Barley seed
A barley seed - plant in a hops patch.
7gp
5gp
2gp
+2gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 5
- 30D high
- 7
- Volatility
- 33.3%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+2gp
+2 per item · +40.00% ROI
- Capital required
- 5 gp
- Gross revenue
- 7 gp
- GE tax (2%, 0/item)
- − 0 gp
- Break-even sell
- 5 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 1 gp85.7% below market
- Low alchemy
- 1 gp
- Shop value
- 2 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Skill / type
- Farming
- Stack / note
- Stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Jun 6, 2005
About Barley seed
The Barley seed is a members-only skilling resource in Old School RuneScape.
"A barley seed - plant in a hops patch"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 7 and 11 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 9 gp. About 628,492 units changed hands per day. The price is down 10.0% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 2,000 every 4 hours.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 1 gp, which is 88.9% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Barley seed
22 monsters drop Barley seed, most commonly Seed Stall (118/1,000), Martin the Master Gardener (1/18) and Master Farmer (1/18). Only Draynor Seed Market and Amelia's Seed Shop sell it.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Seed Stall | 118/1,000 | 1 |
| Martin the Master Gardener | 1/18 | 1–12 |
| Master Farmer | 1/18 | 1–12 |
| Mammoth | 30/640 | 4 |
| Seed pack | 2/60 | 8–14 |
| Head Guard | 1/107 | 4 |
| Sergeant (Shayzien) | 1/107 | 4 |
| Cockathrice | 1/113 | 4 |
| Obor | 1/142 | 4 |
| Black Knight Titan | 1/153 | 4 |
| Tortoise | 1/181 | 4 |
| Giant rockslug | 1/219 | 4 |
| Cyclops (Ardougne Zoo) | 1/231 | 4 |
| Grimy Lizard | 1/564 | 4 |
| Vyrewatch | 1/1,811 | 4 |
| Sulphur Lizard | 1/2,070 | 4 |
| Skeleton (Lucien's camp) | 1/2,846 | 4 |
| Skeleton (Shayzien Crypts) | 1/2,846 | 4 |
| Zombie (Shayzien Crypts) | 1/2,846 | 4 |
| Moonlight Cockatrice | 1/3,043 | 4 |
2 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Sold in shops
| Shop | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Draynor Seed Market | 2 gp | 20 |
| Amelia's Seed Shop | 2 gp | 20 |
Barley seed price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8,976,253 |
| September 2026 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15,707,133 |
| August 2026 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 18,022,387 |
| July 2026 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21,143,426 |
| June 202621d | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9,469,292 |
| May 20262d | 6 | 3 | 8 | 823,024 |
| April 20261d | 4 | 4 | 4 | 366,422 |
| March 2026 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4,445,538 |
| February 2026 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 522,969 |
| January 2026 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Barley seed ranged from 3 gp in January 2026 to 15 gp in February 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 9 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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