Best AFK money-making methods in Old School RuneScape

Once you get to grips with the game, it’s not too difficult to make money in Old School RuneScape. Many methods are quite click-intensive, and require your attention to be on the game most of the time.

Many players choose to play OSRS on a second monitor, often while doing something else on their PC. Sometimes, they’ve even minimized the game yet continue to play intermittently. If that sounds like you, we’ve got some of the best AFK money-making methods you can use in Old School RuneScape to bolster your GP stack.

Cooking Raw Sharks

• Requirements: 80 Cooking (89+ recommended), Cooking Gauntlets recommended

We’re keeping it classic here – cooking Raw Sharks is a great way to make money while AFK in OSRS. Cooking at the Hosidius Kitchen in Kourend is the quickest location for this as it’s right next to a bank chest, meaning you can AFK for decent chunks at a time and not miss too much. Assuming you’re buying your Raw Sharks, you can expect around 200k GP per hour with this method.

To maximize your profit when cooking Raw Sharks in Old School RuneScape, I recommend having 89 Cooking and wearing Cooking Gauntlets. This combination means you’ll never burn your Sharks, increasing your GP per hour.

Mining Amethyst

• Requirements: 92 Mining and Rune, Dragon, or Crystal Pickaxe

At the moment, Amethyst is the highest-level ore to mine in Old School RuneScape. It can be found in the Mining Guild, making for easy banking in Falador. Because Amethyst is so high-level, you’ll mine each rock for a while before needing to click on the next one. Tons of AFK time on offer here.

Depending on how truly AFK you are here, you can expect to earn around 300k GP per hour mining Amethyst. The XP per hour is terrible, but that’s not what we’re here for.

Killing Skeletal Wyverns

• Requirements: 72 Slayer, 80+ combat skills recommended, and 70+ Prayer recommended

Combat has always been one of the consistent ways to make money in Old School RuneScape, but finding monsters that can be killed while AFK with worthwhile loot is a delicate balance. Step forward, Skeletal Wyverns.

Found in the Asgardian Ice Dungeon, Skeletal Wyverns can be safe-spotted to ensure you don’t die while AFK. Alternatively, Prayers can be used to avoid damage if you’re taking a melee route. While loot is random, you should make in the realm of 750,000 GP per hour here.

Killing Gargoyles

• Requirements: 75 Slayer, 80+ combat skills recommended, completion of Priest in Peril quest, and a Rock Hammer

Killing Gargoyles is another great combat option to make AFK money in Old School RuneScape. Head to the top floor of the Slayer Tower to find these monsters, which you’ll need a Rock Hammer to kill. To AFK Gargoyles, you should wear a full Guthans armor set, which will keep you healed while you’re not paying attention.

Even AFKing Gargoyles can yield upwards of 600,000 GP per hour. They drop the Granite Maul, various runes, and tons of Rune armor pieces.

Catching and smashing Infernal Eels

• Requirements: 80 Fishing, 25 Herblore, and completion of the TzHaar Fight Cave

In the TzHaar City, after completing the Fight Cave, you can catch Infernal Eels using an Oily Fishing Rod. They require 80 Fishing to catch, so beware of that high requirement. It’s not the Infernal Eels themselves that will make you money here, though.

Using a Hammer, you can smash the Infernal Eels into Tokkul, the local currency. This can be spent on Obsidian weapons in the TzHaar City, and each Eel has a chance of becoming Onyx Bolt Tips instead. This is big money (150,000 GP an hour, with good luck), and importantly, both the fishing and smashing steps here are extremely AFK.

Catching Karambwans with a Fish Barrel

• Requirements: 65 Fishing, completion of Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest, and a Fish Barrel

Fishing is as AFK as it gets in Old School RuneScape. One-click can buy you minutes of AFK time, which is why it’s so popular. Catching Karambwans is a great option for this, as the OSRS skill requirements aren’t too steep.

With 65 Fishing, you can head to Karamja and fish for Karambwan for approximately 200k GP an hour. This assumes you’re using a Fish Barrel, which can be used to reduce the amount of trips you need to take to a bank.

Flipping items on the Grand Exchange

• Requirements: None

Admittedly, flipping items on the Grand Exchange is by far the least reliable money-maker on this list. However, if you know what you’re looking for, it can be an amazing way to make money while AFK in Old School RuneScape.

It’s a case of buying the item you’re flipping at a low cost and then putting it back up for sale at a higher price. You can do this with bulk items, too. While you wait for the items to buy and sell, you can be completely AFK, although the GP per hour will fluctuate depending on how much your items rise.

Catching Raw Anglerfish with a Fish Barrel

• Requirements: 82 Fishing and a Fish Barrel

Catching Raw Anglerfish is essentially the same as catching Karambwans, but with a small difference. Anglerfish can be caught on the docks of Port Piscarilius, which is located right next to a bank, but are much slower to fish.

In real terms, this amounts to about 150,000 GP per hour when AFKing. It’s less money than catching Karambwans, but because you’re so close to a bank, you can take more time AFK, so it’s a balancing act depending on which you prefer.

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