Off-hand chaotic crossbow

The Off-hand chaotic crossbow is an item similar to the Chaotic crossbow except that it is equipped to the shield slot.

It was released on Tuesday, November 20 with the Evolution of Combat, it requires 80 ranged and 80 dungeoneering to wield. It is held in the Off-hand slot, and serves as a dual wielded weapon. It is an effective compliment to the Chaotic c'bow, when used together it has a very high DPS (damage per second) and rivals other chaotic weapons, or surpasses them. However, despite this, it may be a better idea to use a shield such as Elysian Spirit Shield or Eagle eye kite, because it does not give defensive bonuses, and disallows the use of most defensive abilities, including Rejuvenate. It can shoot all bolts Royal bolts and under. During the use of an offhand crossbow, it will show the player shooting both crossbows.

It degrades in increments of 1%, every 1% costs 10,000 coins to repair. It can be repaired at the Rewards trader at Daemonheim, currently costing 1,000,000 coins to repair from 0%, or 100,000 coins and 10,000 dungeoneering reward tokens. It takes 10 hours to fully degrade, and when bought from the rewards trader it comes in the condition of 20%. Like all Chaotics and dungeoneering rewards (armour and weapons) it is 600 game ticks per 1% of degradation.

Overall it would be considered a viable choice, and is worth the time spent if looking for a very effective and powerful offhand crossbow. It's damage accuracy surpasses that of a Off-hand dragon crossbow by 200 points. It is surpassed in accuracy by the Off-hand ascension crossbow, but is still a very powerful weapon.

Pre-release article:
 * It has been confirmed by Jagex that off-hand chaotics including the rapier, longsword and crossbow will cost 100,000 reward tokens from the Dungeoneering rewards trader, as well as that the repair costs reduce to the choice of 1,000,000 gp or the separate payment method of 100,000 gp and 10,000 tokens combined (from 0 charges).

This argument is somewhat countered by the fact that you can wear a one-handed chaotic with a shield, however, many players did not purchase these weapons with the intent of tanking, rather with the intent of the heavy damage that these weapons provide.

Thus far, Jagex has not commented on nor acknowledged this issue.

Degradation table and repair costs

When first bought, the weapon is 20% charged. Repair costs come in 1% increments; you can repair them whenever there's at least 1% charge missing.
 * 100% charged (Fully charged) – no cost.
 * 99% charged – 10,000 coins or 1,000 coins and 100 tokens.
 * 90% charged – 100,000 coins or 10,000 coins and 1,000 tokens.
 * 20% charged (After buying) – 800,000 coins or 80,000 coins and 8,000 tokens.
 * 0% charged (No charge) – 1,000,000 coins or 100,000 coins and 10,000 tokens.