Battlestaff crafting
Attach elemental orbs to battlestaves. Primarily fast Crafting experience, with the cost partly offset.
Elemental battlestaves are made by combining a plain battlestaff with the matching orb, and the finished staff sells for more than the parts. That gap is the whole method.
The buy limit on battlestaves is small, which is the real constraint. No amount of capital gets around it, and it is what keeps this a moderate rather than a large earner.
Buying discounted battlestaves from Zaff each day is a small free addition to the margin, and it costs nothing but the trip to Varrock.
It trains Crafting while it earns, which is unusual for a processing method and makes it a reasonable way to progress a skill that is otherwise a money sink.
What you actually do
- 1Buy battlestaves and the matching elemental orbs in bulk.
- 2Combine them into elemental battlestaves.
- 3Sell the result and repeat.
Getting the most from it
- Battlestaves have a small buy limit, which is the real constraint on this method.
- Buying discounted battlestaves from Zaff daily is a small but free addition to the margin.
- It trains Crafting while it earns, which is unusual for a pure processing method.
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