How to Make Money in Runescape: 1000 Gold Per Hour for ANY Player

This guide is a walkthrough that will show you how to make money in Runescape using doing a simple little banana picking quest several times over. It can be done with ANY Runescape character, regardless of combat level and skills.

Let's Go Banana Picking!

Banana picking? Yes! Banana picking! A short way from Lumbridge lies Port Sarim which for a fee of 30gp can take you to a small island containing a banana plantation.

There, you get a simple banana picking job which pays you 30gp for each crate of bananas that you pick. The cool thing is that you can do this as many times as you like and it is very quick to do. You should be able to rake in around 1000gp in an hour so this is a great way to get a little money in your pocket to get started in Runescape.

Starting Out - You Need to Find Port Sarim

I don't know where you are in the Runescape world so I'll give directions from Lumbridge which is the starting location for all players. Port Sarim is west of Lumbridge but the easiest way to find it is simply to follow the road North of Lumbridge and this will take you straight to Port Sarim.

Along the way you'll find yourself in a forest which has loads of little level 2 goblins running around. These goblins drop money so if you don't have that 30gp that you need, whack a few of these goblins on the way through the forest.

Taking the Boat to the Island of Karjama

Once out of the forest the road will lead you to the docks of Port Sarim. There are various docks here and you need to look for a sailor dressed in blue. He is at the end of one of the docks about half way down the pier. Ask him to take you to the Island of Karjama. He will offer to take you for 30 gold. Pay the fee and take the trip.

In a few seconds you'll arrive at the Island of Karjama.

Lets Get to Work!

The guy in charge of these bananas is called Luthas and he lives in a small house on the island, just a short way from the dock. You can't miss him. He needs some help filling creates with bananas. Speak to him to pick up the job - he will offer to pay you 30gp for each crate load that you fill.

The banana plantation is a short walk from Luthas' house, just up the path. There is no shortage of trees and each one has around 5 bananas swinging from it. Now here's the good part - usually in Runescape when you want to do something like cut a tree down or mine a rock it takes several seconds but banana picking is instant! So you can collect them really quickly.

Once you've picked your bananas you need to fill the crate before Luthas will pay you. The crate is at the front of his house and you can just right click on it to fill it up. It takes 10 bananas to fill the crate. make sure you don't click the bananas from your inventory because they count as food in the game and you'll eat them!

Once you've filled the crate go speak to Luthas to get your payment.

An Extra Tip To Make Money Much Faster

Empty out your bags before you start this because if you can fill two crates at once (you'll need 20 free inventory slots as the bananas don't stack) then you can do this twice as fast! What you need to do is collect 20 bananas rather than ten then fill the crate, get the payment from Luthas and then repeat that last part a second time before going out for another batch of bananans.

Collecting bananas can get boring quite quickly but there are much better ways to make money once you have some money to start with. This quest will give you that starter money. If you're feeling generous why not help other players by showing them how to make money in Runescape by picking bananas!

Adrian Hunt runs Runescape Money Box at which he writes guides about how to make money in Runescape as well as other related topics.