Fletching

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The Fletching skill involves the making of bows and arrows. The products of this skill are primarily used in the Ranged skill. It also provides material with relatively high alchemy prices, so its products are often used to train Magic as well.

At higher Fletching levels, the skill can be trained without losing any coins, although a decent amount of working capital is very useful. A general rule of thumb for fletchers is to wait until you hear 3 "plucks" of the log being stringed to know when you're done. This is an especially helpful tip for those who tend to be multitasking on other things when fletching. The plucking noise only applies to unstrung bows being strung though. Generally, however, each 5 logs that are fletched result in one plucking sound. Since 14 is the number most commonly used for fletching (14 of one type of log, 14 bowstrings), around 3 plucks are needed. Of course, if you are just cutting the logs with your knife then all you need to do is wait until you do not hear any more animation of the cutting to check back on your character. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at approximately rank 1,972,178) on the hiscores for Fletching is level 30.

Contents 1 Materials used 1.1 General 1.2 Making weapons 1.2.1 Bows 1.2.2 Crossbows 1.3 Making projectiles 1.3.1 Arrows 1.3.2 Bolts 1.3.3 Darts 2 Making the items 2.1 Weapons 2.1.1 Bows 2.2 Crossbows 2.3 Projectiles 2.3.1 Arrows 2.3.2 Bolts 2.3.3 Darts 3 Training 3.1 Level advancement 3.1.1 Fletching in the correct environment 3.1.2 Fletching through the Grand Exchange 3.2 Time 4 Temporary boosts 5 99 Fletching 6 Trivia 7 See also

[edit] Materials used

[edit] 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.
	Beaver	Beaver can act as a knife. To fletch with beaver you use your log on your beaver. You will need 33 summoning to summon this familiar. Current Price for Beaver pouch: 1176 coins.
	Chisel	Used to cut gems the second time into bolt tips.
	Logs	Logs are obtained from trees via the Woodcutting skill or bought from fellow players or the Grand Exchange.
	Sacred clay fletching knife	Knife is obtained from Stealing Creation with 20 Stealing Creation Points, They are used to cut logs. They give +100% experience bonus, or double XP. It disintegrates after a certain amount of Fletching experience is gained using it.
	Volatile clay fletching knife	Knife is obtained from Stealing Creation with 20 Stealing Creation Points, They are used to cut logs. They give +120% experience bonus, or 2.2 XP. It transforms back to seed after a certain amount of Fletching experience is gained using it.When Transforming, it transforms into a random volatile tool and uses 10% of its charges.

[edit] Making weapons

[edit] Bows

Picture	Item	Notes
	Bow strings	Bowstrings are one of the materials used to make bows. They can be spun from flax.
	Flax	Flax can be picked in Seer's Village, in the Taverley courtyard right next to the fountain, on the Lunar Isle, directly south-east of The Grand Tree, and in Lletya. It can be spun into a bowstring on a spinning wheel. There is a spinning wheel on the 2nd floor of the house north of the churchyard. Spinning flax gains 15 Crafting experience. There is also one on Neitiznot, which is the closest one to a bank. Another spinning wheel can also be found on the second floor of Lumbridge Castle, which is just downstairs from a bank.

[edit] 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.
	Crossbow stocks	Fletched from logs and are used in the production of crossbows. Most can also be purchased at the crossbow stall in Keldagrim.
	Metal Limbs	Smithed from metal bars, metal limbs are used in the production of crossbows. Most can also be purchased 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.

[edit] Making projectiles

[edit] Arrows

Picture	Item	Notes
	Arrow heads	Arrow heads can be bought in a ranging shop or smithed. 15 arrowheads can be made from each bar.
	Arrow shafts	Arrow shafts can be made by using a knife on a some logs. 15 shafts can be made from each pile of logs.
	Grenwall spikes	Grenwall Spikes can be used as an alternative for arrow shafts. These can be obtained by hunting Grenwalls
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens drop an average of about five feathers each. Feathers can also be bought in various places such as Shantay Pass, Fishing Guild, Lumbridge Fishing Shop, Port Sarim, Shilo Village, Ava's Arrow Shop, and various other places.  Each shop has a player stock of 1000 feathers, and feathers can be bought for 6gp to 7gp each. You can use coloured feathers for this too, but they are more expensive most of the time. You can get coloured feathers from hunting.
	Nails	Smithed from metal bars, nails are used in the production of Brutal arrows.
	Wolfbone Tips	These can be made by using wolf bones with a chisel. They are used to create Ogre arrows.

[edit] Bolts

Picture	Item	Notes
	Barbed bolt tips	Barbed tips are rewards from the Ranging Guild minigame.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens drop an average of about five feathers each. Feathers can also be bought in Port Sarim, the Fishing Guild, and Shantay Pass. Shantay no longer has unlimited stock, though feathers can still be bought for as low as one gold each.
	Gem bolt tips	Gem bolt tips are attached to finished bolts (use feathers with unfinished bolts) to make gem tipped 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 a oyster pearl with a chisel.
	Unfinished Bolts	Unfinished bolts can be smithed from metal bars. Each bar can smith 10 of these.

[edit] Darts

Picture	Item	Notes
	Dart tips	Dart tips can be smithed from metal bars. Players get 10 dart tips every bar.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens drop an average of about five feathers each. Feathers can also be bought in the Fishing Guild, Shantay Pass, Shilo Village shop and Port Sarim.

[edit] Making the items

[edit] Weapons

[edit] 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 or magic xp.

Bow	Level	Experience (unstrung)	Total Experience
Shortbow	5	5	10
Longbow	10	10	20
Oak shortbow	20	16.5	33
Oak longbow	25	25	50
Comp ogre bow	30	45	90
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

Players may now gain twice the normal experience per log that is made into a bow (u) with the new Sacred clay fletching knife that is awarded through the minigame, Stealing Creation, it costs 20 points to obtain. However, the knife will disintegrate after 500 uses.

[edit] Crossbows

To make a crossbow, the player must first use a knife with a log to make a Crossbow stock. Then, the player needs to add some crossbow limbs (Made via Smithing). Finally, the player must string it with a Crossbow string.

Crossbow	Stock Material	Level Needed	Exp for Stock/Stringing	Exp For Limbs	Total Exp
Bronze Crossbow	Normal	9	6	12	24
Blurite Crossbow	Oak	24	16	32	64
Iron Crossbow	Willow	39	22	44	88
Steel Crossbow	Teak	46	27	54	108
Mithril Crossbow	Maple	54	32	64	128
Adamant Crossbow	Mahogany	61	41	82	164
Rune Crossbow	Yew	69	50	100	200

[edit] Projectiles

[edit] Arrows

To fletch regular arrows, use a knife on logs to create arrow shafts. Each log yields 15 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	0.33	5
Headless arrows	1	1	15
Bronze arrows	1	2.6	39
Ogre arrows	5	3.8	57
Iron arrows	15	3.8	57.5
Steel arrows	30	6.3	95
Mithril arrows	45	8.8	132
Broad arrows1	52	15	225
Adamant arrows	60	11.3	169.5
Rune arrows	75	13.8	207.4
Dragon arrows	90	16.3	244.5

¹Broad arrows can be made after buying the knowledge with Slayer reward points.

[edit] Bolts

Bolts are made by using a metal bar at an anvil while you have a hammer in your inventory. This grants smithing experience. The bolts created in this process are unfinished and still require fletching (they need feathers). This part provides the fletching experience. Bolts are also the fastest way to acquire xp, and you will not lose much money. It's also great combined with smithing

The following table shows experience per item made and per 10 items made (the amount made per metal bar).

Bolt Type	Required Fletching Level	Experience (per bolt)	Experience (per 10 bolts)	Profit (per bolt)
Bronze bolts	9	0.5	69
Opal bolts	11	1.6	16	7
Blurite bolts	24	1	10	N/A
Kebbit bolts	32	0.97	5.8 (per 6 bolts)	26
Iron bolts	39	1.5	15	10
Pearl bolts	41	3.2	32	3
Long kebbit bolts	42	1.33	7.89 (per 6 bolts)	60.83
Silver bolts	43	2.5	25	0
Steel bolts	46	3.5	35	5
Red topaz bolts	48	3.9	39	7
Barbed bolts	51	9.5	95	0
Mithril bolts	54	5	50	7
Broad-tipped bolts*	55	3	30	18
Sapphire bolts	56	4.7	47
Emerald bolts	58	5.5	55	24
Mithril grapple	59	59	590
Adamantite bolts	61	7	70	13
Ruby bolts	63	6.3	63	46
Diamond bolts	65	7	70	33
Runite bolts	69	10	100
Dragon bolts	71	8.2	82	521
Onyx bolts	73	9.4	94

^*Broad bolts may be made after buying the knowledge with Slayer reward points.

[edit] Darts

You can fletch darts by adding feathers to a smithed dart, noted that finishing Tourist Trap Quest is needed for making these.

Dart	Level Needed	Experience Given
Bronze dart	1	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

[edit] Training

[edit] Level advancement

See the Fletching training article for a detailed guide on training the Fletching skill.

[edit] Fletching in the correct environment

A one-click bank can provide a minor advantage while fletching. These bank chests are at:

• Castle Wars
• Soul Wars lobby
• Culinaromancer's Chest in Lumbridge castle cellar
• Duel Arena
• Neitiznot
• Shantay Pass

At Yanille's bank in world 132, there was a player made fletching guild where people could fletch and talk. The population of the bank has since gone down because of the Unbalanced Trade Removal update on 2 January 2008 which has made it harder to trade supplies for longbows or sell longbows which used to be a popular method of training fletching very quickly.

Fletching at one-click banks at minigames is also a very good idea so if you get bored, you can have something to do right away to get away from fletching.

[edit] Fletching through the Grand Exchange

To make a profit by fletching, buy flax (now 74 gp each) and yew logs (now 465 gp each) in the Grand Exchange. Make yew longbows, spinning the flax at whatever wheel you like. The cost to make is 539, and they sell for 679. They are in demand now and will sell. You will make 140 gp per bow. A slightly less profitable method is buying yew logs and bow strings (165) straight from the Grand Exchange making only 49 coins.

(The best place would be on the second floor of the Lmbridge Castle. Go to your bank [3rd floor] get some Flax out, then go down [2nd floor] and spin it on the wheel)

[edit] Time

It doesn't take very long to train Fletching up to 99. The advice is, from 70 to 99, to make Yew longbow (u) and then string them. Sell them in the Grand Exchange, making a small profit from when you buy Yew logs and bow strings. If you want to make more money, make your own bow strings by flax.

[edit] Temporary boosts

• You can drink Orange spicy stew for a boost ranging from -6 to 6.
• A Fletching potion will raise your fletching by 3.
• A Fletching skillcape will raise your fletching by 1 when operated.

[edit] 99 Fletching

Once a player has reached level 99 Fletching, Hickton in Catherby will sell the Fletching cape for 99,000 coins.

[edit] Trivia

• When Jagex updated the chat filter at one time, which broke the communication from Classic to RS2, "fletching" was accidentally censored in chat (because it resembled the word "felching").
• When the string-x feature was added, it actually made fletching slower since the string-x was slower what players could manually do (since the feature is automatically used and cannot be disabled). However, most players consider this a worthy trade-off since it made fletching less physically tiring on their fingers.
• 39 People have 200M XP in fletching, the 3rd most for any skill.
• As of 13 October, 2009, 81,940 players have 99 fletching, making it the 3rd most popular 99 skill.

[edit] See also

• Fletching training
• Quest experience rewards - Fletching
• Grand Exchange Market Watch/Fletching

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