Yew seed
Plant this in a plantpot of soil to grow a sapling.
18,494gp
18,100gp
394gp
+25gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 18,100
- 30D high
- 18,494
- Volatility
- 2.2%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+25gp
+25 per item · +0.14% ROI
- Capital required
- 18,100 gp
- Gross revenue
- 18,494 gp
- GE tax (2%, 369/item)
- − 369 gp
- Break-even sell
- 18,469 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 85 gp99.5% below market
- Low alchemy
- 57 gp
- Shop value
- 143 gp
- Weight
- 0 kg
- Skill / type
- Farming
- Stack / note
- Stackable · not noteable
- Released
- Jun 6, 2005
About Yew seed
The Yew seed is a members-only skilling resource in Old School RuneScape.
"Plant this in a plantpot of soil to grow a sapling"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 17,830 and 21,780 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 20,319 gp. About 27,479 units changed hands per day. The price is down 9.0% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 200 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 406 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 85 gp, which is 99.6% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Yew seed
51 monsters drop Yew seed, most commonly Lost camphor crate (1/8), Seed pack (3/44) and Elven Crystal Chest (16/256).
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Lost camphor crate | 1/8 | 1 |
| Seed pack | 3/44 | 1 |
| Elven Crystal Chest | 16/256 | 1 |
| Crystal impling | 1/18 | 1 |
| Crystal impling jar | 1/18 | 1 |
| Araxxor | 4/115 | 1 |
| Lunar Chest | 1/30 | 1 |
| Monumental chest | 1/30 | 3 |
| Barbarian Assault/Gambles | 1/32 | 1–2 |
| Bird nest (seeds) | 27/1,011 | 1 |
| Hespori | 2/80 | 1 |
| Phantom Muspah | 5/235 | 2 |
| Branda the Fire Queen | 1/55 | 2 |
| Eldric the Ice King | 1/56 | 2 |
| Ancient Wyvern | 3/198 | 1 |
| Vale offerings | 1/72.4 | 1–2 |
| Reward casket (master) | 1/91 | 1–2 |
| Reward casket (elite) | 1/96.9 | 1 |
| Sarachnis | 1/100 | 1 |
| Long-tailed Wyvern | 1/114.7 | 1 |
31 further monsters drop it less commonly.
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Used to make
- 1× Yew seedling from 1× Filled plant pot, 1× Yew seed
Yew seed price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 19,003 | 17,830 | 20,897 | 378,015 |
| September 2026 | 21,049 | 19,840 | 21,780 | 710,590 |
| August 2026 | 19,469 | 18,275 | 21,270 | 900,902 |
| July 2026 | 21,084 | 19,170 | 21,749 | 1,102,402 |
| June 202621d | 22,306 | 20,847 | 26,907 | 445,290 |
| May 20262d | 27,580 | 26,927 | 28,232 | 42,414 |
| April 20261d | 28,122 | 28,122 | 28,122 | 15,325 |
| March 2026 | 26,078 | 22,613 | 28,493 | 277,050 |
| February 2026 | 30,327 | 26,898 | 32,280 | 38,537 |
| January 2026 | 20,305 | 16,098 | 26,945 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Yew seed ranged from 16,098 gp in January 2026 to 32,280 gp in February 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 20,319 gp sits in the lower third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
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