Mottled eel is 200 gp on the OSRS GE (insta-sell 17 gp). ~301/day · members.
Buy limit: 13,000 every 4 hours.
High alch: 1 gp.
In game it is examined as “A very spotty eel.” Mottled eel is members-only, so a membership is needed to trade or use it. The base game value is 3 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.
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 2,600,000 gp at the 200 gp price recorded on 1 November 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.
Selling at 200 gp costs 4 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 alchemy turns one Mottled eel into 1 gp. That is less than the 155 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Mottled eel always loses money.
Mottled eel sees about 301 trades a day, which makes it thinly traded — an order can sit for hours, and a large one can move the price. That is less than twice the 13,000 buy limit, so a handful of buyers can take a whole day of supply.
How much is Mottled eel in OSRS? Mottled eel is 200 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 1 November 2026, with an insta-sell of 17 gp. The chart above is live.
What is the buy limit for Mottled eel? 13,000 every 4 hours.
Can you high alch Mottled eel for profit? No — the alch value is 1 gp and the nature rune alone costs 155 gp.
Do you need members for Mottled eel? Yes, Mottled eel is members-only.
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