1,050gp
901gp
149gp
+128gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 901
- 30D high
- 1,050
- Volatility
- 15.3%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+128gp
+128 per item · +14.21% ROI
- Capital required
- 901 gp
- Gross revenue
- 1,050 gp
- GE tax (2%, 21/item)
- − 21 gp
- Break-even sell
- 919 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 2 gp99.8% below market
- Low alchemy
- 1 gp
- Shop value
- 4 gp
- Weight
- 0.003 kg
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Feb 16, 2001
About Yellow bead
The Yellow bead is a free-to-play item in Old School RuneScape.
"A small round yellow bead"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 736 and 1,362 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 1,095 gp. About 1,337 units changed hands per day. The price is down 2.8% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 11,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 21 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 2 gp, which is 99.8% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Yellow bead
Only Imp (5/128) drops Yellow bead.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Imp | 5/128 | 1 |
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Used to make
- 1× Amulet of accuracy from 1× Black bead, 1× Red bead, 1× White bead, 1× Yellow bead
Yellow bead price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 968 | 913 | 1,034 | 13,987 |
| September 2026 | 1,156 | 736 | 1,388 | 35,783 |
| August 2026 | 1,041 | 943 | 1,166 | 38,269 |
| July 2026 | 1,179 | 898 | 1,578 | 34,332 |
| June 202621d | 1,067 | 832 | 1,154 | 15,920 |
| May 20262d | 1,130 | 1,074 | 1,185 | 1,347 |
| April 20261d | 1,279 | 1,279 | 1,279 | 430 |
| March 2026 | 1,652 | 1,307 | 2,395 | 26,975 |
| February 2026 | 2,118 | 1,728 | 2,511 | 16,941 |
| January 2026 | 3,014 | 2,215 | 3,897 | 17,854 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Yellow bead ranged from 736 gp in September 2026 to 3,897 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 1,095 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
