Crossbow (weapon type)

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This article is about pistol crossbows. For the two-handed variant, see Two-handed crossbow.

Slot	main hand (has off-hand variants)
Style	Bolt
Speed	Fastest (2.4s)

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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.

A player stringing a crossbow.

Main hand

Item		Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
			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
			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

• Bolts
• Bows
• Thrown weapons
• Two-handed crossbow
• Salamanders
• Hand cannon

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.