Pay-to-play Fletching training

This article gives tips about training the Fletching skill. Fletching is a Members only skill.

Helpful quests
Some quests give Fletching experience as a one-time quest reward.


 * Big Chompy Bird Hunting - 260xp


 * Animal Magnetism - 1,000xp 


 * Zogre Flesh Eaters - 2,000xp


 * Fremennik Trials - 2,813xp


 * Devious Minds - 5,000xp


 * Catapult Construction - 5,000xp


 * Temple of Ikov - 8,000xp


 * In Pyre Need - 12,500xp

Some other quests not listed give a generic experience lamp that could be used on Fletching if the player intended to do so, however, Fletching is known to be a "fast skill" to train up, so generic experience lamps are typically better used on other skills.

General notes

 * This guide focuses on the creation of bows, as that is the most common method of training the Fletching skill and therefore the materials are easiest to get hold of.
 * Xp/hr rates given in this guide are a maximum amount possible; they assume that you will be fletching steadily, with quick banking and few to no distractions in game or in real life. Many players will, realistically, not achieve these amounts.
 * Likewise, this guide assumes that you will be buying/gathering the materials for your Fletching before starting, rather than doing so as you go. Doing the latter will severely impact how much Fletching experience is gained per hour.
 * All calculations in this guide are rounded up; this may result in you needing slightly fewer materials than stated.
 * Using a one-click bank chest, such as the one south of Burthorpe lodestone, is advised due to the speed of bank access.
 * The Proto-tool reward from Stealing Creation can potentially be a useful item for level 40+ fletchers, as its knife form can double the experience for fletching unstrung bows and stocks. However, the time taken to obtain one must be balanced against its usefulness; combat games are twenty minutes long, and non-combat clan games are typically 10-15 minutes long, which is time you may prefer to spend fletching instead.
 * Grand Exchange prices are the median price. Materials may cost more than the prices stated, and finished products sell for less.
 * Fletching an inventory of unstrung bows from logs takes 50 seconds an inventory. Stringing an inventory of 14 bows to make the finished product takes 15 seconds. These have been rounded up to 60 seconds and 20 seconds respectively to account for banking time.
 * Experience for fletching a bow from a log and stringing that same bow gives the same experience. With this in mind, the number of logs and bow strings should be halved if you decide to both fletch and string.

Level 1-99
This section will show the time and number of either logs or unstrung bows and bow strings needed to reach level 99 if switching to each newly unlocked bow type you can fletch as soon as possible, along with the prices of the materials involved; logs, bow strings, unstrung bows and finished bows.

Level 1-5 - Arrow shafts
The best way to get from level 1 to level 5 is using arrow shafts, which give 4.5 experience each.
 * Experience needed - 338
 * Logs needed - 78
 * Time - 150 seconds
 * Logs cost =
 * Arrow shafts =

Level 5-10 - Shortbows
Between level 5 and 10 you should either fletch or string shortbows. Both methods give 5 experience.
 * Experience needed = 766
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 154
 * Time = 6 minutes (fletch) OR 4 minutes (string)
 * Logs cost =
 * Shortbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Shortbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Shortbows =

Level 10-20 - Shieldbows
At this point you should switch to making shieldbows, which give 10 xp for fletching the shieldbow (u) from logs or adding the string to make a finished bow.
 * Experience needed = 3,316
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 332
 * Time = 12 minutes (fletch) OR 8 minutes (string)
 * Logs cost =
 * Shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Shieldbows =

Level 20-25 - Oak shortbows
You can now work with oak to make bows. Oak shortbows give 16.5 experience for fletching or stringing them.
 * Experience needed = 3,372
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 210
 * Time = 2 minutes (fletch) OR 1 minute 20 seconds (string)
 * Oak logs cost =
 * Oak shortbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Oak shortbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Oak shortbows =

Level 25-35 - Oak shieldbows
You can now make oak shieldbows, for 25 experience for fletching or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 14,564
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 583
 * Time = 21 minutes (fletch) OR 14 minutes (string)
 * Oak logs cost =
 * Oak shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Oak shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
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Level 35-40 - Willow shortbows
Willow shortbows are now available. These give 33.3 experience for fletching from willow logs or stringing them.
 * Experience needed = 14,818
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 445
 * Time = 16 minutes (fletch) OR 11 minutes (string)
 * Willow logs cost =
 * Willow shortbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Willow shortbow (u) and bow strings total =
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Level 40-50 - Willow shieldbows
Now you can make willow shieldbows, which give 41.5 experience for fletching or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 64,109
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 1545
 * Time = 55 minutes (fletch) OR 37 minutes (string)
 * Willow logs cost =
 * Willow shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Willow shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
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Level 50-55 - Maple shortbows
Now you can make maple shortbows, for 50 experience each when fletching from maple logs or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 65,303
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 1307
 * Time = 47 minutes (fletch) OR 32 minutes (string)
 * Maple logs cost =
 * Maple shortbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Maple shortbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Maple shortbows =

Level 55-65 - Maple shieldbows
You can now make maple shieldbows, which give 58.3 Fletching experience for fletching from maple logs or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 282,792
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 4,851
 * Time = 2 hours 53 minutes (fletch) OR 1 hour 56 minutes (string)
 * Maple logs cost =
 * Maple shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Maple shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
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Level 65-70 - Yew shortbows
You can now make yew shortbows, which give 67.5 experience for fletching from yew logs or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 288,199
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 4,270
 * Time = 2 hours 33 minutes (fletch) OR 1 hour 42 minutes (string)
 * Yew logs cost =
 * Yew shortbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Yew shortbow (u) and bow strings total =
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Level 70-80 - Yew shieldbows
You can now make yew shieldbows, which give 75 experience for fletching or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 1,248,441
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 16,646
 * Time = 9 hours 55 minutes (fletch) OR 6 hours 37 minutes (string)
 * Yew logs cost =
 * Yew shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Yew shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
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Level 80-85 - Magic shortbows
You can now make magic shortbows, which give 83.25 experience for fletching or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 1,272,526
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 15,286
 * Time = 9 hours 6 minutes (fletch) OR 6 hours 4 minutes (string)
 * Magic logs cost =
 * Magic shortbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Magic shortbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Magic shortbows =

Level 85-99 - Magic shieldbows
Magic shieldbows are the last type of bow unlocked outside of Daemonheim. They give 91.5 experience for fletching or stringing them.
 * Experience needed = 9,775,837
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 106,840
 * Time = 56 hours, 26 minutes (fletch) OR 38 hours, 22 minutes (string)
 * Magic logs cost =
 * Magic shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Magic shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Magic shieldbows =

Level 55-99 - Maple shieldbows
Maple shieldbows are usually a cheaper, if slightly slower, route to achieving level 99 in Fletching. They give 58.3 experience for fletching or stringing.
 * Experience needed = 12,867,795
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 220,717
 * Time = 131 hours 23 minutes (fletch) OR 87 hours 36 minutes (string)
 * Maple logs cost =
 * Maple shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Maple shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Maple shieldbows =

Level 70-99 - Yew shieldbows
Yew shieldbows are another alternative method to reach 99. They're a compromise between the speed of magic shieldbows and the relative cheapness of maple shieldbows. 75 experience is given for fletching or stringing yew shieldbows.
 * Experience needed = 12,296,804
 * Logs/unstrung bows needed = 163,958
 * Time = 97 hours 36 minutes (fletch) OR 65 hours 4 minutes (string)
 * Yew logs cost =
 * Yew shieldbow (u) cost =
 * Bow strings cost =
 * Yew shieldbow (u) and bow strings total =
 * Yew shieldbows =

Experience per hour
This section shows the maximum possible xp/hr, and the potential costs, for fletching or stringing the high level short and shieldbows. The last column shows you what the possible profit/loss is per hour, according to the info on the left.