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Free-to-play methods
| Method | Hourly profit | Skills | Category | Intensity | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithing rune items (Player-to-player trading) | 1,085,000 |
99 | Skilling/Smithing | Low |  |
| Selling archery supplies | 938,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Smelting runite bars (Superheat Item) | 524,000 |
85 ,  43 | Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Smithing rune items | 509,000 |
99 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Smelting adamantite bars (Superheat Item) | 431,000 |
70 , 43 | Skilling/Smithing | Moderate | |
| Mining runite ore (free-to-play) | 401,000 |
 85+ ,  40 (optional),  40+ (optional), 25 (optional) | Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Casting Bones to Bananas | 309,000 |
15 | Processing | High | |
| High alching profitable free-to-play items | 307,000 |
55 | Skilling/Magic | Low | |
| Making pie shells | 274,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting nature runes | 251,000 |
Decent  and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers 33 required to cast Telekinetic Grab | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Smelting runite bars | 251,000 |
85 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Collecting ruby rings | 250,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting steel platebodies (High Alchemy) | 247,000 |
55 for High Level Alchemy Decent and 43 + recommended for Protect from Melee | Skilling/Magic | Moderate | |
| Collecting anti-dragon shields (free-to-play) | 241,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Buying feather packs | 236,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Buying jug packs | 232,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting diamond jewellery | 228,000 |
 56 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting steel platebodies | 226,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for Protect from Melee 25 for Varrock Teleport | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Making anchovy pizzas | 200,000 |
 55 | Skilling/Cooking | Moderate | |
| Collecting bronze pickaxes | 196,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Crafting ruby jewellery | 186,000 |
34+ | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting cosmic runes | 183,000 |
Decent and recommended 43 recommended for protection prayers | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Grinding chocolate bars | 171,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Collecting tinderboxes | 165,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Making uncooked berry pies | 159,000 |
10 | Processing | Low | |
| Buying team capes | 159,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Crafting sapphire jewellery | 157,000 |
20 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Collecting chaos runes | 156,000 |
Decent recommended 25 to teleport to Varrock | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Crafting emerald jewellery | 145,000 |
27 + | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Killing ogress shamans | 145,000 |
80+  ,  40 recommended | Combat/High | Moderate | |
| Collecting fish food | 141,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Smelting steel bars | 140,000 |
30+ | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Making pastry dough | 137,000 | None | Processing | Moderate | |
| Stringing amulets | 129,000 |
1 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Cutting yew logs (free-to-play) | 116,000 |
 60 | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Making uncooked apple pies | 113,000 |
30 | Processing | Low | |
| Cooking plain pizzas | 109,000 |
35 (68 recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Tanning cowhide | 99,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting monk's robes | 96,000 |
31 Prayer required | Collecting | Low | |
| Blessing unblessed symbols | 94,000 |
31+ | Processing | Low | |
| Collecting wine of zamorak (free-to-play) | 92,000 |
37 | Collecting | Low | |
| Making uncooked meat pies | 88,000 |
20 | Processing | Low | |
| Mining coal and superheating Runite bars | 88,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Killing ogress warriors | 87,000 |
40 (60+ recommended) | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Making dyes | 77,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Buying kebabs in Al Kharid | 73,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing chaos dwarves | 72,000 |
60+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Low | |
| Collecting and tanning cowhide | 68,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Making pizza bases | 67,000 | None | Processing | High | |
| Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars | 66,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Collecting air talismans | 64,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining adamantite ore (free-to-play) | 64,000 |
70+ | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Collecting red spiders' eggs (free-to-play) | 62,000 |
69+ recommended | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing hill giants | 59,000 |
30+ (40 recommended for rune scimitar) 30+ (40+ recommended) 30+ (40 recommended for rune armour) | Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Killing cows and tanning cowhide | 59,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing imps | 58,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Crafting gold jewellery | 57,000 |
6 | Skilling/Crafting | Low | |
| Mining clay | 55,000 | None | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Smelting iron bars | 55,000 |
15 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Firecycling | 55,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars | 54,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Buying ale from the Rising Sun Inn | 54,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Killing monkeys | 54,000 |
5+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Cooking raw chicken | 51,000 |
1 (20+ recommended) | Skilling/Cooking | Low | |
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 50,000 |
Decent and recommended 25 recommended for Protect Item | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Killing Bryophyta (free-to-play) | 49,000 |
50+ 50+ 50+ 43+ 57+ | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Killing elemental wizards | 49,000 |
31+ recommended 30+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Cutting oak logs | 49,000 |
15 (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Woodcutting | Low | |
| Collecting spades | 49,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Collecting iron ore | 46,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Mining iron ore (free-to-play) | 43,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | High | |
| Making dough at Cooks' Guild | 43,000 |
32 | Processing | High | |
| Smelting silver bars | 38,000 |
20 Smithing required | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Filling water containers | 34,000 | None | Processing | Low | |
| Mining coal (free-to-play) | 33,000 |
| Skilling/Mining | Moderate | |
| Smelting bronze bars | 31,000 |
1 | Skilling/Smithing | Low | |
| Stealing Wydin's bananas | 31,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) | 30,000 |
40 and 40 | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Killing wizards | 27,000 |
20+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Killing ankou (free-to-play) | 27,000 |
Or, if safespotting:
| Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Collecting ashes | 26,000 |
 30 (45 recommended) | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing Zamorak monks | 24,000 |
| Combat/Low | Moderate | |
| Catching lobsters | 23,000 |
 40+ (60+ recommended) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Killing dark wizards | 22,000 |
41+ recommended 40+ recommended | Combat/Low | Low | |
| Catching sardines & herring | 21,000 |
10 (30+ recommended) 15+ Recommended | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Catching tuna & swordfish (free-to-play) | 21,000 |
50+ , 60+ recommended | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Collecting beer glasses | 20,000 | None | Collecting | Low | |
| Killing bears | 19,000 |
30+ recommended | Combat/Mid | Moderate | |
| Taking from the infinite money bag while picking up coin spawns in Varrock West bank | 19,000 | None | Collecting | High | |
| Collecting garlic | 18,000 | None | Collecting | Moderate | |
| Mining gold ore (free-to-play) | 17,000 |
40 65+ recommended to avoid King Scorpion aggression | Skilling/Mining | Low | |
| Catching shrimp & anchovies | 15,000 |
15+ ( 1 for just  Raw shrimps) | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
| Catching lobsters (free-to-play) | 15,000 |
40+ | Skilling/Fishing | Low | |
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