589,641gp
544,562gp
45,079gp
+33,287gp
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Price history
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- 30D low
- 544,562
- 30D high
- 589,641
- Volatility
- 7.9%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+33,287gp
+33,287 per item · +6.11% ROI
- Capital required
- 544,562 gp
- Gross revenue
- 589,641 gp
- GE tax (2%, 11,792/item)
- − 11,792 gp
- Break-even sell
- 555,675 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 75,000 gp87.3% below market
- Low alchemy
- 50,000 gp
- Shop value
- 125,000 gp
- Weight
- 3 kg
- Skill / type
- Ranged
- Combat
- Ranged · Crossbow · 7 ticks
- Requires
- Fletching 47
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- May 6, 2016
About Light ballista
The Light ballista is a members-only weapon in Old School RuneScape.
"A weapon forged from the wreckage of an airship"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 516,989 and 620,714 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 568,436 gp. About 195 units changed hands per day. The price is down 3.2% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 8 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 11,368 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 75,000 gp, which is 86.8% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
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Light ballista price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 569,160 | 530,274 | 620,714 | 2,473 |
| September 2026 | 591,843 | 516,989 | 680,015 | 5,573 |
| August 2026 | 588,458 | 504,493 | 674,845 | 6,974 |
| July 2026 | 591,786 | 537,628 | 668,275 | 7,495 |
| June 202621d | 531,866 | 482,257 | 566,132 | 6,068 |
| May 20262d | 600,570 | 527,573 | 673,567 | 269 |
| April 20261d | 706,407 | 706,407 | 706,407 | 78 |
| March 2026 | 712,696 | 664,643 | 740,554 | 17,892 |
| February 2026 | 738,090 | 670,825 | 806,919 | 16,359 |
| January 2026 | 834,074 | 750,078 | 1,087,612 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Light ballista ranged from 482,257 gp in June 2026 to 1,087,612 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 568,436 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
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