Magic shortbow

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Magic shortbow
Release	25 March 2002 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	Unknown
Value	Unknown
High Alchemy	960 coins
High Alchemy	960 coins
Low Alchemy	640 coins
Low Alchemy	640 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	1,189 coins (info)
Buy limit	5,000
Weight	1.3 kg
Examine	Short and magical, but still effective.
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The magic shortbow is the second most powerful shortbow available to free players. The magic shortbow requires a Ranged level of 50 or higher to wield. The attack range of the magic shortbow is 7 spaces. It is one of the best bows for simple training that F2P players can wield, second only to the gravite shortbow, although the latter degrades over time.

Members can make a magic shortbow through the Fletching skill at level 80. First, a player must cut an unstrung magic shortbow from magic logs, granting 83.0 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung magic shortbow with a bow string, granting a further 83.0 experience.

This is the most frequently used bow by middle to high level rangers for training (especially in F2P) due to its damage and accuracy bonuses, along with its decent speed and use by many well-known player killers. The price and availability of magic shortbows also contributes to their popularity.

It was a common player killing weapon until the Wilderness update in December 2007, but regained much of its former popularity with the release of PVP worlds. In 2011, an update removed the PvP worlds and the Wilderness becomes an area for dangerous player killing once more. Nevertheless, magic shortbows failed to regain their former popularity, until the release of the Evolution of Combat, which made them available to free-to-play, where they are currently one of the most commonly used player killing weapons.

Combat Stats

Requirements
50
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier
Unknown edit
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		438		-
Accuracy		850		-
Style		-
Range		? (edit)
Speed		Fast (3.0s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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Special Attack

The magic shortbow has a special attack called Snap-Shot (not to be confused with the ability Snap Shot) which attacks twice with reduced accuracy. It uses 55% adrenaline. This special attack is only usable on members servers - the special attack will not work on free worlds.

Dropping monsters

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

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Trivia

• Before the Evolution of Combat this weapon used to have a special attack called Snap-shot. It would quickly fire two arrows at a cost of lower accuracy. It consumed 55% of the special attack bar. It was added back to the weapon with the release of Legacy Mode.
• The magic shortbow's old special attack, Snap-shot became the threshold ability of the same name.
• In Legacy mode, the magic shortbow's special attack is currently available to some players. It is not known if it is a glitch.
• The magic shortbow used to be the fastest firing bow in RuneScape when used with the rapid setting. However, after the Evolution of Combat update, all shortbows now always fire at the same speed due to the modification of the combat styles system.

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Spiritual ranger	140	1	Rare
Zamorak ranger	92	1	Very rare