Tin ore price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Tin ore

In game it is examined as “This needs refining.” Tin ore is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 3 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Tin 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 273,000 gp at the 21 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Tin ore

The 2% sale tax is rounded down, and at 21 gp it rounds to nothing — sales under 50 gp are untaxed, so a flip here keeps its whole margin.

High alching Tin ore

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

How much Tin ore trades

Tin ore sees about 33.3K trades a day, which makes it steadily traded — an order priced at the spread normally fills the same hour. That is roughly 3 times the 13,000 buy limit.

Tin ore FAQ

How much is Tin ore in OSRS? Tin ore is 21 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 20 gp. The chart above is live.

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

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

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