Runescape: Thieving Skill Guide

If you think fishing and runecrafting is boring, you obviously haven't spent several hours thieving!

Seriously though, thieving isn't as boring as you think it is. Plus of course, it's an instant money making skill. You don't have to spend money buying things you need just to level it. Unless of course you buy food, although I don't recommend it. There's an easier way.....keep reading!

To start, you will need to pickpocket the "Man". Those are everywhere, so it's not really a problem. In fact, I never paid for trips to and from Karamja when I needed to go there. I just pickpocketed the man around the docks for my trip money. See? Not boring at all, and something that can be worked on very slowly to start out with.

Farmers were next on the list of things I would pickpocket, usually when I was waiting for seeds in a near by farming patch. Farming proves to be a nice matching skill for Thieving. Especially when your level is higher and your seed rewards are better.

When I wasn't stealing seeds from the local farmers, I was in Ardougne stealing cake from the stalls. This is not only nice experience (when standing out of the line of the guards), but good food to stash for when your thieving higher level people who hit harder. Keep a stash for later, or come back here for "thieving food".

If you are interested in the H.A.M gear, I suggest going underground just behind the Lumbridge castle to pickpocket them at level 20. If you don't really care, skip them and keep pickpocketing anything above until 27.

At 27 is when your pickpocketing skill start to pay off if you are a farmer. The Draynor Village seed stall is an easy walk from a near by vegetable farming patch, so you can swipe some more seeds to plant while waiting for others to grow. The selection of seeds you get isn't too bad, but it does get better with master farmers at level 38. Don't forget those cakes when you go to pickpocket him!

Once you hit level 40, it starts to get much more profitable. You can now pickpocket the guards in various town, which give 30 coins each. Again it's easy to walk on over to one of them while waiting for seeds to grow if you like to farm, or just as you are walking by and need some "pocket change" (hehe).

Knights of Ardougne at 55 are the absolute best, and what I still pickpocket when I'm in need of quick cash. They pay 50 coins per, and get easier the higher you get. At 99, you rarely get hit. These are where the big bucks are, and the really fast cash.

The only exception is around 70 when you can pickpocket Paladins. These do not get easier, so pickpocket them as soon as you can if you are wanting the runes. It's a waste of time to pickpocket them after 80 or so.

An important rule for those 55 and higher - you NEED Gloves of Silence. Nothing will be as easy without them, and you'll go through a LOT of food. You'll need a hunting level of 57 or higher to wear them (not just make them, but wear them too - you can not put the on unless your hunter level is 57!).

Now you may be asking at this point, what about Pryamid Plunder? Didn't you do that AT ALL? Yes I did, but I hated it. At 70+, I just didn't see a profit as fast as I did with the knights. Those were fast cash and minimal running (which I really hate to walk or run anywhere). If you need a bit more entertainment, this may be for you. But it really wasn't for me and I just didn't like it.

So this guide may be quite different from others you've read, but it's what worked for me, and it was my very first skill cape!