Fletching training

This article gives tips about training the Fletching skill.

Starting off[edit | edit source]

Early levels can be skipped by completing quests that give Fletching experience. Completing Animal Magnetism, Big Chompy Bird Hunting and Zogre Flesh Eaters will grant a total of 3,262 experience, which will get the player up to level 18. These quests have few requirements and can be done at a low level. Completing Temple of Ikov and The Fremennik Trials will grant an additional 10,812 experience, which will get the player up to level 30.

Quest	Experience reward	Fletching requirement	Other requirements
Big Chompy Bird Hunting	262	5	30 , 30
Animal Magnetism	1,000	-	18 , 19 , 30 , 35
Zogre Flesh Eaters	2,000	30 (if fletching your own comp ogre bow)	4 , 8 , 30
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	25 (if crafting your own lyre)	40 , 40 (if crafting your own lyre)
Devious Minds	5,000	50	65 , 50
Temple of Ikov	8,000	-	42 , 40
Total	19,074

Zero time methods[edit | edit source]

Fletching can be trained entirely while doing other activities, meaning that the skill is considered passive and can be trained in "zero time". Activities which involve a lot of running or have downtime, and do not require full inventory space are well-suited for Fletching training, such as questing, training Agility, training Hunter (excluding black salamanders and black chinchompas), farm runs, training Slayer, subduing Wintertodt etc.

Darts[edit | edit source]

Fletching darts is arguably the most feasible option for zero time training, as it only requires two clicks to fletch a set of darts, doesn't interrupt movement, offers high experience per action and dart tips usually have a high supply on the Grand Exchange. However, this comes at a moderate to high loss and requires a large amount of capital to buy all the dart tips and feathers needed. Most common and usually the cheapest options are mithril or adamant.

Ironmen: You must have completed The Tourist Trap quest in order to smith dart tips. However, darts can be Fletched without the quest using dart tips dropped from monsters and implings.

Tip: If you are not click-savvy, consider fletching darts on mobile with two fingers tapping feathers and dart tips one after another. It's common to fletch 20 or 30 darts per tick this way, but faster speeds are likely possible.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per dart)	Max Experience (per buy limit)	Material cost (per dart)	Profit (per dart)	GP/XP
10		Bronze		1.8	23,400	-38	-21	-11.67
22		Iron		3.8	49,400	-29	-24	-6.32
37		Steel		7.5	97,500	-51	-48	-6.4
52		Mithril		11.2	224,000	-86	-80	-7.14
67		Adamant		15	300,000	-193	-144	-9.6
81		Rune		18.8	206,800	-1,237	-237	-12.61
95		Dragon		25	275,000	-2,968	-248	-9.92

Bolts[edit | edit source]

Fletching bolts (attaching feathers to unfinished bolts) works similarly to darts, but it offers less experience per action compared to darts, and some options aren't viable due to low supply or low buy limits.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Material Cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP
9		Bronze		0.5	-18	-16	-32
24		Blurite		1	N/A	N/A	N/A
39		Iron		1.5	-20	-2	-1.33
43		Silver		2.5	-11	-6	-2.4
46		Steel		3.5	-36	-6	-1.71
54		Mithril		5	-75	-18	-3.6
55		Broad[1]		3	-58	4	1.33
61		Adamant		7	-188	-69	-9.86
69		Rune		10	-169	-56	-5.6
84		Dragon		12	-837	-32	-2.67

Semi-zero time methods[edit | edit source]

Some methods of fletching training, while they can be done running or inbetween other activities, create products at a constant rate, rather than darts or bolts which give experience every two clicks and can be made incredibly quickly. The actions are done every two game ticks (1.2 seconds) and in sets of 10 or 15, requiring periodic requeueing to make another set. These methods open a dialogue window upon creation which can delay the actions, making them less feasible for actions like agility where there is constant interruption, but are still useful.

Tipping bolts[edit | edit source]

Some options aren't viable due to low supply, low trade volume of material or product, or low buy limits, and often require a large amount of capital.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)[1]	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP
11		Opal-tipped bronze bolts		1.6	48,000	-29	-8	-5
26		Jade-tipped blurite bolts[2]		2.4	72,000	-4	-4	-1.67
41		Pearl-tipped iron bolts		3.2	96,000	-46	11	3.44
48		Red topaz-tipped steel bolts		4	120,000	-228	15	3.75
51		Barbed-tipped bronze bolts		9.5	285,000	-167	-60	-6.32
56		Sapphire-tipped mithril bolts		4.7	141,000	-123	6	1.28
58		Emerald-tipped mithril bolts		5.5	165,000	-108	20	3.64
63		Ruby-tipped adamant bolts		6.3	189,000	-219	7	1.11
65		Diamond-tipped adamant bolts		7	210,000	-303	8	1.14
71		Dragonstone-tipped runite bolts		8.2	246,000	-688	16	1.95
73		Onyx-tipped runite bolts		9.4	282,000	-8,625	31	3.3
76		Amethyst-tipped broad bolts[3]		10.6	318,000	-263	-15	-1.42

Adding tips to dragon bolts can be more profitable, but requires a large amount of capital, and some options aren't viable due to low supply, low trade volume of material or product, or low buy limits.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)[1]	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP
84		Opal		1.6	48,000	-832	48	30
		Jade		2.4	72,000	-832	-16	-6.67
		Pearl		3.2	96,000	-833	-20	-6.25
		Red Topaz		4	120,000	-1,003	-33	-8.25
		Sapphire		4.7	141,000	-835	-85	-18.09
		Emerald		5.5	165,000	-856	-24	-4.36
		Ruby		6.3	189,000	-905	42	6.67
		Diamond		7	210,000	-989	18	2.57
		Dragonstone		8.2	246,000	-1,380	1	0.12
		Onyx		9.4	282,500	-9,317	29	3.09

Arrows[edit | edit source]

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per arrow)	Max Experience (per hour)[2]	Material cost (per arrow)	Profit (per arrow)	GP/XP
1		Headless		1	45,000	-4	3	3
1		Bronze		1.3	58,500	-10	-7	-5.38
15		Iron		2.5	112,500	-10	-7	-2.8
30		Steel		5	225,000	-25	-15	-3
45		Mithril		7.5	337,500	-43	-33	-4.4
52		Broad[3]		10	450,000	-62	N/A	-6.2
60		Adamant		10	450,000	-96	-71	-7.1
75		Rune		12.5	562,500	-236	-197	-15.76
82		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	-208	-73	-5.41
90		Dragon		15	675,000	-767	-130	-8.67

Javelins[edit | edit source]

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per javelin)	Max Experience (per hour)[1]	Material cost (per javelin)	Profit (per javelin)	GP/XP
3		Bronze		1	45,000	-36	-35	-35
17		Iron		2	90,000	-30	-29	-14.5
32		Steel		5	225,000	-65	-63	-12.6
47		Mithril		8	360,000	-127	-115	-14.37
62		Adamant		10	450,000	-212	-152	-15.2
77		Rune		12.4	558,000	-540	-379	-30.56
84		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	-617	-208	-15.41
92		Dragon		15	675,000	-924	-125	-8.33

Other methods[edit | edit source]

Level 1–5/10: Arrow shafts[edit | edit source]

The best way to get from level 1 to level 5 is by fletching arrow shafts, which give 5 experience per log.

• Experience needed: 388
• Logs needed: 78
• Time: 150 seconds
• Logs cost = 3,588
• Arrow shafts = 1,170
  • Total Profit/Loss = -2,418

Level 5–99: Bows[edit | edit source]

Making bows is a very slow method of training Fletching, but it requires a low amount of effort and is usually cheap or profitable. Fletching unstrung bows is more AFK but yields less experience per hour, stringing bows is faster but requires paying more attention. Since fletching unstrung bows takes 3 ticks per bow, fletching an inventory takes 48.6 seconds; stringing bows takes 2 ticks per bow which makes an inventory take 16.8 seconds to string.

This section will show the time and number of either logs or unstrung bows and bowstrings needed to reach level 99 if switching to each newly unlocked bow type you can fletch as soon as possible, along with the amounts of the materials involved: logs, Bow strings, unstrung bows and finished bows.

The below table assumes 1700 bows are fletched per hour, and 2450 bows are strung per hour.

Levels	Bow type	XP/action	XP/h (fletching)	XP/h (stringing)	XP needed	Logs/unstrung bows and bow strings needed	Logs cost	Unstrung bows and bowstrings cost	Total profit/loss (fletching)	Total profit/loss (stringing)	GP/XP (fletching)	GP/XP (stringing)
5–10	Shortbow	5	8,500	12,250	764	153	7,038	17,442	-6,273	-11,322	-8.2	-14.8
10–20	Longbow	10	17,000	24,500	3,315	332	15,272	42,828	-8,632	-31,208	-2.6	-9.4
20–25	Oak shortbow	16.5	28,050	40,425	3,367	205	8,200	26,650	-3,895	-22,345	-1.15	-6.61
25–35	Oak longbow	25	42,500	61,250	14,548.5	582	23,280	79,152	-7,566	-54,126	-0.52	-3.72
35–40	Willow shortbow	33.33	56,525	81,462.5	14,816.5	445	7,565	64,525	8,455	-22,250	0.57	-1.5
40–50	Willow longbow	41.5	70,550	101,675	64,093.65	1,545	26,265	254,925	60,255	-50,985	0.94	-0.8
50–55	Maple shortbow	50	85,000	122,500	65,279.15	1,306	13,060	246,834	91,420	2,612	1.4	0.04
55–65	Maple longbow	58.3	99,025	142,712.5	282,771.15	4,851	48,510	955,647	378,378	349,272	1.34	1.23
65–70	Yew shortbow	67.5	114,750	165,375	288,156.85	4,269	1,007,484	1,349,004	-123,801	281,754	-0.43	0.98
70–80	Yew longbow	75	127,500	183,750	1,248,440.35	16,646	3,928,456	6,375,418	632,548	2,530,192	0.51	2.03
80–85	Magic shortbow	83.3	141,100	203,350	1,272,516.35	15,277	15,292,277	12,404,924	-4,552,546	-427,756	-3.58	-0.34
85–99	Magic longbow	91.5	155,550	224,175	9,775,779.25	106,840	106,946,840	121,263,400	2,671,000	11,004,520	0.27	1.13

Level 40-80: Battlestaves[edit | edit source]

Crafting Battlestaves requires one piece of Celastrus bark, and yields 80 experience per bark. Only level 40 is needed to fletch a battlestaff, which makes it a better training method than fletching bows in this level range. At level 80, the player can fletch magic shortbows which yields more xp per action.

• Experience needed: 1,948,844
• Celastrus barks needed: 24,361
• Time: 14 hours 20 minutes
  • experience rate: 136k xp/hr
• Celastrus barks cost = 206,824,890
• Battlestaves = 200,223,059
  • Total Profit/Loss = -6,601,831
    • Per xp = -3.39

Level 92–99: Redwood shields[edit | edit source]

Redwood shields are an alternative method to fletching bows. Fletching one shield requires two redwood logs, and gives 216 experience per shield.

• Experience needed: 6,517,178
• Redwood logs needed: 60,346
• Time: 38 hours 35 minutes
  • Experience rate: 168k xp/hr
• Redwood logs cost = 17,922,762
• Redwood shields = 9,866,571
  • Total Profit/Loss(fletching) = -8,056,191
    • Per xp = -1.24

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