Chargebow

For the weapon type, see Chargebow (bow type).

For other uses, see Chargebow (disambiguation).

Chargebow
Release																				20 November 2012 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				No
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions
Backpack																				Wield
Values
Value																				20 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.25 kg
Examine
A bow to fire magical arrows at your enemies with.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				10,464 coins (info)
Buy limit																				10
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Advanced data
Item ID																				19830
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The chargebow is a shortbow that requires no ammunition to fire, instead producing its own magical arrows, similar to the crystal bow. It is a free-to-play item and is dropped by most low level monsters.

Combat stats

Requirements
1
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier			Type
5			Chargebow
		Auto		Ability
Damage		91.9		72
Accuracy		150
Style		Arrows
Range		7
Speed		Fast (3.0s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
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Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Afflicted	60; 61; 63; 64	1	Common
Al Kharid warrior	18	1	Uncommon
Anja	4	1	Common
Cave goblin (monster)	1	1	Common
Chocolate cow (player-owned farm teaser)	1; 4	1	Uncommon
Corpse archer	18	1	Uncommon
Corpse mage	21	1	3/128
Corpse spider	4	1	Rare
Cow	1; 4	1	Common
Crawling corpse torso	9	1	Uncommon
Cuffs	12	1	Common
Dark wizard		1	Common
Dragith Nurn	26	1	2/128
Drunken man	5	1	Common
Farmer		1	Common
Giant spider	2; 33; 39	1	1/128
Goblin guard (Observatory)	28	1	Common
Goblin Stronghold of Security	5; 6; 7	1	Common
Goblin Common	2; 4; 5; 11	1	Common
Hengel	4	1	Common
Jeff	12	1	Common
Man	2; 4	1	Common
Minotaur	14; 44; 52	1	1/128
Mugger	15	1	Uncommon
Narf	12	1	Common
Rogue Enforcer	35	1	Uncommon
Rogue	9	1	Common
Rusty	12	1	Common
Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	1	1/128
Skoblin	19	1	Uncommon
Strawberry cow (player-owned farm teaser)	1; 4	1	Uncommon
Super Cow	5	1	Uncommon
Thief Normal	11; 12; 14	1	Common
Vanilla cow (player-owned farm teaser)	1; 4	1	Uncommon
Warped bat	16	1	Uncommon
Warped cockroach	1	1	Uncommon
Warped fly	7	1	Uncommon
Warped rat	12	1	Uncommon
Woman	2; 4	1	Common
Zombie Level 29	29	1	Common

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 4 March 2019 (Update):
  • Chargebows now take into account arrows equipped or held in an equipped quiver, so special effects like those of dragonbane and black stone arrows can be used with them. Damage will be reduced to the lowest tier of the arrow or chargebow. Chargebows will work as usual when no arrows or another type of ammunition is held in the ammo slot.

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The chargebow was one of only three bows in the game with a speed of 'Fastest'. The other two are the hexhunter bow and the seercull. An update changed its speed to 'Fast'.
• Players can only receive a maximum of 3 chargebows a day from monster drops, but this doesn't affect the number that may be traded on the Grand Exchange. It is unknown when the limit was changed from 5 to 3.
• All slings were turned into chargebows with the release of the Evolution of Combat on 20 November 2012.
• It used to be obtainable as a free sample from the Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury in Burthorpe.
• Chargebows do not appear in the area loot interface.
• Chargebows dropped by monsters despawn much more quickly than normal items if not picked up.