u/Tilley6611

Good evening,

The following is a beginner-friendly guide for anyone wanting to make a bit of OSRS gold using potion decanting.

You can use the decanting tool here: https://runemargin.co.uk/decanting

Note: you can also use OSRS Wiki – just do a google search.

 

Theory

People often sell partly used potions on the Grand Exchange because they don’t want them sitting in the bank, or they want quick exp and have no use for the potions. A 1-dose, 2-dose or 3-dose potion is usually less convenient than a full 4-dose potion, so these can sometimes be bought cheaply.

On the other side, most players prefer buying 4-dose potions because it is easier and cleaner. Nobody wants to mess around buying random doses when they can just grab the full potion.

Put those two things together and there can be profit.

You buy the cheaper dose combinations, decant them into 4-dose potions at the Grand Exchange, then sell the finished 4-dose potions back.

Warning

This method requires membership, as potion decanting is done through Bob Barter at the Grand Exchange. There is nothing stooping F2P from decanting themselves – but you won’t find me doing it.

Step 1: Get some starting GP

You do not need a huge cash stack to start. Pretty much any gp value will get you started – but its nice to be able to buy a full stack of potions while you’re out questing. I recommend 200k min!

If you have more money, you can scale it up, but do not throw your whole bank at one potion straight away. Start small, test the margin, then increase once you understand how quickly the potion buys and sells.

Step 2: Find a potion

Use the decanting page:

https://runemargin.co.uk/decanting

The tool looks at the current prices for 1-dose, 2-dose and 3-dose potions, then compares the cost of turning those doses into a 4-dose potion.

The important columns is RM Score – a more realistic score that weighs profit against trade volume and buy limits.

Do not just pick the highest profit item. Sometimes a potion shows a huge margin but barely trades. The RS Score helps filter out those traps.

Current Best Options

Step 3: Buy the doses

Once you have chosen a potion, buy the required 1-dose, 2-dose or 3-dose versions from the Grand Exchange.

Do not insta-buy unless you are only testing with a tiny amount. Put in competitive offers and let them buy naturally.

For example, if the tool shows that buying certain dose combinations can make a 4-dose potion cheaper than buying the 4-dose directly, that is your margin.

Make sure you pay attention to volume. If the volume is low, you may only be able to buy a small number before the market dries up.

Example flip - 1s and 2s will make more money. 3s will flip quicker

Step 4: Wait

Wait for the potions to buy.

Check your offers occasionally to make sure you are still competitive. If nothing is buying, your offer may be too low or the market may have moved.

For beginners, I would avoid leaving big buy offers in overnight. Potion prices can move, and a margin that looks good now might not look good later.

Note: I tend to use 2 slots to buy potions through a session.

Step 5: Decant the potions

Once your doses have bought, take them noted to Bob Barter at the Grand Exchange. He can decant your potions into 4-dose versions for free.

This is the key part of the method. You are not making the potions yourself; you are simply turning awkward dose amounts into the more useful 4-dose version.

Step 6: Sell the 4-dose potions

Put the finished 4-dose potions back on the Grand Exchange.

List them just below the current sell price. Do not undercut by thousands. If other people are doing the same method, massive undercuts just ruin the margin for everyone.

Usually, undercutting by 1 gp is enough.

Check occasionally to make sure you are still the cheapest seller. If someone undercuts you, update your offer slightly.

I usually put on overnight. Always nice to come back to a nice green bar in the GE.

Job done!

Easy 300k < 10mins

Final comments

Potion decanting is not always the flashiest money maker, but it is simple, beginner-friendly and can be a nice low-effort way to build your cash stack.

If anyone wants more quick guides like this, let me know.

 

Also please feel free to reach out privately or on discord. I’m happy to help and improve!

Good evening,

The following is a guide for beginners who want to make a bit of OSRS gold.

Firstly though, an apology. I recently posted and it was removed by a moderator. The subject of the response was… “stop selling your website”. And in all fairness, they were right, I was putting information out there with the hope that people would flock to the site and help me improve it.

That being said, the underlying goal of my site is to provide support to fellow flippers / money makers and lazy gits who just don’t feel like leaving the GE… just like me. So, with respect to to the community, this guide will not mention the website. If any one is intrigued and wants a link then free to message me.

Almost everything below is achievable via the RuneScape wiki – you just need to interpret the data yourselves.... On to it then.

 

Theory:

The theory is that people get armour drops when they are out killing things. They don’t need the item and head to the GE and sell it. They usually sell cheap because its “free moneys”.

On the other side, you have people who are lazy and will pay more to buy an armour set because who wants to buy 4 things when you can buy 1.

Put these two things together rand you have profit.  

 

Step 1: Get a mill

This tutorial requires a minimum of 1 mill gp and membership. From looking at the history in this reddit – I see most “beginners” would have a mill and likely a member.

However – if your are F2P the current best option is rune plate skirt. Est profit per 4 hours = 150k (there are better options!!!)

Other options:

• If you have 300m more then try oathplate armour set.
• If you have 50m then try guiled armour set (lg)

 

Step 2: Buy the items

For this tutorial we will be using Dagon’hai Robes Set. In the image below, you can see the buy prices.

Notes:

• The buy price should be competitive. Don’t be insta-buying.
• A full set (in pieces) buys for 898,535 gp.
• The eventual sell price: 1,119,558 gp
• Volume. You can see the lowest volume is the robe bottoms at 131 items. You should expect to get no more than 20% of this number.

 

Dagon'hai Robe Set - Combine

Step 3: Wait

Wait for the items to buy. Check occasionally and make sure you’re the highest bidder. This is important as the market can go stale. My wait time is usually about an hour. Then I get fed up and start to cash in.

For this tutorial – DO NOT buy overnight. Prices can change and you may find yourself out of pocket. But you can sell overnight – no issues there.

 

Step 4: Combine them

Right click on the exchange and combine the items into a set.

 

Step 5: Sell them

Hit the exchange and put all the sets on for just below the sell price.

In this case 1,119,557 gp – 1 less than the sell price.

Tip: do not undercut by 1000’s – others may be trying the same thing and undercutting helps no one. You should check from time to time that your price is the lowest – if not – update with 1 gp less. There is plenty of opportunity for all – we shouldn’t compete against one another.

 

If done correctly, you’ll be £198k (per set) richer. In this case, I’d probably go for about 5 sets and try make that mill!

 

If anyone wants more quick guides like this then let me know.