Runecrafting is one of the most dreaded skills in osrs. Experience rates are slow and many players don’t find it fun to do. These players are forgetting something: runecrafting is insanely profitable. The experience rates might be slow, but with runecrafting you can make some serious money in osrs.
This osrs runecrafting moneymaking guide will explain just how profitable the skill can be.
What you’ll need:
- At least 13 runecrafting, but higher is highly recommended. Check out our runecrafting guide for the fastest methods.
- Runecrafting pouches from the enter the abyss mini-quest, again check out our runecrafting guide for more info on that as well.
- Weight reducing outfit
OSRS Runecrafting moneymaking methods
1. crafting mud runes 800K Profit/hr

Other requirements:
- 82 Magic to cast magic imbue (combination runes)
- Lunar Diplomacy (magic imbue/NPC Contact)
- The Dig Site quest (access to digsite pendant)
- Enlightened Journey (balloon transport system)
What you’ll need:
- water and astral runes (for altar/magic imbue)
- pure essence
- steam battlestaff equipped (magic imbue)
- ring of duelling equipped (quick bank teleports)
- binding necklace equipped
- earth tiara equipped
- digsite pendant in inventory (quick altar teleports)
Mud run route:
- Teleport to digsite (digsite pendant) and run north-west toward the earth altar
- Cast magic imbue and use water runes on the altar
- Empty your pouches and once again use water runes on the altar
- Teleport to castle wars to bank and repeat
2. crafting law runes: 1M Profit/hr

Other requirements:
- 21 mining (70+ recommended)
- 70+ hitpoints
What you’ll need:
- stamina potions
- pure essence
- food
- multiple amulets of glory (4)
Law run route:

- run from Edgeville bank to the mage of zamorak in the wilderness, use him to teleport the abyss
- head over to the law altar (runelite is convenient for highlighting the correct altar)
- repeat
3. crafting death runes: 1.2M Profit/hr

Other requirements:
- 21 mining (70+ recommended)
- 70+ hitpoints
What you’ll need:
- stamina potions
- pure essence
- food
- multiple amulets of glory (4)
Death run route:

- run from Edgeville bank to the mage of zamorak in the wilderness, use him to teleport the abyss
- head over to the death altar (runelite is convenient for highlighting the correct altar)
- repeat
4. crafting astral runes: 1.3M Profit/hr

Other requirements:
- Lunar Diplomacy (to access the altar)
- 69 magic (moonclan teleport)
What you’ll need:
- pure essence
- law rune
- astral rune
- stamina pots (optional)
Astral run route:
- teleport to moonclan, run towards the astral altar
- teleport to moonclan to bank
- repeat
5. crafting double nature runes: 1.4M Profit/hr

Other requirements:
- 21 mining (70+ recommended)
- 70+ hitpoints
What you’ll need:
- stamina potions
- pure essence
- food
- multiple amulets of glory (4)
Nature run route:

- run from Edgeville bank to the mage of zamorak in the wilderness, use him to teleport the abyss
- head over to the nature altar (runelite is convenient for highlighting the correct altar)
- repeat
6. crafting wrath runes: 1.8M Profit/hr

Other requirements:
- dragon slayer 2
- mythical cape
- anti-dragon shield
What you’ll need:
- wrath tiara/runecrafting cape
- pure essence
- stamina potions
Wrath run route:
- use mythical cape to teleport to Myth’s Guild, access the basement, run past the dragons and enter the cave.
- craft runes at altar
- teleport to bank
- repeat
More info on crafting wrath runes.
Hopefully, this article has taught you some osrs runecrafting money making methods and hopefully it has convinced you to start training runecrafting!
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