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Hydra bones

Hydra bones

The bones of a hydra.

MembersBuy limit 7,500
Insta-buy

7,882gp

Insta-sell

7,591gp

Spread

291gp

3.83%
Margin

+134gp

+1.77% ROI
Volume

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Trend

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Price history

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

Volume · units traded

30D low
7,591
30D high
7,882
Volatility
3.8%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+134gp

+134 per item · +1.77% ROI

Capital required
7,591 gp
Gross revenue
7,882 gp
GE tax (2%, 157/item)
− 157 gp
Break-even sell
7,745 gp

Item data

High alchemy
96 gp98.8% below market
Low alchemy
64 gp
Shop value
160 gp
Weight
1.8 kg
Skill / type
Prayer
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Jan 10, 2019

About Hydra bones

Hydra bones are a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.

"The bones of a hydra"

Over the last 30 days they traded between 7,554 and 8,249 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 7,889 gp. About 128,053 units changed hands per day. The price is down 2.7% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 7,500 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 157 gp in Grand Exchange tax.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 96 gp, which is 98.8% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

How to get Hydra bones

3 monsters drop Hydra bones, most commonly Alchemical Hydra (Always), Colossal Hydra (Always) and Hydra (Always).

Dropped by

MonsterRarityQuantity
Alchemical HydraAlways2
Colossal HydraAlways1
HydraAlways1

Recipes

Where this item appears in crafting and processing.

Used to make

Hydra bones price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Hydra bones on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d7,7747,5548,1221,915,369
September 20267,9307,6188,2493,099,484
August 20267,4337,2197,7654,268,534
July 20267,4347,2377,9833,656,824
June 202621d7,6607,3738,0401,413,106
May 20262d7,9637,8908,035180,324
April 20261d7,6137,6137,61329,758
March 20267,4906,9378,576738,861
February 20268,1317,3938,54380,923
January 20266,9126,4647,94817,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Hydra bones ranged from 6,464 gp in January 2026 to 8,576 gp in March 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 7,889 gp sits in the upper third of that range.

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