Willow composite bow



The Willow composite bow is a composite bow that can use arrows up to mithril arrows that require level 20 Ranged to use. To obtain a willow composite bow, the player can only either complete a Treasure trail, trade with another player or buy one from the Grand Exchange; the willow composite bow cannot be made using the Fletching skill. This bow is currently the only composite bow available for free players.

Note that the maple shortbow and longbow offer better ranged offensive bonuses; however, the bow was regarded a status symbol to Free-to-play players due to its rarity and price (it was the most expensive non-degrading bow available to free players as of 28 January 2010). It was also more expensive than both the yew composite and magic composite bows even though it is weaker. F2P players consider this weapon rare since it is rarely used and was also quite expensive, being that the price crashed from 70k to just 675gp (this quick decline began around 7 August). It once sold for a price anywhere from 10k-20k at the GE, despite the recommended price. As of 2 June 2011, it sells for 1gp on the Grand Exchange. Being a treasure trail item, this bow is much desired by F2P players and is an attractive alternative for members.



Trivia

 * Years ago the Willow Composite Bow used to change colours. Depending on your hair colour, two bands on the bow will turn to the same colour of your hair. Jagex changed this after a while for an unknown reason. Whether it was a glitch or not, is unknown.
 * The walk animation when wielding the bow is the same used when wielding a staff.
 * The Willow composite bow is not expensive anymore with an average price of 385 coins.
 * When standing, the bow string seems to pass through the player's arm. This has not been fixed.
 * The Willow composite bow resembles Kayle's Bow, which is now Kayle's Sling, except in the fact that Kayle's bow string didn't seem to pass through the player's arm. As a joke, some players pass it off as Kayle's bow by stating that it is obtainable by asking Xenia to change the Kayle's Sling to a bow.
 * It is the only Composite Bow available to free-players, and is rarely used as a result of its low speed and decreased accuracy when compared to the Maple Longbow or Maple Shortbow.

Willow composite bow