28,910gp
29,003gp
-93gp
-671gp
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Price history
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- 30D low
- 28,910
- 30D high
- 29,003
- Volatility
- 0.3%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-671gp
-671 per item · -2.31% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 29,594 gp.
- Capital required
- 29,003 gp
- Gross revenue
- 28,910 gp
- GE tax (2%, 578/item)
- − 578 gp
- Break-even sell
- 29,594 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 30,000 gp3.8% above market
- Low alchemy
- 20,000 gp
- Shop value
- 50,000 gp
- Weight
- 0.25 kg
- Skill / type
- Fletching
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- May 6, 2016
About Ballista spring
The Ballista spring is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"A spring-loaded mechanism"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 28,444 and 66,547 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 30,283 gp. About 197 units changed hands per day. The price is up 130.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 8 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 605 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 30,000 gp, which is 0.9% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Ballista spring
Only Demonic gorilla (1/500) and Tortured gorilla (1/5,000) drop Ballista spring.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic gorilla | 1/500 | 1 |
| Tortured gorilla | 1/5,000 | 1 |
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Used to make
- 1× Unstrung heavy ballista from 1× Incomplete heavy ballista, 1× Ballista spring
- 1× Unstrung light ballista from 1× Incomplete light ballista, 1× Ballista spring
Ballista spring price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 32,472 | 28,766 | 66,547 | 3,386 |
| September 2026 | 28,837 | 28,372 | 29,172 | 4,188 |
| August 2026 | 29,025 | 26,888 | 31,062 | 4,760 |
| July 2026 | 29,405 | 28,691 | 32,321 | 5,099 |
| June 202621d | 29,277 | 27,751 | 29,912 | 5,295 |
| May 20262d | 33,990 | 29,690 | 38,290 | 225 |
| April 20261d | 31,993 | 31,993 | 31,993 | 56 |
| March 2026 | 30,073 | 28,862 | 32,966 | 17,496 |
| February 2026 | 29,816 | 28,413 | 32,061 | 16,254 |
| January 2026 | 29,820 | 28,613 | 38,056 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Ballista spring ranged from 26,888 gp in August 2026 to 66,547 gp in October 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 30,283 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.