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Oak shortbow (u)

Oak shortbow (u)

An unstrung oak shortbow; I need a bowstring for this.

MembersBuy limit 10,000
Insta-buy

6gp

Insta-sell

5gp

Spread

1gp

20.00%
Margin

+1gp

+20.00% ROI
Volume

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Trend

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Price history

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Insta-buy (high)Insta-sell (low)Spread
30D low
5
30D high
6
Volatility
18.2%

Flip calculator

Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax

gp
gp
units
Net profitProfitable

+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
30 gp400.0% above market
Low alchemy
20 gp
Shop value
50 gp
Weight
0.992 kg
Skill / type
Fletching
Requires
Fletching 20
Stack / note
Not stackable · noteable
Released
Mar 25, 2002

About Oak shortbow (u)

The Oak shortbow (u) is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.

"An unstrung oak shortbow; I need a bowstring for this"

Over the last 30 days it traded between 6 and 10 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 8 gp. About 20,908 units changed hands per day. The price is down 14.3% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 10,000 every 4 hours.

Casting High Level Alchemy returns 30 gp, which is 275.0% above the 30-day average price, so buying and alching it covers its own cost before the nature rune.

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Oak shortbow (u) price history

Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.

Monthly average, low and high price of Oak shortbow (u) on the Grand Exchange
MonthAverageLowHighVolume
October 202612d769268,725
September 20268712476,386
August 20269613486,326
July 202611614511,924
June 202621d10613172,653
May 20262d12101310,396
April 20261d1313137,679
March 202615641217,027
February 202614101733,522
January 202617112417,856

Across 10 months of recorded prices Oak shortbow (u) ranged from 6 gp in March 2026 to 41 gp in March 2026, measured over 218 trading days.

The 30-day average of 8 gp sits in the lower third of that range.

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