Ranged/Training
Introduction
Same as Melee, you should be doing the highest XP/hr monster with the highest possible gear. Due to the slower attack speed and the relative difficulty of
large amounts of bolts, you shouldn't use 
crossbows until you have the 
Dragon Crossbow or better.
has a lot of options to do great damage, particularly to
enemies that may be very difficult to beat with Melee. For Ranged, use
to obtain the highest level Armor, and
to obtain the highest level Weapons and Ammo.
Crafted Armour can be upgraded (
) once from the Bank, using more of the raw 
Dragonhide. Upgrading Ranged armor is always recommended once it's available.
This Armour does not get any Damage Reduction until upgraded to its (U) variant, much like Melee Armour.
Ranged has three different Attack styles,
,
, and
:
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In general,
is more effective at low levels, while
is more effective at higher levels. The cutoff is approximately level 40.
should likely be used before this cutoff to also get an amount of
XP!
Ranged has several different Weapon types to choose from, each with their own benefits and drawbacks:
| Weapon | Details | Ammo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
   Shortbow
|
Fast-ish, weaker |    Arrows
|
Not great. |
   Longbow
|
More accurate, more damage | Arrows
|
Arrows are cheap and easy to mass produce. |
  Crossbow
|
Slow with high damage |    Bolts
|
Bolts are valuable and difficult to make. |
   Throwing Knives
|
Extremely fast with low damage and accuracy | - | Does not require Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fletching.
|
   Javelins
|
Fast with high damage and low accuracy | - | Javelins are worth a lot of GP when sold |
For the earliest parts of the game, it is recommended to stick with Longbows, since Arrows are the most plentiful ammo source. Javelins are more powerful than bows, and can be used if you want to powerlevel a bit, but the effort it takes to make enough for each level bracket is more than the effort required to just use arrows. Additionally, 
Ice Arrows are equivalent to 
Rune Arrows while not having a level requirement, and so can be used from
level 1. If you can comfortably fight 
Frozen Archer with your
setup, these can carry you through training ranged without even looking at
