What to Flip in OSRS

The Short Answer

The fastest way to find what to flip right now is to open the 07Flip flip finder. It scans every item on the Grand Exchange every 30 seconds and ranks them by post-tax profit, ROI, and a confidence score that factors in volume, volatility, spread quality, and data freshness. The top results at any given moment are the best items to flip right now — not based on a static list, but on live market data.

That said, knowing which categories and item types tend to produce reliable flips — and how your budget shapes your options — will make you a more consistent trader. The rest of this page covers exactly that.

How to Choose What to Flip

Before picking an item to flip, consider four factors that will determine whether it is a good fit for you:

• Budget — how much GP you are willing to commit to a single flip. High-value items have larger absolute margins but require more upfront capital. Low-value items are accessible to everyone.
• Time available — high-volume items (runes, food, ammo) fill offers in minutes and suit players who check in frequently. Lower-volume items may sit for hours and suit more patient traders.
• Buy limit — every item has a maximum quantity you can buy every 4 hours. This caps how much profit you can make per cycle. Multiply margin by buy limit to estimate potential profit per cycle.
• Margin vs volume tradeoff — thin margins on high-volume items can outperform wide margins on slow items. Always think in terms of GP per hour, not just GP per trade.

Best Item Categories for Flipping

Runes & Ammunition

Runes and ammunition (arrows, bolts, darts) are the backbone of high-volume flipping. Items like Nature Runes, Death Runes, and Dragon Arrows trade in the tens of thousands per hour. Margins are slim — often just a few GP per item — but the sheer volume means meaningful GP per cycle. These are ideal for beginners who want fast fills and consistent results.

Potions

Prayer Potions, Super Combat Potions, Saradomin Brews, and similar combat consumables see consistent demand from players training and bossing. Margins are typically better than runes, and volume remains high enough that offers usually fill within an hour. Potions are a reliable mid-tier flip category at almost any bankroll level.

Food

Sharks, Anglerfish, Karambwans, and other popular food items trade in enormous quantities. Food flipping is particularly beginner-friendly because the price is low enough to require minimal capital, volume is very high, and margins are predictable. Offer filling is fast, which means more flip cycles per day.

Weapons & Armour

Mid-to-high tier gear — popular raids drops, BiS armour pieces, and commonly used weapons — often has wide absolute margins. The tradeoff is lower volume and slower fills. These items suit experienced flippers with larger bankrolls who are comfortable waiting for offers to fill over several hours.

Skilling Supplies

Logs, ores, bars, herbs, and seeds all have consistent demand from players training skills. Skilling supply flipping tends to be stable because demand is driven by XP-seeking behaviour rather than market sentiment. Margins fluctuate with double-XP events and game updates, which can create additional opportunities.

How Your Budget Affects What to Flip

Your available GP is the single biggest constraint on what you can flip. Here is a realistic breakdown by budget range:

• Under 1M GP — focus on high-volume, low-price items: basic food (Lobsters, Swordfish), common runes (Chaos, Death, Nature), and arrows (Adamant, Rune). You can flip multiple items in parallel even at this bankroll level. Expect modest but consistent returns.
• 1M–10M GP — potions become viable (Prayer, Super Restore, Super Combat), along with basic gear (Rune armour, popular skilling tools) and mid-tier skilling supplies. You can work 4–8 GE slots simultaneously and start compounding returns meaningfully.
• 10M–100M GP — mid-tier armour and weapons open up, popular BiS gear for common activities (Bandos, Armadyl components), high-end potions, and bulk skilling supplies. This range offers the best mix of margin quality and fill speed.
• 100M+ GP — high-value weapons and rare armour (Twisted Bow, Scythe of Vitur, Ancestral pieces) have the highest absolute margins of any items on the GE. Volume is low and these items require careful timing, but each successful flip can yield tens of millions in profit.

Using 07Flip to Find What to Flip Right Now

Rather than relying on a static list, 07Flip surfaces the best flips at this moment using live market data. Here is how to use it effectively:

• Default view — sorted by potential profit per hour, showing items with the strongest combination of margin, volume, and buy limit. This is the best starting point for most flippers.
• Confidence filter — filter to only show high-confidence items (70+) to reduce the chance of acting on a misleading or stale margin.
• Dips preset — shows items currently trading below their recent average, which can signal buying opportunities. Useful for medium-to-experienced flippers comfortable with some uncertainty.
• Beginner filter — narrows results to lower-price, higher-volume items that are more forgiving for players new to the GE.

Open the flip finder and apply these filters to see what the GE is offering right now.

What Makes a Good Flip

Use this checklist when evaluating any flip opportunity:

• High confidence score — 07Flip's confidence score above 65 indicates volume, margin, and data freshness are all healthy.
• Positive ROI after tax — the post-tax profit must be positive and meaningful enough to justify your time. Aim for at least 1% ROI for quick items, more for slower ones.
• Volume above 100 per hour — ensures offers will fill in a reasonable timeframe and that the market is liquid enough for margins to hold.
• Stable margin over time — check the item's price chart to confirm the spread is consistent and not a brief anomaly.
• Within your buy limit — you should be able to cycle through the full buy limit in one session, otherwise your GP is locked up longer than needed.