1,699gp
2,684gp
-985gp
-1,018gp
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Price history
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- 30D low
- 1,699
- 30D high
- 2,684
- Volatility
- 44.9%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-1,018gp
-1,018 per item · -37.93% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 2,738 gp.
- Capital required
- 2,684 gp
- Gross revenue
- 1,699 gp
- GE tax (2%, 33/item)
- − 33 gp
- Break-even sell
- 2,738 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 135 gp92.1% below market
- Low alchemy
- 90 gp
- Shop value
- 225 gp
- Weight
- 0.01 kg
- Skill / type
- Head
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Jun 12, 2014
About Purple boater
The Purple boater is a members-only piece of equipment in Old School RuneScape.
"Stylish!"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 1,633 and 2,795 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 2,119 gp. About 40 units changed hands per day. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 4 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 42 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 135 gp, which is 93.6% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Purple boater
Only Reward casket (medium) (1/1,133) drops Purple boater.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Reward casket (medium) | 1/1,133 | 1 |
Purple boater price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 1,869 | 1,653 | 2,350 | 523 |
| September 2026 | 2,253 | 1,633 | 2,795 | 1,049 |
| August 2026 | 2,239 | 1,815 | 2,999 | 1,097 |
| July 2026 | 2,500 | 1,644 | 4,215 | 829 |
| June 202621d | 3,046 | 2,307 | 4,547 | 3,448 |
| May 20262d | 4,345 | 4,179 | 4,510 | 45 |
| April 20261d | 4,058 | 4,058 | 4,058 | 22 |
| March 2026 | 8,351 | 3,142 | 52,852 | 16,286 |
| February 2026 | 5,104 | 1,000 | 9,354 | 14,501 |
| January 2026 | 4,210 | 1,383 | 9,393 | 9,442 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Purple boater ranged from 1,000 gp in February 2026 to 52,852 gp in March 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 2,119 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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