Merchanting is the fastest and most legal way to make money in Runescape
Posted by: cool // Category: Runescape Money Making GuideIt all depends on how much you already have. The more you have, the more you can earn.
*STARTING OUT AS A NEWBIE?*
If you’re starting out, and have very little money and items, I suggest raising some skills up. Get any productive skill up to 60 - it should take you no more than 2 weeks(even a day if you try hard). (productive skills: mining, fishing, combat, runecrafting, etc)- anything that you can use to gather items (for free) to sell. For example, you can sell ore that you mine for gold. At level 55-mining, you can mine mithril ore. Mithril ore sells for 350gp - 450gp each.
*ONCE YOU HAVE SOME GOLD IN HAND*
Once you have used your skills to obtain some gold, you’d get a higher return if you start merchanting instead of leveling up. What’s merchanting? Merchanting involves buying something in high quantities for low prices, and selling in even higher quantities for higher prices. In Runescape, if you have a lot of something, you can sell it for more gold per item. Richer Runescape players want as little hassle as possible- therefore they’re ready to pay more for larger quantities.
How do you tell what’s a good buy? Check the prices. Go to the official marketplace forums or just ask friends. Once you have a good idea of how much an item is sold for (and in what quantities), you’d be able to make a more educated decision on whether something is a good buy or not. Don’t be afraid of buying something in lower quantities for a lower price. Keep buying the same item- as much as you can. Then head over to World-1 or World-2 Varrock to sell in-game. Make sure you earn at least a 20% to 50% profit. Don’t tell anybody how much you bought the items for. Sell the entire quantity- don’t sell it in parts unless you’ve secured buyers to purchase all of it.
*WHAT ITEM IS BEST FOR MERCHANTING?*
This is a difficult question. There is no ‘golden item’ that’s best for merchanting. I’d suggest higher level ore, metal bars, arrows, runes, etc. Anything that requires a higher level (at least 70) to make and is potentially useful for raising skills (i.e. a metal bar helps smithers raise their smithing level).
*WHAT IS BETTER? SKILLS OR MERCHANTING?*
In the end, if merchanting doesn’t work out for you, you still have the option of skilling. That means, raising your skills. My suggestion is to focus on one skill rather than trying to raise them all at the same time. Why? Because at higher levels, you’re able to earn more. And when you earn more, you can use your earnings to raise other skills. For example, if you raise your mining level to 85, you’re able to mine rune ore. Each rune ore sells for 11,000gp - 11,500gp. You can easily mine 25 ores per trip (each trip takes 45 minutes tops). So you’re making 25 ores x 11,000 gp = 275,000 gp every 45 minutes! This can help immensely when trying to raise other skills (for example, you can use your mining earnings to purchase metal bars- that in turn can be smithed to raise your smithing levels).
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