# Steel nails price

> Steel nails Grand Exchange price right now (14 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-nails
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 1539.

Examine: “Keeps things in place fairly permanently.”

## Price now

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

**Steel nails is 44% below its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 14 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 12–39 gp |
| 30-day average | 25 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -6.7% / -46.4% / -46.4% |
| Instant buy | 15 gp (2026-10-30 08:29 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 13 gp (2026-10-30 08:29 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 3,451,922 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 15 / 13 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 15 / 14 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 13,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 15 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 2 gp
- Per buy limit: 26,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 1
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -166 gp

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

## Steel nails price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 20 | 18 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 15 | 13 |

Range plotted: 5 to 21 gp, over 83 points.

## Steel nails price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 11 gp and the highest buy average 43 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 28 | 27 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 15 | 14 |

Range plotted: 11 to 43 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

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

About 14 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 15 gp and the last instant sell 13 gp. Over the last 24 hours 3,451,922 were traded.

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

13,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Steel nails worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 1 coins. Buying one at 15 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 166 gp loss per cast right now.

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

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

Item id 1539. Prices update every five minutes.

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