Top 10 Skilling Money Makers in OSRS for 2025

 

Looking to level up your RuneScape bank in 2025 without bossing or flipping? Here’s a list of the top Skilling money makers in Old School RuneScape this year — including picks for Ironmen and free-to-play players.

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🧪 1. Mastering Mixology (Herblore Minigame)

• GP/hour: ~1.7M

• Requirements: 60 Herblore, Children of the Sun quest

• XP/hour: Moderate

Introduced in September 2024, this Herblore minigame allows you to trade points for Chugging Barrels. While XP is slow, it's one of the best methods for profit per herb — especially great for Ironmen.

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🧙 2. Tan Leather Spell

• GP/hour: ~1.8M

• Requirements: 78 Magic, Fremennik Hard Diary

• XP/hour: ~130K Magic XP

Cast the Tan Leather spell on red or black dragonhide for big profits and great Magic XP. A steady and click-intensive method for high-level mages.

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⛏️ 3. Mining Zalcano

• GP/hour: ~2.0M (loot-focused)

• Requirements: Song of the Elves

• XP/hour: ~15K Mining XP

Zalcano is a unique Skilling boss with lucrative drops like the Crystal Tool Seed and Uncut Onyx. Prioritize loot over XP for the best returns.

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🗝️ 4. Rogues’ Chest Thieving

• GP/hour: Up to 2M+

• Requirements: 84 Thieving, 43 Prayer

• XP/hour: ~300K Thieving XP

Located in the Wilderness, this method is high risk, high reward. Use a locator orb or rock cake to prepare for potential PKs. Bonus: it’s also great for farming clue scrolls.

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🔮 5. Blood Rune Crafting

• GP/hour: ~2.1M

• Requirements: 77 Runecrafting, 74+ Agility, Sins of the Father

• XP/hour: ~48K RC XP

Craft blood runes at the True Blood Altar. With the Raiments of the Eye, this method is extremely efficient and consistent.

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⚡ 6. Wrath Rune Crafting

• GP/hour: ~2.3M (with Raiments)

• Requirements: 95 Runecrafting, Dragon Slayer II

• XP/hour: ~42K RC XP

Wrath rune crafting is one of the highest-level money makers and a rewarding challenge for top-tier runecrafters.

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🧝 7. Pickpocketing Elves

• GP/hour: ~2.6M

• Requirements: 85 Thieving

• XP/hour: 160K–200K XP

Pickpocket Elves for huge profits — especially from Crystal Teleport Seeds worth 1.8M+. Great passive method with decent XP gains.

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🏃 8. Wilderness Agility Course

• GP/hour: ~2.7M

• Requirements: 52+ Agility

• XP/hour: ~45K XP (lvl 47–62)

After 60+ laps, the rewards stack up. It’s the fastest Agility XP in-game for mid-levels — just bring backup or use a clan.

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🌱 9. Herb Runs

• GP/hour: ~3.4M

• Requirements: 32+ Farming

• XP/hour: ~250K+ (converted)

Ultra compost + magic secateurs = maximum profit. Efficient herb runs are one of the most consistent gold sources in OSRS.

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🩸 10. Pickpocketing Vyres

• GP/hour: ~4.8M (at 99 Thieving)

• Requirements: 82 Thieving, Sins of the Father, Rogue Outfit

• XP/hour: 140K–260K XP

The Blood Shard is the MVP here — worth over 27M. With the Rogue Outfit, you double your chances of success.

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🛡️ Ironman Money Makers

ZMI Runecrafting

• GP/hour: ~1.5M

• Requirements: 90 Runecrafting (recommended)

• Why it’s good: Mixes all runes for high variety and GP when sold to shops

Battle Staves (Craft + Alch)

• GP/hour: ~2M

• How it works: Buy from shops or PVM, craft into battlestaves, then alch

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Best F2P Skilling Method

Mining Runite Ore

• GP/hour: ~440K

• Requirements: 85 Mining

• Risk: High (Wilderness)

F2P players with high mining can cash in big — just avoid PKers!

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✅ Final Thoughts

Whether you're a main, Ironman, or F2P player, these Skilling money makers can build your bank in 2025. Use them smartly — or skip the grind altogether:

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All rates accurate as of early 2025.