The Ultimate Guide to Botting Old School RuneScape
Old School RuneScape is a massively popular online game with millions of players worldwide. One of the most challenging aspects of playing is acquiring enough gold to progress and purchase necessary items. Advancing in the game requires engaging in skilling and training, which can be time-consuming and tedious. Despite some shunning automation, players have found ways to streamline these processes, making it easier to earn gold and improve their skills. This guide will take you through the steps to automate your gold farming and skilling in Old School RuneScape.
In this guide, you will learn the best methods for automating your gameplay using bot clients and scripts. These tools can help you gain a competitive edge, allowing you to level up faster and acquire more gold. Additionally, those looking to make real-life money will find this guide useful. We will provide tips and tricks to avoid getting banned from the game, as using bots and other automation tools is prohibited. Remember, there is no such thing as completely safe botting; using these tools always carries the risk of being banned.
With the help of this guide, you'll be able to design a strategy that allows your game character to efficiently complete repetitive tasks such as combat, mining, woodcutting, or fishing, while you focus on other things. You'll learn how to optimize your settings, set up your automation tools, and select scripts that help you achieve your goals faster.
This guide offers tips for both new and experienced players looking to save time and effort while playing Old School RuneScape. Whether you want to make money in the game, level up your skills, or simply have more fun, this guide is the perfect resource to help you reach your goals. So, get ready to take your gameplay to the next level and enjoy all that Old School RuneScape has to offer.
Introduction
Introduction: Hardware
Before you begin, make sure you have sufficient, dedicated computing resources for your journey. Although you can technically bot on your daily computer, once you start scaling up, you will find that the clutter gets in the way of your daily usage. For this, I recommend getting an affordable PC with as much RAM as possible and a decent CPU. Clients are more RAM-intensive than anything else, so focus on this. I personally recommend the “Best Overall PC” you can find in this guide.
Introduction: Botting Clients
The first thing you have to do when you are going to bot old school runescape is select a botting client. All botting clients are different with different scripts available to them. Some are more rapidly detected than others. You don’t have to stick to just one client, as theer might be some scripts not offered in a particular client but it’s available in another. It’s up to you to find out more information on them. If you plan to use the scripts offered at jivaro, then you will have to use OSBot along with Script Factory. Here are some of the most well known botting clients:
Tribot - An excelent client that offers great injection as well as a method that reflects the actual vanilla client. Scripts are per instance + per month, thus it’s not recommended unless you have enough money for the upkeep.
Dreambot - A well rounded client that offers internal reflection / injection hybrid. Banrates tend to be a little higher than in the above two.
Powbot - Excelent client in terms of detection. Uses a lot of resources. It’s by invite only.
RuneLite forks (There are too many of these to list em) - These offer one of the lowest banrates of all clients. However, they are extremely hard to scale on as the require a lot of manual input. Accessing them is also more difficult as they are mostly only sold in discord servers.
OSBot - I AM NOT SUPPORTING THIS CLIENT ANYMORE, AS THE HEAD ADMIN SCAMMED ME AND ABOUT 6 OTHER PLAYERS. THE PLATFORM IS DYING. READ MORE HERE.
You can also click here to check out Jivaro’s selection of osrs botting scripts. Since I don’t bot anymore, you can join my discord to get them for free.
Introduction: Setting a Goal
Botting without a clear goal will lead to frustration and a higher chance of getting banned. Setting a goal is essential, and this is something only you can determine. Your goal could be something simple, like gold farming 100 million GP per week and selling the accounts once they reach a certain level. Be realistic when setting your goal and avoid overreaching, especially when you're just starting out. Achievable goals help maintain focus and reduce the likelihood of mistakes that can lead to bans.
Introduction: Select Bot Activity & Account Building
Once you have set a botting goal, you need to plan how to achieve it. The best advice is to avoid doing what everyone else is doing. Jagex's anti-cheating system is heavily location-based (more on this later), so following the crowd will get you banned faster. Diversify your activities; don't put all your accounts into one activity. This way, when ban waves hit (and they will), you won't lose everything at once.
After selecting the activities you will bot (e.g., mining Amethyst Ore), you'll need to build your account to perform these activities and avoid getting banned in the process. Alternatively, you could buy an account that is ready for the activity if you are confident you can profit before getting banned and are not interested in profiting from account sales. Choose scripts that can both farm the activity and meet the necessary requirements. Some All-In-One (AIO) scripts can handle both tasks. Our gold farming scripts typically come bundled with other scripts that will automatically build the account for you. Note that some activities require no account building, but these often come with low profit and high ban rates.
Introduction: Profits
Suppose you managed to earn 10 million GP on one account in a week. It's risky to keep that GP on the botting account because if it gets banned, you will lose everything. Periodically transfer the GP to another account (a mule) and only keep an amount on the botting account that you're okay with losing. Once you've accumulated enough GP, you can sell it on platforms like Sythe, botting forums, Discord, or any website that deals with OSRS GP sales. For the account, you can try selling it on Player Auctions (PA). Keep in mind that you might have to lower your price if you don't have enough reputation.
Reducing Bans
Reducing Bans: Introduction
This is something you have to remember: Jagex has the ability to detect the vast majority of bots, and will likely be able to detect any future bots. Their detection methods are not publicly available, but there is a lot that can be inferred by getting banned (aka. experience). Any promises of something being undetectable is at the very least a lie, and a scam at worst.
If Jagex can detect most bots, why aren’t they actively banning them ALL every day? A relatively simple question to answer.
First, monitoring all accounts at all times requires a lot of computing resources and manual input. The guys at Jagex simply don’t have neither the manpower nor the computing resources to actively monitor all accounts 24/7. For this reason, Jagex likely uses some form of flag system, where if certain amount of flags are triggered, your account will be monitored, and if found to be a bot, banned. I call this “getting profiled”.
The second reason is even more simple: Money. Bots make Jagex money. They would lose a large chunk of money from membership sales if they prevented bots from running altogether. This is partly why f2p bots generally get permanently banned on the first offence when compared to their p2p counerparts.
Read more to find out more about things to watchout for in order to reduce bans. They will be in order of importance, according to my personal experience.
Reducing Bans: IP
IP is the single most important factor when considering whether your account will be profiled or not. A good account creation and botting ip can allow you to bot tutorial island, the single most watched area, without a single ban. It’s not that Jagex cannot detect your botting, it’s that you are avoiding getting profiled and thus they won’t watch your account. I recommend either using your home ip or a clean residential proxy. Do NOT use a VPN.
Reducing Bans: Machine Fingerprint
This is something Jagex has been using to mass ban during banwaves recently. How they achieve it exactly is unknown, but they seem to be able to target bots running on X machine, regardless of IP address. Running clients sandboxed seemed to separate the instances enough so that they wouldn’t be linked, but thanks to fingerprinting, this doesn’t seem to work anymore. To prevent being profiled through fingerprinting, use Virtual Machines and run 1-3 bots in each. Virtual Machines will randomize your instance enough so that each bot will be running in a separate “fingerprint”.
Reducing Bans: Client
A client can increase the number of flags in an account through many ways. For example, Jagex has pieces of code in their officially approved clients to send flags to their servers. Unofficial clients that aren’t spoofing these are likely to send “bot flags” to their servers. This is why RuneLite forks offer lower bans when compared to other clients. Clients can also send flags by how they interact, although this isn’t as important. Another way it can send a flag is by its local files. Whatever the method, the point is that the client plays a significant role in detection.
Reducing Bans: In-Game Location
In-game location plays a huge role in bans. For example, you might get banned quickly doing rooftop agility but not get banned doing Agility Arena. This is also true for, let’s say, Seers Rooftop vs Fremennik Rooftop courses. Try to choose an area that’s less commonly botted, as it has a higher chance of it not being watched as closely or even at all. Botting in a remote/uncommon location also reduces player reports. Which areas are being watched and how closely they are being watched constantly changes and it’s hard to tell when to bot and not to bot an activity without actually trying them and getting/not getting banned.
Reducing Bans: Breaks
The general rule is that if you aren’t triggering enough flags, you can bot without breaks. However, if you already are triggering some flags, you will likely have to break. Jagex’s system doesn’t look for “human-like” behavior. Ths is just a selling point some scripters use to advertise their stuff. What the system does is putting your playtime data in a cached file/folder. This data is deleted after X amount of time, therefore all breaks do is allow for your data to be deleted off these cached files and folders. Aka. Human like playtimes aren’t necessary.
Reducing Bans: Account Building
If you have been botting for a while, perhaps you have noticed that mains don’t get banned as often as other, less progressed accounts. During periods of low banrates, Jagex’s system tends to ignore progressed accounts more than non-progressed ones. It’s hard to tell how much progression you would need to avoid this flag, but getting a couple quests and random stats seems to be the general rule.
Reducing Bans: Local Files
There is this widespread belief that if you delete your “random.dat” file (created by the runescape client), you won’t be banned. The truth is that it isn’t simply this file and this is just one flag. Some clients like Dreambot have the option to do fresh starts, where all files are deleted after the instance is closed. Create a bat file that deletes all non-essential files created by the runescape client to minimize these flags.
Reducing Bans: Periods of High Banrates
There are periods where bans seem to come faster than others. These are generally before free membership prime events all the way to right before they end. There are other, seemingly random, times where banrates are hgher. Be aware, as there is nothing that can be done about this.
Reducing Bans: Human-Like Behavior
This is a gimmick; a marketing stragegy scripters and bot platforms use. Doesn’t do anything to reduce bans. Jagex’s anti-cheat system is a program and considering all the ways people play, it would be extremely difficult to detect bots merely based on what humans normally do.
Methods
Methods: Abyss Runecrafting
Abyss Runecrafting has long been considered a hotspot for Runecrafting training due to its relatively easy accessibility. Despite the popularity, it has become a common target for gold farmers who often use bots, due to the simplicity of setting up accounts capable of this method. To effectively engage in Abyss Runecrafting, you should be able to craft double cosmic runes or nature runes and have the complete Guardians of the Rift outfit. It's also advisable to have a combat level of 80 or higher to survive the dangers within the Abyss. As of the latest market trends, rune prices have seen a significant decline, reducing the profitability of this method from its previous highs.
Methods: Master Farmer Pickpocket
To successfully pickpocket from a Master Farmer, a minimum of 50 Thieving and 71 Farming are required. Historically, back in early 2022, an account with 99 Thieving and at least 85 Farming could earn up to 1.2 million gp per hour. However, fluctuations in seed prices have led to a decrease in potential earnings, now ranging between 300,000 to 1 million gp per hour. Master Farmers remain a valuable method for those working towards the 99 Thieving achievement as they allow for profitable training. Ban rates can vary significantly depending on your choice of location; selecting a less common pickpocketing spot can greatly reduce the risk of a ban.
Methods: Slayer Monsters
Slayer tasks typically involve lower ban rates compared to other methods, primarily due to the scarcity and expense of reliable scripts for this skill. This makes slayer a safer choice for those looking to use automated assistance. For optimum results, consider deploying either an all-in-one (AIO) combat script or a dedicated script for a specific slayer monster. Recommended targets include Cave Horrors, Dust Devils, Kurasks, Fossil Island Wyverns, Gargoyles, Nechryaels, and Abyssal Demons, with potential earnings ranging from 250,000 to 1 million gp per hour. This range provides a lucrative opportunity for players looking to maximize their slayer and combat skills.
Methods: Vampire & Elf Pickpocket
Pickpocketing Vampires or Elves can be exceptionally lucrative, with average earnings around 1 to 1.5 million gp per hour when using botting methods. While ban waves are infrequent, they are still a risk to consider. To engage in any of these pickpocketing activities, completing the 'Sins of the Father' or ‘Song of the Elves’ (Depending on which method) questline is mandatory to access the required area. Additionally, possessing the Rogues Outfit is crucial for achieving the highest profits. The necessary skills and outfit can be acquired through the use of my scripts, but you will need to complete the questline either manually or by employing a questing service to fully capitalize on this method's profitability.
