Yew longbow

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Yew longbow

Also known as?	Yew long, yl, ylb
Members only?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alchemy	768 coins
Low Alchemy	512 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	674 coins
Exchange price	649 coins update
GE Database	Look up price
Examine	A nice sturdy bow made out of yew.
Weight	1.79 kg
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The Yew longbow is a longbow stronger than the maple longbow that can use arrows up to rune. The yew longbow requires a Ranged level of 40 or higher to wield.

Members can make a yew longbow through the Fletching skill at level 70. First, a player must cut an unstrung yew longbow from yew logs, granting 75 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung yew longbow with a bow string, granting 75 experience.

Bonuses Hover over image for type
Attack bonus
0	0	0	0	+47
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] Money making

Yew longbows used to be one of the most popular items to cast the High Level Alchemy spell on (along with magic longbows) as players could earn gold while gaining magic experience. However, this is no longer the case and they are now unprofitable to alchemy for players who buy the materials to make the bow and the nature runes for the alchemy spell.

The yew longbow is quite profitable to alchemy if the player is self-sufficient and can cut the Yew logs required for the bow, fletch the bow, and runecraft (or gather from monster drops) the nature runes needed for alchemy. While some players believe that the effort involved is too time-consuming, others believe it is time well spent, as valuable experience (woodcutting, fletching, runecrafting or combat, and magic) are gained at each step of the process, and the coins gained from alchemy are pure profit. A very common way to make good money is to buy nature runes and bowstrings, but cut and fletch the yew logs. Therefore considering the prices and how much you get from high alching yew longs, you can make about 200gp per bow! although if you do not have a good woodcutting level (75+) cutting yews will take a long time while buying takes seconds.

Profit analysis
Yew longbow	Nature rune	Yew logs	Bowstring	Net Coins	Notes
Hi alch
Hi alch 768	Ignore cost	Ignore cost	Ignore cost	768	Ignore cost of Nature runes, Yew logs, and Bow string.
Hi alch 768	minus 312	minus 458	minus 169	-171	Include true cost of Nats and logs
Grand Exchange average price
GE 649	-	minus 458	minus 169	22	No Nats
GE 649	plus 312	minus 458	minus 169	334	Profit from selling Yew long and a nature rune minus price of the log and bow string
GE 334- Hi Alch -171. The difference between High Alching and selling in the GE is 505 coins

[edit] References

• Grand Exchange Database - Current price

v • d • e Bows and other Ranged items
Shortbows	Shortbow (u) • Oak shortbow (u) • Willow shortbow (u) • Maple shortbow (u) • Yew shortbow (u) • Magic shortbow (u)
Longbows	Longbow (u) • Oak longbow (u) • Willow longbow (u) • Maple longbow (u) • Yew longbow (u) • Magic longbow (u)
Composite bows	Willow comp • Ogre comp • Yew comp • Magic comp
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Other items	Cannon • Snowball • Chinchompa • Red chinchompa • Holy water • Hand cannon • Arrows