Damage per second/Ranged

This article is about calculating ranged damage output. Range damage is affected by the Equipment used, prayer, skill boosts and the monster being attacked.

There are various methods by which players can increase their potential Ranged damage. The effects of most equipped items can be seen in the stats window (labelled as Range: +x and Ranged strength: +x).

If you are using the accurate attack style Atk Style is 3 while all other styles are 0.

Void Modifier is 1 if not wearing void, 1.1 if wearing full ranged void, or 1.125 if wearing full elite ranged void.

Ranged Level boost:

Prayer Multiplier:

The maximum hit is the largest hit you can possibly do with the current setup. It can be tested by using the Combat dummy in a Player-owned house.

The Equipment Ranged Strength can be found in the Equipment Stats window under 'Other bonuses'.

If slaying monsters on task while wearing a Black mask (i) or Slayer helm (i), the gear bonus is 1.15.

If killing Undead monsters while wearing a Salve amulet (i) or Salve amulet (ei), the gear bonus is 7/6 (1.167) or 1.2 respectively.

Note that these two bonuses DO NOT stack.

In the wilderness, Craw's bow and Webweaver bow give a gear bonus of 1.5. This bonus stacks additively with a Black mask(i) or Slayer helm (i), for a total of 1.65, and multiplicatively with the Salve amulet (i) or (ei).

Twisted bow damage modifier is also included in the gear bonus and does stack with slayer/salve (multiply by both modifiers). However, the tbow modifier is less straightforward to calculate as it is not constant: see its page here to calculate it based on your opponent.

The following special attack/effect bonuses apply, bolts only apply when the special effect activates:

If you are using the accurate attack style Atk Style is 3 while all other styles are 0.

Void Modifier is 1 if not wearing void, 1.1 if wearing either full ranged void or full elite ranged void.

Prayer Multiplier:

Note that the only difference between effective ranged strength and effective ranged attack is the value for Rigour and void.

The Equipment Attack bonus can be found in the Equipment Stats window under the heading 'Attack Bonus'.

The gear bonus is the same as in Step 2.

Twisted bow accuracy modifier is also included in the gear bonus and does stack with slayer/salve (multiply by both modifiers). However, the tbow modifier is less straightforward to calculate as it is not constant: see it's page here to calculate it based on your opponent. Thus it does not multiply your accuracy output, it just multiplies your attack roll.

Target's Defence is denoted by a shield icon on the target's wiki page.

Target's ranged defence can be found under the 'Defensive stats' heading.

If Attack Roll > Defence roll:

Else

To calculate the Damage Per Second, divide the Damage Per hit by the attack speed of the weapon in seconds. Note that the rapid attack style decreases the attack speed by 1 tick.

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