221gp
166gp
55gp
+51gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 166
- 30D high
- 221
- Volatility
- 28.4%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+51gp
+51 per item · +30.72% ROI
- Capital required
- 166 gp
- Gross revenue
- 221 gp
- GE tax (2%, 4/item)
- − 4 gp
- Break-even sell
- 169 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 120 gp45.7% below market
- Low alchemy
- 80 gp
- Shop value
- 200 gp
- Weight
- 1.36 kg
- Skill / type
- Melee
- Combat
- Melee · Axe · 5 ticks
- Requires
- Smithing 31
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Jan 4, 2001
About Steel axe
The Steel axe is a free-to-play weapon in Old School RuneScape.
"A woodcutter's axe"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 50 and 238 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 184 gp. About 7,703 units changed hands per day. The price is down 2.5% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 40 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 3 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 120 gp, which is 34.8% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Steel axe
60 monsters drop Steel axe, most commonly Young impling (1/10), Young impling jar (1/10) and Elaborate lockbox (4/50). 5 shops sell it, including Bob's Brilliant Axes and Gulluck and Sons. It can be made from Steel bar.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Young impling | 1/10 | 1 |
| Young impling jar | 1/10 | 1 |
| Elaborate lockbox | 4/50 | 1 |
| Dagannoth (Waterbirth Island) | 10/128 | 1 |
| Tree spirit | 10/128 | 1 |
| Bronze Chest (red) | 6/98.56 | 1 |
| Bronze Chest (brown) | 6/98.59 | 1 |
| Bronze Chest (crimson) | 6/98.62 | 1 |
| Bronze Chest (black) | 6/98.64 | 1 |
| Bronze Chest (purple) | 6/98.67 | 1 |
| Werewolf | 25/512 | 1 |
| Ork | 5/128 | 1 |
| Bloodveld | 4/128 | 1 |
| Flaming pyrelord | 4/128 | 1 |
| Harpie Bug Swarm | 4/128 | 1 |
| Ice giant | 4/128 | 1 |
| Insatiable Bloodveld | 4/128 | 1 |
| Kalphite Soldier | 4/128 | 1 |
| Lesser demon | 4/128 | 1 |
| Pyrefiend | 4/128 | 1 |
40 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Sold in shops
| Shop | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Bob's Brilliant Axes | 200 gp | 3 |
| Gulluck and Sons | 200 gp | 3 |
| Lunami's Axe Shop | 200 gp | 3 |
| Armoury | 300 gp | 3 |
| Perry's Chop-chop Shop | 640 gp | 2 |
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Made from
- 1× Steel bar
Steel axe price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 150 | 50 | 213 | 122,767 |
| September 2026 | 207 | 171 | 238 | 169,748 |
| August 2026 | 197 | 135 | 235 | 164,000 |
| July 2026 | 177 | 92 | 215 | 164,085 |
| June 202621d | 172 | 118 | 228 | 81,470 |
| May 20262d | 179 | 171 | 187 | 9,230 |
| April 20261d | 188 | 188 | 188 | 3,505 |
| March 2026 | 315 | 156 | 544 | 91,310 |
| February 2026 | 274 | 94 | 513 | 23,544 |
| January 2026 | 244 | 20 | 562 | 14,742 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Steel axe ranged from 20 gp in January 2026 to 562 gp in January 2026, measured over 215 trading days.
The 30-day average of 184 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
