Dark bow



The Dark bow is the second strongest bow in RuneScape that uses arrows and is the only bow able to fire Dragon arrows. It is a drop from Dark beasts, which require level 90 Slayer to kill. Level 60 Ranged is required to use it. The dark bow has a very slow rate of fire, but it fires two arrows at once.

Currently, it is the slowest weapon in game, and due to this slow rate of fire, players using the accurate attack mode when ranging with the dark bow may find their monsters stolen by other players with fast weapons.

Special attacks
The Dark bow has 2 special attacks:
 * Descent of Darkness: Inflicts up to 30% more damage. Minimum of 5 damage per arrow.
 * Descent of Dragons: When using dragon arrows, inflicts up to 50% more damage. Minimum of 8 damage per arrow.

The Dark bow is one of the 2 weapons in RuneScape with special attacks that change under certain circumstances,the other one being the Zanik's crossbow.

Other uses
Strangely, the Dark bow can be used for the archery contest minigame although it only fires one arrow at a time there. And can fire as fast as a player can shoot the target and close the score window, allowing the dark bow to be just as fast as any other bow that can shoot a bronze arrow(only in this minigame though).

When you try to light a fire using your dark bow it says "The innate darkness of the bow sucks all the heat from your firemaking attempt. You realize that this type of bow is useless for firelighting."

The Special attack can be used while Lootshare is active to insure you hit the monster.

The Dark bow is also a very popular in PvP combat, since the special attack Descent of Dragons inflicts up to 50% more damage due to the fact that the special will never miss and will deal a minimum damage of 16.

Development Diaries
The Impetuous Impulses development diary contains a description of the development of the dark bow. The diary contains artist impressions of the dark bow, which form the basis for the development of the bow itself and its special effect.

Trivia

 * It is the slowest weapon in the game.
 * When first introduced, the Dark bow sold for upwards of 60 million coins. Later, it sold for around 20 million coins in mid day and then around 3 million by the end of the day.
 * After Bounty Hunter was introduced, its price dropped dramatically, reaching 1 million recently.
 * Players only shoot one arrow if they only have one arrow in the quiver. Also, there is only one "boom" instead of two.
 * Players cannot use the special attack if they only have one arrow in the quiver.