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Crafting d'hide bodies for profit
Buy dragon leather and thread, sew 3 leather into each body, and sell the bodies. Green d'hide body is the best right now at -901 gp per body crafted, about -1,518,859 gp an hour after GE tax. At an assumed 1,685 bodies crafted an hour (source below), 0 of the 4 options on this page make a profit after tax at current prices. Inputs are priced at instant buy and outputs at instant sell.
Data age: the oldest price used here is from a trade 12m ago. Prices refresh every minute.
Every option, priced now
| Option | Levels | Cost / action | Kept / action | Profit / action | Profit / hour (est.) | Per 4h buy limit | Output vol / 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green d'hide body | Crafting 63 | 5,164 | 4,263 | -901 | -1,518,859 | -3,905,766 on 4,333 | 131,715 |
| Blue d'hide body | Crafting 71 | 6,268 | 4,802 | -1,466 | -2,470,884 | -6,353,911 on 4,333 | 101,475 |
| Red d'hide body | Crafting 77 | 7,462 | 5,649 | -1,813 | -3,055,579 | -6,647,924 on 3,666 | 222,433 |
| Black d'hide body | Crafting 84 | 11,578 | 7,218 | -4,360 | -7,347,274 | -15,985,226 on 3,666 | 121,613 |
Options with a price more than 60 minutes old are left out. Cost per action is the inputs at instant-buy plus any NPC fee. Kept per action is the outputs at instant-sell minus the 2% GE tax. The 4h column is how many actions the tightest input buy limit allows every 4 hours, and what that many earn.
Assumptions
1,685 bodies per hour with a needle and thread (8 per inventory), the rate the OSRS Wiki Crafting training guide assumes. One thread lasts 5 bodies.
Source: OSRS Wiki: Crafting training, d'hide bodies. Per-hour figures are estimates: real rates depend on your clicks, banking and connection.
Requirements: A needle.
Inputs and outputs, with live prices
Green d'hide body
 Green dragon leather | 3 × 1,721 | -5,163 |
 Thread | 0.2 × 7 | -1 |
 Green d'hide body | 1 × (4,350 - 87 tax) | +4,263 |
| Profit per body crafted | -901 |
Needs Crafting 63. Rate assumed: 1,685 per hour. Green dragon leather buy limit allows 4,333 per 4h, about 2.6 hours of work.
Blue d'hide body
 Blue dragon leather | 3 × 2,089 | -6,267 |
| Thread | 0.2 × 7 | -1 |
 Blue d'hide body | 1 × (4,900 - 98 tax) | +4,802 |
| Profit per body crafted | -1,466 |
Needs Crafting 71. Rate assumed: 1,685 per hour. Blue dragon leather buy limit allows 4,333 per 4h, about 2.6 hours of work.
Red d'hide body
 Red dragon leather | 3 × 2,487 | -7,461 |
| Thread | 0.2 × 7 | -1 |
 Red d'hide body | 1 × (5,764 - 115 tax) | +5,649 |
| Profit per body crafted | -1,813 |
Needs Crafting 77. Rate assumed: 1,685 per hour. Red dragon leather buy limit allows 3,666 per 4h, about 2.2 hours of work.
Black d'hide body
 Black dragon leather | 3 × 3,859 | -11,577 |
| Thread | 0.2 × 7 | -1 |
 Black d'hide body | 1 × (7,365 - 147 tax) | +7,218 |
| Profit per body crafted | -4,360 |
Needs Crafting 84. Rate assumed: 1,685 per hour. Black dragon leather buy limit allows 3,666 per 4h, about 2.2 hours of work.
Questions
Is crafting d'hide bodies profitable right now?
Not right now. The best option, Green d'hide body, is -901 gp per body crafted after GE tax.
How much gp per hour does crafting d'hide bodies make?
About -1,518,859 gp an hour with Green d'hide body, assuming 1,685 bodies crafted an hour. 1,685 bodies per hour with a needle and thread (8 per inventory), the rate the OSRS Wiki Crafting training guide assumes. One thread lasts 5 bodies. This is an estimate at current prices, not a promise.
What levels do you need for crafting d'hide bodies?
From Crafting 63 up to Crafting 84, depending on the option. A needle.
How many bodies crafted does the GE buy limit allow?
For Green d'hide body, the tightest input buy limit allows 4,333 bodies crafted every 4 hours, worth -3,905,766 gp at current prices.
Offerbook prices methods from live Grand Exchange data; it never plays the game for you. gp only, and no promise of income: prices move, and green d'hide body at -901 gp per body crafted can change within minutes. See all methods.