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Sardine

Sardine

Some nicely cooked sardines.

Free-to-playBuy limit 6,000
Insta-buy

17gp

Insta-sell

16gp

Spread

1gp

6.25%
Margin

+1gp

+6.25% 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
16
30D high
17
Volatility
6.1%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+1gp

+1 per item · +6.25% ROI

Capital required
16 gp
Gross revenue
17 gp
GE tax (2%, 0/item)
− 0 gp
Break-even sell
16 gp

Item data

High alchemy
6 gp64.7% below market
Low alchemy
4 gp
Shop value
10 gp
Weight
0.12 kg
Skill / type
Cooking
Requires
Cooking 1
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Jun 11, 2001

About Sardine

The Sardine is a free-to-play item in Old School RuneScape.

"Some nicely cooked sardines"

Over the last 30 days it traded between 12 and 38 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 20 gp. About 20,092 units changed hands per day. The price is up 38.5% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 6,000 every 4 hours.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 6 gp, which is 70.0% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

How to get Sardine

Only Reward casket (beginner) (11/492) and Dark warrior (1/128) drop Sardine. It can be made from Raw sardine.

Dropped by

MonsterRarityQuantity
Reward casket (beginner)11/4925–12 (noted)
Dark warrior1/1281

Recipes

Where this item appears in crafting and processing.

Made from

Sardine price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Sardine on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d201728318,549
September 2026201238456,283
August 2026161031553,001
July 2026161021446,559
June 202621d211824360,771
May 20262d18171828,249
April 20261d18181810,434
March 2026352373341,605
February 202627214345,006
January 202624144917,844

Across 10 months of recorded prices Sardine ranged from 10 gp in July 2026 to 73 gp in March 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 20 gp sits in the lower third of that range.

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