# Dark fishing bait price

> Dark fishing bait Grand Exchange price right now (5 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/dark-fishing-bait
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 11940.

Examine: “What on earth would eat this?”

## Price now

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

**Dark fishing bait is 25% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 5 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 2–6 gp |
| 30-day average | 4 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | 0.0% / 0.0% / +25.0% |
| Instant buy | 6 gp (2026-10-30 07:42 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 4 gp (2026-10-30 08:25 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 749,495 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 6 / 4 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 5 / 4 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 8,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 6 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 2 gp
- Per buy limit: 16,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 1
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -157 gp

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

## Dark fishing bait price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 6 | 5 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 6 | 4 |

Range plotted: 2 to 6 gp, over 83 points.

## Dark fishing bait price history

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

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 4 | 4 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 5 | 4 |

Range plotted: 2 to 23 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Dark fishing bait worth in OSRS?

About 5 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 6 gp and the last instant sell 4 gp. Over the last 24 hours 749,495 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Dark fishing bait?

8,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Dark fishing bait worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 1 coins. Buying one at 6 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 157 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Dark fishing bait?

0 gp each at 6 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 6 gp.

Item id 11940. Prices update every five minutes.

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