Iron ore price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Iron ore

In game it is examined as “This needs refining.” Iron ore is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 17 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Iron 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 988,000 gp at the 76 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Iron ore

Selling at 76 gp costs 1 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 ore

High alchemy turns one Iron ore into 10 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Iron ore always loses money.

How much Iron ore trades

Iron ore sees about 996.0K trades a day, which makes it heavily traded — orders at a fair price usually fill quickly. That is roughly 77 times the 13,000 buy limit.

Iron ore FAQ

How much is Iron ore in OSRS? Iron ore is 76 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 73 gp. The chart above is live.

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

Can you high alch Iron ore for profit? No — the alch value is 10 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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