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 requires 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.

Both attacks will always hit. The Dark Bow is the only weapon in RuneScape to have two special attacks.

Other uses
Strangely, the dark bow can be used for the archery contest minigame although it only fires one arrow at a time there.

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 realise that this type of bow is useless for firelighting."

The Dark Bow is also a very popular Bounty Hunter item, since the special attack Descent of Darkness inflicts up to 30% more damage. It was also very popular in player killing, and even more popular in twin player killing.

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

 * When first released, the Dark bow sold for upwards of 100 million coins. Later, it sold for around 3 million coins. After Bounty Hunter was introduced, its price dropped dramatically, reaching 1 million recently.
 * You only shoot one arrow if you only have one arrow in your quiver. Also, there is only one "boom" instead of two.
 * You can't use the special attack if you only have one arrow in your quiver.