Shortbow

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This article is about the item called "shortbow". For shortbows in general, see Shortbow (bow type).

Shortbow
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wield
Values
Value	50 coins
High alch	30 coins
Low alch	20 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	1.36 kg
Examine
Short but effective.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	2,947 coins (info)
Buy limit	5,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	841
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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The shortbow is the weakest shortbow in RuneScape. Players can purchase this bow from most shops that sell Ranged weaponry.

Shortbows may be made through the Fletching skill at level 1. First, a player must cut an unstrung shortbow from logs, granting 5 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung shortbow with a bowstring, granting 5 experience.

Previously, all new players would obtain a free shortbow after completing the Tutorial, but due to the Tutorial update, players no longer obtain one.

The attack range of the shortbow is 7 spaces.

Shortbows are often used by skill pures because if no arrows are equipped a player can not accidentally deal damage to a creature and gain combat xp.

Combat stats

Requirements
None
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier
5
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		43.9		-
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
FAQ • docs

Creation

Shortbow

	-
5 XP	-	2 (1.2s)		2,947
Requirements
Fletching level				1
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Shortbow (u)	1	1,574	1,574
	Bowstring	1	493	493
Total price				2,067
Profit				880

Drop sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Corpse archer	18	1	3/128
Corpse mage	21	1	4/384
Corpse spider	4	1	4/195
Crawling corpse torso	9	1	Uncommon
Dragith Nurn	26	1	Unknown
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	84	1	Uncommon
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Rare
Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	1	2/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) Level 79	79	1	Uncommon
Skoblin	19	1	Uncommon
Warped bat	16	1	Uncommon
Warped cockroach	1	1	7/128
Warped fly	7	1	Uncommon
Warped rat	12	1	Uncommon
Zombie (New Varrock)	1	1	1/512
Zombie (New Varrock)		1	Unknown

Locations

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Shortbow. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Beefy Bill's Supplies	North of Lumbridge	50	Coins	10
Brian's Archery Supplies	Rimmington	50	Coins	1
Dargaud's Bows and Arrows	Ranging Guild	50	Coins	10
Gulluck and Sons	Grand Tree	50	Coins	10
King Lathas's Armoury	Combat Training Camp	50	Coins	10
Lowe's Archery Emporium (New Varrock)	New Varrock	50	Zemomark	10
Lowe's Archery Emporium	Varrock	Free sample	-	1
Corporal Boothe's Armoury †	Burthorpe	50	Coins	1

Item spawns

• Northeast of the Dominion Tower in the Kharidian Desert

Disassembly

Shortbow
Disassembly category	Shortbows
Disassembly XP	0.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
Base junk chance	?  98.9% 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 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Stave parts	35/100
Tensile parts	30/100
Flexible parts	30/100
Rare materials
Precise components	3/100
Dextrous components	2/100

Graphical updates

Inventory

• 

  Shortbow after 29 March 2004 (update)

• 

  Shortbow after June 2004

• 

  Shortbow after 26 January 2005 (update)

Detailed

• 

  Shortbow after 29 March 2004 (update)

• 

  Shortbow after June 2004

• 

  Shortbow after 26 January 2005 (update)

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 14 February 2012 (Update):
  • Stringing shortbows now gives 5XP instead of 1XP.

• patch 18 October 2010 (Update):
  • Corrected the Make-X/Make-All text when creating shortbows.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.