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Ranged

This is a list of the armour that is generally worn by players who are using the Ranged skill. Ranged armour tends to have high Ranged attack bonuses and good Magic Defence bonuses. Ranged armour is usually made from animal hides, tanned dragonhide, or some other type of leather.

Ranged armour sets

Ranged Level Defence Level Icon Armour Degrades? Members? Other skills/requirements
1 1 (10 for Hardleather body) Leather armour No 0
None
20 1 (20 for Studded body) Studded leather armour No 0
None
25 25 Frog-leather armour No 1
Death to the Dorgeshuun (only if buying the armour there)
30 30 Snakeskin armour No 1
None
40 1 Ranger kit No 1
None
40 1 (40 for Green d'hide body and Green d'hide shield) Green dragonhide armour No 0
Dragon Slayer I (to wear the Green d'hide body)
40 40 Spined armour No 1
The Fremennik Trials
42 42 Void Knight equipment No 1
850 Pest Control points plus the following:
Attack 42 , Strength , Defence , Hitpoints , Ranged , Magic , and Prayer 22
50 1 (40 for Blue d'hide body and Blue d'hide shield) Blue d'hide armour No 1
None
60 1 (40 for Red d'hide body and Red d'hide shield) Red d'hide armour No 1
None
60 1 (50 for Mixed hide top, Mixed hide boots and Mixed hide cape) Mixed hide armour No 1
None
70 1 (40 for Black d'hide body and Black d'hide shield) Black d'hide armour No 1
None
70 40 (1 for Blessed chaps and Blessed bracers) Blessed dragonhide armour No 1
None
70 40 (1 for Hueycoatl hide chaps and Hueycoatl hide vambraces) Hueycoatl hide armour No 1
None
60[n 1] 70 Crystal armour Yes 1
Song of the Elves
65 45 3rd age range equipment No 1
None
70 70 Karil's armour Yes 1
None
70 70 Armadyl armour No 1
None
75 50 Eclipse moon armour Yes 1
None
80 30 (80 for the fortified version) Masori armour No 1
None
  1. ^ Required for Mourning's End Part I, prerequisite quest for Song of the Elves.

Ranged armour pieces

Ranged Level Defence Level Range

Bonus

Icon Armour Degrades? Members? Other skills/requirements
1 1 +4 No 1
None
1 1 +8 No 1
650,000 Nightmare Zone points
1 1 +10 No 1
Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire
1 1 +10 No 1
Level 70 Prayer
1 1 +2 No 1
None
1 1 +4 No 0
None
1 1 +6 No 0
None
1 1 +10 No 1
None
1 1 +10 No 1
None
1 1 +15 No 1
Level 75 Hitpoints
1 1 +20 No 1
Level 90 Hitpoints
1 1 +10 No 1
Horror from the Deep quest
1 1 +4 No 1
Horror from the Deep quest
1 1 +8 No 1
Horror from the Deep quest
1 1 +9 No 1
Level 50 Prayer
1 1[n 1] +12 No 1
Recipe for Disaster
1 20 +4 No 1
30 1 +2 No 1
Animal Magnetism
40 1 +8 No 1
None
40 1 +15 No 1
None
40 1 +15 No 1
None
40 1 +8 No 1
None
40 1 +11 No 1
None
1 45 +6 No 1
The Fremennik Trials
1 45 +6 No 1
275 Points in each role of Barbarian Assault
50 1 +4 No 1
Animal Magnetism
60 1 +12 No 1
None
1 60 +12 No 1
None
60 40 +15 No 1
375 Points in each role of Barbarian Assault
70 1[n 2] +8 No 1
Dragon Slayer II
70 70 +5 No 1
44 Slayer & 70 Magic
70 75 +15 No 1
Dragon Slayer I
75 75 +12 No 1
None
75 1 +18 No 1
Completion of Fortis Colosseum
75 75 +18 No 1
None
80 45 +18 No 1
None
  1. ^ 35 is the minimum Defence level after completing Recipe for Disaster.
  2. ^ 40 is the minimum Defence level to begin Dragon Slayer II.

Set items

Leather armour is good for beginning rangers. They are very cheap and can also be crafted. It comes in three types:

Frog-leather armour is only available to members. Players must have level 25 Ranged and level 25 Defence to wear this armour. Frog-leather armour is made by the Dorgeshuun goblins. This armour is bought from Reldak in Dorgesh-Kaan.

Snakeskin armour is only available to members. Players must have level 30 Ranged and level 30 Defence to wear this armour. Snakeskin armour can be made through the Crafting skill from snakeskin, which can be obtained by killing snakes that appear in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup, Temple Trekking minigames or by killing snakes at Mos Le'Harmless Island.

The whole snakeskin set is hardly worn by rangers due to the huge amount of snakeskin hides needed. However, the Snakeskin boots and bandana offer most rangers a much cheaper alternative to the highly-priced Ranger boots and Robin hood hat.

Spined armour is only available for members and is Fremennik armour for rangers. Players must complete The Fremennik Trials in order to equip the body, legs, and helm. The helm, body, and chaps provide a slight Ranged attack bonus, and have an equip requirement of level 40 Ranged and Defence. Spined armour cannot be bought from stores and instead has to be earned from drops by the Dagannoth under Waterbirth Island. Alternatively, the raw materials can be traded to Sigli the Huntsman, who will create the armour for the player.

Obtained only through completing medium, hard, and elite clue scrolls. 40 Ranged is required to wear them, with no Defence requirement. Aside from the Ranger boots, these are generally unused among players as there are better alternatives. However the Rangers' tunic and Robin hood hat are popular among 1 Defence pures as they provide the highest Ranged bonus without requiring a Defence level.

Mixed hide armour is a set of ranged armour obtained either by crafting (requires 68-72 Crafting depending on the item) or by supplying the correct materials to Pellem in Hunter Guild.

Requiring level 60 Ranged and 50 Defence, the armour set boosts some melee strength bonuses that complement the hunter's spear. The legs only require 60 Ranged, similar to dragonhide armour.

Dragonhide armour is the most popular and the recommended armour players wear when ranging. Free players can only wear green dragonhide armour, and must complete the Dragon Slayer I quest to wear the body. Blue, red, and black dragonhides are only available to members. Members can also craft dragonhide armour. Trimmed and gold-trimmed versions of dragonhide armour have the same stats as normal. Trimmed versions cannot be crafted. They can only be obtained through clue scrolls.

Players must have level 40 Ranged to wear this armour, along with an additional 40 Defence to wear the body and shield.

Players must have level 50 Ranged to wear this armour, along with an additional 40 Defence to wear the body and shield.

Players must have level 60 Ranged to wear this armour, along with an additional 40 Defence to wear the body and shield.

Players must have level 70 Ranged to wear this armour, along with an additional 40 Defence to wear the body and shield.

There are six types of Blessed d'hide armour, each representing the six gods - Guthix (green), Saradomin (blue), Zamorak (red), Armadyl (white), Bandos (brown), and Ancient (purple). The armour has a +1 Prayer bonus on each piece, and offers improved bonuses over black dragonhide armour. All pieces require 70 Ranged and level 40 Defence except for blessed bracers and blessed chaps, which only require 70 Ranged.

These armour pieces can only be obtained from hard clue scrolls or purchased from other players who have done so.

Players must have level 70 Ranged to wear this armour, along with an additional 40 Defence to wear the body and coif. The hide body provides a +2 Prayer bonus, while the coif and chaps have a +1, over their blessed d'hide variants.

A player switching their blessed coif, body and chaps to hueycoatl can a expect a total of +4 Prayer and +4 Magic Defence.

Void Knight equipment is obtained from playing the Pest Control minigame. It requires 42 Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Ranged, and Magic along with 22 Prayer to buy and wear, for a total of 850 Void Knight commendation points points. When the full set is worn with a Void ranger helm, it increases Ranged accuracy and damage by 10%.

Some players find it more effective to wear other Ranged armour such as Karil's or Armadyl armour due to the superior accuracy and defence bonuses. However where accuracy is not an issue, Void knight equipment performs better due to the increase of damage.

The set effect bonus also stacks with the salve amulet(i)/salve amulet(ei) and Dragon hunter crossbow damage bonuses, making it a popular choice for fighting Vorkath.

Additionally, it classes as a hybrid set, and as such gives equal Magic, Ranged and Melee Defence, thus making it an alternative choice when needing to use multiple combat styles.

After completion of the Hard Western Provinces Diary, players can upgrade their Void knight top and robe for 200 Pest Control points each, totalling 400 points. This enhances the set effect by 2.5% in accuracy and damage, totalling 12.5%. The elite pieces also provide a Prayer bonus; the other bonuses remain unchanged.

Crystal armour can be obtained by combining crystal armour seeds with crystal shards after completing Song of the Elves. It degrades, requiring more crystal shards to recharge. Each piece provides a damage and accuracy bonus to the crystal bow and bow of Faerdhinen; equipping the full set confers an even greater buff. It requires 70 Defence to wear; 60 Ranged is also required to complete Mourning's End Part I, a prerequisite quest for Song of the Elves.

3rd age range equipment is high level Ranged armour, and currently the second best non-degradable Ranged armour (just like its Melee and Magic counterparts). 3rd age range armour can be obtained as a very rare reward from hard, elite, and master clue scrolls. 3rd age range armour is supposedly made from white dragonhide. It requires 65 Ranged and 45 Defence to wear.

Karil the Tainted's set is mid level degradable Ranged equipment, obtained as a possible reward from the Barrows minigame. When a player equips the entire set (including Karil's crossbow), attacks have a chance of reducing the opponent's Agility level during PvP combat. If an amulet of the damned is worn alongside the set, when the effect activates, it inflicts an extra hitsplat, dealing more damage. It requires level 70 Ranged and Defence to wear.

Armadyl armour is high level Ranged armour, offering some of the best attack and defence bonuses available to Ranged users. It is dropped by Kree'arra and his three bodyguards in the God Wars Dungeon. It requires level 70 Ranged and Defence to wear.

Eclipse moon armour is a set of ranged equipment that requires level 75 Ranged and 50 Defence to equip, which is obtained as a possible reward from the Lunar Chest in Neypotzli. It has similar defensive stats to Steel Armour but with higher Crush defence and Magic defence.

When worn with all of the other pieces of the armour set, the player gains the Eclipse set effect, where the eclipse atlatl has a 20% chance to inflict a burn effect on the targets. Whilst burnt, the target will be dealt 10 damage over the course of 40 ticks, or 24 seconds (1 damage every 4 ticks), and can be stacked up to five times.

Masori armour is high level Ranged armour, offering the best Ranged attack and Ranged Strength bonuses. It is obtained as a rare loot from Tombs of Amascut. In addition to the normal version, the Masori armour can be fortified, increasing its defensive bonuses to be higher than the Armadyl armour. Fortifying requires Armadylean plates and level 90 Crafting. It requires level 80 Ranged and level 30 Defence to wear the normal version but requires level 80 in both Ranged and Defence to wear the fortified version.

Best F2P Ranged armour setup

Notes:

Highest F2P Ranged Attack and Defence bonuses

ItemAttack BonusesDefence BonusesOther
Magic attackRanged attackMagic defenceRanged defenceMelee strengthPrayer bonusMembers
CoifCoif000-124684400%000.907Free-to-play
Gilded d'hide body000-1515403245204000%006.000Free-to-play
Gilded d'hide chaps000-10822162482200%005.000Free-to-play
Gilded d'hide vambraces000-1083242000%001.000Free-to-play
Maple shortbow0000290000000%001.360Free-to-play
Amulet of powerAmulet of power666666666660%010.010Free-to-play
Red cape000000110200%000.453Free-to-play
Leather bootsLeather boots000000110000%000.340Free-to-play
Adamant arrow000000000000%3100.000Free-to-play
Totals666-3068756489407460%31115.07N/A

Best P2P Ranged armour setup

Ranged Attack of +291 and Ranged Strength of +158.

ItemAttack BonusesDefence BonusesOther
Magic attackRanged attackMagic defenceRanged defenceMelee strengthPrayer bonusMembers
Masori mask (f)000-1128101212900%211.500Members
Masori body (f)000-443595264746000%4110.000Members
Masori chaps (f)000-227353039463700%218.500Members
Zaryte vambracesZaryte vambraces-8-8-80188885800%211.000Members
Zaryte crossbow0000110141412151600%016.001Members
Necklace of ruptureNecklace of rupture0000200000000%830.010Members
Blessed dizana's quiverBlessed dizana's quiver0000180000000%300.453Members
Avernic treads (max)5551115212525101062%301.814Members
Venator ringVenator ring0000100000000%200.012Members
Twisted bucklerTwisted buckler-7-8-7-1018222422265800%1005.443Members
Dragon bolts000000000000%12200.000Members
Totals-10-11-10-629116716318218819862%158834.733N/A

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