How to Earn Old School Runescape Membership for Free

Complete High GP Tasks In-Game

Several in-game methods can help you earn enough GP to cover an Old School Runescape membership, whether you're just starting out or have been playing for years. The tasks below earn up to 150,000 GP per hour.

Membership costs 8 million GP every two weeks, so these tasks represent real time investment. The breakdowns below cover each method so you can find what fits your playstyle.

Fill Empty Jugs

Filling empty jugs has no requirements. Jugs are cheap to buy, and filled water jugs sell at a consistent profit. Water Jugs also feed into cooking training, since they're used to make jugs of wine.

Head to Draynor Village to buy packs of empty jugs. Other stores stock them too, but Draynor is easy to reach. Hop worlds or wait for restocks to build up supply.

Once you have your packs, open them at Validor Bank and fill them at the water source next to the Hair Salon.

Make Pie Shells

Like water jugs, making pie shells has no skill requirements. Pick up pie dishes, bowls of water, and pots of flour from the Grand Exchange.

Take nine bowls and nine pots, combine them, and select the pastry dough option. Then grab 14 pieces of pastry dough and 14 pie dishes to produce pie shells, which sell for around 445 GP each.

Collect Red Spider Eggs

Level 25 Magic is recommended for this method, giving you access to a rock teleport spell. Bring a weapon that cuts through webs, such as a scimitar, longsword, or dagger.

1. Go to the East Bank and run through the Varok Sewers to reach the red spider egg spawn.
2. Pick up eggs and hop worlds until your inventory is full.
3. Teleport back to Varok and deposit your loot at the starting bank.

Run energy drains faster on free worlds, which slows the pace. The GP rate still makes this a strong option for the time invested.

Collect Wines of Zamorak

This method requires at least level 37 Magic, with level 43 recommended. At peak hours, competition for available wine can be high, so earlier sessions tend to yield better results.

High Alch Armor and Weapons

High Alchemy requires level 55 Magic. Use Alchmate to browse free-to-play items and sort by the difference column, which shows profit per item after alching.

Items worth alching include Dragon Hide Bodies, Rune Longswords, Two-Handed Swords, and Rune Chain Bodies. Profit per item is modest, but volume adds up quickly.

Killing Ogresses

Ogresses are a solid combat option for players who have reached level 55 Magic. GP per hour scales with your melee or ranged levels, making this one of the more flexible high-earning methods later in the game.

Pizza Bases or Cooking

Cooking skills open up reliable GP opportunities. Four items work particularly well: pizza bases, tuna, lobster, and swordfish.

Pizza bases need bowls of water and pots of flour. For fish, level 60 Cooking is recommended to avoid burning and losing food, though you can start at a lower level and accept some waste.

Earn OSRS Membership Funds With Freecash

Freecash is a get-paid-to platform that pays you to play games, answer surveys, and test new products. Offers include mobile games, surveys, and product tests, and rewards vary by task.

New users receive a sign-up bonus of $10, and rewards can be put toward the cost of an OSRS membership.

Getting started takes three steps and under five minutes.

1. Sign up with an email, Google, Steam, or Facebook account.
2. Complete tasks. Browse available offers and finish them in minutes.
3. Cash out. Choose from over 20 withdrawal options and put the funds toward your next OSRS membership.

Is an OSRS Membership Worth It?

OSRS membership is a subscription that unlocks member-only worlds, features, skills, quests, and a larger game world. Free-to-play gives you a working introduction to the game, but most content sits behind the membership paywall.

Old School Runescape membership benefits screen showing member-only skills and quests · December, 2024

For anyone who wants to experience the full game, membership is necessary. The methods covered in this guide let you earn it without spending your own money.