OSRS Tools Buy Limits — Live GE Prices

Q: What is a buy limit in OSRS?

A buy limit is the most of one item you can buy on the Grand Exchange in 4 hours. For example, Crystal tool seed has a limit of 100, so you can buy at most 100 in any 4-hour window. Selling is never limited.

Q: When does the GE buy limit reset?

4 hours after your first purchase of that item, not on a rolling clock. Every unit bought inside that window counts toward the limit, and selling does not give any of it back.

Q: Where do these buy limits come from?

Jagex does not publish buy limits in game. The numbers here come from the OSRS Wiki, which records them from players. 13 items have no recorded limit yet, so this page shows "Not published" for them instead of guessing.

Tools buy limits

Grand Exchange buy limits for 170 tradeable tools, with live prices and 24-hour volume. 157 have a limit recorded on the OSRS Wiki and 13 have none published, listed last. The most traded today, Crystal tool seed, has a limit of 100 every 4 hours. A full limit of Crystal tool seed ties up the most cash: 2.03b gp for 100. Capital is limit times buy price; max profit is limit times the margin after tax.

Data as of 20:12 UTC on 11 Oct: prices from the latest GE trades, volume from the last 24 hours.

Item	Buy limit	Buy price	Capital / 4h	Margin after tax	Max profit / 4h	Traded 24h↓	Limit vs 24h vol
Crystal tool seedM	100	20.3m	2.03b	+261k	too thin	177	56%
Rune pickaxe	40	18,373	735k	+206	8,240	71,687	<0.1%
Dragon pickaxeM	40	617k

Buy price

Margin after tax

100

20.3m

2.03b

+261k

too thin

177

56%

Rune pickaxe

18,373

735k

+206

8,240

71,687

<0.1%

Dragon pickaxeM

617k

How the 4-hour buy limit works

A buy limit caps how many of one item you can buy on the Grand Exchange in 4 hours. The clock starts at your first purchase of that item, not on a fixed schedule, and every unit you buy inside those 4 hours counts. When the window ends the full limit is available again. Selling is never limited, and selling does not give any of the limit back. Limits are per account.

Capital / 4h is the buy limit times the current buy price: the cash one full limit ties up. Max profit / 4h is the buy limit times the margin after tax, an estimated ceiling for one window. It is only shown when a full limit is no more than 10% of what trades in a typical 4 hours, the same share the flips board assumes you can capture; otherwise it reads “too thin”. A margin needs both sides to have traded in the last 2 hours. Limit vs 24h vol is the limit as a share of the units traded in the last day: above 100% means a full limit is more than the whole market traded.

Buy limit questions

What is a buy limit in OSRS?

A buy limit is the most of one item you can buy on the Grand Exchange in 4 hours. For example, Crystal tool seed has a limit of 100, so you can buy at most 100 in any 4-hour window. Selling is never limited.

When does the GE buy limit reset?

4 hours after your first purchase of that item, not on a rolling clock. Every unit bought inside that window counts toward the limit, and selling does not give any of it back.

Where do these buy limits come from?

Jagex does not publish buy limits in game. The numbers here come from the OSRS Wiki, which records them from players. 13 items have no recorded limit yet, so this page shows "Not published" for them instead of guessing.