Money making guide/Tanning cowhide

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</mapframe> Hard leather is used to train Crafting in free-to-play, and it is in reasonable demand. Because it must be tanned before it can be crafted, tanning cowhide into hard leather can be quite profitable at times.

Because the price difference between hides and leather can be fairly small, it is important to buy the hides for a low price and sell the leather for a high price; you can lose out on up to 50% of the profit if you are not patient. Test the profit by buying one hard leather and one cowhide, making sure that the prices are good enough that you will make a decent profit.

To create hard leather, cowhide must be taken to a tanner. Ellis, in Al Kharid, is the quickest tanner, and there are no requirements to use him. Withdraw 27 cowhides from the bank south of the tanner and 3 coins for each hide you want to tan, thus costing a total of 81 coins. Run north into Ellis's building and right-click Trade Ellis. Tan them all, and run back to the bank. Each run takes approximately 25 seconds while running, and 45 seconds while walking. Approximately 2,000 hides can be tanned every hour without the use of energy, Stamina potion for run energy.

Soft leather is a good alternative if the price of hard leather is not high enough. While hard leather is usually more expensive (currently 329 vs. 247), soft leather is often easier to sell on the Grand Exchange.

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