How To Use A Fletching Table

This article is about the Fletching skill. For information on training Fletching, see Fletching training.

For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Fletching skill, see Fletching/Level up table.

Fletching



Released		25 March 2002 (Update)
Also called		Fletch
Members		Yes
Type		Artisan

Statistics

Players with 99		151,399 as of 1 November 2021 - update
Players with 200M XP		296 as of 25 October 2021 - update

Fletching is a skill which allows the player to create various types of ranged weapons and their ammunition. The products of this skill are primarily used in the combat skill, Ranged. It also provides some of the most popular materials used for High Alchemy, which is a commonly used method for training the Magic skill.

At a higher Fletching level, the skill can be trained without losing any coins, although a decent amount of working capital is very useful. Money can usually be generated at higher Fletching levels. Alternatively, it can be extremely fast with more expensive methods.

Fletching level up - normal

The music that plays when levelling up.

Fletching level up - with unlocks

The music that plays when levelling up and unlocking new content.

Materials used [edit | edit source]

Fletchers use the following materials:

General [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Knife	Knives are used to whittle wood into unstrung bows or arrow shafts. One can be found in the Lumbridge Castle basement and are commonly found for sale in general stores.
	Chisel	Used in order to cut gems into bolt tips.
	Logs	Logs may be obtained from chopping trees via the Woodcutting skill.

Making weapons [edit | edit source]

Bows [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Bow strings	Bow strings are one of the materials used in making bows. They can be spun from flax using a Spinning Wheel and are commonly purchased from other players in large quantities.
	Flax	Flax can be picked in Seers' Village and in the Taverley courtyard right next to the fountain. It can also be picked close to a bank in Land's End, Lletya, and Prifddinas. It can be spun into a bow string on a spinning wheel. There is a spinning wheel on the 1^st floor^[UK] 2^nd floor^[US] of the house north of the churchyard. Spinning flax gives 15 Crafting experience, and requires level 10 Crafting. Using the spinning wheel on the 1^st floor^[UK] 2^nd floor^[US] of Lumbridge Castle is a favourite among players because of its proximity to the bank on the floor above.

Crossbows [edit | edit source]

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 limbs	Smithed from metal bars, metal limbs are used in the production of crossbows by using them with a crossbow stock. All limbs, except for Runite, are in stock by default 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.

Toxic blowpipe [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Tanzanite fang	Obtained as a rare drop from Zulrah. To make the fang into a Toxic blowpipe, use a chisel on the fang with level 53 Fletching.

Ballistae [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Ballista limbs	Ballista limbs can be obtained as a drop from demonic gorillas.
	Ballista frame	Ballista frames can be obtained as a drop from demonic gorillas.
	Ballista spring	Ballista springs can be obtained as a drop from demonic gorillas.
	Monkey tail	Monkey tails can be obtained as a drop from demonic gorillas.

Battlestaff [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Celastrus bark	Celastrus bark is a type of wood harvested from a Celastrus tree.

Making projectiles [edit | edit source]

Arrows [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Arrowtips	Arrow heads can be bought in a ranging shop or smithed. 15 arrowtips are made from each bar.
	Arrow shafts	Arrow shafts can be made by using a knife on some logs. 15 shafts are made from each pile of logs. Normal logs can be fletched into 15 arrow shafts, oak into 30, adding 15 additional shafts for each tier of logs higher.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens have a chance of dropping 0, 5, or 15 feathers. Feathers can also be bought in Shantay Pass. Shantay holds up to 500 feathers at a time, and feathers can be bought for a base price of 2 gold coins, as well as a 100 feather package for 200 coins.
	Headless arrows	Combine feathers with arrow shafts. About 180,000 Fletching experience per hour with maple logs while bankstanding. Buy materials from Grand Exchange. A lot better experience than making maple longbows.
	Arrows	Combine headless arrows with arrow heads.
	Nails	Smithed from metal bars, nails are used in the production of brutal arrows.
	Ogre arrow shafts	Fletched from Achey logs, used in the production of brutal arrows and ogre arrows.
	Flighted ogre arrows	Made from ogre arrow shaft and four feathers, used in the production of brutal arrows and ogre arrows.
	Wolfbone arrowtips	These can be made by using wolf bones with a chisel.

Bolts [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Barb bolttips	Barbed tips are rewards from the Ranging Guild minigame.
	Feathers	The most common way to acquire feather is buying them from Fishing stores. Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens have a chance of dropping 0, 5, 10, or 15 feathers. Feathers can also be bought in Shantay Pass. Shantay holds up to 500 feathers at a time, and feathers can be bought for a base price of 2 gold coins, as well as a 100 feather package for 200 coins.
	Gem bolt tips	Gem bolt tips are attached to unfinished bolts (with feathers already attached) 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 an oyster pearl with a chisel.
	Unfinished bolts	Unfinished bolts can be smithed from metal bars. 10 unfinished bolts are made from each bar.

Darts [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Dart tips	Dart tips can be smithed from metal bars. 10 are made from 1 bar.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens drop an average of about five feathers each. Feathers can also be bought in Shantay Pass. Shantay holds up to 500 feathers at a time, and feathers can be bought for a base price of 2 gold coins, as well as a 100 feather package for 200 coins.

Javelin [edit | edit source]

Item		Notes
	Javelin heads	Javelin heads can be smithed from metal bars.
	Javelin shafts	Javelin shafts can be made by using a knife on some logs. 15 shafts can be made from each pile of logs.

Making the items [edit | edit source]

Weapons [edit | edit source]

Bows [edit | edit source]

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.

Unstrung [edit | edit source]

Level		Experience	Profit	GP/XP
5	Wood short	5	−57	−11.4
10	Wood long	10	−47	−4.7
20	Oak short	16.5	−53	−3.21
25	Oak long	25	−38	−1.52
30	Comp ogre	45	145	3.22
35	Willow short	33.3	24	0.72
40	Willow long	41.5	38	0.92
50	Maple short	50	77	1.54
55	Maple long	58.3	66	1.13
65	Yew short	67.5	−13	−0.19
70	Yew long	75	97	1.29
80	Magic short	83.3	−192	−2.3
85	Magic long	91.5	38	0.42

Strung [edit | edit source]

Level		Experience	Profit	GP/XP
5	Wood short	5	−71	−14.2
10	Wood long	10	−81	−8.1
20	Oak short	16.5	−73	−4.42
25	Oak long	25	−56	−2.24
30	Comp ogre	45	−99	−2.2
35	Willow short	33.2	−40	−1.2
40	Willow long	41.5	−3	−0.07
50	Maple short	50	5	0.1
55	Maple long	58.2	101	1.74
65	Yew short	67.5	83	1.23
70	Yew long	75	104	1.39
80	Magic short	83.2	−77	−0.93
85	Magic long	91.5	109	1.19

Crossbows [edit | edit source]

To fletch crossbows, a player must make a crossbow stock out of a log using a knife. Then, crossbow limbs must be added using a hammer. Finally, a crossbow string must be added to the unstrung crossbow.

Level		Experience	Total
9	Stock (wood)	6	24
	Bronze (unstrung)	12
	Bronze (strung)	6
24	Stock (oak)	16	64
	Blurite (unstrung)	32
	Blurite (strung)	16
39	Stock (willow)	22	88
	Iron (unstrung)	44
	Iron (strung)	22
46	Stock (teak)	27	108
	Steel (unstrung)	54
	Steel (strung)	27
54	Stock (maple)	32	128
	Mithril (unstrung)	64
	Mithril (strung)	32
61	Stock (mahogany)	41	164
	Adamant (unstrung)	82
	Adamant (strung)	41
69	Stock (yew)	50	200
	Rune (unstrung)	100
	Rune (strung)	50
78	Stock (magic)	70	275
	Dragon (unstrung)	135
	Dragon (strung)	70

Ballistae [edit | edit source]

Level		Experience	Total
47	Light (incomplete)	15	330
	Light (unstrung)	15
	Light (complete)	300
72	Heavy (incomplete)	30	660
	Heavy (unstrung)	30
	Heavy (complete)	600

Battlestaff [edit | edit source]

Level	Item		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
40		Battlestaff		80	−115	−1.44

Shields [edit | edit source]

To fletch shields, players must have at least two logs in the inventory. The shields are used as the base for leather shields, which require Crafting levels to make.

Fletching the wooden shields grants the same amount of Fletching experience as fletching a full longbow of the same level.

Level		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
27	Oak	^x2	50	−116	−2.32
42	Willow	^x2	83	−34	−0.41
57	Maple	^x2	116.5	−11	−0.09
72	Yew	^x2	150	−327	−2.18
87	Magic	^x2	183	−1,530	−8.36
92	Redwood	^x2	216	−211	−0.98

Projectiles [edit | edit source]

Arrows [edit | edit source]

To fletch arrows, use a knife on logs to create arrow shafts. Each log yields a variable amount of arrow shafts. Add feathers and arrow heads.

The following table shows experience per item made, although 15 items are made at a time:

Level		Experience (per arrow)	Max Experience (per hour)^{[n 1]}	Material cost (per arrow)	Profit (per arrow)	GP/XP
1	Headless	1	45,000	−4	3	3
1	Bronze	1.3	58,500	−9	−7	−5.38
15	Iron	2.5	112,500	−16	−14	−5.6
30	Steel	5	225,000	−20	−9	−1.8
45	Mithril	7.5	337,500	−39	−35	−4.67
52	Broad^{[n 2]}	10	450,000	−62	N/A	−6.2
60	Adamant	10	450,000	−85	−70	−7
75	Rune	12.5	562,500	−250	−210	−16.8
82	Amethyst	13.5	607,500	−255	−65	−4.81
90	Dragon	15	675,000	−617	−61	−4.07

↑ Assumes 3,000 actions per hour.
↑ Requires the broader fletching Slayer reward.

Ogre arrows [edit | edit source]

Achey logs can be whittled into Ogre arrow shafts. Each achey log yields between two and six 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.

Level		Materials	Experience (per arrow)	Profit (per arrow)	GP/XP
5	Shaft (2-6)		3.2-9.6	18	2.81
5	Flighted	^x4	0.9	9	10
5	Tips (2-6)		5-15	−200	−20
5	Ogre		1	−71	−71
7	Bronze		1.4	6	4.29
18	Iron		2.6	−13	−5
33	Steel		5.1	−30	−5.88
38	Black		6.5	−494	−76
49	Mithril		7.5	−9	−1.2
62	Adamant		10.2	37	3.63
77	Rune		12.5	14	1.12

Bolts [edit | edit source]

Bolts are the standard ammunition for crossbows. They are created by combining unfinished bolts with feathers. One feather is consumed for every unfinished bolt and finished bolts are created in stacks of 10.

Level		Experience (per bolt)	Material Cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP
9	Bronze	0.5	−25	−23	−46
24	Blurite	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	Iron	1.5	−16	−6	−4
43	Silver	2.5	−12	−7	−2.8
46	Steel	3.5	−36	−7	−2
54	Mithril	5	−65	−21	−4.2
55	Broad^[1]	3	−58	−2	−0.67
61	Adamant	7	−190	−68	−9.71
69	Rune	10	−269	−69	−6.9
84	Dragon	12	−2,468	−23	−1.92

Tipped bolts [edit | edit source]

Finished bolts can be improved by adding bolt tips to them. For example, Sapphire bolt tips can be attached to Mithril bolts to create Sapphire bolts. Improved bolts can be enchanted using the Enchant Crossbow Bolt spell.

Level		Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)^[1]	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP	Volume
11	Opal-tipped bronze bolts	1.6	48,000	−39	−4	−2.5	25334
26	Jade-tipped blurite bolts^[2]	2.4	72,000	−3	−3	−1.25	N/A
41	Pearl-tipped iron bolts	3.2	96,000	−58	12	3.75	109803
48	Red topaz-tipped steel bolts	4	120,000	−178	14	3.5	78156
51	Barbed-tipped bronze bolts	9.5	285,000	−167	3	0.32	11201
56	Sapphire-tipped mithril bolts	4.7	141,000	−126	14	2.98	99663
58	Emerald-tipped mithril bolts	5.5	165,000	−101	12	2.18	194867
63	Ruby-tipped adamant bolts	6.3	189,000	−212	1	0.16	332187
65	Diamond-tipped adamant bolts	7	210,000	−299	13	1.86	853874
71	Dragonstone-tipped runite bolts	8.2	246,000	−525	31	3.78	877430
73	Onyx-tipped runite bolts	9.4	282,000	−8,421	62	6.6	280914
76	Amethyst-tipped broad bolts^[3]	10.6	318,000	−279	−27	−2.55	649751

Tipped dragon bolts [edit | edit source]

Dragon bolts are unique in that they can tipped with any type of bolt tip, except barbed and amethyst.

Level		Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)^[1]	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP	Volume
84	Opal	1.6	48,000	−2,482	−587	−366.87	16050
	Jade	2.4	72,000	−2,482	−1,578	−657.5	9
	Pearl	3.2	96,000	−2,493	−1,550	−484.37	0
	Red Topaz	4	120,000	−2,594	−1,653	−413.25	25
	Sapphire	4.7	141,000	−2,479	−1,735	−369.15	333
	Emerald	5.5	165,000	−2,502	−1,318	−239.64	2048
	Ruby	6.3	189,000	−2,535	77	12.22	367107
	Diamond	7	210,000	−2,622	88	12.57	389807
	Dragonstone	8.2	246,000	−2,770	−666	−81.22	10915
	Onyx	9.4	282,500	−10,666	−1,010	−107.45	18

Bolt tips [edit | edit source]

Bolt tips are also created through the Fletching skill. By using a chisel on a cut gem, the player is able to create 12 bolt tips. Pearls are an exception, as they yield either 6 or 24 depending on the type of pearl used.

Level	Item		Experience (per gem)	Profit (per gem)	GP/XP
11	^x12	Opal	1.6	162	101.25
26	^x12	Jade	2.4	−221	−92.08
41	^x6	Pearl	3.2	212	66.25
41	^x24	Pearl	3.2	295	92.19
48	^x12	Red topaz	3.9	134	34.36
56	^x12	Sapphire	4.7	84	17.87
58	^x12	Emerald	5.5	152	27.64
63	^x12	Ruby	6.3	122	19.37
65	^x12	Diamond	7	225	32.14
71	^x12	Dragonstone	8.2	−7,941	−968.41
73	^x24	Onyx	9.4	−1,261,894	−134,244.04

Kebbit bolts [edit | edit source]

Kebbit bolts are exclusively used with the Hunter's crossbow. They are made by using a chisel on kebbit spikes and long kebbit spikes.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
32	^x6	Kebbit		5.8	−222	−37
42	^x6	Long kebbit		7.9	600	75

Grapples [edit | edit source]

Mith grapples are used in the Agility skill to pass specific obstacles.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience
59		Grapple (unf)		11
59		Mith grapple		0

Darts [edit | edit source]

You can fletch darts by adding feathers to a smithed dart.

Level		Experience (per dart)	Max Experience (per buy limit)	Material cost (per dart)	Profit (per dart)	GP/XP
10	Bronze	1.8	23,400	−40	−17	−9.44
22	Iron	3.8	49,400	−30	−24	−6.32
37	Steel	7.5	97,500	−52	−50	−6.67
52	Mithril	11.2	224,000	−75	−72	−6.43
67	Adamant	15	300,000	−191	−165	−11
81	Rune	18.8	206,800	−944	−624	−33.19
90	Amethyst	21	231,000	−469	−180	−8.57
95	Dragon	25	275,000	−1,899	−320	−12.8

Javelin [edit | edit source]

Javelins are made by attaching javelin heads to javelin shafts.

Level		Experience (per javelin)	Max Experience (per hour)^[1]	Material cost (per javelin)	Profit (per javelin)	GP/XP
3	Bronze	1	45,000	−41	−37	−37
17	Iron	2	90,000	−25	−21	−10.5
32	Steel	5	225,000	−55	−53	−10.6
47	Mithril	8	360,000	−128	−118	−14.75
62	Adamant	10	450,000	−178	−115	−11.5
77	Rune	12.4	558,000	−609	−430	−34.68
84	Amethyst	13.5	607,500	−744	−322	−23.85
92	Dragon	15	675,000	−977	−99	−6.6

Training [edit | edit source]

Temporary boosts [edit | edit source]

	Level increase	Visibility	Other info
Fletching cape	1	Visible	Activating the cape's effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
Dragonfruit pie	4	Visible	Consists of 2 bites, restoring 10 Hitpoints per bite.
Spicy stew (orange spice)	±0-5	Visible	Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.

Quests [edit | edit source]

Quests requiring Fletching [edit | edit source]

Quest	Fletching requirement	Other requirements
Big Chompy Bird Hunting	5	30 , 30
The Tourist Trap	10	20
The Fremennik Trials	25	40 , 40 if crafting your own lyre
Devious Minds	50	65 , 50
Sins of the Father	60	62 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49

Quests rewarding Fletching experience [edit | edit source]

Quest	Experience reward	Fletching requirement	Other requirements
Big Chompy Bird Hunting	262	5	30 , 30
Animal Magnetism	1,000	-	18 , 19 , 30 , 35
Zogre Flesh Eaters	2,000	30	4 , 8 , 30
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	25	40 , 40 if crafting your own lyre
Devious Minds	5,000	50	65 , 50
Temple of Ikov	8,000	-	42 , 40
Total	19,074

Skill choice [edit | edit source]

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Fletching. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
X Marks the Spot	300	Any	None
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	None
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	None
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
A Taste of Hope	2,500 three times	Any skill above 35	48 , 40 , 40 , 45 , 38
The Tourist Trap	4,650 twice		10 , 20
A Kingdom Divided	10,000	Any skill above 40	54 , 52 , 52 , 50 , 42 , 38 , 35
Architectural Alliance (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	None
In Search of Knowledge (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	None
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 70 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Sins of the Father	15,000 three times	Any skill above 60	62 , 60 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49
Total	166,600

Changes [edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
8 October 2015 (update)	Added messages for attaching a crossbow stock to limbs and stringing a crossbow to the game filter.
24 September 2015 (update)	It is now possible to boost your fletching level to make crossbows like most other equipment.

Trivia [edit | edit source]

There was once an error with the chat filter that led to the word 'Fletching' being blocked when typed in chat for an entire day.

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