Rainbow crab (2) trades around 1,100 gp now, flat this week, 7-day range 1,000–1,200.
Flippers place a buy offer near the low and sell near the high.
“You'll need something to break through that shell.”
Rainbow crab (2) last traded at 1,200 gp (insta-buy) and 1,000 gp (insta-sell) on the Grand Exchange. After the GE tax on a sale, that leaves a margin of 176 gp per item. 944 were traded in the last 24 hours. It is a members' item.
Hourly mid price, the average of the buy and sell prices. Volume counts both sides.
Daily GE guide prices from 7 Nov 2025 to 11 Oct 2026, from the OSRS Wiki. Data as of 11 Oct 2026.
Tax: Selling one at 1,200 gp costs 24 gp in tax (2% of the sale price, rounded down, capped at 5m gp). Tax-exempt items →
Rainbow crab (2) last sold for 1,000 gp (instant sell) and was last bought for 1,200 gp (instant buy) on the Grand Exchange.
The OSRS Wiki has no recorded buy limit for Rainbow crab (2) yet, so Offerbook sizes flips on it by trade volume alone.
High alchemy turns Rainbow crab (2) into 180 gp. Buying one at 1,200 gp and casting with a nature rune at 138 gp costs 1,338 gp. That is a loss of 1,158 gp per cast at the latest prices, so it is not worth alching for profit right now.
No. Selling one at 1,200 gp costs 24 gp in tax (2% of the sale price, rounded down, capped at 5m gp).
The highest daily guide price on record for Rainbow crab (2) is 761 gp, on 16 Aug 2026. The lowest is 600 gp, on 7 Nov 2025.