Hexhunter bow (Dungeoneering)

Hexhunter bow
Release	12 April 2010 (Update)
Also known as	HHB
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	10,950 coins
Value	10,950 coins
High Alchemy	6570 coins
High Alchemy	6570 coins
Low Alchemy	4380 coins
Low Alchemy	4380 coins
Destroy	Unbound: Drop Bound: The only way to unbind an item is to destroy it.
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	2.5 kg
Examine	It is stronger against targets with magical powers.

The Hexhunter bow is a bow found in the dungeons of Daemonheim while Dungeoneering. The bow is a unique drop from the soulgazer, requiring 98 Ranged to wield. The bow is one of the rarest and most sought-after items in Dungeoneering.

Though soulgazers officially require level 99 Slayer to damage, they can be killed by a player with any Slayer level using the Retribution prayer, Wrath curse, or the special effect of the blood necklace. 99 Slayer is also required for recoil damage (such as Deflect Curses and Vengeance) to damage a soulgazer. A survivalist's potion can be used to temporarily raise your Slayer level.

Bonuses

Combat Stats

Requirements
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Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier
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Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		259		-
Accuracy		7689		-
Style		-
Range		? (edit)
Speed		Fastest (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				1464		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				1485		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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Comparison between bows

Bow	Hexhunter bow	Sagittarian shortbow	Sagittarian longbow
Damage at 99 Ranged (with sagittarian arrows)	1309	1967	1573
Accuracy	7689	7689	7689
Lifepoints boost	+1485	+0	+1485
Armour rating	1464	0	1537
Speed	Fastest (2.4 seconds)	Fast (3.0 seconds)	Average (3.6 seconds)
Requirements	98 Ranged 99 Slayer	99 Ranged 71 Dungeoneering	99 Ranged 45 Dungeoneering

Sagittarian longbow

As you can see from the table above, the sagittarian longbow and the hexhunter bow have similar stats. However, the sagittarian longbow has an extra 73 armour rating while the hexhunter bow is 1.2 seconds faster. Both bows give the same life points boost. The April 17, 2013 update increased the hexhunter bow's base damage, making the hexhunter bow no longer be equal in damage to the longbow, but actually superior.

The longbow has more armour than a hexhunter, but it has equal accuracy and inferior damage output.

Sagittarian shortbow

In comparison with the hexhunter bow, the sagittarian shortbow has more base damage - at 99 Ranged, the shortbow has 1967 damage compared to the hexhunter bow's 1309. However, the hexhunter bow is 0.6 seconds faster than the sagittarian shortbow, gives a defence and life points boost, and also gives access to shield abilties. Anyone choosing between the sagittarian shortbow and the hexhunter bow would have to weigh the benefits of the extra accuracy and damage of the shortbow to the increased speed and armour/life points boost of the hexhunter bow along with the shield abilities the bow unlocks. The rarity of the hexhunter bow can also play into the decision. While the sagittarian shortbow is a random drop from the Skeletal Trio on all Occult floors, the hexhunter bow is a rare drop from soulgazers, making it harder to obtain.

Dropping monsters

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

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Former bonus

Before the Evolution of Combat, the hexhunter bow had a passive bonus: its ranged damage increased as the opponent's Magic level increased. This made it one of the most desirable items in Daemonheim, as it could hit very highly and accurately on forgotten mages, necromancers, reborn mages, demons, dragons. Its damage per second easily exceeded the damage per second of the most damaging melee weapons, and it was a far more damaging weapon than any other bow in Daemonheim. The bow was also very good against most bosses (even those that would not seem to have high Magic levels, like Dreadnaught and Gravecreeper, though this was most effective when employing the use of a Bloodrager's Sundering Strike special attack to lower the boss's Defence).

Trivia

• The hexhunter bow is one of only two bows in the game with a speed of 'Fastest', with the other being the seercull.
• The name of the hexhunter bow is derived from the word 'hex', which means an evil spel or curse, the equivalent of the german word 'hexe', to practise sorcery. Hex is also pronounced in the same way as the dutch 'heks', which means witch.
• The hexhunter bow's former passive effect was removed with the Evolution of Combat, although a Jagex moderator has said that it may possibly be reimplemented . It is unknown if this is still a planned future update as it would make the hexhunter bow much more damaging than any other weapon in Daemonheim.
• Before the release of The World Wakes on 4 March 2013, the bow had a damage bonus similar to that of the sagittarian longbow. Due to the hexhunter bow's faster speed, this not only made it superior to the longbow in every aspect aside from accuracy, but also made it rival (and potentially even surpass) the Saggitarian shortbow due to the hexhunter bow's ability to deal similar damage while still retaining armour, lifepoint, and shield bonuses. The damage bonus was removed with the update for balancing purposes.
• The Hexhunter bow was given a damage buff on April 17, 2013 to make it on par with Tier 11 Dungeoneering bows, however it is the same as using a 1 handed bow and shield, so the Saggitarian shortbow is better for pure offense and the Saggitarian longbow is better for pure defense.

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Soulgazer	184	1	Rare

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