Crafting

For the skill of rune creation, see Runecrafting.

Crafting is a varied skill which enables players to produce items such as jewellery, armour, and pottery for use or trade. At level 40 Crafting, while wearing a brown apron obtained from the Varrock clothes store, a player can enter the Crafting Guild. The current minimum to be ranked on the hiscores in Crafting is 33 crafting and 20,157 experience.

Clay[]

Crafting with clay is often the first port of call for a new crafter, as clay is easily obtainable and there is little competition for it. Players must first obtain some clay (extracting it from clay rocks using the Mining skill is fast) and use that with a bucket of water. They then need to find a potters wheel, and a pottery oven. These are located in the Barbarian Village, the Crafting Guild and other places. If the clay is mined in the Dwarven Mine, then the Monastery just to the north-east is probably the closest water source.

It is generally recommended to carry 2, 3 or 4 water containers of the same type. But if you have a full load of 28 clay it would be the most beneficial to carry 14 containers(or half as many of clay you have), as the way they are now automatically filled with one click on a water source means a significant reduction in the repetition of clay crafting.

Item	Level	Exp	Notes
Pot	1	13	Used for flour and crushed bone collecting.
Pie dish	7	25	Used for holding and cooking pies.
Bowl	8	33	Excellent crafting experience from easy materials, even superior to gold. Used for cooking stews. Can also be used as a water container while clay-crafting.

Clay, a water source and a potters wheel are also available in the Crafting Guild.

Leather crafting[]

Cowhide[]

To begin leather crafting, players need a needle and thread, normally purchased from the Al-Kharid or Rimmington craft shop, and some cowhide tanned into leather. In the free-to-play world, this means visiting the tanner in Al-Kharid, until players are able to enter the guild. Tanning costs 1 coin per ordinary leather, and 3 coins for the hard leather used to make a hard leather body. Note: You can also make easy money by buying cowhides from the Grand Exchange for around 130 gp each, going to al kharid and made in to leather or hard leather for 160+ each.

The cattle field east of Lumbridge is a convenient spot for leather crafters. Since getting from the Al-Kharid tanner to the Lumbridge cow pens frequently requires players to cross the Al-Kharid toll gate, it is advisable for players to complete Prince Ali Rescue to reduce cost. Players can also head north from the gate until they get to Ali the leaflet dropper, where they can go south again on the other side of the fence. Another convenient location to obtain cowhide in a free-to-play world is near the gnome copters as there is a field with cows and a few deposit boxes nearby. This efficiency of this area is arguable, since the cows are widespread and the area contains many obstacles. The field just south of Falador is also convenient, since there are many more cows together in a smaller place, allowing faster kills. The distance to the bank for this field is longer than the gnome copters field, but shorter than field east of Lumbridge.

Item	Level	Exp	Notes
Leather gloves	1	13.75	Can be worn in the handslot.
Leather boots	7	16.25	Can be worn in the footslot.
Cowl	9	18.5	Can be worn in the headslot.
Leather vambraces	11	22	Can be worn in the handslot.
Leather body	14	25	Can be worn in the torso slot.
Leather chaps	18	27	Best non-member's experience for soft leather. Can be worn in the legslot.
Hard leather body	28	35	As the name suggests, it is made from hard leather.

Silver[]

Silver items can be crafted by using a silver bar on a furnace while carrying the proper mould. The items you can make are displayed below.

Image	Item	Level	Exp	Notes
	Holy symbol	16	50	Needs to be strung with a ball of wool and then blessed.
	Tiara	23	52.5	Used in runecrafting.

Gold jewellery and gems[]

For gold crafting, you need:

Gold bars. Mine gold ore and smelt it into bars.
A ring, necklace, or amulet mould, purchased from a craft shop or Grand Exchange.
You may include a cut gem. Cutting it with a chisel also provides significant crafting experience. Gems can be obtained while mining. They can also be bought in Falador and Al-Kharid.

Gold items are made by using a gold bar with a furnace, while carrying a mould and any cut gems you wish to use. The items that you are equipped to make will be displayed.

Be aware that crafting jewellery without gems gives very little experience compared to clay and silver.

Crafting gold jewellery
Gemstone		Ring		Necklace		Amulet
None		File:Gold ring.png	Gold ring	File:Gold necklace.PNG	Gold necklace	File:Ammy of Gold.gif	Gold amulet
	Sapphire	File:Sapphire ring.png	Sapphire ring	File:Sapphire necklace.PNG	Sapphire necklace	File:Sapphire amulet.png	Sapphire amulet
	Emerald	File:Emerald ring.png	Emerald ring	File:Emerald necklace.png	Emerald necklace	File:Emerald amulet.png	Emerald amulet
	Ruby	File:Ruby ring.png	Ruby ring	File:Ruby necklace.PNG	Ruby necklace		Ruby amulet
	Diamond	File:Diamond ring.png	Diamond ring	File:Diamond necklace.png	Diamond necklace		Diamond amulet

Gemstone	Cutting		Ring		Necklace		Amulet
Gemstone	Level	exp.	Level	exp.	Level	exp.	Level	exp.
None			5	15	6	20	8	30
Sapphire	20	50	20	40	22	55	24	65
Emerald	27	67	27	55	29	60	31	70
Ruby	34	85	34	70	40	75	50	85
Diamond	43	107.5	43	85	56	90	70	100

Unstrung amulets can be sold at a general store. In order to sell amulets at Grum's in Port Sarim or enchant them, they must be strung, using a ball of wool.

Stringing an amulet gives an additional 4 experience per amulet, and spinning the ball of wool is another 2.75.

High Alchemy versus Crafting Experience[]

Magic skills can be used on gold jewellery to be high alched into coins.

Crafting experience versus high alchemy (coins)
Gemstone			Ring		Necklace		Amulet
	hi alch	GE	Exp	hi alch	Exp	hi alch	Exp	hi alch
Sapphire	150	Exchange:Sapphire	40	540	55	630	65	540
Emerald	300	Exchange:Emerald	55	765	60	855	70	765
Ruby	600	Exchange:Ruby	70	1215	75	1305	85	1215
Diamond	1200	Exchange:Diamond	85	2115	90	2205	100	2115

Miscellaneous[]

Coloured capes[]

Capes can be purchased from the Varrock clothes shop or collected by killing highwaymen south of Falador. Dyes are made for you by Aggie in Draynor Village, at a cost of 5 coins plus the ingredients. There is also a purple dye spawn south of Ardougne.

With just 2 experience for a single dye and 3 for a mixed dye, this is not good value, though many players like to wear a coloured cape to signify clan allegiance, or just because it looks good.

Action	Unfinished Product	Level	Experience	Finished Product
Dying Cape	Cape	1	2

Spinning[]

Action	Raw Material		Level	Experience	Finished Product
Spinning Wool		Wool	1	2.75		Ball of wool

Crafting experience table[]

This information is out of date and much of it may need to be rewritten.

Level	Item	Experience	Raw Materials Required
1	Pot	12.6	Clay, Water
1	Gloves	13.8	Cowhides -> Leather
1	Ball of wool	2.75	Wool
1	Gold amulet	4	Amulet, Ball of wool
1	Dyed cape	2	Cape, Dye
5	Gold ring	15	Gold bar, Ring mould
6	Gold necklace	20	Gold bar, Necklace mould
7	Pie dish	25	Water, Clay
7	Boots	16.3	Cow hides -> Leather
8	Bowl	33	Clay, Water
8	Gold amulet	30	Gold bar, Amulet mould
9	Cowl	18.5	Cowhides -> Leather
11	Vambraces	22	Cowhides -> Leather
14	Leather Body	25	Cowhides -> Leather
16	Holy symbol	50	Silver bar, Holy mould
18	Leather chaps	27	Cowhides -> Leather
20	Cut Sapphire	50	Uncut sapphire
20	Sapphire ring	40	Sapphire, Gold bar, Ring mould
22	Sapphire necklace	55	Sapphire, Gold bar, Necklace Mould
23	Tiara	52.5	Silver bar, Tiara mould
24	Sapphire amulet	65	sapphire, Gold bar, Amulet mould
27	Cut Emerald	67.5	Uncut emerald
27	Emerald ring	55	Emerald, Gold bar, Ring mould
28	Hard leather body	35	Cowhides -> Hard leather
29	Emerald necklace	60	Emerald, Gold bar, Necklace mould
31	Emerald amulet	70	Emerald, Gold bar, Amulet mould
34	Cut ruby	85	Uncut ruby
34	Ruby ring	70	Ruby, Gold bar, Ring mould
38	Coif	37	Cowhides -> Leather
40	Ruby necklace	75	Ruby, Gold bar, Necklace mould
43	Cut Diamond	107.5	Uncut diamond
43	Diamond ring	85	Diamond, Gold bar, Ring mould
50	Ruby amulet	85	Ruby, Gold bar, Amulet mould
56	Diamond necklace	90	Diamond, Gold bar, Necklace mould
70	Diamond amulet	100	Diamond, Gold bar, Amulet mould

Crafting materials[]

Item	Method	Recommended Locations
Clay	Mine	Southwest Varrock, Crafting Guild
Buckets	Buy	Any shop that sells buckets, especially general stores
Water	Use bucket, vial with	Varrock east bank
Cow Hides	Kill cows	Lumbridge, Buy at bank in Al-Kharid
Leather	Take to tanners	Al-Kharid, Craft Guild
Wool	Use shears on sheep	Lumbridge
Ball of wool	Use wool with spinning wheel	Use spinning wheel in Barbarian Village or Lumbridge castle
Capes	Kill highwaymen, buy	Draynor Varrock Clothes Store.
Dye	Aggie in Draynor make dye	Redberries from S.E. Varrock, onions from west of Port Sarim, woad leaves from gardener in falador park.
Gold	Mine (and smelt)	Crafting Guild, just outside of the Mining Guild, Scorpion Pit Mine
Moulds	Buy from craft shop or get spawns	Al-Kharid, Rimmington, Crafting Guild
Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds	Mine (some monsters drop too)and shops in Falador and Al-Kharid sell them	Random event whilst mining

Free To Play Training[]

Starting at level 1, one would probably start by doing the Sheep Shearer quest. It should bring the crafting level up to about level 3, where it is adequate enough to start crafting cowhides. The quickest way to level up your crafting is to kill cows, tan their cowhides, and craft them for experience.

Another way would be to start mining clay for your early crafting/mining levels. Once you have reached level 16 crafting, level 20 mining, and level 20 smithing, mine silver ore, and smith it into silver bars.

You can then use the bars to make holy symbols (the molds are available in the crafting shop in Al-Kharid), and then start making tiaras when your crafting level is 23. This is a very efficient way to level up your crafting, making a small profit along the way, or saving them for early Runecrafting experience. However, you must choose between experience or profit, as unstrung symbols are worth more than tiaras, while tiaras are only 2.5 more experience.

Once you reach level 40 crafting, make use of the Crafting Guild, which makes it much easier to collect/craft cow hides, silver, clay, etc.

There is not much to do in Free To Play after, but you can:

-Train with tiaras as it gives 52.5 exp each. However, getting silver takes either time (mining) or money (buying). Also, training with tiara does not pay back optimum profit. (Highest 40gp, lowest 10gp at general stores).

-Train with cowhides, hardleather body, giving 35 exp each. However, doing the cycle (killing cows, tanning, sewing, banking, selling) is time-consuming, though there is some profit.

-Train with bowls. Although making bowls seems to be stupid, it is still a possible idea, as it gives 33 experience each. If you can enter the Crafting Guild, all you need to do is to do cycles within a small room. Since making bowls do not have any profit or loss, banking is not needed and money can be saved:

Mine clay
Make soft clay with water
Making soft clay into bowl (18 experience)
Firing the bowls (15 experience)
Drop all the bowls.

References[]

RuneScape Game Guide
- Crafting