Bolas

Bolas
Release	12 July 2011 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wield
Values
Value	500 coins
High alch	300 coins
Low alch	200 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 102 Sacrifice: 408
Weight	0 kg
Examine
A strong vine with weights attached at both ends. Also a tripping hazard.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	684 coins (info)
Buy limit	1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	21365
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Bolas are thrown weapons made using items gained from the Jadinko Lair. They can be made from 2 excrescence and a mutated vine, requiring level 87 Fletching and giving 50 experience. They require level 76 Ranged to use. Even though Fletching is an assistable skill, bolas cannot be made via the Assist System.

When a bolas is thrown as an auto-attack, it binds the NPC or player for around 10 seconds. It is possible to miss the bind as with other attacks from a weapon, although the bolas seems to have high accuracy. Due to the weapon's intentions, any attacks with a bolas equipped deals no damage. Interestingly, Fragmentation Shot and Corruption Shot always bind the target if they do not miss, but all other ranged abilities (excluding binding abilities) do not apply the bind.

Anticipation and Freedom will work against bolas.

Thrown bolas cannot be retrieved from the ground or by Ava's device, which is usually the case when throwing them against monsters. They do not appear to be consumed when thrown at players.

A player throws Bolas at another player

Combat stats

Requirements
76
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier
76
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		0.0		-
Accuracy		1738		-
Style		Thrown
Range		7
Speed		Average (3.6s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Creation

Bolas

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50 XP	-	2.5 (1.5s)		684
Requirements
Fletching level				87
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Excrescence	2	N/A	-
	Mutated vine	1	23	23
Profit				661

Disassembly

Bolas
Disassembly category	Cannonballs
Disassembly XP	2.2
Item quantity required	50
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  3.8% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 3.8% 1 34 3.8 2 49 3.7 3 64 3.7 4 69 3.6 5 78 3.5 6 83 3.4 7 91 3.3 8 95 3.2 9 105 3.1
Common materials
Simple parts	50/100
Head parts	45/100
Rare materials
Stunning components	3/100
Direct components	2/100

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 7 December 2020 (Update):
  • Fixed a bug where only 10 bolas could be fletched at one time, instead of 60.

• ninja 10 July 2017 (Update):
  • The Grand Exchange buy limit for bolas has been increased from 50 to 1000.

• ninja 14 March 2016 (Update):
  • Increased the maximum amount of Bolas made at one time from 10 to 60.

• patch 4 August 2014 (Update):
  • Being attacked by bolas will no longer give an interrupt to abilities.

• patch 26 July 2011 (Update):
  • No longer disappears on death.

• update 12 July 2011 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Bolas are a thrown weapon designed to entangle an animal's legs.
• There appears to be a metallic, hexagonal ring holding the bolas, despite that no metal is used in the process of making these.
• On the day of the release when making bolas using the Assist system, the player making the bolas would receive the experience instead of the one assisting.
• Bolas are the slowest Fletching item to make, not considering the time it takes to collect the untradeable component.
• Prior to the Evolution of Combat, bolas held other players for 15 seconds, and the length would be halved if the enemy player was using Protect from Ranged or Deflect Missiles, and halved again if they were wielding or carrying a slashing weapon.