# Watermelon price

> Watermelon Grand Exchange price right now (8 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/watermelon
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 5982.

Examine: “A juicy watermelon.”

## Price now

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

**Watermelon is 11% below its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 8 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 3–21 gp |
| 30-day average | 9 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | +37.5% / +233.3% / -41.2% |
| Instant buy | 8 gp (2026-10-30 08:25 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 7 gp (2026-10-30 08:23 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 1,326,496 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 12 / 10 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 11 / 8 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 11,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 0 gp
- You receive: 8 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 1 gp
- Per buy limit: 11,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 28
- Low alch value: 19
- Profit per cast: -132 gp

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

## Watermelon price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 3 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 12 | 10 |

Range plotted: 2 to 14 gp, over 83 points.

## Watermelon price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 2 gp and the highest buy average 21 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 18 | 17 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 11 | 8 |

Range plotted: 1 to 21 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Watermelon worth in OSRS?

About 8 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 8 gp and the last instant sell 7 gp. Over the last 24 hours 1,326,496 were traded.

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

11,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Watermelon worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 28 coins. Buying one at 8 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 132 gp loss per cast right now.

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

0 gp each at 8 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 8 gp.

Item id 5982. Prices update every five minutes.

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