Fletching

RSCRS

This article is about the Fletching skill. For information on training Fletching, see Fletching training.

Fletching
Also known as	Fletch
Release date	25 March 2002 (Update unknown)
Members only?	Yes
Players with 99	76,226 as of 20 April 2019
Players with 200M XP	112 as of 20 April 2019

Fletching is a skill which allows the player to create various types of ranged weapons and their ammunition. The products of this skill are primarily used in the combat skill, Ranged. It also provides some of the most popular materials used for High Alchemy, which is a commonly used method for training the Magic skill.

At a higher Fletching level, the skill can be trained without losing any coins, although a decent amount of working capital is very useful. Money can usually be generated at higher Fletching levels. Alternatively, it can be extremely fast with more expensive methods.

Fletching level-up music (link)

Materials used

Fletchers use the following materials:

General

Picture	Item	Notes
	Knife	Knives are used to whittle wood into unstrung bows or arrow shafts. You can find one in the Lumbridge castle basement and are a item commonly found for sale in general stores.
	Chisel	Used to cut gems the second time into various types of bolt tips.
	Logs	Logs may be obtained from chopping trees via the woodcutting skill.

Making weapons

Bows

Picture	Item	Notes
	Bow strings	Bow strings are one of the materials used in making bows. They can be spun from flax using a Spinning Wheel and are commonly purchased from other players in large quantities.
	Flax	Flax can be picked in Seers' Village and in the Taverley courtyard right next to the fountain. It can be spun into a bow string on a spinning wheel. There is a spinning wheel on the 2nd floor of the house north of the churchyard. Spinning flax gives 15 Crafting experience, and requires level 10 Crafting. Using the spinning wheel on the second floor of Lumbridge Castle is a favorite among players because of its proximity to the bank on the floor above.

Crossbows

Picture	Item	Notes
	Crossbow strings	Crossbow strings are one of materials used to make crossbows. They can be spun from sinew and tree roots below magic trees.
	Metal Limbs	Smithed from metal bars, metal limbs are used in the production of crossbows by using them with a crossbow stock. All limbs, except for Runite, are in stock by default at the crossbow stall in Keldagrim.
	Sinew	Sinew can be made by using a piece of raw beef with a range and choosing to make sinew.

Toxic blowpipe

Picture	Item	Notes
	Tanzanite fang	Obtained as a rare drop from Zulrah. To make the fang into a Toxic blowpipe, use a chisel on the fang with level 53 fletching.

Ballistae

Picture	Item	Notes
	Ballista limbs	Ballista limbs can be obtained as a drop from Demonic gorillas.
	Ballista frame	Ballista frames can be obtained as a drop from Demonic gorillas.
	Ballista spring	Ballista springs can be obtained as a drop from Demonic gorillas.
	Monkey tail	Monkey tails can be obtained as a drop from Demonic gorillas.

Making projectiles

Arrows

Picture	Item	Notes
	Arrowtips	Arrow heads can be bought in a ranging shop or smithed. 15 arrowtips are made from each bar.
	Arrow shafts	Arrow shafts can be made by using a knife on some logs. 15 shafts are made from each pile of logs. Normal logs can be fletched into 15 arrow shafts, oak into 30, adding 15 additional shafts for each tier of logs higher.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens have a chance of dropping 0, 5, 10, or 15 feathers. Feathers can also be bought in Shantay Pass. Shantay holds up to 500 feathers at a time, and feathers can be bought for a base price of 2 gold coins, as well as a 100 feather package for 200 coins.
	Headless arrows	Combine feathers with arrow shafts. About 180 000 fletching experience per hour with maple logs while bankstanding. Buy materials from Grand exchange. A lot better experience than making maple longbows.
	Arrows	Combine headless arrows with arrow heads.
	Nails	Smithed from metal bars, nails are used in the production of Brutal arrows, as well as for Construction.
	Wolfbone arrowtips	These can be made by using wolf bones with a chisel.

Bolts

Picture	Item	Notes
	Barb bolttips	Barbed tips are rewards from the Ranging Guild minigame.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens have a chance of dropping 0, 5, 10, or 15 feathers. Feathers can also be bought in Shantay Pass. Shantay holds up to 500 feathers at a time, and feathers can be bought for a base price of 2 gold coins, as well as a 100 feather package for 200 coins.
	Gem bolt tips	Gem bolt tips are attached to unfinished bolts (with feathers already attached) to make gem tiped bolts. They can be made by using the gem with a chisel. Every gem in RuneScape, including the Shilo gems, can be made into gem tips.
	Pearl bolt tips	Pearl bolt tips can be made by using an oyster pearl with a chisel.
	Unfinished bolts	Unfinished bolts can be smithed from metal bars. 10 Unfinished bolts are made from each bar.

Darts

Picture	Item	Notes
	Dart tips	Dart tips can be smithed from metal bars. 10 are made from 1 bar.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens drop an average of about five feathers each. Feathers can also be bought in Shantay Pass. Shantay holds up to 500 feathers at a time, and feathers can be bought for a base price of 2 gold coins, as well as a 100 feather package for 200 coins.

Javelin

Picture	Item	Notes
	Javelin heads	Javelin heads can be smithed from metal bars.
	Javelin shafts	Javelin shafts can be made by using a knife on some logs. 15 shafts can be made from each pile of logs.

Making the items

Weapons

Bows

To fletch bows, a player must use a knife on a log to whittle a short bow or long bow of that wood. Then, bow string must be attached to the unstrung bow. Bows, especially Yew longbows and Magic longbows, are frequently high alched as a means of income.

Bow	Level	Half Exp Cut/String	Total Experience
Shortbow	5	5	10
Longbow	10	10	20
Oak shortbow	20	16.5	33
Oak longbow	25	25	50
Willow shortbow	35	33.3	66.6
Willow longbow	40	41.5	83
Maple shortbow	50	50	100
Maple longbow	55	58.3	116.6
Yew shortbow	65	67.5	135
Yew longbow	70	75	150
Magic shortbow	80	83.3	166.6
Magic longbow	85	91.5	183

Crossbows

To fletch crossbows, a player must make a crossbow stock out of a log using a knife. Then, metal limbs must be added using a hammer. Finally, a crossbow string must be added to the unstrung crossbow.

Crossbow	Level	Stocking exp	Limbs exp	Stringing exp	Total Experience
Bronze crossbow	9	6	12	6	24
Blurite crossbow	24	16	32	16	64
Iron crossbow	39	22	44	22	88
Steel crossbow	46	27	54	24	108
Mithril crossbow	54	32	64	32	128
Adamant crossbow	61	41	82	41	164
Rune crossbow	69	50	100	50	200

Ballista	Level	Limbs exp	Spring exp	Stringing exp	Total Experience
Light ballista	47	15	15	300	330
Heavy ballista	72	30	30	600	660

Shields

To fletch shields, players must have at least two logs in the inventory. The shields are used as the base for leather shields, which require Crafting levels to make.

Fletching the wooden shields grants the same amount of Fletching experience as fletching a full longbow of the same level.

Shield	Level	Experience
Oak shield	27	50
Willow shield	42	83
Maple shield	57	116.5
Yew shield	72	150
Magic shield	87	183
Redwood shield	92	216

Projectiles

Arrows

To fletch arrows, use a knife on logs to create arrow shafts. Each log yields a variable amount of arrow shafts. Add feathers and arrow heads.

Achey logs can be whittled into Ogre arrow shafts. Each achey log yields between 2 and 6 arrow shafts. Four feathers are needed for each shaft. The shafts may be tipped with wolf bone arrow heads or with nails. Ogre shafts tipped with nails are called "brutals" and are especially useful for killing Zogres. Any type of metal may be used for the nails.

The following table shows experience per item made, although 15 items are made at a time:

Arrow	Level Needed	Experience	Experience for 15
Arrow shafts	1	1/3	5
Headless arrows	1	1	15
Bronze arrows	1	1⅓	20
Ogre arrow shafts	5	1.6	3.2-9.6 (2-6 shafts)
Wolfbone arrowtips	5	2.5	5-15 (2-6 arrowtips)
Flighted ogre arrows	5	0.9	13.5
Ogre arrows	5	1	15
Iron arrows	15	2.5	37.5
Steel arrows	30	5	75
Mithril arrows	45	7.5	112.5
Broad arrows	52	10	150
Adamant arrows	60	10	150
Rune arrows	75	12.5	187.5
Amethyst arrows	82	13.5	202.5
Dragon arrows	90	15	225

Bolts

(unf)

This section or article is incomplete and could do with improvement. Reason: This subsection needs to be added; see bolts for different types You can discuss this issue on the talk page or edit this page to improve it.

Bolts are the standard ammunition for crossbows. They are created by combining unfinished bolts with feathers. One feather is consumed for every unfinished bolt and are finished bolts are created in stacks of 10. Finished bolts can be improved by adding bolt tips to them. For example Sapphire bolt tips can be attached to Mithril bolts to create Sapphire bolts. Improved bolts can be enchanted using the Enchant Crossbow Bolt spell.

The following table shows every type of bolt available:

Bolt	Level Needed	Experience	Experience for 10
Bronze bolts	9	0.5	5
Opal bolts	11	1.6	16
Blurite bolts	24	1	10
Kebbit bolts	26	4.77	28.6 (6 bolts)
Iron bolts	39	1.5	15
Pearl bolts	41	3.2	32
Long kebbit bolts	42	7.95	47.7 (6 bolts)
Silver bolts	43	2.5	25
Steel bolts	46	3.5	35
Red topaz bolts	48	3.9	39
Barbed bolts	51	9.5	95
Mithril bolts	54	5	50
Broad bolts	55	3	30
Sapphire bolts	56	4.7	47
Emerald bolts	58	5.5	55
Mithril grapple	59	59	590
Adamantite bolts	61	7	70
Ruby bolts	63	6.3	63
Diamond bolts	65	7	70
Runite bolts	69	10	100
Dragonstone bolts	71	8.2	82
Onyx bolts	73	9.4	94
Amethyst broad bolts	76	10.6	106

Darts

You can fletch darts by adding feathers to a smithed dart.

Dart	Level Needed	Experience Given
Bronze dart	10	1.8
Iron dart	22	3.8
Steel dart	37	7.5
Mithril dart	52	11.2
Adamant dart	67	15
Rune dart	81	18.8
Dragon dart	95	25

Javelin

Javelin are made by attatching javelin heads to javelin shafts.

Item	Level Needed	Experience	Exp for 15
Javelin shaft	3	1/3	5
Bronze javelin	3	1	15
Iron javelin	17	2	30
Steel javelin	32	5	75
Mithril javelin	47	8	120
Adamant javelin	62	10	150
Rune javelin	77	12.4	186
Amethyst javelin	84	13.5	202.5
Dragon javelin	92	15	225

Training

Level advancement

See Fletching training.

The best way to pick up Fletching is to buy arrow shafts & feathers and make headless arrows — far better exp/hr than making arrow shafts or shortbow (u)s. (At lower levels making darts, bolts, arrows and javelins are the better exp/hr and better gp/hr than making unstrung bows.)

Levels	Items to make	Notes
1 - 35	Arrow shafts	The best way to pick up fletching is to grab a knife, which spawns where Cook's Assistant is started, and an axe and enter any woods. Since a large portion of the map is normal trees, the training area is wide. Arrow shafts stack, so proximity to a bank is no issue. It is best to continue with arrow shafts instead of switching to oak bows. Since the introduction of Construction, oak logs have been too expensive for simple training. Additionally, fletching several thousand arrow shafts at this point means that they will not have to be fletched later.You can gain money from this.(Around 2k logs needed)
22 - 53	Iron darts	Fast experience. Requires Tourist trap quest.
35 - 40	Half willow shortbows	Willow logs can be acquired easily for a reasonable price. Money loss can be minimised by selling the unstrung bows to shops. (Roughly about 450 willow logs will be needed.)
40 - 70	Half willow longbows	The medium level fletcher will make thousands of willow longbows. As with shortbows, they should not be strung, as cutting and stringing give the same exp but stringing can cost 6 times as much. Instead unfinished bows should be sold to shops. (Around 17k willow logs will be needed.)
52 - 99	Broad arrows	350 000 fletching experience per hour. Unlocking requires 300 slayer points.
70 - 85	Yew longbows	Fletching yew longbows is the most popular method to gain fletching experience at this stage. Finally, it becomes cost effective to string the bows. Completed bows can be high alched for 768 coins or sold for less. Above level 70, you can train Fletching for free, as alchemizers who either do not have the levels or do not have the time trade raw materials for finished bows. Occasionally an alchemizer will also offer money as well, making it profitable. (Please note that if you want money, you are better to sell the bows and rebuy the supplies. This is often not cost effective however, as yew logs are difficult to obtain while hundreds of people make 'supps for longs' trades.
85 - 99	Yew or magic longbows	Magic logs are more difficult to obtain, but provide greater experience. As completed magic longbows high alch for 1536 coins, the margin between items required to both fletch and high alch is better in comparison to yew long bows. Since both yew and magic longbows turn a profit when alched or sold, fletchers may choose to do either or both depending on availability of logs.

Random events

Players will encounter many random events while fletching; however, there are no random events that pertain to fletching.

Temporary boosts

Currently, the only known method to boost one's Fletching level is by eating orange spicy stews. However, the amount of boost is random.

As with all skills, your Fletching level will temporarily rise by one when a Fletching cape is worn. However, this requires level 99 Fletching to buy/wear.

Quests rewarding Fletching experience

Quest	Experience reward	Fletching req.	Other requirements
Big Chompy Bird Hunting	262	5	30 , 30
Animal Magnetism	1,000	-	18 , 19 , 30 , 35
Zogre Flesh Eaters	2,000	30	4 , 8 , 30
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	25	40 , 40 if crafting your own lyre
Devious Minds	5,000	50	65 , 50
Temple of Ikov	8,000	-	42 , 40
Total	19,074

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Fletching. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	-
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	-
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
The Tourist Trap	4,650 twice		10 , 20
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Total	83,800

Trivia

• There was once an error with the chat filter that lead to the word 'Fletching' being blocked when typed in chat for an entire day.