OSRS Best Money-Making Methods for Every Skill in 2025
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Making money while training your skills in Old School RuneScape (OSRS) is a great way to build your account and save for upgrades, and fortunately for you we are huge OSRS nerds. Here are the most profitable methods for each skill, listed in alphabetical order, as we head into 2025.
Note: Exact prices may change with time.
Agility: Wilderness Agility Course
The Wilderness Agility Course is one of the most profitable ways to train agility.
Requirements: 52 Agility.
Earnings: 2.5M GP/hour after 60 laps.
Why It’s Good: Offers solid XP rates (60k/hour) and great rewards, but be prepared for PKers.
Combat: NEX
Killing NEX is an excellent way to make money in groups or solo.
Requirements: High melee, magic, and range stats, plus good gear.
Earnings: 13-14M GP/hour in small teams.
Why It’s Good: Great for learning mechanics and progressing to higher profits.
Construction: Flatpack Furniture
Building high-level flatpack furniture in your house can be profitable.
Earnings: Up to 2M GP/hour, but items sell slowly.
Why It’s Good: Ideal for those with patience and high construction levels.
Crafting: Clockwork Toys
Making Clockwork Toys is the most profitable crafting method.
Requirements: 85 Crafting.
Earnings: 1-1.5M GP/hour.
Tip: For better XP, make Drift Nets instead, earning 600k GP/hour and 60k XP.
Farming: Herb Runs
Doing herb runs is a classic way to make GP while training Farming.
Earnings: Around 1.5-2M GP/hour.
Tip: Add other profitable crops like Zamorak Grapes or White Berries for more income.
Fishing: Sacred Eels
Fishing Sacred Eels is profitable and provides Cooking XP.
Requirements: 87 Fishing, 72 Cooking, and Regicide quest.
Earnings: 400k GP/hour.
Why It’s Good: AFK-friendly and earns scales for additional profit.
Fletching: Diamond-Tipped Bolts
Attaching Diamond Tips to Adamant Bolts is a quick and profitable Fletching method.
Requirements: 65 Fletching.
Earnings: 450k GP/hour and 189k XP/hour.
Tip: Ensure you have enough GP to buy supplies in bulk.
Herblore: Mixology
Using Mixology to refine herbs into paste is the best Herblore moneymaker.
Requirements: 60 Herblore.
Earnings: 3M GP/hour.
Tip: Supplies may get cheaper as more players use this method, so act fast.
Hunter: Black Chinchompas
Hunting Black Chinchompas is the fastest way to train Hunter while making money.
Earnings: 1.2M GP/hour.
Why It’s Good: Combines high XP with solid profit, but beware of PKers in the Wilderness.
Mining: Zalcano
Fighting Zalcano is the most profitable way to train Mining.
Requirements: 70 Mining, Song of the Elves quest.
Earnings: 2M GP/hour.
Why It’s Good: Can be done in groups for safety and fun.
Prayer: Ensouled Heads
Using Ensouled Heads is the best way to make money while training Prayer.
Requirements: Access to the Arceuus Spellbook.
Earnings: 1.5M GP/hour.
Why It’s Good: Combines XP and GP.
Runecrafting: Blood Runes
Crafting Blood Runes through the Abyss is accessible and profitable.
Requirements: 77 Runecrafting.
Earnings: 1.5M GP/hour.
Tip: Use the Armadylean Robes for faster crafting.
Slayer: Boss Tasks
Focusing on Slayer bosses like Cerberus or Krill can increase GP from Slayer.
Earnings: Varies, but certain tasks can bring in millions per hour.
Tip: Unlock the Like a Boss reward to turn tasks into profitable boss kills.
Smithing: Rune Bars
Smelting Rune Bars at the Blast Furnace is profitable and offers great XP.
Requirements: 80 Smithing, access to the Blast Furnace.
Earnings: 1.5M GP/hour and 100k XP/hour.
Tip: Adamant Bars are a cheaper alternative, earning around the same at 1.3M GP/hour.
Thieving: Elves
Pickpocketing Elves is the most profitable Thieving method.
Requirements: 85 Thieving, Song of the Elves quest.
Earnings: 4M GP/hour.
Why It’s Good: Also provides valuable Crystal Shards for crafting Divine Potions.
Woodcutting: Forestry
Participating in Forestry events while cutting trees is now very profitable.
Earnings: Up to 500k GP/hour with leaves and logs combined.
Why It’s Good: Events make woodcutting more interactive and rewarding.
These methods let you train your skills and earn GP at the same time. Try them out to see which fits your goals and playstyle, and best of luck my OSRS friends!
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