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Rainbow crab (2)

Rainbow crab (2)

You'll need something to break through that shell.

MembersBuy limit nonePotions & Drinks
Insta-buy

1,200gp

Insta-sell

1,000gp

Spread

200gp

20.00%
Margin

+176gp

+17.60% ROI
Volume

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Trend

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Price history

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Insta-buy (high)Insta-sell (low)Spread
30D low
1,000
30D high
1,200
Volatility
18.2%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+176gp

+176 per item · +17.60% ROI

Capital required
1,000 gp
Gross revenue
1,200 gp
GE tax (2%, 24/item)
− 24 gp
Break-even sell
1,020 gp

Item data

High alchemy
180 gp85.0% below market
Low alchemy
120 gp
Shop value
300 gp
Weight
0.6 kg
Skill / type
Herblore
Stack / note
Not stackable · not noteable
Released
Nov 19, 2025

About Rainbow crab (2)

The Rainbow crab (2) is a members-only potion in Old School RuneScape.

"You'll need something to break through that shell"

Over the last 30 days it traded between 734 and 5,501 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 2,436 gp. About 88 units changed hands per day. The price is down 80.0% across that window. Selling one at the average price costs 48 gp in Grand Exchange tax.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 180 gp, which is 92.6% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

Rainbow crab (2) price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Rainbow crab (2) on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d1,2168701,4501,292
September 20264,2357347,1791,530
August 20261,6757355,6001,633
July 20262,1026185,46212,309
June 202621d1,7581,2003,8404,330
May 20262d1,5631,4601,66646
April 20261d1,7341,7341,734n/a
March 20261,4978121,75916,553
February 20261,5241,0683,25016,134
January 20262,5029384,48517,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Rainbow crab (2) ranged from 618 gp in July 2026 to 7,179 gp in September 2026, measured over 217 trading days.

The 30-day average of 2,436 gp sits in the lower third of that range.

All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.