# Blue crab price

> Blue crab Grand Exchange price right now (333 gp), with buy and sell prices, 24h volume, our own price history, buy limit, high alch profit and the GE tax.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/items/blue-crab
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 31674.

Examine: “You'll need something to break through that shell.”

## Price now

Prices as of 2026-11-02 00:20 UTC.

**Blue crab is 16% below its 30-day average.**

Possible merch: over the last day buyers paid far more than sellers took. Prices like this can collapse quickly.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 333 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 254–923 gp |
| 30-day average | 397 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / +93.8% / +53.4% |
| Instant buy | 361 gp (2026-10-30 04:22 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 305 gp (2026-10-30 04:40 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 39,223 |
| 1h average buy / sell | – / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 852 / 326 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | Unknown |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 7 gp
- You receive: 354 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 49 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 75
- Low alch value: 50
- Profit per cast: -438 gp

Buying one at the instant-buy price plus a nature rune; fire runes assumed from a staff.

## Blue crab price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 406 | – |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 316 | 310 |

Range plotted: 205 to 800 gp, over 22 points.

## Blue crab price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 5 gp and the highest buy average 2,000 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | – | 322 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 852 | 326 |

Range plotted: 5 to 2,000 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Blue crab worth in OSRS?

About 333 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 361 gp and the last instant sell 305 gp. Over the last 24 hours 39,223 were traded.

### Is Blue crab worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 75 coins. Buying one at 361 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 438 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Blue crab?

7 gp each at 361 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 354 gp.

Item id 31674. Prices update every five minutes.

## Related

- [GE tax calculator](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator)
- [Best items to alch](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/high-alch)
- [How we get prices](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/about)