Runescape Ranged weapons Guilds:Runescape Bows

Ranged has many weapons, and the most popular of these are bows. Players can wield bows as a weapon. However, they will need arrows as ammunition. Bows are the recommended weapons players use while ranging. All bows only give a range attack bonus.

Some bows can only use certain arrows. For example, shortbows made of the lowest level wood can only use bronze or iron arrows. Non-members cannot use all the bows available in the game and can only use arrows up to adamant.

Players also have a choice as to what kind of bow they want. There are three kinds of bows: shortbows, longbows and composite bows. Longbows are the more accurate and fire arrows further, though they can’t shoot as fast. Composite bows are between longbows and shortbows in terms of speed, but give a higher bonus than either. It is recommended that players use a shortbow or composite bow when ranging, especially when training, to deal more damage over time.

Player’s fighting in the Wilderness might like to take both a longbow and shortbow with them. Up close the shortbows firing rate will shine through and if a player’s opponent tries to run a longbow will give extra range.

With the addition of Lumbridge Tutors, there is now a new bow available, the Training Bow. It is a bow for Rangers fresh off Tutorial island. Claiming from the Ranged Tutor near the Lumbridge Guide will give you a training bow and 25 training arrows. You may get 25 more training arrows every 30 minutes; however the Magic Tutor and the Ranged Tutor work on the same 30 minute time block, so you can only have either Arrows or Runes every 30 minutes, not both.

Both tutors can be found at Lumbridge, near the Lumbridge Guide, South of the General Store (marked by an empty flour pot on the mini-map.)

Because of the time limit of 30 minutes, when your Ranged level gets higher, it is wasting your time waiting for the 30 minutes to be up, so you can get more Training Arrows. At around Level 5 Ranged it would pay to switch to the Shortbow with Iron arrows.

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