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Fletching and archery
Make bows, quivers and arrows at the fletching table. Fletching makes them; Archery uses them.
The Fletching skill page — every level, every item and the xp, in tables.
On this page: Getting started · The ladder · How it works · Gems · Going further · Tips
Getting started
- The fletching table stands in the Yard, in the north court beside the furnace and the anvil. Everything here is made at it, except arrowheads, which are smithing at the anvil two tiles away.
- An arrow is three things from three places: a shaft from any log, a head hammered from a bar, and a feather from something with feathers. From Singularity up a batch also takes five mid-game logs.
- Feathers drop one to three at a time, about a third of the time, from a Chicken, Highwayman, Understudy, Angel, Thunder Goose or Fat Lady, so there's a bird for every level. Fletching can't make an arrow on its own, and that's the point.
- A better tree gives more shafts per log, up to fifty from the Deep Wild's Gallows logs at Fletching 92.
The ladder
| Fletching | Makes | From |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bone arrowhead x5 | 1 × bones |
| 1 |  Bone arrow x5 | 5 × arrow shaft + 5 × bone arrowhead + 5 × feather |
| 1 |  Bowstring | 1 × cowhide |
| 1 |  Arrow shaft x15 | 1 × logs |
| 1 | Bowstring | 2 × wheat |
| 3 |  Rough quiver | 1 × logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 5 |  Rough shortbow | 3 × logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 10 |  Rough longbow | 4 × logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 10 |  Bronze arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × bronze arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 15 | Arrow shaft x18 | 1 × gloomwillow logs |
| 15 |  Ruby-tipped arrow x15 | 15 × bronze arrow + 1 × ruby |
| 15 |  Lucky Buttons | 3 × brass button + 1 × bowstring |
| 18 |  Willow quiver | 1 × gloomwillow logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 20 |  Willow shortbow | 3 × gloomwillow logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 20 |  Emerald arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × emerald arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 25 |  Willow longbow | 4 × gloomwillow logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 25 | Arrow shaft x21 | 1 × deadwood logs |
| 28 |  Deadwood quiver | 1 × deadwood logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 30 |  Deadwood shortbow | 3 × deadwood logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 30 |  Diamond arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × diamond arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 30 |  Snare x2 | 3 × gloomwillow logs + 2 × bowstring |
| 35 |  Deadwood longbow | 4 × deadwood logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 35 |  Sapphire-tipped arrow x15 | 15 × diamond arrow + 1 × sapphire |
| 40 | Arrow shaft x25 | 1 × ancient yew logs |
| 40 |  Dragonstone arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × dragonstone arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 40 |  Grapple arrow x3 | 6 × arrow shaft + 2 × bowstring + 2 × emerald bar |
| 43 |  Yew quiver | 1 × ancient yew logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 45 |  Marrow arrowhead x15 | 1 × marrow |
| 45 |  Yew shortbow | 3 × ancient yew logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 45 |  Fishing arrows x10 | 20 × arrow shaft + 20 × feather + 2 × diamond bar |
| 45 |  Spotlight arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × feather + 1 × usher's flashlight |
| 48 |  Marrow arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × marrow arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 48 |  Fleetfoot salve | 2 × small vial + 4 × sulky sporecap + 10 × feather |
| 50 |  Yew longbow | 4 × ancient yew logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 50 | Arrow shaft x28 | 1 × palm logs |
| 50 |  Onyx arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × onyx arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 50 |  Hunter's camo | 4 × cowhide + 4 × sulky sporecap |
| 52 |  Palm quiver | 1 × palm logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 54 |  Palm shortbow | 3 × palm logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 55 |  Silk bowstring x3 | 1 × enormous cobweb |
| 55 | Silk bowstring x4 | 1 × wild silk |
| 55 | Arrow shaft x30 | 1 × skyash logs |
| 55 |  Topaz-tipped arrow x15 | 15 × onyx arrow + 1 × topaz |
| 55 |  Hunter's Mark | 30 × feather + 10 × bones |
| 57 |  Palm longbow | 4 × palm logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 58 |  Skyash quiver | 1 × skyash logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 60 |  Skyash shortbow | 3 × skyash logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 60 |  Starfall arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × starfall arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 60 |  Flare x2 | 4 × arrow shaft + 2 × fire ink |
| 60 | Arrow shaft x40 | 1 × featherwood logs |
| 64 |  Skyash longbow | 4 × skyash logs + 1 × bowstring |
| 65 |  Quickdraw wax | 5 × palm logs + 2 × small vial |
| 68 | Arrow shaft x34 | 1 × rustpine logs |
| 70 |  Rustpine quiver | 1 × rustpine logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 70 |  Eclipse arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × eclipse arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 70 |  Eagle-eye drops | 2 × small vial + 6 × sulky sporecap + 10 × feather |
| 72 |  Rustpine shortbow | 3 × rustpine logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 73 | Arrow shaft x36 | 1 × driftwood logs |
| 75 |  Opal-tipped arrow x15 | 15 × eclipse arrow + 1 × opal |
| 75 |  Driftwood quiver | 1 × driftwood logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 76 |  Rustpine longbow | 4 × rustpine logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 78 |  Driftwood shortbow | 3 × driftwood logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 80 | Arrow shaft x38 | 1 × vaultwood logs |
| 80 |  Nova arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × nova arrowhead + 15 × feather |
| 80 |  Arrow retriever | 6 × cowhide + 4 × bowstring + 40 × feather |
| 82 |  Vaultwood quiver | 1 × vaultwood logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 82 |  Driftwood longbow | 4 × driftwood logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 84 |  Vaultwood shortbow | 3 × vaultwood logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 86 | Arrow shaft x45 | 1 × bogwood logs |
| 86 | Arrow shaft x48 | 1 × charwood logs |
| 88 |  Vaultwood longbow | 4 × vaultwood logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 90 |  Bogwood quiver | 1 × bogwood logs + 2 × cowhide |
| 90 |  Singularity arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × singularity arrowhead + 15 × feather + 5 × featherwood logs |
| 92 | Arrow shaft x50 | 1 × gallows logs |
| 92 |  Bogwood shortbow | 3 × bogwood logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 93 | Arrow shaft x50 | 1 × cycad logs |
| 94 |  Cycad quiver | 1 × cycad logs + 2 × cowhide + 3 × fossil |
| 95 |  Cycad shortbow | 3 × cycad logs + 1 × pterodactyl sinew + 4 × fossil |
| 95 |  Rimefang arrow x50 | 50 × arrow shaft + 1 × frost shard + 50 × feather |
| 95 | Arrow shaft x52 | 1 × prize hedge clippings |
| 96 |  Bogwood longbow | 4 × bogwood logs + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 96 |  Elder cycad shortbow | 3 × elder cycad logs + 1 × pterodactyl sinew + 4 × fossil |
| 98 |  Cycad longbow | 4 × cycad logs + 1 × pterodactyl sinew + 6 × fossil |
| 99 |  Celestial arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × celestial arrowhead + 15 × feather + 5 × featherwood logs |
| 99 |  The Long Count | 7 × bogwood logs + 2 × silk bowstring + 1 × singularity core |
| 99 |  The Petrified longbow | 4 × petrified wood + 1 × silk bowstring + 1 × rex tooth |
| 99 |  Rosefeather arrow x50 | 50 × arrow shaft + 1 × rose plume + 50 × feather |
| 99 |  Celestial shortbow | 2 × cycad logs + 2 × celestial bar + 2 × starsteel shard + 1 × silk bowstring + 2 × prize hedge clippings |
| 99 |  Celestial longbow | 3 × cycad logs + 3 × celestial bar + 3 × starsteel shard + 1 × silk bowstring + 3 × prize hedge clippings |
| 99 |  Celestial quiver | 2 × celestial bar + 6 × cowhide |
| 103 | Arrow shaft x50 | 1 × charred ironbark logs |
| 105 |  Voidforged arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × voidforged arrowhead + 15 × feather + 5 × rustpine logs |
| 105 |  Voidforged shortbow | 2 × charred ironbark logs + 2 × voidforged bar + 2 × void cinder + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 105 |  Voidforged longbow | 3 × charred ironbark logs + 3 × voidforged bar + 3 × void cinder + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 105 |  Voidforged quiver | 2 × voidforged bar + 6 × cowhide + 5 × charred ironbark logs |
| 108 | Arrow shaft x50 | 1 × saltbloom tamarisk logs |
| 110 |  Penumbra arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × penumbra arrowhead + 15 × feather + 5 × rustpine logs |
| 110 |  Penumbra shortbow | 2 × saltbloom tamarisk logs + 2 × penumbra bar + 2 × umbral ember + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 110 |  Penumbra longbow | 3 × saltbloom tamarisk logs + 3 × penumbra bar + 3 × umbral ember + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 110 |  Penumbra quiver | 2 × penumbra bar + 6 × cowhide + 5 × saltbloom tamarisk logs |
| 113 | Arrow shaft x50 | 1 × crownheart cedar logs |
| 115 |  Stormward arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × stormward arrowhead + 15 × feather + 5 × driftwood logs |
| 115 |  Stormward shortbow | 2 × crownheart cedar logs + 2 × stormward bar + 2 × storm sigil + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 115 |  Stormward longbow | 3 × crownheart cedar logs + 3 × stormward bar + 3 × storm sigil + 1 × silk bowstring |
| 115 |  Stormward quiver | 2 × stormward bar + 6 × cowhide + 5 × crownheart cedar logs |
| 118 | Arrow shaft x50 | 1 × astral huskwood logs |
| 120 |  Chrono arrow x15 | 15 × arrow shaft + 15 × chrono arrowhead + 15 × feather + 5 × driftwood logs |
| 120 |  Chrono shortbow | 2 × astral huskwood logs + 2 × chrono bar + 2 × time-worn gear + 1 × silk bowstring + 1 × sewer king's signet |
| 120 |  Chrono longbow | 3 × astral huskwood logs + 3 × chrono bar + 3 × time-worn gear + 1 × silk bowstring + 1 × pharaoh's ankh |
| 120 |  Chrono quiver | 2 × chrono bar + 6 × cowhide + 5 × astral huskwood logs |
Arrowheads are hammered at the anvil at each metal's own Smithing level, fifteen to a bar. From Celestial up each bar also takes five mid-game ore (Starfall, Eclipse or Nova).
How it works
- The bow is speed and reach; the arrow is damage. Every wood makes a shortbow (quick, reaches 4 tiles) and a longbow (slow, reaches 6 and hits harder).
- The arrow you load adds half its strength to every hit, from +10 for bone to +180 for singularity. So the real choice is a good bow with cheap arrows, or a cheap bow with a quiver of good ones.
- A bow with nothing to fire isn't a weapon. One arrow is used per shot, hit or miss.
- Quivers go in the offhand (so a bow is a choice against a shield) and hold one kind of arrow in bulk, from 300 for rough up to 3500 for bogwood. Click arrows in your bag to load them. A bow shoots only what's in the quiver, so when it runs out, load more. Clicking a different kind of arrow swaps them.
- Every bow needs a string. Up to 70 that's a bowstring: from a hide, or twisted from 2 wheat (Fletching 1), so a farmer never waits on a cow. From 72 the bows take silk (a cobweb), and cycad a pterodactyl's sinew.
Gems
Four stones turn up in ore, in 1.4% of the ore of the kinds below, and each one tips the arrows of the metals it comes out of. The Gems page lists every rock and where it is.
| Gem | Mined out of | Tips | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ruby | Copper ore, Tin ore, Emerald ore | Bronze arrow, Emerald arrow | +8 |
 Sapphire | Diamond ore, Dragonstone ore | Diamond arrow, Dragonstone arrow | +14 |
 Topaz | Onyx ore, Starfall ore | Onyx arrow, Starfall arrow | +22 |
 Opal | Eclipse ore, Nova ore, Singularity ore | Eclipse arrow, Nova arrow, Singularity arrow | +32 |
Going further
- The Wild Bench is Fletching's Nexus. It stands in the grove in the northeast of the Wilderness, beside the Ancient yew, and fletches everything the table does, 1.5× as much, for 25% more Fletching xp. (That's shafts and arrows: a bow or a quiver still comes out one at a time, and so does the Long Count.) Anyone can find you there.
- The Long Count at 99 needs a singularity core: the same 0.05% drop the top melee weapons need, so the two ladders end on the same chase.
- The Fletcher's cape: at Fletching 99, Wren the Ranger, in Cloudreach sells it for 99,000 tickets. Every log gives a fifth more shafts, and 20% of arrow batches make two. Never a bow or a quiver.
Tips
- Fletching makes it, Archery uses it. Every bow, quiver and arrow has an Archery level to use, equal to the Fletching level to make it, except the rough shortbow, the rough quiver and bone arrows, which are Archery 1 and on the Prize Counter's shelf.
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