# Tinderbox price

> Tinderbox Grand Exchange price right now (109 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/tinderbox
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 590.

Examine: “Useful for lighting a fire.”

## Price now

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

**Tinderbox is up 32% on the week.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 109 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 6–441 gp |
| 30-day average | 114 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -1.9% / +31.6% / -23.5% |
| Instant buy | 112 gp (2026-10-30 08:28 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 105 gp (2026-10-30 08:19 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 15,352 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 107 / 104 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 107 / 100 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 40 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 2 gp
- You receive: 110 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 5 gp
- Per buy limit: 200 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 1
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -263 gp

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

## Tinderbox price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 118 | 115 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 107 | 104 |

Range plotted: 88 to 200 gp, over 82 points.

## Tinderbox price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 7 gp and the highest buy average 595 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 87 | 76 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 107 | 100 |

Range plotted: 5 to 595 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Tinderbox worth in OSRS?

About 109 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 112 gp and the last instant sell 105 gp. Over the last 24 hours 15,352 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Tinderbox?

40 every 4 hours.

### Is Tinderbox worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 1 coins. Buying one at 112 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 263 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Tinderbox?

2 gp each at 112 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 110 gp.

Item id 590. 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)