Ancient totem
A mysterious artifact of ancient times, of reasonable value to emblem traders.
997,560gp
997,551gp
9gp
-19,942gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 997,551
- 30D high
- 997,560
- Volatility
- 0.0%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-19,942gp
-19,942 per item · -2.00% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 1,017,909 gp.
- Capital required
- 997,551 gp
- Gross revenue
- 997,560 gp
- GE tax (2%, 19,951/item)
- − 19,951 gp
- Break-even sell
- 1,017,909 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 600,000 gp39.9% below market
- Low alchemy
- 400,000 gp
- Shop value
- 1,000,000 gp
- Weight
- 0.1 kg
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Nov 23, 2017
About Ancient totem
The Ancient totem is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"A mysterious artifact of ancient times, of reasonable value to emblem traders"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 997,206 and 1,007,324 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 998,320 gp. About 4,108 units changed hands per day. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 250 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 19,966 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 600,000 gp, which is 39.9% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Ancient totem
21 monsters drop Ancient totem, most commonly Bounty crate (tier 1) (30/1,000), Bounty crate (tier 2) (30/1,000) and Bounty crate (tier 3) (30/1,000).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty crate (tier 1) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 2) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 3) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 4) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 5) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 6) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 7) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 8) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Bounty crate (tier 9) | 30/1,000 | 1 |
| Revenant dragon | 1/2,000 | 1 |
| Revenant knight | 1/2,000 | 1 |
| Revenant maledictus | 1/2,000 | 1 |
| Revenant dark beast | 1/2,200 | 1 |
| Revenant ork | 1/2,200 | 1 |
| Revenant cyclops | 1/2,440 | 1 |
| Revenant demon | 1/2,440 | 1 |
| Revenant hellhound | 1/2,440 | 1 |
| Revenant hobgoblin | 1/3,140 | 1 |
| Revenant pyrefiend | 1/3,140 | 1 |
| Revenant goblin | 1/7,330 | 1 |
1 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Ancient totem price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 997,832 | 997,272 | 1,001,374 | 46,261 |
| September 2026 | 997,001 | 983,442 | 1,007,324 | 121,032 |
| August 2026 | 998,156 | 995,329 | 1,010,161 | 131,525 |
| July 2026 | 997,934 | 993,433 | 1,005,402 | 134,917 |
| June 202621d | 998,882 | 997,568 | 1,006,180 | 61,038 |
| May 20262d | 997,688 | 997,370 | 998,006 | 5,220 |
| April 20261d | 997,993 | 997,993 | 997,993 | 2,142 |
| March 2026 | 995,073 | 980,011 | 1,005,268 | 52,445 |
| February 2026 | 996,772 | 990,488 | 1,001,893 | 19,629 |
| January 2026 | 996,759 | 991,365 | 1,002,862 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Ancient totem ranged from 980,011 gp in March 2026 to 1,010,161 gp in August 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 998,320 gp sits around the middle of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.