If you tell people to ask anything from Runescape, i guess most common question would be "How you make your money there?" or "Tell me how to do few millions in few hours". Money has always interested people and why not, since you need it to do your skills and get your gears.
There is one but on it. There is not such a thing as "quick money" and you can't ever satisfy person with your answer how to do money quick. Why? Because fast, lot and easy are words that means different to everyone. What is to me fast and easy way is to other annoying and too slow. It depends how much patience you have and also what you consider as "good money". I can be happy with few 100k per hour and other person might wait to get 500k per hour. So thats why its hard to give pleasuring answer on "how to make fast money?"
I could say that making money is 80% about luck. Nothing else. If you think of all ways to make money, most are hanging of luck. Lets use as an example those guys who has 1000m gp in bank and nice set of partyhats. How many of them just did skills to get that all? i could say they haven't, or they have partly but not for all money. Pretty many of those persons has play for long time. They might have got those hats when they were dropped by Jagex and were so wise that kept them till partyhats raised skyhigh. They might have skilled at beginning when there wasn't that trade limit or GE and they could make profit by their skills. So they were lucky enough to be on Runescape at right time. Or they had money to buy tons of items which later got merched up. So its all about luck =p
If we look common ways to make money we can see how much its about being lucky.
They aren't in particular order, just listed randomly.
1. Clues -if you are lucky, you can get rich fast. (if you get new mask or 3rd age)
2. Pking -if you are lucky, and your target drops good loot
3. Godwars dungeon -if you are lucky, you can get hilt or armour piece
4. Slayer - if you are lucky, you can get visage drop from dragons or whip drop
5. Monster klling without slayer - if you are lucky, you can get good drops from them
6. Minigames such as temple trekking or barrows - if you are lucky, you might get good reward
7. Skilling such as fishing and mining - if you are patient enough, you will get lots of money out it.
8. Merchanting -if you are lucky, you might find a item with you can make profit
9. Collecting and selling -if you are patient enough to run between source and bank, you might make good money out of it
10. Lending item -if you are greedy enough, you can get some pocket money by lending item to person who is in need.
Alright, now if we look that list many of them was about having good luck. Of course not all of those ways aren't that great for money, but are used still.
I want to say few words of some of those listed ways to get money. Because there is few ways that people usually takes wrong and dislike for wrong reasons.
For example slayer. Some people says that its not good money and that its freaking annoying skill. Well i want to correct that a bit. Its good money, some of my money has come from it.And thats why i usually try to defend slayer. Why people dislike it is that they aren't patient enough to get it up where real money comes. Or they do it wrong way. Most common mistake is that low level combat goes to ask tasks from master that gives higher monsters and also they aren't ready to put a bit money on slayer. Im not telling you need to buy runescape best armour and weapon to manage on slayer.. no i don't mean that.
What i mean is if you are seriously going to level up slayer you need to put some money on it to make it easier and more fun. I feel sad when i see under 100 cmb holding godsword and wearing bronze full x.x and no money to have food or prayer potions. What you should do is get decent gear to stand hits and also decent weapon. You don't need godsword to do slayer if you don't have decent gear -.-. With less expensive weapon, good gear and have money for potions you would go more further. Also if you can affort for guthans or put money for summoning to get bunyip it is huge help when doing slayer. Less banking for foods. When these things are rightly done, slayer goes much better and finally get it to pay you back what you have put on it.
Other thing i want to point on is pking and godwars dungeon. People usually push down skilling by saying " i make better money with pking and godwars". Yes some do.. i have say it on my earlier posts that its one way but not good for all. You need luck on both also you need some money to start it. You need good gear and also food, potions. With pking you have big chance to get killed and lose money, if you are unlucky or just suck on pking =o. Godwars you need get team, hop on severals servers to find empty world and hope not to get crashed. You can also try solo, but chance to get hilt with few kills isn't that high. It seems easy money, but it isn't that fast or easy if you think what all it needs to get lucky. Its actually several hours of waiting and preparing. I still don't say its bad, but what i mean its just one way to make money and as much depending of luck.
Skilling like fishing and woodcutting is pushed down for no reasons. Its not fast money maker yes, but it is good source for money if you have buttmuscles enough thick to stay still few hours. With patience you get millions after little. At first it might feel long and hard to earn even little, but level by level it will be more profit when you get to fish or cut better things. Besides skilling doesn't need to be "boring" you can talk with friends during skilling or watch movie.
Why those advices to earn money doesn't fit to all? Why i don't get as much as other one even i try do same as he? Because it depends of 1. your levels, 2. your luck, 3. of time you put on it and 4. What you see isn't always truth.
Huh? Think about it. If you look videos of guy pking with awesome gear and he wins all.. never die! Then you try do same, you put all your moneys to get some of that gear, you go and try.. fail and die!!!!!!! ( after swearing you might wonder wtf.. why me, what i did wrong?)
Well cold truth is that sometimes when you try to follow those videos you don't notice that cmb level is different, he might have done it years, he has something you don't and he success cause of it ( spell or spell or weapon, no laggy net.. so on so on. And also remember, everyone dies sometimes, not all show then on videos though =p.
So you need to think before run to try those advices will they work on you? Also check what are requirements before you blame its not working. Some times they need certain levels to get even half what they say. Like when you talk about skilling.. level 90 fisher gets definetly more money out of it then level 50. Also if you try to do it 5 mins and then give up not even get used to that way to do some skill, you can't say its not working. If you put time on it and get used to method you are trying, your result is much more better than after just short time try.
And when it goes to geting money by drops sadly it is more about luck. When your friend says "this monster is great i just did 500k". You try them and get barely 200k its not fun. But thats how it is.. there is two kinds of persons. Ones that has golden spoon in butt and others that are unlucky moles who try and try and never get lucky drops.. till one day luck will change! But its the salt of this game, waiting and surprises. Are you unlucky mole or have golden spoon in butt? If you are lucky brat, enjoy of your luck now since it can change =p. If you are unlucky mole, don't give up. Your time will come if you are patient enough and keep trying!
So what we learnt today? There is not such as fast money.. to get wallet full you need to be patient, lucky and not to be too picky.
=) Good luck to all on their ways to make money !
-brat miss
pst. We are still hunting elite scrolls with master0, if we get lucky chest, you will see it on posts =p
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