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Price history
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- 30D low
- 225
- 30D high
- 228
- Volatility
- 1.3%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-1gp
-1 per item · -0.44% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 229 gp.
- Capital required
- 225 gp
- Gross revenue
- 228 gp
- GE tax (2%, 4/item)
- − 4 gp
- Break-even sell
- 229 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 374 gp64.0% above market
- Low alchemy
- 249 gp
- Shop value
- 624 gp
- Weight
- 1.814 kg
- Skill / type
- Melee
- Combat
- Melee · Stab Sword · 4 ticks
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Dec 8, 2001
About Black sword
The Black sword is a free-to-play weapon in Old School RuneScape.
"A razor sharp sword"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 66 and 1,031 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 505 gp. About 440 units changed hands per day. The price is down 76.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 125 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 10 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 374 gp, which is 25.9% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Black sword
16 monsters drop Black sword, most commonly Abyssal demon (4/68), Black demon (4/128) and Greater abyssal demon (4/128). 3 shops sell it, including Varrock Swordshop and Briget's Weapons.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssal demon | 4/68 | 1 |
| Black demon | 4/128 | 1 |
| Greater abyssal demon | 4/128 | 1 |
| Rusty sword | 3/100 | 1 |
| Steel Chest (red) | 3/134.35 | 1 |
| Steel Chest (brown) | 3/134.39 | 1 |
| Steel Chest (crimson) | 3/134.43 | 1 |
| Steel Chest (black) | 3/134.46 | 1 |
| Steel Chest (purple) | 3/134.5 | 1 |
| Ornate lockbox | 36/2,450 | 1 |
| Cyclops | 1/100 | 1 |
| Cyclops (Catacombs of Kourend) | 1/100 | 1 |
| Cyclops (God Wars Dungeon) | 1/100 | 1 |
| Elaborate lockbox | 12/2,625 | 1 |
| Reward casket (beginner) | 11/8,856 | 1 |
| Simple lockbox | 12/10,850 | 1 |
Sold in shops
| Shop | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Varrock Swordshop | 624 gp | 3 |
| Briget's Weapons | 624 gp | 3 |
| Warrior Guild Armoury | 748 gp | 3 |
Black sword price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 171 | 84 | 269 | 5,229 |
| September 2026 | 800 | 66 | 1,031 | 15,434 |
| August 2026 | 934 | 394 | 1,204 | 24,561 |
| July 2026 | 669 | 127 | 2,908 | 16,322 |
| June 202621d | 238 | 118 | 494 | 5,971 |
| May 20262d | 297 | 255 | 339 | 901 |
| April 20261d | 304 | 304 | 304 | 264 |
| March 2026 | 445 | 228 | 641 | 19,027 |
| February 2026 | 409 | 260 | 680 | 16,364 |
| January 2026 | 354 | 204 | 776 | 17,606 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Black sword ranged from 66 gp in September 2026 to 2,908 gp in July 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 505 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
