Crossbows (also known as Pistol crossbows) are weapons used in ranged combat that require a certain Ranged level to wield. Unlike bows, crossbows use bolts instead of arrows and come in main hand, off-hand, and two-handed varieties, with the former allowing access to dual-wielding and the ability to use a shield. Most crossbows have an attack range of 7 spaces. Higher level crossbows have greater accuracy, and while usually not directly influencing damage dealt, higher level crossbows can receive the full damage of higher level bolts. Off-hand crossbows have half the damage output of their normal counterparts, while the two-handed versions have a damage stat to compensate for the potential loss of attack or defence on the unequipped arm. Both dual-wielding and two-handing will do on average 150% the damage of a single main hand crossbow.
Metal crossbows can be created through the Fletching skill. The stocks must first be cut from logs; the limbs have to be made via the Smithing skill. The player then needs to add those two together and string it with a crossbow string, at which point the player can choose whether to make a normal crossbow, off-hand crossbow or 2h crossbow. Most limbs and stocks can be purchased at the crossbow stall in the dwarven city of Keldagrim.
In addition to combat, crossbows can also fire mithril grapples for Agility shortcuts.
Main hand[]
Item |
Level |
Main-hand | Off-hand | Attributes | Style bonus | Price | |||||||||
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Style | Dmg | Acc | Style | Dmg | Acc | ||||||||||
Phoenix crossbow | 1 | Bolt | - | 110 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | N/A | |
Crossbow | 1 | Bolt | - | 150 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1,567 | |
Bronze crossbow | 1 | Bolt | - | 150 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2,666 | |
Coral crossbow | 1 | Bolt | - | 160 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | N/A | |
Iron crossbow | 10 | Bolt | - | 202 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2,809 | |
Blurite crossbow | 16 | Bolt | - | 268 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | N/A | |
Steel crossbow | 20 | Bolt | - | 316 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 3,641 | |
Black crossbow | 25 | Bolt | - | 502 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 685,635 | |
Dorgeshuun crossbow | 28 | Bolt | - | 424 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2,723 | |
Mithril crossbow | 30 | Bolt | - | 454 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6,839 | |
Adamant crossbow | 40 | Bolt | - | 628 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 14,784 | |
Zanik's crossbow | 48 | Bolt | - | 801 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 14,784 | |
Rune crossbow | 50 | Bolt | - | 850 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 9,573 | |
Hunters' crossbow | 50 | Bolt | - | 850 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 5,835 | |
Dragon crossbow | 60 | Bolt | - | 1132 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 9,416,234 | |
Demon slayer crossbow | 60 | Bolt | - | 1040 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 93,026 | |
Karil's pistol crossbow | 70 | Bolt | - | 1486 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 638,454 | |
Armadyl crossbow | 75 | Bolt | - | 1694 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 5,594,315 | |
Chaotic crossbow | 80 | Bolt | - | 1924 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 200,000 Dungeoneering tokens | |
Ascension crossbow | 90 | Bolt | - | 2458 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 125,758,405 | |
Blightbound crossbow | 92 | Bolt | - | 2577 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 496,358,591 |
Off-hand[]
Item |
Level |
Main-hand | Off-hand | Attributes | Style bonus | Price | |||||||||
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Style | Dmg | Acc | Style | Dmg | Acc | ||||||||||
Off-hand bronze crossbow | 1 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1,059 | |
Off-hand iron crossbow | 10 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 565 | |
Off-hand steel crossbow | 20 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2,651 | |
Off-hand black crossbow | 25 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 762,486 | |
Off-hand mithril crossbow | 30 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 3,144 | |
Off-hand adamant crossbow | 40 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 10,915 | |
Off-hand rune crossbow | 50 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 9,536 | |
Off-hand dragon crossbow | 60 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 1132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 7,010,296 | |
Off-hand demon slayer crossbow | 60 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 1040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 50,222 | |
Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow | 70 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 1486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 975,482 | |
Off-hand Armadyl crossbow | 75 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 1694 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 5,598,386 | |
Off-hand chaotic crossbow | 80 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 100,000 Dungeoneering tokens | |
Off-hand Ascension crossbow | 90 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 2458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 125,985,380 | |
Off-hand Blightbound crossbow | 92 | - | - | - | Bolt | - | 2577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 592,343,565 |
See also[]
Trivia[]
- According to a conversation with the Bow and Arrow salesman in the Ranging Guild, crossbows are made only by the dwarves (although cave goblins and players can make crossbows too).
- The difference in damage output and attack speed of pistol crossbows compared to two-handed crossbows relates to their real-life use, with two-handed crossbows having a higher draw-weight hence taking much more effort to pull back and reload.
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