Shieldbow (bow type)

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Slot	2-handed
Style	Arrows
Speed	Average (3.6s)

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A shieldbow is a class of Ranged weapon that includes both a longbow and a shield-like attachment. Because of the attachment, these weapons provide defensive bonuses to armour and life points, as well as counting as a shield for enabling Defence abilities. However, it also allows two-handed Ranged abilities to be used.

Compared to shortbows, they have a lower damage value, but shieldbows generally have an extended attack range of 8 as well as their defensive properties. Effectively, a shieldbow is more similar to combining a one-handed crossbow with a shield, which has the same attack speed. While shieldbows have a damage bonus and enable two-handed abilities, it is less flexible as special shields cannot be swapped in (eg dragonfire shield). Note that the ammunition types differ also, and crossbow bolts can be enchanted while arrows cannot be.

This weapon class was introduced along with the Evolution of Combat. During this time most standard wooden longbows were converted into shieldbows. Before they were simply stronger and slower versions of shortbows with a greater range. However, special longbows such as the crystal bow and zaryte bow were not converted into shieldbows, but instead to shortbows.

Stats

Item		Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
			Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Shieldbow	1	Arrow	26	150	-	-	-	30	0	0	-	-	-	1,089
	Oak shieldbow	10	Arrow	53	202	-	-	-	40	0	0	-	-	-	623
	Willow shieldbow	20	Arrow	106	316	-	-	-	63	0	0	-	-	-	335
	Maple shieldbow	30	Arrow	159	454	-	-	-	90	0	0	-	-	-	624
	Yew shieldbow	40	Arrow	212	628	-	-	-	125	0	0	-	-	-	864
	Maple shieldbow (sighted)	45	Arrow	238	732	-	-	-	146	0	0	-	-	-	624 + 10,000 Dungeoneering tokens
	Magic shieldbow	50	Arrow	265	850	-	-	-	170	0	0	-	-	-	1,118
	Magic shieldbow (sighted)	55	Arrow	291	983	-	-	-	196	0	0	-	-	-	1,118 + 10,000 Dungeoneering tokens
	Elder shieldbow	60	Arrow	318	1132	-	-	-	226	0	0	-	-	-	3,516
	Elder shieldbow (sighted)	65	Arrow	344	1299	-	-	-	259	0	0	-	-	-	3,516 + 10,000 Dungeoneering tokens
	Dark bow	70	Arrow	371	1486	-	-	-	297	0	0	-	-	-	77,444
	Strykebow	85	Arrow	450	2178	-	-	-	435	560	0	-	-	-	13,457,428 + 77,444 for each 20% charge

Dungeoneering shieldbows

Shieldbows are available in Daemonheim (called longbows) alongside shortbows for use in training the Dungeoneering skill.

Table of longbows

Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Tangle gum longbow	1 Ranged
2	Seeping elm longbow	10 Ranged
3	Blood spindle longbow	20 Ranged
4	Utuku longbow	30 Ranged
5	Spinebeam longbow	40 Ranged
6	Bovistrangler longbow	50 Ranged
7	Thigat longbow	60 Ranged
8	Corpsethorn longbow	70 Ranged
9	Entgallow longbow	80 Ranged
10	Grave creeper longbow	90 Ranged
11	Sagittarian longbow	99 Ranged

See also

• Shortbow (bow type)
• Bow

Trivia

Concept art of a shieldbow.

• Shieldbows and defenders are the only types of equipment that count as more than one kind of equipment type.
• Dungeoneering shieldbows are referred to as longbows, as their names were unchanged with the Evolution of Combat.