Shortbow | OSRS Index

The shortbow is the weakest bow in Old School RuneScape and can use arrows up to iron. Players can purchase this bow from Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock.

Players are supplied with this bow along with several bronze arrows as their first ranged weapon on Tutorial Island.

Members can make a shortbow through the Fletching skill at level 5. First, a player must cut an unstrung shortbow from logs, granting 5 Fletching experience. Then, the player must string the unstrung shortbow with a bow string, granting 5 experience.

Combat stats

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Accurate	Standard	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	7 tiles	+3 Ranged
Rapid	Standard	Rapid	3 ticks (1.8s)	7 tiles	None
Longrange	Standard	Longrange	4 ticks (2.4s)	9 tiles	+3 Defence

Requirements
Skill		Level	XP
Fletching		5 ^(b)	5
Members		Ticks	2 (1.2s)

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	100	1	3/128
Skeleton (mage)	94	1	3/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) High level	81; 87	1	3/128
Reward casket (beginner)	N/A	1	11/492

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per
Hickton's Archery Emporium.	Catherby	4	1m	50	25	1.0%
Lowe's Archery Emporium	Varrock	4	1m	50	27	1.0%
Gulluck and Sons	Grand Tree, 2^nd floor	4	1m	50	12	1.0%
Dargaud's Bow and Arrows.	Ranging Guild	20	30s	50	25	1.0%
Armoury	Combat Training Camp	4	1m	75	25	1.0%
Daryl's Ranging Surplus	Shayzien	4	1m	50	27	1.0%
Arcuani's Archery Supplies	Tal Teklan	4	1m	50	27	1.0%

Location	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
Kharidian Desert - north-west of the Uzer Hunter area		1	Show map	Desert✓
Taverley - building directly west of the tree patch (1^st floor)		1	Show map	Asgarnia✓

Date	Changes
26 January 2005 (Update)	The item was graphically updated.
1 – 28 June 2004	The item was recoloured.

Ranged weapons

Shortbows	Normal ^(u) Oak ^(u) Willow ^(u) Maple ^(u) Yew ^(u) Magic ^(u) ⁽ⁱ⁾
Longbows	Normal ^(u) Oak ^(u) Willow ^(u) Maple ^(u) Yew ^(u) Magic ^(u)
Composite bows	Willow Ogre Yew Magic
Special bows	Training Rain bow Starter Cursed goblin Signed oak Ogre Bone Seercull Dark ^(bh) Craw's 3rd age Webweaver Crystal Scorching Bow of Faerdhinen ^(c) Venator ^(echo) Twisted

Standard	Normal Bronze Blurite Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune ^(or) Dragon ^(cr)
Ballistae	Light Heavy ^(or) Silvthrill
Special crossbows	Phoenix Dorgeshuun Hunters' Hunters' sunlight Karil's Dragon hunter ^(b) ^(t) Armadyl Zaryte

Thrown

Darts	Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Amethyst Dragon
Throwing knife	Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon
Thrownaxes	Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Morrigan's
Chinchompas	Grey Red Black
Blowpipes	Camphor Ironwood Rosewood Toxic
Other	Salamanders Holy water Mud pie Hunter's spear Toktz-xil-ul Eclipse atlatl Tonalztics of Ralos Morrigan's javelin Blisterwood stake