Charcoal price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Charcoal

In game it is examined as “A lump of charcoal.” Charcoal is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 45 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Charcoal buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 13,000 every 4 hours. That is a generous limit, so the market rather than the limit is usually what caps a position here. Filling it once costs about 1,989,000 gp at the 153 gp price recorded on 20 September 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Charcoal

Selling at 153 gp costs 3 gp in tax — 2%, rounded down, taken from the seller. A flip has to clear that before it makes anything, and it is the number most margin calculators leave out.

High alching Charcoal

High alchemy turns one Charcoal into 27 gp. That is less than the 133 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Charcoal always loses money.

How much Charcoal trades

Charcoal sees about 23.6K trades a day, which makes it steadily traded — an order priced at the spread normally fills the same hour. That is less than twice the 13,000 buy limit, so a handful of buyers can take a whole day of supply.

Charcoal FAQ

How much is Charcoal in OSRS? Charcoal is 153 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 20 September 2026, with an insta-sell of 138 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Charcoal? 13,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Charcoal for profit? No — the alch value is 27 gp and the nature rune alone costs 133 gp.

Do you need members for Charcoal? No, free-to-play accounts can buy and sell it.