Old School RuneScape: 10 Pro Tips For Leveling Crafting

How many MMORPGs make it to their 20th anniversary? The compelling mechanics and nostalgia of Old School RuneScape capture new and only players alike. It's sequel, RuneScape 3, even manages to maintain some serious popularity.

Old School RuneScape continues to break its concurrent player records and there's never been a better time to pick up the game. One of the toughest parts of the game for old and new players alike is efficiently leveling up skills, especially in Crafting. There are many potential routes to take but with a little knowledge going in it becomes far easier.

10 Free-To-Play: The Best Quests

Doing quests is almost always faster than grinding so players should seek them out as quickly as possible. The following quests offer Crafting experience for free-to-play players.

Sheep Shearer - Offers 150 exp
Goblin Diplomacy - Offers 200 exp
Misthalin Mystery - Offers 600 exp

Unfortunately, these won't get players very far, but they are still worth it for new players to check out especially. They give free-to-play players a good boost to get started with.

9 Members Only: The Best Quests

Shelling out a bit of real-life cash to become a member is absolutely worth it when it comes to having quests to level up crafting with. There are so many we won't do anything else but show off the list.

Tower of Life - Offers 500 exp
In Search of the Myreque - Offers 600 exp
Dwarf Cannon - Offers 750 exp
The Golem - Offers 1,000 exp
Making History - Offers 1,000 exp
Tears of Guthix - Offers 1,000 exp
Recipe for Disaster (goblin generals) - Offers 1,000 exp
Recipe for Disaster (Pirate Pete) - Offers 1,000 exp
Murder Mystery - Offers 1,406 exp
Recipe for Disaster (Skrach Uglogwee) - Offers 1,500 exp
In Aid of the Myreque - Offers 2,000 exp
Shades of Mort'ton - Offers 2,000 exp
Cold War - Offers 2,000 exp
Observatory Quest - Offers 2,250 exp
The Giant Dwarf - Offers 2,500 exp
The Fremennik Trials - Offers 2,812 exp
The Great Brain Robbery - Offers 3,000 exp
Nature Spirit - Offers 3,000 exp
Slug Menace - Offers 3,500 exp
Shilo Village - Offers 3,875 exp
The Fremennik Isles - Offers 5,000 exp
Elemental Workshop I - Offers 5,000 exp
Cabin Fever - Offers 7,000 exp
Enakhra's Lament - Offers 7,000 exp
Elemental Workshop II - Offers 7,500
The Hand in the Sand - Offers 9,000 exp

The amount of experience on offer here can save players an astronomical amount of time from a slow grind. It's worth trying to do all of these quests possible if they are available for players.

8 Use Energy Potions

Gamers and energy drinks go hand in hand and the same goes for Old School RuneScape. Well, sort of. In this case, it's Energy Potions players use to get moving faster and craft more items.

On average, players can make about 750 items an hour at a furnace. However, with the Energy Potion, that number can be boosted up all the way to 1000 per hour for efficient players. It's worth having some of these on hand!

7 Level Up With Armor

Players can strictly grind up from Level 1 all the way to Level 99. All they need to know is what items offer the most efficiency in terms of how much experience can be gained an hour vs how expensive the items cost. This method in the end will end up with a net loss of 72,652,121 gold, so players should make sure they save up before getting started.

Level 1 - 7: Leather Gloves
Level 7 - 9: Leather Boots
Level 9 - 11: Leather Cowls
Level 11 - 14: Leather Vambraces
Level 14 - 18: Leather Bodies
Level 18 - 28: Leather Chaps
Level 28 - 99: Hardleather Bodies

6 Level Up With Pottery

Players can also choose to level up fully by crafting pottery. It's especially worth taking on the tasks in the Falador Hard Diary so that the bank is added to the Crafting Guild. This gives players easy access to the clay they need as well as a necessary water source.

Level 1 - 7: Empty Pots
Level 7 - 8: Pie Dishes
Level 8 - 99: Bowls

The best part of using this leveling method is the monotony. In all seriousness, getting into the groove of making bowls can result in serious efficiency. At the end of the day, players gotta grind out that 13,034,431 experience to get to Level 99 somehow, right?

5 Level Up With Gold Jewelry

One of the best reasons to level up with this method is that it results in a direct profit for players. Doing this perfectly will net 7,434,076 gold which is nothing to sneeze at. Here is the most efficient way to go about using this method.

Level 5 - 6: Gold Rings
Level 6 - 8: Gold Necklaces
Level 8 - 20: Gold Amulets
Level 20 - 22: Sapphire Rings
Level 22 - 24: Sapphire Necklaces
Level 24 - 31: Sapphire Amulets
Level 31 - 40: Emerald Amulets
Level 40 - 43: Ruby Necklaces
Level 43 - 50: Diamond Rings
Level 50 - 56: Ruby Amulets
Level 56 - 70: Diamond Necklaces
Level 70 - 99: Diamond Amulets

While it does make a great profit, players will likely end up needing to buy a lot of supplies from the Grand Exhange. These include 131,506 gold bars, 320 emeralds, 175 sapphires, 1,148 rubies, and a whopping 129719 diamonds. If players want to keep things simpler, they should use another method.

4 Level Up With Silver Jewelry

The best way to make leveling up with this method more viable is to use silver ore instead of silver bars when crafting the jewelry. This results in a higher profit for players. If players run between their crafting space and the Edgeville Bank with a holy mold and twenty-seven silver ores, this method is even faster than using an Energy Potion as well.

The most efficient item creation method for leveling up with silver jewelry is as follows.

Level 16 - 23: Unstrung Symbols
Level 23 - 99: Tiara

Unfortunately, even with the method to make more profits, there is a net loss when buying the crafting materials for this method.

3 Level Up With Unpowered Orbs

Once players reach Level 46, they unlock the ability to do glassblowing. Each Unpowered Orb a player creates nets them a little over 52 experience. While this method is slower than most other methods, it is by far the cheapest way to level up the skill. Players that want to keep a tight budget should choose this method to level up from Level 46 to Level 99.

2 Level Up With Battlestaves

For players also interested in leveling up their Magic skill, this might be the perfect crafting method. Players have to be at level 54 before they gain the ability to start this method, but it can be used to level up to Level 99 and even make a profit if players are willing to charge the Unpowered Orbs themselves.

Water Battlestaff - Offers 100 exp per staff
Earth Battlestaff - Offers 112.5 exp per staff
Fire Battlestaff - Offers 125 exp per staff
Air Battlestaff - Offers 137.5 exp per staff

1 Level Up With Gems

Players can choose to level up with gems but be warned: it is by far the most expensive way to train levels. it ends in a net loss of a mind-blowing 89,029,889 gold to accomplish. Still, if players want to take this on and have gold to burn, here is the most efficient method.

Level 20 - 27: Sapphires
Level 27 - 34: Emeralds
Level 34 - 43: Rubies
Level 43 - 99: Diamonds

Just to make this clear we do not recommend using this method normally. This is basically only a good method for players who want to show off they are the highest roller in all of Old School RuneScape while leveling Crafting.

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