Gold ore price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Gold ore

In game it is examined as “This needs refining.” Gold ore is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 150 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Gold ore buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 30,000 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 4,590,000 gp at the 153 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Gold ore

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 Gold ore

High alchemy turns one Gold ore into 90 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Gold ore always loses money.

How much Gold ore trades

Gold ore sees about 2.38M 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 79 times the 30,000 buy limit.

Gold ore FAQ

How much is Gold ore in OSRS? Gold ore is 153 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 151 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Gold ore? 30,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Gold ore for profit? No — the alch value is 90 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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