A human OSRS training service, and the story behind it.
Get a Quote on DiscordWhat and who
FancyHire is an Old School RuneScape power-leveling service. Human trainers log into your account and do the work you agreed to.
The FancyHire team quotes, takes payment, and supports you on Discord. This site explains the offer. It does not take orders. Every quote happens on Discord. See what we do and how ordering works.
A person on the team reads your request and confirms the work and price with you.
The price follows the goal and the account facts you share. The site does not list prices.
Eligible unfinished work becomes FancyHire credit. The terms spell out the rules.
Where the team works from
In Venezuela, a monthly salary alone rarely covers a month. Online work for players abroad is one of the ways people here earn more than the local scale allows.
FancyHire’s trainers do that work from Venezuela. They follow the plan you agreed to, and a person on the team answers you on Discord. We share this as context, not as a pitch. It is not a promise about price or results.
130 Bs.
Legal monthly minimum wage, unchanged since March 2022. About 27 US cents.
EFE, April 2026$240
The government’s “integral minimum income” from May 2026. It is the base salary plus bonuses.
AP, April 202682.8%
Of households lived below the income poverty line in 2023.
ENCOVI 2023, UCABOur story
OSRS spreads in Venezuela, which had some of the slowest internet in Latin America.
Radio AmbulanteOld School RuneScape opened in 2013 and runs on modest computers and slow connections. Around 2015 it spread in Venezuela, where inflation was already climbing.
Venezuelan inflation in 2017. An opposition estimate.
ReutersReporters began to describe players who farmed in-game gold and sold it for dollars or crypto. That breaks Jagex’s rules and is not what FancyHire sells.
The FancyHire team says it was founded in 2017. No public record confirms that year, so it is the team’s own date.
The IMF’s 2018 inflation projection. In August the bolívar lost five zeros.
ReutersThe domain was registered on 3 September. By October the site read “Established: September 2018” and counted 350+ orders.
of OSRS players vanished from the game when the power went out in March.
NPR Planet MoneyIn March a nationwide blackout hit Venezuela. By July FancyHire’s site listed 500+ orders and described its team by role. Customers who stayed still write “Been using FancyHire since 2019” on the vouches page.
Jagex: paying someone to complete tasks on your account “is not allowed.”
JagexAfter quarantine began, reporters saw players move from selling gold to training accounts for dollars. FancyHire passed 900 orders by August 2020 and published how-to guides.
In March 2021 Jagex wrote that paying someone to play your account is not allowed. That is why we say the ban risk first, in the FAQ.
growth in crypto value received by Venezuela, July 2023 to June 2024.
ChainalysisIn 2026 the team fixed the product, moved every quote to Discord (here is how it works), and swapped refund talk for FancyHire credit (see the terms). As of May 2026 the team counts 5000+ orders.
Ban rate under 1% is the team’s past record. It is not a promise.
Why we say “Venezuela”
The whole FancyHire team is based in Venezuela. Reporters have written about what that can mean for people who play OSRS. We do not tell any one person’s story.
“Players across the world pay him—usually through Bitcoin—to go on quests and level up the skills of their characters.”
Slate, August 2021
Ready when you are
Share your goal and account facts in Discord. A person confirms the work and price. Ask questions, then decide without pressure.
