How I Earned A RuneScape Bond Only Using F2P

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Making a Runescape bond from scratch only using F2P worlds 2024 edition. After a lot of requests I thought now is a good time to do this again since bonds are 12m+ gp now. Hopefully it helps some of you and enjoy the video :)
How I earned a bond in f2p from scratch (2024)
In this video I will try to earn a osrs bond from scratch only using f2p money making methods. I used several methods to showcase a variety of ways to earn gp in f2p. It took a total of 34 in game hours to buy the bond.
How I Earned A RuneScape Bond Only Using F2P
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[@VerfRS]

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[@ItsMrLee]

When your main grind is so insane that you decide to get a bond in f2p for fun

[@FirstNumber1]

Got to make sure you keep the sponsorships happy

[@KeytarArgonian]

I made a FTP locked HC, lost the status the other day fml but keeping the Iron going.

[@tylerneisinger206]

😂😂😂

[@jake9107]

@@KeytarArgonianhow?

[@KeytarArgonian]

@@jake9107 Draynor prison guard bonked the shit outta me.

[@Trolldamere]

So, there are like 73 billion of these series out there by now, and my favorite part of all of them: For some unexplained reason, *literally every single one of them* is deathly allergic to clicking the collect button in the top-right of the GE. This needs to be researched by modern science tbh.

[@VerfRS]

LOL

[@kingrasta429]

Better way to show individual profit

[@dakkdak5624]

​@kingrasta429 so there's a history button for no reason?

[@MythrilZenith]

Thank you for showing off the real no-flipping f2p bond experience! It's videos like these that are always enough to scare me into keeping one spare bond in my back pocket on my main at all times.

[@198link]

Even if you don't keep a bond in your back pocket your still in the clear assuming you have a real bank. F2p players are able to sell members items they may be holding onto.

[@RizzyGyatt]

Just make a spare acc with a girl name and act brand new. You'll get showered in bonds on 301.

[@MaXxOwnagesMel]

how are you broke on a main?

[@frenchguyosrs1179]

exept the sapphires

[@bh9882]

​@@MaXxOwnagesMelcause he probs buys and sells melee/range/mage gear between every task or boss and koses 500k everytime, see it happen every day

[@jiaan100]

f2p isnt bad. But if you want to be a member, then f2p is really bad.

[@UnknownVir]

The few times I've done it (I think it's been two accounts so far), I've leveled up crafting and cooking and woodcutting, progresses the account, good exp, and good profit for ftp.

[@animeanomaly279]

I actually used the wizard hat method on an alt account while I trained stats for the account I was planning to make a member. Blue hats at the time were 700 and black hats were 1400+, I used that method to buy runes and such for the “to be” member account and trained up other stats in the mean time. Got over 60 in every ftp stat before becoming a member. Majority of my combat grind came from zamorak monks. At the time tops were selling for 1500 and bottoms sold for a whopping 2100. Sprinkle the wines in there after 5 kills and it made for a decent combat grind.

[@MCharlesPainting]

I just earnt 10m GP in 25 days of play (600 hours) at Ogresses (UIM). Getting a bond in F2P is silly. I always suggest people buy their first bond or two with actual cash, then make GP in P2P. (I don't have this issue, since my account is F2P-only.)

[@VerfRS]

Yeah definitely not worth the time haha

[@teitonii]

i first got membership from a twitch deal for a free week, which they used to do a lot (i assume they still do?) and have never struggled buying bonds since

[@Rynide]

@@teitonii they do not do membership anymore, at least i haven't seen it since end of last year. Prime benefits in general have gotten worse all around, League of Legends also pulled out.

[@jaye4157]

I'm not sure how many hours I've put in mostly as a lot of it is just me afk grinding, as for flipping I do do it but I'm also not great at it so while I profit from it it's not exactly the greatest amount. Still I'm one of those players that's just there grinding up skill levels more then anything so doubt I'd be the one doing the whole runescape experience justice.

[@User_03693]

I got 3 in 5 days plus a cash stack. Luck was on my side completely lol

[@banfio64]

regarding selling bows: also sell arrows! mith and adamant arrows are much cheaper on the GE than his shop, and you make good profit also buy steel arrows from him and sell them on the GE

[@VerfRS]

good tip!

[@jonazz900]

Yeah I also did this same strategy.

[@christianbarrett3040]

The ruby ring thing is awesome for f2p smithing training as rings of forging makes iron super consistent and making platebodies is decent money

[@Ouvii]

I was going to reply "If I had a nickel for every time someone suggested a member's method for affording a bond as F2P, I'd be able to afford a bond" But you are right. I had no clue you could obtain an enchanted ring as F2P. You still can't enchant it yourself, but an NPC can. So weird.

[@christianbarrett3040]

@@Ouvii Ya, before they made it so irons could buy bonds from the GE, yes this is a thing now too if you didn't know, I played around with money making on a f2p ironman on OSRS as I was thinking of taking a break from my RS3 ironman, and the rings of forging were huge, but getting ruby rings themself were a bit of a bottleneck.

[@BlindGuardian050]

bit suss someone just happened to sell 15k sapphires to the general store just before you are going to buy and resell...

[@VerfRS]

Go and check the popular worlds every day at peak hours. You will be surprised what you see there in bulk, same goes for p2p worlds. Tbh it wasn't even that good but it was fun to start with

[@Bigtimeburgers]

@@VerfRSwhy would they not just use the GE though? Very sus

[@skaraosrs3734]

​@@Bigtimeburgers go to world 301 general store in lumbridge its constantly stocked with sapphires, big bones. Fish, pretty much any skilling thing you can think of.

[@Dk-hh3uc]

​@@Bigtimeburgersiron man

[@Pulse159]

@@Dk-hh3uc Iron men have different shops instances to prevent overstocking.

[@manjoume5178]

now lets see what you do with your bond sir.. how many bonds can u get using a fresh account with 1 bond

[@faust3209]

There are several money makers in members that have no/very small requirements and can net you up to 2m per hour, so 1 bond per day is perfectly achievable.

[@Anonymous-ks8el]

People in F2P do sometimes dump a lot of gems (cut and uncut) into the Varrock general store, it's rarely happens but it's always worth pouncing on

[@skaraosrs3734]

301 lumbridge general store is almost always stocked

[@charlesanderson218]

I have played in 2007ish and recently got back into it during Covid. I can buy a bond but haven’t yet and am trying to slowly earn it. It’s the principle of the matter now with how long I’ve played F2P.

[@Twitch_Fox]

It's fun to see the methods are basically the same: Buy black/blue wizard hats Make dyes Buy Woad leaves in bulk if they're profitable. Collect Ruby rings is new because of the ctq. Making gold jewelry was profitable if you bought bars, dunno if it still is. (Got to the point in the video as I was commenting to see it indeed still was. ha) You could also go buy certain armor pieces and swords and sell them for HA value in Varrock. If you had cash availabe you could also grab HA profitable items to buy while grinding other tasks. I'd never thought about selling bows, but I mean it makes sense since I used to do armor/swords for HA value. Used to try maces/shields in fally too. Oh god, I'd forgotten about chocolate bars to dust. You could also go kill ogresses for combat exp. But I agree, if you can afford it, just bite the bullet and spend the cash on one bond, someone did a challenge where they did quests in 24 hours and they had a decent account with decent utilities that could then do better money makers and do p2p money makers which could easily sustain a bond.

[@Lunathean]

Great video! It's frustrating when people say, 'Getting a bond in F2P is easy' while they log into their billionaire main account to gift themselves a bond, or they team up with friends to rake in tons of GP per hour. Others fake flips with so many cuts that it’s impossible to tell if they’re legit. It’s refreshing to see someone actually consider what it's like for players genuinely trying to earn a bond on their own.

[@nikvolgemut11]

a very viable early shop method is buying sardines from the port sarim fishing store. Get the SoS 10k starter cash, raw sardines can be bought for 10gp each and go for 65gp+ on the ge. They are not noted but there is a deposit box on the docks. Margins are fluctuating due to bots however.

[@nikvolgemut11]

generally general store would be better but is luck based. This is always available.

[@bjornjohansson7897]

I'm missing some overlay graphics to display "current method - started with X GP - made X GP" so that I can see how much you've made with each method and perhaps also showing how much time it takes

[@jazza1017]

High alch in f2p is a game changer! Once you grind the initial 1-2m, you can buy alchable items that profit directly from the grand exchange. If you hit the item purchase limits, you can buy alchs directly off players in an f2p world at the Varrock bank. Can't remember the world name of the top of my head. Just make sure to calculate the margins to avoid potential scams, but never seen this as an issue whilst doing this. Basically got bonds on 2 accounts from scratch doing this and made over 20m f2p in no time on my second one.

[@neilu7132]

prerequisite being having high alch means you've already spent money on a lot of runes and invested a fair amount of time in the account... but yeah high alch's decent money making if you have it

[@jazza1017]

@@neilu7132 Yes, this is true although splashing fire strike to 55 will only cost a few 100k at most. Alternatively you can use tele grab spell to train magic and profit whilst gaining exp.

[@bh9882]

​@@neilu7132it cost likes 80k and takes less then a day from 1-55 mage using fire strike ... wtf ypu mesn ?

[@narobii9815]

55 magic isn't that hard to get even in f2p, killing black wizards or killing the wizard tower lesser demon are both decent sustainable ways to get runes.

[@mendelson6052]

World 308, Varrock west bank

[@MrJJbleeker]

I loved it! Hope you do this with F2P flipping too some day

[@robertbaker7860]

I just made alot of pizzas to get my first bond some time ago. Got out of f2p with 85 cooking

[@Michael-vw4cg]

Decided to attempt to purchase a bond when I started playing osrs was rereleased and on mobile. Took me 2 months of casual playing in between classes to be able to purchase a bond a $6m lol (thank god) but yall gotta stay down and keep grinding and don’t spend anything

[@rokkr]

Loving your channel as a new player to OSRS. I was wondering, how do you get that UI layout? Is it a Runelite addon?

[@josephe8801]

Dear Verf, please do a flipping only version... I just started flipping, and I'm alright at it :/ Also, I spent years as a kid in F2P cause my parents wouldn't buy membership... I would've loved this video in 2008 lmao, anyways, this is a great resource for F2P players nowadays

[@teitonii]

even if they don't do free membership events anymore, i highly suggest anybody who has a friend who plays to just loan them a bond if you actually intend on playing, if you *really* play the game then getting bond money in p2p is trivial and you actually get useful xp and account progress in general in the process

[@jonazz900]

I'm an f2p to bond player also but, I started when the bond is not that expensive. This days is not really recommend to make an f2p to bond an accont because of the wasted time compared to started with membership. By the way I'm a guest on your F2P UIM clan. And the chat is so chill. I'm not chatting so much tho😅. I have only 3 accounts my Main (sometimes member sometimes f2p😅) My HCIM and my f2p skiller. Im a guest there with my HCIM.

[@Jamsterman25]

Please Verf, use resizable when grinding things like dyes, you can hold alt to move the inventory right next to whatever you are clicking!

[@uberkill160]

I never paid a cent for membership on any of my accounts, but back when I got my main out of f2p a bond was 4m or so. I wonder if I would have the patience to start from scratch like that again.

[@MCharlesPainting]

Depends on how many hours you play per day. If you only play a bit per week, you'll never get a bond. I see it all the time. After 6 months, the price jumps, so you can never buy one. The only way to capture low-play F2Pers is if the bond price actually drops quite a bit (back to 5m or so).

[@gen.tucker6024]

I made a bond from F2P when it was 7 or 8M, which was already a completely insane grind. Even if it would take me all 14 days of a bond just to make enough for another, that's what I'll do because I am NEVER going back to money-making in F2P, especially today

[@xSkankHunt42]

“I’m gonna do other methods other than flipping” Proceeds to flip items from the general store 😂

[@VerfRS]

It wasn't that good money/hour and only used it for first few 100k at the start because it was fun

[@Tykeronia]

Idk if other people define it differently, but I consider flipping/merching to be buying low and selling high using GE only. I've been playing since like 2005 and never considered general store methods to be flipping. Maybe I'm wrong though lol.

[@xSkankHunt42]

Should do this series again but Ironman only lol

[@iambeastlee]

@@TykeroniaMerching and Flipping as far as I'm aware aren't the same. Merching in runescape as i know it usually involves buying a LOT of the item from the GE in an effort to artificially inflate the price to allow you to sell it back to the GE for higher. Flipping is just buying it low and selling it high elsewhere, such as buying the daily allowance of cheap battlestaves from Zaff and selling those on the GE. Flipping doesn't USUALLY affect the market for that item too much.

[@micsss_]

I made a bond with 0 knowledge about this mmo in about 11 days, though I was obsessively reading wiki's and videos finding the best methods to earn per day aiming at least 1 mil per day, I found high alching to be the most afk out of all methods, since all you have to do really is just click

[@Cursedwondering]

A entrusting question i have is , is it quicker to make gp for a bond on rs3 as a level 3 , or osrs . ( maybe challenge someone who knows rs3 well)

[@mopsnuf]

Interesting tidbit: bond upkeep is much, much easier once you're p2p! I guess everyone who watches this plays the game and everyone who plays the game knows this but still :) With recent bot bans many activities got quite profitable. Still, I would agree with Verf's advice: just buy bonds or p2p haha. You work irl already, so you don't have to in game!

[@rubeola1510]

I think it would be really interesting to go one step further and use the bond now in p2p to make another one.

[@Surfing765]

I love watching these vids. But surely if anyone actually wants membership they can just go and work for 1 hour 😂

[@Jhakri_]

Bond prices are insane, all prices in OSRS are insane. GP is in such a fast "race to the bottom" situation, the community some kind of shot in the arm.

[@lolxmew6114]

im literally doing this grind as we speak

[@windsorbound6975]

Selling f2p pking supplies in lumbridge is the best f2p money maker everyone over pays.

[@brandonnazelrodt2819]

I bet he baught those toy horsies from the g.e on his main 😂😂

[@jasonbranagh4773]

Thank you very for making me spend irl money on bonds legend 🎉😂

[@managaming01]

1st step, sell 12k cut sapphires to the general store from your main account

[@VerfRS]

What's the point of that, the sapphire method was horrible compared to other stuff

[@4_kingss]

I did it at 3m, so sad to see those days gone

[@narobii9815]

Feel like getting 99 smithing is still the most reasonable way to go about earning bonds in f2p.

[@juxber872]

love it!

[@ChaoticBarbarian]

would love to see you flip to bond ngl

[@Isnotreal42]

Al kharid crafting shop buying thread and amulet and ring moulds then hop,bank nearby can use energy pot but iv not worked out which item or strat is best

[@LensOSRS]

Hello fellow F2P toy horsey racket runner

[@VerfRS]

They did so well, seems like it's a popular item haha

[@LensOSRS]

@@VerfRS Def. prob bots buying them imo. I pretty much used them from 5m-11m in my video haha, cheers mate

[@DaveS615]

Wow I never knew you can buy dyes by using the items on her. I’ve been going through the options all these years

[@Augury13]

I'd love to see a video where you try to do this as fast as possible (maybe when prices rise even more), rather than doing as many methods that you can think of. At the end, it was about 300k/hr of playtime including bad methods. I wonder if you can actually do 500k/hr or more in F2P with the right methods. Also would like to see that flipping video though too

[@VerfRS]

I would just do bows for a full video or rush 55 magic and high alch as that's the best money per hour. That doesn't sound to fun to do haha

[@Augury13]

@@VerfRS fair! Would probably be too boring for your channel. Just curious at how fast it could be done in best conditions.

[@ohoto3896]

verf you're fantastic buddy

[@Ajadeamongstthemasses]

yes please do the flipping only version

[@DubstepSon]

Would be cool to see you take this account to P2P and see what you can make in the bonds time.

[@VerfRS]

I made a follow up video last time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3W4ZamYhrGlr9k&t

[@MCharlesPainting]

P.S. In reality, many noob/new players are not hopping for Gems via General Store. They'll spend MANY more hours getting a bond via normal methods. I see it a lot, since I only play F2P. I see dozens of people trying to get a bond via fairly slow methods (Ogress is a common one, but still somewhat slow unless you play all the time).

[@VerfRS]

Oh I'm aware, I just wanted to try something a bit more unique for my first bit of gp haha

[@baska-]

OSRS is the most fun activity of all the most boring things you can do for fun.

[@dragonbrohter]

look a those cool hats they wearing 0:35

[@ModernDayTribesman]

Use the bond and see how fast you can make one in p2p next it’d be interesting the comparison

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

Now do it on a defense pure account that only trains defense and hp and leaves all other combat stats at 1.

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

In F2P if that wasn't implied enough

[@FirstNumber1]

You will see bots grabbing the rings soon

[@FirstNumber1]

@@ebvethron that's not how botting works my guy lol Where ever there is profit, they make bots Some of these guys have hundreds of accounts, they multitask

[@IWatchYoutubeSometimes]

Sequel, maintain the bond? What p2p money making methods will Avoid F2p use?

[@VerfRS]

I have the perfect video for you :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3W4ZamYhrGlr9k&t

[@mauricebenink]

Now to show how much of a pain f2p is, now use this account again to make another bond on membership worlds. Just to show how much easier it is to sustain it there

[@myjorts]

sometimes i wish i knew of these things in 2018. even though bonds were ~3m back then, it took SO long to get one. the only method i knew of were ogresses or wines of zamorak. not fun

[@ministryoftruth2869]

I haven't played osrs since a bond was like 3 mill

[@sp3ckedout224]

Honestly guys begging at the ge is the easiest way to get a bond in f2p

[@ryan0348]

I would've stayed on those sapphires for 10 hours

[@Stoff_Rocks_Packs]

that ruby ring method is genius. soon bots will do that

[@Obsiidian]

Spending 35 highly click intensive hours to save $9 is so insane Thank you for your sacrifice

[@josephtriplett4206]

verf is awesome

[@TheNotamerican]

Should have sold the burnt food to collectors!

[@doremiancleff1508]

At current prices, i am not sure it's worth buying bonds at all.

[@PurplePandaAshley]

Can you continue this as a series of keeping the account P2P with bonds while progressing it?

[@VerfRS]

I made a follow up video last time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3W4ZamYhrGlr9k&t

[@ClangandChiill]

12 mil for a bond? Bruh. Been away from the game for a while, didn't realize bond prices doubled since I left. Considering I used to multibox 8 accounts all bond supported I doubt I'll be returning. I refuse to pay for membership because I wouldn't play for long enough in any 1 month period to justify the cost, price of a 2 week bond was low enough it only took me a day or two of the bond period to recoup the cost, but I'm not down with doubling that time investment just to break even. OSRS went the way of Warframe for me, the p2p market became so strong that its now the only viable method of making progress.

[@james3032]

Lol just say your poor or stingy. No need to justify it.

[@brennanslayer1461]

Didn’t bonds used to cost 8 mil? Man inflations hitting this game hard too

[@ShaperJhae]

I still don't understand the horseys, why do people want them? Why would they want to collect them if they're buyable from Draynor?

[@notmyrealnameify]

Some people like to show off a substantial number of silly items. Like owning 10million horseys.

[@VerfRS]

I think it's similar to people buying burned food, just weird collectable items

[@sagebauer1077]

I wouldn't mind seeing a follow up video, "how to maintain a bond in members with basically no skills", lol

[@VerfRS]

I made a follow up video last time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3W4ZamYhrGlr9k&t

[@vonder4479]

>says no flipping >First method is flipping Lol

[@SetariM]

Getting 55 magic and then high alching stuff for cash will net anyone a bond in a week.

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

It's just not economic to buy bond in f2p😭 especially without flipping

[@puresnowball965]

my comment made it on the video!!🤣

[@VerfRS]

Indeed :D

[@rickyeska1]

lmao the white toy horses sold but not the black ones

[@Epidombe]

“Now we can finally play the game”

[@KnowledgeLockedOSRS]

give this guy a statue in Varrock square

[@orang3929]

How are you left clicking to sell 10 in the shops for bows? I've looked everywhere and can't find how to. I always have to right click to sell 10...

[@orang3929]

Nvm I found entry swapper on runelite.

[@aarons6935]

I am shocked that RSN wasnt taken.

[@JustMortHandle]

I want to see you try this as a f2p IM and/or UIM. I just like watching youtubers suffer for content

[@VerfRS]

hahaha

[@TrasheyeGym]

Ive played the game now and then but i never deep dived in it. I just do the grind skills and a few quests. i have NO Idea what stuff buy and not buy in this game. Even tho u showing what to buy and so im still giga confused :D

[@xWOLFxBLITZER]

beginner clues are good to for when you passively doing hill/moss giants. there are some big-ticket items.

[@nlh719]

You can get 150k an hour from iron ore easy.

[@Awhless]

All you gotta do is sit in the party room

[@burnedpotatoes]

yeah you just magically found amazing items in the general store lol

[@VerfRS]

go and check general stores during peak times in popular worlds, you will be surprised what you find. sapphires were not really that good for gp/h so I wouldn't call it amazing

[@gustavofinkler1229]

Why do people sell stuff at the general store? Was there any advantage in selling 1,4k sapphires?

[@Ouvii]

@@gustavofinkler1229 the only thing I can think is that it was a f2p iron man that grinded hundreds of hours at ogresses or something and got a bunch of gems in their bank. Then they realized that making sapphire jewelry was too slow for their taste possibly because it was a waste of gold, and did the easy part of chiseling to get the easy experience. And if they grinded enough to get those sapphires and were f2p, they probably don't care too much about gp, so selling the whole stack to the general store is acceptable. Idk, that's my guess.

[@gaudreaultjonathan5516]

but bond is 15m not 6

[@mikeh9708]

I may be a complete and total noob so forgive me asking but, aren't bonds currently sitting at 130mil, not 12mil?

[@VerfRS]

I think that's the price in rs3, this is old school

[@mikeh9708]

@@VerfRS Oh! That makes sense!

[@robertseptim3579]

method 1: cheat for the video by selling my own stuff from my main 😂

[@VerfRS]

Go and check popular f2p and p2p world general stores at peak times, it's not fake

[@brenoldt]

i use hello fresh thanks to u

[@markg7348]

Now how many bonds can you achieve is the same time on a fresh members account?

[@VerfRS]

I've kind of done it before but I could do it again if enough people want to see it. See this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3W4ZamYhrGlr9k

[@007Hutchings]

That's almost 3 hours a day just to get a bond. I mean unless you are on welfare or disability or still live with your parents or a spouse that works while you sit around at home and play video games you are just better off to pay the $20 a month for membership :D

[@Supplyguy123]

First comment...... Love your stuff man! Thanks for the ridiculous hours you put in for the content!

[@SunlessEntertainment]

Sacred oil logs are op

[@Beistranhu]

♥

[@LordSadCat]

Wait you are telling me I have to play the game to make GP!?