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.

On the right from each method, there is information for which version of the game this method was checked. The results may vary in the most recent patch.

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 the Fishing method 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.

Thieving

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Improves GP Rate

Name Effect
  Thieving Skillcape -0.5s Thieving Interval
+100% GP from Thieving
+150 Stealth
5% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +30 Stealth
25% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint -0.2s Thieving Interval
50% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +100% GP from Thieving
95% Thieving Mastery Pool Checkpoint +100 Stealth
3x chance to gain unique area items
  Thieving Gloves +75 Stealth
  Gloves of Silence -0.1s Thieving Interval
+150 Flat GP from Thieving
+50 Stealth
  Thief's Moneysack +20% of Maximum GP added to Minimum GP
  Golbin Mask +20 Flat GP from Thieving
+20 Stealth
  Sneak-Ers +5% Global GP
+40 Stealth
  Jeweled Necklace +5% Global GP
  Fine Coinpurse +10% Global GP
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Leprechaun
+50 Flat GP from Thieving
  Gentle Hands Potion IV +75 Stealth
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+5% Global Doubling
  Snek +50% GP from Thieving
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Rooftop Run
-0.2s Thieving Interval
+20% GP from Thieving
+35 Stealth
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Ice Jump
+5% Global Doubling
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Pillar of Skilling
+3% Global Doubling
  Slayer Platebody (Master) /
  Slayer Leather Body (Master) /
  Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)
+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving
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Aquarias
+1% Global Doubling

Thieving Princess and Fletching Jadebolts (24,740k/hr max)

Requirements

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    Level 92
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    Level 95

Improves GP Rate

Additionally to the Boosts listed above, there are even more boosts for this specific method:

Name Effect
Level 99
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+100% GP from Princess
+174 Stealth vs Princess
  Fletching Skillcape x2   Jadestone Bolts
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Leprechaun
+
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Devil
+50 Flat GP from Thieving
50% Chance for 2x GP
35% Chance for 4x Items
15% Chance for nothing
  Crown of Rhaelyx and its   Charge Stones +25% Resource Preservation
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Agility Obstacles
providing Resource Preservation

The mining-related boosts for crafting   Headless Bolts will be acquired naturally. The   Perfect Swing Potion IV will not affect the result much.

Method

  1. Thieve from the
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    Princess
    . When you get a sizeable amount of   Jadestones, proceed to the next step.
  2. Mine   Iron Ore, Get   Iron Bars through
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    Alt. Magic
    or
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    Smithing
    , Forge   Headless Bolts with
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    Smithing
    ,
  3. Fletch   Jadestone Bolts from   Jadestones,
  4. Sell common drops. Use
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    Item Alchemy III
    on the drops worth more than 15,000 .
  5. Get 24,740,000  per hour on average.

Thieving is not better than the   Dragon Javelins method by default.
Both methods heavily depend on the buffs from items, passives, and skills.
The most important boosts to get this method even started are all buffs to Stealth and Thieving Interval Reductions.

Once this is survivable, the next important one is the

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Leprechaun

+

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Devil

synergy to increase the number of Jadestones gathered.

Also high resource preservation and Item doubling during Fletching is very beneficial. Using   Crown of Rhaelyx and its   Charge Stones is strongly recommended here. Without most of the buffs, the thieving gains can be as low as 4,000,000  per hour.

Check your own thieving setup with Thieving GP Calculator by Nomeru#4261.

Thieving Knight with Leprechaun + Monkey Synergy (16,476k/hr max)

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This is in alternative method requiring less skills and boosts to get viable results.

Requirements

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    Level 92
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    Level 55
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    Level unlocked in Adventure Mode

Improves GP Rate

Additionally to the Boosts listed above, there are even more boosts for this specific method:

Name Effect
Level 99
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+100% GP from Knight
+174 Stealth vs Knight

Method

This method relies on the increased sell values of common drops from the

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Leprechaun

+

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Monkey

synergy: "Upon receiving a Common Drop from Thieving, automatically sell it for 1500% of its base sale price."

  1. Craft
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    Leprechaun
    and
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    Monkey
    Tablets and equip them.
  2. Thieve from the
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    Knight
    .
  3. Sell all unsold drops. Use
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    Item Alchemy III
    on the drops worth more than 10,000 .
  4. Get 16,476,000  per hour on average.

Without most of the buffs, the thieving gains can be as low as 8,000,000  per hour.

Check your own thieving setup with Thieving GP Calculator by Nomeru#4261.

Agility (Max 4,978GPk/hr)

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Requirements

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    Level 99
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    Level 70
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    Level 60
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    Level 62
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    Level 60
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    Level 60
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    Level 60
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    Level 80
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    Level 80
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    Level 95
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    Level 95
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    Level 95
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    Level 95

Improves GP Rate

Name Description
Level 90
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in every used Obstacle
-27% Agility Interval
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Mountain Climb
-12% Agility Interval
+15% GP From Agility
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Tree Balance
-12% Agility Interval
  Aorpheat's Signet Ring +100% GP while training Agility
  Sneak-Ers +5% global GP
  Jeweled Necklace +5% global GP
  Fine Coinpurse +10% global GP
  Agility Skillcape +10% GP from Agility
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Sam
+15% GP from Agility
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Agility
25% Checkpoint
+10% GP from Agility
  Performance Enhancing Potion IV -8% Agility Interval (requires
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Level 62
)
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Ko
up to +15% GP from Agility

Method

Fishing Raw Magic Fish (Max 1,887GPk/hr)

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Requirements

Improves GP Rate

Name Description
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Dragon Fishing Rod
The strongest Fishing Rod, reduces fishing catch time by 40%.
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Amulet of Fishing
Reduces fishing catch time by a flat 15%. This is added to the Rod's bonus, so using Dragon Rod and Amulet provides a 55% reduction.
  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%.
 
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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
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Level 40
)

Note that the   cape and

 
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Level 99

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
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Level 80

  Message in a Bottle
1,965   960  1,887 k
  Raw Whale
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Level 95
2,359   750  1,770 k
  Raw Manta Ray
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Level 85
2,428   650  1,578 k
  Raw Shark
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Level 70
3,753   270  1,013 k


Mining with Gem Gloves (470k/hr usual, 730k/hr max)

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Requirements

Improves GP Rate

Method

This method is recommended to use if you play   Adventure and there's no better money-making method at hand.

  1. Buy   Gem Gloves,
  2. Mine   Adamantite Ore or anything below it until you unlock it,
  3. Sell gems and ores that you got.

The method relies on the   Gem Gloves that increase the gems drop chance to 100% when mining anything but the   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.

With the

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Dragon Pickaxe

and

 
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, you will get around 470,000  per hour.

A fully juiced setup with the   Dragonite Ore will give around 1,100,000  per hour.

Details
The results were calculated with the Melvor Idle Rate and Resource Calculator created by Kidbiz20#2026.

To check your own setup, do the following:

  1. Copy the spreadsheet to your Google Drive.
  2. On the Equipment tab, specify for Mining that you wear Gem Gloves.
  3. On the Mining tab, set Current Experience to unlock the ores, Ores masteries, and other things that you have.
  4. Specify any additional things in the sheet if you want to, like pets and so on.
  5. You should see your gains in the kGP/h column of the Mining tab.


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

Method

  1. Mine   Dragonite Ore and   Runite Ore in a 1:2 ratio, ideally with   Mining Skillcape and   Mining Gloves equipped, and   Perfect Swing Potion active.
  2. Mine   Rune Essence while   Mining Skillcape and   Mining Gloves are equipped. No need for the potion because   Rune Essence respawns fast.
  3. Cut   Redwood Logs. You can enable   Bird Nest Potion IV to sell the   Bird Nests afterwards.
  4. Runecraft   Fire Runes,   Nature Runes, and   Spirit Runes in a 7:2:3 ratio.
  5. 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).
  6. Smith   Dragon Javelin Heads. For a better GP rate, equip   Crown of Rhaelyx and use   Charge Stones.
  7. 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

Improves GP Rate

Method

  1. 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.
  2. Make Dragonite Bars while wearing the Smithing Skillcape.
  3. Make Dragon Platebodies
  4. Make the diamonds into Diamond Luck Potions with the Herblore Skillcape if possible.
  5. 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.


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:

  1. Cut yew logs and magic logs simultaneously while wearing the Woodcutting Skillcape. The yew logs should be sold.
  2. Fletch the magic logs into Magic Longbow (u) while wearing the Fletching Skillcape.
  3. Purchase bowstrings from the Shop and fletch the unstrung bows into Magic Longbow.
  4. 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.

Woodcutting

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Improves GP Rate

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

Requirements

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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
  Magic Logs
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1,563  
10  
941 k
  Yew Logs
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Level 60
2,700   302 k

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

Requirements

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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
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Level 1
14,850  
5,500  
1,947 k
  Oak Logs
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Level 10
9,900  
3,666  
1,357 k


Combat

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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.

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),

99

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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.

Melee (Max ~8449k/hr)

Full   Terran God Gear,   Amulet of Torture,   Infernal Cape,   Infernal Claw,   Dragonfire Shield,

85

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Melee

stats,

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85 hp

, 6,57 kills/hr = 4,280,355 gp/hr

Full   Ragnar God Gear,   Amulet of Torture,   Infernal Cape,   Infernal Claw,   Earth Layered Shield,

85

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Melee

stats,

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90 hp

, 7,63 kills/hr = 4,970,945 gp/hr

Full   Ragnar God Gear,   FEZ,   Infernal Cape,   Tidal Edge,   Earth Layered Shield,   Fighter Ring (  Signet in Passive slot),

99

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Melee

stats,

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99 hp

, 12,97 kills/hr = 8,449,955 gp/hr

Ranged (Max ~8730k/hr)

Full   Aeris God Gear,   Elite Amulet of Ranged,

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Ancient Crossbow

,   Emerald Bolts,   Dragonfire Shield,   Infernal Cape, 85

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Ranged

,

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90 hp

, 7,27 kills/hr = 4,736,405 gp/hr Full   Aeris God Gear,   Deadeye Amulet,

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Shockwave

,   Emerald Bolts,   Dragonfire Shield,   Cape of Prat,   Deadeye Ring (  Signet in Passive slot), 99

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Ranged

,

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99 hp

, 13,4 kills/hr = 8,730,100 gp/hr