# Longbow price

> Longbow Grand Exchange price right now (12 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
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 839.

Examine: “A nice sturdy bow.”

## Price now

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

**Longbow is 43% below its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 12 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 4–134 gp |
| 30-day average | 21 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -28.6% / +112.5% / -34.6% |
| Instant buy | 15 gp (2026-10-30 08:29 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 9 gp (2026-10-30 08:00 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 18,807 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 10 / 9 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 15 / 19 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 18,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 15 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 6 gp
- Per buy limit: 108,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 48
- Low alch value: 32
- Profit per cast: -119 gp

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

## Longbow price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 4 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 10 | 9 |

Range plotted: 2 to 20 gp, over 83 points.

## Longbow price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 2 gp and the highest buy average 239 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 23 | 16 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 15 | 19 |

Range plotted: 2 to 239 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Longbow worth in OSRS?

About 12 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 15 gp and the last instant sell 9 gp. Over the last 24 hours 18,807 were traded.

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

18,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Longbow worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 48 coins. Buying one at 15 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 119 gp loss per cast right now.

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

0 gp each at 15 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 15 gp.

Item id 839. Prices update every five minutes.

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