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Ancient staff

Ancient staff

A magical staff of ancient origin...

MembersBuy limit 70WeaponsWeapon
Insta-buy

62,099gp

Insta-sell

59,500gp

Spread

2,599gp

4.37%
Margin

+1,358gp

+2.28% ROI
Volume

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Price history

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Insta-buy (high)Insta-sell (low)Spread

Volume · units traded

30D low
59,500
30D high
62,099
Volatility
4.3%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+1,358gp

+1,358 per item · +2.28% ROI

Capital required
59,500 gp
Gross revenue
62,099 gp
GE tax (2%, 1,241/item)
− 1,241 gp
Break-even sell
60,714 gp

Item data

High alchemy
60,000 gp3.4% below market
Low alchemy
40,000 gp
Shop value
100,000 gp
Weight
2.267 kg
Skill / type
Magic
Combat
Magic · Staff · 4 ticks
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Apr 18, 2005

About Ancient staff

The Ancient staff is a members-only weapon in Old School RuneScape.

"A magical staff of ancient origin.."

Over the last 30 days it traded between 59,821 and 61,173 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 60,597 gp. About 4,865 units changed hands per day. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 70 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 1,211 gp in Grand Exchange tax.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 60,000 gp, which is 1.0% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.

How to get Ancient staff

4 monsters drop Ancient staff, most commonly Calvar'ion (3/128), Thermonuclear smoke devil (1/107) and Chaos Fanatic (1/128). Only Eblis sells it.

Dropped by

MonsterRarityQuantity
Calvar'ion3/1281
Thermonuclear smoke devil1/1071
Chaos Fanatic1/1281
Mummy (Ancient Pyramid)1/5131

Sold in shops

ShopPriceStock
Eblis80,000 gp1

Ancient staff price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Ancient staff on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d60,58360,09461,17361,349
September 202660,59159,82160,937136,867
August 202660,57459,68761,718179,820
July 202660,72359,93362,304203,683
June 202621d61,45760,03662,26085,610
May 20262d60,14660,01360,2786,888
April 20261d60,21360,21360,2131,984
March 202660,66960,04362,54460,708
February 202660,80259,23565,45920,990
January 202660,88160,02464,34217,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Ancient staff ranged from 59,235 gp in February 2026 to 65,459 gp in February 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 60,597 gp sits in the lower third of that range.

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