Fletching training (2024)

This article gives tips about training the Fletching skill.

Starting off[edit | edit source]

Early levels can be skipped by completing quests that give Fletching experience. Completing Animal Magnetism, Big Chompy Bird Hunting and Zogre Flesh Eaters will grant a total of 3,262 Fletching experience, which will get the player up to level 18. These quests have few requirements and can be done at a low level. Completing Temple of Ikov and The Fremennik Trials will grant an additional 10,812 Fletching experience, which will get the player up to level 30.

Quest	Experience reward	Fletching requirement	Other requirements
Big Chompy Bird Hunting	262	5	30 , 30
Animal Magnetism	1,000	-	18 , 19 , 30 , 35
Zogre Flesh Eaters	2,000	30 (if fletching your own comp ogre bow)	4 , 8 , 30
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	25 (if crafting your own lyre)	40 , 40 (if crafting your own lyre)
Temple of Ikov	8,000	-	42 , 40
Total	14,074

Zero time methods[edit | edit source]

Fletching can be trained entirely while doing other activities, meaning that the skill is considered passive and can be trained in "zero time". Activities which involve a lot of running or have downtime, and do not require full inventory space are well-suited for Fletching training, such as questing, training Agility, training Hunter (excluding black salamanders and black chinchompas), farm runs, training Slayer, subduing Wintertodt etc.

Darts[edit | edit source]

Fletching darts is arguably the most feasible option for zero time training. Fletching them only requires two clicks per a set of darts, offers high experience per action, and does not interrupt movement. Dart tips also have a steady supply on the Grand Exchange. However, this method can be expensive and may require a large amount of capital to buy all the dart tips and feathers needed. Most common and usually the cheapest options are amethyst, mithril, or adamant.

The Tourist Trap quest is not required to fletch darts, only for smithing dart tips.

Tip: If you are not click-savvy, consider fletching darts on mobile with two fingers tapping feathers and dart tips one after another. It is possible to fletch 2–4 sets of darts per tick or more this way.

Note that some players may have to change an account setting to allow two-click dart fletching, as the default setting is to use the crafting menu since the Easter 2023 update.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per dart)	Max Experience (per buy limit)	Material cost (per dart)	Profit (per dart)	GP/XP
10		Bronze		1.8	23,400	−39	−21	-11.67
22		Iron		3.8	49,400	−47	−17	-4.47
37		Steel		7.5	97,500	−45	−43	-5.73
52		Mithril		11.2	224,000	−86	−82	-7.32
67		Adamant		15	300,000	−196	−170	-11.33
81		Rune		18.8	206,800	−1,147	−950	-50.53
90		Amethyst		21	231,000	−452	−211	-10.05
95		Dragon		25	275,000	−1,508	−195	-7.80

Bolts[edit | edit source]

Fletching bolts (attaching feathers to unfinished bolts) works similarly to darts, but it offers less experience per action compared to darts, and some options aren't viable due to low supply or low buy limits.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Material Cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP
9		Bronze		0.5	−14	−12	-24.00
24		Blurite		1	N/A	N/A	N/A
39		Iron		1.5	−12	−5	-3.33
43		Silver		2.5	−10	−5	-2.00
46		Steel		3.5	−56	−8	-2.29
54		Mithril		5	−79	−3	-0.60
55		Broad[1]		3	−57	−5	-1.67
61		Adamant		7	−172	−156	-22.29
69		Rune		10	−108	−58	-5.80
84		Dragon		12	−759	−62	-5.17

Semi-zero time methods[edit | edit source]

Some methods of Fletching training can be done running or in between other activities but create products at a constant rate, rather than darts or bolts which give experience every two clicks and can be made quickly. The actions are done every two game ticks (1.2 seconds) and in sets of 10 or 15, requiring periodic requeueing to make another set. These methods open a dialogue window upon creation which can delay the actions, making them less feasible for actions like Agility where there is constant interruption, but are still useful.

Tipping bolts[edit | edit source]

Some options are not viable due to low supply, low trade volume of material or product, or low buy limits, and often require a large amount of capital.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)[1]	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP	Volume
11		Opal-tipped bronze bolts		1.6	48,000	−82	12	7.50	67604
26		Jade-tipped blurite bolts[2]		2.4	72,000	−12	−12	-5.00	N/A
41		Pearl-tipped iron bolts		3.2	96,000	−74	19	5.94	86256
48		Red topaz-tipped steel bolts		3.9	120,000	−264	39	10.00	158745
51		Barbed-tipped bronze bolts		9.5	285,000	−153	1	0.11	159859
56		Sapphire-tipped mithril bolts		4.7	141,000	−116	14	2.98	201955
58		Emerald-tipped mithril bolts		5.5	165,000	−133	27	4.91	571323
63		Ruby-tipped adamant bolts		6.3	189,000	−101	15	2.38	1511425
65		Diamond-tipped adamant bolts		7	210,000	−179	9	1.29	2548146
71		Dragonstone-tipped runite bolts		8.2	246,000	−983	5	0.61	1841355
73		Onyx-tipped runite bolts		9.4	282,000	−8,820	170	18.09	777455
76		Amethyst-tipped broad bolts[3]		10.6	318,000	−273	−35	-3.30	436556

Adding tips to dragon bolts can be more profitable, but requires a large amount of capital, and some options are not viable due to low supply, low trade volume of material or product, or low buy limits.

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per bolt)	Max Experience (per hour)[1]	Material cost (per bolt)	Profit (per bolt)	GP/XP	Volume
84		Opal		1.6	48,000	−777	92	57.50	5885
		Jade		2.4	72,000	−777	115	47.92	15187
		Pearl		3.2	96,000	−764	106	33.13	14502
		Red Topaz		4	120,000	−913	52	13.00	0
		Sapphire		4.7	141,000	−710	44	9.36	31954
		Emerald		5.5	165,000	−754	−9	-1.64	1204
		Ruby		6.3	189,000	−782	50	7.94	773172
		Diamond		7	210,000	−860	40	5.71	669070
		Dragonstone		8.2	246,000	−1,630	55	6.71	44734
		Onyx		9.4	282,500	−9,467	101	10.74	79513

Arrows[edit | edit source]

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per arrow)	Max Experience (per hour)[n 1]	Material cost (per arrow)	Profit (per arrow)	GP/XP
1		Headless		1	45,000	−3	5	5.00
1		Bronze		1.3	58,500	−10	−7	-5.38
15		Iron		2.5	112,500	−15	−9	-3.60
30		Steel		5	225,000	−36	−12	-2.40
45		Mithril		7.5	337,500	−42	−39	-5.20
52		Broad[n 2]		10	450,000	−63	N/A	-6.30
60		Adamant		10	450,000	−108	−99	-9.90
75		Rune		12.5	562,500	−268	−200	-16.00
82		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	−246	−54	-4.00
90		Dragon		15	675,000	−1,368	−74	-4.93

Javelins[edit | edit source]

Level	Item		Materials	Experience (per javelin)	Max Experience AFK (per hour)[1]	Max Experience Tick Manipulate (per hour)[2]	Material cost (per javelin)	Profit (per javelin)	GP/XP
3		Bronze		1	45,000	60,000	−42	−22	-22.00
17		Iron		2	90,000	120,000	−26	−23	-11.50
32		Steel		5	225,000	300,000	−51	−50	-10.00
47		Mithril		8	360,000	480,000	−119	−96	-12.00
62		Adamant		10	450,000	600,000	−173	−125	-12.50
77		Rune		12.4	558,000	744,000	−563	−409	-32.98
84		Amethyst		13.5	607,500	810,000	−702	−350	-25.93
92		Dragon		15	675,000	900,000	−914	−141	-9.40

Other methods[edit | edit source]

Level 1–5: Headless arrows[edit | edit source]

A profitable way of training Fletching is to fletch headless arrows using arrow shafts and feathers. This grants 15 experience per action, for 1 experience per headless arrow fletched.

Level 1–5/10: Arrow shafts[edit | edit source]

The best way to get from level 1 to level 5 is by fletching arrow shafts, which give 5 experience per log.

• Experience needed: 388
• Logs needed to Level 5 / 10: 78 / 233
• Time: 150 seconds
• Logs cost to Level 5 / 10 = 8,295 / 24,465
• Arrow shafts = 1,185 / 3,465
  • Total Profit/Loss to Level 5 / 10 = −7,110 / −21,000

Level 5–99: Bows[edit | edit source]

Making bows is a very slow method of training Fletching, but it requires a low amount of effort and is usually cheap or profitable. Fletching unstrung bows is more AFK-able but yields less experience per hour, stringing bows is faster but requires paying more attention. Since fletching unstrung bows takes 3-ticks per bow, fletching an inventory takes 48.6 seconds; stringing bows takes 2-ticks per bow which makes an inventory take 16.8 seconds to string.

This section will show the time and number of either logs or unstrung bows and bowstrings needed to reach level 99 if switching to each newly unlocked bow type you can fletch as soon as possible, along with the amounts of the materials involved: logs, bow strings, unstrung bows and finished bows.

The below table assumes 1,700 bows are fletched per hour, and 2,450 bows are strung per hour.

Levels	Bow type	XP/action	XP/h (fletching)	XP/h (stringing)	XP needed	Logs/unstrung bows and bow strings needed	Logs cost	Unstrung bows and bowstrings cost	Total profit/loss (fletching)	Total profit/loss (stringing)	GP/XP (fletching)	GP/XP (stringing)
5–10	Shortbow	5	8,500	12,250	764	153	16,065	17,136	−11,934	−11,016	-15.60	-14.40
10–20	Longbow	10	17,000	24,500	3,315	332	34,860	31,540	−31,540	−24,900	-9.50	-7.50
20–25	Oak shortbow	16.5	28,050	40,425	3,367	205	14,760	23,575	−8,610	−16,810	-2.55	-4.97
25–35	Oak longbow	25	42,500	61,250	14,548.5	582	41,904	61,110	−30,264	−28,518	-2.08	-1.96
35–40	Willow shortbow	33.33	56,525	81,462.5	14,816.5	445	51,175	57,405	−31,595	−21,360	-2.13	-1.44
40–50	Willow longbow	41.5	70,550	101,675	64,093.65	1,545	177,675	247,200	−61,800	−24,720	-0.96	-0.39
50–55	Maple shortbow	50	85,000	122,500	65,279.15	1,306	18,284	197,206	67,912	30,038	1.04	0.46
55–65	Maple longbow	58.3	99,025	142,712.5	282,771.15	4,851	67,914	955,647	475,398	451,143	1.68	1.60
65–70	Yew shortbow	67.5	114,750	165,375	288,156.85	4,269	1,122,747	1,156,899	−328,713	516,549	-1.14	1.79
70–80	Yew longbow	75	127,500	183,750	1,248,440.35	16,646	4,377,898	7,707,098	1,914,290	1,498,140	1.53	1.20
80–85	Magic shortbow	83.3	141,100	203,350	1,272,516.35	15,277	16,682,484	11,961,891	−6,019,138	412,479	-4.73	0.32
85–99	Magic longbow	91.5	155,550	224,175	9,775,779.25	106,840	116,669,280	126,071,200	320,520	15,598,640	0.03	1.60

Level 40–80: Battlestaves[edit | edit source]

Fletching battlestaves requires one piece of Celastrus bark, and yields 80 experience per bark. Only level 40 is needed to fletch a battlestaff, which makes it a better training method than fletching bows in this level range. At level 80, players can fletch magic shortbows which yields more experience per action.

• Experience needed: 1,948,844
• Celastrus barks needed: 24,361
• Time: 17 hours 40 minutes
  • Experience rate: 110,000 experience per hour
• Celastrus barks cost = 212,208,671
• Battlestaves = 199,321,702
  • Total Profit/Loss = −12,886,969
    • Per XP = -6.61

Level 92–99: Redwood shields[edit | edit source]

Redwood shields are an alternative method to fletching bows. Fletching one shield requires two redwood logs, and gives 216 experience per shield.

• Experience needed: 6,517,178
• Redwood logs needed: 60,346
• Time: 38 hours 35 minutes
  • Experience rate: 168,000 experience per hour
• Redwood logs cost = 34,578,258
• Redwood shields = 10,530,377
  • Total Profit/Loss(fletching) = −24,047,881
    • Per XP = -3.69