Ranged

Introduction

Ranged is a very flexible and useful skill to develop as part of your arsenal. It allows you to attack opponents from great distances, using a variety of projectile weapons. The bow and arrow is the most common weapon used by rangers. However, you can also train your Ranged skill using other weapons, such as throwing knives, darts and javelins.

 

Bows

 

Bow are the most common Ranged weapon in Runescape. As such, there are various types, ranging from ones for beginners, all the way to ones for the elite.

 

In order to use a bow, you must equip it and the ammo that you wish to use (unless you are using a bow that doesn't require ammo). You can equip an item in your shield slot while you are using a shortbow, but you can't when you are using a longbow.

 

The different attack styles, which can be chosen by clicking on the Combat Styles icon (the one with two swords), controls how you will attack. Accurate will hit more often, but it is slower. Rapid will allow you to shoot arrows faster, but they won't hit as often. Longranged is for when you are shooting an opponent from a distance, this is going to take as long as Accurate to fire an arrow, but it will be more succesful at a distance than the other styles.

 

The following table shows the types of bows that you can obtain in Gielinor and some information about them. Any highlighted bows are Members Only.

 

Image	Bow	Level	Ranged Attack Bonus	Ranged Strength	Highest Arrow
	Shortbow	1	+8	0	Iron
	Longbow	1	+8	0	Iron
	Oak Shortbow	5	+14	0	Steel
	Oak Longbow	5	+14	0	Steel
	Willow Shortbow	20	+20	0	Mithril
	Willow Longbow	20	+20	0	Mithril
	Willow Comp Bow	20	+22	0	Mithril
	Maple Shortbow	30	+29	0	Adamant
	Maple Longbow	30	+29	0	Adamant
	Ogre Bow	30	+38	0	Rune
	Composite Ogre Bow	30	+38	0	Rune
	Yew Shortbow	40	+47	0	Rune
	Yew Longbow	40	+47	0	Rune
	Yew Composite Bow	40	+49	0	Rune
	Maple Longbow Sighted	45 + 45 Dungeoneering	+110	0	Rune
	Gravite Shortbow	45 + 45 Dungeoneering	+47	0	Rune
	Magic Shortbow	50	+69	0	Rune
	Magic Longbow	50	+69	0	Rune
	Magic Composite Bow	50	+71	0	Rune
	Dark Bow	60	+95	0	Dragon
	Crystal Bow	70	+100	+70	None
	Zaryte Bow	80	+120	+115	None

 

Arrows

 

Arrows are the ammunition for bows. They go in the ammo slot (the one that has an image of arrows). Without these, your bow would be useless (unless, of course, you're using a bow like the Crystal Bow, which doesn't require any).

 

There are many types of arrows. The better the quality, the more damage it will do. You may also poison your arrow if you wanted to by using Weapon Poison.

 

Arrows are sometimes used up when you attack an enemy with Ranged, but not always. If your arrow was not used up, you can reclaim it from the spot that your target was located at when you fired off the shot.

 

Note: Previously used arrows aren't damaged in any way, they still work as good as when you first had them.

 

Below is a table that shows the different types of arrows that you can use in Gielinor. Any highlighted arrows are Members Only.

 

Image	Name	Ranged Strength	Bow Required
	Bronze Arrow	+7	Any
	Iron Arrow	+10	Any
	Bronze Brutal Arrow	+11	Ogre
	Iron Brutal Arrow	+13	Ogre
	Steel Arrow	+16	Oak or Above
	Steel Brutal Arrow	+19	Ogre
	Black Brutal Arrow	+22	Ogre
	Abyssalbane Arrow	+22	Magic or Dark
	Basiliskbane Arrow	+22	Magic or Dark
	Dragonbane Arrow	+22	Magic or Dark
	Wallasalkibane Arrow	+22	Magic or Dark
	Mithril Arrow	+22	Willow or Above
	Ogre Arrow	+22	Ogre
	Adamant Arrow	+31	Maple or Above
	Mithril Brutal Arrow	+34	Ogre
	Adamant Brutal Arrow	+45	Ogre
	Rune Arrow	+49	Yew or Above
	Rune Brutal Arrow	+60	Ogre
	Dragon Arrow	+60	Dark
	Guthix Arrow	Varies	Any
	Saradomin Arrow	Varies	Any
	Zamorak Arrow	Varies	Any

 

Skill Cape

 

 

Once you reach Level 99 Ranged, you may go and purchase a special skill cape and hood from a man named Armour Salesman who is in the Ranging Guild (near Seers' Village). The cape and hood cost 99k to buy. When you put the Ranging Cape on, you'll temporarily gain a boost in Ranged that will put it at Level 100/99 instead of 99/99. Awesome!

 

There are two forms of the Ranging Cape, one that is non-trimmed (You only have one level 99 skill), and one that is trimmed (You have more than one level 99 skill). A trimmed cape will have a +4 Prayer bonus, when worn, under your equipment stats.