Ranged

In the free-to-play world, the ranged skill is synonymous with archery, though there are other disciplines available to members, as well as higher level weapons and armour and the ability to make your own arrows by fletching.

This skill shares with magic, the ability to hit an oppenent at a distance, but for training at least, you really need to be able to enter the target's location to reclaim your arrows. The exception being in the training area at the Tutorial island, where you are resupplied by the instructor - well done if you took advantage of that and trained to level 3.

Clothing
Many of the leather armour pieces you can wear, have a positive effect on your ranged attack as well as having good defence against magic, while weaker than most metal armour against melee and ranged attacks. In areas where you face anything other than wizards, a chain body in the best armour you can wear may aid defence and has no penaly to ranged attack. Unless using a crossbow, you will not be able to use a shield, and since there is no progression in crossbows until the quest-related Ogre crossbow, this is a poor choice for all but the novice ranger.

Leather goods may often be found at the Al-Kharid general store, since it is close to the tanner.

To be continued