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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 4
- 30D high
- 5
- Volatility
- 22.2%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+1gp
+1 per item · +25.00% ROI
- Capital required
- 4 gp
- Gross revenue
- 5 gp
- GE tax (2%, 0/item)
- − 0 gp
- Break-even sell
- 4 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 1 gp80.0% below market
- Low alchemy
- 1 gp
- Shop value
- 3 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Stack / note
- Stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Jun 11, 2001
About Fishing bait
The Fishing bait is a free-to-play item in Old School RuneScape.
"For use with a fishing rod"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 4 and 6 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 5 gp. About 3,150,338 units changed hands per day. The price is up 25.0% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 8,000 every 4 hours.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 1 gp, which is 80.0% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Fishing bait
57 monsters drop Fishing bait, most commonly Adventurer Jon (Always), Bait pack (Always) and Zombie (Entrana Dungeon) (46/128). 16 shops sell it, including Gerrant's Fishy Business and Fernahei's Fishing Hut. It can be made from Bait pack.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Adventurer Jon | Always | 100 |
| Bait pack | Always | 100 |
| Zombie (Entrana Dungeon) | 46/128 | 5 |
| Ankou | 33/100 | 60 |
| Zombie (Wilderness) | 42/128 | 3 |
| Zombie | 37/128 | 5 |
| Mogre | 30/128 | 5 |
| River troll | 27/128 | 5 |
| Ghast | 26/128 | 7 |
| Zombie (Kourend) | 26/128 | 7 |
| Mogre (sea) | 23/128 | 10–40 |
| Banshee | 22/128 | 15 |
| Screaming banshee | 22/128 | 15 |
| Sorebones | 22/128 | 10 |
| Zombie pirate (Harmony Island) | 22/128 | 10 |
| Zombie pirate (Braindeath Island) | 21/128 | 7 |
| Zombie swab | 21/128 | 7 |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) | 40/256 | 50 |
| Outlaw | 15/128 | 1 |
| Fishy salvage | 40/467 | 20–100 |
37 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Sold in shops
| Shop | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Gerrant's Fishy Business | 3 gp | 1500 |
| Fernahei's Fishing Hut | 3 gp | 200 |
| Fernahei's Fishing Hut | 3 gp | 200 |
| Harry's Fishing Shop | 3 gp | 1200 |
| Fremennik Fish Monger | 3 gp | 1500 |
| Island Fishmonger | 3 gp | 1500 |
| Etceteria Fish | 3 gp | 1500 |
| Lovecraft's Tackle | 3 gp | 1500 |
| Fishing Guild Shop | 3 gp | 2000 |
| Tynan's Fishing Supplies | 3 gp | 1200 |
| Warrens Fish Monger | 3 gp | 1500 |
| Ishmael's Fish He Sells | 3 gp | 1500 |
4 further shops stock it.
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Made from
- 1× Bait pack makes 100
Used to make
- 1× Spicy maggots from 1× Gnome spice, 1× Fishing bait
- 1× Spicy maggots from 1× Spice, 1× Fishing bait
Fishing bait price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 5 | 4 | 6 | 49,028,822 |
| September 2026 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 73,009,034 |
| August 2026 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 73,438,262 |
| July 2026 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 80,928,869 |
| June 202621d | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36,699,338 |
| May 20262d | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2,976,829 |
| April 20261d | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1,293,503 |
| March 2026 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20,798,293 |
| February 2026 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1,734,941 |
| January 2026 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Fishing bait ranged from 3 gp in January 2026 to 6 gp in October 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 5 gp sits in the upper third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
