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
	Normal log	Shortbow	1	49	180
	Normal log	Longbow	5	59	210
	Oak log	Oak shortbow	15	82	240
	Oak log	Oak longbow	20	99	300
	Willow log	Willow shortbow	30	163	360
	Willow log	Willow longbow	35	196	450
	Maple log	Maple shortbow	45	279	570
	Maple log	Maple longbow	50	335	690
	Yew log	Yew shortbow	65	331	840
	Yew log	Yew longbow	70	397	990
	Magic log	Magic shortbow	80	394	1200
	Magic log	Magic longbow	85	473	1380

Fletching arrows

To fletch arrows, you need arrowtips, feathers and logs. Arrowtips can be made with the Smithing. 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.

Image	Required resources	Result	Required level	Fletching experience
	1 Normal log	15 Arrow shafts	1	55
	15 Arrow shafts and 15 feathers	15 Headless arrows	1	30
	15 Bronze arrowtips and 15 headless arrows	15 Bronze arrows	15	35
	15 Iron arrowtips and 15 headless arrows	15 Iron arrows	28	45
	15 Steel arrowtips and 15 headless arrows	15 Steel arrows	40	55
	15 Mithril arrowtips and 15 headless arrows	15 Mithril arrows	53	90
	15 Adamant arrowtips and 15 headless arrows	15 Adamant arrows	68	110
	15 Rune arrowtips and 15 headless arrows	15 Rune arrows	84	145

Fletching bolts

To fletch bolts you need unfinished bolts and bolttips. You can buy bronze bolts from Lowe in Varrock. All types from bronze up to rune can also be made 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 the Enchant gemstone jewellery spells 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.

For every time you put bolttips on bolts you combine 15 bolts with 15 bolttips, and you will receive 15 gemtipped bolts. It doesn't matter if you create 15 bolts, or just 10 if you are at the end of your stack of bolts, you will receive the same amount of experience.

Image	Required resources	Bolts	Required level	Experience
	Bronze bolts (unf), feathers	Bronze bolts	21	36
	Bronze bolts, Opal bolttips	Opal bolts	65	116
	Bronze bolts, Pearl bolttips	Pearl bolts	1	116
	Bronze bolts, Barbed bolttips	Barbed bolts	85	0
	Iron bolts (unf), feathers	Iron bolts	34	47
	Steel bolts (unf), feathers	Steel bolts	46	57
	Mithril bolts (unf), feathers	Mithril bolts	59	92
	Mithril bolts, Sapphire bolttips	Sapphire bolts	1	58
	Mithril bolts, Emerald bolttips	Emerald bolts	1	58
	Adamant bolts (unf), feathers	Adamant bolts	74	112
	Adamant bolts, Ruby boltttips	Ruby bolts	1	116
	Adamant bolts, Diamond boltttips	Diamond bolts	1	116
	Kebbit spike	Kebbit bolts	81	131
	Rune bolts (unf), feathers	Rune bolts	90	148
	Rune bolts,Dragonstone bolttips	Dragon bolts	1	116
	Rune bolts, Onyx bolttips	Onyx bolts	1	116