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Steel bar

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Steel bar
F2P F Buy limit: 10,000 per 4 hours
Live flip margin +5 GP
0.8% ROI per flip · up to 50.0K GP per buy-limit cycle
Track Steel bar live in GE IQ → Free · Updates every 2 minutes · No signup needed

If you bought your full buy limit on Steel bar right now, you'd clear roughly 50.0K GP after the 2% GE tax. That's the ceiling. The actual margin shifts every few minutes, especially after Wednesday updates and weekend supply spikes.

It's a bar of steel. Tradeable on F2P accounts too. Buy limit 10,000 per 4 hours. A 2% Grand Exchange tax applies to sales, capped at 5,000,000 GP per item.

Why most flippers miss this

The OSRS Wiki gives you a snapshot. By the time you've finished reading it, the buy and sell prices have already moved. GE IQ refreshes every 2 minutes, grades each flip on margin, volume, and stability, and pings you when the spread shifts past your target. Steel bar is one of 4,500+ items it tracks live, alongside flip alerts, a margin sparkline, and a portfolio.

Live flip margin

Buy at
615
Sell at
632
Margin (after tax)
+5
ROI
+0.8%
Daily volume
4.00M
Profit per limit
50.0K
High alch
60
Flip grade
F

Don't miss the next move on Steel bar

The margin can swing 30% within an hour after an OSRS update or a weekend supply shift. Set a price alert in GE IQ and you'll get pinged the second it crosses your target, no manual checking needed.

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Prices snapshot from the official RuneScape Wiki API. Refreshed at build time: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:09:22 GMT. Open the tool for live prices that refresh every two minutes.

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