Water rune price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Water rune

In game it is examined as “One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.” Water rune is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 4 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Water rune buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 50,000 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 300,000 gp at the 6 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Water rune

The 2% sale tax is rounded down, and at 6 gp it rounds to nothing — sales under 50 gp are untaxed, so a flip here keeps its whole margin.

High alching Water rune

High alchemy turns one Water rune into 2 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Water rune always loses money.

How much Water rune trades

Water rune sees about 18.10M trades a day, which makes it one of the busiest items on the Grand Exchange — orders at a fair price fill in minutes. That is roughly 362 times the 50,000 buy limit.

Water rune FAQ

How much is Water rune in OSRS? Water rune is 6 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 5 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Water rune? 50,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Water rune for profit? No — the alch value is 2 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

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