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Fletching

Introduction

Fletching is a members only skill that allows you to make Ranged weapons, including bows, arrows, crossbows and throwing weapons.

The most important item here is a knife. You can get this at the respawn just south of Lumbridge Castle, and there's also a respawn in Seers' Village, in a house just east from the bank. Also, there is a knife respawn in Rellekka by the rock crabs just above the mining pit.

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Arrows

Bows

Darts

Bolts

Ogre Bows and Arrows

Using alchemy on bows

Arrows

To make arrows, follow these steps:

1.   Use a knife on normal logs to get 15 arrow shafts
2.   Use feathers on the arrow shafts to get headless arrows
3.   Add arrow heads of your choice to the headless arrows (bronze-rune)

When making arrows, you will always make 15 shafts with one log, you can't use more than 15 feathers on 15 headless arrows at the same time, you make 15 arrows heads when you smith arrows, and you can only add 15 arrow heads to 15 headless arrows at the same time.

Note that the earned XP is from cutting, adding feather and adding the arrow heads.

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP
	15 Arrow Shafts	1	15
	15 Headless Arrows	1	15
	15 Bronze Arrows	1	39.5
	15 Iron Arrows	15	57.5
	15 Steel Arrows	30	95
	15 Mithril Arrows	45	132.5
	15 Adamant Arrows	60	165
	15 Rune Arrows	75	225

Bows

To make bows, you need:

1.   A log of your choice. You need normal logs for normal bows, oak logs for oak bows etc.
2.   A knife to cut the logs.
3.   A bowstring, obtained by spinning flax.

Flax can be found south of Seers' Village. To spin flax, you need crafting level 10.
After you've cut the logs into an unstrung bow, just use the bowstring on it, and it's ready to use.
NOTE: You will get 50% of the XP by cutting the logs, and another 50% by attaching a bowstring.
 

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP
	Shortbow	5	10
	Longbow	10	20
	Oak shortbow	20	33
	Oak longbow	25	50
	Willow shortbow	35	66.5
	Willow longbow	40	83
	Maple shortbow	50	100
	Maple longbow	55	116.5
	Yew shortbow	65	135
	Yew longbow	70	150
	Magic shortbow	80	166.5
	Magic Longbow	85	183

Darts

Before making darts, you must have completed The Tourist Trap. Darts are throwing weapons, so you can wield them in the weapon spot.

To make a dart, you need smith some Dart tips, and then simply add feathers to it.

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP
	Bronze dart	1	18
	Iron dart	22	32
	Steel dart	37	75
	Mithril dart	52	112
	Adamant dart	67	150
	Rune dart	81	188

Bolts

As you may know, normal bolts are NOT possible to make. But there are special types of bolts, which has a different bolt tip: Opal Tipped Bolts, Pearl Tipped Bolts and Barbed Tipped Bolts. To make them, you have to get some normal bolts, and then use the bolt tips on them.

There are three ways to get normal bolts:
– Buy it from Lowe's Archer Emporium in Varrock, or from a player.
– It's a fairly common drop from many monsters, so kill them and pick up the bolts.
– There are respawns some places in the Wilderness, where you can pick it up.

Here is a guide on how to make the different Bolt Tips:

Opal Tipped Bolts:

• Go to Shilo Village and mine some of the Gem Rocks (Read more in our Mining guide). You will need to have finished the Shilo Village Quest though.
• Use a Chisel on the Opal(s) to cut them, and then do it again to get the Opal Tips. You will get 2 tips per gem. (Read more in our Crafting Guide)
• Use the Opal Tips on normal Bolts, one tip per bolt, and you will get Opal Tipped Bolts.

Pearl Tipped Bolts:

• Try to fish some Oysters with a Big Net. Oysters are not too common, nor too rare, but you won't always get a pearl in them. Read more in our Fishing Guide.
• When you get an Oyster Pearl, use a chisel on the Pearl twice to cut it. You will get 2 tips per Pearl.
• Use the Pearl Tips on normal Bolts, one tip per bolt, and you will get Pearl Tipped Bolts.

Barbed Tipped Bolts:

• Go to the Ranger Guild (You need level 40 in Ranged to enter), shoot at the targets untill you have 140 tickets.
• Buy 30 Barb Tips for the tickets.
• Use the Barb Tips on normal Bolts, one tip per bolt, and you will get Barbed Tipped Bolts.

Ogre Bows and Arrows

Ogre Arrows
To make Ogre Arrows, you will need to have completed the Big Chompy Bird Hunting quest. Cut some logs from the Achey trees in Feldip Hills, then use a knife with them to make Ogre arrow shafts. You will get between 2 and 6 shafts at once.. Then, add feather to the Ogre Arrow Shafts to make Flighted Ogre Arrows, you will need at least 4 feathers per arrow! Get some Wolf Bones and use a Chisel on it to get Wolfbone Arrowtips, you can get 2-6 tips. Add the Arrowtips to the Flighted Ogre Arrows to complete your Ogre Arrow.

Ogre Composite Bow and Brutal Arrows

After completed the Zogre Flesh Eaters quest, you can make Ogre Composite Bows and Brutal Arrows.

To make the Ogre Composite Bow, you need to cut some logs from the Achey Trees in Feldip Hills, then cut the logs with a knife while you have Wolf Bones in your backpack.

To make Brutal Arrows, smith some Nails of your choice (also see our Smithing guide), and use them on the Headless Ogre Arrows, while you have a Hammer in your inventory. Composite Ogre Bows can also be purchased from Uglag Nor after you've done the quest.

NOTE: When making Brutal Arrows, you will get 1.5 XP per shaft you make, and you will earn the rest of the XP when you attach the heads to the headless arrows.

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP
	Ogre Bow	1 (Quest)	N/A (Quest)
	Ogre Arrow Shafts	5	2 per shaft
	Headless Ogre Arrows	5	5 per shaft
	Ogre Arrows	5	Varies
	Bronze Brutal Arrows	7	1.33333
	Iron Brutal Arrows	18	2.66667
	Ogre Composite Bow	30	90
	Steel Brutal Arrows	33	5.166667
	Black Brutal Arrows	38	6.33333
	Mithril Brutal Arrows	49	7.5
	Adamant Brutal Arrows	62	10.16667
	Rune Brutal Arrows	77	12.5

Using alchemy on bows

Instead of dropping your bows, you can use Low and High Level Alchemy on them to gain magic experience. Just withdraw all bows as notes, wear a Fire Staff and have the same amount of Nature Runes as you have bows, and start using High or Low Level Alchemy on them. Nature Runes can be expensive, so you won't earn money if you use High Alchemy on low leveled bows, but you will earn alot of experience. Remember that you will get more money if it's strung, and High Alchemy will give a better reward and more XP than Low Alchemy.

Strung bows

Picture	Name	Low Alchemy	High Alchemy
	Shortbow	20	30
	Longbow	32	48
	Oak Shortbow	40	60
	Oak Longbow	64	96
	Willow Shortbow	80	120
	Willow Longbow	128	192
	Maple Shortbow	160	240
	Maple Longbow	256	384
	Yew Shortbow	320	480
	Yew Longbow	512	768
	Magic Shortbow	640	960
	Magic Longbow	1024	1536

Unstrung bows

Picture	Name	Low Alchemy	High Alchemy
	Shortbow (u)	9	15
	Longbow (u)	24	36
	Oak Shortbow (u)	20	30
	Oak Longbow (u)	32	48
	Willow Shortbow (u)	40	60
	Willow Longbow (u)	64	96
	Maple Shortbow (u)	80	129
	Maple Longbow (u)	128	192
	Yew Shortbow (u)	160	240
	Yew Longbow (u)	256	384
	Magic Shortbow (u)	320	480
	Magic Longbow (u)	512	768

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