Gielinor's Ledger
Black platebody

Black platebody

Provides excellent protection.

Free-to-playBuy limit 125Armour & WearablesBody
Insta-buy

2,363gp

Insta-sell

2,295gp

Spread

68gp

2.96%
Margin

+21gp

+0.92% ROI
Volume

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Trend

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Price history

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Insta-buy (high)Insta-sell (low)Spread

Volume · units traded

30D low
2,295
30D high
2,363
Volatility
2.9%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+21gp

+21 per item · +0.92% ROI

Capital required
2,295 gp
Gross revenue
2,363 gp
GE tax (2%, 47/item)
− 47 gp
Break-even sell
2,341 gp

Item data

High alchemy
2,304 gp2.5% below market
Low alchemy
1,536 gp
Shop value
3,840 gp
Weight
9.979 kg
Skill / type
Body
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Jan 4, 2001

About Black platebody

The Black platebody is a free-to-play piece of equipment in Old School RuneScape.

"Provides excellent protection"

Over the last 30 days it traded between 1,989 and 2,707 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 2,321 gp. About 2,451 units changed hands per day. The price is down 2.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 125 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 46 gp in Grand Exchange tax.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 2,304 gp, which is 0.7% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

How to get Black platebody

15 monsters drop Black platebody, most commonly Animated Black Armour (Always), Damaged armour (5/100) and Giant Rock Crab (5/128). Only Horvik's Armour Shop and Zenesha's Plate Mail Body Shop sell it.

Dropped by

MonsterRarityQuantity
Animated Black ArmourAlways1
Damaged armour5/1001
Giant Rock Crab5/1281
King Sand Crab5/1281
Ice troll4/1281
Reward casket (easy)11/3961
Silver Chest (red)4/152.391
Silver Chest (brown)4/152.461
Silver Chest (crimson)4/152.531
Silver Chest (black)4/152.61
Silver Chest (purple)4/152.671
Ornate lockbox9/2,4501
Reward casket (beginner)11/8,8561
Elaborate lockbox3/2,6251
Simple lockbox3/10,8501

Sold in shops

ShopPriceStock
Horvik's Armour Shop3,840 gp1
Zenesha's Plate Mail Body Shop3,840 gp1

Black platebody price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Black platebody on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d2,2721,9892,70737,478
September 20262,3902,2192,66555,359
August 20262,3382,1202,60368,894
July 20262,4662,1832,68073,452
June 202621d2,6312,3053,04341,432
May 20262d2,4402,3002,5802,018
April 20261d2,5662,5662,5661,136
March 20262,6742,3832,97436,506
February 20263,2362,7003,87518,345
January 20264,3313,3645,31117,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Black platebody ranged from 1,989 gp in October 2026 to 5,311 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 2,321 gp sits in the lower third of that range.

All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.

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