976gp
948gp
28gp
+9gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 948
- 30D high
- 976
- Volatility
- 2.9%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+9gp
+9 per item · +0.95% ROI
- Capital required
- 948 gp
- Gross revenue
- 976 gp
- GE tax (2%, 19/item)
- − 19 gp
- Break-even sell
- 967 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 180 gp81.6% below market
- Low alchemy
- 120 gp
- Shop value
- 300 gp
- Weight
- 1.587 kg
- Skill / type
- Smithing
- Requires
- Smithing 50, Magic 43
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Jan 4, 2001
About Mithril bar
The Mithril bar is a free-to-play skilling resource in Old School RuneScape.
"It's a bar of mithril"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 949 and 995 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 965 gp. About 2,036,139 units changed hands per day. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 10,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 19 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 180 gp, which is 81.3% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Mithril bar
50 monsters drop Mithril bar, most commonly Mithril dragon (Always), Muddy chest (Always) and Lost teak crate (1/8). It can be made from Mithril ore and Coal.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Mithril dragon | Always | 3 |
| Muddy chest | Always | 2 (noted) |
| Lost teak crate | 1/8 | 1 |
| Zalcano | 3/36 | 53–501 (noted) |
| Mystery box | 1/15 | 5 (noted) |
| Bronze Chest (red) | 5/98.56 | 3 |
| Bronze Chest (brown) | 5/98.59 | 3 |
| Bronze Chest (crimson) | 5/98.62 | 3 |
| Bronze Chest (black) | 5/98.64 | 3 |
| Bronze Chest (purple) | 5/98.67 | 3 |
| Skeleton (Lucien's camp) | 6/120 | 1 |
| Skeleton (Shayzien Crypts) | 6/120 | 1 |
| Zombie (Shayzien Crypts) | 6/120 | 1 |
| Ancient Custodian | 6/124 | 10–15 (noted) |
| Elder custodian stalker | 6/124 | 10–15 (noted) |
| Chaos dwarf | 6/128 | 1 |
| Moss Giant (Iorwerth Dungeon) | 6/128 | 1 |
| Mature custodian stalker | 5/107 | 5–10 (noted) |
| Grotesque Guardians | 6/142 | 35–45 (noted) |
| Insatiable mutated Bloodveld | 5/128 | 1 |
30 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Made from
- 1× Mithril ore, 4× Coal
- 1× Mithril ore, 2× Coal
- 1× Mithril ore, 4× Coal, 1× Nature rune, 4× Fire rune
Used to make
- 1× Mith grapple tip from 1× Mithril bar
- 1× Mithril 2h sword from 3× Mithril bar
- 15× Mithril arrowtips from 1× Mithril bar
- 1× Mithril axe from 1× Mithril bar
- 1× Mithril battleaxe from 3× Mithril bar
- 10× Mithril bolts (unf) from 1× Mithril bar
- 1× Mithril chainbody from 3× Mithril bar
- 1× Mithril claws from 2× Mithril bar
- 1× Mithril dagger from 1× Mithril bar
- 10× Mithril dart tip from 1× Mithril bar
Mithril bar appears in 29 recipes in total.
Mithril bar price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 956 | 949 | 961 | 29,989,961 |
| September 2026 | 969 | 954 | 995 | 50,582,487 |
| August 2026 | 956 | 933 | 986 | 63,422,004 |
| July 2026 | 971 | 941 | 1,040 | 74,509,732 |
| June 202621d | 960 | 935 | 1,024 | 28,687,564 |
| May 20262d | 963 | 947 | 978 | 2,594,334 |
| April 20261d | 954 | 954 | 954 | 954,464 |
| March 2026 | 934 | 868 | 986 | 17,817,670 |
| February 2026 | 1,025 | 949 | 1,110 | 1,616,061 |
| January 2026 | 882 | 793 | 1,034 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Mithril bar ranged from 793 gp in January 2026 to 1,110 gp in February 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 965 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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