Old School RuneScape gold farming is often discussed in abstract terms—GP per hour, drop rates, efficiency setups—but rarely do players stop to consider what that gold... moreOld School RuneScape gold farming is often discussed in abstract terms—GP per hour, drop rates, efficiency setups—but rarely do players stop to consider what that gold actually represents in the real world. To explore this reality, one OSRS gold player set himself a brutal challenge: live for a week as if he were a real-life Venezuelan gold farmer, with RuneScape GP directly determining whether he could eat, pay bills, or even afford a date night.The rules were simple and unforgiving. His real-life bank account started at $0. Food, rent, utilities, and daily expenses could only be “earned” through OSRS buy gold GP. If he didn't make gold, he didn't eat.Converting GP Into RealityUsing current black-market rates—around $0.26–$0.29 AUD per million GP—the numbers quickly became sobering. A $3 loaf of bread? Roughly 12 million GP. A kilogram of rice? Around 8–9 million GP. Daily rent and utilities, based on Venezuelan averages, worked out to roughly $8 per day—about 27–30 million... less
