Ranged

Ranged affects how good the player is with ranged

Ranged

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. It determines what ranged armour and weapons the player can use. The Ranged skill also increases the maximum hit and accuracy rating of ranged weapons. Players using Ranged will gain Combat Triangle bonuses against monsters that use

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Magic

and penalties against monsters that use

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Melee

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Combat Styles

There are three Ranged combat styles: Accurate, Rapid, and Longranged.

When using the Rapid or Accurate styles, 0.4 Ranged experience is earned per point of damage dealt. When using the Longranged style, 0.2 Ranged experience and 0.2 Defence experience is earned per point of damage instead.

In addition to affecting what experience is earned, each Ranged combat style has a special bonus:

When using the Accurate style, the player's Ranged Accuracy Rating is slightly increased. Details can be found on the Combat page.
When using the Rapid style, the player attacks 0.4s faster.
The Longranged style does not provide any bonus, although in earlier versions it provided a slight increase to the player's Melee Evasion Rating.

Experience Boosts

Ranged experience earned can be increased by 4% by equipping the Gold Emerald Ring, which is multiplicative with the 1% increase from Pyro and 5% from Firemaking Skillcape for a maximum increase of 10%. Raising Ranged to level 99 will unlock the Ranged Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the Ranged Skillcape gives a 50% chance to preserve ammunition.

Material Unlocks

Each bow, crossbow, javelin, throwing knife, arrow, bolt and armour material requires a certain Ranged level to be equipped. Below are some tables detailing which Ranged level is required for which material.

Bows

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1	Normal	Shortbow, Longbow
5	Oak	Shortbow, Longbow
20	Willow	Shortbow, Longbow
30	Maple	Shortbow, Longbow
40	Yew	Shortbow, Longbow
40	Ice	Shortbow, Longbow
50	Magic	Shortbow, Longbow
50	Desert	Shortbow
60	Redwood	Shortbow, Longbow
70	Ancient	Longbow
80		Stormsnap

Arrows

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1	Bronze
	Iron
	Ice
5	Steel
20	Mithril
30	Adamant
40	Rune
60	Dragon
70	Ancient

Crossbows

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1	Bronze
1	Iron
5	Steel
20	Mithril
30	Adamant
40	Rune
60	Dragon
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	Slayer's Crossbow
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90	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shockwave

Crossbow Bolts

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1	Topaz
20	Sapphire
40	Ruby
60	Emerald
80	Diamond
90	Jadestone

Javelins/Throwing Knives

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1	Bronze
1	Iron
5	Steel
20	Mithril
30	Adamant
40	Rune
60	Dragon
70	Ancient

Armour

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1	Leather
1	Slayer (Basic)
10	Hard Leather
30	Slayer (Strong)
40	Green D-Hide
	Ranger
	Ice
50	Blue D-Hide
60	Red D-Hide
60	Slayer (Elite)
70	Black D-Hide
80	Ancient
80	Slayer (Master)
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Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches

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Level 99

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Regular Skillcape

The Ranged Skillcape is the skillcape for the Ranged skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Ranged skill. The Ranged Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+50% Ammo Preservation

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Ranged Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Ranged skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Ranged skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn: