# Tin ore price

> Tin ore Grand Exchange price right now (25 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/tin-ore
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 438.

Examine: “This needs refining.”

## Price now

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

**Tin ore is 14% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 25 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 9–27 gp |
| 30-day average | 22 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | 0.0% / +9.1% / +20.0% |
| Instant buy | 25 gp (2026-10-30 08:26 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 24 gp (2026-10-30 08:29 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 5,346,914 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 25 / 24 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 24 / 24 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 13,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 25 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 1 gp
- Per buy limit: 13,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 1
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -176 gp

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

## Tin ore price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 24 | 23 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 25 | 24 |

Range plotted: 14 to 30 gp, over 83 points.

## Tin ore price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 6 gp and the highest buy average 29 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 14 | 14 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 24 | 24 |

Range plotted: 5 to 29 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Tin ore worth in OSRS?

About 25 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 25 gp and the last instant sell 24 gp. Over the last 24 hours 5,346,914 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Tin ore?

13,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Tin ore worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 1 coins. Buying one at 25 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 176 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Tin ore?

0 gp each at 25 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 25 gp.

Item id 438. Prices update every five minutes.

## Related

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