Money making guide/Pickpocketing elves

Pickpocketing Elves

Requirements
Skills
85+ (99 recommended) 50 for Rogue equipment 47+ recommended for Shadow Veil Decent 93 recommended
Items
Thieving cape Rogue equipment for guaranteed double loot Food Dodgy necklaces Lava battlestaff and cosmic runes to cast Shadow Veil
Quest
Song of the Elves A Kingdom Divided to use Shadow Veil
Other
Completion of the hard Ardougne Diary
Results
Profit	Experience gained
4,490,842, after tax	197,848 3,480
Inputs (56,759)	Outputs (4,547,601, after tax)
16.18 × Dodgy necklace (19,559)300 × Cosmic rune (37,200)	1.09 × Enhanced crystal teleport seed (3,621,067)32 × Crystal shard (540,720)289,406 × Coins (289,406)140 × Death rune (25,480)131 × Nature rune (22,050)17.5 × Fire orb (33,478)8.75 × Diamond (14,158)8.75 × Gold ore (1,243)

Note: The listed profit rate is calculated at 99 while wearing full rogue equipment (requires 50 ) with completion of the Ardougne Diary (hard) while wearing the Thieving cape and casting Shadow Veil with 99 . Players with lower thieving will be caught more often, and players with lower Magic will consume more cosmic runes per hour (up to 640 with the minimum 47 ), both of which will reduce profit rate. The listed profit assumes 566 successful pickpockets per hour, seeing two teleport seeds roughly every 1.81 hours on average. At 85 it is possible to achieve 401 successful pickpockets per hour resulting in an average profit of 3,310,623.03 per hour, seeing two teleport seeds roughly every 2.55 hours.

Pickpocketing elves in Prifddinas gives a chance of pickpocketing crystal shards and enhanced crystal teleport seeds. Roughly 3% of the pickpockets will yield a crystal shard on top of the 1/1,024 chance for an enhanced crystal teleport seed. Wearing the full rogue equipment will double the amount of shards and teleport seeds obtained on a successful pickpocket. The value estimate for the crystal shards assumes they are used for making divine super combat potions, requiring a herblore level of 97 , or 93 if boosting using botanical pies. Neither the time required for making these potions, nor the cost of purchasing botanical pies is included in the estimated profit per hour calculation.

At level 99 thieving, while wearing the Thieving cape and having at least the hard Ardougne Diary completed, the player will have a 47.5% chance for a successful pickpocket. This means that, if the player is wearing dodgy necklaces and using Shadow Veil, the maximum theoretical amount of pickpockets is roughly 609 per hour, but this does not include banking. At level 85 thieving with the hard Ardougne Diary completed, the player will have a 37.3% chance for a successful pickpocket, meaning that the maximum theoretical amount of pickpockets is roughly 431 per hour.

Players should attempt to trap Cirdan, or another elf close to the bank. As the movement of the elf is random, it can take some time for the elf to walk to the desired spot. Potential traps include when Cirdan walks north of the yew tree that is west of the south-west bank or when Cirdan walks along the souther wall of the bank. Should the player trap Cirdan in a 1x1 tile he will respawn after an extended period, around 5 minutes. This can be alleviated by allowing him to walk which can achieved due to both spots being a easily blockable 1 tile wide path. Another option is for players to pickpocket Lindir located south of the player-owned house portal in Prifddinas, he will never leave his house. Mithrellas can be trapped behind the door of her house directly west of the player-owned house portal. The player can also make use of their ornate rejuvenation pool and the Redemption prayer for healing and extending thieving trips.

Players should consider bringing a partner or using world 378, which is the unofficial thieving world. With multiple people it is possible to block the elf from moving resulting in more pickpockets per hour.

One other method is to simply keep pickpocketing an elf close to the respawn point until death. Once dead, the player can reclaim all items and keep pickpocketing. The player can make use of jugs of wine, Rapid Heal, and Redemption to extend lives.