Dark bow

The Dark bow is the strongest bow that uses arrows. It is also the only bow that is 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 relatively slow rate of fire, but it fires two arrows at once. The dark bow cannot fire ogre arrows of any kind.

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.

When first released, some players sold them for up to 100 million coins, quite high since the dark beast requires only 5 more slayer levels than the whip.

Strangely, the dark bow can be used for the archery contest mini-game although it only fires one arrow at a time there.

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.