Money making guide/Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne

Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne

Requirements
Skills
55+ (95+ recommended) Decent 47+ Recommended for Shadow Veil
Items
Rogue equipment Dodgy necklace Some food, such as jugs of wine If casting Shadow Veil: Lava battlestaff Cosmic rune x5 per cast
Quest
Plague City if suiciding A Kingdom Divided if casting Shadow Veil
Other
Completion of the medium Ardougne Diary for additional success rate and holding up to 56 coin pouches Gloves of silence if the medium Ardougne Diary has not been completed. Completion of the hard or elite diary also recommended for holding up to 84 and 140 coin pouches, respectively
Results
Profit	Experience gained
262,755, after tax	252,900
Inputs (37,245)	Outputs (300,000, after tax)
300 × Cosmic rune (37,200) (If casting Shadow Veil)15 × Jug of wine (45)	150,000 × Coins (150,000)150,000 × Coins (150,000) (with rogue equipment)

Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne can yield a consistent amount of gold with Rogue equipment.

To optimise Thieving experience, it may be desirable to trap a knight to minimise their movement. This is frequently done inside the trapezoid-shaped house in the north-east corner, north of Ardougne Baker's Stall. To do this, the player should attack him once, go inside the house to lure them, and close the door behind them. A player with a dragon spear can use its special attack to aid in luring. Once they are inside, the player can lock them outside the room and log out and back in to reset aggro. After they are trapped, players should be courteous and keep the gate closed. Stand north of the knight in this location, as standing to the east or west of the knight for any extended time will cause the knight to be trapped on one tile, forcing it to despawn, then respawn in their original spawn point outside the house.

Alternatively, hop worlds in the southern Ardougne bank to find someone splashing a knight. W315, W355 and W461 typically host a splasher. At lower thieving levels, this is recommended to allow easy access to the bank for food to sustain hitpoints as required.

Further information on luring, with pictures, can be found at Thieving training.

When using Shadow Veil 600 cosmic runes, costing 74,400 coins, are required per hour if at level 50, or 300 (37,200) at 99. Shadow Veil will increase actions per hour by skipping the stun effect resulting in more Thieving experience.

At 95 Thieving, food and Shadow Veil are completely unnecessary since the player will no longer fail.

At 95+ Thieving it is possible to gain 252,900 experience per hour and an accompanying 300,000 coins per hour with full rogue outfit.