Iron bar price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Iron bar

In game it is examined as “It's a bar of iron.” Iron bar is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 28 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Iron bar buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 10,000 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 1,980,000 gp at the 198 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Iron bar

Selling at 198 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 Iron bar

High alchemy turns one Iron bar into 16 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Iron bar always loses money.

How much Iron bar trades

Iron bar sees about 132.7K trades a day, which makes it heavily traded — orders at a fair price usually fill quickly. That is roughly 13 times the 10,000 buy limit.

Iron bar FAQ

How much is Iron bar in OSRS? Iron bar is 198 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 196 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Iron bar? 10,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Iron bar for profit? No — the alch value is 16 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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