Hunters' sunlight crossbow

Hunters' sunlight crossbow
Released							20 March 2024 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							A weapon made of horn and bone.
Values
Value							1,300 coins
High alch							780 coins
Low alch							520 coins
Weight							6 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							6,844 coins (info)
Buy limit							70
Daily volume							2,379
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Advanced data
Item ID							28869
Link							MOID

The hunters' sunlight crossbow is an upgraded variant of the hunters' crossbow that requires level 66 Ranged and 50 Hunter to use. It is made with level 74 Fletching by using a sunlight antelope antler on the hunters' crossbow with a chisel in inventory.

The crossbow uses sunlight or moonlight antler bolts, and works with grapples. Despite being an upgrade from the hunter's crossbow, it cannot be used to fire kebbit or long kebbit bolts.

As with other crossbows, the bolts fired from it roll against the enemy's heavy ranged defence,^[1] tying it with Karil's crossbow and chinchompas as the fastest firing weapons to do so. Like the hunters' crossbow, it possesses an attack speed of 4 (3 on rapid), equal to a shortbow and faster than most other crossbows.

Due to its quick attack speed and the high strength bonus of its bolts, it is very effective against enemies where a crossbow is desirable but enchanted bolts are not needed.

Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+0	+79
Defence bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Experience	Level boost
	Accurate	Heavy	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	8 tiles		+3 Ranged
	Rapid	Heavy	Rapid	3 ticks (1.8s)	8 tiles		None
	Longrange	Heavy	Longrange	4 ticks (2.4s)	10 tiles		+3 Defence

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Fletching		74 (b)	0
Members		Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools		Facilities	None

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Sunlight antelope antler	1	1,796
	Hunters' crossbow	1	2,698
Total cost			4,494
	Hunters' sunlight crossbow	1	6,844
Profit			2,350
Profit after GE Tax			2,214

• Concept art of the hunters' sunlight crossbow, by Mod Jerv.

• The hunters' sunlight crossbow was originally proposed as the hunter's moonlight crossbow. As the name implies, it would have been crafted with a moonlight antelope antler. The original iteration had +5 Ranged accuracy over the hunters' crossbow (for a total of +60 accuracy) and fired moonlight antler bolts, which originally had +85 Ranged Strength. However, to compensate, the weapon was polled as a 5 tick attack speed (4 on rapid).^[2] This was changed to its current name and stats, using sunlight antelope antlers instead due to player feedback; the 91 Hunter requirement to hunt moonlight antelope was seen as disproportionately large compared to the weapon's power.
• Despite the item name being the Hunters' sunlight crossbow, the in-game skill guides and creation dialogue refer to it as the Sunlight hunters' crossbow, with the first two words being swapped.