Farming deserves special attention because it is entirely time-gated. Progress depends on real-world time rather than pure playtime, making it essential to RuneScape gold work consistently from early levels onward.

Daily farm runs-trees, fruit trees, and herbs-add up significantly over time. Even minimal effort each day can eventually turn Farming into one of the easiest 99s on the account, provided it's started early and maintained consistently.

Woodcutting and Firemaking: Efficient AFK Progress

After establishing strong combat stats, Woodcutting is a natural next step. It's highly AFK and synergizes well with Forestry, which offers small amounts of experience in Construction, Hunter, Thieving, Fletching, and Farming through various events. While the bonus XP is minor, every bit helps on the path to maxing.

Using an Infernal Axe also provides passive Firemaking experience, which reduces the grind later.

Firemaking follows naturally after Woodcutting. Whether through saved logs or Wintertodt, Firemaking is one of the fastest 99s in the game. Wintertodt also provides small amounts of Construction and Fletching experience and can even generate profit, making it an efficient stop along the journey.

Fishing Before the True Pain Begins

Fishing is another long but manageable grind. Barbarian Fishing is one of the best methods for reaching 99 without tick manipulation and offers passive Strength and Agility experience along the way. This helps chip away at Agility, one of the most dreaded skills.

For players who prefer profit over efficiency, methods like karambwan fishing are slower but provide consistent income.

Runecrafting and Agility: The Hardest Grinds

Runecrafting is unavoidable and notoriously slow. While painful, it does have a silver lining: methods like Blood and Soul runes provide excellent profit and offer passive Mining and Crafting experience. Completing Runecrafting earlier makes the rest of the journey feel significantly lighter.

Agility follows next. Sticking to Hallowed Sepulchre not only makes the grind more engaging but also provides passive Construction, Thieving, and Prayer experience, along with solid profit. While still slow, it's one of the most rewarding ways to train the skill.

Mining and the Turning Point

Mining is slow, but it's also highly AFK and profitable. By this stage, passive experience gained from Runecrafting helps soften the grind. Once Mining is complete, most of the worst skills are officially out of cheap RS gold the way.