This is the Regular Fletching Guide, the guide for Ironman/ Hardcore Ironman players is found Here.

Fletching is a skill which allows the player to create various types of ranged weapons and their ammunition. The products of this skill are primarily used in the combat skill, Ranged.

Getting Supplies

To train Fletching, all you need is a knife, and some logs.

The knife is very easy to obtain. Just Teleport to Edgeville (Home) and buy one from the general store, located north west from the teleport spot, for 100gp.

As for the logs, there are three ways to obtain them.

Chop them yourself using the Woodcutting Skill.
Buy logs from other players.
Completing the 'Make the Cut' task by reaching 99 Woodcutting. (Can only be done once)

Experience Tables

Making Bows

Unstrung Bows can be made by using a knife on the log that you are using.

Below is a table of all fletchable bows, their level requirements, and the amount of XP they reward you with after being made:

Name	Level Needed	XP Given
Arrow Shaft	1	660
Shortbow	5	660
Longbow	10	1,320
Oak Shortbow	20	2,244
Oak Longbow	25	3,300
Willow Shortbow	35	4,356
Willow Longbow	40	5,544
Maple Shortbow	50	6,600
Maple Longbow	55	7,656
Yew Shortbow	65	8,976
Yew Longbow	70	9,900
Magic Shortbow	80	10,956
Magic Longbow	85	12,012

Bowstring Usage

Bowstrings can be bought from the crafting shop here. The requirements to string a bow are the same as making the bows (u).

Below is a table of all fletchable bows with bowstrings, their level requirements, and the amount of XP they reward you with after being made:

Name	Level Needed	XP Given
Shortbow	5	125
Longbow	10	250
Oak Shortbow	20	400
Oak Longbow	25	625
Willow Shortbow	35	N/A
Willow Longbow	40	1.025
Maple Shortbow	50	1.250
Maple Longbow	55	1.450
Yew Shortbow	65	1.675
Yew Longbow	70	1.875
Magic Shortbow	80	2.075
Magic Longbow	85	2.275

Bolt Tips

Adding Bolt Tips to Bolts is another way to train Fletching, and can actually be faster than using logs, a huge benefit to using this method, is that you can be doing this anywhere. Even while training another skill. The only downside to this method is that getting the required materials can be quite time consuming.

Each Bolt Tip requires a specific Bolt in order to be made, you can find which metal bolt goes with which Bolt Tip in the table below.

Equipment	Level Needed	XP Given
10 Bronze Bolts + 10 Opal Bolt Tips	11	640
10 Steel Bolts + 10 Red Topaz Bolt Tips	48	1,560
10 Mithril Bolts + 10 Sapphire Bolt Tips	56	1,880
10 Mithril Bolts + 10 Emerald Bolt Tips	58	2,200
10 Adamant Bolts + 10 Ruby Bolt Tips	63	2,520
10 Adamant Bolts + 10 Diamond Bolt Tips	65	2,800
10 Runite Bolts + 10 Dragon Bolt Tips	71	3,280
10 Runite Bolts + 10 Onyx Bolt Tips	73	3,760

Fastest Way to 99

The table below shows which bows to make and when to switch in order to make reaching your goal of 99 as easy as possible:

Levels	Name	Logs Needed
1 - 5	Arrow Shaft	2
5 - 10	Shortbow	4
10 - 20	Longbow	10
20 - 25	Oak Shortbow	8
25 - 35	Oak Longbow	20
35 - 40	Willow Shortbow	18
40 - 50	Willow Longbow	50
50 - 55	Maple Shortbow	50
55 - 65	Maple Longbow	156
65 - 70	Yew Shortbow	162
70 - 80	Yew Longbow	522
80 - 85	Magic Shortbow	552
85 - 99	Magic Longbow	3,122

You would need to fletch roughly 71.910 Magic Logs in order to achieve 200 million Fletching Experience, from level 99.

Useful Items and Boosts

Picture	Item/Boost	Effect	How to Obtain
	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased by: 75% for 10 minutes for normal donators 100% for 20 minutes for super donators 110% for 40 minutes for extreme donators	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
N/A	Bonus Experience	All experience gained will be multiplied by 3 until the bonus experience runs out.	Logging in every day grants 200k Bonus Exp. Every 10th vote streak rewards you with 500k Bonus Exp. Purchase 1m Bonus Exp for 5k premium points.
N/A	Monthly Bonus	All experience gained is multiplied by 1.25	Play during the 1st to the 5th of every month.

The Skill Cape

If you reach level 99 in Fletching, you can talk to the Wise Old Man at home to obtain the Skill cape. He is located at home, in the building north of the bank.

The 99 cape costs 90K Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Fletching cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

If you reach 200m experience in the Fletching skill you will also unlock the ability to buy the Master Fletching Cape. It is exactly the same as the normal Skill cape. However, you can adjust the trim colour to whatever you like. This cape costs 15m Gp.