1,586gp
700gp
886gp
+855gp
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Price history
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- 30D low
- 700
- 30D high
- 1,586
- Volatility
- 77.5%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+855gp
+855 per item · +122.14% ROI
- Capital required
- 700 gp
- Gross revenue
- 1,586 gp
- GE tax (2%, 31/item)
- − 31 gp
- Break-even sell
- 714 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 12 gp99.2% below market
- Low alchemy
- 8 gp
- Shop value
- 20 gp
- Weight
- 1 kg
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Mar 20, 2007
About Cave goblin wire
The Cave goblin wire is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"Wire found in Dorgesh-Kaan"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 798 and 2,227 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 1,452 gp. About 1,542 units changed hands per day. The price is up 29.2% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 11,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 29 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 12 gp, which is 99.2% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Cave goblin wire
4 monsters drop Cave goblin wire, most commonly Wire machine (Always), Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Average) (1/7) and Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Rich) (1/15).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Wire machine | Always | 1–2 |
| Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Average) | 1/7 | 1–2 |
| Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Rich) | 1/15 | 1–2 |
| Cave goblin (Dorgesh-Kaan) | 1/20 | 1–2 |
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Used to make
- 1× Light orb from 1× Empty light orb, 1× Cave goblin wire
Cave goblin wire price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 1,519 | 1,031 | 2,227 | 16,906 |
| September 2026 | 1,351 | 798 | 1,897 | 47,970 |
| August 2026 | 1,210 | 672 | 1,740 | 70,217 |
| July 2026 | 1,610 | 867 | 3,349 | 135,513 |
| June 202621d | 1,980 | 1,110 | 2,413 | 34,080 |
| May 20262d | 1,373 | 1,257 | 1,488 | 2,505 |
| April 20261d | 1,426 | 1,426 | 1,426 | 768 |
| March 2026 | 1,415 | 989 | 1,902 | 30,160 |
| February 2026 | 1,308 | 952 | 1,632 | 16,897 |
| January 2026 | 1,297 | 950 | 1,625 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Cave goblin wire ranged from 672 gp in August 2026 to 3,349 gp in July 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 1,452 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
