Steel nails

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Steel nails trades around 29 gp now, +5.5% this week, 7-day range 27–30.

Lowlast instant sell

28

Highlast instant buy

30

Flippers place a buy offer near the low and sell near the high.

Flip margin: +2; per item, after 0 tax
Flip profit / 4h: 26,000; Buy 13,000 · spend 364k (limit)
Buy limit: 13,000; per 4 hours
Traded, 24h: 2,412,774; both sides
Margin held: 98%; of the last 24h, steady
High alch: 1; shop value 3

How these numbers work

Sell offer (last insta-buy)30

Buy offer (last insta-sell)− 28

GE tax, 2% capped at 5mexempt

Net margin per item+2

Breakeven sell price≥ 29

Potential profit, one 4h window

Buy limit13,000

10% of 4h volume59,815

10m bankroll ÷ buy357,142

Quantity (the lowest)× 13,000

Spend364,000

Potential profit

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About Steel nails on the GE

“Keeps things in place fairly permanently.”

Steel nails last traded at 30 gp (insta-buy) and 28 gp (insta-sell) on the Grand Exchange. That leaves a margin of 2 gp per item, with no GE tax at this price. 2,412,774 were traded in the last 24 hours. It is available to free-to-play players.

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Prices assume you place offers and wait for them to fill. Insta-buying and insta-selling pays the spread twice.
Selling below the breakeven price loses money, even if it is above what you paid.
4h volume is 598k items (150k/hr, pace over the last 2 hours). Sized to a 10m bankroll; set yours on the home page.

Last 7 days

+5.5% vs 7 days ago

Avg / day: 2,464,477
7d low: 27 gp
7d high: 30 gp

Hourly mid price, the average of the buy and sell prices. Volume counts both sides.

Price & volume

When it trades

Times in UTC (game time)

Bar height is trading volumecheapestpriciest

By hour of day

By weekday

Black nails1,645 gp

Plank136 gp

Steel nails price history

All-time high: 66 gp; 7 Nov 2025
All-time low: 10 gp; 21 Aug 2021
30 days: -19.4%
90 days: +11.5%
1 year: -19.4%

Monthly close in gp (last guide price of each month)

37Nov 25
21Dec 25
17Jan 26
23Feb 26
26Mar 26
28Apr 26
30May 26
22Jun 26
30Jul 26
33Aug 26
28Sept 26
29Oct 26

Daily GE guide prices from 28 Mar 2015 to 11 Oct 2026, from the OSRS Wiki. Data as of 11 Oct 2026.

Tax: Selling one at 30 gp costs no tax. Items selling under 50 gp pay none, because 2% of the price rounds down to 0 gp. Tax-exempt items →

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Steel nails FAQ

How much is Steel nails worth?

Steel nails last sold for 28 gp (instant sell) and was last bought for 30 gp (instant buy) on the Grand Exchange.

What is the Steel nails buy limit?

You can buy 13,000 Steel nails every 4 hours. The 4 hours start from your first purchase, and only buying counts towards the limit.

Is Steel nails worth high alching?

High alchemy turns Steel nails into 1 gp. Buying one at 30 gp and casting with a nature rune at 138 gp costs 168 gp. That is a loss of 167 gp per cast at the latest prices, so it is not worth alching for profit right now.

Is Steel nails tax-exempt?

It is not on the exempt list, but it pays no tax at its price. Selling one at 30 gp costs no tax. Items selling under 50 gp pay none, because 2% of the price rounds down to 0 gp.

What was Steel nails's highest price?

The highest daily guide price on record for Steel nails is 66 gp, on 7 Nov 2025. The lowest is 10 gp, on 21 Aug 2021.

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