Copper ore price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Copper ore

In game it is examined as “This needs refining.” Copper ore is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 3 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Copper ore 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 273,000 gp at the 21 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Copper ore

The 2% sale tax is rounded down, and at 21 gp it rounds to nothing — sales under 50 gp are untaxed, so a flip here keeps its whole margin.

High alching Copper ore

High alchemy turns one Copper ore into 1 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Copper ore always loses money.

How much Copper ore trades

Copper ore sees about 146.2K trades a day, which makes it heavily traded — orders at a fair price usually fill quickly. That is roughly 11 times the 13,000 buy limit.

Copper ore FAQ

How much is Copper ore in OSRS? Copper ore is 21 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 20 gp. The chart above is live.

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

Can you high alch Copper ore for profit? No — the alch value is 1 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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