3,599gp
3,562gp
37gp
-34gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 3,562
- 30D high
- 3,599
- Volatility
- 1.0%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-34gp
-34 per item · -0.95% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 3,634 gp.
- Capital required
- 3,562 gp
- Gross revenue
- 3,599 gp
- GE tax (2%, 71/item)
- − 71 gp
- Break-even sell
- 3,634 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 90 gp97.5% below market
- Low alchemy
- 60 gp
- Shop value
- 150 gp
- Weight
- 3.175 kg
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Mar 29, 2004
About Black dragonhide
The Black dragonhide is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"The scaly rough hide from a Black Dragon"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 3,370 and 4,056 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 3,696 gp. About 423,187 units changed hands per day. The price is down 7.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 11,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 73 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 90 gp, which is 97.6% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Black dragonhide
24 monsters drop Black dragonhide, most commonly Black dragon (Always), Brutal black dragon (Always) and King Black Dragon (Always).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Black dragon | Always | 1 |
| Brutal black dragon | Always | 2 |
| King Black Dragon | Always | 2 |
| Lava dragon | Always | 1 |
| Magpie impling | 2/21 | 6 (noted) |
| Magpie impling jar | 2/21 | 6 (noted) |
| Ninja impling | 1/19 | 10 (noted) |
| Ninja impling jar | 1/19 | 10 (noted) |
| Vorkath | 7/150 | 15–25 (noted) |
| Revenant dragon | 1/24.87 | 4 |
| Revenant maledictus | 1/24.87 | 4 |
| Deranged archaeologist | 5/131 | 8 (noted) |
| Revenant knight | 1/26.61 | 4 |
| Reward casket (master) | 1/30.3 | 5–25 (noted) |
| Revenant dark beast | 1/30.94 | 4 |
| Barbarian Assault/Gambles | 1/32 | 30–50 (noted) |
| Revenant ork | 1/36.3 | 4 |
| Revenant demon | 1/43.76 | 4 |
| Revenant hellhound | 1/47.93 | 4 |
| Revenant cyclops | 1/52.97 | 4 |
4 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Used to make
- 1× Black dragon leather from 1× Black dragonhide, 20× Coins
- 1× Black dragon leather from 1× Black dragonhide, 45× Coins
- 1× Black dragon leather from 1× Black dragonhide, 200× Coins
- 5× Black dragon leather from 5× Black dragonhide, 1× Nature rune, 2× Astral rune, 5× Fire rune
Black dragonhide price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 3,598 | 3,370 | 3,709 | 5,328,153 |
| September 2026 | 3,770 | 3,592 | 4,056 | 11,745,002 |
| August 2026 | 3,610 | 3,057 | 3,941 | 15,069,462 |
| July 2026 | 3,579 | 3,273 | 3,915 | 16,299,867 |
| June 202621d | 3,535 | 3,240 | 4,069 | 7,196,409 |
| May 20262d | 4,078 | 4,075 | 4,080 | 679,538 |
| April 20261d | 4,092 | 4,092 | 4,092 | 247,543 |
| March 2026 | 3,702 | 3,563 | 3,796 | 4,176,810 |
| February 2026 | 3,525 | 3,116 | 3,699 | 396,521 |
| January 2026 | 2,839 | 2,596 | 3,105 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Black dragonhide ranged from 2,596 gp in January 2026 to 4,092 gp in April 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 3,696 gp sits in the upper third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
