Everybody loves money, and the same applies to OSRS gold. Coins are essential for progression, but what about making money with low-intensity methods? What are the best OSRS AFK money making methods in 2023? Well, we've got you covered!
This guide brings you the best AFK money making methods in OSRS. AFK methods are useful for people who work at home on their PCs or laptops or multitaskers who want to make the best use of their time and earn easy money in the game almost automatically. You can see it as a way of earning passive income.
Of course, you can make a good amount of gold with high-intensity PVM, like raids or bossing, and you can even buy some gold with real money! Easy peasy. But in this case we are focussing on methods that require minimal attention. sounds interesting? Let’s check it out!
OSRS Idle Timer
First, a little reminder before we start making money. There is an idle timer in OSRS. According to the official wiki, you only have 5 minutes before the game automatically logs you out if you are not interacting with it or not engaging in combat. This timer resets if you click on the screen, move the camera, or even move the cursor.
Combat in OSRS also has an idle timer. You will stop retaliating if you are away from the keyboard for over 20 minutes, even if the auto-retaliate option is enabled. Any interaction with the game resets the idle timer, so remember that.
A 2022 update automatically logs out players after a 6-hour session. You will receive a reminder 30 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes beforehand on top of existing warnings.
OSRS AFK Money Making: Combat Methods
Combat methods for AFK OSRS money making are risky; your character could die if you are not careful enough, but they could be a good AFK way of making money since the idle timer in OSRS is 20 minutes.
You can play with your dog or make a quick dinner while earning some good profit. There is also the extra benefit of gaining experience or getting a good drop that a monster could leave.
One downside of the AFK OSRS money making combat methods is that they are relatively high-level. The requirements are higher than passive methods, so be sure to have the appropriate skill level to try these.
Killing Vyrewatch Sentinels
This method is one of the most popular in OSRS for AFK making money in 2023. The Vyrewatch Sentinels are aggressive to you if you are not wearing the Vyre noble disguise, so you have to cast protect melee and change your outfit to begin. Use your Blisterwood flail to maximize your DPS.
Requirements:
- Sins of the Fathers quest complete.
- High Melee stats.
- Prayer 43+ to protect melee.
- Blisterwood flail.
- Super combat potion. x 4.
- Vyre noble disguise.
The profit for this method is 500K GP/hour. You must have a kill rate of 90 per hour to attain this. The amount of GP obtained could change depending on your speed and luck. The Vyrewatch Sentinel drops blood shards, so don’t forget them.
You can find the Vyrewatch Sentinels on the streets of the upper-class area of Darkmeyer. This method may not be the most profitable, but it is very AFK and popular.
Killing Gargoyles
For this OSRS AFK money making method, you can make 600K GP/hour if your kill rate is 150 per hour. It could change depending on your level of speed and luck.
Requirements:
- Priest in Peril quest completed.
- Slayer 75+.
- Defense 70 (85+ recommended).
- Attack 70 (85+ recommended).
- Strength 70 (85+ recommended).
- Magic 55 for high-level Alchemy.
- Guthan the Infested's equipment.
- Rock hammer.
- Slayer helmet or Nose peg.
- Runes to cast high-Level Alchemy.
You can find the Gargoyles on the top floor of the Slayer Tower, so we recommend having the Slayer helmet or Nose pegs to get past Aberrant Specters. If not, they will drain your stats. Also, you must have a Rock hammer for crushing Gargoyles.
Most importantly, wearing a complete Guthan set is necessary if you want this method to be AFK, since its life leech effect heals you and prevents you from using Prayer. It requires 70 Defense and the Guthan Warspear requires 70 Attack, but having level 85 or above on both skills is highly recommended.
Killing Skeletal Wyverns
Killing Skeletal Wyverns is a classic OSRS AFK money making method that requires a high combat level and high-level gear. The Skeletal Wyverns are in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, close to the Mudskipper Point. To go there, you must have a house in Rimmington, use POH teleport, or use the code A I Q on the fairy ring.
Requirements:
- Elemental Workshop 1 or 2 completed.
- Fairytale 2 completed.
- Cure a Queen started.
- Slayer 72.
- Prayer 50.
- Range 80+.
- Magic 55.
- Level 70+ weaponry and gear.
- Dragon Crossbow or Dragon Hunter Crossbow.
- Elemental/Mind/Dragonfire/Dragonfire Ward/Ancient wyvern shield.
- Some food (4 monkfish or better if using Ranged; 4-8 monkfish or better if using Melee).
You attack the Skeletal Wyverns from a distance with your Crossbow. The Dragon Crossbow or Dragon Hunter Crossbow are the best options. Also, you need a proper shield to protect you from the Wyvern's ice breath, so your best options, from worse to better, are elemental, Mind, Dragonfire, Dragonfire Ward, and Ancient Wyvern shield.
For a profit rate of 640K GP/hour on this OSRS AFK money making method, your kill rate is assumed to be 50 per hour. It could change depending on your level of speed.
Killing Brutal Black Dragons
Killing Brutal Black Dragons is a profitable method in OSRS for money making AFK; they have an excellent and consistent drop rate. You don’t have to rely on sporadic drops, like the blood shards, for example, to make a profit. You can find them in the Catacomb of Kourend. Just use your Xeric’s talisman to teleport to the Lovakengj region and go east to get there.
Requirements:
- Slayer 77.
- Prayer 37+.
- Construction 45+.
- Range 85+.
- The best-range weapon you have in your inventory, we recommend the Dragon Hunter Crossbow or the Twisted Bow with Diamond Bolt (e) if you can afford it.
- Best range armor you have, recommended Elite Void Knight equipment, or black dragonhide.
- Xeric's talisman.
- Teleport to House or rings of dueling.
- Extended antifires.
- Divine ranging potions.
- Prayer potions (depending on Prayer level).
Before entering the catacomb, prepare yourself, drink your extended antifires, and turn on protection from Magic, Prayer, and anti fire potion. You should constantly restore your health and Prayer at home and teleport back to the catacomb using your Xeric’s talisman. You must have a chapel in your house, so a 45 in Construction is required.
You can make between 940K and 1.2M GP/hour, but your kill rate must be 50 Brutal Black Dragons per hour. It could change depending on your speed, luck, and gear; the better your equipment, the more kills per hour. According to the wiki, you can kill 70-75 Brutal Black dragons per hour at maximum efficiency.
Killing Brutal Black Dragons could be less AFK than other OSRS money-making methods since you have to bank constantly, but it is most consistent and profitable since you are not relying on big drops.
Killing Rune Dragons
Killing Rune Dragons is one of the most profitable OSRS AFK money making methods for PVM. You can make a lot of gold points per hour, but it requires considerable high-level skills and a lot of items and equipment.
Requirements:
- Dragon Slayer II completed.
- Attack 90.
- Strength 90.
- Defense 90.
- Range 90.
- Prayer 75.
- Magic 75.
- Torva armor set with a Slayer helmet.
- Amulet of torture inventory or Amulet of fury.
- Infernal or Fire cape.
- Dragon Hunter Lance.
- Dragonfire shield.
- Rada's blessing 4.
- Ferocious gloves.
- Insulated boots.
- Ultor ring.
- Voidwaker.
- Digsite pendant.
- 1 super combat potion.
- 1 Extended antifire.
- 3-4 Prayer potions.
- Divine rune to cast High Alchemy.
- Food (Sharks, Manta rays, Anglerfish, Karambwan).
You must have a rate of 45 kills per hour to make 1.3M GP/hour. Your amount of gold may vary depending on your speed and luck.
After completing the Dragon Slayer II Quest, you can find Rune Dragons in the Lithkren Vault. To go there, you just have to use your Digsite pendant. Wearing Insulated boots allows you to be more AFK due to them reducing damage from the rune dragon's electric attack considerably.
OSRS AFK Money Making: Passive Methods
What about OSRS passive money making methods? These methods may not be as profitable as PvM, but they are safer and reliable, and most importantly, the requirements are not as high as for the Combat methods.
Just remember the OSRS idle timer. You have only 5 minutes of inactivity before they log you out, so set a timer on your phone to remember to check your game ever so often.
Making Planks
With this method, you can expect to have a profit of 100-115 GP/hour. The amount of GP will depend on the log type you use to make the plank.
Requirements
- Lunar Diplomacy quest completed.
- Magic 86.
- Lunar spellbook
- Astral, Nature, and Earth runes.
- Logs.
According to the wiki, regular and oak logs will make you lose money, so try to avoid making planks with those. Teak and Mahogany planks, however, are good for profit.
Making planks may not be the best AFK money making OSRS method, but it is trendy since it is used to train Magic. This method grants more experience than casting high alchemy; however, it is only for P2P players.
Woodcutting Yew and Magic Trees
Your profit should be around 40K GP/hr for Yew and 131K GP/hr for Magic trees. This rate could change depending on your Woodcutting level and gear.
Requirements:
- Song of the Elves for Magic Trees.
- Woodcutting 75+.
- Rune or Dragon axe for Yew trees, Dragon or Crystal axe for Magic trees.
- 70 Attack and 50 agility to wield a Crystal axe.
- Elven Signet for Crystal axe.
- Lumberjack Outfit.
- 75% Hosidius Favour to access the Woodcutting guild.
With more than 20 years, Woodcutting is a classic OSRS AFK money making method. It is profitable and consistent since players use trees' logs for Fletching and Firemaking, and the bows made with Magic logs can be treated with Alchemy.
Yew trees are preferred by F2P users, and Magic Trees for P2P. You can only use the Rune axe if you are F2P, and remember that in those servers, Woodcutting could be complicated due to the number of players. Also, you can use the lumberjack outfit to increase your Woodcutting experience.
Fishing Anglerfish
Another classic OSRS AFK money making method is fishing, and in the case of Anglerfish, since they are one of the best foods, they are in high demand, so you can get some good money for them. You can catch them in Piscarilius port once you have 100% of Piscarilius' favour.
Requirements:
- Fishing 82.
- Sandworms.
- Fishing rod.
- Rada's blessing (Recommended) for increased yield.
- Fish barrel (Recommended).
- Spirit flakes (Recommended) for 50% increased yield.
You can use Rada’s blessings and Spirit’s flakes to increase yield and a fish barrel for long trips.
Your profit for this method should be around 169K GP/hour. You have to buy one sandworm pack, which could affect your maximum profit, but you can save money if you have Hunting level 15 to catch them on your own.
Cooking Raw Sharks
Sharks are one of the best healing foods in OSRS, which makes them one of the most popular foods for questing.
Requirements:
- Family Crest.
- Cooking 89+.
- Cooking gauntlets.
- Raw sharks.
Cooking Raw Sharks is relatively easy; just use Hosidius clay ovens with the cooking gauntlets you acquire after finishing the Family Crest quest. This equipment reduces the burn rate of sharks to 0%. Just take the sharks from your inventory, cook, bank, and repeat.
This method is extremely simple and you can expect profits up to 318 GP/hour.
Mining Amethyst
The rate of this OSRS AFK money making method is between 80 to 100 amethyst per hour with a profit of 356K GP/hour if you have equipped the Varrock Armor 4 and the expert mining gloves, without it, you can expect to profit around 200K GP/hour.
Requirements:
- Mining 92+.
- Rune, Dragon, or Crystal pickaxe.
- Varrock armor 4.
- Expert mining gloves.
Amethysts are the highest level ore players can mine in OSRS since you can make good and expensive items with them. You can craft high-level range ammunition with little effort and make good money.
The Varrock Armor 4 and the mining gloves are optional but highly recommended since the first gives you a 10% chance of mining two ores at the same time and the other a 25% chance of not depleting the rock as you are mining it, increasing the amount of GP/hr.
Tips and strategies
- Some PvM methods in this guide have strategy or safe points for your character. For example, an altar in Darkmeyer that can restore your prayer with a Bank nearby. Also, in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, there are a couple of safe spots where you can kill Skeletal Wyvern without worrying too much, like the one shown in the image below.
- Consider the OSRS Idle timer; you don’t want them to log you out or, even worse, stop auto-retaliating in combat.
FAQs
What is the most profitable OSRS AFK money making method for F2P?
Fishing and woodcutting are excellent methods to make money AFK. You can have a good amount of GP per hour cutting Yew trees, and you can make more money if you cook the fish you catch, so it is good to level up these skills.
Is PvM a better method for AFK money making in OSRS than passive methods?
It would depend on your level. You can make a lot of money with PvM, and the Idle timer is four times longer than for passive methods, but PvM has very high skills and gear requirements and is riskier than passive methods. Your character could die without you even knowing it. If you have what it takes, you can try PvM OSRS AFK money making, but there is nothing wrong with doing things slowly and safely.
OSRS AFK Money Making Guide Conclusion
There are a lot of methods for making money with minimal interaction in OSRS. Combat methods are more profitable, but the requirements are high; if you aren’t on that level, you can try with more passive skills. All the methods in this guide are guaranteed to make you a lot of money if you follow our recommendations.
If you are looking for other OSRS money making methods, you can check this guide for F2P players. This and other articles are available in our blog section. Remember to share this blog if you like it!
