# Steel knife price

> Steel knife Grand Exchange price right now (46 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/steel-knife
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 865.

Examine: “A finely balanced throwing knife.”

## Price now

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

**Steel knife is 30% below its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 46 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 41–96 gp |
| 30-day average | 66 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -16.4% / -10.6% / -14.5% |
| Instant buy | 58 gp (2026-10-30 08:24 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 34 gp (2026-10-30 07:30 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 116,873 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 58 / 54 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 60 / 57 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 7,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 1 gp
- You receive: 57 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 23 gp
- Per buy limit: 161,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 6
- Low alch value: 4
- Profit per cast: -204 gp

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

## Steel knife price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 64 | 62 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 58 | 54 |

Range plotted: 34 to 73 gp, over 82 points.

## Steel knife price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 37 gp and the highest buy average 114 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 91 | 75 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 60 | 57 |

Range plotted: 37 to 114 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Steel knife worth in OSRS?

About 46 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 58 gp and the last instant sell 34 gp. Over the last 24 hours 116,873 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Steel knife?

7,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Steel knife worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 6 coins. Buying one at 58 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 204 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Steel knife?

1 gp each at 58 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 57 gp.

Item id 865. Prices update every five minutes.

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