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

Level	Arrow type	Damage	Cost
1	Bronze arrows	48	37
10	Iron arrows	96	15
20	Steel arrows	192	15
30	Mithril arrows	288	21
40	Adamant arrows	384	51
50	Rune arrows	480	151
	Saradomin arrows	528	81
	Guthix arrows	528	82
	Zamorak arrows	528	81
60	Dragon arrows	576	238
70	Dark arrows	672	38
80	Stalker arrows	768	174
85	Wild arrows	816	92
90	Araxyte arrows	864	180
92	Black stone arrows	883.2	1,941

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.