Leveling
This shows the number of ores you would need to go ten levels.Note: The number is added on top of what you already have mined,so if your level 70,it gives you the number you would need to go from 70-80, no 1-80
Basic (complete) stats
Level 1-10: You need to mine 66 Tin/Copper ores (1153 xp).
Level 10-20:You need to mine 190 Tin/Copper ores (3316 xp),this will allow you to mine Iron (Level 15) and Silver (Level 20).
Level 20-30:You need to mine 509 Tin/Copper ores,255 Iron ores,or 223 Silver (8893 xp),this will allow you to mine coal (Level 30)
Level 30-40:You need to mine 1364 Tin/Copper ores,682 Iron ores,597 Silver,or 478 coal (23,891xp),this will allow you to mine gold.
Level 40-50:You need to mine 3664 Tin/Copper Ores,1832 Iron ores,1603 Silver,1283 Coal,or 987 Gold ores.(64,109 xp)
Level 50-60:You need to mine 9852 Tin/Copper ores,4926 Iron ores, 4311 Silver,3449 Coal ores, or 2653 Gold ores (172,409 xp),this will allow you to mine Mithril ore (Level 55)
Level 60-70:You need to mine 26,508 Tin/Copper ores,13,254 Iron ores,11,598 Silver ,9278 Coal ores,7137 Gold ores, or 5799 Mith ores (463,885 xp),this will allow you to mine Adamantine ore (level 70).
Level 70-80: You will need to mine 71,340 Tin/Copper ores,35,670 Iron ores,31,212 Silver,24,969 Coal ores,19207 Gold ores,15,606 Mith ores, or 13,412 Addy ores (1,248,264 xp)
Level 80-90: You will need to mine 192,016 Tin/Copper ores,96,008 Iron ores,84,007 Silver, 6,206 Coal ores, 51,697 Gold ores, 42,004 Mith ores,or 35,372 Addy ores (3,360,264 xp),this will alow you to mine Runite ores (level 85)
Level 80-99: You will need to mine 439,320 Tin/Copper ores,219,660 Iron ores,192,203 Silver,153,762 Coal ores, 118,279 Gold ores ,96,102 Mith ores,80,962 Addy ores,or 61,505 Rune ores.
Smithing:
A branch out from mining, smithing is quite a good way to make money, but to do so you will need patience with it, as it may take a while (especially cannonballs. Oh boy) As non-members, steel plate bodies (at 48 smithing) is a good item to make. They high alchemy for 1,200gp each, and can sell to other players for 900 to 1,000gp each. After that, the next best items are runite. Rune axes, scimitars, battle axes and kites are the better items to make and sell. They are also high in demand so you would not have to hold on to them for a long time. Note that 'Full Addy' can be in demand sometimes, and 'Full Rune' is also a desirable set. As members, an extra bonus is the well-known Cannonball. After doing the Dwarf Cannon quest, you can get your hands on what is known as an 'Ammo Mould'. Cannonballs are worth 150gp to 200gp each, and one Steel Bar makes four. That's 600 to 800gp per bar. This is the best item to make until you hit rune smithing, whatever obscure high level that is.
Then, of course, there are bars. Steel bars sell for 550gp to 600gp each (depending on amount), mithril bars at 1,000gp each, addy bars at 2,000gp and upwards each and finally the famous pretty runite bars, at 15,000 to 18,000gp each (and I have had buyers for 20,000gp each even.)
Fishing:
Second of the Big Three - fishing is a good source of money as well as a great money saver. The main fish groups people buy are lobsters, swordfish and sharks. Lobsters sell from 100gp to 150gp each (and even 200gp each sometimes), swordfish sell from 250gp and a bit upwards each, and sharks are a great jack-up to 1,000gp each (76 fishing required, and 1,000gp each is the price for an uncooked shark. Cooked ones cost more) Fishing is a money-saver because you need food a lot of times throughout the game and what cheaper alternative than to do it yourself? The best places to sell fish vary, though personally I like Edgeville, for obvious, wilderness and PKers reasons.
Woodcutting:
Last of the Big Three, woodcutting is another good skill to have. The good trees to cut are normal or evergreens, which sell for a minimum of 30gp each, maple trees at 100gp each, yew trees at 250 to 350gp each (free-play worlds sell these logs for really cheap - I bought a stash at 200gp each in Falador) and finally magic logs sell for 1,000gp each and it's great for cash earning. Time consuming to accumulate the logs (and this applies to yew trees as well) but it is not hard selling magic's. Best places to get these logs: Draynor and north of Falador for normal trees and/or Evergreens. Behind Varrock Castle , 'The Falador Triangle'; three trees south of Falador, and a whole cluster of them in a very secret place - north of the Crafting Guild! (Don't tell the cutters there that I told you or I'll get in trouble. Note that this place is very far from bank, so it's not advisable unless you're here to get experience instead of banking the logs for money.) Another spot is just directly south of Edgeville bank, but it's not advisable to get yew logs there as many people cut at that place. There are two places which I know of which provide Magic trees - seven, I believe, south of the Seers bank; three to the north west and four to the front yard of the place you start the Scorpion Catcher quest. And three trees in Gnome Stronghold, near the south wall of the Agility Course.
Fletching:
A useful member skill to have, as you can make your own arrows with these levels (and save arrow money, which costs a lot sometimes, taking into consideration the low-life arrow stealers walking around). Mith, Addy and Rune arrows sell well, especially rune arrows (for you lovely PKers). Maple longbows and upwards are worth stringing and high alching. Arrow shafts sell for 10gp each (One normal log makes 15 of these shafts) and feathers are valued at 10 to 15gp each among players (depending upon amount, like so many other things.)
Herblore:
Second member skill to touch upon; this is a very hard skill to raise and it requires a lot of time, effort and if you do not have Capital (or money) to start with, it will be very hard for you. The potions which sell well are prayer, fishing, agility, ranged, anti-fire and Super sets (For those of you who don't know what these are, they are simply a three-combination potion set; Super Attack, Super Strength and Super Defence) and the rest are slightly harder to sell. I do not advise herblore unless you have a true passion for it (I do know of such people) and are willing to spend good money and time on it. Un-IDs are pretty good objects to sell, and can vary in prices. The standard price for Un-ID herbs are 1,000gp each, but if you specify TRUTHFULLY that your herbs are above a certain one, e.g. "Un-IDs above Irit Leaves", these sell for higher prices.
At 25 herblore, there is a herb you can identify called Ranarr Weed! This is a very popular, high-in-demand herb. When IDed, these herbs sell for 3k to 4k each. Once you reach 38 herblore, you can make one of the most popular and 'sells-like-hotcakes' potions is the Prayer Potion. It restores prayer, so if you're fighting a big mean monster and your prayer is running out, all you need to do is take a dosage, and you'll last for a bit longer. Prayer potions sell for 5k each, so you could buy ranarrs, and then sell the potions at 1k to 2k profit. Alternatively, if you know of people who have 38 herblore and/or upwards, they (at least, most of them) will trade prayer potions for your ranarrs. This is a win-win situation for both yourself and the herblorian.
Theiving:
This is an unusual one, I must admit, but thieving can earn you money in a warped sense. What you do is steal whatever you can from the stall (hopefully without getting caught) and bank them. Stock them up (like my 795 Grey Wolf Furs I accumulated last night) and then when you happen to be at the town where the trader is located (In my case, Varrock), just sell them back to the Trader. Silks stolen from the Ardougne stall can sell at the Al Kharid Silk Trader at, I think it was, 60gp each. Grey wolf fur from the fur stall in Ardougne sell for 120gp each to Baraek, the fur trader in Varrock. As well as raising thieving, you can sell these items to the specialized stall traders to earn some money. Do note that cakes is another favourite, from the Baker stall, as people don't sell the cake back to the baker but use it as a good food, and it is, especially for quests like Underground Pass.
Arbitrage/Merchanting:
I would like to touch finally on this. In lay-man's terms, arbitrage is more commonly known as 'Merchanting'. Yes, you should know what I'm talking about now. This means that you buy something for a relatively cheap price, and then you sell it for more expensive e.g. buying iron ores for 70gp each and then selling them at 100gp each later. This is the simplest one of all. Another form of merchanting is actually modifying or adding two or more objects together e.g. buying normal logs at 30gp each, cutting them up into 15 arrow shafts, and then selling each shaft for 10gp each. Another common one is buying iron ores at 50gp each, and double the coal at 150gp each. This amounts to 350gp for the ores. Just by placing them into the furnace or using your fire staff and nature rune, you can sell the steel bar for 200 to 250gp each profit. Merchants earn good money, but it is time consuming (Unless you have a vast network of connections already set up) to camp in a world and type out "buying -insert item here-" 500 times, and then selling that item (another 500 times). Nevertheless, this is a good way of earning money.
800 - 240 = 560gp. 560 / 4 = 140gp.
That is 140gp profit per cannonball.
Oh, and below is an image of the market areas of Runescape. This is where the people are for World 1 and World 2 respectively. Note that if you want to sell some F2P items and you're a member e.g. Halloween Masks, you are better off selling them in World 1. You could always try World 2, and no one will stop you, but F2P stuff sells faster in F2P worlds. It's logical and makes sense, so the choice of whether to camp in World 1 or World 2 is up to you.
For you lot of F2Pers, sorry, but World 1 is your only option
I hope this guide to money-making helped! I also hope to see you in the realm of Runescape, masquerading and parading around in that awesome outfit of yours which you always wanted.
Credits: Gianni russo
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