Steel nails price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Steel nails

In game they are examined as “Keeps things in place fairly permanently.” Steel nails are available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 3 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Steel nails 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 377,000 gp at the 29 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Steel nails

The 2% sale tax is rounded down, and at 29 gp it rounds to nothing — sales under 50 gp are untaxed, so a flip here keeps its whole margin.

High alching Steel nails

High alchemy turns Steel nails into 1 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Steel nails always loses money.

How much Steel nails trade

Steel nails see about 465.7K trades a day, which makes them heavily traded — orders at a fair price usually fill quickly. That is roughly 36 times the 13,000 buy limit.

Steel nails FAQ

How much are Steel nails in OSRS? Steel nails are 29 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 27 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Steel nails? 13,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Steel nails for profit? No — the alch value is 1 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

Do you need members for Steel nails? No, free-to-play accounts can buy and sell them.