Last updated: Mar 6 2025

OSRS Farming Money Making Guide

OSRS Farming Money Making Guide

Farming is a skill that allows players to plant seeds and harvest crops. The harvested crops are usually more valuable than the seeds required to grow them, especially at higher levels, making farming a profitable skill. The only downside to making money with farming is that the crops take a while to grow, so players have to wait before they can get their profits.

 

Planting Herbs

Planting herbs is the most profitable farming money-making method. Most herbs are valuable since they are required to make different useful potions, and even if the needed seeds can be pricey, they always yield multiple herbs, which are more valuable. These herbs should be planted on the 10 different herb patches in the game to maximize profits. 

 

Each herb seed can yield 6-15 herbs at a time, or an average of 8.8 per seed, and take about 90 minutes to grow.

 

Requirements for Planting herbs

Here are the requirements to unlock and teleport to all 10 herb patches. Note that without the requirements below, you won’t be able to use all locations, or the time required to plant at all 10 patches will take longer than 6 minutes.

  • 65 farming for the farming guild
  • 61 magic: trollheim teleport
  • 47 agility is recommended to use a shortcut to Troll Stronghold.
  • Farming equipment: Amulet of nature, Magic secateurs, Ranarr seeds, and Smoke/Mud/Steam/Lava staff with runes for teleportation and spells
  • Transportation recommendations: Player-Owned House Themed World for access to all teleports, Ectophial, Explorer's ring 2/3/4, Trollheim Teleport or Stony basalt, Camelot Teleport or Catherby Teleport, Ardougne Teleport or Ardougne cloak 2/3/4, Xeric's Talisman (Highly recommended), Tithe Farm minigame teleport or Kharedst's memoirs, Skills necklace, Icy basalt, Harmony Island Teleport if you can use the Harmony Island herb patch.
  • Quest requirements: Ghosts Ahoy, My Arm's Big Adventure, Fairytale I - Growing Pains, Partial completion of Making Friends with My Arm for the Weiss herb patch (optional), Dream Mentor (optional).
  • Other requirements: Tool leprechaun with a seed dibber, a spade, a rake, and some Ultracompost, Easy Kourend & Kebos Diary (or higher) for a disease-free Hosidius herb patch (optional), Medium Lumbridge & Draynor Diary (or higher) for Explorer's ring 2 teleport to cabbage patch adjacent to the Falador farm herb patch (optional), Medium Ardougne Diary (or higher) for Ardougne cloak 2 teleport to Ardougne herb patch (optional), Elite Morytania Diary if using the Harmony Island herb patch (optional).

 

Farming Money-Making Methods

Herb runs usually take only 6 minutes, and the list below shows how much GP you can make from actively doing them for one hour, but realistically, you can only get 10% of the GP per hour every 90 minutes since they take that long to grow.

  1. Farming Ranarr weed: 2.63M GP per hour.
  2. Farming Toadflax: 2.53M GP per hour.
  3. Farming Snapdragon: 2.51M GP per hour.
  4. Farming Kwuarm: 2.49M GP per hour.
  5. Farming Cadantine: 2.41M GP per hour.
  6. Farming Torsol: 2.08M GP per hour.
  7. Farming Avantoe: 1.86M GP per hour.
  8. Farming Dwarf weed: 1.51M GP per hour.
  9. Farming Lantadyme: 1.38M GP per hour.

Farming Ranarr Weeds

ranarr weed

Ranarr weeds are the most profitable herbs to farm. This is because clean Ranarr weeds are used to make prayer potions, making them consistently sell for a good price on the grand exchange. Ranarr weeds take 90 minutes to grow before they can be harvested, for an average of 8.8 ranarr weeds per herb patch.

 

Requirements for farming Ranarr seeds

  • 32 farming: 65 if using the farming guild herb patch

 

GP per hour from farming Ranarr seeds

88 Grimy ranarr weed, worth 514K, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Ranarr seeds, worth 247K, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 2.63M GP per hour.

 

Farming Toadflax

toadflax

One toadflax seed can yield an average of 8.8 herbs per patch. These herbs are more valuable than the seeds required to plant them, making this method quite profitable. Magic secateurs can be used to further increase profits due to its 10% boost to crop yield. They take 90 minutes to grow and can be planted in all herb patches in 6 minutes.

 

Requirements for farming Ranarr seeds

  • 38 Farming: 65 if using the Farming Guild herb patch

 

GP per hour from farming Toadfllax

88 Grimy toadflax, worth 267K, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Toadflax seeds, worth 10K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 2.53M GP per hour.

 

Farming Snapdragon

snapdragon

Clean snapdragons are commonly used to make super restore and sanfew potions, which are quite useful and consistently sell for a good price on the grand exchange. Each Snapdragon seed yields 8.8 grimy Snapdragons, so up to 88 can be gotten from the 10 herb patches. They take 90 minutes to grow and can be planted in all herb patches in 6 minutes.

 

Requirements for farming Snapdragon seeds

  • 62 Farming: 65 if using the Farming Guild herb patch

 

GP per hour from farming Snapdragon

88 Grimy Snapdragon, worth 683K, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Snapdragon seeds, worth 428K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 2.51M GP per hour.

 

Farming Kwuarm

kwuarm

Kwarm takes 90 minutes to grow and yields an average of 8.8 grimy Kwarm per patch. Clean Kwuarms are used to make super strength and weapon poison, making them consistently sell for a decent price on the grand exchange.

 

Requirements for farming Kwuarm

  • 56 farming (65 farming if using the Farming guild herb patch)

 

GP per hour from farming Kwuarm

88 Grimy Kwuarm, worth 272K GP, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Kwuarm seeds, worth 18,990 GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 2.49M GP per hour.

 

Farming Cadantine

cadantine

Clean Cadantine is mainly used to make super defence potions at 66 herblore, allowing them to sell for a good price on the grand exchange. Players will also receive 120 farming XP per herb harvested.

 

Requirements for farming Cadantine

  • 67 farming

 

GP per hour from farming Cadantine

88 Grimy Cadantine, worth 282K GP, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Cadantine seeds, worth 37K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 2.41M GP per hour.

 

Farming Torsol

torsol

Clean torstols are used to make Super combat potions or Zamorak brews. Harvesting grimy torsol herbs grants 224.5 farming XP per herb.

 

Requirements for farming Torsol

  • 85 farming

 

GP per hour from farming Torsol

88 Grimy Torsol, worth 262K GP, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Torsol seeds, worth 50K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 2.08M GP per hour.

 

Farming Avantoe

avantoe

Farming Avantoe is a profitable, passive method of making money. Harvesting each one gives 61.5 farming XP, for a total of 5,412 XP when all 10 herb patches are harvested.

 

Requirements for farming Avantoe

  • 50 farming (65 farming if using the farming guild herb patch)

 

GP per hour from farming Avantoe

88 Grimy Avantoe, worth 199K GP, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Avantoe seeds, worth 9K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 1.86M GP per hour.

 

Farming Dwarf Weed

dwarf weed

Dwarf weeds are popularly used to create ranging potions, allowing them to sell for a good price on the grand exchange. Players will also receive 192 farming XP per herb during harvest.

 

Requirements for farming Dwarf weed

  • 79 farming

 

GP per hour from farming Dwarf weed

88 Grimy Dwarf weed, worth 159K GP, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Dwarf seeds, worth 4K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 1.51M GP per hour.

 

Farming Lantadyme

lantadyme

Farming Lantadyme is quite profitable, and players will receive 134 XP for planting and 151.5 XP for harvesting it.

 

Requirements for farming Lantadyme

  • 73 farming

 

GP per hour from farming Lantadyme

88 Grimy Lantadyme, worth 143K GP, can be harvested from the herb patches. 10 Lantadyme seeds, worth 1.7K GP, and 10 ultracompost, worth 3.8K GP, are required to plant them. This results in a profit of 1.38M GP per hour.



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