Coal price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Coal

In game it is examined as “Hmm a non-renewable energy source!.” Coal 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.

Coal 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 1,820,000 gp at the 140 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Coal

Selling at 140 gp costs 2 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 Coal

High alchemy turns one Coal into 27 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Coal always loses money.

How much Coal trades

Coal sees about 4.75M trades a day, which makes it one of the busiest items on the Grand Exchange — orders at a fair price fill in minutes. That is roughly 365 times the 13,000 buy limit.

Coal FAQ

How much is Coal in OSRS? Coal is 140 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 138 gp. The chart above is live.

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

Can you high alch Coal for profit? No — the alch value is 27 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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