Ranged

Ranged affects how good the player is with ranged Combat. It determines what ranged armour and weapons the player can use. The Ranged skill also increases the maximum hit and accuracy rating of ranged weapons.

Players using Ranged will gain Combat Triangle bonuses against monsters that use Magic and penalties against monsters that use Melee.

Combat Styles

There are three Ranged combat styles: Accurate, Rapid, and Longranged.

When using the Rapid or Accurate styles, 0.4 Ranged experience is earned per point of damage dealt. When using the Longranged style, 0.2 Ranged experience and 0.2 Defence experience is earned per point of damage instead.

In addition to affecting what experience is earned, each Ranged combat style has a special bonus:

When using the Accurate style, the player's Ranged Accuracy Rating is slightly increased. Details can be found on the Combat page.
When using the Rapid style, the player attacks 0.4s faster.
The Longranged style does not provide any bonus, although in earlier versions it provided a slight increase to the player's Melee Evasion Rating.

Ammo Preservation

Ammo Preservation reduces the likelihood of ammunition being consumed while used ranged attacks. The following provide ammo preservation bonuses.

Item	Passive Bonus
Ranged Skillcape	+50% Ammo Preservation
Cape of Ranged Preservation	+20% Ammo Preservation
Ranger Hat	+5% Ammo Preservation
Ranger Boots	+5% Ammo Preservation
Silver Emerald Necklace	+5% Ammo Preservation
Marahute	+5% Ammo Preservation

The maximum Ammo Preservation bonus a player can have is 70% by equipping the Ranged Skillcape, Silver Emerald Necklace, Ranger Hat, and Ranger Boots along with unlocking Marahute.

Experience Boosts

Ranged experience earned can be increased by 4% by equipping the Gold Emerald Ring, which is multiplicative with the 1% increase from Pyro and 5% from Firemaking Skillcape for a maximum increase of 10%.

Material Unlocks

Each bow, crossbow, javelin, throwing knife, arrow, bolt and armour material requires a certain Ranged level to be equipped. Below are some tables detailing which Ranged level is required for which material.

Bows

Level	Material	Weapon Type
1	Normal	Shortbow, Longbow
5	Oak	Shortbow, Longbow
20	Willow	Shortbow, Longbow
30	Maple	Shortbow, Longbow
40	Yew	Shortbow, Longbow
40	Ice	Shortbow, Longbow
50	Magic	Shortbow, Longbow
50	Desert	Shortbow
60	Redwood	Shortbow, Longbow
70	Ancient	Longbow
80		Stormsnap

Arrows

Level	Material
1	Bronze
	Iron
	Ice
5	Steel
20	Mithril
30	Adamant
40	Rune
60	Dragon
70	Ancient

Crossbows

Level	Material
1	Bronze
1	Iron
5	Steel
20	Mithril
30	Adamant
40	Rune
60	Dragon
	Confetti Crossbow
	Slayer's Crossbow
70	Ancient
90	Shockwave

Crossbow Bolts

Level	Material
1	Topaz
20	Sapphire
40	Ruby
60	Emerald
80	Diamond
90	Jadestone

Javelins/Throwing Knives

Level	Material
1	Bronze
1	Iron
5	Steel
20	Mithril
30	Adamant
40	Rune
60	Dragon
70	Ancient

Armour

Level	Material
1	Leather
1	Slayer (Basic)
10	Hard Leather
30	Slayer (Strong)
40	Green D-Hide
	Ranger
	Ice
50	Blue D-Hide
60	Red D-Hide
60	Slayer (Elite)
70	Black D-Hide
80	Ancient
80	Slayer (Master)
85	Aeris

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Skillcape	Name	Effect
	Ranged Skillcape	+50% Ammo Preservation

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any action that grants Ranged experience.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Marahute	+5% Ammo Preservation

Ranged Weapon Stats