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Steel pickaxe

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Steel pickaxe
F2P F Buy limit: 40 per 4 hours

Used for mining.

Steel pickaxe flips for around 212 GP profit per unit. The Grand Exchange allows free-to-play accounts to trade this item, with a buy limit of 40 units every 4 hours. The 2% Grand Exchange tax applies to sales, capped at 5,000,000 GP per item.

Live flip margin

Buy at
505
Sell at
731
Margin (after tax)
+212
ROI
+42.0%
Daily volume
1.4K
Profit per limit
8.5K
High alch
300
Flip grade
F

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