Lobster price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Lobster

In game it is examined as “This looks tricky to eat.” Lobster is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 70 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Lobster buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 6,000 every 4 hours. That is enough to build a real position inside a day. Filling it once costs about 618,000 gp at the 103 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Lobster

Selling at 103 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 Lobster

High alchemy turns one Lobster into 42 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Lobster always loses money.

How much Lobster trades

Lobster sees about 90.8K trades a day, which makes it steadily traded — an order priced at the spread normally fills the same hour. That is roughly 15 times the 6,000 buy limit.

Lobster FAQ

How much is Lobster in OSRS? Lobster is 103 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 97 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Lobster? 6,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Lobster for profit? No — the alch value is 42 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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