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<h2 class="rsc-centre-text">Fletching guide - (members skill)</h2>

*Fletching is only available to RuneScape members. Please subscribe to get this feature.*

<h3 class="rsc-centre-text">Making bows</h3>
<a href="/manual-images/woodcutting.png"><img class="rsc-image" src="/manual-images/woodcutting.png" alt="A player chopping an oak tree in Seers' Village with an iron axe" align="right" /></a>

To make bows you first need to acquire some wood. Depending on the type of tree you chop down you can get different sorts of logs. Next use a knife with the logs to cut them into either a shortbow or a longbow. To make a bow string you need to find a flax plant and use it with a spinning wheel. Finally add the string to the bow to complete it.

Rarer types of wood are harder to acquire, but make better bows which shoot more accurately. The table on the next page lists the different types of bow you can make.

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<h4 class="rsc-centre-text">Different types of bow</h4>

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|Bow type||Fletching level to make|Ranged level to wield
|---|---|---|---|
|Bow|<img src="/items/188.png" alt="Regular longbow" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Shortbow: Level 5<br />Longbow: Level 10|Any|
|Oak bow|<img src="/items/648.png" alt="Oak longbow" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Shortbow: Level 20<br />Longbow: Level 25|Shortbow: Level 5<br />Longbow: Level 10|
|Willow bow|<img src="/items/650.png" alt="Willow longbow" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Shortbow: Level 35<br />Longbow: Level 40|Shortbow: Level 15<br />Longbow: Level 20|
|Maple bow|<img src="/items/652.png" alt="Willow longbow" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Shortbow: Level 50<br />Longbow: Level 55|Shortbow: Level 25<br />Longbow: Level 30|
|Yew bow|<img src="/items/654.png" alt="Yew longbow" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Shortbow: Level 65<br />Longbow: Level 70|Shortbow: Level 35<br />Longbow: Level 40|
|Magic bow|<img src="/items/656.png" alt="Magic longbow" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Shortbow: Level 80<br />Longbow: Level 85|Shortbow: Level 45<br />Longbow: Level 50|

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<h3 class="rsc-centre-text">Making arrows</h3>
To make an arrow-shaft just use a knife with some ordinary logs. Add a feather to the arrow shaft, and finally add an arrow-head to complete the arrow. Arrow heads can either be purchased from the member's archery shop, or smithed at an anvil. Better arrow heads will inflict more damage, but you will require a better bow to fire them. The table belows lists the different arrow types:

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|Arrow type||Fletching level to make|Minimum bow required|
|---|---|---|---|
|Bronze arrows|<img src="/items/11.png" alt="Bronze arrows" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Level: 1|Any|
|Iron arrows|<img src="/items/638.png" alt="Iron arrows" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Level: 15|Any|
|Steel arrows|<img src="/items/640.png" alt="Steel arrows" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Level: 30|Oak bow|
|Mithril arrows|<img src="/items/642.png" alt="Mithril arrows" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Level: 45|Willow bow|
|Adamantite arrows|<img src="/items/644.png" alt="Adamantite arrows" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Level: 60|Maple bow|
|Rune arrows|<img src="/items/646.png" alt="Rune arrows" style="vertical-align:middle;" />|Level: 75|Yew bow|

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