Venezuela is in the middle of an economic meltdown. What was once the wealthiest major economy in Latin America is currently suffering from shortages of Osrs gold essential goods like food and power, as well as spikes in unemployment and crime. To put dinner on the table, most are turning to unconventional tasks. Like gold farming. In an MMO out of 2001.

If you even remember Buy Runescape gold, a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game published by Jagex, it is probably as"the crummy-looking match you played for a couple months 10 decades back." But it runs just fine on hardware that hasn't been called state-of-the-art in over a decade, meaning it's available to many in Venezuela who are strapped for money, and its gold still fetches a fairly real estate penny.

Gold farming, generally , is the practice of grinding into a game specifically for the purpose of generating in-game currency or other material to be traded for real-world money. While it's prohibited by Runescape's rules, it is also a comparatively safe and comfortable job at a location where one's safety is by no means ensured.

"I gold plantation mostly for the raw advantages of this," a participant who goes by the handle Fhynal explained through DMs. "I don't need to venture out. That may sound odd, but we live with a great deal of crime. If you would like to go out, you need to use a bus, [which raises your] propensity to be robbed."