Runescape Crafting Guide For F2P

Crafting is one of the least used skills in the game. Not only will I explain the benifits but also how to get up to level 40.

Crafting can be used to make all sorts of ranging outfits. While smithing is for metal armour, you need crafting for leather armour. Also various amulets, rings and other charms can be made. Buying some gold and a gem and you can make a nice bracelet, necklace or amulet. Using magic you can then enchant these to give you special bonuses.

One of the best reasons though is you get access to the crafting guild. This is the primary reason I became a crafter. If you are a good miner (level 40) then you will have access to a great supply of 7 gold rocks, if you are on your own just as you finish mining the last rock the gold has re-spawned in the first. This is a great way to make money for a miner.

Basics:

The easiest way to get up to level 40 is by making leather armour. Just buy Cowhides (or Leather – more expensive) of the Grand Exchange. Then go to Al Kharid (if you bought cow hides) and get them tanned into leather/hard leather depending on your level. Just go from the bank to the tanner and tan them all.

Once you have lots of tanned cowhide (leather) get a needle and thread and make the highest thing possible for your level. Soon enough you will get level 40!

Details and Costs: To get from level 1 to level 40 you will need 1208 cowhides(269GP each, 324,952 total) , or 435 leather (435 X 358GP= 155,730) and 775 hard leather (755 X
359GP=271,045). 426,775 is you buy leather.

Note:Since tanning cowhides costs so little the costs have not been added, however leather is 1GP and hard leather is 3GP to tan)

From level 1-7 you need to make 48 leather gloves. (12 GP Each)

Level 7-9 make 20 Leather boots (79 GP Each)

9-11 make 22 Cowls (7 GP Each)

11-14 make 35 leather Vambraces (9 GP Each)

14-18 make 57 leather bodies (8 GP Each)

18-28 make 271 Leather Chaps (7 GP Each)

28-40 make 755 Hard Leather Bodies (51 GP Each)

Selling all Leather items on the GE would make 43329,if you buy cowhides and tan then sell you lose 281623GP. You’re best option is to sell the lot at any General Store to regain some money as shifting 755 Hard Leather Bodies on the GE is almost impossible. What I did was stand in the GE and yelled “swaping leather armour for anything”, someone then gave me 2 rune war hammers for all the leather stuff. Those sold really easily, unlike the leather,you can come back money back very quickly!