Ranged - Standard Equipment

No matter how skilled a ranger may be, it is always a good idea to be suitably equipped - whether your choice is iron or rune, oak or yew.

Bows and arrows can be made using the Fletching Skill, or purchased from archery stores in Catherby, Rimmington or Varrock.

Look for the following symbol on your minimap to locate archery stores.

As you improve your Ranged skill, you will be able to wield stronger bows. Stronger bows are more effective.


Please note that many bows listed here can be made freely, if you have the required Fletching level.

Bow	Required Ranged Level	Ranged Attack Bonus	Arrows
Shortbow	1	+ 8	Bronze and iron
Longbow	1	+ 8	Bronze and iron
Kayle's shortbow*	1	+ 8	Bronze and iron
Oak shortbow	5	+ 14	Bronze to steel
Oak longbow	5	+ 14	Bronze to steel
Willow shortbow	20	+ 20	Bronze to mithril
Willow longbow	20	+ 20	Bronze to mithril
Willow composite bow	20	+ 22	Bronze to mithril
Maple shortbow	30	+ 29	Bronze to adamant
Maple longbow	30	+ 29	Bronze to adamant
Ogre bow (members only)	30	+ 38	Brutal arrows Bronze to rune
Composite ogre bow (members only)	30	+ 38	Brutal arrows Bronze to rune
Yew shortbow (members only)	40	+ 47	Bronze to rune
Yew longbow (members only)	40	+ 47	Bronze to rune
Yew composite bow (members only)	40	+ 49	Bronze to rune
Maple longbow (sighted)	45 45	+ 110	Bronze to adamant
Gravite shortbow�	45 45	+ 40	Bronze to adamant
Magic shortbow (members only)	50	+ 69	Bronze to rune
Magic longbow (members only)	50	+ 69	Bronze to rune
Magic composite bow~ (members only)	50	+ 71	Bronze to rune
Seercull (members only)	50	+ 69	Bronze to rune
Magic longbow (sighted)^	55 55	+ 140	Bronze to rune
Dark bow� (members only)	60	+ 95	Bronze to dragon
Crystal bow (members only)	70	+ 100	None

^*Kayle's shortbow is a reward from The Blood Pact and is an excellent choice for beginners.

^~ The magic composite bow special attack is identical to the special attack of a magic longbow, which you can read about here.

^� The dark bow has a relatively slow rate of fire, but it fires two arrows at once. The dark bow cannot fire ogre arrows of any kind.

^{^} Longbow sights can be purchased from the rewards trader of Daemonheim. Trade in your dungeoneering tokens and attach them to your maple or magic longbows for improved ranged performance.

^� Gravite shortbows start at 20% charge. A fully recharged gravite shortbow will last 10 hours in combat before it breaks. Once these charges have been used up, the weapon can be recharged, for a fee, by the rewards trader in Daemonheim. To do so, right-click on him, and select 'Recharge' with the depleted weapon in your inventory.


Elven crystal seeds can be grown into different items. In their unused state, the crystal items can be traded. After being used for the first time, though, it will bind itself to that player, making it untradable. As a crystal item is used it becomes weaker until eventually returning to its original state as a crystal seed. When this happens, the seed can be recharged.

The crystal bow is of particular interest to rangers, for it has a Ranged attack bonus of +100 and it does not need any arrows. To wield the crystal bow, you must have completed Roving Elves and have a minimum Ranged level of 70 and Agility level of 50.


Arrows can only be used if you are wielding a bow. You can also poison arrows, allowing you to inflict extra damage over time.

Read more about weapon poisons in the Herblore - Weapon poison section of the Manual.



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