Maple shortbow



The Maple shortbow is a shortbow stronger than the willow shortbow that can use arrows up to adamant. It is the second strongest shortbow available to non-members (succeeded by the Gravite shortbow) and is the most popular ranging weapon in F2P worlds. The maple shortbow requires a Ranged level of 30 or higher to wield. Players can purchase this bow from Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock for 400 coins. It is the shortbow counterpart to the maple longbow. The only difference between the two is distance of attack and speed of attack, the accuracy and damage ability is the same.

Members can make a maple shortbow through the Fletching skill at level 50. First, a player must cut an unstrung maple shortbow from maple logs, granting 50 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung maple shortbow with a bow string, granting 50 experience.

Trivia
This bow was originally a members-only item. This was changed by Jagex when they believed that the free-to-play rangers were not as strong as the other two combat classes.