I've been gold farming for almost 1.5 years now and have made lots of money so I've decided to write my own guide. 

Tips

• You will eventually be banned by gold farming. There is no way around it. The key is to profit as much as you can before getting banned. Don't complain when you get banned.
• Mule the gold every few hours so you do not risk losing out on profits
• Find a good private script
• Buy a VPS to increase the size of your farm
• Do not bot stupid stuff like Blast Furnace or woodcutting and expect to not be banned.
• No one is going to tell you their gold farm method so do not ask
• Test things out to see what is profitable.
• Buy VIP to expand your gold farm(if you plan to run more than 2)
• Get sponsor if you plan to be a long term gold farmer. Once you have a nice set up, invest in Sponsor.
• If you do not want to pay for a private script, then learn to code yourself. You can be writing your own simple scripts in a few weeks of practicing it. Here is my progression scripting thread http://osbot.org/forum/topic/95239-becoming-a-script-writer/page-1
• P2p>F2p. Bond costs should only take a day or less to recover
• It costs money to make money.
• Learn to use Linux. Dedicated servers are better than VPS's.
• There are a lot of different types of gold farms. Gold farming zulrah or gold farming f2p clay miners, the end result is to profit. 
• Automate your script as best as you can. 
• More automation = more laziness on your part and more profits.
• Alek is always adding new CLI's so watch out for them. They are the best things invented for botting. 

Basic FAQ

1) Is OSRS profitable?

• Yes there is a lot of money to be made in gold farming Runescape. I just read the other day that someone gold farmed enough to get lazer eye surgery to improve their eye sight. Other people have made thousands of dollars from it so it is possible. This does not mean that it is easy though.

2) How do I know what is profitable?

• My suggestion from personal experience is go to around Runescape and find random things that are profitable. There are a lot of things that are not common and make anywhere from 200-500k/hour. I've found many methods that make good money just from exploring osrs.

3) What is a private script?

• It is a script bought by only you

4) Should I use a private script or a public script?

• Private scripts are better because they are unique to only you. If you are wanting to start a gold farm, I strongly suggest buying a private script.

5) Where do I buy a private script?

• Many scripters sell private scripts. Go to the private script section to search for some.

6) How do I get the private script to show up?

• Place it in your Users/Osbot/Scripts folder. Refresh your client and it will appear

7) What is a VPS?

• Basically its something that lets you run more bots. If you have a shitty computer, then get a VPS to run more bots.

7) What is a proxy?

• A proxy is used to change your ip on the client. It does not lower ban rates but it prevents chain bans. This means that all your accounts are not linked on the same IP.

9) What is a mule?

• An account that holds your gold and is not botted

10) Will my mule get banned?

• It is very hard for a mule to get banned( very low chance but still possible)

11) What is automated muling?

• Some people have it coded into their scripts to automatically transfer gold. This is the ultimate gold farming strategy because it lowers the risk of profit loss and allows the user to have less input

12) Should I bot f2p or p2p?

• p2p is the way to go. For some reason p2p bots have a lower ban rate and there are a lot better methods.

13) Why should I invest money if I am just going to be banned?

• If you find a good method and bot smart, you will make profit.

14) How many hours a day should I bot?

• No one knows the answer to this. There's always a risk in botting.

15) Does the weekend really have a lower ban rate?

• From what I have seen, yes it does. Jagex is out of the office during these days. This does not mean you cannot be banned, but I know a lot of people who run huge gold farms starting Friday-Monday morning.

16) What are breaks?

• Breaks are a user selected option that allows you to control how long to bot for and when to not bot. Many people believe that having breaks can reduce the ban rate.

17) What is Mirror Mode?

• It is a VIP only feature that masks the official runescape client so that Jagex cannot detect that you are using a third party app. -- I have no opinion on this--

18) What is CLI mode?

• It is an easier way to gold farm if you are running a lot of bots. I highly suggest using it. Here are the two links to the official release of them and how to use them.

  http://osbot.org/forum/topic/100378-osbot-24678-bot-farming-made-easy-cli-finished/page-1

  http://osbot.org/forum/topic/101897-osbot-2471-low-resource-mode-web-walking-fixes/page-1

19) How is CLI mode useful?

• It allows you to set up your bots a lot quicker. With one click, you could open up 10 different clients all on different proxies, world selected, and script selected.

20) How do I use CLI?

• Copy and paste this into notepad (fill in the username,password, and pin as they apply).
• Save the file as a .bat
• You can add or remove these as you like.
• If you have any more questions I suggest trying the chatbox

java -jar "%recent%" -allow lowresource,lowcpu -login Useraname:Password -bot username:password:pin -script scriptname:para

21) Is gold farming really easy?

• At first no. It takes time to find a good method and to set everything up. It is a lot of checking on your bots and making sure they're running smoothly. The goal in the end is to be able to only spend a few minutes each day and to make a lot of money.

22) How much antiban should I have in my script?

• Little to none. Antiban is fake to draw in users. The best way to reduce your ban rate is to have a flawless script that does not get stuck or repeat actions.

  Read #4 here in this thread made by @@Alek:

  http://osbot.org/forum/topic/45618-preventing-rs-botting-bans/page-1

23) OMG I got banned, Jagex is too pro what do I do?

• You are botting, so expect to be banned. Make new accounts and move on.

24) Can an account survive for more than a few days?

• Yes I've had accounts last 40-50 day without getting banned. It's all about botting smart.

  Here is a picture of an account I botted while making my AIO fighter:

25) Should I check woodcut xp?

• Always

26) Is Gold Farming stressful?

• I've actually seen a lot of people ask this question. My answer is it can be if done the wrong way. The point of gold farming is to check your bots every few hours not constantly monitor them and have to worry about 10 accounts.

27) What benefits does VIP offer? What is the difference between sponsor and VIP?

• That is all explained here along with other ranks:

  http://osbot.org/forum/topic/50019-understanding-the-forum-ranks/

28) Who should I sell my gold to?

• I only sell my gold to the big companies like Bogla, Arcus, Kaii, etc. You can also sell to trusted people on here. I would not recommend using PayPal to people who are not trusted.

29) How often should I mule the gold over?

• Safe way is to do it every few hours. If you can get automated muling in your script, then thats even better.

30) What should I do while I am running my bots?

• Go in chatbox and talk

31) I keep losing money on bonds and can't profit, what is wrong?

• Rethink your plan. If you're not profiting, you're doing something wrong. Either change methods or change the hours your botting or do something different. Repeating the same thing over and over again is called insanity.

32) Where can I buy good vps's?

• OVH, LowEndBox

33) VPS or Dedi?

• Both are good but I like servers better.

34) How do I set up my dedicated server?

• Look up scripts that will automatically download everything for you 

More to come in the future. If you see anything missing or have any suggestions, please let me know.

If you found this helpful, please drop a like  

 

 

Edited September 11, 20178 yr by Juggles

thanks oni chan

I think you forgot to add the part where you teach people how to use schools computers to run bots on.

9 minutes ago, IDontEvenBot said:

I think you forgot to add the part where you teach people how to use schools computers to run bots on.

thats secret stuff me and juggles are working on. shh!

15 minutes ago, IDontEvenBot said:

I think you forgot to add the part where you teach people how to use schools computers to run bots on.

Last tip: Use CLI -nointerface to hide your clients and you can bot on any computer without them knowing. 

Extremely well written guide!

Automation is very important. Laziness doesn't have much to do with it. If you want a big scale farm you need automation. That or 10 slaves you can pay 1% of minimum wage to like questers ;)

My old university about to get a few walkthroughs.

I would recommend windows over linux for people who are just getting started into botting.

 

A site you can find servers with windows at the same price as linux is https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/

 

Best of luck to anyone who plans on starting a farm.

3 hours ago, Antonio Kala said:

I would recommend windows over linux for people who are just getting started into botting.

 

A site you can find servers with windows at the same price as linux is https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/

 

Best of luck to anyone who plans on starting a farm.

Oh god shut up. Honestly what would you know.

Great post! I was actually looking for your progress log earlier thanks!

2 hours ago, Juggles said:

Repeating the same thing over and over again is called insanity.

 

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.*

Edited September 7, 20178 yr by VladBots

33 minutes ago, VladBots said:

 

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.*

You get my point ;) 

I won't be starting a gold farm anytime soon, will probably need to do a lot of research before I find a suitable method. Very nice tips though, thanks.

Ahh so thats why my p2p wheat farm wasn't working