Ranged

Ranged is a combat skill that makes it possible to use bows, crossbows, arrows and bolts to attack mobs from afar. Ranged armour is primarily made of hides and can be made with crafting. Bows and arrows can be made with fletching, although arrowheads and bolts require smithing as well in order to be made. Ranged has its own guild located south west of Seers' Village. The ranged cape has an effect of having a 50% chance to not use an arrow when firing.

Training

Ranged is trained by killing mobs with ranged. To use ranged, a bow or crossbow needs to be equipped along with suitable ammunition. Bows use arrows while crossbows use bolts as their ammunition. The arrows or bolts must be placed in third inventory slot from top left in order to work. No other inventory slot will work.

Ranged can be used in pure ranged mode or in balanced mode. When using pure ranged mode, 100% of the awarded experience goes to ranged. In balanced mode, 50% of the experience goes to ranged and the other 50% goes to defence. Each successful hit gives ranged experience.

Ranged damage

Ranged damage is calculated from ranged level and equipped bow's damage, multiplied by used arrows multiplier. Internal turn speed of bows is 1.5 turn, as of recent balance update, which works out to be an attack every 3 seconds.

Currently ranged attacks are different from melee in that they have two different max hits. They appear to be occuring randomly as the exact formula behind them has not been solved.

For bows damage refer to Bows, for arrow damage multipliers refer to Arrows.

Weapons and ammunitions

Bows

Bows are two-handed ranged weapons.

Bows

	Bow	Level	Damage
	Oak bow	1	26
	Kayle's chargebow	1	26
	Willow bow	5	33
	Teak bow	10	42
	Pine bow	20	56
	Sequoia bow	30	73
	Magic bow	40	85
	Baobab bow	50	96
	Dragon bow	70	115
	Cursed dragon bow	70	115
	3rd age bow	85	130
	Crystal bow	90	120

Arrows

Arrows are ammunition used by bows.

Arrows

	Arrows	Level	Multiplier
	Bronze arrow	1	1.0
	Iron arrow	5	1.1
	Steel arrow	15	1.2
	Mithril arrow	20	1.3
	Adamant arrow	40	1.4
	Rune arrow	50	1.5
	Dragon arrow	70	1.6
	Crystal arrow	90	1.45

Crossbows

Crossbows are one-handed ranged weapons. They generally have a little lower damage values than bows as they allow another off-hand item to be equipped.

Crossbows

	Crossbow	Level	Damage
	Bronze crossbow	1	16
	Iron crossbow	5	21
	Steel crossbow	15	32
	Mithril crossbow	30	46
	Adamant crossbow	40	56
	Rune crossbow	50	64
	Dragon crossbow	70	79
	Karil's crossbow	75	120

Bolts

Bolts are ammunition used by crossbows.

Crossbow bolts

	Bolt	Level	Multiplier
	Bronze bolts	1	1.0
	Iron bolts	5	1.1
	Steel bolts	15	1.2
	Mithril bolts	30	1.3
	Adamant bolts	40	1.4
	Rune bolts	50	1.5
	Dragon bolts	70	1.6
	Bolt rack	75	1.7

Armour

Standard ranged armours

Armour	Level
Leather armour	1
Studded leather armour	20
Snakeskin armour	30
Green d'hide armour	40
Blue d'hide armour	50
Red d'hide armour	60
Black d'hide armour	70

Standard ranged shields

Shield	Level
Oak shield	1
Leather shield	5
Willow shield	10
Snakeskin shield	20
Teak shield	30
Green hide shield	35
Pine shield	40
Blue hide shield	45
Sequoia shield	50
Red hide shield	55
Baobab shield	60
Black hide shield	65

Special ranged armours

Armour	Defence level	Prayer level
Ranger boots	20	-
Gilded d'hide armour	40	-
God blessed d'hide armours	40	40
Karil's armour	75	-
3rd age ranged armour	85	-
3rd age ranged cloak	85	-

Special ranged shields

Shield	Defence level	Prayer level
God hide shield	35	35

Boosts

Ranged stats can be temporarily boosted with ranged potions.

Tips

As of right now, it's a good idea to train smithing, fletching and crafting with ranged so you can craft your own arrows and armour.