Money making guide/Pickpocketing master farmers

IMPORTANT: The listed profit rate is calculated at 94 while wearing full Rogue equipment (requires 50 and 50 ) with completion of the Ardougne Diary (hard) (requires 72 , boostable). Players with lower Thieving will not achieve this profit rate and should see the table below for their estimated profit.

IMPORTANT: This money making guide was created prior to the 24 March 2021 changes to Master Farmers. A Farming level of 85 is now needed to gain the rates described in this guide.

Pickpocketing master farmers can yield good amounts of seeds for Farming. The real money-makers are Ranarr seeds, Snapdragon seeds, and Snape grass seeds (worth 27,298, 41,659, and 7,566, respectively). These seeds are very rare (appearing every 1/302, 1/2083, and 1/260 pickpockets, respectively) but make up 94.1% of the profit.

If playing through a third-party game client, it's recommended to pickpocket Martin in Draynor due to being able to change the left click from talk to pickpocket by holding shift. Talking to him before pickpocketing will prevent him from moving. He will move if you walk outside of a small radius, and will not talk to you again until 20 minutes in-game have elapsed.

If on RuneLite, you can also talk to the master farmers outside of Varlamore to prevent them from moving. They are far from a bank but do not have a cooldown to talk to them.

If low on health, players can buy wines from Fortunato in Draynor Village, or steal some cake from the Baker's stall if pickpocketing in Ardougne. Otherwise, players will need to use conventional food to restore Hitpoints.

With 85 a player can access the north wing of the Farming Guild wherein a Master Farmer can be trapped within the three-tile area on the west side of the Celastrus tree patch. Once the farmer walks to the furthest southern tile, a player only has to move one tile north every four minutes or so to allow the Master Farmer to move and reset its 5-minute respawn timer. Avoid stepping on the black rabbit or another player as this will cause the farmer to no longer be trapped by your character.

Profit varies enormously based on Thieving level, greatly improving after certain milestones. At 50 players can equip full Rogue equipment for guaranteed double loot, doubling profit. At 72 players can complete the Ardougne Diary (hard) for an additional 10% pickpocketing boost. It is not recommended to thieve Master farmers for profit at low levels as there are much better money making methods out there. Below are some experience and profit estimates at certain levels.

Level	Success Rate	Pickpockets/h	Gold/h	XP/h	Bonuses		Notes
38	57.5%	639	99,899	27,474
50	64.7%	805	251,683	34,609			Players gain the ability to use Rogue equipment for guaranteed double loot.
60	70.7%	977	305,437	42,001
70	76.7%	1191	372,555	51,231
72	80.9%	1376	430,411	59,187			Players can boost to complete the Ardougne diary (hard) for the 10% improved pickpocketing success.
80	82.7%	1467	458,726	63,080
80	87.5%	1751	547,533	75,293
90	88.7%	1834	573,408	78,851
90	94.1%	2286	714,737	98,285
94+	100%	3000	938,092	129,000		/	Players stop failing entirely with the Ardougne diary (hard) bonus, or at level 99 with the Thieving cape.

If you have 85 or higher Farming, your loot is better, yielding about 53,340 extra gp/hour relative to 71 Farming.

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