Volatile orb price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Volatile orb

In game it is examined as “An ancient magical orb, corrupted by darkness.” Volatile orb is members-only, so a membership is needed to trade or use it. The base game value is 4,000,000 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Volatile orb buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 8 every 4 hours. That is a very tight limit, so a position is built over days rather than hours. Filling it once costs about 232,000,000 gp at the 29,000,000 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Volatile orb

Selling at 29,000,000 gp costs 580,000 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 Volatile orb

High alchemy turns one Volatile orb into 2,400,000 gp. Volatile orb is worth far more than that on the Grand Exchange, so the figure matters for the alch calculator rather than as anything to do.

How much Volatile orb trades

Volatile orb sees about 31 trades a day, which makes it very thinly traded — there may be no buyer for hours at a time, and one sale can set the price. That is roughly 4 times the 8 buy limit.

Volatile orb FAQ

How much is Volatile orb in OSRS? Volatile orb is 29,000,000 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 28,817,881 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Volatile orb? 8 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Volatile orb for profit? Not at the moment — the alch value is 2,400,000 gp and a nature rune costs 142 gp, so it only pays below 2,399,858 gp.

Do you need members for Volatile orb? Yes, Volatile orb is members-only.