Ancient essence
Pure magical energy filled with a dark power.
19gp
18gp
1gp
+1gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 18
- 30D high
- 19
- Volatility
- 5.4%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+1gp
+1 per item · +5.56% ROI
- Capital required
- 18 gp
- Gross revenue
- 19 gp
- GE tax (2%, 0/item)
- − 0 gp
- Break-even sell
- 18 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 16 gp15.8% below market
- Low alchemy
- 11 gp
- Shop value
- 28 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Skill / type
- Herblore
- Stack / note
- Stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Jan 11, 2023
About Ancient essence
The Ancient essence is a members-only skilling resource in Old School RuneScape.
"Pure magical energy filled with a dark power"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 18 and 19 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 18 gp. About 51,869,576 units changed hands per day. The price is up 5.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 300,000 every 4 hours.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 16 gp, which is 11.1% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Ancient essence
3 monsters drop Ancient essence, most commonly Ancient essence crystals (Always), Phantom Muspah (60/100) and Frozen cache (60/496).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient essence crystals | Always | 1–4 |
| Phantom Muspah | 60/100 | 540–599 |
| Frozen cache | 60/496 | 540–599 |
Ancient essence price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 19 | 18 | 19 | 619,428,452 |
| September 2026 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 1,501,320,848 |
| August 2026 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 1,862,491,948 |
| July 2026 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 1,720,524,225 |
| June 202621d | 16 | 16 | 16 | 686,799,080 |
| May 20262d | 16 | 16 | 16 | 51,496,051 |
| April 20261d | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20,613,025 |
| March 2026 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 365,503,484 |
| February 2026 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 41,169,985 |
| January 2026 | 20 | 15 | 29 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Ancient essence ranged from 13 gp in July 2026 to 29 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 18 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
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