Arrows

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For the gnome, see Oomad Arrow.

Slot	Ammunition
Style	Arrow

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Arrows are a type of ammunition used with bows. They are craftable by players using the Fletching skill. To do that, players must have some arrowshafts (cut from most types of log), feathers and arrowheads. 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. This requires the player to have completed the Animal Magnetism quest.

Arrow damage

Arrows may be used with bows that are lower level than themselves, but their damage will be capped at the bow's level. For example, if one were to use level 60 dragon arrows with the level 40 yew shortbow, the arrows would perform as a level 40 arrow because the bow is level 40.

Standard arrows

Picture	Arrow type	Ranged Level	Damage	Cost	Fletching Level	Crafting Profit (Arrowhead + Headless arrow)	Crafting Profit (Arrowhead + Arrow shaft + Feather)
	Bronze arrows	1	48	81	1	26	46
	Iron arrows	10	96	21	15	-34	-14
	Steel arrows	20	192	18	30	-38	-18
	Mithril arrows	30	288	22	45	-65	-45
	Adamant arrows	40	384	51	60	-92	-72
	Rune arrows	50	480	144	75	-43	-23
	Saradomin arrows	50	528	101	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Guthix arrows	50	528	100	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Zamorak arrows	50	528	101	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Dragon arrows	60	576	225	90	-170	-150
	Dark arrows	70	672	69	95	-437	-417
	Stalker arrows	80	768	226	95	-166	N/A
	Wild arrows	85	816	89	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Araxyte arrows	90	864	183	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Black stone arrows	92	883.2	1,931	92	319	1,001

Special arrows

There are several kinds of special arrows aside from the normal arrows described above.

• Ice arrows are used in the Temple of Ikov quest, and they are found (and not made). These arrows are used to kill Fire Warrior of Lesarkus in the quest.
• Ogre arrows are arrows that are made with wolf bones instead of the usual metals, and they are also used in quests and Chompy hunting.
• Brutal arrows are arrows that are made with metallic nails instead of arrowheads, and are generally weaker than their normal counterparts. Brutal arrows are mainly used in the quest Zogre Flesh Eaters, and for killing zogres.
• Broad arrows are frequently used in Slayer assignments, and they can be either bought from Slayer Masters or fletched by the players themselves, if they have bought such an ability from a Slayer Master.
• God arrows are a possible clue scroll reward from any level clue scroll. These arrows each have a 1/10 chance of dealing extra damage, however, when used in conjunction with the appropriate god bow this chance increases to 1/5. There are currently 3 different types of god arrows:
  • Saradomin arrows
  • Guthix arrows
  • Zamorak arrows
• Bane arrows are made by using Tune Bane Ore on bane ore, smelting the ore, smithing the bars on the anvil in Kethsi, and fletching them. There are four types of bane arrows:
  • Abyssalbane arrows
  • Basiliskbane arrows
  • Dragonbane arrows
  • Wallasalkibane arrows

Dungeoneering arrows

Tier	Level	Arrow type	Damage
1	1	Novite arrows	48
2	10	Bathus arrows	96
3	20	Marmaros arrows	192
4	30	Kratonite arrows	288
5	40	Fractite arrows	384
6	50	Zephyrium arrows	480
7	60	Argonite arrows	576
8	70	Katagon arrows	672
9	80	Gorgonite arrows	768
10	90	Promethium arrows	864
11	99	Sagittarian arrows	950

Update history

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• patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
  • An animation has been implemented for adding feathers to bolts and arrows.

• update 27 January 2001 (Update):
  • Arrows now fire 25% faster.
  • Fixed the cheat/bug which some people were using to shoot super rapidly.