Basic concept

Fletching is a skill used to make your own Bows, Arrows, Crossbows, Bolts and Darts. You may ask why yourself why you'd want to do that, well... The answer is quite simple: they're better and stronger than the types you can buy in a shop. Another advantage of this skill is that it is a good money maker. Fletching is a members-only skill.

At first raising this skill goes easily, but once you get a higher level, it becomes easier if you know how many things you have to fletch in order to gain yet another level. Therefore we advice you to use our Skill Calculator.

You'll be needing some materials more than others. Mainly Logs are going to be used quite a lot, so you may want to consider raising your Woodcutting level along training your Fletching skill. Other materials you'll be needing quite a lot are Feathers and Bowstrings. This table gives you an overview of what you could need:

	Name	When needed	How to obtain
	Knife	When cutting a Log into either an Arrow Shaft or a Bow	Sold by some General Stores and respawns South of Lumbridge Castle and at the Pawn Shop south of Seers Village
	Chisel	When making Pearl, Gem or Wolfbone Darttips	Sold by Crafting Shops
	Normal Log Oak Log Willow Log Maple Log Yew Log Magic Log Achey Log	Making Bows or Crossbows	By cutting down Trees
	Feathers	Making Arrows, Darts and Bolts	From Chickens and from Fishing Shops
	Bowstring	Finishing Bows	By spinning Flax
	Barbed Diamond Dragonstone Jade Mithril Grapple Onyx Opal Pearl Red Topaz Ruby Sapphire	Used to enhance a Bolt	Mined, Fished, Smithed or bought from the Ranged Guild

Making Bows

To start shooting your arrows, you'll of course be needing a Bow. There is are many Bows available, in order to choose the best Bow available for your use, you may wish to pay a visit to our Ranged Guide.

1. Make an Unstrung Bow by using a Knife on a Log and selecting a Bow.
     1 × + = 1 ×
2. Afterwards string the Bow with a Bow String to make your own Bow!
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

Bowstrings can be made by using Flax on a Spinning Wheel. Flax can be picked in the Flax Field southeast of Seers' Village and in the Gnome Stronghold. Spinning Flax will give you 15 Crafting Experience (Crafting level 10 needed).

	Name	Fletching Level	Log used	Unstrung Exp.	Stringing Exp.	Full Exp.
	Shortbow	5	Regular Log	5.0	5.0	10.0
	Longbow	10	Regular Log	10.0	10.0	20.0
	Oak Shortbow	20	Oak Log	16.5	16.5	33.0
	Oak Longbow	25	Oak Log	25.0	25.0	50.0
	Ogre Composite Bow	30	Achey Log	45.0	45.0	90.0
	Willow Shortbow	35	Willow Log	33.3	33.3	66.6
	Willow Longbow	40	Willow Log	41.5	41.5	83.0
	Maple Shortbow	50	Maple Log	50.0	50.0	100.0
	Maple Longbow	55	Maple Log	58.3	58.3	116.6
	Yew Shortbow	65	Yew Log	68.5	66.5	135.0
	Yew Longbow	70	Yew Log	75.0	75.0	150.0
	Magic Shortbow	80	Magic Log	83.3	83.3	166.6
	Magic Longbow	85	Magic Log	91.5	91.5	183.0

Note: in order to make the Composite Ogre Bow, you will also need to have Wolf Bones in your inventory! They are needed in the process of fletching the Bow from the Log.

Making Arrows

With a Bow alone however, you won't be killing many foes. What you need, is ammunition! Just like Bows, there is a big variety of Arrows.

Normal Arrows:

1. First use your Knife on a Log and select the Arrow Shafts (0.33 Experience per Shaft).
     1 × + = 15 ×
2. Use Feathers on the Arrow Shafts to make Headless Arrows (1 Experience per Shaft).
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×
3. To finish the Arrows, use some Arrowheads on the Headless Arrows.
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

	Name	Fletching Level	Experience per Arrow	Total Experience per Arrow	Total Experience per 15 Arrows
	Bronze Arrow	1	1.3	2.63	39.5
	Iron Arrow	15	2.5	3.83	57.5
	Steel Arrow	30	5	6.33	95.0
	Mithril Arrow	45	7.5	8.83	132.5
	Adamantite Arrow	60	10.0	11.33	170.0
	Runite Arrow	75	12.5	13.83	207.5

Ogre and Brutal Arrows: (Requires completion of the Big Chompy Bird Hunting Quest)

These are slightly different to make:

1. First use a Knife on an Achey Log and choose to make Arrow Shafts (1.6 Experience per Shaft).
     1 × + = 2~6 ×

2. Use Feathers on the Arrow Shafts (you'll need four Feathers for each Shaft) to turn them into Flighted Ogre Arrows (0.9 Experience per Shaft).
     1 × + 4 × = 1 ×

3. Get Wolf Bones by killing any kind of Wolf and use a Chisel on them to turn them into Wolfbone Arrow Tips (2.5 Experience per Shaft)
     1 × + = 2~6 ×

      OR

   Smith yourself some Nails to create Brutal Arrows (requires completion of the Zogre Flesh Eaters Quest).
     1 × on Anvil + = 15 ×

4. Use the Arrow Tips on the Flighted Ogre Arrows to create your Ogre Arrows
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

	Name	Fletching Level	Experience per Arrow	Total Experience per Arrow	Total Experience per 15 Arrows
	Ogre Arrow	1	1	6	90
	Bronze Brutal Arrow	7	1.4	3.9	58.5
	Iron Brutal Arrow	18	2.6	5.1	76.5
	Steel Brutal Arrow	33	5.1	7.6	114.0
	Black Brutal Arrow	38	6.4	8.9	133.5
	Mithril Brutal Arrow	49	7.5	10.0	150.0
	Adamantite Brutal Arrow	62	10.1	12.6	189.0
	Runite Brutal Arrow	77	12.5	15.0	225.0

Making Crossbows

If you wish to have more power, the Dwarves have used their cunning knowledge of mechanics in order to create the Crossbow. Such power however does have a drawback: you are unable to wear a shield at the same time.

A crossbow has two parts: a Stock and Limbs. Only the combinations described in the table work!

1. First we make our Stock, make sure you are choosing a type of wood of which you make the Limbs as well!
     1 × + = 1 ×

2. Next we make our Crossbow Limbs by Smithing a Metal Bar.
     1 × on anvil + = 1 ×

3. Now we combine both parts while having a Hammer in our inventory to get an Unstrung Crossbow
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

4. Without string we won't be shooting a lot of bolts, so we'll have to create a string tougher than a Bowstring: A Crossbow String based on Sinew. We get Sinew by cooking Beef (so from a Cow) or Bear Meat.
     1 × on range = 1 ×

5. To turn the Sinew into a Crossbow String, we simply have to use it on a Spinning Wheel
     1 × on Spinning Wheel = 1 ×

6. As final touch, we only have to put the Crossbow String on the Unstrung Crossbow.
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

	Name	Fletching Level	Experience for making Stock	Experience for adding Limbs	Experience for adding Sinew	Total Experience
	Bronze Crossbow	9	12	6	12	24
	Blurite Crossbow *	24	16	32	16	64
	Iron Crossbow	39	22	44	22	88
	Steel Crossbow	46	27	54	27	108
	Mithril Crossbow	54	32	64	32	128
	Adamantite Crossbow	61	41	82	41	168
	Runite Crossbow	69	50	100	50	200

* You can only get Blurite Ore after finishing the Knight's Sword Quest.

Making Bolts

Okay, enough Crossbow making. Now we move to the bolts! The basic bolts will do some damage already, but you can also enchant most of those darts once they are gem-tipped - making the use of Crossbows quite a bit more interesting.

1. First we'll be needing to smith our bolts, just use a Bar on an Anvil while having a Hammer in your inventory - just like you'd always do when you smith.
     1 × on anvil + = 10 ×

2. Then we only need to add Feathers so we can actually use these bolts in our crossbows in which you will get your Fletching Experience.
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

	Name	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Fletching Level	Fletching Experience
	Bronze Bolt	3	12	9	0.5
	Blurite Bolt *	8	17	24	1
	Iron Bolt	18	17	39	1.5
	Silver Bolt	21	5	43	2.5
	Steel Bolt	33	37	46	3.5
	Mithril Bolt	53	50	54	5
	Adamantite Bolt	73	62	61	7
	Runite Bolt	88	75	69	10

* You can only get Blurite Ore after finishing the Knight's Sword Quest.

Enhancements:

Now that you have a regular bolt, you may wish to make it more powerful (who wouldn't?). This is perfectly possible by adding tips to the bolts.

1. First we have to make our Tip. There are several tips, so there are some differences in obtaining them:

   • Barbed: can be bought in the Ranging Guild by 30 for 140 Tickets each from the Ticket Merchant.
       140 × = 30 ×

   • Gems: use a Chisel on the Gem to turn it into a Bolt Tip. These tips can be enchanted with Magic. Usable Gems: Opal, Jade, Red Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, Dragonstone and Onyx.
       1 × + = 12 ×

   • Mithril Grapple: smithed from a Mithril Bar, can be used to scale a wall.

   • Pearls: after obtaining them by fishing up a filled Oyster use a Chisel on them make Pearl Bolt Tips.
       1 × + = 6/24 × (six Bolt Tips for each Pearl in the Oyster)

2. Afterwards we simply add the tip to the bolt. Not all combinations are possible though! Check out the table below to see which combinations are allowed.
     1 × + 1 × = 1 ×

Bolt		Tip	Fletching Level	Fletching Experience for making tip	Fletching Experience for adding tip
Bronze		Opal	11	1	1.6
		Barbed	51	N/A	9.5
Blurite		Jade	26	2	2.4
Iron		Pearl	41	3	3.2
Steel		Red Topaz	48	3	3.9
Mithril		Sapphire	56	4	4.7
		Emerald	58	5	5.5
		Mithril Grapple	59	50	11
Adamantite		Ruby	63	6	6.3
		Diamond	65	7	7
Runite		Dragonstone	71	8	8.2
		Onyx	73	9	9.4

Quests giving Fletching Experience