Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Arrows are standard ranged ammunition used by bows, weapons used in ranged combat. They can be created by members through Fletching, by fletching arrow shafts out of normal logs, and attaching feathers and metal arrowheads to them. Arrows can only be fired from bows that are strong enough to use them.

Arrows can be bought from archery shops owned by NPCs in Varrock (Lowe's Archery Emporium), Rimmington (Brian's Archery Supplies), Catherby (Hickton's Archery Emporium), and the Ranging Guild (level 40 Ranged).

There is a 20% chance arrows will be lost when shot. If an Ava's device is worn, most arrows will not be consumed and they will remain in the ammunition slot, instead of being dropped on the ground. Arrows that fail to be retrieved will eventually de-spawn, or may be picked up by other players.

Arrows and compatible bows

The below table assumes arrows dropped on the ground after firing are not recovered.

Arrow type		Members	Bow type			GE Price per attack, with Ava's devices
Arrow type		Members	Bow type			None	Attr.	Acc.	Ass.
	Training	0	Training bow	1	+7	N/A
	Bronze	0	All except training bow	1	+7	5	2.00	1.40	1.00
	Iron	0	All except training bow	1	+10	4	1.60	1.12	0.80
	Steel	0	Oak or stronger	5	+16	9	3.60	2.52	1.80
	Mithril	0	Willow or stronger	20	+22	4	1.60	1.12	0.80
	Adamant	0	Maple or stronger	30	+31	25	10.00	7.00	5.00
	Ogre	1	Ogre bow or comp ogre bow	30	+22	152	60.80	42.58	30.40
	Ice	1	Yew or stronger	40	+16	N/A
	Rune	1	Yew or stronger	40	+49	44	17.60	12.32	8.80
	Broad	1	Magic or stronger	50^[a]	+28	60^[b]	24.00	16.81	12.00
	Amethyst	1	Magic or stronger	50	+55	135	54.00	37.82	27.00
	Dragon	1	Dark bow, twisted bow, 3rd Age bow, venator bow, scorching bow	60	+60	1,903	761.20	533.05	380.60

^ Additional requirement of 55 Slayer.
^ Not tradeable on Grand Exchange. Can only be fletched with 52 Fletching and the broader fletching Slayer reward or purchased from a Slayer Master.

Seeking arrows

Members have access to seeking arrows, which can be created after the completion of The Blood Moon Rises quest. They have +20 ranged accuracy more than their normal counterpart and a minimum hit of 3.^[a] They can still miss, yielding a 0 hitsplat. They can't be poisoned.

Arrow type		Members	Bow type			GE Price per arrow fired, with Ava's devices
Arrow type		Members	Bow type			None	Attr.	Acc.	Ass.
	Bronze	1	All except training bow	1	+7	15	6.00	4.20	3.00
	Iron	1	All except training bow	1	+10	20	8.00	5.60	4.00
	Steel	1	Oak or stronger	5	+16	45	18.00	12.61	9.00
	Mithril	1	Willow or stronger	20	+22	62	24.80	17.37	12.40
	Adamant	1	Maple or stronger	30	+31	115	46.00	32.21	23.00
	Rune	1	Yew or stronger	40	+49	173	69.20	48.46	34.60
	Broad	1	Magic or stronger	50^[b]	+28	N/A^[c]
	Amethyst	1	Magic or stronger	50	+55	469	187.60	131.37	93.80
	Dragon	1	Dark bow, twisted bow, 3rd Age bow, venator bow, scorching bow	60	+60	2,261	904.40	633.33	452.20

^ If an attack would deal 1 or 2 damage, it instead deals 3. The lowest possible hits are 3,3,3,3 - NOT 3,4,5,6
^ Additional requirement of 55 Slayer.
^ Not tradeable on Grand Exchange. Can only be fletched with 52 Fletching and the broader fletching Slayer reward or purchased from a Slayer Master.

Fletching table

Level	Arrow		Materials	XP/arrow	XP/h^[1]	GE Price
Level	Arrow		Materials	XP/arrow	XP/h^[1]	GP/arrow	Profit/arrow	GP/XP
1		Headless		1	45,000	−4	8	8.00
1		Bronze		1.3	58,500	−21	−16	−12.31
15		Iron		2.5	112,500	−24	−20	−8.00
30		Steel		5	225,000	−45	−36	−7.20
45		Mithril		7.5	337,500	−59	−55	−7.33
52		Broad^[2]		10	450,000	−67	N/A	−6.70
60		Adamant		10	450,000	−121	−96	−9.60
75		Rune		12.5	562,500	−261	−217	−17.36
82		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	−206	−71	−5.26
90		Dragon		15	675,000	−1,986	−83	−5.53

^ Assumes 3,000 actions per hour.
^ Requires the broader fletching Slayer reward.

Arrows and compatible bows

Seeking arrows

Fletching table

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