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
Values
Value	50 coins
High alch	30 coins
Low alch	20 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Exchange	1,041 coins (info)
Buy limit	5,000
Weight	1.36 kg
Examine
Short but effective.
Exchange history
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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
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Fast (3.0s)

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Equipment tier: 5Equipment armour: 0.0Weapon attack speed: fastEquipment JSON: {"ranged":0,"class":"ranged","attack_range":7,"lp":0,"tier":5,"speed":"fast","damage":43.9,"armour":"0.0","slot":"2h weapon","strength":0,"style":"arrows","magic":0,"prayer":0,"accuracy":150}Magic bonus: 0Attack range: 7Combat class: rangedIs cosmetic recolour: falsePrayer bonus: 0Weapon accuracy: 150Weapon damage: 43.9Strength bonus: 0Ranged bonus: 0Attack style: arrowsEquipment slot: 2h weaponEquipment life points: 0

Creation

Required materials:
Shortbow (u)
Bowstring
- - - - - - - - - -
Production JSON:
{ "product": "Shortbow", "image": "[[File:Shortbow.png|link=Shortbow]]", "mats": [ { "name": "Shortbow (u)", "quantity": "1", "image": "Shortbow (u).png" },{ "name": "Bowstring", "quantity": "1", "image": "Bowstring.png" } ], "skill": "Fletching", "level": "1" }

Shortbow

		-
5 XP		-		1,041
Requirements
Fletching level				1
Members only				No
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Shortbow (u)	1	229	229
	Bowstring	1	289	289
Total price				518

Drop sources

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For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Corpse Spider	4	1	Uncommon
Corpse archer	18	1	3/128
Corpse mage	21	1	2/128
Crawling corpse torso	9	1	Uncommon
Dragith Nurn	26	1	Unknown
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	84	1	Common
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Rare
Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	1	2/128
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)	0; 1	1	Unknown

Store locations

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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	Varrock	Free sample	-	1
Lowe's Archery Emporium (New Varrock)	New Varrock	50	Zemomark	10

Disassembly

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 97.9 2 49 95.9 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.0 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.1
Possible materials
Often
Stave parts	35/100
Tensile parts	30/100
Flexible parts	30/100
Rarely
Precise components	3/100
Dextrous components	2/100

shortbowsshortbowsShortbowstabletabletabletable1true0.398.9?  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	97.9
2	49	95.9
3	64	94.0
4	69	92.0
5	78	90.0
6	83	87.0
7	91	85.1
8	95	82.1
9	105	79.1

121table? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)notable{"mat_quantity":12,"xp":0.3,"rarely":[{"name":"Precise components","chance":3},{"name":"Dextrous components","chance":2}],"category":"shortbows","junk":[98.9,97.911,95.933,93.955,91.977,89.99900000000001,87.03200000000001,85.054,82.087,79.12],"level":1,"item_quantity":1,"often":[{"name":"Stave parts","chance":35},{"name":"Tensile parts","chance":30},{"name":"Flexible parts","chance":30}]}

Disassembly JSON: {"mat_quantity":12,"xp":0.3,"rarely":[{"name":"Precise components","chance":3},{"name":"Dextrous components","chance":2}],"category":"shortbows","junk":[98.9,97.911,95.933,93.955,91.977,89.99900000000001,87.03200000000001,85.054,82.087,79.12],"level":1,"item_quantity":1,"often":[{"name":"Stave parts","chance":35},{"name":"Tensile parts","chance":30},{"name":"Flexible parts","chance":30}]}

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. 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.

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