Magic longbow

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Magic longbow

Also known as?	Mage long
Members only?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alchemy	1,536 coins
Low Alchemy	1,024 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	1270 coins
Exchange price	1,397 coins update
GE Database	Look up price
Examine	A nice sturdy magical bow.
Weight	1 kg
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The Magic longbow is the strongest longbow that can be made (crystal bows, magic comp bow, and dark bows are not player made). It can use arrows up to rune. The magic longbow requires a Ranged level of 50 or higher to wield. This weapon also has a special attack called Power Shot. It's an accurate shot that will almost always inflict damage. It does not fire 2 arrows for its special like the magic shortbow.

Members can make a magic longbow through the Fletching skill at level 85. First, a player has to cut an unstrung magic longbow from magic logs, granting 91.5 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung magic longbow with a bow string, granting a further 91.5 experience.

This weapon is not as popular as the magic shortbow due to its slower speed, but is sometimes used to snipe enemies from a far distance.

Bonuses Hover over image for type						A player using the Powershot special attack.	A player uses Barbarian Firemaking to light some logs.
Attack bonus
+0	+0	+0	+0	+69
Defence bonus
+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses
+0		+0		+0
Speed:
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[edit] Combat styles

	Name	Combat style	Experience
	Accurate	Accurate	Ranged
	Rapid	Rapid	Ranged
	Longrange	Longrange	Ranged & Defence

[edit] Profit analysis

Magic longbows used to be high alched quite often for a profit. However, this led to them no longer being profitable in terms of gold or experience, seeing as many others things are far more cost efficient to train on.

Profit analysis
Magic longbow	Nature rune	Magic logs	Bow string	Net Coins	Notes
High Level Alchemy
High Level Alchemy 1,536	Ignore cost	Ignore cost	Ignore cost	1536	Ignore cost of Nature runes, Magic logs and Bow string.
Hi alch 1,536	-313	-1,361	-166	-304	Include true cost of Nats, magic logs and bow strings
Grand Exchange average price
GE 1,397	Ignore price	-1,361	-166	-130	No Nats
GE 1,397	+313	-1,361	-166	183	Profit from selling Magic long and a nature rune
GE 349; High Alch -138. The difference between High Alching and selling in the GE is 653 coins

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