Hardcore Worlds money making

Updated 2026-11-08 16:44 UTC

• Best money making method: up to 1,844,654 gp/h
• Best shop run: up to 991,800 gp/h
• Best 8 GE slots (flips and high alchs): up to 482,746 gp/h

Totals only: the methods, runs and items behind them are in the tools.

Main-game guides don't fit

Main-game guides quote main-game prices. On the Hardcore GE a bond costs 450,000 gp against 10,429,009 gp in the main game, so 1 Hardcore gp is worth about 23.18 OSRS gp, and every item has its own Hardcore price. See the bond price and Hardcore GE prices.

Money making guides

The tools price the OSRS Wiki's money making guides on the Hardcore GE: inputs at what buyers pay here, outputs at what sellers get (the Hardcore GE takes no tax), with loot alched where that pays more (what the GE can't take, or all of it when High Alchemy beats selling), less the time casting takes. Where the market is too thin, a method that buys on the GE slows down and one that only gathers or kills counts just what the GE can take. Risky methods: see where players die.

Shop runs

Buy from NPC shops, hop worlds to restock, sell on the Hardcore GE. The gp/h counts the shop's price rise per item bought (buying only the cheapest units the hour needs), world hops and bank trips, and sells at most 50% of how much the GE can take: what plugin users report scaled up by how much of the market they see (measured from trades seen from both sides), or how fast one patient offer fills (all of them counted, those that never filled too), whichever is more.

GE slots (flips and high alchs)

A fresh GE has wide spreads and thin order books, and the Hardcore GE takes no tax. The best 8 slots make up to 482,746 gp/h if every offer fills, or up to 442,121 gp/h starting with 10,000,000 gp. Quantities are capped at the buy limit and at what the market trades.

High alchemy

High alch values are fixed by the game, so they set a price floor in an economy short of gp. An alch pays when the item costs less than its high alch value minus a nature rune (250 gp in this sample). Right now 1 of the 50 most traded items alch at a profit when bought at what sellers have been getting (24-hour median).

Fixed NPC payouts

• Agility Pyramid: each lap's pyramid top sells to Simon Templeton for 10,000 coins.
• Stronghold of Security: 10,000 coins once, not gp/h.

See also the Hardcore Worlds guide.

Questions

What is the best money maker on Hardcore Worlds right now?

In the 2026-11-08 16:44 UTC sample: up to 1,844,654 gp/h from a money making method, up to 991,800 gp/h from a shop run. The methods are listed in the tools.

Is high alching profitable on Hardcore Worlds?

When the item costs less than its high alch value minus a nature rune, which cost 250 gp in this sample. 1 of the 50 most traded items alch at a profit when bought at what sellers have been getting (24-hour median).

Do main-game money making guides work on Hardcore Worlds?

Their methods do, their prices don't: 1 Hardcore gp is worth about 23.18 OSRS gp, and every item has its own Hardcore price.