Ranged weapons

Ranged weaponry.

Ranged weapons are a set of combat items which are used to fire projectiles at enemies. When equipped these items provide experience in the Ranged skill. Ranged weapons are most effective against magic armour and least effective against melee armour.

Ranged weapons can be divided into three categories by the type of ammunition they use, which each have monsters that are weak to them. They are: arrows, bolts and thrown.

Currently the highest hitting and the most accurate ranged weapon is the Seren godbow, excluding weapons found in Daemonheim.

Bows (arrows)

Bows are ranged weapons which require arrows as ammunition. All bows are two handed weapons. They can be separated into two categories: shortbows, and shieldbows.

Shortbows have better offensive stats, while shieldbows offer armour and life bonuses and allow the use of abilities that require shields being equipped. Shortbows have a range of 7 squares, and shieldbows have a range of 8 squares.

Bow types

Shortbows

Shortbows require two hands to wield and arrows as ammunition. Unlike shieldbows, shortbows offer no armour or life bonuses. However, they do have higher base damage and faster rate of fire (3 seconds between shots). Range: 7 squares.

Bow	Level	Accuracy	Damage	GE Price	Members
Shortbow	1	150	43	1,215
Chargebow	1	150	91	N/A
Quickbow	5	202	183	N/A
Oak shortbow	10	202	87	624
Willow shortbow	20	316	175	512
Maple shortbow	30	454	263	688
Comp ogre bow	30	454	382	3,762
Yew shortbow	40	628	351	896
Magic shortbow	50	850	438	1,189
Seercull	50	901	249	30,997
Gravite chargebow	55 (45  )	983	510	40k Tokens
Elder shortbow	60	1132	526	4,249
Crystal bow	70 (50 )	1486	1286	326,879
Attuned crystal bow	80 (50 )	1924	1470	N/A
Hexhunter bow	80	1924	384	169,376,270
Second-Age bow	80	1924	1020	213,500,000
Zaryte bow	80	1924	1470	8,816,585
Decimation	87	2287	1598	65,339,204
Noxious longbow	90	2458	1147	163,230,298
Seren godbow	92	2577	2056	923,416,219

Shield​bows

Shieldbows require two hands to wield and arrows as ammunition. They have lower base damage than shortbows and speed (3.6 seconds between shots) than shortbows. However, they offer armour and life bonuses, as well as the option to use defensive abilities requiring a shield be equipped. Range: 8 squares.

Bow	Level	Accuracy	Damage	Armour	Life Bonus	GE Price	Members
Shieldbow	1	150	26	30	0	1,089
Oak shieldbow	10	202	53	40	0	623
Willow shieldbow	20	316	106	63	0	335
Willow composite bow	20	316	106	63	0	860,090
Maple shieldbow	30	454	159	90	0	624
Ogre bow	30	454	278	0	0	860,090
Yew shieldbow	40	628	212	125	0	864
Yew composite bow	40	628	212	125	0	809,273
Maple shieldbow (sighted)	45 (45 )	732	238	146	0	624 10kTokens
Magic shieldbow	50 (50 )	850	265	170	0	1,118
Magic composite bow	50	850	265	170	0	756,977
Magic shieldbow (sighted)	55 (55 )	983	291	196	0	1,118 10kTokens
Saradomin bow	55	983	291	179	0	592,059
Guthix bow	55	983	291	179	0	586,503
Zamorak bow	55	983	291	179	0	616,811
Elder shieldbow	60	1132	318	226	0	3,516
Elder shieldbow (sighted)	65	1299	344	259	0	3,516 10kTokens
Dark bow	70 (70 )	1486	371	297	0	77,444
Strykebow	85	2178	450	435	560	13,534,872

Arrows

Arrows are used for ammunition with bows. They do not affect accuracy, but do add damage bonuses. A higher level arrow adds more damage but can make ranged combat very expensive. The type of bow wielded may limit the amount of damage that arrows add. For example, if a tier 50 bow is used with tier 60 arrows, the damage added by the arrows will not be tier 60 but rather tier 50 (i.e. the level of the bow). Non-members cannot use Saradomin, Guthix, Zamorak, Dragon, Dark or Araxyte arrows. All arrows except for the God arrows and Araxyte arrows can be fletched by members.

Arrow	Level	Ranged damage	GE Price	Special
Bronze arrows	1	48	31
Fragment arrows	5	48		Does 768 damage against ascension creatures.
Iron arrows	10	96	14
Steel arrows	20	192	17
Mithril arrows	30	288	21
Adamant arrows	40	384	51
Rune arrows	50	480	151
Saradomin arrows	50	528	85
Guthix arrows	50	528	84
Zamorak arrows	50	528	85
Broad arrows	50	528		Can be used to kill kurasks
Dragon arrows	60	576	239
Abyssalbane arrows	60	576		Does extra damage to abyssal demons
Basiliskbane arrows	60	576		Does extra damage to basilisks
Dragonbane arrows	60	576		Does extra damage to dragons
Wallasalkibane arrows	60	576		Does extra damage to wallasalkis
Dark arrows	70	672	49
Stalker arrows	80	768	184
Wild arrows	85	816	110
Araxyte arrows	90	864	173

Ogre and brutal arrows

Ogre and brutal arrows are only available to members and can only be used with ogre bows. Ogre arrows can be fletched during and after the Big Chompy Bird Hunting quest and can be used with either an ogre bow or a composite ogre bow.

Brutal arrows can be fletched after completing the Zogre Flesh Eaters quest and can only be used with a composite ogre bow. They are currently the only effective weapon against Zogres and Skogres.

Arrow	Level	Ranged damage	GE Price
Ogre arrows	30	288	95
Bronze brutal arrows	1	48	32
Iron brutal arrows	10	96	19
Steel brutal arrows	15	144	19
Black brutal arrows	20	192	91
Mithril brutal arrows	23	220	477
Adamant brutal arrows	40	316	376
Rune brutal arrows	50	412	647

Crossbows (bolts)

Crossbows are ranged weapons which require bolts as ammunition. They can be separated into two categories: crossbows and two-handed crossbows.

Crossbows have a faster rate of fire (2.4 seconds) than two-handed crossbows (3.6 seconds). Crossbows leave the shield slot open which can be filled by off-handed crossbows to further increase rate of fire. Two-handed crossbows offer a base damage bonus in addition to the damage bonus from the bolts used, while crossbows rely only on the bolt to deal damage. Both types have the same accuracy

Crossbow types

One-Handed Crossbows

Name	Level	Accuracy	GE Price	Members
Crossbow	1	150	1,567
Phoenix crossbow	1	110	N/A
Bronze crossbow	1	150	2,666
Off-hand bronze crossbow	1	150	1,059
Coral crossbow	1	160	N/A
Iron crossbow	10	202	2,809
Off-hand iron crossbow	10	202	565
Blurite crossbow	16	268	N/A
Steel crossbow	20	316	3,641
Off-hand steel crossbow	20	316	2,651
Dorgeshuun crossbow	28	424	2,723
Black crossbow	25	308	685,635
Mithril crossbow	30	454	6,839
Off-hand mithril crossbow	30	454	3,144
Adamant crossbow	40	628	14,784
Off-hand adamant crossbow	40	628	10,915
Zanik's crossbow	48	801	N/A
Hunters' crossbow	50	850	5,835
Rune crossbow	50	850	9,573
Off-hand rune crossbow	50	850	9,536
Demon slayer crossbow	60	1040	93,026
Off-hand demon slayer crossbow	60	1040	50,222
Dragon crossbow	60	1132	9,416,234
Off-hand dragon crossbow	60	1132	7,010,296
Karil's pistol crossbow	70	1486	638,454
Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow	70	1486	975,482
Armadyl crossbow	75	1694	5,594,315
Off-hand Armadyl crossbow	75	1694	5,598,386
Chaotic crossbow	80	1924	200k tokens
Off-hand chaotic crossbow	80	1924	100k tokens
Ascension crossbow	90	2458	125,758,405
Off-hand Ascension crossbow	90	2458	125,985,380
Blightbound crossbow	92	2577	496,358,591
Off-hand Blightbound crossbow	92	2577	592,343,565

Two-handed crossbows

Name	Level	Accuracy	Damage	GE Price
Bronze 2h crossbow	1	150	63	1,074
Iron 2h crossbow	10	202	127	2,775
Steel 2h crossbow	20	316	255	4,010
Black 2h crossbow	25	381	318	7,760
Mithril 2h crossbow	30	454	382	6,505
Adamant 2h crossbow	40	628	510	16,449
Rune 2h crossbow	50	850	637	4,057
Dragon 2h crossbow	60	1132	795	3,396,533
Karil's crossbow	70	1486	927	3,954,941
Blisterwood stake-thrower crossbow	70	1486	892	N/A
Hand cannon	75	1694	993	804,514
Royal crossbow	80	1924	1020	N/A
Wyvern crossbow	85	2178	1083	24,191,474
Dominion crossbow	90	2458	1147	N/A

Bolts

Bolts are used for ammunition with crossbows. They do not affect accuracy, but do add damage bonuses. A higher level bolt adds more damage but can make ranged combat very expensive.  The type of crossbow wielded may limit the amount of damage that bolts add. For example, if a tier 70 crossbow is used with tier 80 bolts, the damage added by the bolts will not be tier 80 but rather tier 70 (i.e. the level of the crossbow). Gem tipped bolts can be enchanted using the Enchant Crossbow Bolt spell.

Name	Level	Damage	Cost	Special
Bronze bolts	1	48	25
Coral bolts	1	48	N/A	Can only be used with the coral crossbow
Fragment bolts	1	48	N/A	Does 768 damage against ascension creatures.
Barbed bolts	1	48	71
Blurite bolts	16	57	N/A
Iron bolts	10	96	43
Opal bolts	10	96	36
Steel bolts	20	192	59
Pearl bolts	20	192	70
Opal bolts (e)	20	192	32	Lucky lightning enchantment
Jade bolts	25	240	N/A
Silver bolts	25	240	39
Bone bolts	28	268	49	Can only be used with the Dorgeshuun or Zanik's crossbow
Mithril bolts	30	288	74
Topaz bolts	30	288	83
Pearl bolts (e)	30	288	49	Sea curse enchantment
Black bolts	33	316	39
Jade bolts (e)	35	336	N/A	Earth’s fury enchantment
Adamant bolts	40	384	113
Sapphire bolts	40	384	50
Topaz bolts (e)	40	384	60	Down to earth enchantment
Runite bolts	50	480	197
Broad-tipped bolts	50	480	66	Can be used to kill kurasks
Kebbit bolts	50	480	47	Can only be used with the hunters' crossbow
Long kebbit bolts	50	480	62	Can only be used with the hunters' crossbow
Emerald bolts	50	480	89
Ruby bolts	50	480	104
Sapphire bolts (e)	50	480	84	Clear mind enchantment
Diamond bolts	60	576	375
Dragon bolts	60	576	388
Emerald bolts (e)	60	576	166	Magical poison enchantment
Ruby bolts (e)	60	576	137	Blood forfeit enchantment
Abyssalbane bolt	60	576	N/A	Does extra damage to abyssal demons
Basiliskbane bolt	60	576	N/A	Does extra damage to basilisks
Dragonbane bolt	60	576	N/A	Does extra damage to dragons
Wallasalkibane bolt	60	576	N/A	Does extra damage to wallasalkis
Bolt rack	70	672	132	Can only be used with Karil's crossbow or Karil's pistol crossbow and off-hand variant.
Blisterwood stakes (ammo)	70	672	N/A	Can only be used with blisterwood stake-thrower crossbow.
Onyx bolts	70	672	7,435
Diamond bolts (e)	70	672	360	Armour piercing enchantment
Dragon bolts (e)	70	672	337	Dragon’s breath enchantment
Bakriminel bolts	80	720	3,259
Royal bolts	80	768	106
Onyx bolts (e)	80	768	7,723	Leech life enchantment
Ascension bolts	90	864	122
Ascendri bolts	90	902	9,214
Blight bolts	92	883	1,177

Mithril grapple

Members can use a mithril grapple as a tool for scaling high obstacles, such as walls. Rangers can create mithril grapples and attach them to mithril bolts provided with the required Smithing level. To use the grapple, players use a rope with the grapple and then use it on the shortcut. Players will need to have a crossbow equipped to use the grapple.

Each time a player uses their grapple, there is a chance that it can break. It cannot be repaired, meaning if a player's grapple does break, they will need to make a new one. Shortcuts that require grapples also require Ranged, Strength, and Agility levels.

Salamanders

Salamanders function like two-handed crossbows.

Weapon (creature)	Ranged Level	Accuracy	Damage	Ammo
Swamp lizard (hunter)	30	454	397	Guam tar
Orange salamander (hunter)	50	850	662	Marrentill tar
Red salamander (hunter)	60	1132	795	Tarromin tar
Black salamander (hunter)	70	1486	892	Harralander tar

Throwing weapons (thrown)

Darts

Main article: Darts

Darts can be made after completing the Tourist Trap quest. Players can smith 10 dart tips per bar and can then attach feathers to create a completed dart. They can be wielded as a weapon, allowing players to also carry a shield or off-hand weapon. Note that black darts are only available as drops from elite dark rangers. Darts are stackable, however, they cannot be thrown as far as a player with a bow. The setback is minor, given its decent striking power, speed and availability. Thus, making it a popular training weapon in the ranging arsenal.

Name	Level	Damage	Accuracy	Cost
Bronze dart	1	48	150	69
Off-hand bronze dart	1	24	150	22
Iron dart	10	96	202	46
Off-hand iron dart	10	48	202	29
Steel dart	20	192	316	17
Off-hand steel dart	20	96	316	18
Black dart	25	240	381	1,503
Off-hand black dart	25	120	381	98
Mithril dart	30	288	454	30
Off-hand mithril dart	30	144	454	25
Adamant dart	40	384	628	44
Off-hand adamant dart	40	192	628	58
Rune dart	50	480	850	77
Off-hand rune dart	50	240	850	75
Dragon dart	60	576	1132	136
Off-hand dragon dart	60	288	1132	179
Blisterwood stake	70	672	1486	N/A
Off-hand blisterwood stake	70	336	1486	N/A
Death Lotus dart	85	816	2178	N/A
Off-hand Death Lotus dart	85	408	2178	N/A
Deathtouched dart	any	48	150	N/A

Javelins

Javelins can be bought from the Grand Exchange, Ranging Guild, Void Knights Outposts Archery Shoppe, or obtained from monster drops. They can be wielded as a weapon, allowing players to also wield a shield or off-hand weapon. They are the only thrown weapons available for free players, with the exception of the Sagaie and Morrigan's javelin.

Javelins are much slower than other thrown weapons, but they do more damage per hit.

Javelin	Level	Accuracy	Damage	Cost
Bronze javelin	1	150	74	38
Iron javelin	10	202	149	26
Steel javelin	20	316	298	130
Mithril javelin	30	454	447	97
Adamant javelin	40	628	596	65
Rune javelin	50	850	745	181
Sagaie	72	1566	1072	471
Morrigan's javelin	78	1829	1162	5,606
Superior Morrigan's javelin	88	2343	1311	N/A

Throwing axes

Throwing axes can be created by players, purchased from the Ranging Guild, or bought from other players. They can be wielded as a single-handed weapon, allowing players to also wield a shield or off-hand weapon. Note that Morrigan's axe can only be obtained as a drop from Revenants.

Throwing axes are slightly slower than throwing knives and darts, but do more damage per hit.

Throwing axe	Level	Accuracy	Damage	Cost
Bronze throwing axe	1	150	61	32
Off-hand bronze throwing axe	1	150	30	25
Iron throwing axe	10	202	122	51
Off-hand iron throwing axe	10	202	61	22
Steel throwing axe	20	316	245	100
Off-hand steel throwing axe	20	316	122	36
Mithril throwing axe	30	454	367	174
Off-hand mithril throwing axe	30	454	183	76
Adamant throwing axe	40	628	490	354
Off-hand adamant throwing axe	40	628	245	149
Rune throwing axe	50	850	612	341
Off-hand rune throwing axe	50	850	306	326
Dragon throwing axe	60	1132	894	388
Off-hand dragon throwing axe	60	1132	447	193
Morrigan's throwing axe	78	1829	955	5,291
Superior Morrigan's throwing axe	88	2343	1078	N/A

Throwing knives

Throwing knives are similar to darts. They are one of the fastest weapon types in the game and can be smithed. They can be wielded as a single-handed weapon, allowing players to wield a shield or off-hand weapon.

Players receive 5 throwing knives from each bar they smith. Throwing knives are stackable, however, they cannot be thrown as far as a player with a bow. The setback is minor, given its decent striking power, speed and availability (thus making it a popular training weapon in the ranging arsenal).

Throwing knife	Damage	Accuracy	GE Price
Bronze knife	48	150	37
Off-hand bronze knife	24	150	50
Iron knife	96	202	61
Off-hand iron knife	48	202	56
Steel knife	192	316	107
Off-hand steel knife	96	316	104
Black knife	240	381	668
Off-hand black knife	120	381	126
Mithril knife	288	454	183
Off-hand mithril knife	144	454	175
Adamant knife	384	628	374
Off-hand adamant knife	192	628	359
Rune knife	480	850	395
Off-hand rune knife	240	850	370
Dragon knife	576	1132	1,484
Off-hand dragon knife	288	1132	1,020

Crystal Chakrams

Crystal chakrams are Elven thrown ranged weapons, which have normal and attuned variants. The normal variant requries 70 Ranged and Roving Elves to be completed to wield, while the attuned variant requires 80 Ranged and Plague's End to wield, and 90 Smithing to make.

Ranged weapon	Ranged level	Damage bonus	Accuracy
Crystal chakram	70	857	1486
Off-hand crystal chakram	70	428	1486
Attuned crystal chakram	80	980	1924
Off-hand attuned crystal chakram	80	490	1924

Shadow Glaives

The shadow glaives are degradable Ranged weapons dropped by Gregorovic in Heart of Gielinor. Each has the accuracy of a tier-90 weapon, but the damage of a tier-80 weapon. They do not require any ammunition to use. The glaives can be bought from other players by trading or through use of the Grand Exchange.

Ranged weapon	Ranged level	Damage bonus	Accuracy	GE Price
Shadow glaive	85	980	2458	12,797,611
Off-hand shadow glaive	85	490	2458	12,196,398

Chinchompas

Chinchompas are a unique, stackable, one-time use ranged explosion weapon. They have three attack styles: short, medium, and long, which determine the length of fuse and its effectiveness. Selecting short makes it more effective at short distance. A longer fuse enables the Chinchompa weapon to be used for longer distance attacks, but also decreases throwing rate. A Chinchompa explosion damages all targets within a three by three area. Chinchompas are obtained by box trapping. Mechanised chinchompa are made using the Invention skill.

Ranged weapon	Ranged level	Damage bonus	Accuracy	GE Price
Chinchompa	45	551	732	337
Red chinchompa	55	673	983	751
Mechanised chinchompa	75	994	1694	5,353

Jadinko

Ranged weapon	Ranged level	Damage bonus	Accuracy
Bolas	76	-	1738

Toktz-Xil-Ul

Toktz-Xil-Ul is the TzHaar name for obsidian throwing rings.

Ranged weapon	Ranged level	Damage bonus	Accuracy
Toktz-xil-ul	60	735	1132

Obsidian throwing rings can be obtained by buying from the TzHaar combat store, as a drop from the creatures in TzHaar, or by buying it from another player. They cost around 350 Tokkul per throwing ring. This weapon cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

Other Ranged equipment

Members also have access to different kinds of weapons. They are:

Ranged weapon	Ranged level	Damage bonus	Accuracy	Ammunition
Dwarf multicannon	5 (Dwarf Cannon)	N/A	N/A	Cannonball
Holy water	50 (Legends' Quest)	480	850	None

Pouches

The bolt pouch menu when left-clicked

Although not a weapon, members have access to a bolt pouch, allowing them to carry a variety of bolts without occupying too much of their bank or inventory space. They can be purchased from the crossbow sales dwarf in Keldagrim. Each player is restricted to one bolt pouch at a time. Destroying it or losing it upon death will cause all the bolts in the pouch to be dropped on the ground.

Bolt pouches can only hold 4 different kinds of bolts. To store bolts in a pouch, players have to use them with the pouch. Left-clicking on the pouch will open a menu showing players what bolts are currently in the pouch. Each of the four slots can hold up to 255 bolts. Bolts can be removed from the pouch or equipped by right-clicking on them. Grapples, however, cannot be stored in pouches. Bolt pouches are untradeable.

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