When we hear about making money in OSRS, it often involves hard work, intense clicking, and difficult high-level bosses. However, there are several methods to make money that don't require much attention, and you can even do it with an alt account. Below, we'll explore the best AFK methods for making money, some more intensive than others. Ultimately, you'll decide which one to use based on your needs and account requirements. The methods discussed below are low-intensity and generate decent GP per hour. They are perfect for players who want to do other things while making OSRS gold. However, you should note that almost all have high requirements.
Dagannoth rex is one of the 3 kings and is usually farmed alone since it has a peculiarity that is to attack with melee, and yes, you can always use Protect from Melee, but later you can safe-spot it until it becomes an AFKable boss. The Dagannoth Rex can be lured away from the other Dagannoth Kings, allowing players to kill him repeatedly without interference.
Dagannoth Rex is known for dropping Berserker rings, which are highly valuable and account for most of the profit from this method. Other drops include rune items, noted bones, and alchables.
Requirements for killing Dagannoth Rex
75+ Magic
43+ PrayerProfit per hour
600,000 – 2,000,000 GP (highly dependent on Berserker ring drops)Cooking moonlight antelopes is a good money-making method since cooking them, they gain more value and can be resold on the Grand Exchange for profit. You can expect to cook at around 1200 and 1500 per hour. Even at 99 cooking, raw moonlight antelopes can still get burnt when cooking them unless you cook them at the Hosidius kitchen with cooking gauntlets; this reduces the burn rate to 0%.
This method is very AFK-friendly and ideal for players who want to make money while multitasking.
Requirements for cooking Raw Moonlight Antelope
92 Cooking (recommended for low burn rate)
Access to raw Moonlight antelope meatProfit per hour
Creating teleport tablets using the Lunar spellbook lectern is a money-making method that converts runes and soft clays into tradable teleport tablets. These tablets are widely used by players and maintain high buying demand, making this method consistently profitable.
Players must have access to the Lunar spellbook and use a lectern to craft different teleport tablets. The process involves selecting the tablet type, consuming runes, and producing tablets that can be sold for profit at the Grand Exchange. This method requires minimal movement and can be partially AFK, making it ideal for long sessions.
Requirements for creating teleport tablets
Completion of Lunar Diplomacy Appropriate Magic level for the tablet being made
Soft clay and required runes (staff highly recommended to save runes/gp)Profit per hour
300,000 – 600,000 GP, depending on tablet type and efficiencyThe Kraken is one of the most AFK-friendly Slayer bosses in OSRS. Found in the Kraken Cove located in Piscatoris. Once awakened by hitting its four tentacles, the Kraken remains stationary, allowing players to kill it with minimal effort.
The Kraken deals only magic damage, so Protect from Magic is sufficient to negate most incoming hits. With decent Magic gear and prayer sustain, players can stay for long trips without banking frequently. Remember to bring high alchemy runes.
The main profit comes from drops such as Kraken tentacles, tridents, runes, and alchable items, making it a solid and consistent money-maker.
Requirements for killing the Kraken
87 Slayer
80+ Magic (recommended)
43+ PrayerProfit per hour
700,000 – 1,100,000 GPKilling Brutal Black Dragons is one of the best AFK money-making methods in OSRS. They can be highly profitable if players use a weapon with inexpensive ammunition to kill them. Brutal black dragons are in the Catacombs of Kourend; the fastest way to get here is through Xeric’s talisman. Ensure to pray against magic, equip an antifire dragonfire shield, and maintain your distance to reduce the damage from their magic attacks and Dragonfire.
You must bring prayer potions, divine ranging potions, and extended antifire potions. If you run out of prayer points, you should restore your prayer points at the Ferox enclave since there is a bank right next to the rejuvenation pool; the fastest way to get here is through a ring of duelling. Depending on your ranged level, you should expect 40 - 70 kills per hour. The Best weapons for this method are the twisted bow or the dragon hunter crossbow with diamond bolts or amethyst arrows.
Requirements for killing brutal black dragons
85+ magic 37+ prayer 77 slayerProfit per hour
950,000 to 1.6M GPAfter completing Dragon Slayer II, Players can find Rune Dragons in the Lithkren Vault; the fastest way to get here is by using a digsite pendant teleport. This method is riskier than the other methods, as there is a higher chance of dying since these dragons are the strongest metal dragons and can inflict much damage on you. They have two special attacks, Electricity balls and a special ranged attack that hits through prayer; because of these attacks, it’s debatable whether rune dragons are AFK or not, but since killing Rune Dragons can be done with little attention, some players consider them AFK.
It’s more profitable to use melee against these monsters; the best weapons to use in order of effectiveness are Voidwaker, Dragon claws (as a spec weapon), Osmuten’s Fang, and Elder Maul; you should also use your best in-slot melee gear like the full Torva or Bandos, along with Justiciar or Neitiznot faceguard or helm of Neitiznot. You should also bring runes to cast high-level alchemy, as these monsters drop many alchables.
Requirement for Killing rune dragons
90+ in all melee stats
70+ prayerProfit per hour
1M - 1.5M, depending on your melee stats. Up to 45 kills per hourKilling Frost Dragons is a popular mid-to-high-level money-making method due to their consistent drops and relatively simple mechanics. Frost Dragons are located in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, and players must have access to the area by entering through the frozen dungeon entrance. These dragons primarily use dragonfire and melee attacks, so proper protection is essential.
To reduce incoming damage, players should equip an antifire shield or dragonfire shield and drink extended antifire potions. Protect from Magic is recommended, as their magical attacks can deal significant damage without prayer. Because Frost Dragons drop many alchable items, bringing runes for High Level Alchemy will reduce banking time and increase profits per hour.
This method is semi-AFK once positioned correctly, requiring attention mainly for looting and prayer management.
Requirements for killing Frost Dragons
85+ combat stats (melee or ranged) 43+ Prayer
Access to the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon (87 Sailing)Profit per hour
700,000 – 1,200,000 GP, depending on gear and kill speedGargoyles are slayer monsters, and you need to have at least 75 slayer before they can take damage from you; they are on the Slayer Tower’s top floor and basement, and players can kill them in the basement only if they are on a slayer task to kill them. To kill Gargoyles, you need to use a rock hammer; however, if you have Gargoyle Smasher, it will automatically kill the Gargoyle when it gets to 9 or lower hitpoints. Players can buy it for 120 Slayer points from a Slayer master.
Bring along your best melee gear and a special weapon like Dragon Claw/Dragon Dagger. You don’t need to use prayer potions when fighting Gargoyles as long as you have decent defence stats; if you have low defence, you can bring along Guthan’s armour. Killing the Gargoyles is afk, and they drop different items and alchables, so be sure to bring runes to high alch to save time from banking trips. Following this method, you can expect to kill 150 Gargoyles per hour with 80+ combat; it can go up to 200+ with higher melee stats.
Requirements for killing Gargoyles
80+ combat
75 slayer 55 magic if using high-level alchemyProfit per hour from killing Gargoyles
600K - 1M, depending on combat statsVyrewatch Sentinels are the stronger version of the Vyrewatch. About 19 of them are in the streets of the upper-class areas of Darkmeyer, and you can get there quickly using a Drakan medallion. When you want to go to the bank, you should wear the Vyre noble clothing; this would make the Vyrewatch sentinels stop being aggressive toward you and give you access to the bank nearby.
These monsters popularly drop the blood shard, worth up to 9.9M. Vyrewatch Sentinels are only harmed by Ivandis' flail or Blisterwood flail. They have high defence stats, so high melee stats are required to do this method efficiently.
Since Vyrewatch Sentinels are aggressive and will attack you if you are in their range, you only need to click when you want to pick up loot or bank. With high melee stats, you can kill up to 50-90 Vyrewath sentinels every hour; your profits depend on speed and luck. There is a bank close to the Vrewatch Sentinels, as shown above, allowing you to bank all your loot quickly and return to combat. The Vyrewatch Sentinels drop armours, runes, seeds, and other items, making each kill worth 10,000 coins.
There is an altar around this area; you should pray against melee and use the altar to restore your prayer points. The main disadvantage of this method is that during peak hours, there are usually a lot of players killing Vyrewatch sentinels, making it challenging to find a world with fewer players in that area.
Requirements
High melee stats 43 prayer
Completion of Sins of the Father questProfit per hour from killing Vyrewatch Sentinels
500,000 to 1,200,000 GP When killed, Ents drop remains called an Ent trunk that players can chop to get several sets of logs and a chance to receive a bird nest and more sellable drops, which are quite profitable. Ents do not have high melee stats, and players with mid-level melee stats can kill them. If you have low defence stats, it is also possible to safespot the Ents with ranged using the trees and rocks north of the lair.
The best way to get to the Ents is by teleporting to the Corporal Beast’s lair using a game necklace and exiting the cave. This method requires A high woodcutting level to make a decent profit, as it will improve how fast you can chop at the Ent trucks.
Requirement for killing ents
60+ melee combat stats or 60 ranged if you are safespoting, 
75+ woodcutting, 43 prayer for low defenceProfits per hour when killing Ents
500,000 - 700,000 GP, depending on woodcutting and combat stats.Skeletal Wyverns are at the end of the Asgarnian Ice dungeon, which players can find south of Port Sarim and north of the Mudskipper point, as shown below. They are the only monsters that drop the granite legs. Like other wyverns, they require an elemental shield, mind shield, Dragonfire shield, Dragonfire ward, or the ancient wyvern shield to neutralise the effect of their icy breath.
Skeletal Wyverns have a high defence, which is why you should have high ranged stats before using this method; they attack with melee, ranged, or ice-breath attacks. To make this method low-intensity, you should safespot them using ranged while praying against missiles.
Requirements for killing Skeletal Wyverns
72 slayer
80+ ranged 43+ prayer
55 high-level alchemyProfit per hour from killing Skeletal Wyverns
500K per hourSharks are one of the most popular foods in OSRS; they heal 20 hitpoints when eaten, obtained from cooking a raw shark on a fire or cooking range; this method also rewards the player with 273,000 cooking experience every hour. Even at 99 cooking, raw sharks can still get burnt when cooking them unless you cook them at the Hosidius kitchen with cooking gauntlets or complete the elite Kourend diary; this reduces the burn rate to 0%.
Players must purchase raw sharks in large amounts from the Grand Exchange, so this method requires a decent amount of gold. Players can cook an average of 1,100 - 1,300 sharks per hour, depending on the burn rate.
Requirements
89+ cooking
Cooking gauntletsProfit per hour
400,000 - 450,000 GPSalts are in the Salt Mine underneath Weiss.
Three types of salt:
Efh
Te
Urh
These can be mined at the salt mine. These create Icy basalt, stony basalt, and different fire pits. Salt rocks do not frequently deplete when mined, making it AFK. Salts are also stackable, so you don’t need a bank to do this efficiently.
Unlike the other methods, mining salts requires no start-up capital for a decent profit; you only need a Rune or Crystal pickaxe.
Requirements for mining salts
72+ mining,
Completion of making friends with my ArmProfit per hour from mining salts
380,000 GPAmethyst is a mineral mined from Amethyst crystals, the highest-level rock in OSRS, requiring up to 92 mining. Amethyst crystals are in two spots in the mining guild: southeast and west of the bank; mining here requires completing the Elite Falador Diary and speaking to Belona for permission to use.
Players can mine Amethyst crystal 2-3 times before it depletes. Instead of banking the Amethyst, you can use a chisel to craft it into Amethyst bolt tips, arrow tips, dart tips, or Javelin heads; these can stack up, meaning that you won’t need to bank indefinitely. This method is easier, but at the expense of the profit that players can make.
You should also wear the Varrock armour 4, giving you a 10% chance of getting twice the ore. The expert mining gloves will provide you with a 25% chance of not depleting the Amethyst crystal you are mining.
Requirements for mining Amethyst
92 miningProfit per hour from mining Amethyst
250,000 to 350,000 GP, depending on whether you use Varrock armour 4 and expert mining gloves or notAnglerfish heal in different amounts depending on your health points; they are the best food to heal above 93 hitpoints, boosting health by 22 when eaten; this is why they are always in demand in the grand exchange for a reasonable price. Anglerfish can be fished off the beach shore north of the main docks of Port Piscarillius. A sandworm and fishing rods are needed to catch Anglerfish. It is also advisable to use Spirit Flakes, as it has a 50% chance of making a double catch, giving an additional 50% anglerfish.
Players can purchase Sandworms from Tynan’s fishing supplies close to the Anglerfish spot at the docks of Port Piscarilius. A fishing barrel is very beneficial here, too, as it will double the time needed before you bank.
Requirements
82 fishingProfit per hour from catching Anglerfish
250K GPThere are also a few low-intensity money-making methods available for free to play; although not as profitable as P2P, you can still make a moderate amount of coins when following these methods:
Smithing rune items like the rune two-handed sword, rune plateskirt, and rune platelegs is the most profitable method to make money in OSRS, and it is also quite relaxing to do; the best location to do this method is at an anvil south of the Varrock west bank, since it is the closest to a bank in F2P. Withdraw your hammer, fill the rest of your inventory with rune bars, and click on the anvil to smith. After smithing the item you want, bank the rune item and repeat the process. You should make 900 rune items per hour, which would sell for a reasonable price most of the time due to their demand. However, you should test this on a few items before committing to doing it for long periods.
Requirement for smithing rune items
99 Smithing, 30M GP to buy rune barsHourly profit from smithing rune items
800,000 GPPlayers can use a furnace to craft gold bars and diamonds into necklaces. The Edgeville furnace is highly recommended for crafting diamond jewellery because it is the closest to a bank and can make 1200 pieces of diamond jewellery per hour.
Requirement for crafting diamond jewellery
56 crafting 700K GPProfit per hour from crafting diamond jewellery
300k GPTanning cowhide is a popular way to make money in free-to-play. Cowhides can be converted into hard leather to make a profit at Elis in Al Kharid. Test this method with a few hides to ensure you make a good profit before committing to it for long periods.
Energy potions and up to 400,000 GP are needed to do this method.
Requirements for tanning cowhide
Profit per hour from tanning cowhide
260,000 GPYou need gold bars and Ruby to craft Ruby jewellery at a furnace; it’s best to use the Edgeville furnace as it is the closest to a bank. Up to 1200 Ruby pieces of jewellery can be made with little effort. You will need up to 400,000 GP to start and a necklace mould.
Requirement for crafting ruby jewellery
34 crafting 500K GPProfit per hour from crafting ruby jewellery
190K GPCollecting Monk’s robes is one of the easiest and most beginner-friendly money-making methods in F2P OSRS. It’s a non-combat activity, requires no high combat stats, and can be done even if you’re just starting at level 3. The robes can be found inside the Monastery (West of Edgeville), and players can repeatedly pick them up to sell again in the Grand Exchange for profit.
Requirements
Profit Per Hour
100,000 - 210,000 GP per hourMaking money, whether in free-to-play or pay-to-play games, is possible even while AFK (away from keyboard), and this guide proves it. Obviously, there are many other methods for making money, but we cover the most popular ones here. We'll create another guide with more methods in the future; in the meantime, enjoy this one.
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