Fletching is a Members Only Skill

Fletching is a great skill for money making and exp. It teaches you how to create bows, arrows and more from wood.

The main tool used in fletching is a knife.


To start fletching, use a knife with some logs. You will be presented with this screen:



If you right click on a selection you can choose how many of these you would like to make.
Arrows

To create arrows, you must first start by using a knife with normal logs to make '15 Arrow Shafts' from one log.

You must then add a feather to each of these arrow shafts which will give you headless arrows.

Get some arrow tips (can be made with the Smithing skill or bought) and use them on the headless arrows. You should've now made some arrows depending on what type of arrow tips you added.

For each arrow shaft you fletch you get 0.33 experience. So for 1 log (15 arrow shafts) that's 4.95 experience.

For each headless arrow you make (feather+arrow shaft) you get 1 experience. So for the 15 shafts you made + 15 featheres you would get 15 experience.

Level		Name	XP Per Arrow	XP Per Log (15 arrows)
1		Bronze Arrows	1.3	19.5
15		Iron Arrows	2.5	37.5
30		Steel Arrows	5	75
45		Mithril Arrows	7.5	112.5
60		Adamant Arrows	10	150
75		Rune Arrows	12.5	187.5
90		Dragon Arrows	15	225

You will need to get to level 5 fletching before you can make your first bow.

Use a knife on some logs (e.g. oak logs if you want an oak bow) and choose what you would like to fletch. Longbows give more experience.

You will also need to string your bows with Bow String. This can be bought or made by spinning Flax on a spinning wheel.

To attatch the string just use it on the unstrung bows.

You will get half the experience for fletching the wood into a bow and then the other half for attatching the string.

Level		Name	Experience
5		Shortbow	10
10		Longbow	20
20		Oak Shortbow	33
25		Oak Longbow	50
30		Composite Ogre Bow	90
35		Willow Shortbow	66
40		Willow Longbow	83
50		Maple Shortbow	100
55		Maple Longbow	116
65		Yew Shortbow	135
70		Yew Longbow	150
80		Magic Shortbow	166
85		Magic Longbow	183

Darts are very simple/easy to make and are a great ranged weapon.

Just use the Smithing skill to make some dart tips and then add feathers by using them on the dart tips. It's 1 feather per dart.

Level		Name	XP Per Dart	XP Per Batch(10)
1		Bronze Dart	1.8	18
22		Iron Dart	3.8	38
37		Steel Dart	7.5	75
52		Mithril Dart	11.2	112
67		Adamant Dart	15	150
81		Rune Dart	18.8	188
95		Dragon Dart	25	250

The first step to making crossbows is to use a knife on the desired logs as listed below to make a Crossbow Stock, see pic on left. E.g. for willow stock - on willow logs.

	Stock		Limbs
	Wooden Stock (logs)		Bronze Limbs
	Oak Stock		Blurite Limbs
	Willow Stock		Iron Limbs
	Teak Stock		Steel Limbs
	Maple Stock		Mithril Limbs
	Mahogany Stock		Adamant Limbs
	Yew Stock		Rune Limbs

To make a Blurite crossbow you will need to have completed The Knight's Sword quest. (free to play.)

Once you have the stock (made or bought), you must use the stock with the limbs. You will need to have a Hammer in your inventory to do this.

You should now have an unstrung crossbow.


The next step is to string it. For this you will need Crossbow String. This can be bought or made using the Crafting Skill. Use it with the unstrung crossbow to string it.

Level		Name	XP (Stock)	XP (Attatching Limbs)	XP (Stringing Bow)	XP Total
9		Bronze Crossbow	6	12	6	24
24		Blurite Crossbow	16	32	16	64
39		Iron Crossbow	22	44	22	88
46		Steel Crossbow	27	54	27	108
54		Mithril Crossbow	32	64	32	128
61		Adamant Crossbow	41	82	41	164
69		Rune Crossbow	50	100	50	200

You can use fletching to make bolts. You will have to create the bolts first using the Smithing skill (or crafting for silver bolt), but they will be unfinished. You will need to add flights (feathers).

Use the flights (feathers) on the unfinished bolts to complete them. You will need to have the required fletching level as listed below. You will add 10 at a time. 1 flight per bolt.

Level		Name	XP Per Bolt	XP Per Batch(10)
9		Bronze Bolt	0.5	5
24		Blurite Bolt	1	10
32		Kebbit Tipped Hunting Bolt	0.83	8.3
39		Iron Bolt	1.5	15
42		Long Kebbit Tipped Hunting Bolt	1.33	13.3
43		Silver Bolt	2.5	25
46		Steel Bolt	3.5	35
54		Mithril Bolt	5	50
61		Adamant Bolt	7	70
69		Rune Bolt	10	100

You can also attatch tips to your bolts with the fletching skill.


Obtaining the tips
Most tips are made from gems, so using a chisel on them will give you the option to make bolt tips. The Mithril Grapple is made using the Smithing skill.


Adding the tips
Adding the tips is easy, just use the tips with the required bolt type.

Level		Name		Bolt Required		Tips Required	XP
11		Opal Bolts		Bronze Bolt		Opal Bolt Tips	1.6
26		Jade Bolts		Blurite Bolt		Jade Bolt Tips	2.4
41		Pearl Bolts		Iron Bolt		Pearl Bolt Tips	3.2
48		Topaz Bolts		Steel Bolt		Red Topaz Bolt Tips	3.9
51		Barbed Bolts		Bronze Bolt		Barb Bolttips	9.5
56		Sapphire Bolts		Mithril Bolt		Sapphire Bolt Tips	4.7
58		Emerald Bolts		Mithril Bolt		Emerald Bolt Tips	5.5
59		Mithril Grapple		Mithril Bolt		Mithril Grapple Tip	11
63		Ruby Bolts		Adamant Bolt		Ruby Bolt Tips	6.3
65		Diamond Bolts		Adamant Bolt		Diamond Bolt Tips	7
71		Dragon Bolts		Runite Bolt		Dragon Bolt Tips	8.2
73		Onyx Bolts		Runite Bolt		Onyx Bolt Tips	9.4

You can use the Summoning Skill to help you with fletching by summoning a Beaver. When it is summoned it acts as a knife - so you will have one extra space in your inventory.