Pay-to-play Ranged training

The following guide gives advice on training the Ranged skill from levels 1-99, for members. The ranged combat skill is highly useful as it gives the player the ability to attack from long ranges with projectiles. This can allow a player to avoid all damage in combat.

Defence can also be trained using ranged weaponry by setting combat experience gain to Defence, or Defence and Ranged, in combat settings within the Powers menu.

Best AFK exp per hour in the game
Training Ranged, Melee and Magic skills in the Abyss is perhaps the best AFK exp/hour in the entire game. The south-west and south-east corners spawn 15+ creatures that are aggressive and will attack the player upon respawn. There is a world-hopping safespot in the far south-west corner behind a tendril. The creatures become non-aggressive after 10 minutes. To reset the aggression timer simply run away and come back.

702054.8 XP/h measurements: Range red chinchompa (power armor, blood amulet, grand ranging potion, armadyl off-hand crossbow recommended): 702054.8 exp/hour afk. Use Revolution++ with the following bar: Corruption shot, Death's swiftness, Bombardment, Deadshot, Fragmentation shot, Needle Strike, Snipe, Binding shot. (Ricochet doesn't work well with chinchompas).

Corruption shot is CRITIAL for range training. It increases exp/hour by 28%.

Blood Amulet of Fury or Bunyip is enough to heal for a complete AFK experience.

Bring a charming imp. Have him eat the abyssal, gold, green charms for easy summoning exp. The monsters drop ludicrous amounts of charms due to the sheer volume of kills per hour.

Recommended Armour
For general training, power armour is preferred over tank armour for the damage bonuses.



Recommended Accessories
In addition to the main armour sets, there are a number of other equipment slots that should be filled. These accessories offer a wide range of effects such as improved loot, adrenaline saving, damage bonuses, and unique attacks.

Rings
Some people may wish to wear a Ring of wealth, which is understandable, but there are other rings that offer combat oriented effects.

Pocket Slot Items
For general training, an uncharged illuminated god book is recommended for the passive damage bonus with no upkeep cost.

Auras
Auras cost loyalty points to buy and have their use limited only by a cooldown timer. Recommended auras are listed below, see the aura page for a complete list.

Weapons
The following table shows you what the best advised equipment is to train ranging fast.

Note If using an optimal ability rotation, ammunition usage can be all but eliminated. Training with Momentum will obviously cost much more than using abilities, since ammunition is used with each auto-attack, however it would require less attention. Using Ava's device past level 30 will collect the ammunition automatically, as well as providing a good range bonus in cape slot.

Notes:

The following table shows the recommended bolts cost, as crossbows are recommended past level 36

Chinchompa
Grey Chinchompa, Red Chinchompa, and Mechanised chinchompa are multi-target ranged weapons which hit up to nine enemies in a 3x3 area. These require 45, 55, and 75 ranged, respectively.

Sustain
Ideal training with chinchompa is to be hitting nine targets at all times. This in turn means that you will be attacked by at least nine enemies, and need to be able to counteract the damage. Protection prayers, deflect curses, or soul split can largely mitigate this damage, but food may still be necessary. Additionally, a single click emergency teleport may prove useful.

Hit Chance
The overall hit chance of a weapon is largely dependent on its level, so chinchompa have a maximum accuracy equal to that of other level 75 items. Accuracy boosting effects such as void or auras should be considered to counteract misses if fighting something with reasonably high defences.

Dwarf Multicannon

 * Note that the gold cannon and royale cannon take 60 and 90 ammo per load, making them more efficient than a standard cannon at 30 ammo per load.

Locations

 * Slayer tasks (e.g. Dagannoths, Kalphite soldiers, and Black Demons)
 * Multi-combat zones with safe spots
 * NOTE: While the Black Demons are NOT particularly cost-effective for range training (as compared to the green dragons, which produce an exorbitant profit), many of their locations -particularly in the Taverley Dungeon- go quite unnoticed by most players as potentially some of the quickest experience given in the game. Taverley, for example, produces a fire rate almost double that typically found in the Green Dragons area near Clan Wars and has the added bonus of not requiring the Anti-Dragon Shield, antifire potions, or super antifire potions. However, the Black Demons WILL hit rapidly, heavily, and accurately when you must leave your safe spot, so lower levels must be wary to either activate Protect from Magic or to ensure their health and armour are strong enough to defend them very briefly to reload the cannon. When cannoning Black Demons, you may wish to bring prayer potions so you can continue to use Protect from Magic during extended trips.

Restrictions
The cannon cannot be set up in the following locations:
 * Ancient Cavern
 * God Wars Dungeon (God chambers)
 * King Black Dragon Lair (the King Black Dragon will destroy it)
 * Kalphite Queen's room in the Kalphite Hive (the Kalphite Queen will destroy it)
 * TzHaar city and minigames (Fight Caves, Fight Pits)
 * Slayer Tower
 * Fremennik Slayer Dungeon
 * Minigames
 * Chaos Tunnels
 * Pest Control
 * Bandos's throne room
 * Kuradal's Dungeon
 * Tarn's lair
 * Grotworm Lair

Inventory

 * Cannon base, Cannon stand, Cannon barrels, Cannon furnace and Cannonballs.
 * Food, depending on where you are using the cannon.
 * Prayer potions, if prayer is needed in the location.
 * Ranging potions if you want to boost your Range level. Note that the cannon's accuracy is affected by your Range level and the attack style you are using. Also ranging level will only increase cannon accuracy if you wield a ranged weapon. Please note that the cannon's accuracy will not be affected as heavily as your own range stats.

Shields
Shield use is generally reserved for bosses or other high level encounters, and is relatively rare for general training. The main exception to this is dragonfire protection. Shields of note are listed below.

Reprisers
Reprisers act as both an off-hand weapon and a shield at the same time. This provides a substantial boost in defence without giving up dual-wield abilities.

Abilities
Abilites are the main source of damage when using full manual or revolution, but are not used at all in legacy mode. Training ranged will consist mostly of using ranged abilities, with some use of defence and constitution ones. For recommended action bars, see a list of optimal setups for basic abilies or use the calculator to see how other options compare.

Some abilities have requirements beyond range level to unlock. The important ranged ones are detailed below.

Monsters
Save for a few exceptions, you can gain ranged experience from any monster you attack. However, the most effective monsters to kill for experience are those with a weakness to ranged attacks. This is even more pronounced when matching a monster's specific type of ranged weakness to arrows, bolts, or thrown weapons. For complete lists of monsters weak to each type, see the following pages:
 * Weak to Ranged
 * Weak to arrows
 * Weak to bolts
 * Weak to thrown weapons
 * Weak to nothing

As with any style of combat, you may choose to train it predominantly through slayer. This has several benefits, such as the damage bonus from a full slayer helmet, less crowded areas, and unique monsters to kill. In addition, you may choose to sculpt your block and prefer lists to allow you more tasks that are ideal for ranged training.

Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza
This gives Ranged experience as well as Magic and Agility, but can only be attended weekly. Depending on your levels, the experience varies but it could be high. Going to this circus is recommended and High ranged attack bonus and ranged boosting prayers will be an advantage. High magic attack bonus and magic boosting prayers is an advantage for the Magic too. It only takes a few minutes to complete.

Black demons and Black salamanders
With a full set of Void Equipment and black salamanders it is possible to kill black demons very quickly (5–20 seconds), which results in a decent amount of experience per hour. Black demons are also a good source of charms and are found in Taverley and Brimhaven dungeons as well as in the Chaos Tunnels.

Waterfiends
Waterfiends are a very good source of ranged training. With Elite Void or Pernix equipment and a high level ranged weapon (handcannon, crystal bow, black salamander, royal crossbow, and Karil's Crossbow are all great choices) over 150 kills per hour (around 150,000-400,000 experience per hour) is possible. They are also an excellent source of charms and drop semi-valuable loot, making them a choice spot for higher level players to train.

AFK Waterfiends
With sufficient levels and equipment, waterfiends at Ghorrock can be AFK'd for very easy ranged XP. This method, though requiring high levels is much cheaper than other AFK alternatives such as using Chinchompas in the abyss. You will need at least 92 prayer for Soul Split and 96 Herblore for Overloads is highly recommended. The use of a Geyser titan is also helpful though not explicitly required. With at least T70 armour and T80 weapons you can expect 450,000 experience per hour if concentrating and 350,000 experience per hour totally afk, as well as 100+ crimson charms.

What you will need: 20 Prayer potions (Soul split should be all the healing you need) 4 Overloads 2 Geyser titan pouchs (Beasts of Burden may be used as an alternative, and should be filled entirely with prayer potions) 2 Shark (In case of emergency)

You will need to find an area in the tunnel appropriate for the level you are and the equipment you are using, the first room is host to only 4 waterfiends, while the second room is host to six. These monsters will become tolerant after 10 minutes of fighting, this can easily be reset by running to the next room or climbing up and then back down the ladder located in the first room.

Completing quests
Some quests grant Ranged experience. Refer to the main article for more details.