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Bronze arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze arrowIron arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron arrowSteel arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel arrowMithril arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril arrowAdamant arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant arrowIce arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ice arrowsRune arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune arrowBroad arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Broad arrowGuthix arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Guthix arrowsSaradomin arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Saradomin arrowsZamorak arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Zamorak arrowsDragon arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragon arrowAbyssalbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Abyssalbane arrowBasiliskbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Basiliskbane arrowDragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragonbane arrowWallasalkibane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wallasalkibane arrowDark arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dark arrowStalker arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Stalker arrowWild arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wild arrowAraxyte arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Araxyte arrowBlack stone arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black stone arrowsDeathspore arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Deathspore arrowsSplintering arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Splintering arrowsDinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of DinarrowBik arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bik arrowDeathspore arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Deathspore arrowsFul arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ful arrowJas demonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas demonbane arrowJas dragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas dragonbane arrowSplintering arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Splintering arrowsWen arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wen arrow
Arrows
Slot Ammunition
Style Arrow

Arrow weakness icon.png Arrows are a type of ammunition used with bows. Most arrows can be created by players using the Fletching skill.

Most low-level arrows require some arrowshafts (cut from most types of log), feathers, and arrowheads to be fletched. The arrow made is determined by the type of arrowheads used.

Arrows have a chance of breaking after being fired, losing the arrow. According to Roddeck, if the arrow has been broken, the arrow will not appear on the ground to be picked up. The chance of losing an arrow after shooting is approximately 20%, but this decreases gradually with an increase in the player's Ranged level.

One method of preventing losing dropped arrows is to use Ava's device, which collects dropped arrows. At level 50 Ranged, this becomes a passive effect. This requires the player to have completed the Animal Magnetism quest.

Damage scaling[edit | edit source]

Arrows may be used with bows that are lower level than themselves, but their damage will be capped at the bow's level.[1] For example, if one were to use level 60 dragon arrows with a level 40 yew shortbow, the arrows would perform as level 40 arrows because the bow is level 40. Conversely, if one were to use level 30 mithril arrows with a level 70 dark bow, the arrows would still perform as level 30 despite the higher level bow.

Quivers[edit | edit source]

There are several quivers that can be filled with arrows and equipped to gain Prayer bonuses and other passive effects. These include the various levels of Tirannwn quivers, which hold one ammo type at a time, as well as Pernix's quiver, which can hold two ammo types at a time. Pernix's quiver also has a passive that increases the maximum damage of Ranged attacks by +4% when fighting targets that are under 25% health.

Combat swords.png
Item
AttributePrice
DefenceConstitutionPrayer
Tirannwn quiver 1.pngTirannwn quiver 1--15,000[n 1]
Tirannwn quiver 2.pngTirannwn quiver 2--210,000[n 1]
Tirannwn quiver 3.pngTirannwn quiver 3--325,000[n 1]
Tirannwn quiver 4.pngTirannwn quiver 4--450,000[n 1]
Pernix's quiver.pngPernix's quiver--484,837,415
  1. ^ a b c d Cost of obtaining an additional copy; the first copy is free, including replacing it if lost.

Types of arrows[edit | edit source]

Standard arrows[edit | edit source]

Ranged-icon.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ranged-icon
Lvl
Arrow Cost Damage Effects
1 Bronze arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze arrow Bronze 43 48 N/A
10 Iron arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron arrow Iron 29 96 N/A
20 Steel arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel arrow Steel 13 192 N/A
30 Mithril arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril arrow Mithril 22 288 N/A
40 Adamant arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant arrow Adamant 50 384 N/A
Ice arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ice arrows Ice N/A The only arrows that deal damage to Fareed, Flambeed, and the Fire Warrior of Lesarkus.
50 Rune arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune arrow Rune 152 480 N/A
Broad arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Broad arrow Broad N/A 528 The only arrows that deal damage to Turoths and Kurasks.
Guthix arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Guthix arrows Guthix 118
  • When using the Guthix bow's special attack, have a 20% chance to hit a second time, dealing 30%-150% ability damage as earth damage.
  • 10% chance to deal earth damage on standard attacks.
Saradomin arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Saradomin arrows Saradomin 120
  • When using the Saradomin bow's special attack, have a 20% chance to hit a second time, dealing 20%-100% ability damage as water damage. This additional damage adds to the healing effect.
  • 10% chance to deal water damage on standard attacks.
Zamorak arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Zamorak arrows Zamorak 208
  • When using the Zamorak bow's special attack, have a 20% chance to hit a second time, dealing 20%-100% ability damage as fire damage.
  • 10% chance to deal fire damage on standard attacks.
60 Dragon arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragon arrow Dragon 237 576 N/A
Abyssalbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Abyssalbane arrow Abyssalbane N/A Provide the player with the following boosts to the appropriately affected target:
  • 40% increase in damage
  • 30% (additive) hit chance increase
Basiliskbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Basiliskbane arrow Basiliskbane N/A
Dragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragonbane arrow Dragonbane N/A
Wallasalkibane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wallasalkibane arrow Wallasalkibane N/A
70 Dark arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dark arrow Dark 85 672 N/A
80 Stalker arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Stalker arrow Stalker 123 768 N/A
85 Wild arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wild arrow Wild 85 816 N/A
90 Araxyte arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Araxyte arrow Araxyte 176 864 N/A
92 Black stone arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black stone arrows Black stone 6,834 883.2 Reduces the target's base armour rating by 0.75% (to a maximum of 22 armour) for each attack, capping at 15% armour reduction (to a maximum of 454 armour).
95 Dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dinarrow Dinarrow 3,433 912 N/A
Bik arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bik arrow Bik 2,873 All abilities apply a stack (max 200) of Evolving Toxin on hit and have a 33% chance to consume an arrow. Target takes +2% poison damage for each stack of Evolving Toxin they have. After 30 seconds without an ability using a Bik arrow hitting the target, all stacks are removed.
Deathspore arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Deathspore arrows Deathspore 460 Sprout from Death:
  • Critical hit chance is increased by +3%
  • Every time you deal a critical hit, a stack of Feasting Spores is gained, consuming one arrow:
    • When 5 stacks of Feasting Spores are obtained, they are consumed to grant a 9 second (15 tick) buff that makes the next Ranged ability that would cost adrenaline free, this includes special attacks.
    • The buff has a 60 second (100 tick) cooldown.
    • While on cooldown, any critical hits dealt will reduce the remaining cooldown by 1.8 seconds (3 ticks), these cooldown reductions do not consume arrows.
Ful arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ful arrow Ful 2,927 All abilities deal +15% damage, but have -10% accuracy.
Jas demonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas demonbane arrow Jas demonbane 4,249 Provide the player with the following boosts to the appropriately affected target:
  • 30% increase in damage
  • 20% (additive) hit chance increase
Jas dragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas dragonbane arrow Jas dragonbane 2,981
Splintering arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Splintering arrows Splintering 686 Splintered Spores: All attacks used for 4.2 seconds (7 ticks) after Greater Dazing Shot will also apply Puncture stacks, consuming an arrow per stack during the active period until the target(s) reach 13 stacks. Reapplying Puncture will result in the stack duration being reset to 9 seconds, and the bleed damage resetting to its highest hit.
Wen arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wen arrow Wen 1,547 All basic abilities generate a stack (max 15) of Icy Chill on hit. Threshold and ultimate abilities consume these stacks and convert them to 0.6 seconds and one stack of Icy Precision per stack. Icy Precision blocks consumption of Icy Chill and gives threshold Ranged abilities +2% damage and accuracy per stack. Ultimate Ranged abilities gain +3% base damage (+3% damage in PvP) and accuracy per stack. The consuming ultimate or threshold ability benefits from this damage buff.

Ogre arrows[edit | edit source]

Ogre and brutal arrows can only be fired from ogre bows and composite ogre bows.

Ranged-icon.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ranged-icon
Lvl
Arrow Cost Damage
5 Bronze brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze brutal Bronze brutal 35 48
10 Iron brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron brutal Iron brutal 24 96
15 Steel brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel brutal Steel brutal 23 144
20 Black brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black brutal Black brutal 98 192
23 Mithril brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril brutal Mithril brutal 740 220.8
30 Ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ogre arrow Ogre 201 288
33 Adamant brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant brutal Adamant brutal 454 316.8
43 Rune brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune brutal Rune brutal 809 412.8

Dungeoneering arrows[edit | edit source]

Dungeoneering has its own set of arrows and bows that fire them, restricted to use within Daemonheim.

Dungeoneering-icon.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dungeoneering-icon
Tier
Ranged-icon.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ranged-icon
Lvl
Arrow Damage
1 1 Novite arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Novite arrows Novite 48
2 10 Bathus arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bathus arrows Bathus 96
3 20 Marmaros arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Marmaros arrows Marmaros 192
4 30 Kratonite arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Kratonite arrows Kratonite 288
5 40 Fractite arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Fractite arrows Fractite 384
6 50 Zephyrium arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Zephyrium arrows Zephyrium 480
7 60 Argonite arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Argonite arrows Argonite 576
8 70 Katagon arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Katagon arrows Katagon 672
9 80 Gorgonite arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Gorgonite arrows Gorgonite 768
10 90 Promethium arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Promethium arrows Promethium 864
11 99 Sagittarian arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Sagittarian arrows Sagittarian 950.4

Making arrows[edit | edit source]

Standard arrows[edit | edit source]

Fletching-icon.png: RS3 Inventory image of Fletching-icon
Lvl
Arrow Value Ingredients Fletching profit
Arrowhead Flighted shaft From headless[n 1] From shaft[n 2]
1 Bronze arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze arrow Bronze 43 Bronze arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze arrowheads Bronze Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −23 1
15 Iron arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron arrow Iron 29 Iron arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron arrowheads Iron Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −51 −27
30 Steel arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel arrow Steel 13 Steel arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel arrowheads Steel Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −79 −55
45 Mithril arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril arrow Mithril 22 Mithril arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril arrowheads Mithril Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −123 −99
60 Adamant arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant arrow Adamant 50 Adamant arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant arrowheads Adamant Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −230 −206
N/A Ice arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ice arrows Ice Untradeable Not fletchable
75 Rune arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune arrow Rune 152 Rune arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune arrowheads Rune Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −165 −141
52 Broad arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Broad arrow Broad Untradeable Broad arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Broad arrowheads Broad Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −126 −102
N/A Guthix arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Guthix arrows Guthix 118 Not fletchable
N/A Saradomin arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Saradomin arrows Saradomin 120 Not fletchable
N/A Zamorak arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Zamorak arrows Zamorak 208 Not fletchable
90 Dragon arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragon arrow Dragon 237 Dragon arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragon arrowheads Dragon Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −336 −312
76 Abyssalbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Abyssalbane arrow Abyssalbane Untradeable Abyssalbane arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Abyssalbane arrowheads Abyssalbane Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −55 −31
Basiliskbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Basiliskbane arrow Basiliskbane Untradeable Basiliskbane arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Basiliskbane arrowheads Basiliskbane Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −55 −31
Dragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragonbane arrow Dragonbane Untradeable Dragonbane arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dragonbane arrowheads Dragonbane Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −55 −31
Wallasalkibane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wallasalkibane arrow Wallasalkibane Untradeable Wallasalkibane arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wallasalkibane arrowheads Wallasalkibane Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −55 −31
95 Dark arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dark arrow Dark 85 Dark arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dark arrowheads Dark Headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless arrow Headless arrow −567 −543
Stalker arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Stalker arrow Stalker 123 Stalker essence.png: RS3 Inventory image of Stalker essence Stalker essence Dark arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dark arrow Dark arrow −642 N/A
N/A Wild arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wild arrow Wild 85 Not fletchable
N/A Araxyte arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Araxyte arrow Araxyte 176 Not fletchable
92 Black stone arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black stone arrows Black stone 6,834 Black stone arrow tips.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black stone arrow tips Black stone Elder headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Elder headless arrow Elder headless arrow 2,234 2,783
95 Dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dinarrow Dinarrow 3,433 Sharp shell shard.png: RS3 Inventory image of Sharp shell shard Sharp shell shard Headless dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Headless dinarrow Headless dinarrow −986 −518
Bik arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bik arrow Bik 2,873 Resonant anima of Bik (tradeable).png: RS3 Inventory image of Resonant anima of Bik (tradeable) Resonant anima of Bik Dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dinarrow Dinarrow −566 N/A
Deathspore arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Deathspore arrows Deathspore 460 Deathspore arrow tips.png: RS3 Inventory image of Deathspore arrow tips Deathspore Elder headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Elder headless arrow Elder headless arrow −369 180
Ful arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ful arrow Ful 2,927 Resonant anima of Ful (tradeable).png: RS3 Inventory image of Resonant anima of Ful (tradeable) Resonant anima of Ful Dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dinarrow Dinarrow −512 N/A
N/A Jas demonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas demonbane arrow Jas demonbane 4,249 N/A Jas dragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas dragonbane arrow Jas dragonbane arrow Not fletchable[n 3]
95 Jas dragonbane arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Jas dragonbane arrow Jas dragonbane 2,981 Resonant anima of Jas (tradeable).png: RS3 Inventory image of Resonant anima of Jas (tradeable) Resonant anima of Jas Dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dinarrow Dinarrow −725 N/A
Splintering arrows.png: RS3 Inventory image of Splintering arrows Splintering 686 Splintering arrow tips.png: RS3 Inventory image of Splintering arrow tips Splintering Elder headless arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Elder headless arrow Elder headless arrow −307 242
Wen arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wen arrow Wen 1,547 Resonant anima of Wen (tradeable).png: RS3 Inventory image of Resonant anima of Wen (tradeable) Resonant anima of Wen Dinarrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Dinarrow Dinarrow −1,892 N/A
  1. ^ Fletched from headless arrow.
  2. ^ Fletched from arrow shaft and feather.
  3. ^ Converted from Jas dragonbane arrows in sets of 30 with Tune Banite Ore.

Ogre arrows[edit | edit source]

Ogre and brutal arrows can only be fired from ogre bows and composite ogre bows.

Fletching-icon.png: RS3 Inventory image of Fletching-icon
Lvl
Arrow Value Ingredients Fletching profit
Arrowhead Flighted shaft From headless[n 1] From shaft[n 2]
5 Ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Ogre arrow Ogre 201 Wolf bone arrowheads.png: RS3 Inventory image of Wolf bone arrowheads Wolf bone Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −417 −104
7 Bronze brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze brutal Bronze brutal 35 Bronze nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Bronze nails Bronze nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −552 −239
18 Iron brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron brutal Iron brutal 24 Iron nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Iron nails Iron nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −560 −247
33 Steel brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel brutal Steel brutal 23 Steel nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Steel nails Steel nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −612 −299
38 Black brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black brutal Black brutal 98 Black nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Black nails Black nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −1,788 −1,475
49 Mithril brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril brutal Mithril brutal 740 Mithril nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Mithril nails Mithril nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow 54 367
62 Adamant brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant brutal Adamant brutal 454 Adamant nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Adamant nails Adamant nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −229 84
77 Rune brutal.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune brutal Rune brutal 809 Rune nails.png: RS3 Inventory image of Rune nails Rune nails Flighted ogre arrow.png: RS3 Inventory image of Flighted ogre arrow Flighted ogre arrow −16 297
  1. ^ Fletched from flighted ogre arrow.
  2. ^ Fletched from ogre arrow shaft and four feathers.

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 14 January 2013 (Update):
    • An animation has been implemented for adding feathers to bolts and arrows.
  • update 23 June 2001 (Update):
    • Fixed a bug with arrows of different types not stacking on the ground properly.
  • update 27 January 2001 (Update):
    • Arrows now fire 25% faster.
    • Fixed the cheat/bug which some people were using to shoot super rapidly.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ^ Mod Michelle. "Patch Notes - Archive." 9 July 2013. (Archived from the original on 24 November 2013.) RuneScape Forums.