1,176gp
1,109gp
67gp
+44gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 1,109
- 30D high
- 1,176
- Volatility
- 5.9%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+44gp
+44 per item · +3.97% ROI
- Capital required
- 1,109 gp
- Gross revenue
- 1,176 gp
- GE tax (2%, 23/item)
- − 23 gp
- Break-even sell
- 1,131 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 Black bead
The Black bead is a free-to-play item in Old School RuneScape.
"A small round black bead"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 1,067 and 1,532 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 1,194 gp. About 1,527 units changed hands per day. The price is up 5.5% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 11,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 23 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 Black bead
Only Yama (3/11) and Imp (5/128) drop Black bead.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Yama | 3/11 | 1 |
| 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
Black bead price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 1,163 | 1,067 | 1,319 | 17,008 |
| September 2026 | 1,183 | 1,076 | 1,532 | 36,404 |
| August 2026 | 1,292 | 1,102 | 1,509 | 42,230 |
| July 2026 | 1,295 | 1,017 | 1,582 | 35,358 |
| June 202621d | 1,185 | 1,068 | 1,344 | 18,815 |
| May 20262d | 1,330 | 1,311 | 1,348 | 4,961 |
| April 20261d | 1,421 | 1,421 | 1,421 | 585 |
| March 2026 | 1,564 | 1,065 | 2,355 | 46,682 |
| February 2026 | 2,565 | 1,808 | 3,293 | 16,854 |
| January 2026 | 3,229 | 2,883 | 3,772 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Black bead ranged from 1,017 gp in July 2026 to 3,772 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 1,194 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
