A willow shortbow (u) is cut from willow logs at level 35 Fletching, granting 33.3 experience. An unstrung willow shortbow can be strung using a bowstring at 35 Fletching, granting an additional 33.3 experience thus making a willow shortbow. However, to train, players may do better by waiting until level 55 Fletching and using their bowstrings for maple longbows, due to the low value of willow shortbows. An explorer's ring can be helpful here as it will allow players to make the first 30 bows much more profitable than if they were to sell in the Grand Exchange thanks to its Low level alchemy charges.
It takes 16.8 seconds to string an inventory of 14 shortbows. With banking time, this means players can potentially string 3 inventories a minute, which is 180 inventories an hour, for 2,520 bows in total. This means that the experience gained per hour is roughly 83,916 Fletching experience.
Creation[]
 | - |  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.3 XP | - | 120 | ||
| Requirements | ||||
| Fletching level | 35 | |||
 Members only | No | |||
| Materials | ||||
| Item | Quantity | Price | Total | |
 | Willow logs | 1 | 248 | 248 |
Disassembly[]
| Disassembly XP | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Item quantity required | 1 |
| Material count | 4 |
| Base junk chance | 81.3% |
| Possible materials | |
| Often | |
 Stave parts | 35% |
 Tensile parts | 30% |
 Flexible parts | 30% |
| Rarely | |
 Precise components | 3% |
 Dextrous components | 2% |
Unstrung ranged weapons | |
|---|---|
| Shortbow | |
| Shieldbow |
 Regular Oak Willow Maple Yew Magic Elder |
| Other |
 Unstrung comp bow |
| Crossbow |
 Bronze Blurite Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Runite Dragon Blisterwood |
| Stocks |
 Wooden Oak Willow Teak Maple Mahogany Yew Magic Blisterwood |
| Limbs |
 Bronze Blurite Iron Steel Mithril Adamantite Runite Dragon Silvthril |
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