Money Making

There are many different ways to make money in Melvor Idle, below are some methods that provide the highest rates of GP gain.

For the game version 1.0, the methods below are still viable and have roughly the same power. That means that the most profitable method remains on top, but it could yield a different amount of money compared to what is written there.

Beginners are advised to start with Fishing because it doesn't require any additional skills to level, gives viable GP yields, and is the only source of Ancient Ring of Mastery and Ancient Ring of Skills that are very helpful in the long run.

Fletching Dragon Javelins with Alt Magic (Max ~9500k/hr)

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Requirements

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Level 90
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Level 95, 271 Mining Mastery levels in total
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Level 93
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Level 92
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Level 80
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Level 95

Improves GP Rate

Woodcutting
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  Level 99, Woodcutting Skillcape
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  Dragon Axe
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  Level 99
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  Master of Nature
- Beavis
Mining
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  Level 99, Mining Skillcape
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  Dragon Pickaxe
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  Level 99
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  Level 99
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  Level 99
- Use Mining Gloves preferably, Gem Gloves otherwise
- Perfect Swing Potion IV (requires
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  Level 53, 90 Mastery)
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  Master of Nature
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  Cool Rock
Smithing
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  Level 99, Smithing Skillcape
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  Level 99
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  Art of Control
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  Puff, the Baby Dragon
Fletching
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  Level 99, Fletching Skillcape
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  Level 99
- Skilled Fletching Potion IV (requires
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  Level 42, 90 Mastery)
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  Perpetual Haste
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  Quill
Runecrafting
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  Level 99, Runecrafting Skillcape
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  Level 99
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  Level 99
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  Expanded Knowledge
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  Gunter
Magic
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  Level 99, Magic Skillcape
Other
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- Crown of Rhaelyx affects all skills above except
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  Alternative Magic
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  Level 99, Herblore Skillcape
- Cut Normal Logs while gathering Redwood Logs with Bird Nest Potion IV to maxmize profit while
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  Woodcutting
- Bird Nest Potion IV, increases the number of Bird Nests obtained that can be sold for additional profit
- (minor) Clue Chasers Insignia increases the chance for Bird Nests while
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  Woodcutting, Gems while
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  Mining (when not wearing Gem Gloves), and Mastery tokens for all skills by 10%

Method

Mine Dragonite Ore and Runite Ore in a 1:2 ratio, ideally with Mining Skillcape and Mining Gloves equipped, and Perfect Swing Potion active.
Mine Rune Essence while Mining Skillcape and Mining Gloves are equipped. No need for the potion because Rune Essence respawns fast.
Cut Redwood Logs. You can enable Bird Nest Potion IV to sell the Bird Nests afterwards.
Runecraft Fire Runes, Nature Runes, and Spirit Runes in a 7:2:3 ratio.
Smelt Dragonite Bars using
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Superheat IV while Magic Skillcape and Mystic Earth Staff are equipped (avoids the need for any Earth Runes).
Smith Dragon Javelin Heads. For a better GP rate, equip Crown of Rhaelyx and use Charge Stones.
Fletch Dragon Javelins while the Fletching Skillcape is equipped and Skilled Fletching Potion IV is active. Using Charge Stones while the Crown of Rhaelyx is equipped during this step provides a significant increase to the GP rate.

Smithing Dragon Platebodies (Max 2117k/hr)

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Requirements

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Level 99
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Level 99
Mining Skillcape
Smithing Skillcape
Dragon Pickaxe
500k GP to purchase Gem Gloves

Improves GP Rate

Making diamonds into Diamond Luck Potions with the Herblore Skillcape more than doubles their value. This requires:
- Level 99 Herblore
- Level 80 Farming
Aorpheats Signet Ring for a 10% chance to double ore, bar, platebody, and potion gains
Perfect Swing Potions to increase the idle rate that ore can be mined at.
- Level 53 Herblore
- Level 50 Farming
Increasing Mastery Level of items provide additional resource-saving and doubling benefits.

Method

Gather Dragonite Ore, Runite Ore and Coal Ore in a 1:2:6 ratio. This should be done wearing the Mining Skillcape. Depending on Mastery Levels and whether or not Diamond Luck Potions are being made, either Gem Gloves or Mining Gloves should be worn.
Make Dragonite Bars while wearing the Smithing Skillcape.
Make Dragon Platebodies
Make the diamonds into Diamond Luck Potions with the Herblore Skillcape if possible.
Sell the Gems, Diamond Luck Potions and Dragon Platebodies for profit

GP Rates with different Equipment and Mastery

The mastery in the tables below assume that every item has that mastery level. Note that the time to gather the ingredients for and make Perfect Swing Potions has not been included in the calculation due to it being negligible. It is also assumed that the Barrentoe Herbs for creating Diamond Luck Potions is grown concurrently during the money-making method, and do not add additional time.

Equipment
Gloves	Mining	Gem	Mining	Gem	Gem	Gem	Gem
Signet Ring	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Make Diamond Luck	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Perfect Swing	No	No	No	No	No	No	Tier 4
Mastery	GP Per Hour
1	35,053	92,850	61,748	109,548	143,643	168,705	470,490
10	99,836	203,815	157,843	240,733	303,798	355,771	700,881
20	185,162	308,001	272,655	364,947	450,083	526,414	853,812
30	277,900	404,524	393,769	481,140	572,598	670,720	979,278
40	405,089	513,805	553,085	614,290	718,743	842,954	1,137,911
50	526,119	617,919	705,407	741,425	839,503	987,252	1,270,966
60	717,626	767,405	938,896	924,779	992,359	1,172,130	1,442,452
70	874,577	894,775	1,132,811	1,080,840	1,156,265	1,366,490	1,637,861
80	1,165,196	1,122,613	1,480,715	1,358,751	1,375,280	1,631,844	1,895,516
90	1,368,183	1,286,852	1,727,857	1,559,149	1,545,851	1,837,532	2,099,939
99	1,382,560	1,306,346	1,744,793	1,581,345	1,577,716	1,872,574	2,117,292

Calculating the GP Rate

The GP rate can be calculated by finding the profit of completing a single platebody action and dividing by the time to complete the action and gather/craft all sub-components.

Fishing

Raw Magic Fish (Max 1,887 k/hr)

Requirements

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Level 80
Message in a Bottle

Improves GP Rate

Name	Description
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragon Fishing Rod	The strongest Fishing Rod, reduces fishing catch time by 40%.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amulet of Fishing	Reduces fishing catch time by 15%. (Stacks multiplicatively with Fishing Rod bonus)
Fishing Skillcape	Doubles the number of fish caught.
File:Aorpheats Signet Ring (item).png Aorpheats Signet Ring	Increases the chance of doubling the number of fish caught by 10%.
Pudding Duckie	Increases the chance of doubling the number of fish caught by 5%.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 99	Doubles the number of fish caught.
50% Fishing Mastery Pool Checkpoint	Provides a 5% chance to catch double fish.
95% Fishing Mastery Pool Checkpoint	Provides a 25% chance to receive an additional random special item whenever special items are received.
Fishermans Potion IV	Increases the chance of doubling the number of fish caught by 12%. (requires Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 40)

NOTE: The Fishing Skillcape and Level 99 Mastery bonuses will stack, causing at least four fish to be caught each time. The Signet Ring, pet bonus and Fishermans Potion and the 50% Mastery Pool Checkpoint will provide a 32% chance of catching eight fish.

Method

Equip Fishing gear and fish for Magic Fish. Each piece of equipment will give a substantial boost to profit per hour. Fishing is the most profitable single-skill money making method, though it gets outclassed by the multiplicative benefits of the combinations above. This method does not include extra gold gained from special chances which would boost profit per hour marginally. Maximum gp/hr rates assume all improvements to GP rate are obtained and in use.

Alternative Fish

Players who do not yet have level 80 fishing may also choose to consider the following options: (Note that the numbers below include the boost from the Fishing Skillcape, and as such the actual profit per hour will be substantially lower for players who do not have it)

Fish	Requirements	Expected Output/Hr	GP/Fish	Max GP/Hr
Raw Magic Fish	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 80 Message in a Bottle	1,965	960	1,887 k
Raw Whale	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 95	2,359	750	1,770 k
Raw Manta Ray	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 85	2,428	650	1,578 k
Raw Shark	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 70	3,753	270	1,013 k

Fletching Magic Longbows (Max 975k/hr)

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Requirements

Method

By utilizing the output doubling of the Fletching Skillcape, the value of magic logs can be more than quadrupled; it is doubled once making unstrung bows, and another time making strung bows. Profits can be further increased by using Skilled Fletching Potion IV and Aorpheats Signet Ring. To calculate the maximum GP per hour, 99 mastery level will be assumed. The entire process is as follows:

Cut yew logs and magic logs simultaneously while wearing the Woodcutting Skillcape. The yew logs should be sold.
Fletch the magic logs into Magic Longbow (u) while wearing the Fletching Skillcape.
Purchase bowstrings from the Shop and fletch the unstrung bows into Magic Longbow.
Sell the longbows for profit.

Without using Aorpheats Signet Ring and Skilled Fletching Potion IV profits are around 624k/hr, however, using the ring and potion increases profits by 351k/hr.

Mining with Gem Gloves (Max 729k/hr Idle)

Requirements

500k gp to purchase Gem Gloves

Improves GP Rate

The Mining Skillcape provides additional coal to sell
Higher tier Pickaxes increase the rate that ore is mined
The
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Master of Nature god upgrade decreases the mining interval by 20%
Higher
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Mastery levels for an ore allow it to be mined more before it needs to respawn
Perfect Swing Potions (
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Level 53) can increase idle GP rates by decreasing the amount of time spent waiting for ores to respawn
Mining and selling Adamantite Ore provides the highest GP rate when using Perfect Swing Potion III and below. When using Perfect Swing Potion IV, Dragonite Ore provides the highest GP rate.
Actively switching to the highest tier ore yields higher GP rates

Method

This method relies on Gem Gloves increasing the gem chance to 100% when mining (excluding Rune Essence). The average value of a Gem is 381.25 , while a single charge of the Gem Gloves costs only 250 . Thus 131.25 of profit is earned per mining action from gems. It is recommended to use this method while gathering the large quantities of ore required to train the

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Smithing

skill. With the

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Dragon Pickaxe

,

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Master of Nature

,

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Level 99

, and Perfect Swing Potion IVs, and the Mining Skillcape, an average of 2,423 Dragonite Ore mining actions can be done per hour. Between the ore, extra ore from the pickaxe and mastery double ore chance, the gems from the gloves, and the coal, 279 profit is earned per action on average, for a total of 728,960 profit per hour. With the

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Dragon Pickaxe

and

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Level 50

, an average of 2,117 Adamantite Ore mining actions can be done per hour. Between the ore, extra ore from the pickaxe and mastery double ore chance, and the gems from the gloves, 219 profit is earned per action on average, for a total of 486,114 profit per hour.

Woodcutting

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Improves GP Rate

Higher tier axes increase the rate that trees are chopped
Bird Nest Potions increase the rate at which bird nests are gained
Clue Chasers Insignia can further increase the rate of bird nests
Aorpheats Signet Ring grants an additional 10% chance to double logs cut.
The Multi-Tree upgrade allows the player to also cut a second log for additional profit
The Master of Nature god upgrade decreases the Woodcutting interval by 15%.
The Woodcutting Skillcape decreases the Woodcutting interval by 15%.
Higher levels of log Mastery increase the chance to receive double the amount of logs
50% Woodcutting Mastery Pool Checkpoint increases all logs sell value by 50%

Chopping Magic and Yew Logs (Max 1,243 k/hr)

Requirements

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Level 75

Method

Simply cut down Magic Logs and your chosen secondary log (if the Multi-Tree upgrade has been purchased) and sell the logs and Bird Nest for profit.

Expected Resources Per Hour

The maximum rates assume Dragon Axe, Multi-Tree, Aorpheat's Signet Ring, Clue Chaser's Insignia, Beavis, Master of Nature, Woodcutting Skillcape, 95% Woodcutting Mastery Pool Checkpoint and 99 log mastery. Bird Nests are only provided once per action.

Logs	Requirements	Expected Output/Hr	Max GP/Hr
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Yew Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60	2,700	302 k

Chopping Logs With Bird Nests Potions (Max 3,304 k/hr)

Requirements

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Level 10
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Level 1

Please note: Although the requirements seem low, using Bird Nest Potion IV and minimum action time (Dragon Axe, Woodcutting Skillcape and Master of Nature god upgrade) are advised or else the GP rate drops significantly.

Method

Cut down Normal Logs and your chosen secondary log (if the Multi-Tree upgrade has been purchased) and sell the logs and Bird Nest for profit. A portion of the nests can be opened for Potato Seeds to make more potions.

With Bird Nest Potion II and below, players should cut Normal Logs and Magic Logs for maximum profit.

Expected Resources Per Hour

The maximum rates assume all improvements to GP rates have been obtained and that the player already has the Bird Nest Potion IV made.

Logs	Requirements	Expected Output/Hr	Max GP/Hr
Normal Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1	14,850 5,500	1,947 k
Oak Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 10	9,900 3,666	1,357 k

Combat

Combat can yield some of the highest GP rates in the game.

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Magic

is the most profitable, but it can differ based on the gear and skills in your possession. In general, you need a best-in-slot setup of Melee or

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Ranged

and have 99 in relevant combat skills to be on par with level 85 Magic in God Armor. The exact rates are difficult to determine, but the best targets are as follows:

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Infernal Stronghold

, Master Farmers, Black Dragons.

The two items that make this method good are Chapeau Noir and Aorpheat's Signet Ring.

Calculating the specific GP/hr depends on your stats and gear. The Combat Simulator in Scripting and Extensions can help you to calculate the gains for your build.

One of the most profitable dungeons is the

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Infernal Stronghold

because it drops a lot of pure GP that gets doubled with the Aorpheat's Signet Ring. The pure GP gain with the ring is 250,000 per clear.

It also drops the Infernal Cape and the Infernal Core that will net you 402,400 additional GP per clear if sold with Item Alchemy III. The doubling chances don't work on them.

For one clear

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Infernal Stronghold

will yield a total of 250,000 + 402,400 = 652,400 GP per clear. Some of the setups are listed below, but it is advised to use The Combat Simulator to check your build. By default, all of the listed setups have Aorpheat's Signet Ring in the ring slot with no passive slot,

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Prayer

, or

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Potions

.

Magic (Max ~12652k/hr)

Full Glacia God Armor, Elite Amulet of Magic, Skull Cape, Air Imbued Wand, Book of Eli,

85

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Magic

, using Wind Surge (2,610 runes/hr), 9,5 kills/hr = 6,189,250 gp/hr

Full Glacial God Gear, Elite Amulet of Magic, Skull Cape, Fire Imbued Wand, Book of Eli,

85

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Magic

, using Fire Surge (12,850 runes/hr), 10,5 kills/hr = 6,840,750 gp/hr

Full Glacia God Armor, Elite Amulet of Magic, Skull Cape, Air Imbued Wand, Book of Eli,

85

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Magic

, using Slicing Winds (15,010 runes/hr), 12,93 kills/hr = 8,423,895 gp/hr

Full Glacia God Armor, Elite Amulet of Magic, Skull Cape, Air Imbued Wand, Book of Eli,

99

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Magic

, using Gust (16,900 runes/hr), 15 kills/hr = 9,772,500 gp/hr

Full Glacia God Armor, Elite Amulet of Magic, Skull Cape, Ocean Song, Book of Eli, Warlock Ring ( Signet in Passive slot),

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Magic

, using Water Surge (10,380 runes/hr), 19,42 kills/hr = 12,652,130 gp/hr

The time required to mine and craft runes was not accounted in the calculations above. For instance, the build above uses 10,380 runes. At maxed-out Mining and Runecrafting, it will take around five minutes of mining essence and fifteen minutes of runecrafting. The overall GP rate is then adjusted to 9,5 million gp/hr.