A Funny Greeting for Arrow and Bolt Shop

Bolts are the ammunition used by crossbows. Most types of bolts are made using a combination of the Smithing and Fletching skills, the initial bolts being made with Smithing (each metal bar makes 50 unfinished bolts) and feathers being added with Fletching. Each bolt requires 1 feather. 10 bolts are made at once every 0.6 seconds, up to 15 sets in one go (150 bolts total).

Certain special bolts can only be obtained through other methods, such as monster drops or specialist shops.

Bolts may be used with crossbows that are lower level than themselves, but their damage will be capped at the crossbow's level.^[1] For example, if one were to use level 80 royal bolts with the level 50 rune crossbow, the bolts would perform as level 50 runite bolts.

Different types of bolts can be stored in a bolt pouch to conserve space. Bolts sometimes survive shots, so fired bolts can be picked up.

Types of bolts [edit | edit source]

Non-enchanted bolts [edit | edit source]

Smithable metal bolts can be enhanced by adding bolt tips, including those crafted from gems. These have a higher Damage stat, and a correspondingly raised minimum crossbow level needed to fire them with uncapped damage.

Tipping bolts tip 10 bolts at once, taking 1.2 seconds per set, and up to 60 sets can be made in one go (600 bolts in total).

Level	Bolt type		Cost	Damage
1		Bronze	42	48
10		Iron	50	96
		Opal	53
20		Steel	84	192
		Pearl	107
25		Black	293	240
		Jade	N/A
30		Mithril	106	288
		Topaz	102
40		Adamant	182	384
		Sapphire	53
50		Fragment	N/A	48
		Rune	227	480
		Emerald	120
		Ruby	187
		Broad-tipped	53
60		Diamond	291	576
		Dragon	408
70		Bolt rack	133	672
		Onyx	6,885
80		Bakriminel	1,436	720
		Royal	82	768
85		Wyvern spines	281	816
90		Opal bakriminel	873
		Pearl bakriminel	700
		Jade bakriminel	796
		Red topaz bakriminel	766
		Sapphire bakriminel	926
		Emerald bakriminel	1,418
		Ruby bakriminel	1,914
		Diamond bakriminel	2,402
		Dragonstone bakriminel	2,726
		Onyx bakriminel	8,680
		Hydrix bakriminel	9,430
		Ascension	78	864
		Ascendri	8,476	902
92		Blight	581	883

Note that the left hand column of the table above is the required Ranged level not the Tier of the weapon which may differ.

Enchanted bolts [edit | edit source]

Gem-tipped bolts can be further improved by enchantment, which raises both the damage and level requirement even further. This also gives them passive effects that can be triggered with auto attacks and abilities, with abilities consuming one bolt per activation. The chance of the special effect occurring is increased by 2% additively ^{[source needed]} upon the completion of the elite Seers' Village achievements, as well as by the Ranged cape perk, which increases the chance by 20% multiplicatively.^{[source needed]}

Level	Bolt type		Cost	Damage	Enchantment
20		Opal (e)	36	192	Lucky lightning: +10% damage.
30		Pearl (e)	45	288	Sea curse: +15% more damage to enemies that are weak to water. Performs 15% less damage on enemies that are weak to fire. Stops enemies from running in PvP.
35		Jade (e)	N/A	336	Earth's fury: Stun the opponent for 4.8 seconds. Only Binds in PvP.
40		Topaz (e)	44	384	Down to earth: Reduce the opponent's magic level by 2 and damage by 1%. Caps at 10 levels and 5% damage.
50		Sapphire (e)	64	480	Clear mind: Steal 5% of the maximum prayer points from the opponent.
60		Emerald (e)	163	576	Magical poison: Poison the enemy for 4% of the player's weapon damage.
		Ruby (e)	185		Blood forfeit: Deal damage worth 20% of the enemy's life points, while also dealing 10% of the player's own life points to themselves. Damage dealt to players caps at 3,000.
70		Diamond (e)	358	672	Armour piercing: Hit with 100% accuracy and deal up to 15% more damage.
		Dragon (e)	320		Dragon's breath: Hit the opponent a second time for 25% of the player's current attack as dragonfire. Dragons and those under dragonfire protection are immune.
80		Onyx (e)	7,202	768	Life leech: Heal up to 25% of damage potential (capping at 2,500) and dealing 25% more damage.
90		Ascendri (e)	8,857	902	Deathmark: Instantly provide 10% adrenaline and an additional 1% adrenaline from basic abilities for 15 seconds.

Enchanted bakriminel bolts [edit | edit source]

Bakriminel bolts are tier 75 bolts fletched by from bloodwood logs. The unfinished bolts must be assembled with bakriminel bolt tips while standing close to the bloodwood tree that the logs were cut from, or the logs and unfinished bolts will disintegrate. They are especially damaging against mages in PvP with specific targeted attacks.

They can be enhanced by adding bolt tips from gems (turns them tier 85) and can be further improved by enchanting them (turns them tier 95). This cause them to lose their mage-targeting effects, but gain the same effects as gem-tipped metal bolts.

Level	Bolt type		Cost	Damage	Enchantment
99		Opal (e)	3,063	912	Lucky lightning: +10% damage.
		Pearl (e)	1,068		Sea curse: +15% more damage to enemies that are weak to water. Performs 15% less damage on enemies that are weak to fire. Stops enemies from running in PvP.
		Jade (e)	1,431		Earth's fury: Stun the opponent for 4.8 seconds. Only Binds in PvP.
		Red topaz (e)	1,366		Down to earth: Reduce the opponents magic level by 2 and damage by 1%. Caps at 10 levels and 5% damage.
		Sapphire (e)	2,212		Clear mind: Steal 5% of the player's maximum prayer points from the opponent.
		Emerald (e)	2,804		Magical poison: Poison the enemy for 4% of the player's weapon damage.
		Ruby (e)	2,545		Blood forfeit: Deal damage worth 20% of the enemy's life points, while also dealing 10% of the player's life points to themselves. Damage dealt to players caps at 3,000.
		Diamond (e)	2,651		Armour piercing: Hit with 100% accuracy and deal up to 15% more damage.
		Dragonstone (e)	2,551		Dragon's breath: Hit the opponent a second time for 25% of the player's current attack as dragonfire. Dragons and those under dragonfire protection are immune.
		Onyx (e)	9,058		Life leech: Heal up to 25% of damage potential (capping at 2,500) and dealing 25% more damage.
		Hydrix (e)	10,449		Deathmark: Instantly provide 10% adrenaline and an additional 1% adrenaline from basic abilities for 15 seconds.

Player-made bolts [edit | edit source]

• Silver bolts are much like other silver items, in that they are crafted using an appropriate mould and a furnace. Silver bolts are the only ranged weapons other than Blisterwood stakes that can be used effectively against vampyres.
• Kebbit bolts and Long kebbit bolts are fletched from Kebbit spikes and Long kebbit spikes respectively. They can only be used with the Hunter's crossbow.
• Ascension bolts are fletched from ascension shards which can be obtained as drops in varying numbers from members of the Order of Ascension.
• Fragment bolts are fletched from bronze bolts and ascension fragments which can be obtained as drops in varying numbers from members of the Order of Ascension.

Store-bought bolts [edit | edit source]

• Barbed bolts are made from Bronze bolts by attaching Barb bolt tips which can be purchased in the Ranging guild using Archery tickets.
• Broad-tipped bolts require 55 Slayer to use in addition to ranged requirements. They can be obtained from Slayer masters using Slayer reward points, or purchased unfinished from Slayer masters' shops using coins. The ability to complete these bolts using feathers must be obtained using Slayer reward points before they can be made usable.
• Bone bolts can be bought from Nardok's Bone Weapons shop, and are only usable with the Dorgeshuun crossbow and Zanik's crossbow.

Bolts obtained as drops [edit | edit source]

• Black bolts are obtained from Treasure Trails.
• Coral bolts are dropped by grotworms, and are usable only with the coral crossbow. Completion of the Song from the Depths quest is required.
• Royal bolts are dropped by the Queen Black Dragon.
• Bolt racks are obtained from the Barrows and are usable only with Karil's crossbow, Karil's pistol crossbow and Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow.

Bane bolts [edit | edit source]

Bane bolts are available after completion of the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest. They are made by casting Tune Bane Ore on Bane ore, smelting the ore, smithing the bars on the tempered anvil in Kethsi, and fletching them with Feathers. The Tune Bane Ore spell enhances the weapon to be more effective against a specific creature, depending on the item it is tuned with. There are four types of bane bolts:

• Abyssalbane bolts, used against Abyssal demons
• Basiliskbane bolts, used against Basilisks
• Dragonbane bolts, used against Dragons
• Wallasalkibane bolts, used against Wallasalkis

Hand cannon [edit | edit source]

The Hand cannon is also classed as a crossbow, and thus its shot are considered "bolts". However it fires at an average speed, but does more damage than a one-handed crossbow or dual-wielded crossbow. It can only fire Hand cannon shot, which can be obtained as a drop from the monsters at the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield. They can also be bought from the Grand Exchange.

Update history [edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 7 May 2019 (Update):
  • The message "your ammunition will deal less damage than expected" will now only appear after 5 minutes or re-logging.

• patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
  • An animation has been implemented for adding feathers to bolts and arrows.

• patch 10 May 2012 (Update):
  • The check for a full inventory when tipping bolts has been corrected.

Trivia [edit | edit source]

• Tipping bolts incorrectly shows that it takes 1.8 seconds per 10 bolts in-game, despite that it actually takes 1.2 seconds.

References [edit | edit source]

v•d•e RS3 Bolts
Standard	Metal Bronze Iron Steel Silver Mithril Adamant Rune Slayer Coral Fragment Broad Royal Wyvern spines Ascension Blight Hunter Kebbit Long kebbit Gem Opal Jade Pearl Red topaz Sapphire Emerald Ruby Diamond Dragonstone Onyx Ascendri Bakriminel Bakriminel Opal Jade Pearl Red topaz Sapphire Emerald Ruby Diamond Dragonstone Onyx Hydrix
Enchanted	Metal Opal Jade Pearl Red topaz Sapphire Emerald Ruby Diamond Dragonstone Onyx Ascendri Bakriminel Opal Jade Pearl Red topaz Sapphire Emerald Ruby Diamond Dragonstone Onyx Hydrix
Quest	Abyssalbane Basiliskbane Dragonbane Wallasalkibane
Treasure Trail	Black
Tar	Guam tar Marrentill tar Tarromin tar Harralander tar
Other	Barbed Bolt rack Bone Hand cannon shot Mithril grapple

v•d•e RS3 Weaknesses
Melee	Crush Slash Stab
Ranged	Arrows Bolts Thrown
Magic	Air Water Earth Fire
Other	Nothing Silverlight and Darklight
Related	Susceptibility

v•d•e RS3 Weapons
Melee	Stab Dagger Shortsword Rapier Hasta Spear Defender Slash Scimitar Claws Whip Longsword Battleaxe Hatchet Two-handed sword Halberd Crush Mace Warhammer Pickaxe Maul
Magic	Staff Wand Orb Book Rebounder
Ranged	Bow Shortbow Shieldbow Composite bow Chargebow Bolts Crossbow Two-handed crossbow Repriser Thrown Dart Throwing knife Throwing axe Javelin Chinchompa

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Source: https://runescape.wiki/w/Bolts

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