Papaya tree seed
Plant in a plantpot of soil to grow a sapling.
1,398gp
1,333gp
65gp
+38gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 1,333
- 30D high
- 1,398
- Volatility
- 4.8%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+38gp
+38 per item · +2.85% ROI
- Capital required
- 1,333 gp
- Gross revenue
- 1,398 gp
- GE tax (2%, 27/item)
- − 27 gp
- Break-even sell
- 1,360 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 69 gp95.1% below market
- Low alchemy
- 46 gp
- Shop value
- 115 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Skill / type
- Farming
- Stack / note
- Stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Jun 6, 2005
About Papaya tree seed
The Papaya tree seed is a members-only skilling resource in Old School RuneScape.
"Plant in a plantpot of soil to grow a sapling"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 1,138 and 1,337 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 1,248 gp. About 17,964 units changed hands per day. The price is up 17.5% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 200 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 24 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 69 gp, which is 94.5% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Papaya tree seed
26 monsters drop Papaya tree seed, most commonly Seed pack (5/44), Hespori (3/80) and Bird nest (seeds) (34/1,011).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Seed pack | 5/44 | 1–3 |
| Hespori | 3/80 | 1–3 |
| Bird nest (seeds) | 34/1,011 | 1 |
| Barbarian Assault/Gambles | 1/32 | 1–2 |
| Zulrah | 6/249 | 3 |
| Kalphite Queen | 3/126 | 2 |
| Vale offerings | 1/43.93 | 1–2 |
| Bird nest (Wyson) | 10/684 | 1 |
| Sarachnis | 1/100 | 2 |
| Demonic gorilla | 1/357.1 | 2 |
| Manta ray (monster) | 1/442 | 1 |
| Abyssal Sire | 1/496.4 | 2 |
| Tortured gorilla | 1/576 | 1 |
| Mammoth | 1/640 | 1 |
| Phantom Muspah | 1/839.3 | 3 |
| Lizardman shaman | 1/892.9 | 1 |
| Vorkath | 1/892.9 | 1 |
| Alchemical Hydra | 1/901.8 | 2–3 |
| Tormented Demon | 1/910.7 | 1 |
| Ancient Wyvern | 1/1,178.6 | 1 |
6 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Used to make
- 1× Papaya seedling from 1× Filled plant pot, 1× Papaya tree seed
Papaya tree seed price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 1,277 | 1,195 | 1,337 | 239,980 |
| September 2026 | 1,203 | 1,003 | 1,333 | 509,238 |
| August 2026 | 1,168 | 849 | 1,412 | 581,260 |
| July 2026 | 1,377 | 1,237 | 1,493 | 728,162 |
| June 202621d | 1,448 | 1,159 | 1,546 | 351,716 |
| May 20262d | 1,369 | 1,042 | 1,696 | 24,931 |
| April 20261d | 1,692 | 1,692 | 1,692 | 10,244 |
| March 2026 | 1,504 | 1,014 | 1,678 | 198,662 |
| February 2026 | 1,546 | 1,241 | 1,676 | 33,848 |
| January 2026 | 1,507 | 924 | 1,834 | 17,812 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Papaya tree seed ranged from 849 gp in August 2026 to 1,834 gp in January 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 1,248 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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