# Cave eel price

> Cave eel Grand Exchange price right now (47 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/cave-eel
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 5003.

Examine: “It's a bit slimy.”

## Price now

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

**Cave eel is 42% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 47 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 1–556 gp |
| 30-day average | 33 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / -15.2% / +69.6% |
| Instant buy | 69 gp (2026-10-29 13:35 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 25 gp (2026-10-29 20:12 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 3,547 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 38 / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 52 / 25 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 10,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 1 gp
- You receive: 68 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 43 gp
- Per buy limit: 430,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 9
- Low alch value: 6
- Profit per cast: -212 gp

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

## Cave eel price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | – | 1 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 38 | – |

Range plotted: 1 to 68 gp, over 18 points.

## Cave eel price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 1 gp and the highest buy average 956 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 31 | – |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 52 | 25 |

Range plotted: 1 to 990 gp, over 200 points.

## Questions

### How much is Cave eel worth in OSRS?

About 47 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 69 gp and the last instant sell 25 gp. Over the last 24 hours 3,547 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Cave eel?

10,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Cave eel worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 9 coins. Buying one at 69 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 212 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Cave eel?

1 gp each at 69 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 68 gp.

Item id 5003. Prices update every five minutes.

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