Tutorial Fletching

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To add to my recent collection, here's the fletching guide from Sals Realm.

Fletching can often be an interesting skill to work on in RuneScape, since you can make all sorts of different things with it. The skill can also be fun, as you're not standing in the same place all the time. Instead, you can move around working on the skill, and usually you will be gaining experience toward other skills as well.
A Knife will come in handy for cutting logs into the kind of item that you want to make, and you can find one behind Bob's Axe store in [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], upstairs in the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] General Store, or in the house just south of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Pub. Once you have a Knife, you just need to use it with some logs to decide what item and how many of them you want to make. By right-clicking on the item in the menu, you can choose to either make 1, 5, 10 or 'X' of them.
Fletching Arrows
To Fletch some arrows, you'll first need to make Arrow Shafts out of regular logs. One set of logs will make 15 Shafts, giving a total of 5xp. Now you need to obtain some feathers, and then use them with the arrow shafts. Each arrow needs just 1 feather, and you earn 1xp per feather you add. To finish the arrow, you need to get some Arrow Heads of the metal you want, either by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] or buying them from the Archery Shop in [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], or King Lathas' Training Area. Use the heads with the arrows to finish them.

Arrows Picture Arrow Fletching Level Fletching Experience (per set of logs) Bronze 1 19.5 Mithril 45 112.5 75 187.5 90 225

Repairing Arrows
You can repair arrows with your Construction and fletching skills by using them with a repair bench in your house. You will receive 8 xp per arrow.
Fletching Bows
To make a bow, first Fletch either a Short Bow or a Long Bow out of the wood you wish to make the bow from. Now pick some Flax from either the field south of [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Castle, or from the Gnome Stronghold. Use the flax with a Spinning Wheel to get a Bowstring. Spinning Wheels can be found in the southeast corner of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], upstairs in the house southwest of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] bank, as well as in Lumbridge Castle, the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Use the string with your Unstrung Bow to finish it.

Bows Picture Bow Fletching Level Fletching Experience Short Bow 5 10 Long Bow 10 20 Oak Short 20 33 Maple Long 55 116.6 70 150

It's also worth noting that in the chart above, half of the experience comes from cutting logs into an unstrung bow, and the other half comes from stringing that bow.
Fletching Crossbows
Using a combination of Smithing, Fletching, Crafting and Cooking, you'll be able to make your own Crossbows. These objects are made out of both metal and wood (as well as a string), and so they require you to use these three skills to complete them.
First, use a knife with a set of logs to make a Crossbow Stock. Next, you need to make a set of Crossbow Limbs from metal. These can be made by using your Smithing skill. But remember, only certain kinds of metals will work with certain stocks.

Crossbow Stocks & Limbs Picture Stock Picture Limbs Wooden Blurite Teak Maple Mithril Yew

Once you have those pieces put together, you need to add a string to the crossbow (u) so that you can actually use it. This is fairly simple to do; first you need to cook some Bear Meat (or Beef) over a range, and choose to turn it into Sinew rather than making it into an edible piece of meat. Next, spin the Sinew on a Spinning Wheel (requires 10 Crafting) to make a Crossbow String.
Lastly, just use the Crossbow String with your unfinished Crossbow to complete it!

Crossbow Chart Picture Crossbow Fletching Level Fletch Stock Experience Add Limbs Experience String Crossbow Experience Total Experience Bronze 9 6 12 6 24 Steel 46 27 54 27 108 Rune 69 50 100 50 200

Other Items
You can also Fletch several kinds of Bolts, as well as Darts with your Fletching Skill. Usually these are not made to increase your Fletching level, as they give less experience and are more time-consuming to make.
Darts
To make a Dart, you'll need to have already completed the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].First Smith some dart Tips of the type of metal you want to make the dart from. Then just add a feather to each dart to complete them.

Darts Picture Dart Fletching Level Fletching Experience (per dart) Bronze 1 1.8 Iron 22 3.8 Steel 37 7.5 Mithril 52 11.2 Adamantite 67 15 Rune 81 18.8 Dragon 95 95

Composite Bow & Brutal Arrows
First get an Axe, some Nails of your preferred type, a Hammer and a Knife. Now cut down an Achey Tree and use the Knife with the Logs and choose the arrow shaft option (Note: you will make 2-6 arrows per set of logs). Use 4 feathers on the arrow shafts and you'll have some headless arrows. Next get your Hammer and Nails and use the nails on the headless arrows and you've made your Brutal Arrows.

Brutal Arrows Picture Item Fletching Level Fletching Experience (per arrow) Ogre Arrow 5 1 Bronze Brutal Arrow 7 1.4 Iron Brutal Arrow 18 2.6 Steel Brutal Arrow 33 5.1 Black Brutal Arrow 38 6.4 Mithril Brutal Arrow 49 7.5 Adamantite Brutal Arrow 62 10.1 Rune Brutal Arrow 77 12.5

Bolts
There are quite a few different kinds of bolts you can Fletch. You can make bolts from any type of metal, including Blurite, and add tips made from gems. All metal bolts, without gem tips, are able to be poisoned by using a Weapon Poison potion on them.

To make a bolt, you need some Feathers and some Bolts (unf). Feathers can be bought from any Fishing Shop (such as the ones in [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] or [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]), or obtained from Chickens. Bolts (Unf) are made by smithing a metal bar on an anvil into bolts. Simply use the Feathers on the Bolts (Unf) to make some complete Bolts for use with a Crossbow.

Crossbow Bolts Picture Bolt Fletching Level Fletching Experience Bronze 9 .5 Blurite 24 1 Iron 39 1.5 Silver 43 2.5 Steel 46 3.5 Mithril 54 5 Adamant 61 7 Rune 69 10

With bolts, there are two things worth noting. First, Blurite Bolts can only be made after completing the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Secondly, Silver Bolts are actually Crafted with a Silver Bolt Mould and a Silver Bar, rather than Smithed.
You may also add Bolt Tips to your Bolts, which make them more powerful. Bolt Tips can be made from Pearls, Gems, Barbs and even a Mithril Grapple.

• Opal - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for some Opals at [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], and then use a Chisel with them to make Opal Tips. Now just use these with some regular bolts.
• Pearl - Obtain some Pearls by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] with a big net, and then chisel them into Pearl Tips. Use them with some regular bolts.
• Barbed - Buy 30 Barbed Tips from the Ticket Merchant in the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for 140 Tickets. Use them with regular bolts.
• Gem - Use a Chisel with a gem to cut it, and then use your chisel on it again to make bolt Tips.

"Tipped" Bolts Original Bolt New Bolt Picture New Bolt Fletching Level Fletching Experience Bronze Opal 11 1.6 Blurite Jade 26 2.4 Iron Pearl 41 3.2 Steel Red Topaz 48 3.9 Bronze Barbed 51 9.5 Mithril Sapphire 56 4.7 Mithril Emerald 58 5.5 Mithril Mithril Grapple 1 11 Adamant Ruby 63 6.3 Adamant Diamond 65 7 Rune Dragonstone 71 8.2 Rune Onyx 73 9.4

Any of the Gem-tipped bolts can be enchanted using your level 4 "Enchant Bolt" spell in your spellbook. There are all sorts of helpful effects that will give you an advantage in battle. See the "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]" section of the Ranging guide for more info about these enchantments.