Dragon nails
Keeps things in place fairly permanently.
10,321gp
9,872gp
449gp
+243gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 9,872
- 30D high
- 10,321
- Volatility
- 4.4%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+243gp
+243 per item · +2.46% ROI
- Capital required
- 9,872 gp
- Gross revenue
- 10,321 gp
- GE tax (2%, 206/item)
- − 206 gp
- Break-even sell
- 10,073 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 210 gp98.0% below market
- Low alchemy
- 140 gp
- Shop value
- 350 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Skill / type
- Smithing
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Nov 19, 2025
About Dragon nails
Dragon nails are a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"Keeps things in place fairly permanently"
Over the last 30 days they traded between 9,801 and 13,374 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 11,789 gp. About 85,205 units changed hands per day. The price is down 21.6% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 13,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 235 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 210 gp, which is 98.2% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Dragon nails
5 monsters drop Dragon nails, most commonly Frost dragon (2/130), Narwhal (1/75) and Orca (1/75).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Frost dragon | 2/130 | 10–20 |
| Narwhal | 1/75 | 3–7, 5–10 |
| Orca | 1/75 | 4–8, 7–11 |
| Opulent salvage | 1/2,000 | 1–3 |
| Huge port reward bag | Unknown | 10–12 |
Dragon nails price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 10,662 | 9,801 | 11,725 | 1,254,273 |
| September 2026 | 12,576 | 11,508 | 13,456 | 2,218,628 |
| August 2026 | 13,275 | 10,005 | 16,139 | 3,427,497 |
| July 2026 | 13,116 | 12,120 | 14,052 | 4,018,453 |
| June 202621d | 17,174 | 14,384 | 35,970 | 2,099,203 |
| May 20262d | 30,300 | 26,670 | 33,930 | 69,294 |
| April 20261d | 27,208 | 27,208 | 27,208 | 24,673 |
| March 2026 | 46,460 | 40,192 | 51,023 | 728,169 |
| February 2026 | 45,906 | 39,760 | 57,817 | 95,402 |
| January 2026 | 54,079 | 44,016 | 65,149 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Dragon nails ranged from 9,801 gp in October 2026 to 65,149 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 11,789 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
