High Alchemy (F2P)

Requirements

How it works

1. You need 55 Magic. Each cast costs 1 nature rune and 5 fire runes; wielding a staff of fire (free-to-play) supplies the fire runes, so you only buy natures.
2. High Level Alchemy turns an item into coins worth 60% of its store value, which is not its Grand Exchange price. An item is profitable when its alch value is more than its GE buy price plus one nature rune.
3. Check current prices before buying anything. Margins are small and change, and the ~307k/hr shown here comes from the Wiki's free-to-play guide; it only holds if you find items with that kind of margin.
4. Buy the items noted on the Grand Exchange. Buy limits cap how many of one item you can get, so have a few different items lined up.
5. Cast on the noted stack. Putting the notes in the inventory slot under the spell icon means you barely move the mouse.
6. Each cast takes 5 game ticks, about 1,200 casts an hour if you don't stop, and gives 65 Magic XP.

Written by ScapePath. Checked against the OSRS Wiki: High Level Alchemy on 2026-10-12.

Why choose this method?

• Ranks #6 of 7 free-to-play methods by profit.
• Cheap to set up: about 400k.

Tips

• Only alch items whose buy price plus a nature rune stays under the alch value.
• Margins are thin — verify each item on the GE first.

Progress to next

Higher-earning processing methods to move toward once High Alchemy (F2P) feels comfortable.