# Oil lantern price

> Oil lantern Grand Exchange price right now (151 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/oil-lantern
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 4537.

Examine: “An unlit oil lantern.”

## Price now

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

**Oil lantern is at its cheapest in 90 days.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 151 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 19–4,509 gp |
| 30-day average | 528 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / -55.4% / +46.9% |
| Instant buy | 145 gp (2026-10-30 07:39 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 156 gp (2026-10-30 08:08 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 71 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 89 / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 263 / 118 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 40 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 2 gp
- You receive: 143 gp
- Flip margin after tax: -13 gp
- Per buy limit: -520 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 75
- Low alch value: 50
- Profit per cast: -222 gp

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

## Oil lantern price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 3,025 | 470 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 89 | – |

Range plotted: 25 to 24,907 gp, over 61 points.

## Oil lantern price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 1 gp and the highest buy average 2,252 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 332 | 3 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 263 | 118 |

Range plotted: 1 to 6,812 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Oil lantern worth in OSRS?

About 151 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 145 gp and the last instant sell 156 gp. Over the last 24 hours 71 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Oil lantern?

40 every 4 hours.

### Is Oil lantern worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 75 coins. Buying one at 145 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 222 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Oil lantern?

2 gp each at 145 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 143 gp.

Item id 4537. Prices update every five minutes.

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