Bowcraft & Fletching

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The art of bowcraft and fletching allows bowyers to rely on the forests of Britannia for their weaponry. One who truly lives off the land, a bowyer may carve his bows, crossbows, arrows and bolts from the very trees around him, thus avoiding the need to ever venture to town.

Fletchers create bows and arrows for use by Archers, using Wood and Feathers as working materials. Because they also deal with Boards, the Lumberjacking and Carpentry skills complement Fletching well.

Quite a few bows require special Recipes in order to craft, some of which are quite rare. It's recommended to train your skill in Heartwood so as to obtain them prior to requiring them. Runic Fletching Kits can also be earnt there on occasion.

Quivers are useful items that are also of interest to Archers, however these are created by Tailors instead of Fletchers.

Training

In order to practise Fletching, you will require a set of Fletcher's Tools.

For a power gaming technique to train this skill see Satyr Trick

Wood

A Bowyer's standard working material consists of boards harvested by Lumberjacks. Of these, there are various different types which provide different bonuses (and colours) to crafted items.

The skill levels a Bowyer requires to work with each type of board are:

Boards.png Plain: 0Boards (Oak).png Oak: 65Boards (Ash).png Ash: 75Boards (Yew).png Yew: 85
Boards (Bloodwood).png Bloodwood: 95Boards (Heartwood).png Heartwood: 95Boards (Frostwood).png Frostwood: 95

Note that the skill levels required to harvest logs and/or convert them to boards differ from those listed here (refer to the boards page).

Craftables

Catogory Picture Item Name Resources Needed Retains Color Makers Mark Requires Recipe Min Skill Required
Ammunition Arrow.png Arrow 1 Feather
1 Shaft
- - - 0
Ammunition Crossbow bolt.png Bolt 1 Feather
1 Shaft
- - - 0
Ammunition Fukiya Dart.png Fukiya Dart 1 Boards or Logs - - - 50
Materials Elven fletching.png Elven Fletching 1 Faery Dust
20 Feather
- - - 90
Materials Kindling.png Kindling 1 Boards or Logs - - - 0
Materials Shaft.png Shaft 1 Boards or Logs - - - 0
Weapons (Magical) Magical Shortbow.png Assassin's Shortbow 15 Boards or Logs
1 Dark Sapphire
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Magical) Elven Composite Longbow.png Barbed Longbow 20 Boards or Logs
1 Fire Ruby
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Artifact) Blight Gripped Longbow.png Blight Gripped Longbow 20 Boards or Logs
10 Blight
10 Corruption
1 Lard of Paroxysmus
- - Yes 75
Weapons (Standard) Bow.png Bow 7 Boards or Logs - Yes - 30
Weapons (Standard) Composite Bow.png Composite Bow 7 Boards or Logs - Yes - 70
Weapons (Standard) Crossbow.png Crossbow 7 Boards or Logs - Yes - 60
Weapons (Standard) Elven Composite Longbow.png Elven Composite Longbow 20 Boards or Logs Yes Yes - 95
Weapons (Artifact) Faerie Fire.png Faerie Fire 20 Boards or Logs
1 Lard of Paroxysmus
10 Putrefaction
10 Taint
- - Yes 75
Weapons (Magical) Elven Composite Longbow.png Frozen Longbow 20 Boards or Logs
1 Turquoise
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Standard) Heavy Crossbow.png Heavy Crossbow 10 Boards or Logs - Yes - 80
Weapons (Magical) Magical Shortbow.png Lightweight Shortbow 15 Boards or Logs
1 White Pearl
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Magical) Elven Composite Longbow.png Longbow of Might 10 Boards or Logs
1 Blue Diamond
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Standard) Magical Shortbow.png Magical Shortbow 15 Boards or Logs Yes Yes - 85
Weapons (Artifact) Mischief Maker.png Mischief Maker 15 Boards or Logs
10 Corruption
10 Putrefaction
1 Dread Horn Mane
- - Yes 75
Weapons (Magical) Magical Shortbow.png Mystical Shortbow 15 Boards or Logs
1 Ecru Citrine
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Magical) Magical Shortbow.png Ranger's Shortbow 15 Boards or Logs
1 Perfect Emerald
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Standard) Repeating Crossbow.png Repeating Crossbow 10 Boards or Logs - Yes - 90
Weapons (Artifact) Silvanis feywood bow.gif Silvani's Feywood Bow 20 Boards or Logs
1 Lard of Paroxysmus
10 Muculent
10 Scourge
- - Yes 75
Weapons (Magical) Elven Composite Longbow.png Slayer Longbow 20 Boards or Logs
1 Brilliant Amber
Yes - Yes 75
Weapons (Artifact) The Night Reaper.png The Night Reaper 10 Boards or Logs
10 Blight
10 Scourge
1 Dread Horn Mane
- - Yes 75
Weapons (Standard) Yumi.png Yumi 10 Boards or Logs Yes Yes - 90

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