# Steel pickaxe price

> Steel pickaxe Grand Exchange price right now (325 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-pickaxe
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 1269.

Examine: “Used for mining.”

## Price now

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

**Steel pickaxe is 87% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 325 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 91–346 gp |
| 30-day average | 174 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -26.6% / -29.4% / -28.3% |
| Instant buy | 399 gp (2026-10-30 08:27 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 250 gp (2026-10-30 08:25 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 1,176 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 143 / 82 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 151 / 112 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 40 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 7 gp
- You receive: 392 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 142 gp
- Per buy limit: 5,680 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 300
- Low alch value: 200
- Profit per cast: -251 gp

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

## Steel pickaxe price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 186 | 95 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 143 | 82 |

Range plotted: 1 to 549 gp, over 83 points.

## Steel pickaxe price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 67 gp and the highest buy average 3,868 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 446 | 344 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 151 | 112 |

Range plotted: 67 to 3,868 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

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

About 325 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 399 gp and the last instant sell 250 gp. Over the last 24 hours 1,176 were traded.

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

40 every 4 hours.

### Is Steel pickaxe worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 300 coins. Buying one at 399 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 251 gp loss per cast right now.

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

7 gp each at 399 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 392 gp.

Item id 1269. Prices update every five minutes.

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- [GE tax calculator](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator)
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- [How we get prices](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/about)