For the wiki's database, see RuneScape:Grand Exchange Market Watch.
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The Grand Exchange (abbreviated as GE) is a trading system for players to buy and sell almost all tradeable items. Members have eight Grand Exchange slots in which they may trade items, however free players are limited to three. Traders do not need to advertise, meet each other, or even wait at the Grand Exchange for their trades to complete.
All coins and items from fully and partially finished trades can be collected at any bank, but not at deposit boxes or bank chests (excluding Prifddinas clans' chests, Shantay Pass, Burthorpe, Lumbridge Market, Clan Wars, and Castle Wars lobby). Additionally, players will receive a message in their chatbox when the status of a trade offer is updated. Many players find it useful to sell items on the Grand Exchange rather than to a General Store, as the profit margin is much larger for useful items.
The Grand Exchange also refers to the location of this trading system, which is an official marketplace north-west of Varrock. It was released on 26 November 2007 and has since replaced the older player marketplaces in Varrock and Falador. It is a popular place and usually crowded on high-population worlds such as World 2. The Grand Exchange received a graphical update on 9 August 2011 giving it a brand new image and design, splitting the central booth into 4 separate booths, and adding a musician. The Grand Exchange received a second graphical update on 2 October 2017, which kept the style of the previous update, but integrated the four booths back into one central booth.
Aside from north-western Varrock, Grand Exchange branches can also be found in Prifddinas (in the Tower of Voices and in the Max Guild), and in Menaphos (in the Merchant district).
Ironman Mode players have restricted use of the Grand Exchange: it can only be used by them to purchase bonds and some cosmetic override tokens, animation override tokens, title scrolls and other cosmetics. For a full list of items that Ironman Mode players can purchase on the Grand Exchange, see here.
Contents
- 1 Getting there
- 1.1 Varrock
- 1.1.1 Methods for free-to-play players
- 1.1.2 Methods for members
- 1.2 Tower of Voices
- 1.3 Max Guild
- 1.4 Merchant District
- 1.1 Varrock
- 2 Grand Exchange interface
- 2.1 Grand Exchange
- 2.2 Sale History
- 2.3 Sets
- 2.4 Favourites
- 3 Guide prices
- 4 Volume
- 5 Trade Tariff
- 6 Trade restrictions
- 6.1 Buying limits
- 6.2 Tradeable items that cannot be traded using the Grand Exchange
- 7 Scamming
- 8 Personalities
- 8.1 Grand Exchange in Varrock
- 8.2 Tower of Voices in Prifddinas
- 8.3 Max Guild in Prifddinas
- 9 Gallery
- 10 Transcript
- 11 Graphical updates
- 12 Update history
- 13 Trivia
- 14 See also
- 15 References
Getting there[edit | edit source]
Varrock[edit | edit source]
Methods for free-to-play players[edit | edit source]
- Teleport to Varrock (either via the Varrock Teleport spell or the Lodestone Network) and walk the rest of the way.
- Teleport to the Air altar using an air altar teleport, then walk north-east.
- Use a canoe to travel to the Barbarian Village station, then walk north-east.
- Teleport using the Skull sceptre to outside the Stronghold of Security, then cross the bridge to the east and walk north-east.
- Teleport to Edgeville using the Home Teleport and run east.
- Teleport to the Varrock Palace yew trees using the oaken, willow, maple, or Nature's sentinel outfit and run west.
Methods for members[edit | edit source]
- Use a ring of Wealth, ring of Fortune, Luck of the Dwarves, or a Hazelmere's signet ring, to teleport directly to the Grand Exchange.
- Complete the easy Varrock Tasks and set your Varrock Teleport destination to the entrance of the Grand Exchange.
- Teleport to Edgeville via a method of choice (such as fairy ring code DKR), then use the tunnel shortcut (requiring level 21 Agility) to crawl under the Grand Exchange's north-western wall.
- Use the mine cart system (requiring partial completion of The Giant Dwarf) to travel from Keldagrim to the trapdoor in the north-west corner of the Grand Exchange.
- Use the spirit tree system (requiring completion of Tree Gnome Village quest) to travel from any spirit tree to the one in the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange.
- Use a Grand Exchange Teleport scroll to teleport to the Grand Exchange.
- Talk to the Grand Exchange clerks in the Tower of Voices and Max Guild in Prifddinas, or Merchant District in Menaphos, who offer free teleports to the Grand Exchange in Varrock.
- Use radiant alchemist's amulet or luminous alchemist's amulet (charged) to teleport to the entrance of the Grand Exchange daily.
Tower of Voices[edit | edit source]
- Teleport to Prifddinas via the Lodestone Network, this brings you directly to the Tower of Voices.
- Teleport to outside the clan portal at the Tower of Voices using a Clan vexillum.
Max Guild[edit | edit source]
- Teleport directly there using the Max guild Teleport.
- Teleport to the Max Guild garden using a grace of the elves, then go south and enter the Max Guild.
- Teleport to the Cadarn Clan district using a crystal teleport seed or attuned crystal teleport seed, this puts you north-west of the Max Guild and west of the entrance to the Max Guild garden.
Merchant District[edit | edit source]
- Teleport to Menaphos using the Lodestone Network, then go north-east.
- Teleport to the Menaphos Merchant District using a Merchant district teleport tablet, then go south-east.
Grand Exchange interface[edit | edit source]
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Grand Exchange[edit | edit source]
The Grand Exchange tab has eight slots for players to make buy and sell offers on items, and one slot to retrieve a lent item. When making an offer, item prices are initially set to guide value. This can be adjusted in amounts of + or - 5% and 20%, or a custom price can be entered. Existing offers may be edited or aborted by clicking the respective button in the overview page or the in-progress offer window, editing an offer will reset the players place in the offer queue. Completed offers may collected from this tab or from any bank that offers a collection box, the collection box can also be used to track existing offers. When collecting unstackable items, players can right-click to choose whether to collect the item noted or unnoted.
Sale History[edit | edit source]
The sale history tab shows the player's 40 most recent transactions done on the Grand Exchange.
Sets[edit | edit source]
Main article: Item set
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Most armour sets can be assembled into sets to save space. They behave like ordinary items except that they cannot be worn or used until they are disassembled. Only the Grand Exchange clerks can assemble and disassemble sets, and they will do this an unlimited number of times for free. Right-clicking a set and selecting "destroy" will not disassemble it.
Favourites[edit | edit source]
The favourites tab allows players to view their favourited items and their guide price, items clicked on from this tab will be taken directly to a buy offer. Items may be favourited by searching for the item in the tab or by using the star icon when buying or selling the item, this can be keybound. Members may favourite up to eighteen items and free-to-play can favourite six.
Guide prices[edit | edit source]
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Jagex has never published the Grand Exchange's exact pricing algorithms, although there are some reasonable guesses. By using the laws of supply and demand, the prices of items are updated depending on recently traded values and volume. For items with low volume, prices update every few days or even weeks. Jagex can also intervene and adjust the prices themselves.
Because of an update on 1 February 2011, there are no longer price restrictions, however there are guide prices and an upper limit on how many of an item players can buy at once.
Volume[edit | edit source]
Volume is a measure of the quantity of items that have been traded daily on the Grand Exchange. This number is not directly available in-game, but can be viewed on the official RuneScape Grand Exchange Database website. Items that commonly have high daily volume includes runes, chronotes, and divine energy.
Volume listed in the infoboxes on wiki pages is the most recent daily volume - the amount traded between 00:00-23:59 of the previous day. Prior to 14 December 2022, only the top 100 most-traded item volumes were available, which was the 7-day volume.
Trade Tariff[edit | edit source]
Since 9 January 2023, 2% of the sales price of items is withheld by the Grand Exchange in the form of a tax intended to remove gold from the game.[1] Items traded below 50 coins and Bonds are exempt.
Trade restrictions[edit | edit source]
All trade restrictions are intended to reduce price manipulation, real-world trading, and/or unfair interactions between players with different levels. On the issue of price manipulation, Jagex said, "We are keen to keep a player-driven economy, so the prices are worked out using the supply and demand rules above. We will only intervene as a last resort, and only if we think price manipulation is going on, although the system has lots of safeguards to prevent that."[2] Trade restrictions are those safeguards. On 1 February all price (but not necessarily trade) restrictions were removed. Trial members had a trade restriction on the Grand Exchange of 50 of certain items. This prevented new accounts from being made simply to use the 6 Grand Exchange slots available to members, for merchanting/flipping.
Buying limits[edit | edit source]
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Buying rate is restricted to a certain quantity every 4 hours. The countdown immediately starts when the first item of the corresponding buy limit is purchased successfully. Some items have a connected limit, meaning that players can only buy a certain amount of either item, or a mix of the two up to a particular point:
- Metal armour (bronze through rune) share a limit of 100 between the pieces that make up the armour sets, although bronze through adamant platebodies have a separate limit of 500
- Dragon armour shares a limit of 10 between all set pieces
- Dragonhide armour of the same colour, including sets (although the sets have a limit of 100)
- Treasure Trails armour that makes up a set shares a limit of 2
- Barrows armour shares a limit between repaired pieces, broken pieces, and the item sets of the same brother's armour
- All parts of godswords (swords, hilts, blades, shards)
- Saradomin swords and Zamorakian spears
- Both types of chinchompas
- Enchanted and unenchanted gem-tipped bolts
- All doses of the same kind of potion (with the exception of prayer renewal)
- Any type of God Wars Dungeon items (Bandos, Armadyl, Subjugation) has a trade limit of one every four hours. (Not including godswords)
Tradeable items that cannot be traded using the Grand Exchange[edit | edit source]
This section is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
Some items cannot be traded using the Grand Exchange, but they can still be traded using the traditional player-to-player trade. Apart from restricted trade items, this list includes:
Minigames
- Bailing buckets - Fishing Trawler
- Bandages - Castle Wars
- co*cktail guide - Gnome Restaurant
- Gianne's cook book - Gnome Restaurant
- Gnomeballs
- Iron sickles - Miscellania
- Ogleroots - Vinesweeper
- Stealing Creation items
Event items
- Exotic Foods[d 1][d 2]
- Gift of Giving (inactive)[d 2] - Christmas 2012
- Presents [d 2] - Squeal of Fortune
- Valentine hearts [d 2] - Squeal of Fortune
- Starlight ore [d 2] - Squeal of Fortune
- Cinco de Mayo [d 3][d 4] - Squeal of Fortune
- Wolf blood [d 2] - Squeal of Fortune
Partially charged items
- Amulet of glory[d 5] (1 - 3)
- Black mask (1 - 9)
- Broodoo shield (1 - 9)
- Castle wars brace (2)
- Games necklace (2 - 7)
- Pharaoh's sceptre (1 - 2)
- Ring of duelling (2 - 7)
- Ring of Wealth (1 - 3)
- Skills necklace (1 - 3)
Dwarven army axe products
Other
- Ancient artefacts from Revenants
- All items from Garden Centre except the bagged plant 1
- Bottle of wine from Fortunato's Fine Wine in Draynor.
- Burnt foods from Cooking
- Cavalier and mask
- Coins
- Cursed magic logs from the Spirit Realm
- Diango's Toy Store[d 6]
- Double eyepatches
- Dungeoneering items
- Faruq's Tools for Games[d 7][d 8]
- Flasks (1 - 5)
- Heroes' Quest quest item[d 9]
- Item sets[d 10]
- Magical eggs
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Shield of Arrav quest items[d 11][d 2]
- Tankard
- Weeds - Farming
- ^ Coronation chicken sandwich, Cream tea, Fish 'n' chips, Full breakfast, Steak and kidney pie
- ^ a b c d e f g Removed from game.
- ^ Avocado sauce, Bean puree, Spicy pepper sauce and Soured Cream
- ^ Made untradeable after the promotion
- ^ Also applies to the Amulet of glory (t).
- ^ Bouquet, Bubble maker, Celebration cake, Celebration candles, Confetti, Diamond jubilee souvenir flags, Diamond jubilee souvenir hats, Firecracker, Firework, and Souviner cup
- ^ Dice bags are no longer in game
- ^ Magic skullball, Marker seeds, Racing boots, Ring of seeking (both), Starting horn, Timepiece and Voting hat.
- ^ Miscellaneous key and Pete's Candlestick.
- ^ Check the page for which ones are on the Grand Exchange.
- ^ Half certificates and Weapon store keys.
Scamming[edit | edit source]
Main article: Scams
There continues to be much activity around the Grand Exchange as a main area for some players to operate scams, manipulate other players into giving away items or money, and the age-old luring of players to areas they can be killed and their items taken. Also beware of the scams which involve looking up videos on YouTube, going to Discord, or other apps/ websites which eventually try to lure you into a 3rd party website which asks for your login credentials.
Personalities[edit | edit source]
The Grand Exchange clerks at the Tower of Voices, Max Guild, and Menaphos Merchant District are all able to teleport the player to the Grand Exchange in Varrock with a chat option.
Grand Exchange in Varrock[edit | edit source]
Brugsen Bursen, creator of the Grand Exchange.
Grand Exchange Tutor teaches the basics of the Grand Exchange.
Farid Morrisane shows the prices of ores.
Relobo Blinyo shows the prices of logs.
Bob Barter shows the prices of herbs. He also decants noted and unnoted potions into full and empty vials.
Murky Matt shows the prices of runes. He also "decants" charged items into full and empty charges.
Hofuthand shows the prices of certain weapons and armours.
Guardian of the Premier Vault allows access to the Premier Vault.
Tower of Voices in Prifddinas[edit | edit source]
Rhobert Dail shows the prices of herbs. He also decants noted and unnoted potions into full and empty vials.
Challenge Mistress Heriau gives out rewards for daily challenges.
Auron Ithell allows players to toggle on and off golden rocks.
Dilwyn runs the Loyalty Programme Shop.
Max Guild in Prifddinas[edit | edit source]
Rhodri Dail shows the prices of herbs. He also decants noted and unnoted potions into full and empty vials.
Challenge Mistress Heriau gives out rewards for daily challenges.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
The southern entrance to the Grand Exchange
The eastern entrance to the Exchange
A booth in the Grand Exchange
The Entrance to the Grand Exchange during Christmas 2011
The centre during Christmas 2011
The Exchange during Christmas 2012
The Grand Exchange during Christmas 2013.
The Grand Exchange during Christmas 2017.
The Grand Exchange during the Golden Partyhat Hunt.
The Grand Exchange during Christmas 2022.
Concept art for the Grand Exchange, depicting an unused upstairs area with a tower.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
This article has an associated transcript page.
Click here for the transcript.
Graphical updates[edit | edit source]
Update history[edit | edit source]
This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!
- patch 8 January 2024(Update):
- The Earhart Penguin Token now appears in the search function of the Grand Exchange.
- patch 4 December 2023(Update):
- Added fencing around the eastern of the northern Christmas trees in Varrock's Grand Exchange.
- patch 13 November 2023(Update):
- The Grand Exchange search bar will now reset after confirming the buy offer.
- patch 23 October 2023(Update):
- Fixed an issue that would prevent the Grand Exchange value from updating on the Smithing interface based on the tier of the item.
- hidden 23 October 2023(Update):
- Necromancy equipment now includes the tier in the item name within the Grand Exchange interface.
- patch 19 June 2023(Update):
- Grand Exchange quantity buttons no longer cap at 1,000.
- Fixed a crash that was a result of exceeding the max amount of money for a Grand Exchange buy offer.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the Grand Exchange interface to show incorrect values for completed sales.
- patch 20 February 2023(Update):
- Fixed an issue with the Grand Exchange's price per item taking too long to visually update after adjusting the price.
- patch 16 January 2023(Update):
- Buyers on the Grand Exchange no longer see how much the seller is receiving after tax.
- update 9 January 2023(Update):
- A 2% tax has been added to sales on the Grand Exchange. Items which cost 50 coins or less are exempt.
- ninja 18 July 2022(Update):
- Fixed an issue which caused Kerapac's wrist wraps to appear twice in the Grand Exchange interface.
- patch 24 January 2022(Update):
- Christmas Decorations in Prifddinas and the Grand Exchange have now been removed.
- ninja 13 September 2021(Update):
- Various items have had their buy limits adjusted. A full list of which can be found here.
- patch 4 May 2021(Update):
- You must now use the Enter key to confirm changes to any values on a Grand Exchange offer.
- Exiting the keyboard input UI at the Grand Exchange no longer causes keybinds to stop functioning.
- patch 5 January 2021(Update):
- Fixed an alignment inconsistency between bought & sold text in Grand Exchange history.
- As the festive period has now finished, Gielinor has returned to its pre-Christmas state and the Grand Exchange has been reverted.
- patch 1 September 2020(Update):
- Various Grand Exchange error messages have been converted into info-boxes for better visibility, especially on mobile devices.
- patch 10 August 2020(Update):
- Players are now unable to search for dinosaur eggs in the Grand Exchange.
- The Price Box on the Grand Exchange interface will no longer display text from the Search Bar.
- patch 3 August 2020(Update):
- A warning message will now show in the Grand Exchange on Runescape Mobile when attempting to sell items that exceed the total amount within the player's inventory.
- ninja 29 June 2020(Update):
- Un-favouriting a favourite item in the Grand Exchange interface will no longer completely hide the Favourites interface.
- In the Grand Exchange interface, the 'buy' and 'sell' text will no longer show on slots on that are unavailable in free-to-play.
- Tooltips will once again be shown for the elements on the Collection Box interface.
- A '+Lim' button has been added to the quantity section of buy offers on the Grand Exchange. Each press of this button will add the 4-hour limit quantity to the current offer quantity.
- Players will no longer encounter mysterious Dwarf Remains when collecting items and placing further buy offers in the Grand Exchange.
- patch 29 June 2020(Update):
- The Grand Exchange buy limits for all Archaeology materials have increased from 1,000 to 5,000.
- update 15 June 2020(Update):
- Core Improvements
- Client side prediction has been added to the Grand Exchange interface.
- This will result in a more responsive and smooth experience while using the interface, all of the various buttons, and the search function.
- A 'Favourites' tab has been added to the Grand Exchange.
- Items can be favourited by searching for an item in the tab, or by using the star icon when buying or selling an item.
- Favourited items will show their guide price.
- Items can be selected from here to take you directly to a buy offer.
- Keybinds have been added to favourite an item when in the Buy or Sell interface.
- Members can favourite 18 items, while free-to-play players can favourite six.
- Players can now edit existing offers.
- There is now an 'edit' button on the Overview page and within In-progress offers.
- If you change your mind whilst editing an offer, you can cancel the edit and come back where you left off.
- An 'edit' keybind has also been added, and can be accessed when viewing a live offer.
- Note that editing an offer will reset your place in the offer queue.
- + and - 20% buttons for editing the buy/sell price have been added next to the current + and - 5% buttons.
- The Overview interface has been adjusted for increased usability and readability.
- There is now an Abort Offer option.
- The wording for slots has been changed from 'Empty' to 'Slot X' and the words 'buy' and 'sell' have been added to the buttons for better usability.
- Existing offers will show a number next to their buy or sell wording.
- Current offers will now show their progress with a number.
- The drop-shadow in the Current Offers box has been removed.
- The Search Results window has been extended to show more results.
- The selected item will now be highlighted with a yellow outline.
- Any items you have in your favourites will also be marked with a yellow star icon.
- Clicking outside of the Search Bar will no longer clear your results. They can be cleared with the 'X' button or the ESC key.
- Client side prediction has been added to the Grand Exchange interface.
- Additional Improvements
- The 'Sets' right-click/long-press option on Grand Exchange clerks has been changed to 'Favourites'.
- Sets can still be accessed via the interface or by talking to the clerks.
- There have been various text changes and font size increases for better description and increased readability, especially on mobile.
- The Inventory displayed on mobile when using the Grand Exchange has been changed to a 4x7 view.
- Long item names, especially for translated languages, are now truncated with an ellipsis on the overview page to stop them breaking out of their boxes.
- The Quantity, Price and Total Value boxes have been increased in size to better accommodate for translated languages.
- The log in message which tells you about items in your collection box now has a 10 minute cooldown to reduce chat spam when hopping worlds.
- The 'Sets' right-click/long-press option on Grand Exchange clerks has been changed to 'Favourites'.
- Fixes
- While working on this update, the Ninjas also fixed some live issues:
- Clicking or tapping out of the Quantity and Price input boxes will now deselect them.
- Dragging untradeable items to the Buy/Sell box on the Overview interface will no longer initiate an empty offer.
- Right click options on the Overview interface that remained on-screen after using keybinds to buy/sell will no longer change the selected offer type.
- On mobile, selecting the Price or Quantity boxes no longer moves the Search box, so you can now see what you're typing more clearly.
- While working on this update, the Ninjas also fixed some live issues:
- Core Improvements
- patch 26 May 2020(Update):
- Resolved a bug that required players to click twice on the Grand Exchange interface after selecting an item from a search.
- patch 11 May 2020(Update):
- The 'Slayer Points' dummy item has been removed from Grand Exchange search results.
- patch 23 March 2020(Update):
- Dummy objects (as in ‘objects you’re not supposed to see’) will no longer appear in Grand Exchange search filters.
- patch 24 February 2020(Update):
- The "Collect all to" buttons on the Collection Box interface have been switched around to match the ordering of the buttons on the Grand Exchange interface.
- patch 22 July 2019(Update):
- Items with a higher coin conversion value than their Grand Exchange price will now default to the Grand Exchange value rather than the higher conversion.
- ninja 23 April 2019(Update):
- Increased the player's Grand Exchange sales history from the last 20 finished transactions to 40.
- patch 8 April 2019(Update):
- The item search bar in the grand exchange now shows the correct keybind in its tooltip.
- patch 21 January 2019(Update):
- Updated ores and combat items in NPC guide prices within the grand exchange.
- Some unobtainable gloves were removed from the grand exchange.
- patch 1 October 2018(Update):
- Switching tabs while setting up an offer in the GE will no longer remove and items examine info.
- ninja 17 September 2018(Update):
- Grand exchange sale history has been doubled in size to now store 20 transactions.
- After a GE offer is resolved (either finished or cancelled), the player can now press a button on the item's resolved screen, or right click the Grand Exchange offer square, to collect items and create a new offer with the same details as the previous offer.
- Selecting an item in Grand Exchange search no longer immediately closes the search.
- Players can now right-click on an entry in the GE history and access options to repeat that offer. "Immediate repeat" immediately creates an identical offer, whereas "Detailed repeat" brings up the offer creation screen with the relevant details filled in (in case you want to tweak some of the parameters).
- patch 28 August 2018(Update):
- The rock in the south west corner of the Grand Exchange will no longer be able to be walked on or over.
- patch 20 August 2018(Update):
- Fixed an issue with the Grand Exchange search bar experiencing random spacing between characters.
- patch 4 June 2018(Update):
- Grand Exchange clerks have been moved to stand with the bankers in the Menaphos bank.
- ninja 21 May 2018(Update):
- It is now possible to teleport to the Varrock Grand Exchange by speaking to the exchange clerks in Menaphos banks.
- patch 8 May 2018(Update):
- The fountains inside of the grand exchange can now be used to fill Evil Dave's empty stew satchel during the quest.
- patch 30 April 2018(Update):
- The letters 'I' and 'B' no longer behave as keybinds when searching for an item to buy in the Grand Exchange.
- patch 23 April 2018(Update):
- Reduced the spam of warning message 'You are standing is a Summoning-free area.' in GE.
- The keybind for searching in the grand exchange has been changed from enter to space bar.
- You can now once again use the chat box whilst in the grand exchange. The Enter button will work as a keybind to enable the use of the chatbox.
- Can no longer trigger the actionbar whilst in the grand exchange.
- The 6th slot in the grand exchange is once again blue, rather than grey.
- patch 16 April 2018(Update):
- Collecting multiple of the same item across GE slots to your inventory will no longer drop an item to the ground if your inventory is full.
- patch 9 April 2018(Update):
- The Grand Exchange will now correctly use it's item guide price when buying and selling items.
- ninja 3 April 2018(Update):
- Key binds have been added to the Grand Exchange interface.
- Numbers 1-8 will open the corresponding offer slot, or attempt to buy if empty
- CTRL+1-8 will open the corresponding offer slot, or attempt to sell if empty
- 9 will retrieve any lent item
- "i" will collect all to inventory
- "b" will collect all to bank
- Key binds have been added to the Grand Exchange interface.
- ninja 26 March 2018(Update):
- Buy limits per 4 hours are now displayed for the item being viewed on the Grand Exchange interface.
- patch 26 February 2018(Update):
- Four new teleport scrolls have been added to all clue scroll tiers that teleport players to the Lighthouse, the Clocktower, Gu'Tanoth entrance and to the Treasure Trail hub at the main Grand Exchange entrance.
- The Varrock elite scan clue now mentions that it also covers the Grand Exchange, for clarity.
- ninja 23 October 2017(Update):
- Items can no longer be dragged from the Collection slot on the Grand Exchange interface.
- patch 9 October 2017(Update):
- The healing area at the Grand Exchange is now larger.
- The area at the Grand Exchange that hides familiars is now smaller.
- ninja 11 September 2017(Update):
- The buy limit has been increased from 100 to 1000 for bronze to adamant weaponry and armour, allowing better synergy with Invention.
- ninja 10 July 2017(Update):
- The Grand Exchange buy limit for bolas has been increased from 50 to 1000.
- ninja 23 January 2017(Update):
- Players collecting only 1 item from the Grand Exchange with the "collect all" feature will now have it given to them unnoted.
- patch 7 November 2016(Update):
- An issue that was causing some tradeable Treasure Hunter items to not appear on the Grand Exchange has been fixed.
- patch 26 September 2016(Update):
- The low sell offer warning now displays correctly on the Grand Exchange interface.
- ninja 6 June 2016(Update):
- Updated the Grand Exchange tutorial interface to match the recently updated Grand Exchange interfaces.
- update 8 February 2016(Update):
- Sliske's Scoreboard has been added to the game in the middle of the Grand Exchange, replacing the fountain there.
- ninja 8 February 2016(Update):
- The "Sets" interface is now a tab of the Grand Exchange. This can also be accessed at a Bank booth by using a set on it, although Buy/Sell features will not be available.
- patch 23 November 2015(Update):
- It is no longer possible to remove the ferns surrounding the Grand Exchange.
- patch 16 November 2015(Update):
- A female banker in the Grand Exchange has had her legs repositioned so they line up correctly.
- patch 10 August 2015(Update):
- The buy limit for frost dragon bones has been increased to 10,000 to match other tradeable bones.
- patch 3 August 2015(Update):
- The Grand Exchange buttons on active Buy and Sell offers will no longer appear to be active.
- ninja 27 July 2015(Update):
- Further improvements have been added to the Grand Exchange interface, based on feedback:
- Lent items can now be returned via the Grand Exchange interface.
- Framing has been added around the Grand Exchange interface to match the backpack and collect interfaces.
- Framing has been added around the Buy/Sell sub-interfaces.
- The '+1' button has been re-added to the Buy interface.
- The spacing on the Grand Exchange interface has been made consistent.
- Unnecessary spacing at the bottom - previously shown when searching for an item - has been removed to prevent confusion about the number of search results.
- Further improvements have been added to the Grand Exchange interface, based on feedback:
- patch 13 July 2015(Update):
- A disconnect that sometimes occurred when trying to enter a price value under certain circ*mstances on the Grand Exchange Buy/Sell interface has been fixed.
- ninja 6 July 2015(Update):
- Grand Exchange functions have been expanded and improved.
- Two new transaction slots – one for everyone, one for members.
- The Grand Exchange and Sale History interfaces have been merged.
- Buy offer searches now include inventory-style icons.
- Companion App GE functionality has been updated accordingly.
- patch 18 May 2015(Update):
- Item names will no longer get cut off when searching for items in the Grand Exchange.
- ninja 30 March 2015(Update):
- 'Collect all' has been added to inventory.
- 'Bank' buttons have been added to the main Grand Exchange interface.
- patch 12 January 2015(Update):
- The Grand Exchange purchase limit on silverhawk feathers, springs and magic note paper has been increased.
- patch 1 December 2014(Update):
- Players will no longer be forced to walk a square back when standing on a specific tiles north of the crop field by the Grand Exchange.
- patch 20 October 2014(Update):
- Dwarven multicannons will no longer float when placed between the far eastern pillars of the Grand Exchange and Varrock Palace's wall.
- A graphical issue on a rock near the Grand Exchange has been corrected.
- ninja 6 May 2014(Update):
- It is now possible to collect all Grand Exchange offers at once, either to the bank or the inventory.
- ninja 27 January 2014(Update):
- Players can now view tooltips for price and quantity for their Grand Exchange offers from the collection interface.
- patch 13 January 2014(Update):
- The description of Bonds on the Grand Exchange now fits correctly on the interface.
- ninja 17 December 2013(Update):
- The Grand Exchange will now show an items level requirements on a tooltip.
- The Grand Exchange experts and sets, farming tools and strange rock bag interfaces have been updated to use the new interface template.
- patch 11 December 2013(Update):
- A disconnect issue when players are dragging items onto the Grand Exchange interface has been resolved.
- patch 26 November 2013(Update):
- Retrieving items from a partially complete sale in the Grand Exchange no longer shows an empty offer slot.
- A tooltip on the Grand Exchange interface has been corrected.
- Dragging a noted item on to a 'Buy' slot in the Grand Exchange no longer gives a 'You can't sell that item on the Grand Exchange' message.
- ninja 30 October 2013(Update):
- The information on the Grand Exchange for the type of arrows dark bows can fire has been corrected.
- patch 13 August 2013(Update):
- Players are no longer able to float above ground level in the Grand Exchange.
- The Grand Exchange is no longer excessively bright in DirectX.
- The Grand Exchange information now references accuracy, rather than hit bonus.
- Text no longer appears in the chat box when searching for items in the Grand Exchange.
- The Grand Exchange no longer gives incorrect information regarding which bolts certain crossbows can fire.
- patch 22 July 2013(Update):
- An issue that was stopping players from using the "custom price" function of the Grand Exchange has been fixed.
- patch 9 July 2013(Update):
- Pets no longer disappear if you log out and log in while standing in the Grand Exchange.
- hotfix 4 June 2013(Update):
- Attempting to use a "broken" Grand Exchange box will now clear it correctly, making it function on a second try.
- patch 5 February 2013(Update):
- Grand Exchange pre-purchase information has been corrected for armour.
- patch 19 December 2012(Update):
- The tradeable Ports armours have been added to the Grand Exchange.
- The royal d'hide armour set now requires the correct equip stats on the Grand Exchange.
- patch 11 December 2012(Update):
- The requirements for the granite mace have now been corrected on the Grand Exchange.
- patch 4 December 2012(Update):
- The crystal bow has ammo type thrown rather than ranged on the GE.
- The Zamorak coif now displays the correct level requirements on the Grand Exchange.
- patch 2 October 2012(Update):
- The Grand Exchange musician's 'Listen-to' and 'Talk-to' options are no longer the wrong way round.
- patch 26 September 2012(Update):
- The Musician (Grand Exchange) no longer gets confused with the difference between talking and playing music.
- patch 29 May 2012(Update):
- On the Grand Exchange interface, all Summoning pouches and spells no longer state that the player needs to complete Wolf Whistle to use them.
- patch 7 February 2012(Update):
- A right click "Travel" option has been added to the Keldagrim trapdoor at the Grand Exchange.
- patch 22 November 2011(Update):
- Flickering issues in low detail modes around the Grand Exchange have been fixed.
- patch 21 September 2011(Update):
- The bottom-most item in the Grand Exchange's list of item sets now responds to clicking.
- patch 17 August 2011(Update):
- Familiars no longer need to be dismissed when entering the Grand Exchange. Instead, they will be hidden until you leave the area. The familiar's timer will also pause while you're in the area.
- update 9 August 2011(Update):
- The Grand Exchange has been overhauled to make it easier to use and better-looking. The main hub in the centre has now been replaced by four hubs, each with their own and bankers and exchange clerks, spread out in each corner of the central, paved area. As well as easing the crowding at the Exchange itself, this frees up space for a central garden, where you can tout your wares, haggle with other players or just hang out and chat. There’s also a new entrance on the east side, leading in from the Varrock palace grounds, making access to the Grand Exchange even easier.
- patch 5 July 2011(Update):
- It is no longer possible to set up a dwarven cannon at the Grand Exchange.
- patch 8 March 2011(Update):
- It is no longer possible to purchase bottles of wine through the Grand Exchange.
- update 4 January 2011(Update):
- The pre-purchase info displayed for items in shops and the Grand Exchange will now list damage absorption statistics.
- patch 6 October 2010(Update):
- Resolved an issue with items not showing correctly in the Grand Exchange collection box window.
- Reduced spamming at the Grand Exchange.
- patch 15 September 2010(Update):
- The various coloured dragon leathers can now be found more easily on the Grand Exchange (“d-leather” expanded to “dragon leather”).
- Allowed some types of meat to be sold for a slightly higher price on the Grand Exchange, including spit-roasted meats.
- patch 15 March 2010(Update):
- Made some of the Barrows names more consistent for ease of searching in the Grand Exchange.
- patch 3 December 2009(Update):
- Various items on the Grand Exchange that are also sold in the Warriors' Guild should have more freedom to move.
- patch 9 November 2009(Update):
- Adjusted some wall around the Grand Exchange area.
- Certain items will now have a bit more freedom on the Grand Exchange, including anti-poison, pizza bases and thin snails.
- patch 9 September 2009(Update):
- Magic runes have had their Grand Exchange upper price caps increased.
- patch 8 July 2009(Update):
- Zamorak robes now list the correct Prayer requirement on the Grand Exchange.
- patch 12 May 2009(Update):
- Adjusted the code for the Varrock Palace wall shortcut near the Grand Exchange.
- patch 6 May 2009(Update):
- The buttons on the Grand Exchange interface have been adjusted so the clickable area is more consistent with the sizes of the various components.
- The Grand Exchange interface will now flag any sell offers you've placed that are out of the trading range of that particular item.
- patch 25 February 2009(Update):
- The icons for sets on the Grand Exchange weren't correctly appearing in the collect interface.
- The roof of a wall section near the Grand Exchange in Varrock was not being hidden properly.
- patch 10 February 2009(Update):
- The potential for overlapping text on the Grand Exchange interface has been fixed.
- patch 28 October 2008(Update):
- Dragon dagger p++ should now be easier to find on the Grand Exchange.
- Some super poisoned adamant items such as arrows, daggers, and spears now use "addy" at the start.
- patch 2 September 2008(Update):
- Many items that are frequently purchased on the Grand Exchange have had their purchase limits increased so players can buy more of them at once. These include bows, poisoned darts, several dragonhide items, poh teleport tablets, pyre logs, bones, fruit and more.
- patch 12 August 2008(Update):
- The roof of the Grand Exchange, of bits of the Warriors' Guild, and at the front of Varrock Palace now disappear correctly when standing underneath them.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- On 2 July 2011 a huge rock appeared at the Grand Exchange. It had no use and it could not be examined or interacted with in any way. It was a teaser for the Clan Citadel update, and was removed when Citadels were added to the game.
- If players attempt to set up a cannon in the Grand Exchange, Brugsen Bursen will tell players "My area is for peaceful trading. Play with your toy somewhere else!"
- It is possible for the seller to buy their own item from the Grand Exchange, even after reaching the buy limit.
- Prior to the release of XP Capacitor 5000s on 30 March 2020, there were no items which start with the letter X in the Grand Exchange.
- There appears to be a training sword on the counter of the Grand Exchange buildings.
- Summoning familiars are hidden in the Grand Exchange.
- Examining any of the Grand Exchange pipes gives the message: "There seems to be a balled-up piece of purple paper stuck in there."
- Before the Grand Exchange was added, most of the area was a giant forest behind the cobblestone fence now reduced west of the Grand Exchange. The Outlaw Camp was located a bit west of where Lucien's house used to be, and Lucien's house was located near the wall of Varrock Palace. The track Doorways previously unlocked here until becoming a Wilderness song upon the release of RuneScape 3.
- In late February 2017, there was an in-game poll that asked players if the Varrock Grand Exchange should have one booth. The results were: One single booth - 49%; Leave as is 31%; I don't mind 19% (total number of votes was 99,497). Subsequently, the Grand Exchange underwent a rework on 2 October 2017, merging the small booths from the corners, into a large, central booth.
- Guides at the original Grand Exchange now reside in the four corners.
- Since there are an uneven number of guides and an even number of corners, the Runes guide resides on the east side of the Grand Exchange, with a tree to the west, to keep symmetry.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ^ Jagex. "Death Costs: A Matter Of Life And Death." 4 January 2023. RuneScape News.
- ^ Controls - The Grand Exchange. (Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.)