The short version
30-second read- Supplies are a separate bill from the service. On Herblore or Construction that bill is often the larger one, so ask who covers it before paying.
- A million Construction XP is about 7,143 planks. That is on the wiki's fastest method at 140 XP per mahogany plank, plus the servant's fees.
- Agility's 90-99 band outweighs everything below it. It holds 7,688,099 XP, more than the 5,346,332 XP from 1 to 90.
- Express gives about 20 working hours a day. Regular gives about 8, and Sailing gathering or ship upgrades add 25% to the price.
The Short Answer
In GP, the most expensive skills to train are Construction, Prayer and Herblore. Their fast methods turn bought items into XP: planks, bones, and herbs with their secondaries. In hours, the most expensive are the skills GP cannot speed up, such as Agility, Runecraft and Fishing.
If you pay a service, that becomes two bills. The service price pays for labour, and it is set by the XP in your range, the method and the speed. The supply bill is GP spent in game on planks, bones or herbs, and it is separate from the service price.
The two bills pull in opposite directions. Slow skills like Agility cost the most labour, because 92–99 is 93–99 hours of rooftop laps at the wiki's rate. Buyable skills like Construction cost little labour, about 6 hours for 92–99 with gnome benches, but every one of those hours burns mahogany planks.
The Most Expensive Skills to Train in GP
If expensive means GP spent in game, the usual answers are Construction, Prayer and Herblore. All three are fast because they turn bought items into XP.
- Construction: a mahogany plank gives 140 XP. The wiki's fastest method, about 1,100,000 XP an hour, uses 7,856 planks an hour, so every million XP is roughly 7,143 planks plus the servant's fees.
- Prayer: the wiki's guide works from an average of 8 coins per XP, so a million Prayer XP is about 8 million coins. A dragon bone gives 252 XP at a gilded altar with both burners lit, and the Wilderness Chaos altar gives twice the XP per bone in exchange for PK risk.
- Herblore: the wiki assumes about 2,500 potions an hour, and every potion needs a herb and a secondary bought or gathered first.
- Smithing: the wiki calls gold bars at the Blast Furnace fairly expensive, and very expensive once you pay runners to speed it up.
GP totals are left out on purpose. Plank, bone and herb prices move with the Grand Exchange, and a frozen figure would be wrong within weeks.
The cheap skills in GP are Agility and the gathering skills: Mining, Fishing and Woodcutting. The wiki also notes Guardians of the Rift is profitable while it trains Runecraft. These skills cost little GP and a lot of hours, which is why they cost the most to hand off.
The Most Expensive Skills to Train in Hours
Measured in time, the list flips. On the wiki's standard methods, 92–99 is about 100 hours of Runecraft at Guardians of the Rift, about 105 hours at Motherlode Mine, 100–118 hours cutting redwoods and 114–121 hours of barbarian fishing without tick manipulation. Little GP goes into any of them.
Mining, Woodcutting and Fishing can run on a second screen, so those hours ask little of your attention. Agility and Runecraft need a click every few seconds for the whole range. The slowest skills to 99 has the full 1–99 hours for each.
Why 92–99 Costs Nearly as Much as 1–92
Level 92 needs 6,517,253 XP and 99 needs 13,034,431, so the last seven levels are half the skill. Because bands are priced per XP, a short range near the top can cost more than a long one lower down. Faster methods open at high levels and bring the price per XP down a little, but there is far more XP to cover.
Agility shows it clearly. The Rooftop Agility line on our skills page has four bands, 1–40, 40–60, 60–90 and 90–99, and the last band alone holds 7,688,099 XP, more than the 5,346,332 below it.
What Moves a Skilling Service Quote
| Factor | How it changes the price |
|---|---|
| XP in the range | Each skill is split into level bands priced per XP. 92–99 is 6,517,178 XP, the same as 1–92 |
| Method | Each band belongs to a method, and rates differ. Motherlode Mine gives about 62,000 Mining XP an hour at 90; 3-tick granite gives 120,000–126,000 at 99 |
| Speed | Express adds the surcharge on the delivery toggle and moves the order from about 8 working hours a day to about 20 |
| Sailing extras | Base prices leave out gathering. Gathering or ship upgrades add 25% |
| Account type | Ironman accounts use methods that work without the Grand Exchange, and the method sets the band price |
| Supplies | A separate bill. Ask whether the quote includes them before you pay |
Budget for the Safety Steps Too
The supply bill is separate from the service fee and is often the larger of the two on Herblore or Construction. Ask which side of the line it falls on before you pay.
The safety steps cost nothing but a few minutes: send the login on the support ticket after you pay, change your password before and after, keep a bank PIN set, and move high-value items you don't need off the account. Skipping them saves no money and moves the risk onto you.
Ordering a Skill Range
- 1
Pick the skill that actually blocks your next goal.
- 2
Set your Start and End level on the skill's page, which prices that exact range.
- 3
Choose the method.
Cheaper methods often take longer, so ask if you are unsure which fits.
- 4
Pick Regular or Express.
- 5
Ask on the ticket whether supplies are included, and who pays if the method burns materials.
- 6
Pay in full, then send the login details on the ticket.
- 7
Stay logged out while the order runs, and check the account when it is done.
The skills page shows the Regular price for each band before any Express surcharge.
FAQ
What is the most expensive skill to train in OSRS?
In GP, usually Construction or Prayer. Both are fast only because they consume bought planks or bones, and the wiki's Prayer guide works from about 8 coins per XP. In hours, the slow skills with no GP shortcut cost the most, led by Agility, Runecraft and Fishing.
Which skills cost the most to order?
In labour, the slow ones: Agility, Runecraft, Mining and Fishing, where 92–99 runs 93 to 121 hours on the wiki's standard methods. In GP, Construction, Prayer and Herblore.
How much does an OSRS skilling service cost?
Set the skill, your Start and End level and the method on the skills page and it prices that exact range. Express adds the surcharge shown on the toggle, and Sailing gathering or ship upgrades add 25%.
Can I cancel after paying?
You pay for the range you ordered, at the price fixed at checkout. If you ask for a refund after paying but before work starts, a 15% cancellation fee applies unless the problem was on our side.
Does Express cost more?
Yes, the surcharge shown on the delivery toggle. It buys about 20 working hours a day instead of about 8.
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