RuneScape Money Making - Mining and Smithing

Chris Wellmen
This guide includes many different strategies to become extremely rich in RuneScape. These strategies deal with the mining and smithing skills in RuneScape. They work extremely well and you could be well on your way to purchasing a rare party hat. With some dedication, you can become the richest player in the game.

First of all, you need to show your commitment. If you are really dedicated to getting money, then you will. If not, then don't even try. Money doesn't come free and you have to earn it. However, this guide will make earning your money easier.

Mining and smithing are good moneymakers for low-leveled players. Start off by mining copper and tin. Keep these ores, then head to a furnace to smelt them into bronze bars. Furnaces for F2P (free to play) players are at Falador, Lumbridge, and at Al Kharid. Make sure that you have exactly the same amount of copper as you have tin. You can then sell these bars at the Grand Exchange, or smelt them into weapons or armor at the anvils in Varrock. Once you get 15 mining, then grab a pickaxe and head to the Varrock west mine. There are a few iron rocks sitting there (their vein is brownish-red). Mine the iron ore. Once you get a full inventory of these, head up to the Varrock west bank. You will maximize your profits if you can able to run for longer periods of time. This can only be affected by the agility skill (only for paying members). Keep doing this and you will get money and great experience in the mining skill.

Once you bank your ores, repeat this and go mine more. When you hit 1000 ores or more, you should sell them at either the Grand Exchange or in the bank. Shout out, "Selling iron ores 100gp each! ~ Username here!" By selling 1000 iron ores, you will get approximately 100k! That's 100,000gp! Keep doing this over and over and before you know it, you'll have all the partyhats and rares.

However, you can also go further with your mining and smithing skills. This requires much more time and effort, but gives you much more money. Coal is a good moneymaker for higher leveled miners. It is suggested that you mine iron ores until you are 60 mining. At 60 mining, you can enter the Mining Guild in Falador. The Mining Guild has 37 coal rocks and 5 mithril rocks. If you can enter the guild, then you are able to mine both coal and mithril ore. Coal sells for about 190gp and mithril ore sells for about 250gp. That's much more then iron!

At level 70, you will also be able to mine adamant ore. Each adamant ore sells for approximately 1000gp. That's great money! At 85 mining, you will also be able to mine runite ore, which sells for about 12,000gp! However, getting 85 mining requires much effort and time. But you can do it if you try! At higher levels, you will be able to mine much faster. At level 99, you will be able to buy the Mining Cape of Achievement, which comes with it's nifty emote, that can only be done by players with 99 mining. Same goes for smithing. These two skill capes are some of the rarest in the game. With some effort, they can both be yours!

Enjoy being rich!

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  • mining definitely pays8/25/2008

    One thing these guides often mention briefly in passing, but is key (in my opinion) is that getting your agility to at least 5 is KEY....By getting to at least 5, you can use a shortcut between a bank and a mining location is falador, for example.

    Later, by having your agility to at least 20, you can get to the coal tracks where mining coal is batches of 120 is possible.

    Enjoy!

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