# Longbow (u) price

> Longbow (u) Grand Exchange price right now (11 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/longbow-u
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 48.

Examine: “I need to find a string for this.”

## Price now

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

**Longbow (u) is 267% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 11 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 1–19 gp |
| 30-day average | 3 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | 0.0% / +250.0% / +250.0% |
| Instant buy | 20 gp (2026-10-30 06:22 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 1 gp (2026-10-30 08:27 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 39,145 |
| 1h average buy / sell | – / 1 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 10 / 4 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 10,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 20 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 19 gp
- Per buy limit: 190,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 36
- Low alch value: 24
- Profit per cast: -136 gp

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

## Longbow (u) 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) | – | 1 |

Range plotted: 1 to 20 gp, over 81 points.

## Longbow (u) price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 1 gp and the highest buy average 19 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 8 | 4 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 10 | 4 |

Range plotted: 1 to 19 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Longbow (u) worth in OSRS?

About 11 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 20 gp and the last instant sell 1 gp. Over the last 24 hours 39,145 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Longbow (u)?

10,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Longbow (u) worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 36 coins. Buying one at 20 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 136 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Longbow (u)?

0 gp each at 20 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 20 gp.

Item id 48. Prices update every five minutes.

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