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Red dragonhide

Red dragonhide

The scaly rough hide from a Red Dragon.

MembersBuy limit 11,000
Insta-buy

2,171gp

Insta-sell

2,200gp

Spread

-29gp

-1.32%
Margin

-72gp

-3.27% ROI
Volume

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Price history

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Insta-buy (high)Insta-sell (low)Spread

Volume · units traded

30D low
2,171
30D high
2,200
Volatility
1.3%

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Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitLoss

-72gp

-72 per item · -3.27% ROI

Tax puts break-even at 2,244 gp.

Capital required
2,200 gp
Gross revenue
2,171 gp
GE tax (2%, 43/item)
− 43 gp
Break-even sell
2,244 gp

Item data

High alchemy
87 gp96.0% below market
Low alchemy
58 gp
Shop value
145 gp
Weight
3.175 kg
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Mar 29, 2004

About Red dragonhide

The Red dragonhide is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.

"The scaly rough hide from a Red Dragon"

Over the last 30 days it traded between 2,130 and 2,432 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 2,271 gp. About 743,858 units changed hands per day. The price is down 3.7% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 11,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 45 gp in Grand Exchange tax.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 87 gp, which is 96.2% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

How to get Red dragonhide

9 monsters drop Red dragonhide, most commonly Brutal red dragon (Always), Red dragon (Always) and Grubby Chest (6/100).

Dropped by

MonsterRarityQuantity
Brutal red dragonAlways2
Red dragonAlways1
Grubby Chest6/10010 (noted)
Sarachnis5/10015–25 (noted)
Vorkath7/15020–25 (noted)
Crazy archaeologist5/12810 (noted)
Barbarian Assault/Gambles1/3220–30 (noted)
Callisto3/126170 (noted)
Artio3/12855 (noted)

Recipes

Where this item appears in crafting and processing.

Red dragonhide price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Red dragonhide on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d2,2502,1312,3509,214,402
September 20262,2842,1302,43221,506,547
August 20262,2362,0542,35326,738,218
July 20262,3572,2382,46431,669,260
June 202621d2,3762,2722,55811,579,724
May 20262d2,5672,5392,594911,634
April 20261d2,5122,5122,512360,155
March 20262,3692,2372,5897,797,599
February 20262,4552,2942,602778,370
January 20262,1071,9372,40917,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Red dragonhide ranged from 1,937 gp in January 2026 to 2,602 gp in February 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 2,271 gp sits around the middle of that range.

All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.

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