This article gives tips about training the Fletching skill. Fletching is a Members only skill.

Contents 1 Helpful quests 2 General notes 3 Level 1-99 3.1 Level 1-5 - Arrow shafts 3.2 Level 5-10 - Shortbows 3.3 Level 10-20 - Shieldbows 3.4 Level 20-25 - Oak shortbows 3.5 Level 25-35 - Oak shieldbows 3.6 Level 35-40 - Willow shortbows 3.7 Level 40-50 - Willow shieldbows 3.8 Level 50-55 - Maple shortbows 3.9 Level 55-65 - Maple shieldbows 3.10 Level 65-70 - Yew shortbows 3.11 Level 70-80 - Yew shieldbows 3.12 Level 80-85 - Magic shortbows 3.13 Level 85-99 - Magic shieldbows 3.14 Level 55-99 - Maple shieldbows 3.15 Level 70-99 - Yew shieldbows 4 Experience per hour 5 See also

Helpful questsEdit

Some quests give Fletching experience as a one-time quest reward.

• Big Chompy Bird Hunting - 260xp

• Animal Magnetism - 1,000xp

• Zogre Flesh Eaters - 2,000xp

• Fremennik Trials - 2,813xp

• Devious Minds - 5,000xp

• Catapult Construction - 5,000xp

• Temple of Ikov - 8,000xp

• In Pyre Need - 12,500xp

Some other quests not listed give a generic experience lamp that could be used on Fletching if the player intended to do so, however, Fletching is known to be a "fast skill" to train up, so generic experience lamps are typically better used on other skills.

General notesEdit

• This guide focuses on the creation of bows, as that is the most common method of training the Fletching skill and therefore the materials are easiest to get hold of.
• Xp/hr rates given in this guide are a maximum amount possible; they assume that you will be fletching steadily, with quick banking and few to no distractions in game or in real life. Many players will, realistically, not achieve these amounts.
• Likewise, this guide assumes that you will be buying/gathering the materials for your Fletching before starting, rather than doing so as you go. Doing the latter will severely impact how much Fletching experience is gained per hour.
• All calculations in this guide are rounded up; this may result in you needing slightly fewer materials than stated.
• Using a one-click bank chest, such as the one south of Burthorpe lodestone, is advised due to the speed of bank access.
• The Proto-tool reward from Stealing Creation can potentially be a useful item for level 40+ fletchers, as its knife form can double the experience for fletching unstrung bows and stocks. However, the time taken to obtain one must be balanced against its usefulness; combat games are twenty minutes long, and non-combat clan games are typically 10-15 minutes long, which is time you may prefer to spend fletching instead.
• Grand Exchange prices are the median price. Materials will probably cost more than the prices stated, and finished products sell for less.
• Fletching an inventory of unstrung bows from logs takes 50 seconds an inventory. Stringing an inventory of 14 bows to make the finished product takes 15 seconds. These have been rounded up to 60 seconds and 20 seconds respectively to account for banking time.
• Experience for fletching a bow from a log and stringing that same bow gives the same experience. With this in mind, the number of logs and bow strings should be halved if you decide to both fletch and string.

Level 1-99Edit

This section will show the time and number of either logs or unstrung bows and bow strings needed to reach level 99 if switching to each newly unlocked bow type you can fletch as soon as possible, along with the prices of the materials involved; logs, bow strings, unstrung bows and finished bows.

Level 1-5 - Arrow shaftsEdit

The best way to get from level 1 to level 5 is using arrow shafts, which give 4.5 experience each.

• Experience needed - 338
• Logs needed - 78
• Time - 150 seconds
• Logs cost = &0000000000013300000000 13,300
• Arrow shafts = &0000000000017100000000 17,100

Level 5-10 - ShortbowsEdit

Between level 5 and 10 you should either fletch or string shortbows. Both methods give 5 experience.

• Experience needed = 766
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 154
• Time = 6 minutes (fletch) OR 4 minutes (string)
• Logs cost = &0000000000026950000000 26,950
• Shortbow (u) cost = &0000000000002618000000 2,618
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000019250000000 19,250
  • Shortbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000021868000000 21,868
• Shortbows = &0000000000015246000000 15,246

Level 10-20 - ShieldbowsEdit

At this point you should switch to making shieldbows, which give 10 xp for fletching the shieldbow (u) from logs or adding the string to make a finished bow.

• Experience needed = 3,316
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 332
• Time = 12 minutes (fletch) OR 8 minutes (string)
• Logs cost = &0000000000058100000000 58,100
• Shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000000005312000000 5,312
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000041500000000 41,500
  • Shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000046812000000 46,812
• Shieldbows = &0000000000006640000000 6,640

Level 20-25 - Oak shortbowsEdit

You can now work with oak to make bows. Oak shortbows give 16.5 experience for fletching or stringing them.

• Experience needed = 3,372
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 210
• Time = 2 minutes (fletch) OR 1 minute 20 seconds (string)
• Oak logs cost = &0000000000018900000000 18,900
• Oak shortbow (u) cost = &0000000000002730000000 2,730
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000026250000000 26,250
  • Oak shortbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000028980000000 28,980
• Oak shortbows = &0000000000007140000000 7,140

Level 25-35 - Oak shieldbowsEdit

You can now make oak shieldbows, for 25 experience for fletching or stringing.

• Experience needed = 14,564
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 583
• Time = 21 minutes (fletch) OR 14 minutes (string)
• Oak logs cost = &0000000000052470000000 52,470
• Oak shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000000013409000000 13,409
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000072875000000 72,875
  • Oak shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000086284000000 86,284
• Oak shieldbows = &0000000000029150000000 29,150

Level 35-40 - Willow shortbowsEdit

Willow shortbows are now available. These give 33.3 experience for fletching from willow logs or stringing them.

• Experience needed = 14,818
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 445
• Time = 16 minutes (fletch) OR 11 minutes (string)
• Willow logs cost = &0000000000009790000000 9,790
• Willow shortbow (u) cost = &0000000000012905000000 12,905
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000055625000000 55,625
  • Willow shortbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000068530000000 68,530
• Willow shortbows = &0000000000029370000000 29,370

Level 40-50 - Willow shieldbowsEdit

Now you can make willow shieldbows, which give 41.5 experience for fletching or stringing.

• Experience needed = 64,109
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 1545
• Time = 55 minutes (fletch) OR 37 minutes (string)
• Willow logs cost = &0000000000033990000000 33,990
• Willow shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000000072615000000 72,615
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000193125000000 193,125
  • Willow shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000265740000000 265,740
• Willow shieldbows = &0000000000151410000000 151,410

Level 50-55 - Maple shortbowsEdit

Now you can make maple shortbows, for 50 experience each when fletching from maple logs or stringing.

• Experience needed = 65,303
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 1307
• Time = 47 minutes (fletch) OR 32 minutes (string)
• Maple logs cost = &0000000000058815000000 58,815
• Maple shortbow (u) cost = &0000000000078420000000 78,420
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000163375000000 163,375
  • Maple shortbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000000241795000000 241,795
• Maple shortbows = &0000000000274470000000 274,470

Level 55-65 - Maple shieldbowsEdit

You can now make maple shieldbows, which give 58.3 Fletching experience for fletching from maple logs or stringing.

• Experience needed = 282,792
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 4,851
• Time = 2 hours 53 minutes (fletch) OR 1 hour 56 minutes (string)
• Maple logs cost = &0000000000218295000000 218,295
• Maple shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000000446292000000 446,292
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000606375000000 606,375
  • Maple shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000001052667000000 1,052,667
• Maple shieldbows = &0000000001309770000000 1,309,770

Level 65-70 - Yew shortbowsEdit

You can now make yew shortbows, which give 67.5 experience for fletching from yew logs or stringing.

• Experience needed = 288,199
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 4,270
• Time = 2 hours 33 minutes (fletch) OR 1 hour 42 minutes (string)
• Yew logs cost = &0000000002395470000000 2,395,470
• Yew shortbow (u) cost = &0000000001853180000000 1,853,180
• Bow strings cost = &0000000000533750000000 533,750
  • Yew shortbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000002386930000000 2,386,930
• Yew shortbows = &0000000001789130000000 1,789,130

Level 70-80 - Yew shieldbowsEdit

You can now make yew shieldbows, which give 75 experience for fletching or stringing.

• Experience needed = 1,248,441
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 16,646
• Time = 9 hours 55 minutes (fletch) OR 6 hours 37 minutes (string)
• Yew logs cost = &0000000009338406000000 9,338,406
• Yew shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000008256416000000 8,256,416
• Bow strings cost = &0000000002080750000000 2,080,750
  • Yew shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000010337166000000 10,337,166
• Yew shieldbows = &0000000010686732000000 10,686,732

Level 80-85 - Magic shortbowsEdit

You can now make magic shortbows, which give 83.25 experience for fletching or stringing.

• Experience needed = 1,272,526
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 15,286
• Time = 9 hours 6 minutes (fletch) OR 6 hours 4 minutes (string)
• Magic logs cost = &0000000024824464000000 24,824,464
• Magic shortbow (u) cost = &0000000023525154000000 23,525,154
• Bow strings cost = &0000000001910750000000 1,910,750
  • Magic shortbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000025435904000000 25,435,904
• Magic shortbows = &0000000014521700000000 14,521,700

Level 85-99 - Magic shieldbowsEdit

Magic shieldbows are the last type of bow unlocked outside of Daemonheim. They give 91.5 experience for fletching or stringing them.

• Experience needed = 9,775,837
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 106,840
• Time = 56 hours, 26 minutes (fletch) OR 38 hours, 22 minutes (string)
• Magic logs cost = &0000000173508160000000 173,508,160
• Magic shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000159618960000000 159,618,960
• Bow strings cost = &0000000013355000000000 13,355,000
  • Magic shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000172973960000000 172,973,960
• Magic shieldbows = &0000000152353840000000 152,353,840

Level 55-99 - Maple shieldbowsEdit

Maple shieldbows are usually a cheaper, if slightly slower, route to achieving level 99 in Fletching. They give 58.3 experience for fletching or stringing.

• Experience needed = 12,867,795
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 220,717
• Time = 131 hours 23 minutes (fletch) OR 87 hours 36 minutes (string)
• Maple logs cost = &0000000009932265000000 9,932,265
• Maple shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000020305964000000 20,305,964
• Bow strings cost = &0000000027589625000000 27,589,625
  • Maple shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000047895589000000 47,895,589
• Maple shieldbows = &0000000059593590000000 59,593,590

Level 70-99 - Yew shieldbowsEdit

Yew shieldbows are another alternative method to reach 99. They're a compromise between the speed of magic shieldbows and the relative cheapness of maple shieldbows. 75 experience is given for fletching or stringing yew shieldbows.

• Experience needed = 12,296,804
• Logs/unstrung bows needed = 163,958
• Time = 97 hours 36 minutes (fletch) OR 65 hours 4 minutes (string)
• Yew logs cost = &0000000091980438000000 91,980,438
• Yew shieldbow (u) cost = &0000000081323168000000 81,323,168
• Bow strings cost = &0000000020494750000000 20,494,750
  • Yew shieldbow (u) and bow strings total = &0000000101817918000000 101,817,918
• Yew shieldbows = &0000000105261036000000 105,261,036

Experience per hourEdit

This section shows the maximum possible xp/hr, and the potential costs, for fletching or stringing the high level short and shieldbows. The last column shows you what the possible profit/loss is per hour, according to the info on the left.

Bow	Fletch/String	Amount/hr	Xp/hr	Material costs	Sell for	Profit/Loss
Maple shortbow (u)	Fletch	1,680	84,000	75,600	100,800	&0000000000025200000000 25,200
Maple shortbow	String	2,520	126,000	466,200	529,200	&0000000000063000000000 63,000
Maple shieldbow (u)	Fletch	1,680	97,944	75,600	154,560	&0000000000078960000000 78,960
Maple shieldbow	String	2,520	146,916	546,840	680,400	&0000000000133560000000 133,560
Yew shortbow (u)	Fletch	1,680	113,400	942,480	729,120	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-4-4-60000000 -213,360
Yew shortbow	String	2,520	170,100	1,408,680	1,055,880	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-6-3-800000000 -352,800
Yew shieldbow (u)	Fletch	1,680	126,000	942,480	833,280	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-10-200000000 -109,200
Yew shieldbow	String	2,520	189,000	1,564,920	1,617,840	&0000000000052920000000 52,920
Magic shortbow (u)	Fletch	1,680	139,860	2,728,320	2,585,520	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-3-800000000 -142,800
Magic shortbow	String	2,520	209,790	4,193,280	2,394,000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-800-3-80000000 -1,799,280
Magic shieldbow (u)	Fletch	1,680	153,720	2,728,320	2,509,920	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-9-400000000 -218,400
Magic shieldbow	String	2,520	230,580	4,079,880	3,593,520	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-9-7-4-60000000 -486,360

See alsoEdit

• Fletching
• Money making guide/Fletching

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