Cotton seed
A cotton plant seed - plant in a hops patch.
2,218gp
2,212gp
6gp
-38gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 2,212
- 30D high
- 2,218
- Volatility
- 0.3%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
-38gp
-38 per item · -1.72% ROI
Tax puts break-even at 2,257 gp.
- Capital required
- 2,212 gp
- Gross revenue
- 2,218 gp
- GE tax (2%, 44/item)
- − 44 gp
- Break-even sell
- 2,257 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 3 gp99.9% below market
- Low alchemy
- 2 gp
- Shop value
- 5 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Skill / type
- Farming
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Nov 19, 2025
About Cotton seed
The Cotton seed is a members-only skilling resource in Old School RuneScape.
"A cotton plant seed - plant in a hops patch"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 1,664 and 2,427 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 2,079 gp. About 7,735 units changed hands per day. The price is up 15.5% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 2,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 41 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 3 gp, which is 99.9% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Cotton seed
10 monsters drop Cotton seed, most commonly Albatross (16/500), Narwhal (2/75) and Frigatebird (12/500).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Albatross | 16/500 | 1 |
| Narwhal | 2/75 | 2–3 |
| Frigatebird | 12/500 | 1 |
| Osprey | 8/500 | 1 |
| Tern | 6/500 | 1 |
| Butterfly ray | 20/2,980 | 1 |
| Orca | 2/460 | 1 |
| Fremennik salvage | 10/2,670 | 1–3 |
| Eagle ray | 2/750 | 1 |
| Large salvage | 5/2,218 | 1–5 |
Cotton seed price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 2,109 | 1,664 | 2,389 | 94,225 |
| September 2026 | 2,210 | 1,869 | 2,736 | 268,727 |
| August 2026 | 3,139 | 2,633 | 3,555 | 449,152 |
| July 2026 | 6,837 | 3,436 | 8,679 | 590,303 |
| June 202621d | 9,970 | 9,042 | 13,123 | 417,405 |
| May 20262d | 10,217 | 9,275 | 11,158 | 21,906 |
| April 20261d | 9,645 | 9,645 | 9,645 | 7,432 |
| March 2026 | 7,028 | 3,331 | 9,484 | 209,951 |
| February 2026 | 2,949 | 2,375 | 3,904 | 34,210 |
| January 2026 | 2,703 | 671 | 3,967 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Cotton seed ranged from 671 gp in January 2026 to 13,123 gp in June 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 2,079 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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