# Candle price

> Candle Grand Exchange price right now (165 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/candle
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 36.

Examine: “A candle.”

## Price now

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

**Candle is 44% 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 | 165 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 122–696 gp |
| 30-day average | 295 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | +38.2% / -25.0% / -34.1% |
| Instant buy | 230 gp (2026-10-30 08:20 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 100 gp (2026-10-30 06:27 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 1,380 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 229 / 226 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 223 / 124 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 40 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 4 gp
- You receive: 226 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 126 gp
- Per buy limit: 5,040 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 1
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -381 gp

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

## Candle price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 246 | 173 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 229 | 226 |

Range plotted: 1 to 250 gp, over 83 points.

## Candle price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 20 gp and the highest buy average 961 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 327 | 164 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 223 | 124 |

Range plotted: 20 to 961 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Candle worth in OSRS?

About 165 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 230 gp and the last instant sell 100 gp. Over the last 24 hours 1,380 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Candle?

40 every 4 hours.

### Is Candle worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 1 coins. Buying one at 230 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 381 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Candle?

4 gp each at 230 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 226 gp.

Item id 36. Prices update every five minutes.

## Related

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