Red crab
You'll need something to break through that shell.
177gp
150gp
27gp
+24gp
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Price history
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- 30D low
- 150
- 30D high
- 177
- Volatility
- 16.5%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+24gp
+24 per item · +16.00% ROI
- Capital required
- 150 gp
- Gross revenue
- 177 gp
- GE tax (2%, 3/item)
- − 3 gp
- Break-even sell
- 153 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 60 gp66.1% below market
- Low alchemy
- 40 gp
- Shop value
- 100 gp
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
- Skill / type
- Herblore
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Nov 19, 2025
About Red crab
The Red crab is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"You'll need something to break through that shell"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 83 and 330 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 163 gp. About 20,587 units changed hands per day. The price is up 63.8% across that window. Selling one at the average price costs 3 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 60 gp, which is 63.2% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Red crab
Only Red crab (Hunter) (Always) drops Red crab.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Red crab (Hunter) | Always | 1 |
Red crab price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 147 | 85 | 244 | 169,226 |
| September 2026 | 156 | 35 | 473 | 654,914 |
| August 2026 | 53 | 17 | 101 | 300,692 |
| July 2026 | 84 | 18 | 155 | 201,925 |
| June 202621d | 159 | 76 | 346 | 241,921 |
| May 20262d | 76 | 51 | 101 | 9,505 |
| April 20261d | 54 | 54 | 54 | 612 |
| March 2026 | 54 | 20 | 153 | 51,927 |
| February 2026 | 112 | 21 | 215 | 24,344 |
| January 2026 | 86 | 8 | 171 | 16,308 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Red crab ranged from 8 gp in January 2026 to 473 gp in September 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 163 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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