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6gp
5gp
1gp
+1gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 5
- 30D high
- 6
- Volatility
- 18.2%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+1gp
+1 per item · +20.00% ROI
- Capital required
- 5 gp
- Gross revenue
- 6 gp
- GE tax (2%, 0/item)
- − 0 gp
- Break-even sell
- 5 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 13 gp116.7% above market
- Low alchemy
- 9 gp
- Shop value
- 23 gp
- Weight
- 0.992 kg
- Skill / type
- Fletching
- Requires
- Fletching 5
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Mar 25, 2002
About Shortbow (u)
The Shortbow (u) is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"I need to find a string for this"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 1 and 22 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 11 gp. About 13,709 units changed hands per day. The price is down 87.5% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 10,000 every 4 hours.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 13 gp, which is 18.2% above the 30-day average price, so buying and alching it covers its own cost before the nature rune.
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Made from
- 1× Logs
Used to make
- 1× Shortbow from 1× Shortbow (u), 1× Bow string
Shortbow (u) price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 10 | 1 | 22 | 270,686 |
| September 2026 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 216,204 |
| August 2026 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 254,549 |
| July 2026 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 313,613 |
| June 202621d | 7 | 5 | 14 | 155,645 |
| May 20262d | 11 | 6 | 16 | 6,756 |
| April 20261d | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5,063 |
| March 2026 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 82,834 |
| February 2026 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 25,231 |
| January 2026 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 17,852 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Shortbow (u) ranged from 1 gp in October 2026 to 29 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 11 gp sits around the middle of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.