Fletching

Fletching
Also known as	Fletch
Release date	25 March 2002
Members only?	Yes
Players with 99	0 as of 1 July 2018

Fletching is a skill in which the player can create various types of ranged weapons and their ammunition. The product of the skill is mainly focused towards Ranged combat. It also produces some of the most popular High Alchemy materials, which is a primary method for Magic training.

At higher Fletching levels, the skill can potentially be trained without losing any profit, although a decent amount of money is very useful for training being most players purchase the materials needed to train the skill.

Materials used

General

Pictures	Item	Notes
	Knife	Knives are used to whittle wood into unstrung bows or arrow shafts. You can find one in the Lumbridge castle basement and are an item commonly found for sale in general stores.
	Chisel	Used to cut gems the second time into various types of bolt tips.
	Logs	Logs may be obtained from chopping trees via the woodcutting skill.

Making weapons

Bows

Picture	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 be spun into a bow string on a spinning wheel. There is a spinning wheel on the 2nd floor of the house north of the churchyard. Spinning flax gives 15 Crafting experience, and requires level 10 Crafting.

Making projectiles

Arrows

Picture	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, 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.
	Headless arrows	Combine feathers with arrow shafts. About 180 000 fletching experience per hour with maple logs while bank standing.
	Arrows	Combine headless arrows with arrow heads.

Bolts

Picture	Item	Notes
	Barb bolttips	Barbed tips are rewards from the Ranging Guild minigame.
	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.
	Feathers	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.

Darts

Picture	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, 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.

Making the items

Weapons

Bows

To fletch bows, a player must use a knife on a log to whittle a short bow or longbow of that wood. Then, a 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.

Bow	Level	Half Exp Cut/String	Total Experience
Shortbow	5	5	10
Longbow	10	10	20
Oak shortbow	20	16.5	33
Oak longbow	25	25	50
Willow shortbow	35	33.3	66.6
Willow longbow	40	41.5	83
Maple shortbow	50	50	100
Maple longbow	55	58.3	116.6
Yew shortbow	65	67.5	135
Yew longbow	70	75	150
Magic shortbow	80	83.3	166.6
Magic longbow	85	91.5	183

Arrows

To fletch arrows, use a knife on a regular log to create arrow shafts. Each log yields 15 arrows shafts. Add feathers and arrow heads.

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

Arrow	Level Needed	Experience	Experience for 15
Arrow shafts	1	1/3	5
Bronze arrows	1	1⅓	20
Iron arrows	15	2.5	37.5
Steel arrows	30	5	75
Mithril arrows	45	7.5	112.5
Adamant arrows	60	10	150
Rune arrows	76	12.5	187.5

Bolts

This section is incomplete due to skill not being 100% developed. Upon completion of development, the section will be modified for completion.

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 is finished bolts are created in stacks of 10. 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.

The following table shows every type of bolt available:

Bolt	Level Needed	Experience	Experience for 10
Opal bolts	11	1.6	5
Pearl bolts	41	3.2	32
Barbed bolts	51	9.5	95

Darts

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

Dart	Level Needed	Experience Given
Bronze dart	10	1.8
Iron dart	22	3.8
Steel dart	37	7.5
Mithril dart	52	11.2
Adamant dart	67	15
Rune dart	81	18.8

Training

Level advancement

A base training method will be added once enough fletching has been completed in-game.

Quests rewarding Fletching experience

The following quests provide fletching experience:

Quest	Required Fletching Level	Experience given	Additional information
Big Chompy Bird Hunting	5	262	Upon completion, players are able to fletch Ogre arrows.
The Fremennik Trials	25	2,812.4
Temple of Ikov	No level needed	8,000

Random events

Players will encounter many random events while fletching; however, there are no random events that pertain to fletching.