Bolts

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This article is about the item used as ammunition. For the category of Magic spells, see Bolt spells.

Bolts are the ammunition used by crossbows. Most types of bolts are made using a combination of the Smithing and Fletching skills, the initial bolts being made with Smithing (each metal bar makes 50 unfinished bolts) and feathers being added with Fletching. Each bolt requires 1 feather. 10 bolts are made at once every 0.6 seconds, up to 15 sets in one go (150 bolts total).

Certain special bolts can only be obtained through other methods, such as monster drops or specialist shops.

Bolts may be used with crossbows that are lower level than themselves, but their damage will be capped at the crossbow's level. For example, if one were to use level 80 royal bolts with the level 50 rune crossbow, the bolts would perform as level 50 runite bolts.

Different types of bolts can be stored in a bolt pouch to conserve space. Bolts sometimes survive shots, so fired bolts can be picked up.

Types of bolts

Non-enchanted bolts

Smithable metal bolts can be enhanced by adding bolt tips, including those crafted from gems. These have a higher Damage stat, and a correspondingly raised minimum crossbow level needed to fire them with uncapped damage.

Tipping bolts tip 10 bolts at once, taking 1.2 seconds per set, and up to 60 sets can be made in one go (600 bolts in total).

Level	Bolt type		Cost	Damage
1		Bronze	51	48
10		Iron	69	96
		Opal	52
20		Steel	70	192
		Pearl	116
25		Black	315	240
		Jade	N/A
30		Mithril	123	288
		Topaz	102
40		Adamant	170	384
		Sapphire	55
50		Fragment	N/A	48
		Rune	341	480
		Emerald	144
		Ruby	167
		Broad-tipped	66
60		Diamond	231	576
		Dragon	499
70		Bolt rack	117	672
		Onyx	6,174
80		Bakriminel	940	720
		Royal	98	768
85		Wyvern spines	399	816
90		Opal bakriminel	947
		Pearl bakriminel	778
		Jade bakriminel	842
		Red topaz bakriminel	812
		Sapphire bakriminel	993
		Emerald bakriminel	1,392
		Ruby bakriminel	1,143
		Diamond bakriminel	1,650
		Dragonstone bakriminel	1,886
		Onyx bakriminel	6,150
		Hydrix bakriminel	7,912
		Ascension	485	864
		Ascendri	7,993	902
92		Blight	811	883

Note that the left hand column of the table above is the required Ranged level not the Tier of the weapon which may differ.

Enchanted bolts

Main article: Enchanted bolts

Gem-tipped bolts can be further improved by enchantment, which raises both the damage and level requirement even further. This also gives them passive effects that can be triggered with auto attacks and abilities, with abilities consuming one bolt per activation. The chance of the special effect occurring is increased by 2% additively upon the completion of the elite Seers' Village achievements, as well as by the Ranged cape perk, which increases the chance by 20% multiplicatively.

Level	Bolt type		Cost	Damage	Enchantment
20		Opal (e)	38	192	Lucky lightning: +10% damage.
30		Pearl (e)	44	288	Sea curse: +15% more damage to enemies that are weak to water. Performs 15% less damage on enemies that are weak to fire. Stops enemies from running in PvP.
35		Jade (e)	N/A	336	Earth's fury: Stun the opponent for 4.8 seconds. Only Binds in PvP.
40		Topaz (e)	47	384	Down to earth: Reduce the opponent's magic level by 2 and damage by 1%. Caps at 10 levels and 5% damage.
50		Sapphire (e)	76	480	Clear mind: Steal 5% of the maximum prayer points from the opponent.
60		Emerald (e)	168	576	Magical poison: Poison the enemy for 4% of the player's weapon damage.
		Ruby (e)	136		Blood forfeit: Deal damage worth 20% of the enemy’s life points, while also dealing 10% of the player's own life points to themselves. Damage dealt to players caps at 3,000.
70		Diamond (e)	321	672	Armour piercing: Hit with 100% accuracy and deal up to 15% more damage.
		Dragon (e)	318		Dragon's breath: Hit the opponent a second time for 25% of the player's current attack as dragonfire. Dragons and those under dragonfire protection are immune.
80		Onyx (e)	6,767	768	Life leech: Heal up to 25% of damage potential (capping at 2,500) and dealing 25% more damage.
90		Ascendri (e)	8,483	902	Deathmark: Instantly provide 10% adrenaline and an additional 1% adrenaline from basic abilities for 15 seconds.

Enchanted bakriminel bolts

Bakriminel bolts are tier 75 bolts fletched by from bloodwood logs. The unfinished bolts must be assembled with bakriminel bolt tips while standing close to the bloodwood tree that the logs were cut from, or the logs and unfinished bolts will disintegrate. They are especially damaging against mages in PvP with specific targeted attacks.

They can be enhanced by adding bolt tips from gems (turns them tier 85) and can be further improved by enchanting them (turns them tier 95). This cause them to lose their mage-targeting effects, but gain the same effects as gem-tipped metal bolts.

Level	Bolt type		Cost	Damage	Enchantment
99		Opal (e)	2,391	912	Lucky lightning: +10% damage.
		Pearl (e)	1,053		Sea curse: +15% more damage to enemies that are weak to water. Performs 15% less damage on enemies that are weak to fire. Stops enemies from running in PvP.
		Jade (e)	1,488		Earth's fury: Stun the opponent for 4.8 seconds. Only Binds in PvP.
		Red topaz (e)	1,472		Down to earth: Reduce the opponents magic level by 2 and damage by 1%. Caps at 10 levels and 5% damage.
		Sapphire (e)	2,057		Clear mind: Steal 5% of the player's maximum prayer points from the opponent.
		Emerald (e)	2,156		Magical poison: Poison the enemy for 4% of the player's weapon damage.
		Ruby (e)	2,035		Blood forfeit: Deal damage worth 20% of the enemy’s life points, while also dealing 10% of the player's life points to themselves. Damage dealt to players caps at 3,000.
		Diamond (e)	1,702		Armour piercing: Hit with 100% accuracy and deal up to 15% more damage.
		Dragonstone (e)	1,745		Dragon's breath: Hit the opponent a second time for 25% of the player's current attack as dragonfire. Dragons and those under dragonfire protection are immune.
		Onyx (e)	7,171		Life leech: Heal up to 25% of damage potential (capping at 2,500) and dealing 25% more damage.
		Hydrix (e)	8,889		Deathmark: Instantly provide 10% adrenaline and an additional 1% adrenaline from basic abilities for 15 seconds.

Player-made bolts

• Silver bolts are much like other silver items, in that they are crafted using an appropriate mould and a furnace. Silver bolts are the only ranged weapons other than Blisterwood stakes that can be used effectively against vampyres.
• Kebbit bolts and Long kebbit bolts are fletched from Kebbit spikes and Long kebbit spikes respectively. They can only be used with the Hunter's crossbow.
• Ascension bolts are fletched from ascension shards which can be obtained as drops in varying numbers from members of the Order of Ascension.
• Fragment bolts are fletched from bronze bolts and ascension fragments which can be obtained as drops in varying numbers from members of the Order of Ascension.

Store-bought bolts

• Barbed bolts are made from Bronze bolts by attaching Barb bolt tips which can be purchased in the Ranging guild using Archery tickets.
• Broad-tipped bolts require 55 Slayer to use in addition to ranged requirements. They can be obtained from Slayer masters using Slayer reward points, or purchased unfinished from Slayer masters' shops using coins. The ability to complete these bolts using feathers must be obtained using Slayer reward points before they can be made usable.
• Bone bolts can be bought from Nardok's Bone Weapons shop, and are only usable with the Dorgeshuun crossbow and Zanik's crossbow.

Bolts obtained as drops

• Black bolts are obtained from Treasure Trails.
• Coral bolts are dropped by grotworms, and are usable only with the coral crossbow. Completion of the Song from the Depths quest is required.
• Royal bolts are dropped by the Queen Black Dragon.
• Bolt racks are obtained from the Barrows and are usable only with Karil's crossbow, Karil's pistol crossbow and Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow.

Bane bolts

Bane bolts are available after completion of the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest. They are made by casting Tune Bane Ore on Bane ore, smelting the ore, smithing the bars on the tempered anvil in Kethsi, and fletching them with Feathers. The Tune Bane Ore spell enhances the weapon to be more effective against a specific creature, depending on the item it is tuned with. There are four types of bane bolts:

• Abyssalbane bolts, used against Abyssal demons
• Basiliskbane bolts, used against Basilisks
• Dragonbane bolts, used against Dragons
• Wallasalkibane bolts, used against Wallasalkis

Hand cannon

The Hand cannon is also classed as a crossbow, and thus its shot are considered "bolts". However it fires at an average speed, but does more damage than a one-handed crossbow or dual-wielded crossbow. It can only fire Hand cannon shot, which can be obtained as a drop from the monsters at the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield. They can also be bought from the Grand Exchange.

Making bolts

Level	Bolt tip	Bolt	Product	Cost	Profit from adding tip (GE)	Profit from adding tip (alch)	Level	Enchanted bolts		Cost	Profit from enchanting (GE)	Profit from enchanting (alch)
11	Opal	Bronze	Opal bolts	52	−73	−813	4		Opal (e)	38	−47.2	−773.2
26	Jade	Blurite	Jade bolts	N/A	N/A	N/A	14		Jade (e)	N/A	N/A	N/A
41	Pearl	Iron	Pearl bolts	116	−48	−849	24		Pearl (e)	44	−105.2	−832.2
48	Topaz	Steel	Topaz bolts	102	−34	−815	29		Topaz (e)	47	−88.2	−813.2
56	Sapphire	Mithril	Sapphire bolts	55	−110	−835	7		Sapphire (e)	76	−14.2	−758.2
58	Emerald	Mithril	Emerald bolts	144	−26	−831	27		Emerald (e)	168	−78.4	−903.4
63	Ruby	Adamant	Ruby bolts	167	−76	−860	49		Ruby (e)	136	−189.5	−935.5
65	Diamond	Adamant	Diamond bolts	231	−25	−833	57		Diamond (e)	321	4.4	−882.6
71	Dragon	Rune	Dragon bolts	499	−35	−646	68		Dragon (e)	318	−369.8	−742.8
73	Onyx	Rune	Onyx bolts	6,174	250	1,563	87		Onyx (e)	6,767	525.7	2,066.7
80	Hydrix	Ascension	Ascendri bolts	7,993	257	1,772	90		Ascendri (e)	8,483	422.7	2,047.7
89	Opal	Bakriminel	Opal bakriminel bolts	947	−67	−1,636	89		Opal (e)	2,391	1,285.5	−1,713.5
90	Sapphire	Bakriminel	Sapphire bakriminel bolts	993	11	−1,599	90		Sapphire (e)	2,057	903.5	−1,755.5
91	Jade	Bakriminel	Jade bakriminel bolts	N/A	N/A	N/A	91		Jade (e)	1,488	N/A	N/A
92	Pearl	Bakriminel	Pearl bakriminel bolts	778	−257	−1,654	92		Pearl (e)	1,053	116.5	−1,541.5
93	Emerald	Bakriminel	Emerald bakriminel bolts	1,392	405	−1,597	93		Emerald (e)	2,156	536.3	−2,212.7
94	Topaz	Bakriminel	Red topaz bakriminel bolts	812	−194	−1,625	94		Red topaz (e)	1,472	501.5	−1,574.5
95	Ruby	Bakriminel	Ruby bakriminel bolts	1,143	130	−1,608	95		Ruby (e)	2,035	608.2	−2,001.8
96	Diamond	Bakriminel	Diamond bakriminel bolts	1,650	624	−1,591	96		Diamond (e)	1,702	−33.6	−2,275.6
97	Dragon	Bakriminel	Dragonstone bakriminel bolts	1,886	753	−1,458	97		Dragonstone (e)	1,745	−455.1	−2,451.1
98	Onyx	Bakriminel	Onyx bakriminel bolts	6,150	−373	−3,098	98		Onyx (e)	7,171	828.4	−2,093.6
99	Hydrix	Bakriminel	Hydrix bakriminel bolts	7,912	−279	−4,316	99		Hydrix (e)	8,889	784.4	−3,315.6

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 May 2019 (Update):
  • The message "your ammunition will deal less damage than expected" will now only appear after 5 minutes or re-logging.

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

• patch 10 May 2012 (Update):
  • The check for a full inventory when tipping bolts has been corrected.

Trivia

• Tipping bolts incorrectly shows that it takes 1.8 seconds per 10 bolts in-game, despite that it actually takes 1.2 seconds.