Are they legitimately worth this much or is it just that a merch clan has taken hold of them. They've been skyrocketing for about a month now. This rise may or may not mean I have 4 mil gp worth of oranges in my bank now :rolleyes:

They are worth a fair bit because you can only buy like 20 a day or something. But 1.2k seems quite inflated to me, but that is just my opinion...

But 1.2k seems quite inflated to me, but that is just my opinion...

 

This is in my interests :thumbup:

Have you ever had an orange before? Those things are delicious. 1200 is nowhere near enough money to cover the delectableness that is an orange.

Probably manipulation. Buy them if you need em, but don't hold large stocks is my best advice.

Hurrah! I guess 1 year of farming pretty much only orange trees has paid off :grin:

 

Time to turn in and profit.

*might* be manipulation, but if it is, the clan isnt very smart. Firstly, oranges arent too easy to come by, thus making them a poor object to merch. I think its more likely that people have finally taken an interest in farming, and oranges happen to protect a fairly good tree (maples) for farm training. I always protect my maples, so i imagine its people like me who make the price keep going up.

Has the price cap only recently been released? I know when bronze and iron knives let loose they exploded like crazy. Maybe oranges were always destined to be this high.

 

In any case, I think I'm going to hold off growing curries just a little longer. Orange trees FTW

What useful function do oranges have, besides protecting maple trees? Also, it would seem that oranges should be going down due to people sitting in edge bank making fruit with their bats.

What useful function do oranges have, besides protecting maple trees? Also, it would seem that oranges should be going down due to people sitting in edge bank making fruit with their bats.

 

The thing is, nobody picks up the oranges - they only pick up the papayas. Oranges are pretty much only useful for maples. There are so many people in this game though, so perhaps a large number have taken a liking to farming.

What useful function do oranges have, besides protecting maple trees? Also, it would seem that oranges should be going down due to people sitting in edge bank making fruit with their bats.

 

The thing is, nobody picks up the oranges - they only pick up the papayas. Oranges are pretty much only useful for maples. There are so many people in this game though, so perhaps a large number have taken a liking to farming.

 

I can't see any large particular reason for a sudden surge in farming interest. Sure herbs are nice and profitable nowadays, but the herblore update was quite a while ago. Highscore boards are also quite evident that farming isn't the most popular skill out there. My relatively paltry level 85 in farming far outranks a whole mess of 99s in other skills.

Cap has been removed... And there isn't any reason to have an orange tree to gather fruits if can have papaya or palm instead.

I bet people will start picking oranges up from their fruit bats now.

They are used in farming, as a payment for maple trees.

As they were capped at 270 Gp for a good year (med being max and basically unable to buy in g/e) Jagex apparently decided to remove the cap.

Removing the cap resulted in price rise, though I suppose the market price for them would be around 500-800 gp after they stabilise.