Free-to-play Crafting training

See also: Pay-to-play Crafting training

This guide outlines the best methods and alternative options for training the Crafting skill in free-to-play.

Quests that reward Crafting experience

• Sheep Shearer: 150 Crafting experience
• Goblin Diplomacy: 200 Crafting experience
• Misthalin Mystery: 600 Crafting experience

Completing all of these quests will provide enough experience to level up Crafting from level 1 to level 8.

Potter's wheel, spinning wheel and furnace locations

Barbarian Village has a potter's wheel medium distance to closest bank (West Varrock bank). No clay rocks or water source nearby.

• Varrock south-west mine to Varrock west bank is a good place to mine clay.
• Waterpump (Falador) to Falador west bank is the closest water source to a bank. Water fountain in centre of Varrock square to Varrock west bank is also a good water source close to a bank.

Lumbridge bank to the spinning wheel downstairs is a good combination for a bank plus spinning wheel.

Edgeville has the furnace closest to a bank for crafting silver or gold. Al Kharid bank to a furnace is a decent location for a relatively short distance between bank and furnace, for crafting silver and gold.

Upon reaching Crafting Level 40, the Crafting Guild has no bank nearby, but contains clay rocks, a water source , a potter's wheel, and a pottery kiln. The crafting guild also has two spinning wheels. A flock of wool-producing sheep can be found just a short walk north of the guild.

Ultimate Ironman

Until level 40, ultimate ironmen can mine clay in West Varrock mine, canoe up to Edgeville and use the well as a water source, then walk down to Barbarian Village wheel and kiln, then boat back down to Champions' Guild/West Varrock mine. Yields 650–720 experience per run, depending on the amount of open inventory spaces.

After level 40, use the Crafting Guild. Mining and smelting gold, crafting them into jewellery to sell at Grum's Gold Exchange. is a good way to make money while training Mining, Crafting and Smithing as an Ultimate Ironman.

Common training methods

In-Place Training Methods

These methods do not require any moving, and thus can be performed at the Grand Exchange or in a Bank (assuming you have already gathered the necessary resources).

Level required	Method	Experience	Materials	Material cost	Product value	Profit / loss	GP/XP
18	Crafting leather chaps	27	Soft leather x 1	247	14	−233	-8.63
28	Crafting hardleather bodies	35	Hard leather x 1	329	12	−317	-9.06
20	Cutting sapphires	50	Uncut sapphire x 1	238	236	−2	-0.04
27	Cutting emeralds	67.5	Uncut emerald x 1	463	438	−25	-0.37
34	Cutting rubies	85	Uncut ruby x 1	988	861	−127	-1.49
43	Cutting diamonds	107.5	Uncut diamond x 1	2,142	1,763	−379	-3.53

Commuter Training Methods

These methods require the player to move from place to place. The most common of which is moving back and forth between and bank and a furnace. For the purposes of crafting jewelry, Edgeville furnace is the closest furnace to a bank.

Level required	Method	Experience	Materials	Material cost	Product value	Profit / loss	GP/XP
8	Making bowls	33	Soft clay x 1	109	56	−53	-1.61
8	Smelting unstrung gold amulets	30	Gold bar x 1	116	158	42	1.40
23	Smelting tiaras	52.5	Silver bar x 1	107	103	−4	-0.08
50	Crafting Ruby Amulets	85	Gold bar x 1 Ruby x 1	977	1,106	129	1.52
56	Crafting Diamond Necklaces	90	Gold bar x 1 Diamond x 1	1,879	2,003	124	1.38

Levels 1–99

Players are encouraged to change between training methods as necessary as the cost of certain methods fluctuates over time.

Armour

Level	Product		XP per item	XP/Hour	Experience needed	Materials needed	Material costs	Product value	Profit / Loss
1–7		Leather gloves	13.8	18,900	650	48 × Leather	11,856	480	−11,376
7–9		Leather boots	16.2	22,750	319	20 × Leather	4,940	600	−4,340
9–11		Leather cowl	18.5	25,900	389	21 × Leather	5,187	231	−4,956
11–14		Leather vambraces	22	30,800	749	34 × Leather	8,398	374	−8,024
14–18		Leather body	25	35,000	1,416	57 × Leather	14,079	627	−13,452
18–28		Leather chaps	27	37,800	7,301	271 × Leather	66,937	3,794	−63,143
28–99		Hardleather body	35	91,000	13,023,607	372,103 × Hard leather	122,421,887	4,465,236	−117,956,651
Total					13,034,431	451 × Leather; 372,103 × Hard leather	122,533,037	4,471,328	−118,061,709

Pottery

This guide assumes all products are formed and fired.

Level	Product		XP per item	Experience needed	Materials needed	Material costs	Product value	Profit / loss
1–7		Pot	12.6	650	52 × Soft clay	5,668	364	−5,304
7–8		Pie dish	25	151	6 × Soft clay	654	120	−534
8–99		Bowl	33	13,033,630	394,959 × Soft clay	43,050,531	22,117,704	−20,932,827
Total				13,034,431	395,017 × Soft clay	43,056,853	22,118,188	−20,938,665

Gold jewellery

Level	Product		XP per item	XP/Hour	Experience needed	Materials needed	Material costs	Product value	Profit	Profit / item	GP/XP
5–6		Gold ring	15	20,250	124	8 × Gold bar	928	1,184	256	32.00	2.13
6–8		Gold necklace	20	27,000	289	15 × Gold bar	1,740	2,565	825	55.00	2.75
8–20		Gold amulet (u)	30	40,500	3,669	122 × Gold bar	14,268	19,434	5,166	42.00	1.40
20–22		Sapphire ring	40	42,000	1,154	29 × Gold bar; 29 × Sapphire	10,208	12,615	2,407	83.00	2.08
22–24		Sapphire necklace	55	57,750	1,404	26 × Gold bar; 26 × Sapphire	9,152	11,856	2,704	104.00	1.89
24–31		Sapphire amulet (u)	65	68,250	7,805	120 × Gold bar; 120 × Sapphire	42,240	53,280	11,040	92.00	1.42
31–40		Emerald amulet (u)	70	73,500	22,391	320 × Gold bar; 320 × Emerald	177,280	208,640	31,360	98.00	1.40
40–43		Ruby necklace	75	78,750	13,115	175 × Gold bar; 175 × Ruby	170,975	192,325	21,350	122.00	1.63
43–56		Diamond ring	85	89,250	184,040	1,573 × Gold bar; 1,573 × Diamond	2,955,667	3,018,587	62,920	40.00	0.47
56–70		Diamond necklace	90	94,500	553,587	6,151 × Gold bar; 6,151 × Diamond	11,557,729	12,320,453	762,724	124.00	1.38
70–99		Diamond amulet (u)	100	105,000	12,296,804	122,968 × Gold bar; 122,968 × Diamond	231,056,872	234,008,104	2,951,232	24.00	0.24
Total					13,034,431	131,506 × Gold bar, 175 × Sapphire, 320 × Emerald, 175 × Ruby, 129,719 × Diamond	244,281,428	247,981,527	3,700,099	28.14	0.28

Silver jewellery

Level	Product		XP per item	Experience needed	Materials needed	Material costs	Product value	Profit / loss	Profit / item
16–23		Unstrung symbol	50	3,545	71 × Silver bar	7,597	5,751	−1,846	-26.00
23–99		Tiara	52.5	13,028,140	248,155 × Silver bar	26,552,585	25,559,965	−992,620	-4.00
Total				13,034,431	248,226 × Silver bar	26,560,182	25,565,716	−994,466	-4.01

Gems

Level	Product		XP per item	XP/Hour	Experience needed	Materials needed	Material costs	Product value	Profit / loss	Profit / loss / item	GP/XP
20–27		Sapphire	50	145,000	5,260	105 × Uncut sapphire	24,990	24,780	−210	−2	-0.04
27–34		Emerald	67.5	175,000	10,494	155 × Uncut emerald	71,765	67,890	−3,875	−25	-0.37
34–43		Ruby	85	230,000	30,115	354 × Uncut ruby	349,752	304,794	−44,958	−127	-1.49
43–99		Diamond	107.5	290,000	12,984,092	120,783 × Uncut diamond	258,717,186	212,940,429	−45,776,757	−379	-3.53
Total					13,034,431	See above	259,163,693	213,337,893	−45,825,800

Players have been observed cutting gems with the help of banknotes to make training more efficient. It requires the player to convert non-stackable uncut gems into notes from a bank. Then use the noted uncut gems on the bank/teller to receive gems for cutting; cut the resulting un-noted uncut gems with a chisel. Deposit cut gems into a deposit box; un-note more uncut gems from the noted uncut gems stack in inventory via bank/teller; repeating this process until the desired level is reached. Emir's Arena is a great place for this method because the bank chests and deposit box are 2 tiles away from each other, reducing time spent walking and manually depositing/withdrawing items to and from the bank. This method actually helps to offset the loss of potential experience per hour by cutting less expensive gems due to all the entities required for cutting being in such close proximity.

Miscellaneous

For the purposes of crafting jewellery, Edgeville furnace is the closest furnace to a bank.

Stringing Amulets

Combining a ball of wool with one of many types of unstrung amulets. This action can be performed anywhere, requires no skills or equipment, and is very fast (only takes two ticks). Each amulet strung awards 4 crafting experience, regardless of what is being strung. When near a bank, it is possible to string 2500 amulets per hour, awarding 10,000 XP. Also, the Grand Exchange can make this a profitable endeavor:

Stringing Amulets Profitability

Inputs	Output	Input Cost	Output Cost	Profit Per	GP/Hour
Unstrung symbol Ball of wool	Unblessed symbol	129	80	−49	−122,500
Gold amulet (u) Ball of wool	Gold amulet	206	144	−62	−155,000
Sapphire amulet (u) Ball of wool	Sapphire amulet	492	551	59	147,500
Emerald amulet (u) Ball of wool	Emerald amulet	700	746	46	115,000
Ruby amulet (u) Ball of wool	Ruby amulet	1,154	1,251	97	242,500
Diamond amulet (u) Ball of wool	Diamond amulet	1,951	2,098	147	367,500