Free-to-play Crafting training

This article is about the free-to-play guide. For the members' guide, see Pay-to-play Crafting training.

Crafting can be trained to 99 in free-to-play but doing so can be notably slow or expensive.

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Training

Useful items

Scroll of Dexterity

The Scroll of Dexterity is a non-members upgrade, purchasable from the Dungeoneering Rewards Shop for 20,000 Dungeoneering tokens. The player must have 60 crafting to be able to benefit from its effect. It provides anywhere from 1.6% and 8.3% chance to save a hide when crafting an item that requires three or more hides. This can significantly reduce the cost per hour of training crafting.

Equipment

Players should ensure that their tool belt contains a chisel, shears, a needle, an amulet mould, a necklace mould, a ring mould, a tiara mould, and a holy mould.

Experience per hour

This section shows the maximum possible experience per hour and the potential costs for certain training methods. The last column shows the possible profit/loss per hour, based on the info on the left.

Method	Amount/hr	Exp/hr	Material costs	Sell for	Profit/Loss	gp/exp
Gold necklaces	1,568	31,360	1,828,288	1,814,176	-14,112	-0.45
Unstrung gold amulets	1,568	47,040	1,828,288	304,192	-1,524,096	-32.4
Hard leather shields	1,620	58,320	1,355,940	1,245,780	-110,160	-1.89
Diamond rings	1,428	121,380	7,130,004	8,142,456	1,012,452	8.34
Woodcutting urns	392	31,360	391,216	350,056	-41,160	-1.31
Strong mining urns	392	33,398.4	391,216	621,712	230,496	7.35
Strong smelting urns	392	41,552	391,216	140,336	-250,880	-8
Ruby necklaces	1,428	107,100	3,238,704	4,898,040	1,659,336	15.49
Diamond necklaces	1,428	128,520	7,130,004	9,213,456	2,083,452	16.21
Unstrung diamond amulets	1,428	142,800	7,130,004	4,461,072	-2,668,932	-18.69
Uncut diamonds	2,968	319,060	18,879,448	11,358,536	-7,520,912	-23.57
Green dragonhide shields	1,440	357,120	22,723,008	14,460,096	-8,262,912	-11.23
Blue dragonhide shields	1,440	403,200	33,289,088	18,484,704	-14,804,384	-17.81

Current prices

• Grand Exchange Market Watch/Crafting
• Calculators#Crafting

General notes

• All jewellery smelting should be done at the
  1. Lumbridge furnace using the bank chest in the Lumbridge Market immediately to the west.
  2. Or at the Artisans' Workshop, located in the south-east corner of Falador which has its own bank chest.

• This guide does not focus on cutting gems, as that is extremely expensive. It focuses on jewellery smelting instead, which is still moderately quick while being far cheaper (in some cases, it can be quite profitable).

Level 1-99

Level 1-5

Items needed: 28 soft clay

Level 1-2 - Cracked mining urns

Make cracked mining urns, which grant 28.6 experience each. Only 3 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 83
• Soft clay needed - 6
• Time - 12 seconds
• Soft clay cost = 2,994
• Cracked mining urns = 2,676
  • Total profit = -318 (-106 each)

Alternatively, mine common gem rocks, only found in the Al Kharid mine. They randomly yield uncut opal (can be cut at 1 Crafting), uncut lapis lazuli (1), uncut jade (13), and uncut red topaz (16). No Mining level is required but a higher level and a better pickaxe speeds up mining. While technically cut opals, jade and red topaz are worth more on the Grand Exchange, you will fail resulting in the useless crushed gem too often to turn a profit buying uncut gems. Always cut lapis lazuli first, as they cannot be crushed, and the xp gained from them may give you a higher level thus lowering the crush chance on other gems. While lapis lazuli are untradeable, keep them as they can later be made into lapis lazuli rings for 2,799 coins profit per ring at 11 Crafting.

Level 2-5 - Cracked fishing urns

Make cracked fishing urns, which grant 30 experience each. Only 11 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 193
• Soft clay needed - 22
• Time - 44 seconds
• Soft clay cost = 10,978
• Cracked fishing urns = 10,978
  • Total profit = 0 (0 each)

Level 5-16

Items needed: 89 gold bars

Level 5-6 - Gold rings

Make gold rings, which grant 15 experience each. Only 9 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 124
• Gold bars needed - 9
• Time - 16 seconds
• Gold bar cost = 10,494
• Gold rings = 14,571
  • Total profit = 4,077 (453 each)

Level 6-8 - Gold necklaces

Make gold necklaces, which grant 20 experience each. Only 15 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 289
• Gold bars needed - 15
• Time - 27 seconds
• Gold bar cost = 17,490
• Gold necklaces = 17,355
  • Total profit = -135 (-9 each)

Level 8-16 - Unstrung gold amulets

Make unstrung gold amulets, which grant 30 experience each. 65 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 1,945
• Gold bars needed - 65
• Time - 2 minutes
• Gold bar cost = 75,790
• Unstrung gold amulets = 12,610
  • Total profit = -63,180 (-972 each)

Level 16-27

Items needed: 136 silver bars

Level 16-23 - Unstrung symbols

Make unstrung symbols, which grant 50 experience each. 71 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 3,545
• Silver bars needed - 71
• Time - 2 minutes 7 seconds
• Silver bar cost = 54,386
• Unstrung symbols = 19,667
  • Total profit = -34,719 (-489 each)

Alternatively, mine uncommon gem rocks, also only found in the Al Kharid mine. They randomly yield uncut sapphire (can be cut at 20 Crafting), uncut emerald (27), and uncut ruby (34). 20 Mining required; a higher level and a better pickaxe speeds up mining, but also increases proportion of rubies. These gems cannot be crushed.

A test at 36 Mining finds you can gain about 12000 Crafting xp per hour if you cut and drop sapphires (due to their low value) and bank the rest. You also gain about 18000 Mining xp, 130 uncut emeralds and 90 uncut rubies per hour.

A gem bag (costs 2000 Dungeoneering tokens, which can take a long time to obtain for beginners) can be used to hold 100 of each of uncut emeralds or rubies (although it requires 25 Crafting along with 25 Dungeoneering to obtain, so it takes only 2 more levels to cut emeralds).

A test at 46 Mining finds you can gain about 26000 Crafting xp per hour if you cut and drop sapphires and emeralds, and banking rubies. You also gain about 24000 Mining xp and 140 uncut rubies per hour. If you can and wish to cut and bank all 3 types of gems, it results in about 28400 Crafting xp, as well as 18200 Mining xp, 250 sapphires, 128 emeralds, and 85 rubies per hour. Experience would be even faster if you cut and drop all gems, but it would be more click-intensive.

Level 23-27 - Tiaras

Make tiaras, which grant 52.5 experience each. 65 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 3,439
• Silver bars needed - 65
• Time - 2 minutes
• Silver bar cost = 50,556
• Tiaras = 2,244
  • Total profit = -48,312 (-732 each)

Level 27-34

Items needed: 166 emeralds and 166 gold bars

Level 27-29 - Emerald rings

Make emerald rings, which grant 55 experience each. 42 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 2,301
• Gold bars needed - 42
• Emeralds needed - 42
• Time - 1 minute 15 seconds
• Gold bars cost = 48,972
• Emeralds cost = 80,640
• Emerald rings = 170,772
  • Total profit = 41,160 (980 per ring)

Level 29-31 - Emerald necklaces

Make emerald necklaces, which grant 60 experience each. 47 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 2,802
• Gold bars needed - 47
• Emeralds needed - 47
• Time - 1 minute 24 seconds
• Gold bars cost = 54,802
• Emeralds cost = 90,240
• Emerald necklaces = 191,431
  • Total profit = 46,389 (987 per necklace)

Level 31-34 - Unstrung emerald amulets

Make unstrung emerald amulets, which grant 70 experience each. 77 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 5,391
• Gold bars needed - 77
• Emeralds needed - 77
• Time - 2 minutes 17 seconds
• Gold bars cost = 89,782
• Emeralds cost = 147,840
• Unstrung emerald amulets = 210,672
  • Total profit = -26,950 (-350 per amulet)

Level 34-43

Items needed: 418 rubies and 418 gold bars

Level 34-40 - Ruby rings

Make ruby rings, which grant 70 experience each. 243 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 17,000
• Gold bars needed - 243
• Rubies needed - 243
• Time - 7 minutes 14 seconds
• Gold bars cost = 283,338
• Rubies cost = 267,786
• Ruby rings = 772,740
  • Total profit = 221,616 (912 per ring)

Level 40-43 - Ruby necklaces

Make ruby necklaces, which grant 75 experience each. 175 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 13,115
• Gold bars needed - 175
• Rubies needed - 175
• Time - 5 minutes 12 seconds
• Gold bars cost = 204,050
• Rubies cost = 192,850
• Ruby necklaces = 600,250
  • Total profit = 203,350 (1,162 per necklace)

Level 43-56 - Diamond rings

Make diamond rings, which grant 85 experience each. 1,573 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 133,701
• Gold bars needed - 1,573
• Diamonds needed - 1,573
• Time - 50 minutes
• Gold bars cost = 1,834,118
• Diamonds cost = 6,019,871
• Diamond rings = 8,969,246
  • Total profit = 1,115,257 (709 per ring)

Level 43-99 - Diamond rings

If choosing to make diamond rings from 43-99, the following is required:

• Experience needed - 12,984,092
• Gold bars needed - 130,692
• Diamonds needed - 130,692
• Time - 69 hours
• Gold bars cost = 152,386,872
• Diamonds cost = 500,158,284
• Diamond rings = 745,205,784
  • Total profit = 92,660,628 (709 per ring)

Level 56-70 - Diamond necklaces

Make diamond necklaces, which grant 90 experience each. 6,151 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 553,587
• Gold bars needed - 6,151
• Diamonds needed - 6,151
• Time - 3 hours 15 minutes
• Gold bars cost = 7,172,066
• Diamonds cost = 23,539,877
• Diamond necklaces = 39,686,252
  • Total profit = 8,974,309 (1,459 per necklace)

Level 70-99 - Unstrung diamond amulets

Make unstrung diamond amulets, which grant 100 experience each. 122,968 need to be made.

• Experience needed - 12,296,804
• Gold bars needed - 122,968
• Diamonds needed - 122,968
• Time - 63 hours
• Gold bars cost = 143,380,688
• Diamonds cost = 470,598,536
• Unstrung diamond amulets = 384,152,032
  • Total profit = -229,827,192 (-1,869 per amulet)

Other methods

Level 6-99 - Gold necklaces

Gold necklaces grant 20 experience each. Making 651,696 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 6.

• Experience needed - 13,033,919
• Gold bars needed - 651,696
• Time - 331 hours
• Gold bars cost = 759,877,536
• Gold necklaces = 754,012,272
  • Total profit = -5,865,264

Level 8-99 - Unstrung gold amulets

Unstrung gold amulets grant 30 experience each. Making 434,455 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 8.

• Experience needed - 13,033,630
• Gold bars needed - 434,455
• Time - 221 hours
• Gold bars cost = 506,574,530
• Unstrung gold amulets = 84,284,270
  • Total profit = -422,290,260

Level 29-99 - Hard leather shields

Hard leather shields grant 36 experience each. Making 361,734 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 29. Note that the amount of thread used may vary slightly from player to player.

• Experience needed - 13,022,400
• Hard leather needed - 361,734
• Thread needed - 90,435
• Time - 183 hours
• Hard leather cost = 302,771,358
• Thread cost = 1,446,960
• Hard leather shields = 278,173,446
  • Total profit = -26,044,872

Level 43-99 - Cutting uncut diamonds

Although uncut diamonds grant 107.5 experience each, cutting them is extremely expensive. Cutting 120,783 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 43.

• Experience needed - 12,984,092
• Uncut diamonds needed - 120,783
• Time - 23 hours
• Uncut diamonds cost = 768,300,663
• Diamonds = 462,236,541
  • Total profit = -306,064,122

Level 43-99 - Diamond rings

Making diamond rings is a popular way to get from level 43 to level 99, as it can be profitable since they are used to make signs of life. Diamond rings grant 85 experience each. Making 152,755 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 43.

• Experience needed - 12,984,092
• Gold bars needed - 152,755
• Diamonds needed - 152,755
• Time - 78 hours
• Gold bars cost = 178,112,330
• Diamonds cost = 584,593,385
• Diamond rings = 871,009,010
  • Total profit = 108,303,295

Level 44-99 - Woodcutting urns

Woodcutting urns grant 80 experience each. Making 162,235 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 44.

• Experience needed - 12,978,782
• Soft clay needed - 324,470
• Time - 198 hours
• Soft clay cost = 161,910,530
• Woodcutting urns = 144,875,855
  • Total profit = -17,034,675

Level 56-99 - Diamond necklaces

Diamond necklaces grant 90 experience each. Making 142,783 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 56.

• Experience needed - 12,850,391
• Gold bars needed - 142,783
• Diamonds needed - 142,783
• Time - 73 hours
• Gold bars cost = 166,484,978
• Diamonds cost = 546,430,541
• Diamond necklaces = 921,235,916
  • Total profit = 208,320,397

Level 64-99 - Green dragonhide shields

Green dragonhide shields grant 248 experience each. Making 50,917 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 64. This is a fast but expensive training method.

• Experience needed - 12,627,416
• Green dragon leathers needed - 203,668
• Time - 35.6 hours
• Green dragon leathers = 389,820,552
• Green dragonhide shield = 248,067,624
  • Total profit = -141,752,928

Level 72-99 - Blue dragonhide shields

Blue dragonhide shields grant 280 experience each. Making 43,340 of them is needed to reach level 99 from level 72. This is fast but also a very expensive method.

• Experience needed - 12,135,174
• Blue dragon leathers needed - 173,360
• Time - 30.1 hours
• Blue dragon leathers = 486,101,440
• Blue dragonhide shield = 269,921,520
  • Total profit = -216,179,920

Crafting Guild

The Crafting Guild can be entered by any player who has a Crafting level of 40 or higher. It contains gold ore rocks, silver ore rocks, clay rocks, a water source, several potter's wheels for making unfired clay items, a pottery oven for hardening unfired clay items, a spinning wheel for spinning wool into balls of wool, and a Tanner who tans cowhides for a price. Additionally, a cow field is located immediately west of the Crafting Guild, and a flock of sheep can be found north of the Crafting Guild.

A common technique for guild training is making Strong smelting urns. Players have everything they need at the crafting guild to make urns (clay rocks, a water source, a potter's wheel, and a pottery oven), so it is common for players to make full batches of urns without runes and drop them. This technique can yield over one thousand experience per inventory. Some players bank the urns they make at the bank chest in the westernmost section of the Clan Camp. Use of the clan vexillum's teleport function is recommended for those who choose to do so.

Dungeoneering training

Training within Daemonheim is an alternative method of training Crafting. This method costs nothing outside Daemonheim, but its effectiveness depends on the player's ability to gather coins in Daemonheim.

A semi-experienced player (≥30 Dungeoneering) can expect to go from 1 to 31 Crafting raiding less than five small dungeons using the method below. This especially benefits any players who have neglected Crafting (but not many other skills, which Dungeoneering depends on).

Generally, players should craft protoleather bodies, available at 9 Crafting, because ranged hides don't require time on a spinning wheel. Although experience per hide increases according to the level requirement of armour crafted, a higher tier hide will yield significantly less experience per coin.

The idea is to buy protomastyx hide and thread and craft the hides into protoleather bodies (consuming 5 hides and 1 thread per body). This method will yield 99.5 experience for 1,690 coins spent in dungeon, counting the five hides (2,100 coins) and one thread (10 coins) used minus refund (420 coins) by selling the body. 8,500 coins are needed to craft 10 protoleather bodies, at least 20 empty inventory space is recommended to allocate for 4 bodies per inventory, and if desired, players can free spaces to make 25 slots for crafting 5 bodies.

The fastest way to quickly earn Crafting experience without gaining from other skills, is to start a dungeon at the highest floor and largest size possible, kill a small number of monsters near the Smuggler and take piles of coins (and sell other loots including food) from them, which approximately equals to 1/3 of total coins possibly gained throughout the whole floor. Use up the pile of coins to train Crafting and quit the floor quickly; this will yield much faster experience compared to training after completing the whole floor.

To prolong this method on a tight budget, if you have level 55 Magic and level 44 Runecrafting, you can craft nature and fire runes and then cast High Level Alchemy on the protoleather bodies. This method consumes more time but yields extra Magic experience. High Level Alchemy gives 840 coins instead of 420 per body, but minus 50 coins per essence (if bought) unless runes are looted or crafted from found essences. Using this method will allow you to craft 1 extra body (1320-1386 coins compared to 1690 per 5 bodies) for every 5-6 bodies alchemised. A salve orb (unlocked at 8 Crafting) can be made from one salve cloth and one thread (for a one-time investment of 430 coins). This is a cheap alternative to staff or wand, and all three kinds of item provide infinite supply of fire runes for Alchemy spells.

Quests for Crafting experience

Main article: Quest experience rewards § Crafting

Quest	Experience reward	Crafting requirement	Other requirements
Goblin Diplomacy	200	1	-
Gunnar's Ground	300	5	-
Total	500