Ruby bolts (e)

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Ruby bolts (e)
Released31 July 2006 (Update)
Also calledEnchanted ruby bolts
MembersYes
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableYes
EquipableYes
StackableYes
NoteableNo
OptionsWield, Drop
ExamineEnchanted Ruby tipped Adamantite Crossbow Bolts.
Values
Value138 coins
High alch82 coins
Low alch55 coins
Weight0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange159 coins (info)
Buy limit11,000
Daily volume1,430,179
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Advanced data
Item ID9242
LinkMOID

Ruby bolts (e) are adamant bolts that have been enchanted after having been tipped with ruby bolt tips. Ruby bolts can be enchanted with the spell Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Ruby) by a player with level 49 Magic, requiring 46 Ranged to wield. The spell enchants 10 ruby bolts at a time and uses 1 blood rune, 1 cosmic rune, and 5 fire runes.

Blood Forfeit
A player activates the Blood Forfeit effect

Combat stats

 Attack bonuses
StabSlashCrushMagicRanged
+0+0+0+0+0
 Defence bonuses
StabSlashCrushMagicRanged
+0+0+0+0+0
 Other bonusesSlot
StrengthRangedMagic damagePrayerAmmo slot table
+0+103+0%+0List

Special effect

Ruby bolts (e) have a chance of activating the Blood Forfeit effect. When activated, damage dealt to the target will be 20% of the opponent's current Hitpoints with a cap of 100 damage[1] at the cost of 10% of the player's current Hitpoints. The effect does not activate if the player cannot spare at least 1 hitpoint. A long, shrieking noise can be heard when this activates.

This effect rolls its chance of activation regardless of whether or not it passes an accuracy roll.

For opponents standing at low hitpoints, this effect may be disadvantageous as it overrides the projectile's damage; for example, the effect might only cause 15 damage whereas a regular hit would cause 30. For this reason, it is often useful to also bring onyx bolts (e) or diamond bolts (e) to use at the end of a fight when ruby bolts cause diminishing returns.

This enchantment is especially effective against opponents with a high number of Hitpoints, oftentimes bosses such as Vorkath and Nex. The bolts' effects are disabled when fighting Yama under the Contract of glyphic attenuation.

The special effect has a 11% chance of activating in PvP and a 6% chance of activating in PvM. If the player has completed the Hard Kandarin Diary then these values increase to 12.1% and 6.6% respectively. The Kandarin Diary boost is always active regardless of whether the headgear is equipped.[2]

Ruby bolts (e) are particularly powerful in conjunction with the Zaryte crossbow's special attack, which (if the player passes an accuracy roll to successfully hit their target with the special attack) will guarantee the effect of these bolts with 10% boosted effectiveness for a max hit of up to 110.

Note: The Blood Forfeit effect gives full experience for the damage dealt from it.

Creation

Requirements
SkillLevelXP
Magic Magic49 (b)59
Members
Ticks3 (1.8s)
Materials
ItemQuantityCost
Ruby bolts102,690
Fire rune525
Blood rune1374
Cosmic rune1124
Total cost3,213
Ruby bolts (e)101,590
Profit−1,623
Profit after GE Tax−1,653
Steps
Product Members Skills XP Materials
1
  • Smithing 73
  • Smithing 62.5
1
  • Fletching 61
  • Fletching 70
1
  • Fletching 63
  • Fletching 6.3
1
  • Fletching 63
  • Fletching 63
1
  • Magic 49
  • Magic 59

Changes

Date Changes
10 January 2017
Hotfix

The Ruby bolts (e) Blood Forfeit special attack was capped to a max hit of 100 on all NPCs.[1]

25 February 2016
(Update)

The animation for the Ruby bolts (e) special attack has been replaced, since the original version caused numerous issues with NPCs such as Zulrah being turned invisible.

16 April 2015
(Update)

Completing the Kandarin Hard Diary now increases the chance of enchanted bolt special effects activating by 10%, even without wearing Kandarin headgear 3.

5 March 2015
(Update | poll)

The chance of enchanted bolt special effects activating is increased by 10% wearing Kandarin headgear 3.

18 June 2007
(Update)

The item's value was increased from 1 to 138.

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1
  2. ^

Source

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