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Also known as? | CB, Cbow, Crys Bow, Elf Bow |
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Release date | 7 February 2005 (Update) |
Members only? | Yes |
Quest item? | Yes |
Tradeable? | Only when it is new or when it fully degrades into a crystal seed |
Equipable? | Yes |
Stacks? | No |
High Alchemy | 0 coins |
Low Alchemy | 0 coins |
Destroy | Drop |
Store price | 900,000 coins |
Exchange price | New crystal bow: 902,200 coins update,
Crystal seed: 255,600 coins update coins |
Examine | A nice sturdy magical bow. |
Weight | 1 kg |
The Crystal bow is a powerful bow available for purchase from Islwyn after a player completes the Roving Elves quest, and is an optional reward from the quest alongside the crystal shield. To wield the crystal bow, a player must also have 70 Ranged, and 50 Agility. However, since one of the requirements of Roving Elves is the completion of Regicide, which requires 56 Agility (boosts allowed), it is safe to say that the Crystal bow requires 51-56 agility to use. It may also be purchased and sold on the Grand Exchange after being bought from Islwyn while it is in a "New" state. The completion of Roving Elves is still required to wield the bow if a player obtains it in this manner. However, recharged bows do not count as "new" bows.
The crystal bow degrades during use. When a player first obtains a crystal bow, it will be a New/Full Crystal Bow. After 250 shots, it degrades into a "Crystal Bow 9/10", and for every 250 shots thereafter it will degrade another 1/10th, until it reverts into a crystal seed after a total of 2,500 shots. As the crystal bow degrades, its ranged attack bonus drops, as shown on the table below. Once the crystal bow has reverted to a crystal seed, a player can buy a New Crystal Bow for the cost of 900,000 coins, or have their crystal seed enchanted into a bow by Ilfeen. While having the seed re-enchanted costs 900,000 coins for the first time, the price lowers by 180k each time you get it re-enchanted, from 900k initially to a minimum of 180k. It is important to note that a new and 10/10 crystal bow are different bows, and that it is impossible to sell a 10/10 crystal bow on the Grand Exchange. This means buying a crystal seed and recharging at a lower price to sell on the Grand Exchange does not work. It is important to note that the number of times you have had an object enchanted does not differ from bow to shield; if you have had a crystal bow chanted twice, a shield will cost 450k, as if you recharged it twice as well.
Condition | Ranged attack bonus | Ranged strength bonus |
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New/Full | +100 | +70 |
9/10 | +96 | +68 |
8/10 | +92 | +66 |
7/10 | +88 | +64 |
6/10 | +84 | +62 |
5/10 | +80 | +60 |
4/10 | +76 | +58 |
3/10 | +72 | +56 |
2/10 | +68 | +54 |
1/10 | +64 | +52 |
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![]() A player wielding a crystal bow. |
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0 | 52-70 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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Name | Combat style | Experience |
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Accurate | Accurate | Ranged |
Rapid | Rapid | Ranged |
Longrange | Longrange | Ranged & Defence |
The maximum hit for the crystal bow is 25% of your range level. For example, if your range level is 70, your max hit is 17-18. You can increase this by using a ranged potion. Although 25% of your range skill is its max hit at 10/10, when your bow is on 1/10 it will have fallen to 20%. An alternative to the Crystal Bow is a Rune crossbow, which is one-handed. Due to the recent shop update Broad Tipped Bolts have increased drastically in price causing the Crystal Bow to rise in popularity.
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Shortbows |
Shortbow (u) • Oak shortbow (u) • Willow shortbow (u) • Maple shortbow (u) • Yew shortbow (u) • Magic shortbow (u) |
Longbows |
Longbow (u) • Oak longbow (u) • Willow longbow (u) • Maple longbow (u) • Yew longbow (u) • Magic longbow (u) |
Composite bows | |
Special bows |
Training • Sacred clay • Ogre • Ogre comp • Seercull • Dark • Crystal |
Other items |
Cannon • Snowball • Chinchompa • Red chinchompa • Holy water • Hand cannon • Arrows |
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