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This article is about the item made from ordinary logs. For shortbows in general, see Shortbow (bow type).
The Shortbow is the weakest shortbow in RuneScape. Players can purchase this bow from most shops that sell Ranged weaponry.
Shortbows may be made through the Fletching skill at level 1. First, a player must cut an unstrung shortbow from logs, granting 5 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung shortbow with a bow string, granting 5 experience.
Previously, all new players would obtain a free shortbow after completing the Tutorial, but due to the Tutorial update, players no longer obtain one.
The attack range of the shortbow is 7 spaces.
Shortbows are often used by Skill Pures because if no arrows are equipped a player can not accidentally deal damage to a creature and gain combat xp.
| Requirements |  | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | |||||||||||
| Class | Slot | ||||||||||
 Ranged |  | ||||||||||
| Tier | |||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||
| Weapons | Main | Off | |||||||||
| Damage | 43 | - | |||||||||
| Accuracy | 150 | - | |||||||||
| Style | Arrows | ||||||||||
| Range | ? (edit) | ||||||||||
| Speed | Fast (3.0s) | ||||||||||
| Attributes | Damage reduction | ||||||||||
 Armour | 0 | PvM: 0% | PvP: 0% | ||||||||
 Life points | 0 | Style bonuses | |||||||||
 Prayer | 0 |  0 |  0 |  0 | |||||||
| [FAQ] • [doc] | |||||||||||
Dropping monsters
- For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.
| Source | Combat level | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpse archer | 26 | 1 | Common |
| Corpse mage | 30 | 1 | Common |
| Corpse spider | 6 | 1 | Common |
| Crawling corpse torso | 14 | 1 | Common |
| Skoblin | 28 | 1 | Common |
| Dragith Nurn | 38 | 1 | Common |
| Warped bat | 24 | 1 | Common |
| Warped cockroach | 2 | 1 | Common |
| Warped fly | 10 | 1 | Common |
| Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs) | 22 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Warped rat | 18 | 1 | Rare |
Store locations
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| Seller | Location | Cost | Currency | Base stock | Members? |
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Disassembly
| Disassembly XP | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Item quantity required | 1 |
| Material count | 12 |
| Base junk chance | 98.9% |
| Possible materials | |
| Often | |
 Stave parts | 35% |
 Tensile parts | 30% |
 Flexible parts | 30% |
| Rarely | |
 Precise components | 3% |
 Dextrous components | 2% |
| Shortbow |
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| Shieldbows |
 Shieldbow Oak Willow Maple (Sighted) Yew Magic (Sighted) Elder (Sighted) Dark bow (Augmented) Strykebow (Augmented) | ||||
| Other |
 Seercull Winds of Waiko (Augmented) Second-Age (Augmented) Hexhunter bow (Augmented) Decimation (Augmented) Noxious (Augmented) Seren godbow (Augmented) Hellfire bow | ||||
| Promotional |
 Barbed Boogie Exquisite Slayer Tower Starfire Starfury White stag | ||||
| Rewards |
 Kayle's chargebow Signed oak shieldbow Ogre bow Comp ogre Sacred clay bow | ||||
| Composite |
 Willow Yew Magic | ||||
| God |
 Guthix Saradomin Zamorak | ||||
| Dyed noxious longbow |
 Barrows (Augmented) Blood (Augmented) Ice (Augmented) Shadow (Augmented) Third Age (Augmented) | ||||
| Dyed Seren godbow |
 Barrows (Augmented) Blood (Augmented) Ice (Augmented) Shadow (Augmented) Third Age (Augmented) | ||||
| Recoloured dark bow |
 Blue Green White Yellow | ||||
| Alison Elmshaper's Flying Arrow Fletching Shop | |
| Aubury's Rune Shop |
 Air rune Mind rune |
| Ayleth Beaststalker's Hunting Supplies Shop |
 Bird snare |
| Bob's Brilliant Axes |
 Bronze pickaxe Bronze hatchet Bronze battleaxe (Off-hand) Bronze throwing axe (Off-hand) |
| Burthorpe Guard Quartermaster |
 Bronze sword Chargebow |
| Carwen Essencebinder Magical Runes Shop |
 Air talisman Mind talisman Air rune Mind rune |
| Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury |
Bronze sword (Off-hand) Chargebow Staff |
| Head Farmer Jones's Farming Shop |
 Raw potato Potato seed |
| Jack Oval's crafting Shop |
 Thread Bucket Empty pot |
| Lowe's Archery Emporium |
 Bronze arrow Shortbow Shieldbow Bronze javelin Bronze bolts |
| Lumbridge Fishing Supplies |
 Small fishing net Crayfish cage |
| Lumbridge General Store |
 Tinderbox Hammer Bronze dagger (Off-hand) |
| Mess Sergeant Ramsey's Cooking Supplies Shop |
 Pie dish Empty pot |
| Nicholas Angle's Fishing Shop |
 Fishing bait |
| Pikkupstix's Summoning Shop |
 Pouch Gold charm Wolf bones Spirit shards |
| Poletax's Herblore Shop |
 Vial of water Grimy guam Eye of newt |
| Slayer Masters |
 Spiked gauntlets |
| Varrock Sword Shop |
Bronze dagger (Off-hand) Bronze sword (Off-hand) Bronze longsword (Off-hand) |
