Ranged weapons are extremely important in different aspects of OSRS, Whether you want to do Questing or PvP. The type of ranged weapon you use will significantly impact your quality of play. In this guide, we have listed the best ranged weapons, progressing from the ones with the lowest ranged attack bonuses to the ones with the best.
DPS means damage per second. The DPS for each weapon shown below is according to the DPS calculator using the best ammunition. DPS is important for training, as the higher the DPS of a player’s weapon, the higher the XP rates the player will get.
| Ranged level | Ranged weapon | Cost (GP) | Bonus | Information | DPS on Sand Crabs |
| 1 |  iron Knives |
42 | +5 ranged attack bonus | Throwing knives are one of the quickest weapons in OSRS, along with darts. They are commonly used for training ranged. | 4.448 |
| 5 |  Steel knives |
43 | +8 ranged attack bonus | 4.853 | |
| 10 |  Black knives |
11 | +10 ranged attack bonus | 4.859 | |
| 20 |  Mithril knifes |
123 | +11 ranged strength bonus and +10 ranged strength bonus | 4.862 | |
| 28 |  Dorgeshuun Crossbow |
2K | +42 ranged attack bonus | This crossbow is commonly used to train ranged at low levels due to advantages over other ranged weapons with the same level requirements. It is also known to be quite cheap to use due to its ability to fire bone bolts, which are significantly cheaper than most ammunition. It can also be used with an offensive or defensive shield. It requires 28 ranged to equip and can be bought from Nardok in the Dorgeshuun Mines after the completion of The Lost Tribe quest. | 3.867 |
| 50 |  Rune crossbow |
11K | +90 ranged attack bonus | The rune crossbow is commonly used by both high-level and low-level players. It can be used for slayer tasks because a shield can be equipped with it, and it can also be used high high-level PvM due to its ability to fire ruby and diamond bolts. It requires 61 ranged to wield and can be fletched at level 69 fletching by first adding runite limbs to yew stock with a hammer in your inventory and then stringing the unstrung rune crossbow formed. | |
| 50 |  Magic Shortbow (i) |
43K (magic shortbow and magic shortbow scroll) | +75 ranged attack bonus | The magic shortbow (i) is quite popular, it has a higher attack bonus and uses only 50% of the special bar when the special attack is activated, instead of 55% with the regular bow. It requires 50 ranged to use and can be obtained by using a magic shortbow scroll on a regular magic shortbow. It can be fired with different arrows, but the amethyst and rune arrows do the most damage per second. | 5.456 |
| 60 |  Craw’s bow |
22M | +75 ranged attack bonus |
This bow counts as an Armadyl item in the God Wars Dungeon and has the same bonuses as the magic shortbow (i) with the ranged strength of dragon arrows. It can be obtained as a drop from revenants found within the Revenant Caves. To use the bow, it must be activated with 1,000 revenant ether and additional revenant ether should be added before they can be fired. When charged, the craw bow has an additional 50% ranged accuracy and damage boost when attacking any NPC in the wilderness, taking one revenant ether per attack even if it is successful or not.
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5.732 |
| 60 |  Dark Bow |
1.3M | +95 ranged attack bonus | The dark bow is popular for player killing as it has one of the highest maximum hits of any weapon in OSRS through its special attack. It requires 60 ranged to equip and can only be obtained as a drop from dark beats or night beasts. It is also known for its slow attack, it takes up to 9 ticks (5.4 seconds) to fire or 8 when set to rapid (4.8 seconds) but two arrows are fired at a time. | 4.311 |
| 64 |  Dragon Crossbow |
100K | +94 ranged attack bonus | The Dragon crossbow is a powerful mid-level ranged weapon. It can fire bolts up to dragon bolts and has an attack ranged of 7 which increases to 9 when set to longrange. It requires level 64 ranged to wield and can be made at level 78 fletching | 5.079 |
| 70 |  Dragon hunter crossbow |
59M | +95 ranged attack bonus | The dragon hunter crossbow is one of the strongest weapons to use against draconic creatures like dragons and wyverns, as it has a passive effect that increases the ranged accuracy by 30% and damage by 25% when fighting these creatures. It requires 70 ranged to wield and can be obtained as a possible reward from the Chambers of Xeric. | 5.079 |
| 70 |  Crystal bow |
876K (1 crystal weapon seed and 40 crstal shards) | +100 ranged attack bonus | Crystal bow requires the completion of Roving Elves to wield, as well as 50 agility and 70 ranged. It can be created when an elf sings to a crystal weapon seed and enchants it into a bow. Since it is blessed, the crystal bow does not require any arrows, as it generates its own when fired, but it would last for only 2 hours and 5 minutes when set to accurate and players will need to recharge it with 900,000 coins. Additionally, It has the longest attack ranges in OSRS, being able to hit targets up to 10 tiles away | 4.925 |
| 70 |  Armadyl Crossbow |
54M | +100 ranegd attack bonus and +1 prayer bonus | Armadyl crossbow counts as an Armadyl item in the God Wars dungeon and can fire all bolts up to the dragon bolts. It also has an attack range of 8, and the longrange style will increase it to 10. It requires a ranged level of 70 to wield and can be obtained as a drop by only Commander Zilyana. Only this crossbow and its upgraded version, the Zaryte crossbow, gives a prayer bonus. | 5.082 |
| 70 |  Karil’s crossbow |
96K | +84 ranged attack bonus | Karil’s crossbow is a two-handed weapon from the Karil the Tainted’s set. It fires higher damage per second than most crossbows, but has a lower attack speed. If the full set is worn with the amulet of the damned, there is a 25% chance for each successful attack to do deal a second hit for half the damage of the first. Like other pieces of the Barrows equipment, it degrades after 15 hours of use and will need to be repaired before it can be used again. | 5.469 |
| 75 |
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5M | +30 ranged attack bonus. It also has an additional +20 ranged strength bonus which increases or decreases, depending on the dart used. | The toxic blowpipe is a popular weapon for training ranged, it has a base attack speed of 3 but increases to 4 during PvP. It also has a 25% chance of inflicting venom on the opponent, this increases to 100% if attacking an NPC while wearing a serpentine helm in conjunction with it. To use it, it must be charged with Zulrah scales and any dart, the tier of dart used greatly improves this weapon ranged damage | 8.106 |
| 80 |  Bow of Faerdhinen |
147M | +128 ranged attack bonus |
The bow of Faerdinen provides the highest ranged attack and ranged strength bonus of any weapon in OSRS. It requires 80 ranged and 70 agility to wield, and can be created with the singing bowl by combining 100 crystal shards and an enhanced crystal weapon seed, which requires completion of Song of the Elves, 82 smithing, and crafting to sing the crystal. Additionally, it gives a +106 ranged strength bonus. When created, the bow has 10,000 charges and degrades like other crystal equipment, with a charge lost for each shot, successful or not. Crystal shards must be used to charge the bow, with each shard granting 100 charges, up to a maximum of 20,000 charges. To prevent degradation, the bow can be made into a Bow of faerdhinen (c) at a singing bowl with 2,000 crystal shards.
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5.756 |
| 80 |  Zaryte Crossbow |
378M | +110 ranged attack and +16 ranged defence bonus | The Zaryte crossbow is one of the best ranged weapons in OSRS and also one of the few ranged weapons to offer a ranged defence bonus. It requires 80 ranged to wield and can fire up to dragon bolts. The crossbow has an attack range of 8 and the longrange combat style will increase it to 10. It can be crafted by attaching a nihil horn, which is a rare drop from Nex, with an Armadyl crossbow and nihit shards. | 3.314 |
| 80 |
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87M | +90 ranged attack bonus | This is a two-handed weapon that has to be charged with ancient essence to use. It has the potential to deal up to 233% of its standard max hit per shot, which is why it is efficient for killing closely packed enemies in multi-combat areas. It is mostly ineffective in single combat and on enemies with a size of 3x3 or larger, since the bonus radius of 2 tiles makes it impossible for arrows to bounce from one opponent to another unless they are closely stacked, | 5.123 |
| 85 |  Twisted Bow |
1.7B | +70 ranged attack bonus | The Twisted bow is very expensive and this is because of the bonuses it gives when facing monsters such as Commander Zilyana and TzKal-Zuk, who have high magic level and accuracy bonuses. It has a passive effect where its accuracy and damage will increase when facing a target with a higher magic level or magic accuracy. It also gives an additional +20 ranged strength bonus. | 1.912 |
Chinchompas are stackable range weapons that can damage closely stacked enemies in multi-combat zones. They are thrown like darts, but they explode on impact, damaging multiple enemies, and cannot be picked from the ground. They are commonly used to get high ranged experience when training, but it is quite expensive. For more information on how to use chinchompas to train ranged, check our chinning guide
Grey Chinchompas: They give a +45 ranged attack bonus and can be equipped at level 45 ranged
Red chinchompas - They give a +70 ranged attack bonus and can be equipped at level 55 ranged
Black Chinchompas - They give a +80 ranged attack bonus and can be equipped at level 65 ranged.
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