# Shorts (brown) price

> Shorts (brown) Grand Exchange price right now (1,013 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/shorts-brown
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 5042.

Examine: “These look great, on dwarves!”

## Price now

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

**Shorts (brown) is 12% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 1,013 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 200–7,496 gp |
| 30-day average | 907 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / – / – |
| Instant buy | 2,000 gp (2026-10-30 05:15 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 25 gp (2026-10-29 22:24 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 26 |
| 1h average buy / sell | – / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 1,258 / 329 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 150 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 40 gp
- You receive: 1,960 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 1,935 gp
- Per buy limit: 290,250 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 168
- Low alch value: 112
- Profit per cast: -1,984 gp

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

## Shorts (brown) price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 1,469 | 25 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 2,000 | – |

Range plotted: 25 to 2,000 gp, over 27 points.

## Shorts (brown) price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 2 gp and the highest buy average 30,000 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 2,878 | 1,785 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 1,258 | 329 |

Range plotted: 2 to 30,000 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Shorts (brown) worth in OSRS?

About 1,013 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 2,000 gp and the last instant sell 25 gp. Over the last 24 hours 26 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Shorts (brown)?

150 every 4 hours.

### Is Shorts (brown) worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 168 coins. Buying one at 2,000 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 1,984 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Shorts (brown)?

40 gp each at 2,000 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 1,960 gp.

Item id 5042. Prices update every five minutes.

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