Iron bar

It's a bar of iron. Iron bar is a free-to-play item in the Ores & Bars market, used in Smithing and crafting metal equipment.

Iron bar trades for 193 gp, making it one of the cheapest items on the GE. The buy-sell spread is 9 gp (4.7%), which indicates a tight spread common in actively traded items.

With 2,410 recent trades, Iron bar has strong trading volume, making it easy to buy and sell quickly. With a buy limit of 10,000 every 4 hours, you can trade in large quantities per session.

Iron bar currently has a negative margin of -10 gp after tax, meaning instant flips would result in a loss at these prices. Margins fluctuate throughout the day — check back later or set a price alert to be notified when the margin turns positive. The price has risen 2.7% in the last hour, indicating upward buying pressure.

Iron bar has a high alchemy value of 16 gp, but at the current buy price it is not profitable to alch.

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