Ranged

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Ranged

Ranged is a Combat skill. Unlike Melee, which uses both Attack and Strength when attacking monsters in combat, the player's Ranged level affects both accuracy and damage. The Ranged skill also determines what Ranged armour, Ranged weapons, and ammo the player can use.

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

Mechanics

There are three Ranged attack styles: Accurate, Rapid, and Longrange. Each Ranged attack uses ammunition (ammo), which is equipped to a dedicated gear slot. Bows use arrows, crossbows use bolts, and javelins and throwing knives act as both a one-handed weapon and their ammo. Ammo can be created in Fletching or obtained by killing monsters.

0.4 Ranged XP is earned per point of damage dealt with a Ranged weapon. When using the Rapid or Accurate styles, this XP is applied directly to the Ranged skill. When using the Longrange style, the XP is split evenly between Ranged and Defence.

In addition to affecting how experience is distributed, each Ranged attack style has a special bonus:

  • Accurate: +6 Hidden Ranged Level, slightly improving the player's Ranged Accuracy Rating.
  • Rapid: -0.4s Attack Interval, making the player's attacks 0.4 seconds faster. This is the recommended style for increasing XP per hour.
  • Longrange: +3 Hidden Ranged Level and +3 Hidden Defence Level, slightly improving the player's Ranged Accuracy Rating and Evasion Rating.

Skill Level Unlocks

Increasing the Ranged skill allows the player to equip more powerful Ranged weapons and armour. The player's accuracy and damage with any Ranged attack style also scale with Ranged level.

Ranged Level Unlocks
1 Wield Bronze Arrows
Wield Iron Arrows
Wield Topaz Bolts
Wear Leather BodyLeather BootsLeather ChapsLeather CowlLeather GlovesLeather Vambraces Leather Armour
Wield Bronze CrossbowBronze JavelinBronze Throwing Knife Bronze Ranged Weapons
Wield Iron CrossbowIron JavelinIron Throwing Knife Iron Ranged Weapons
Wield Normal LongbowNormal Shortbow Normal Bows
3 Wield Slingshot
5 Wield Steel Arrows
Wield Oak LongbowOak Shortbow Oak Bows
Wield Steel CrossbowSteel JavelinSteel Throwing Knife Steel Ranged Weapons
10 Wear Hard Leather BodyHard Leather BootsHard Leather ChapsHard Leather CowlHard Leather GlovesHard Leather Vambraces Hard Leather Armour
Build Cave Climb in Obstacle 4 (requires Strength 10, Magic 10)
20 Wield Mithril Arrows
Wield Sapphire Bolts
Wield Mithril CrossbowMithril JavelinMithril Throwing Knife Mithril Ranged Weapons
Wield Willow LongbowWillow Shortbow Willow Bows
Build Cliff Balance in Obstacle 5 (requires Attack 20, Magic 20)
30 Wield Adamant Arrows
Wear Slayer Cowl (Strong)Slayer Leather Body (Strong) Ranged Slayer Gear (Strong)
Wield Adamant CrossbowAdamant JavelinAdamant Throwing Knife Adamant Ranged Weapons
Wield Maple LongbowMaple Shortbow Maple Bows
40 Wield Ruby Bolts
Wield Rune Arrows
Wear Ice BootsIce HelmetIce PlatebodyIce PlatelegsIce Shield Ice Armor (requires Defence 40)
Wear Green D-hide BodyGreen D-hide ChapsGreen D-hide ShieldGreen D-hide Vambraces Green Dragonhide Armour
Wear Ranger Boots
Wear Ranger Hat
Wear Throwing Power Gloves
Wield Ice LongbowIce Shortbow Ice Bows
Wield Rune CrossbowRune JavelinRune Throwing Knife Rune Ranged Weapons
Wield Yew LongbowYew Shortbow Yew Bows
Trade for Ranged Hinder Scroll (requires Township 10)
Build Tree Hop in Obstacle 6 (requires Woodcutting 40, Magic 40)
50 Wear Blue D-hide BodyBlue D-hide ChapsBlue D-hide ShieldBlue D-hide Vambraces Blue Dragonhide Armour
Wield Desert Shortbow
Wield Elerine Longbow
Wield Magic LongbowMagic Shortbow Magic Bows
Purchase Hunters Hat (requires Township 80, Attack 50, Magic 50, 8 Prats Hats)
60 Wield Dragon Arrows
Wield Emerald Bolts
Wear Red D-hide BodyRed D-hide ChapsRed D-hide ShieldRed D-hide Vambraces Red Dragonhide Armour
Wear Slayer Cowl (Elite)Slayer Leather Body (Elite) Ranged Slayer Gear (Elite)
Wield Confetti Crossbow
Wield Dragon CrossbowDragon JavelinDragon Throwing Knife Dragon Ranged Weapons
Wield Poisoned Shortbow
Wield Redwood LongbowRedwood Shortbow Redwood Bows
Wield Slayer's Crossbow
70 Wield Ancient Arrows
Wear Black D-hide BodyBlack D-hide ChapsBlack D-hide ShieldBlack D-hide Vambraces Black Dragonhide Armour
Wield Ancient CrossbowAncient JavelinAncient Throwing KnifeAncient Longbow Ancient Ranged Weapons
Build Cave Maze in Obstacle 9 (requires Prayer 70, Magic 70)
Build Water Jump in Obstacle 9 (requires Strength 70, Magic 70)
80 Wield Diamond Bolts
Wear Scaled Shield
Wear Ancient D-hide BodyAncient D-hide ChapsAncient D-hide ShieldAncient D-hide Vambraces Ancient Dragonhide Armour
Wear Slayer Cowl (Master)Slayer Leather Body (Master) Ranged Slayer Gear (Master) (requires Slayer 80)
Wield Stormsnap
85 Wear Aeris God BootsAeris God GlovesAeris God HelmetAeris God PlatebodyAeris God Platelegs Aeris God Armour
Wear Poison Virulence Gloves
90 Wield Jadestone Bolts
Wield Shockwave
95 Build Lava Waterfall Dodge in Obstacle 10 (requires Firemaking 95, Magic 95, Slayer 90, Prayer 80)
99 Wear Maximum Skillcape (requires level 99 in all skills)
Wear Ranged Skillcape
Wear Shield of Ranged Power
100 Wield Corundum Arrows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Slayer Cowl (Legendary)Slayer Leather Body (Legendary) Ranged Slayer Gear (Legendary) (requires Slayer 100, Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Elderwood BodyElderwood ChapsElderwood ShieldElderwood Vambraces Elderwood Armour (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Corundum CrossbowCorundum JavelinCorundum Throwing Knife Corundum Ranged Weapons (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Elderwood LongbowElderwood Shortbow Elderwood Bows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
105 Wield Augite Arrows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Revenant BodyRevenant ChapsRevenant ShieldRevenant Vambraces Revenant Armour (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Augite CrossbowAugite JavelinAugite Throwing Knife Augite Ranged Weapons (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Revenant LongbowRevenant Shortbow Revenant Bows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Build Boulder Balance in Obstacle 12 (requires Attack 105, Magic 105)
108 Wield Onyx Bolts (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
110 Wield Divine Arrows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Bundled Protection Body (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Perfect Sight Legs (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Slayer Cowl (Mythical)Slayer Leather Body (Mythical) Ranged Slayer Gear (Mythical) (requires Slayer 110, Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Carrion BodyCarrion ChapsCarrion ShieldCarrion Vambraces Carrion Armour (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Carrion LongbowCarrion Shortbow Carrion Bows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Divine CrossbowDivine JavelinDivine Throwing Knife Divine Ranged Weapons (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Thorned Power Bow (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Torrential Blast Crossbow (requires Magic 110, Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Build Freezing Climb in Obstacle 14 (requires Defence 110, Magic 110)
112 Wield Decay Bolts (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Mask of Torment (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wear Voodoo Trinket (requires Attack 112, Magic 112, Impending Darkness Event cleared)
115 Wield Ethereal Arrows (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Meteorite Bolts (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Ethereal Longbow (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Meteorite CrossbowMeteorite Javelin Meteorite Ranged Weapons (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
118 Wield Zephyte Bolts (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
120 Wear Superior Max Skillcape (requires level 120 in all skills)
Wear Superior Ranged Skillcape
Wear Vorloran Watcher BootsVorloran Watcher GauntletsVorloran Watcher HelmetVorloran Watcher PlatebodyVorloran Watcher Platelegs Vorloran Watcher Armour (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)
Wield Feather Storm Crossbow (requires Impending Darkness Event cleared)

Skillcapes

The standard and superior skillcapes for this skill can be purchased from the store for Coins.svg 1,000,000 and Coins.svg 10,000,000 after the player reaches Ranged Level 99 and Ranged Level 120, respectively. Reaching Ranged Level 120 requires the Throne of the Herald Expansion.

Skillcape Name Requirements Effect
Ranged Skillcape Ranged Skillcape Ranged Level 99 +50% Ammo Preservation
Superior Ranged Skillcape Superior Ranged Skillcape Ranged Level 120 +75% Ammo Preservation
+5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment

Pet

This skill's pet can be unlocked by performing any action that grants Ranged experience.

Pet Name Effect
Marahute Marahute +5% Ammo Preservation

Skill Bonuses

Ammo Preservation

Ammo Preservation reduces the likelihood of ammunition being consumed while using Ranged attacks. The chance to preserve ammo is capped at 80%.

Ranged Weapon Stats

Bows

Arrows

Crossbows

Crossbow Bolts

Javelins

Throwing Knives

Ranged Armour Stats

Helmets

Bodies

Legs

Boots

Gloves

Shields

Capes