Fletching

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

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Fletching
Released		25 March 2002 (Update)
Also called		Fletch
Members		Yes
Type		Production
Statistics
Players with 99		230,356 as of 1 May 2024 - update
Players with 200M XP		592 as of 17 March 2024 - 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

Fletchers use the following materials:

General

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

Bows

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 1st floor[UK]2nd 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 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Lumbridge Castle is a favourite among players because of its proximity to the bank on the floor above.

Crossbows

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

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

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

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

Making projectiles

Arrows

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 be purchased from many vendors, such as Gerrant's Fishy Business in Port Sarim, for 2 gold coins, and Feather packs containing 100 feathers for 200 gold coins.
	Headless arrows	Combine feathers with arrow shafts.
	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

Item		Notes
	Barb bolttips	Barbed tips are rewards from the Ranging Guild minigame.
	Feathers	Feathers can be acquired by killing chickens. Chickens have a chance of dropping 0, 5, or 15 feathers. Feathers can be purchased from many vendors, such as Gerrant's Fishy Business in Port Sarim, for 2 gold coins, and Feather packs containing 100 feathers for 200 gold 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

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 have a chance of dropping 0, 5, or 15 feathers. Feathers can be purchased from many vendors, such as Gerrant's Fishy Business in Port Sarim, for 2 gold coins, and Feather packs containing 100 feathers for 200 gold coins.

Javelin

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

Weapons

Bows

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

Level	Item		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
5		Wood short		5	−93	-18.60
10		Wood long		10	−113	-11.30
20		Oak short		16.5	−24	-1.45
25		Oak long		25	−32	-1.28
30		Comp ogre		45	101	2.24
35		Willow short		33.3	−67	-2.01
40		Willow long		41.5	−24	-0.58
50		Maple short		50	68	1.36
55		Maple long		58.3	100	1.72
65		Yew short		67.5	−82	-1.21
70		Yew long		75	101	1.35
80		Magic short		83.3	−150	-1.80
85		Magic long		91.5	170	1.86

Strung

Level	Item		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
5		Wood short		5	−64	-12.80
10		Wood long		10	−68	-6.80
20		Oak short		16.5	−72	-4.36
25		Oak long		25	−49	-1.96
30		Comp ogre		45	−77	-1.71
35		Willow short		33.2	−19	-0.57
40		Willow long		41.5	−43	-1.04
50		Maple short		50	20	0.40
55		Maple long		58.2	86	1.48
65		Yew short		67.5	145	2.15
70		Yew long		75	109	1.45
80		Magic short		83.2	6	0.07
85		Magic long		91.5	81	0.89

Crossbows

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	Item		Materials	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

Level	Item		Materials	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

Level	Item		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
40		Battlestaff		80	−340	-4.25

Shields

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

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

Level	Item		Materials	Experience	Profit	GP/XP
27		Oak	x2	50	−109	-2.18
42		Willow	x2	83	−181	-2.18
57		Maple	x2	116.5	−19	-0.16
72		Yew	x2	150	−425	-2.83
87		Magic	x2	183	−1,450	-7.92
92		Redwood	x2	216	−698	-3.23

Projectiles

Arrows

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	Item		Materials	Experience (per arrow)	Max Experience (per hour)	Material cost (per arrow)	Profit (per arrow)	GP/XP
1		Headless		1	45,000	−3	5	5.00
1		Bronze		1.3	58,500	−11	−8	-6.15
15		Iron		2.5	112,500	−15	−10	-4.00
30		Steel		5	225,000	−39	−16	-3.20
45		Mithril		7.5	337,500	−46	−43	-5.73
52		Broad		10	450,000	−63	N/A	-6.30
60		Adamant		10	450,000	−108	−97	-9.70
75		Rune		12.5	562,500	−299	−206	-16.48
82		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	−287	−46	-3.41
90		Dragon		15	675,000	−1,247	−65	-4.33

Ogre arrows

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.

Lvl	Item		Materials	XP (per arrow)	Profit (per arrow)	GP/XP
5		Shaft (2-6)		3.2-9.6	−71	-11.09
5		Flighted	× 4	0.9	57	63.33
5		Tips (2-6)		5-15	−273	-27.30
5		Ogre		1	−28	-28.00
7		Bronze		1.4	−5	-3.57
18		Iron		2.6	−35	-13.46
33		Steel		5.1	−58	-11.37
38		Black		6.5	−1,341	-206.31
49		Mithril		7.5	58	7.73
62		Adamant		10.2	22	2.16
77		Rune		12.5	59	4.72

Bolts

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	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Material Cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP
9		Bronze		0.5	−16	−15	-30.00
24		Blurite		1	N/A	N/A	N/A
39		Iron		1.5	−12	−6	-4.00
43		Silver		2.5	−10	−5	-2.00
46		Steel		3.5	−47	−6	-1.71
54		Mithril		5	−57	−36	-7.20
55		Broad		3	−57	−8	-2.67
61		Adamant		7	−158	−147	-21.00
69		Rune		10	−94	−35	-3.50
84		Dragon		12	−628	−2	-0.17

Tipped bolts

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	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP	Volume
11		Opal-tipped bronze bolts		1.6	48,000	−174	−43	-26.87	40057
26		Jade-tipped blurite bolts		2.4	72,000	−13	−13	-5.42	N/A
41		Pearl-tipped iron bolts		3.2	96,000	−64	11	3.44	186123
48		Red topaz-tipped steel bolts		3.9	120,000	−233	44	11.28	289841
51		Barbed-tipped bronze bolts		9.5	285,000	−153	4	0.42	401415
56		Sapphire-tipped mithril bolts		4.7	141,000	−90	19	4.04	340084
58		Emerald-tipped mithril bolts		5.5	165,000	−75	26	4.73	855455
63		Ruby-tipped adamant bolts		6.3	189,000	−95	12	1.90	2858501
65		Diamond-tipped adamant bolts		7	210,000	−165	4	0.57	4194139
71		Dragonstone-tipped runite bolts		8.2	246,000	−603	66	8.05	5894920
73		Onyx-tipped runite bolts		9.4	282,000	−8,392	150	15.96	1665340
76		Amethyst-tipped broad bolts		10.6	318,000	−307	−24	-2.26	603851

Tipped dragon bolts

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

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP	Volume
84		Opal		1.6	48,000	−799	77	48.13	24923
		Jade		2.4	72,000	−799	150	62.50	8035
		Pearl		3.2	96,000	−684	313	97.81	1855
		Red Topaz		4	120,000	−818	280	70.00	103
		Sapphire		4.7	141,000	−651	67	14.26	45864
		Emerald		5.5	165,000	−680	206	37.45	33060
		Ruby		6.3	189,000	−710	78	12.38	3820846
		Diamond		7	210,000	−780	43	6.14	1986585
		Dragonstone		8.2	246,000	−1,170	58	7.07	214189
		Onyx		9.4	282,500	−8,959	200	21.28	108769

Bolt tips

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		Materials	Experience (per gem)	Profit (per gem)	GP/XP
11	x12	Opal		1.6	159	99.38
26	x12	Jade		2.4	−147	-61.25
41	x6	Pearl		3.2	236	73.75
41	x24	Pearl		3.2	262	81.88
48	x12	Red topaz		3.9	464	118.97
56	x12	Sapphire		4.7	65	13.83
58	x12	Emerald		5.5	220	40.00
63	x12	Ruby		6.3	187	29.68
65	x12	Diamond		7	229	32.71
71	x12	Dragonstone		8.2	−4,483	-546.71
73	x24	Onyx		9.4	−2,298,177	−244,486.91

Kebbit bolts

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	−182	-30.33
42	x6	Long kebbit		7.9	−88	-11.00

Grapples

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

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

Darts

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

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per dart)	Max Experience (per buy limit)	Material cost (per dart)	Profit (per dart)	GP/XP
10		Bronze		1.8	23,400	−38	−23	-12.78
22		Iron		3.8	49,400	−46	−14	-3.68
37		Steel		7.5	97,500	−40	−38	-5.07
52		Mithril		11.2	224,000	−72	−68	-6.07
67		Adamant		15	300,000	−177	−157	-10.47
81		Rune		18.8	206,800	−393	−203	-10.80
90		Amethyst		21	231,000	−517	−170	-8.10
95		Dragon		25	275,000	−1,270	−295	-11.80

Javelin

Javelins are made by attaching javelin heads to javelin shafts.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per javelin)	Max Experience (per hour)	Material cost (per javelin)	Profit (per javelin)	GP/XP
3		Bronze		1	45,000	−44	−28	-28.00
17		Iron		2	90,000	−27	−25	-12.50
32		Steel		5	225,000	−53	−52	-10.40
47		Mithril		8	360,000	−132	−108	-13.50
62		Adamant		10	450,000	−172	−110	-11.00
77		Rune		12.4	558,000	−568	−404	-32.58
84		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	−809	−482	-35.70
92		Dragon		15	675,000	−920	−92	-6.13

Training

Main article: Fletching training

Temporary boosts

Main article: Temporary skill boost

Boost		Level increase	Visibility	Other info
	Fletching cape	1	Visible	Players can search the cape and obtain a mithril grapple and bronze crossbow three times per day.
	Dragonfruit pie	4	Visible	Hitpoints 10 per bite.
	Spicy stew (orange spice)	±0-5	Visible	Hitpoints 11 Depending on type of stew, any skill except Hitpoints can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.

Quests

Quests requiring Fletching

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

Main article: Quest experience rewards

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	-	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

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 twice	Any skill above 40	54 , 52 , 52 , 50 , 42 , 38 , 35
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 six times	Any skill above 60	62 , 60 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49
Total	211,600

Changes

Date	Changes
5 April 2023 (update)	Players can now toggle a ‘Make-x’ interface for fletching darts.
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

• 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 because it was too similar to the sexual term felching.
• In real life, "fletching" refers to aerodynamic stabilizers (such as feathers) that are attached to arrows. To "fletch" an arrow means to attach feathers to it. It is technically inaccurate that bows are "fletched" in RuneScape, since there is no point at which feathers are attached to a bow. Bows are instead described as being "crafted" by a bowyer.

See also

• Fletching/Experience table, a list of all Fletching experience sources
• Fletching/Level up table, a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Fletching skill