8,807gp
8,791gp
16gp
-160gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 8,791
- 30D high
- 8,807
- Volatility
- 0.2%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-160gp
-160 per item · -1.82% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 8,970 gp.
- Capital required
- 8,791 gp
- Gross revenue
- 8,807 gp
- GE tax (2%, 176/item)
- − 176 gp
- Break-even sell
- 8,970 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 9,300 gp5.6% above market
- Low alchemy
- 6,200 gp
- Shop value
- 15,500 gp
- Weight
- 2.267 kg
- Skill / type
- Magic
- Combat
- Magic · Staff · 5 ticks
- Requires
- Crafting 54
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Mar 18, 2002
About Water battlestaff
The Water battlestaff is a members-only weapon in Old School RuneScape.
"It's a slightly magical stick"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 8,729 and 8,834 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 8,782 gp. About 172,787 units changed hands per day. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 18,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 175 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 9,300 gp, which is 5.9% above the 30-day average price, so buying and alching it covers its own cost before the nature rune.
How to get Water battlestaff
20 monsters drop Water battlestaff, most commonly Veiled kraken (30/272), Armoured kraken (6/119) and Vampyre kraken (6/120). It can be made from Water orb and Battlestaff.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Veiled kraken | 30/272 | 1 |
| Armoured kraken | 6/119 | 1 |
| Vampyre kraken | 6/120 | 1 |
| Aquanite | 6/128 | 1 |
| Spined kraken | 5/109 | 1 |
| Elder aquanite | 1/22 | 1 |
| Colossal Hydra | 5/128 | 1 |
| Dagannoth Prime | 5/128 | 1 |
| Hydra | 5/128 | 1 |
| Eldric the Ice King | 2/56 | 6 (noted) |
| Waterfiend | 4/128 | 1 |
| Bull shark | 3/100 | 1 |
| Hammerhead shark | 3/100 | 1 |
| Tiger shark | 3/100 | 1 |
| Pygmy kraken | 3/108 | 1 |
| Saradomin wizard | 3/128 | 1 |
| Zamorak wizard | 3/128 | 1 |
| Cave kraken | 4/200 | 1 |
| Cave bug | 1/128 | 1 |
| Forgotten Soul | 1/128 | 1 |
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Made from
- 1× Water orb, 1× Battlestaff
Used to make
- 1× Mystic water staff from 1× Water battlestaff, 40,000× Coins
- 1× Mystic water staff from 1× Water battlestaff, 30,000× Coins
- 1× Mystic water staff from 1× Water battlestaff, 20,000× Coins
Water battlestaff price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 8,776 | 8,761 | 8,795 | 2,063,208 |
| September 2026 | 8,795 | 8,729 | 8,848 | 5,238,042 |
| August 2026 | 8,781 | 8,683 | 8,858 | 8,326,566 |
| July 2026 | 8,732 | 8,695 | 8,784 | 9,463,276 |
| June 202621d | 8,787 | 8,718 | 8,861 | 4,156,287 |
| May 20262d | 8,879 | 8,858 | 8,899 | 364,340 |
| April 20261d | 8,891 | 8,891 | 8,891 | 161,430 |
| March 2026 | 8,800 | 8,754 | 8,840 | 3,155,081 |
| February 2026 | 8,808 | 8,766 | 8,947 | 268,156 |
| January 2026 | 9,032 | 8,930 | 9,464 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Water battlestaff ranged from 8,683 gp in August 2026 to 9,464 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 8,782 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
