Heavy ballista
A powerful weapon forged from the wreckage of an airship.
1,068,121gp
1,041,194gp
26,927gp
+5,565gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 1,041,194
- 30D high
- 1,068,121
- Volatility
- 2.6%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+5,565gp
+5,565 per item · +0.53% ROI
- Capital required
- 1,041,194 gp
- Gross revenue
- 1,068,121 gp
- GE tax (2%, 21,362/item)
- − 21,362 gp
- Break-even sell
- 1,062,442 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 570,000 gp46.6% below market
- Low alchemy
- 380,000 gp
- Shop value
- 950,000 gp
- Weight
- 6 kg
- Skill / type
- Ranged
- Combat
- Ranged · Crossbow · 7 ticks
- Requires
- Fletching 72
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- May 6, 2016
About Heavy ballista
The Heavy ballista is a members-only weapon in Old School RuneScape.
"A powerful weapon forged from the wreckage of an airship"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 967,664 and 1,071,557 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 1,005,547 gp. About 748 units changed hands per day. The price is up 1.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 8 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 20,110 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 570,000 gp, which is 43.3% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
Recipes
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Heavy ballista price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 1,010,113 | 982,008 | 1,071,557 | 10,307 |
| September 2026 | 1,005,500 | 957,708 | 1,055,050 | 20,098 |
| August 2026 | 1,050,011 | 992,559 | 1,126,955 | 33,413 |
| July 2026 | 986,740 | 879,092 | 1,059,206 | 42,642 |
| June 202621d | 1,052,674 | 1,003,288 | 1,126,008 | 19,113 |
| May 20262d | 1,077,760 | 1,006,708 | 1,148,811 | 1,287 |
| April 20261d | 1,012,125 | 1,012,125 | 1,012,125 | 482 |
| March 2026 | 1,069,718 | 1,023,689 | 1,141,824 | 24,864 |
| February 2026 | 1,096,384 | 1,028,209 | 1,164,548 | 17,022 |
| January 2026 | 1,112,294 | 1,044,720 | 1,198,962 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Heavy ballista ranged from 879,092 gp in July 2026 to 1,198,962 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 1,005,547 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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