Arrows

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For the gnome, see Oomad Arrow.

Arrows
Slot	Ammunition
Style	Arrow
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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

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 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

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.

Item		Attribute			Price
	Tirannwn quiver 1	-	-	1	5,000
	Tirannwn quiver 2	-	-	2	10,000
	Tirannwn quiver 3	-	-	3	25,000
	Tirannwn quiver 4	-	-	4	50,000
	Pernix's quiver	-	-	4	84,837,415

Types of arrows

Standard arrows

Lvl	Arrow		Cost	Damage	Effects
1		Bronze	43	48	N/A
10		Iron	29	96	N/A
20		Steel	13	192	N/A
30		Mithril	22	288	N/A
40		Adamant	50	384	N/A
		Ice	N/A		The only arrows that deal damage to Fareed, Flambeed, and the Fire Warrior of Lesarkus.
50		Rune	152	480	N/A
		Broad	N/A	528	The only arrows that deal damage to Turoths and Kurasks.
		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	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	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	237	576	N/A
		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	N/A
		Dragonbane	N/A
		Wallasalkibane	N/A
70		Dark	85	672	N/A
80		Stalker	123	768	N/A
85		Wild	85	816	N/A
90		Araxyte	176	864	N/A
92		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	3,433	912	N/A
		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	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	2,927		All abilities deal +15% damage, but have -10% accuracy.
		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	2,981
		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	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

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

Lvl	Arrow		Cost	Damage
5		Bronze brutal	35	48
10		Iron brutal	24	96
15		Steel brutal	23	144
20		Black brutal	98	192
23		Mithril brutal	740	220.8
30		Ogre	201	288
33		Adamant brutal	454	316.8
43		Rune brutal	809	412.8

Dungeoneering arrows

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

Tier	Lvl	Arrow		Damage
1	1		Novite	48
2	10		Bathus	96
3	20		Marmaros	192
4	30		Kratonite	288
5	40		Fractite	384
6	50		Zephyrium	480
7	60		Argonite	576
8	70		Katagon	672
9	80		Gorgonite	768
10	90		Promethium	864
11	99		Sagittarian	950.4

Making arrows

Standard arrows

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

Ogre arrows

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

Lvl	Arrow		Value	Ingredients				Fletching profit
				Arrowhead		Flighted shaft		From headless	From shaft
5		Ogre	201		Wolf bone		Flighted ogre arrow	−417	−104
7		Bronze brutal	35		Bronze nails		Flighted ogre arrow	−552	−239
18		Iron brutal	24		Iron nails		Flighted ogre arrow	−560	−247
33		Steel brutal	23		Steel nails		Flighted ogre arrow	−612	−299
38		Black brutal	98		Black nails		Flighted ogre arrow	−1,788	−1,475
49		Mithril brutal	740		Mithril nails		Flighted ogre arrow	54	367
62		Adamant brutal	454		Adamant nails		Flighted ogre arrow	−229	84
77		Rune brutal	809		Rune nails		Flighted ogre arrow	−16	297

Update history

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.