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Dorgesh-Kaan market trading
Released20 March 2007 (Update)
TypeMinigame
MembersYes
LocationDorgesh-Kaan
League regionMisthalin Misthalin✓
Participants1
SkillsNone
Reward currencyCoins
TutorialYes
MusicDorgeshuun City
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Dorgesh-Kaan market trading is an activity that can be played at the market of Dorgesh-Kaan. It revolves around selling "exotic" surface foods to Dorgeshuun gourmets for a certain price, with some foods being more or less desired than others. If executed well, a significant amount of money may be earned this way. Completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun is required to access the market.

Starting out

Before being able to sell foods, you will need to get permission first. This is done by speaking to Lurgon, owner of Dorgesh-Kaan General Supplies - he can be found wandering around the middle of the market. He will explain the basics of trading and inform you that you will need permission from the Dorgeshuun Council first, with a certain (random) councillor in charge of the marketplace. Find this councillor and ask for permission, which you are granted instantly. Return to Lurgon - you will now be able to sell food to the goblins. This permission is only valid on the game world it was earned on. Attempting to start the minigame on another world will require permission to be earned on that world, removing your permission from the previous world.

Councillor Location
Ur-lun In the south-east of the city, along with Ur-pel.
Ur-meg In her house west of the market, south of Barlak's shop.
Ur-pel In the south-east of the city, along with Ur-lun.
Ur-taal In the north-west of the city, by the large pond and outside Oldak's laboratory, along with Ur-zek.
Ur-tag East of the council's meeting room in the north-east of the city, on the 1st floor.
Ur-vass Slightly north-east of the market, east of the fountains.
Ur-zek In the north-west of the city, by the large pond and outside Oldak's laboratory, along with Ur-taal.

Overview

As a result of the established connection to the surface, many goblins have developed a craving for exotic human food. There are four differently dressed gourmets wandering around the market, to whom you are able sell your food. Simply use a piece of food on them and name your price. If your price is too high, however, the gourmet will not buy anything since the food will be too expensive for them; likewise, if the price is too low, the goblin will think the food is of poor quality and not buy it either. If the gourmet agrees with the price, they will offer to buy a certain amount of food (usually up to five pieces depending on whether the price was on the low or high end) and you may agree to sell or decline. If you don't have the amount of food the gourmet desires, you may still sell what you have. Moreover, it is not required to stick with the gourmet's wish - you may sell less if you want to. After completing a transaction with one of the gourmets, you must trade with a different one next - the gourmets will not want to buy from you twice in a row.

Offering a suitable price is tricky. You may use the food on Lurgon to get a rough estimate of the price that the food goes for, along with some advice (see the last section for these prices). This price is usually higher than its high level alchemy value, but it depends on popularity as well. You may deviate from the suggested price, but not too much. As a rule of thumb, the foods will generally sell best for slightly above Lurgon's price if the gourmet liked its look or smell.

After a successful trade, there is a 6/20 chance for a grateful gourmet to reward the player with a free piece of Dorgeshuun food. This will be one out of mushrooms, fillets, loach, roast frog, eel sushi, or grubs à la mode.

Gourmet's reaction

When determining your price, the gourmet's reaction to the food must be taken into account as well. If they react positively, they will be willing to pay more. However, if they don't like the look of the food, they will not pay as much and it may be a good idea to try selling to a different gourmet, preferably the one with the most positive response. Additionally, it's important to sell a variety of food types; the novelty of all foods quickly wears off, causing the gourmets to pay less if offered the same type of food repeatedly. However, this discount due to repeated selling is only about 0.7% of the price, and can nearly be ignored.

Gourmet's response Reaction Multiplier
Yuck, that looks horrid. What is it? Very negative 1
Eww, what's that? Negative 1.5
So what's that then? Neutral 2
That smells nice; what is it? Positive 2.5
Mmm, that smells good... What is it? Very positive 3

Making an offer

To determine the price that a Gourmet is willing to pay, find the price of the item (by talking to Lurgon or consulting the table below). Then, multiply this price by the multiplier.

For example, when offering a Manta ray to a Gourmet that had a "positive" response, that Gourmet will "value" it at 2.5 times the Dorgeshuun value (100 x 2.5 = 250).

If you were to offer to sell the manta ray for ≤ 45% (250 x 0.45 - 1), the Gourmet would offer to buy two of them.

Gourmet's response Price range (% of value)
Hmm...if you're selling them that cheaply there must be something wrong with them. I think I'll pass. ≤ 10% (won't buy)
That sounds like a great deal to me. I'll take five! ≤ 25%
That sounds like a great deal to me. I'll take four! ≤ 35%
That sounds like a good deal to me. I'll take three! ≤ 40%
That sounds like a good deal to me. I'll take two! ≤ 45%
That's fair. I'll take one. ≤ 50%
Hmm, okay. I'll buy one. ≤ 60%
That's a bit much for me. ≤ 100%
Don't be absurd - it's clearly not worth that! no limit (won't buy)
Goodness! We don't deal in sums of money that big in the marketplace. no limit (won't buy, > 5000 coins)

The trick is to find a balance between a high price and the gourmet's willingness to buy more pieces. Sometimes, lowering the price a bit may lead to greater profits since the gourmet will want to buy more. It's always handy to bring several pieces of the foods you are trying to sell.

Overselling

If you sell too many of the same item, over time, the Gourmets will start to offer less money for it. The discount is 1% multiplied by how many of the item you've sold, but this count decrements by one every minute. It is world-specific and true for all players. The discount is capped at 50%, meaning the Gourmets will always pay at least half of the normal price, even if you've sold thousands. You can get a sense of whether the Gourmets are tired of a particular food based on their dialogue response:

Count Response
0 Ooh, I've never had that before. How exciting!
1-10 Oh, I think I've heard people talking about that.
11-20 Oh, of course. I've had that occasionally.
21-40 Oh, we have that all the time.
40+ That again?

If a gourmet has never had a food before, there is a 1% chance that they'll be amazed by the food, and tell all their friends about it. This means that the gourmets will treat this food as "Very positive" for the next 20 minutes, meaning you can charge more money for it.

Types of food

Item Price GE Price Profit
1/2 anchovy pizza 90 N/A N/A
1/2 meat pizza 75 N/A N/A
1/2 pineapple pizza 150 N/A N/A
1/2 plain pizza 60 N/A N/A
2/3 cake 90 N/A N/A
2/3 chocolate cake 150 N/A N/A
Admiral pie 930 94 836
Anchovies 7 37 −30
Anchovy pizza 180 507 −327
Anglerfish 225 2,431 −2,206
Apple pie 90 107 −17
Banana 2 51 −49
Banana stew 900 39 861
Bass 20 47 −27
Blighted anglerfish 25 83 −58
Blighted karambwan 30 46 −16
Blighted manta ray 25 106 −81
Botanical pie 90 974 −884
Bottle of wine 1,500 516 984
Bread 36 89 −53
Cabbage 1 19 −18
Cabbage (Draynor Manor) 3 N/A N/A
Cake 150 172 −22
Calquat fruit 54 93 −39
Cave eel 7 77 −70
Caviar 25 71 −46
Cheese 12 56 −44
Cheese+tom batta 107 1,728 −1,621
Chilli con carne 166 43 123
Chilli potato 300 160 140
Choc-ice 90 167 −77
Chocchip crunchies 135 1,581 −1,446
Chocolate slice 90 N/A N/A
Chocolate bar 30 34 −4
Chocolate bomb 166 455 −289
Chocolate cake 210 148 62
Chocolate dust 6 53 −47
Chocolatey milk 6 N/A N/A
Chopped onion 45 121 −76
Chopped tomato 45 68 −23
Chopped tuna 15 280 −265
Coconut 87 1,575 −1,488
Cod 5 23 −18
Cooked barb-tailed kebbit 4 561 −557
Cooked chicken 4 71 −67
Cooked chompy 130 578 −448
Cooked giant crab meat 10 N/A N/A
Cooked giant crab meat 20 N/A N/A
Cooked giant crab meat 30 N/A N/A
Cooked giant crab meat 40 N/A N/A
Cooked giant crab meat 50 1,163 −1,113
Cooked dashing kebbit 4 1,644 −1,640
Cooked fishcake 100 N/A N/A
Cooked graahk 4 558 −554
Cooked jubbly 150 954 −804
Cooked karambwan 125 411 −286
Cooked kyatt 4 250 −246
Cooked larupia 4 393 −389
Cooked meat 4 63 −59
Cooked moonlight antelope 4 3,066 −3,062
Cooked mystery meat 4 167 −163
Cooked oomlie wrap 105 1,860 −1,755
Cooked pyre fox 4 533 −529
Cooked rabbit 4 382 −378
Cooked slimy eel 1 23 −22
Cooked sunlight antelope 4 1,161 −1,157
Cooked sweetcorn 9 109 −100
Cooked undead chicken 4 N/A N/A
Cooked undead meat 4 N/A N/A
Cooked wild kebbit 4 664 −660
Corrupted shark 0 N/A N/A
Curry 60 408 −348
Dragonfruit pie 210 386 −176
Dragonfruit 95 862 −767
Dwellberries 4 30 −26
Dark crab 160 1,459 −1,299
Dwarven rock cake 1 N/A N/A
Edible seaweed 6 11 −5
Equa leaves 2 315 −313
Egg and tomato 150 180 −30
Egg potato 150 201 −51
Fresh monkfish 5 N/A N/A
Fruit batta 200 4,547 −4,347
Fried onions 21 30 −9
Frog spawn 2 N/A N/A
Fat snail meat 30 2,175 −2,145
Field ration 30 N/A N/A
Fried mushrooms 126 125 1
Fish pie 300 315 −15
Giant carp 5 N/A N/A
Garden pie 72 43 29
Giant frog legs 100 5,605 −5,505
Gout tuber 200 571,380 −571,180
Half an admiral pie 465 N/A N/A
Half a fish pie 300 N/A N/A
Half a botanical pie 45 N/A N/A
Half a dragonfruit pie 105 N/A N/A
Half a meat pie 24 N/A N/A
Half a garden pie 36 N/A N/A
Half a redberry pie 18 N/A N/A
Half a mushroom pie 45 N/A N/A
Half a summer pie 210 N/A N/A
Half a wild pie 273 N/A N/A
Half an apple pie 45 N/A N/A
Half coconut 87 N/A N/A
Herring 5 25 −20
Jangerberries 1 426 −425
Jug of wine 3 3 0
Karambwanji 5 N/A N/A
Kebab 9 67 −58
Keg of beer 750 732 18
King worm 2 487 −485
Lean snail meat 20 3,390 −3,370
Lemon 2 71 −69
Lemon chunks 2 121 −119
Lemon slices 2 136 −134
Lime 2 97 −95
Lime chunks 1 194 −193
Lime slices 2 181 −179
Locust meat 1 62 −61
Lobster 35 96 −61
Lava eel 75 N/A N/A
Meat pizza 150 320 −170
Meat pie 45 40 5
Mushroom pie 90 11,037 −10,947
Monkey bar 150 697 −547
Monkey nuts 9 120 −111
Monkfish 115 155 −40
Mackerel 7 29 −22
Manta ray 100 1,453 −1,353
Mushroom potato 400 983 −583
Minced meat 107 302 −195
Mushroom & onion 400 336 64
Onion & tomato 45 17 28
Onion 3 23 −20
Orange 2 134 −132
Orange chunks 2 97 −95
Orange slices 2 367 −365
Papaya fruit 64 1,664 −1,600
Pineapple 2 214 −212
Pineapple chunks 1 283 −282
Pineapple ring 1 92 −91
Pot of cream 2 20 −18
Premade c+t batta 120 48 72
Premade ch' crunch 85 55 30
Premade choc bomb 160 129 31
Premade fr't batta 120 43 77
Premade s'y crunch 85 47 38
Premade t'd batta 120 45 75
Premade t'd crunch 85 935 −850
Premade ttl 160 92 68
Premade veg ball 150 50 100
Premade veg batta 120 43 77
Premade w'm batta 120 44 76
Premade w'm crun' 85 47 38
Premade worm hole 150 52 98
Peach 1 N/A N/A
Poison karambwan 125 N/A N/A
Pike 10 46 −36
Baked potato 15 28 −13
Potato with cheese 107 299 −192
Potato with butter 90 353 −263
Pineapple pizza 300 705 −405
Plain pizza 120 380 −260
Pumpkin pie 36 N/A N/A
Purple sweets 45 5,173 −5,128
Rock cake 3 N/A N/A
Roll 75 N/A N/A
Potato 1 28 −27
Roast beast meat 25 23 2
Roast bird meat 17 17 0
Roast rabbit 20 91 −71
Rainbow fish 60 114 −54
Roe 10 38 −28
Rotten apple 1 N/A N/A
Red banana 5 N/A N/A
Redberry pie 36 95 −59
Seaweed sandwich 3 N/A N/A
Slice of cake 30 N/A N/A
Stuffed snake 3 N/A N/A
Spinach roll 3 450 −447
Steak sandwich 75 N/A N/A
Square sandwich 75 N/A N/A
Super kebab 9 1,743 −1,734
Stew 60 150 −90
Strange fruit 3 392 −389
Sliced banana 2 93 −91
Spider on shaft 40 273 −233
Spider on stick 50 395 −345
Strawberry 17 64 −47
Salmon 15 28 −13
Sardine 5 13 −8
Sea turtle 100 1,088 −988
Shark 85 1,053 −968
Shrimps 2 22 −20
Swordfish 40 201 −161
Spicy sauce 45 737 −692
Spicy tomato 45 493 −448
Sweetcorn (bowl) 13 413 −400
Spicy minced meat 135 735 −600
Spicy crunchies 200 2,285 −2,085
Scrambled egg 45 37 8
Tchiki monkey nuts 15 N/A N/A
Tchiki nut paste 15 N/A N/A
Triangle sandwich 75 419 −344
Tenti pineapple 1 N/A N/A
Thin snail meat 10 759 −749
Toad's legs 2 259 −257
Tomato 4 19 −15
Trout 5 16 −11
Tuna 20 48 −28
Tangled toad's legs 333 946 −613
Toad batta 150 1,481 −1,331
Tuna and corn 45 972 −927
Tuna potato 166 1,469 −1,303
Toad crunchies 100 4,895 −4,795
Ugthanki kebab 60 695 −635
Ugthanki kebab (bad) 60 N/A N/A
Ugthanki meat 5 1,059 −1,054
Veg ball 150 2,003 −1,853
Vegetable batta 136 3,195 −3,059
Worm batta 150 3,017 −2,867
Worm crunchies 200 4,295 −4,095
Worm hole 333 5,140 −4,807
Watermelon 48 20 28
Watermelon slice 16 68 −52
White pearl 1 N/A N/A
White tree fruit 1 N/A N/A

Cannot be sold

The following are considered disgusting to the Dorgeshuun, prompting Lurgon to say "Yuk!"

Item
Black mushroom
Cave nightshade
Easter egg
Pumpkin
Summer pie
Wild pie

The following items cannot be sold, because they are Dorgeshuun cuisine, prompting Lurgon to say "No, there's no point trying to sell Dorgeshuun foods in the market."

Item
Bat shish
Coated frogs' legs
Eel sushi
Fillets
Fingers
Frogburger
Frogspawn gumbo
Green gloop soup
Grubs à la mode
Loach
Mushrooms
Roast frog

The following are not considered food items.

Item
Asgarnian ale
Asgoldian ale
Beer
Beer tankard
Braindeath 'rum'
Brandy
Bucket of milk
Cavefish
Choc saturday
Chopped garlic
Chopped ugthanki
Cider
Cup of tea
Damp egg
Dirty blast
Dyed orange
Enchanted bear
Enchanted beef
Enchanted chicken
Enchanted rat
Elven dawn
Fat snail
Fruit blast
Garlic
Garlic powder
Greenman's ale(m)
Guppy
Hangover cure
Infernal eel
Kebab mix
Lean snail
Milky mixture
Mint cake
Nettle tea
Pat of butter
Pineapple punch
Poison chalice
Poisoned cheese
Sacred eel
Seasoned chompy
Seasoned sardine
Servery cooked meat
Servery meat pie
Servery pineapple pizza
Servery plain pizza
Servery potato
Servery stew
Short green guy
Slop of compromise
Spicy maggots
Spooky egg
Sweetcorn
Tetra
Ugthanki & onion
Ugthanki & tomato
Wizard blizzard

Trivia

  • When the city of Dorgesh-Kaan was first released in March of 2007, there was a bug that allowed players to sell food to the gourmets for prices far higher than intended, up to 2,147,483,647 gp.[1] If a player would offer to sell the food item for more than the maximum number of coins, the interaction would immediately end due to a bounds check.[2] However, if one were to offer slightly less than this sum, the game would move to the next step in the calculation, which was to apply the multiplier to the proffered sum in order to determine how many (if any) of that food item the gourmet would like to buy. This calculation could overflow the maximum integer limit, returning an acceptable sum to the gourmet. They would then agree to buy the item for the value originally entered by the player.
This unintended interaction was very quickly discovered by a player who reported it to Jagex, and returned the coins gained through this bug.[3]

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. Screenshot. 8 November 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "Goblins be weird. Did you ever hear about the bug back in ~2006-7 where you could ask them for immense sums like 2b and they might actually just hand it over? It arose because of an INT overflow in the code that wasn't well sanitised, so the goblin might think the number was reasonable when it really wasn't."
  2. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. Screenshot. 20 August 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "Little-known detail about that bug, in case anyone's interested... If you typed a huge number that was UNDER the 2.147b cap, the internal calculations could overflow the INT limit, sometimes landing on plausible-looking positive values that the game would deem acceptable, so it'd agree to the trade - using the huge number you typed.
    QA had obviously been told to do some bounds-checking, as one would expect.
    But if you typed a huge number that was OVER the 2.147b cap, the game would simply reject it and end the dialogue completely. The tester experienced this, considered that it was handling the bounds-checking satisfactorily, and signed it off.
    For OSRS, if you type a huge number that's over the 2.147b cap, the game just interprets it as being the 2.147b max INT, so that you get a big number like you apparently wanted - it's hopefully a bit more intuitive for the player than having the game just ignore the input."
  3. ^ Grimy_Bunyip. Future Update Discussions. Archived from the original on 2 May 2026. A player writing up some information disclosed during RuneFest 2011 documented the following exchange: "[What's the biggest bug?] when we released the city of dorgeshuun, you could sell a piece of cheese to the merchants for 600m gp, but fortunately only one person found that out and told us immediately. He was even so nice he gave us the money back."
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