Fletching

With the Fletching skill players can make bolts, arrows and bows from logs obtained with Woodcutting. Thus this skill is often trained in combination with Woodcutting. Fletching is quite an easy skill, because it is easy to obtain logs and there is not a lot of input needed to fletch bows. However, fletching arrows requires more resources and work.

Fletching bows

To fletch a bow, use a knife from the General store on a log and choose the 'bow' option. This will create an unstrung bow (u). You can then string the bow with a bowstring. Bowstrings can be made with the Crafting skill, by picking flax and then spin it on a spinning wheel.

Image	Required resources	Bow	Required level	Fletching experience	Stringing experience
image	Normal log	Shortbow	1	49	30
image	Normal log	Longbow	5	59	35
image	Oak log	Oak shortbow	15	82	40
image	Oak log	Oak longbow	20	99	50
image	Willow log	Willow shortbow	30	163	60
image	Willow log	Willow longbow	35	196	75
image	Maple log	Maple shortbow	45	279	95
image	Maple log	Maple longbow	50	335	115
image	Yew log	Yew shortbow	65	331	145
image	Yew log	Yew longbow	70	397	165
image	Magic log	Magic shortbow	80	394	200
image	Magic log	Magic longbow	85	473	230

Fletching arrows

To fletch arrows, you need arrowtips, feathers and logs. Arrowtips can be made with the Smithing skill and certain monsters also drop arrowtips. Feathers are dropped by Chickens. First you need to fletch arrowshafts from normal logs, you cannot fletch shafts from any other type of log. Then you attach the feathers to the arrowshafts to create headless arrows, and at last you put the arrowtips on the headless arrows.

For every time you put arrowtips on headless arrows you combine 15 headless arrows with 15 arrowtips, and you will receive 15 arrows. The experience below is calculated for every 15 arrows:

Image	Required resources	Arrows	Required level	Fletching experience
image	Bronze arrowtips, feathers and arrowshafts	Bronze arrows	15	35
image	Iron arrowtips, feathers and arrowshafts	Iron arrows	28	45
image	Steel arrowtips, feathers and arrowshafts	Steel arrows	40	55
image	Mithril arrowtips, feathers and arrowshafts	Mithril arrows	53	90
image	Adamant arrowtips, feathers and arrowshafts	Adamant arrows	68	110
image	Rune arrowtips, feathers and arrowshafts	Rune arrows	84	145

Fletching bolts

To fletch bolts you need unfinished bolts and bolttips. You can buy bronze bolts from Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock and by smithing bolts from bronze up to rune with the Smithing skill. Put some feathers on them to make them ready for use. Check the Smithing skill for more information about smithing these bolts.

These metal bolts can be made stronger by attaching special tips to them. You can get these tips by cutting gems with the Crafting skill or by using Barbed bolttips dropped by certain monsters. Bolts made with a gemstone tip can be enchanted with enchant gemstone jewellery to have additional effects. Sapphire bolts (e) ?. Emerald bolts (e) ?. Ruby bolts (e) occasionally hits up to 20% of your target max health as extra damage, but damages you for 10% of your max health. Diamond bolts (e) occassionally reduces the target's armour. Dragon bolts (e) occassionally inflicts dragonfire on your target, dealing additional damage if the target is not a dragon or fire-based monster. Onyx bolts can occassionally heal you for the damage dealt.

Image	Required resources	Bolts	Required level	Fletching experience
image	Bronze bar, feathers	Bronze bolts	1	??
image	Bronze bar, feathers, Barbed bolttips	Barbed bolts	1	??
image	Iron bar, feathers	Iron bolts	15	??
image	Steel bar, feathers	Steel bolts	30	??
image	Mithril bar, feathers	Mithril bolts	55	??
image	Mithril bar, feathers	Sapphire bolts	1	??
image	Adamant bar, feathers	Adamant bolts	70	??
image	Adamant bar, feathers	Emerald bolts	1	??
image	Adamant bar, feathers	Ruby bolts	1	??
image	Rune bar, feathers	Rune bolts	85	??
image	Rune bar, feathers, Dragonstone bolttips	Dragon bolts	1	??
image	Rune bar, feathers, Onyx bolttips	Onyx bolts	85	??