18,551gp
18,650gp
-99gp
-470gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 18,551
- 30D high
- 18,650
- Volatility
- 0.5%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-470gp
-470 per item · -2.52% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 19,030 gp.
- Capital required
- 18,650 gp
- Gross revenue
- 18,551 gp
- GE tax (2%, 371/item)
- − 371 gp
- Break-even sell
- 19,030 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 19,200 gp3.5% above market
- Low alchemy
- 12,800 gp
- Shop value
- 32,000 gp
- Weight
- 2.267 kg
- Skill / type
- Melee
- Combat
- Melee · Pickaxe · 5 ticks
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- May 27, 2003
About Rune pickaxe
The Rune pickaxe is a free-to-play weapon in Old School RuneScape.
"Used for mining"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 18,498 and 18,764 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 18,627 gp. About 56,076 units changed hands per day. The price is up 1.0% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 40 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 372 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 19,200 gp, which is 3.1% above the 30-day average price, so buying and alching it covers its own cost before the nature rune.
How to get Rune pickaxe
28 monsters drop Rune pickaxe, most commonly Artio (12/128), Calvar'ion (12/128) and Spindel (12/128). 6 shops sell it, including Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop and Yarsul's Prodigious Pickaxes.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Artio | 12/128 | 1 |
| Calvar'ion | 12/128 | 1 |
| Spindel | 12/128 | 1 |
| Callisto | 8/126 | 5 (noted) |
| Venenatis | 8/126 | 5 (noted) |
| Vet'ion | 8/126 | 5 (noted) |
| Doom of Mokhaiotl | 5/104 | 1–3 (noted) |
| General Graardor | 6/127 | 1 |
| Grotesque Guardians | 6/142 | 1 |
| Reward Chest (The Gauntlet) | 1/24 | 1–2 (noted) |
| Scorpia | 5/128 | 1 |
| Reward casket (hard) | 1/27.1 | 1 |
| Branda the Fire Queen | 2/55 | 2 |
| Amoxliatl | 2/58 | 1 |
| Dark Chest | 15/600 | 1 |
| Cerberus | 3/130 | 1 |
| Ancient Wyvern | 3/132 | 1 |
| Eldric the Ice King | 1/56 | 2 |
| Long-tailed Wyvern | 2/123 | 1 |
| Spitting Wyvern | 2/123 | 1 |
8 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Sold in shops
| Shop | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop | 32,000 gp | 1 |
| Yarsul's Prodigious Pickaxes | 32,000 gp | 1 |
| Gwyn's Mining Emporium | 32,000 gp | 1 |
| Tizoro's Pickaxes | 32,000 gp | 1 |
| Pickaxe-Is-Mine | 41,600 gp | 1 |
| Toothy's Pickaxes | 41,600 gp | 1 |
Rune pickaxe price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 18,682 | 18,600 | 18,719 | 709,796 |
| September 2026 | 18,555 | 18,455 | 18,764 | 1,592,288 |
| August 2026 | 18,736 | 18,563 | 18,986 | 1,768,273 |
| July 2026 | 18,633 | 18,530 | 18,718 | 1,944,644 |
| June 202621d | 18,669 | 18,565 | 18,847 | 727,069 |
| May 20262d | 19,031 | 18,747 | 19,315 | 56,180 |
| April 20261d | 18,860 | 18,860 | 18,860 | 21,562 |
| March 2026 | 18,668 | 18,273 | 18,970 | 470,157 |
| February 2026 | 18,945 | 18,813 | 19,164 | 59,993 |
| January 2026 | 18,931 | 18,646 | 19,526 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Rune pickaxe ranged from 18,273 gp in March 2026 to 19,526 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 18,627 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
