# Water rune price

> Water rune Grand Exchange price right now (5 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/water-rune
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 555.

Examine: “One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.”

## Price now

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

**Water rune is at its cheapest in 90 days.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 5 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 5–6 gp |
| 30-day average | 5 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -16.7% / -16.7% / -16.7% |
| Instant buy | 5 gp (2026-10-30 08:29 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 4 gp (2026-10-30 08:29 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 95,044,153 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 5 / 4 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 6 / 4 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 50,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 5 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 1 gp
- Per buy limit: 50,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 2
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -155 gp

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

## Water rune price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 6 | 5 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 5 | 4 |

Range plotted: 4 to 6 gp, over 83 points.

## Water rune price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 4 gp and the highest buy average 6 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 5 | 5 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 6 | 4 |

Range plotted: 4 to 6 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Water rune worth in OSRS?

About 5 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 5 gp and the last instant sell 4 gp. Over the last 24 hours 95,044,153 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Water rune?

50,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Water rune worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 2 coins. Buying one at 5 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 155 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Water rune?

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

Item id 555. Prices update every five minutes.

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