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Bolts are heavy ranged ammunition used by crossbows. Most types of bolts are made using a combination of the Smithing and Fletching skills; the metal component is made with Smithing, and feathers are added with Fletching. Certain special bolts can only be obtained through other methods, such as monster drops or specialist shops.

Different types of bolts can be stored in a bolt pouch to conserve space. Like other Ranged ammunition, bolts can occasionally be left on the ground after firing, able to be picked up by the player.

Types of bolts

Normal metal bolts

All of the following bolts can be made through the Smithing and Fletching skills, excluding dragon which cannot be smithed, and are instead obtained as a monster drop. The unfinished bolts can then be finished by fletching them with feathers. All metal bolts can be poisoned.

The below table prices assume bolts dropped on the ground after firing are not recovered.

Metal		Members		GP/Str	GE Price per attack, with Ava's devices
Metal		Members		GP/Str	None	Attr.	Acc.	Ass.
	Bronze	0	+10	0.20	2	0.80	0.56	0.40
	Blurite	1	+28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Silver^[a]	1	+36	0.25	9	3.60	2.52	1.80
	Iron	1	+46	0.41	19	7.60	5.32	3.80
	Steel	1	+64	1.00	64	25.60	17.93	12.80
	Mithril	1	+82	0.33	27	10.80	7.56	5.40
	Adamant	1	+100	1.63	163	65.20	45.66	32.60
	Runite	1	+115	0.83	95	38.00	26.61	19.00
	Dragon	1	+122	21.83	2,663	1,065.20	745.94	532.60

^ Silver bolts are the only ranged ammunition that can be used effectively against vampyres.

Gem-tipped and enchanted bolts

Metal bolts can be upgraded with gem bolt tips to increase their Ranged Strength bonus (except Dragon bolts, which keep their original +122 bonus). Each metal type, aside from dragon, accepts a limited number of gem types. These gem-tipped bolts can then be enchanted to create enchanted bolts, which gain a combat special effect that can occasionally activate ("proc"). This effect and its activation chance depend on the type of gem used. After claiming rewards from completing the hard Kandarin Diary, enchanted bolts have a 10% increased base chance of activation.

		GE Price	Proc chance				Special Effect	Other notes
			Default		Diary
			PvP	PvM	PvP	PvM
Opal bolts (e)	+14	11	5.0%	5.0%	5.5%	5.5%	Lucky Lightning: extra damage.
Jade bolts (e)	+30	N/A	6.0%	6.0%	6.6%	6.6%	Earth's fury: chance of knocking the target to the ground.	Players with high Agility may resist this.
Pearl bolts (e)	+48	13	6.0%	6.0%	6.6%	6.6%	Sea curse: chance of striking the target with a mighty bolt of water, dealing extra damage.	It will deal greater damage against fiery monsters (e.g. Chromatic dragons).
Topaz bolts (e)	+66	3	4.0%	N/A	4.4%	N/A	Down to earth: chance of lowering the target's Magic level.	Only works on another player.
Sapphire bolts (e)	+83	27	5.0%	25.0%^[1]	5.5%	27.5%	Clear mind: chance of lowering the target's Prayer points and giving part of them to the attacker.	Only works on other players, or monsters with active prayer shields such as the Phantom Muspah's shielded form.
Emerald bolts (e)	+85	13	54.0%	55.0%^[2]	59.4%	60.5%	Magical poison: Chance of poisoning the opponent.	Poison damage starts at 5.
Ruby bolts (e)	+103	159	11.0%	6.0%^[2]	12.1%	6.6%	Blood forfeit: chance of removing 20% of the target's current Hitpoints, with a cap of 100 damage.	This effect costs 10% of the attacker's own current Hitpoints.
Diamond bolts (e)	+105	137	5.0%	10.0%^[2]	5.5%	11.0%	Armour piercing: the bolts will negate a sizeable portion of the target's Ranged defence, and the special attack raises the bolts' maximum hit.
Dragonstone bolts (e)	+117	371	6.0%	6.0%	6.6%	6.6%	Dragon's breath: chance of inflicting a Dragonfire hit against the target.	Does not work if the target has protection against dragonfire, or are dragons themselves.
Onyx bolts (e)	+120	8,409	10.0%	11.0%^[2]	11.0%	12.1%	Life leech: Chance of doing extra damage and healing the attacker by 25% of the damage dealt.	This does not work on the undead, as they have no "life" to leech.

Gem-tipped and enchanted dragon bolts

Dragon bolts are the only type of bolt that can accept all available gem bolt tips, excluding amethyst. All variants of enchanted dragon bolts have the same Ranged Strength of +122, but are otherwise identical in function to their inferior enchanted variants.

		GE Price
Opal dragon bolts (e)	+122	3,006
Jade dragon bolts (e)	+122	1,094
Pearl dragon bolts (e)	+122	2,079
Topaz dragon bolts (e)	+122	2,028
Sapphire dragon bolts (e)	+122	2,978
Emerald dragon bolts (e)	+122	1,765
Ruby dragon bolts (e)	+122	2,962
Diamond dragon bolts (e)	+122	2,818
Dragonstone dragon bolts (e)	+122	2,548
Onyx dragon bolts (e)	+122	9,220

Kebbit bolts

Kebbit bolts and long kebbit bolts are fletched from kebbit spikes and long kebbit spikes, respectively. They can only be used with the hunters' crossbow and cannot be stored in the bolt pouch.

Bolt			GE Price
	Kebbit	+28	104
	Long kebbit	+38	13

Antler bolts

Sunlight antler bolts and moonlight antler bolts are fletched from sunlight antelope antlers and moonlight antelope antlers, respectively. They can only be used with the hunters' sunlight crossbow and cannot be stored in the bolt pouch.

Bolt			GE Price
	Sunlight antler	+55	202
	Moonlight antler	+60	342

Broad-tipped bolts

Unfinished broad bolts can be obtained through Slayer Masters, either via Slayer reward points or with coins. In order to make them usable, the player must have bought the ability to fletch them in the Slayer rewards shop, after which they can add feathers. They are primarily used in the Slayer skill in order to harm creatures such as turoth and kurasks, which are resistant to all but a select few weapons that have a certain Slayer requirement. Outside of Slayer, broad bolts have the same Ranged Strength as adamant bolts.

Bolt			GE Price	GP/Str
	Normal	+100	51	0.51
	Amethyst	+115	172	1.50

Bolts obtained through other means

		GE Price	Notes
Barbed	+12	82	Made from bronze bolts by attaching barb bolttips, purchased in the Ranging Guild using archery tickets.
Bone	+49	7	Bought from Nardok's Bone Weapons shop, are only usable with the Dorgeshuun crossbow.
Bolt rack	+55	91	Obtained from the Barrows minigame or bought from Ak-Haranu, usable only with Karil's crossbow.

Mithril grapple

The mithril grapple is used in conjunction with a crossbow to grapple Agility shortcuts and obstacles. They can break when used.

Ammo cost comparison

Assumes Rapid Attack Style, with Ava's assembler, attacking continuously.

		Cost/Hour
Mithril bolts	+82	6,480
Adamant bolts	+100	39,120
Broad bolts	+100	12,240
Diamond bolts (e)	+105	32,880
Runite bolts	+115	22,800
Amethyst broad bolts	+115	41,280
Diamond dragon bolts (e)	+122	676,320

Changes

Date	Changes
31 July 2024 (Update)	There is now a "Make-X" option when fletching bolts.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 May 2026. Mod Ash: "I think it'd be based on 25% (plus diary buffs) for any eligible NPC *if* you pass the accuracy/defence roll first."
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Mod Ash: "We went with an increase of 10% as specified in the original blog."

v t e Bolts
Metal bolts	Bronze (unf) Blurite (unf) Silver (unf) Iron (unf) Steel (unf) Mithril (unf) Adamant (unf) Runite (unf) Dragon (unf)
Bolt tips	Opal Jade Pearl Topaz Sapphire Emerald Ruby Diamond Amethyst Dragonstone Onyx
Gem-tipped bolts	Opal (e) Jade (e) Pearl (e) Topaz (e) Sapphire (e) Emerald (e) Ruby (e) Diamond (e) Dragonstone (e) Onyx (e)
Dragon gem-tipped bolts	Opal (e) Jade (e) Pearl (e) Topaz (e) Sapphire (e) Emerald (e) Ruby (e) Diamond (e) Dragonstone (e) Onyx (e)
Other bolts	Enchanted Barbed (tips) Bone Castle Wars Mith grapple (unf) (tip) Bolt rack Kebbit Long kebbit Sunlight antler Moonlight antler Broad (unf) Amethyst
Related	Enchant Crossbow Bolt

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