Making Crossbows

by: Latona

Crossbows will require both metal and wood to be completed and therefore will depend on your smithing level in addition to your fletching level.

Players can simply use a knife on a log to make a crossbow stock. All logs apart from magic logs can be used to make the crossbow stock. After making the stock you will need to attach the correct limbs to enable you to complete your crossbow. Each type of log can only be used with a specific type of limb. The table below shows the required stock and limb. No other combinations will work.

Stock:	Limbs:
Wood	Bronze
Oak	Blurite *
Willow	Iron
Teak	Steel
Maple	Mithril
Mahogany	Adamantite
Yew	Runite

* To be able to use Blurite Ore you will need to have completed The Knight's Sword Quest

Stringing the Crossbow:

Players will be able to make their own string provided they have level 3 cooking and level 10 crafting. Instead of flax being used it is sinew, which is obtained from cooking beef or bear meat on a range (players can choose to dry it out to become sinew). The sinew can then be made into a bowstring using a spinning wheel.

The table below shows the level required as well as the experience for each part of the process of making a crossbow. The total experience for each type of bow is also included.

Crossbow:	Level:	Stock Exp:	Limbs Exp:	String Exp:	Total Exp:
Bronze	9	6	6	6	18
Blurite	24	16	32	16	64
Iron	39	22	44	22	88
Steel	46	27	54	27	108
Mithril	54	32	64	32	128
Adamantite	61	41	82	41	164
Runite	69	50	100	50	200

About the Author

Latona is a veteran runescape player and webmaster of this runescape help site as well as submitting several guides and articles including this Crossbow Making Guide for the fletching skill.