Dark bow (green)

Dark bow
Release																				29 March 2010 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions
Backpack																				Wield
Values
Value																				120,002 coins
High alch																				72,001 coins
Low alch																				48,000 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 120,002 Reclaim: 120
Weight																				1.814 kg
Examine
A bow from a darker dimension, painted green from the yolk of a Penance egg.
Advanced data
Item ID																				15704
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The green dark bow is the second most powerful shieldbow in the game, behind the Strykebow and requires level 70 Ranged and 70 Defence to use. While it shoots at little over 7 seconds between attacks (double the time in between attacks (3.6 seconds) compared to other shieldbows), it shoots two arrows with each shot resulting in the same amount of arrows shot over time as any other shieldbow.

It is obtainable by purchasing the Penance egg paint (Green) from Commander Connad for 50 Honour Points in any role or within Stanley Limelight Traders for 20 Thaler. Once purchased, players can recolour an unlimited number of dark bows and abyssal whips. The dark bow itself is a drop unique to dark beasts, which require level 90 Slayer to kill. When recoloured, the bow is untradeable, but can be reverted to its regular, tradeable state by using a cleaning cloth on it.

The dark bow is classified as a shieldbow, so wielding it allows the use of abilities requiring a shield.

It is not possible to use this bow for Barbarian Firemaking. Attempting to light a fire using a dark bow will prompt the following message: "The innate darkness of the bow sucks all heat from your firemaking attempt. You realise that this type of bow is useless for firelighting."

Combat stats

Requirements
70 , 70
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier			Type
70			Shieldbow
		Auto		Ability
Damage		371.0		672
Accuracy		1486
Style		Arrows
Range		9
Speed		Slowest (7.2s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				297.2		PvM: 7%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Special attack

The dark bow's special attack, Descent of Darkness

The dark bow has a special attack called Descent of Darkness which fires two shots for 148-338% ability damage each, or 296-676% total. The in-game description incorrectly states that using Dragon or Dark Arrows will increase the damage, but in-fact all arrows regardless of type will deal the same percentage of ability damage based on their tier. The special attack uses 65% adrenaline. Upon using it, no ammo is used.

The dark bow's special attack with dragon arrows equipped, Descent of Dragons

When Dragon arrows are equipped, the special attack has the name Descent of Dragons.

Disassembly

Dark bow (green)
Disassembly category	Shieldbows
Disassembly XP	21.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
Base junk chance	?  23.0% 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 23.0% 1 34 22.8 2 49 22.4 3 64 21.9 4 69 21.4 5 78 21.0 6 83 20.3 7 91 19.8 8 95 19.1 9 105 18.5
Common materials
Stave parts	35/100
Tensile parts	30/100
Flexible parts	30/100
Rare materials
Precise components	3/100
Strong components	2/100

Update history

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• update 29 March 2010 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Before the Evolution of Combat, this weapon had two special attacks, these were as follows:
  • Descent of Darkness inflicted up to 30% more damage and did a minimum of 50 damage per arrow (25 on players).
  • Descent of Dragons inflicted up to 50% more damage when using dragon arrows and does a minimum of 50 damage per arrow (80 on players).
• On 8 October 2013 with the release of elder bows, the dark bow's Ranged level requirement was increased from 60 to 70, and the damage and accuracy bonuses were also increased. This was done to preserve the dark bow's title of best shieldbow in the game.
• On 2 March 2015, a level 70 Defence requirement was added to the bow.