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Staff of the Dead

Staff of the Dead

A ghastly weapon with evil origins.

MembersBuy limit 8WeaponsWeapon
Insta-buy

7,700,000gp

Insta-sell

7,241,927gp

Spread

458,073gp

6.33%
Margin

+304,073gp

+4.20% 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
7,241,927
30D high
7,700,000
Volatility
6.1%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+304,073gp

+304,073 per item · +4.20% ROI

Capital required
7,241,927 gp
Gross revenue
7,700,000 gp
GE tax (2%, 154,000/item)
− 154,000 gp
Break-even sell
7,389,721 gp

Item data

High alchemy
600,003 gp92.2% below market
Low alchemy
400,002 gp
Shop value
1,000,005 gp
Weight
1.5 kg
Skill / type
Magic
Combat
Magic · Bladed Staff · 4 ticks
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Oct 17, 2013

About Staff of the Dead

The Staff of the Dead is a members-only weapon in Old School RuneScape.

"A ghastly weapon with evil origins"

Over the last 30 days it traded between 4,607,453 and 6,300,845 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 4,925,114 gp. About 156 units changed hands per day. The price is up 30.3% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 8 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 98,502 gp in Grand Exchange tax.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 600,003 gp, which is 87.8% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

How to get Staff of the Dead

Only K'ril Tsutsaroth (1/508) drops Staff of the Dead.

Dropped by

MonsterRarityQuantity
K'ril Tsutsaroth1/5081

Recipes

Where this item appears in crafting and processing.

Staff of the Dead price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Staff of the Dead on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d5,209,7264,627,9456,300,8452,138
September 20264,974,1014,607,4535,853,7154,096
August 20265,581,2655,172,9306,291,4505,384
July 20265,653,3664,809,2216,994,9207,716
June 202621d6,071,4265,724,2386,814,5876,502
May 20262d5,875,2565,492,4666,258,045216
April 20261d5,658,4465,658,4465,658,44662
March 20266,891,4086,243,2157,681,30417,890
February 20267,766,9477,350,3538,440,84516,322
January 20268,904,6788,188,1159,559,12717,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Staff of the Dead ranged from 4,607,453 gp in September 2026 to 9,559,127 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 4,925,114 gp sits in the lower third of that range.

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