🏹 OSRS Fletching XP Calculator
Plan Old School RuneScape Fletching levels with bow, dart, and bolt presets, editable XP rates, material values, profit/loss, tick-efficiency, and time to goal.
Selected method
CalculateCurrent method estimate.
Fast dart route
CalculateHigh intensity dart estimate.
Steady bow route
CalculateLower attention bow estimate.
Bolt route
CalculateMiddle-ground bolt estimate.
| Action | Level | XP/action | Planning use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple longbow (u) | 55 | 58.3 | Relaxed log cutting |
| String yew longbow | 70 | 75 | Steady bow stringing |
| Magic shortbow (u) | 80 | 83.3 | High-level cutting |
| String magic longbow | 85 | 91.5 | Strong bow XP/action |
| Dart set | Level | XP/action | Attention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mithril darts | 52 | 112 | Click-heavy |
| Adamant darts | 67 | 150 | Click-heavy |
| Rune darts | 81 | 188 | Very fast |
| Dragon darts | 95 | 250 | Fastest common route |
| Bolt method | Level | XP/action | Material focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad bolts | 55 | 30 | Unfinished bolts + feathers |
| Ruby bolts | 63 | 63 | Bolts + ruby tips |
| Diamond bolts | 65 | 70 | Bolts + diamond tips |
| Amethyst broad bolts | 76 | 106 | Broad bolts + amethyst tips |
| Ticks/action | Theoretical actions/hr | 60% efficiency | Typical fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tick | 6,000 | 3,600 | Intense dart rhythm |
| 2 ticks | 3,000 | 1,800 | Bolt or fast menu flow |
| 3 ticks | 2,000 | 1,200 | Relaxed bow actions |
| 5 ticks | 1,200 | 720 | Low-attention banking |
| Goal level | Total XP | Actions at 75 XP | Actions at 250 XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 737,627 | 9,836 from 0 XP | 2,951 from 0 XP |
| 80 | 1,986,068 | 26,481 from 0 XP | 7,945 from 0 XP |
| 90 | 5,346,332 | 71,285 from 0 XP | 21,386 from 0 XP |
| 99 | 13,034,431 | 173,793 from 0 XP | 52,138 from 0 XP |
Use the live calculator for current-level progress; this table is a quick full-XP milestone reference.
Now, there’s a common misconception among players of OSRS about their Fletching leveling process. “I’ll get exp,” you think, “and I’ll make some coin doing it too!” You grab some feathers and an axe, stand next to a tree, and expect to turn wood into gold. Usually, this do the exact opposite.
Since most common methods lose money because raw logs is worth more than finished bows: To be successful, you must know what you’re measuring. To be successful, you must know what you’re measuring. Playing is not only about getting X amount of experience per hour; it’s also not solely about how fast you can go. It’s the combination of your bank balance, your attention span, and how much you hate repetitious clicking.
How to Level Fletching in OSRS
You don’t need to worry about guessing at conversions and coefficients either; just plug in your starting level and end goal, and the calculator do the rest of the work for you. It makes you consider the profit/loss per action. Why? Because until you get to really high levels (or hit some unique market oddity), Fletching is a losing hobby. You’ll notice that if you’re crafting Maple longbows, you’ll be operating in the red.
You’re literally paying for experience. This tool shows you exactly how much that costs and how many hours it takes to bridge gap between level 70 and 99. It turns big goals into a real schedule. Decide for yourself which kind of player you want to be.
For instance, if you don’t lose your mind clicking quickly, then dragon darts will grant huge amounts of experience and speed. Dragon darts take careful inventory management and high levels, but they also return huge output. Check out the page’s reference table, where it lays all of this out in clear terms and compares action speeds side-by-side.
Although bow stringing may feel slow (fewer clicks), it lets you relax. Your character strings Magic longbows as you listen to a book or a podcast. There is no correct answer here (just various costs). One is patience; one is attention.
One thing to note about Fletching is that market fluctuations affect goals. Log/Bolt prices change according to player trends, updates, and occasional price spikes due to random demand. Rather than using old average numbers, the calculator allow you to modify them to fit your own experience. Before firing up the calculator, check out Grand Exchange. If prices for logs are spiking, your losses may be lower then anticipated, or perhaps you may even make a profit if you’re crafting bows which retain their value. Don’t assume prices don’t matter; they do. Ignoring current prices is like cooking without tasting the food.
Players also get tripped up by the idea of tick efficiency. On OSRS, time progresses in ticks, each six-tenths of a second long. So something that does two ticks per action is theoretically twice as efficient than something that does four. The site measures your real actions per hour using that measurement. This helps you avoid thinking you can play at your most intense level for eight hours uninterrupted. You won’t. Eventually fatigue will set in. There’s banking to do. There are clicks on the wrong thing.
Adjusting the actions per hour down to something more realistic grounds your expectations and keeps you from getting frustrated when the real world doesn’t live up to your theories. People get into habits. They often stick to one method out of habit rather than efficiency. If you’ve unlocked Rune or Adamant darts but you’re still crafting Mithrils, then you probably need to switch. Sometimes a little momentum is needed to push through the next step.
With the calculator, you’ll see what the trade-offs are when comparing different methods. Maybe you’ll discover that you can earn less experience per hour, but get a huge boost in profit. Or maybe you’ll realize you can net more money per hour at the cost of lower experience. It makes you decide. You can no longer hide behind vague plans. You have to commit to a strategy and accept the consequences.
Rarely is leveling Fletching all about one method or the other. It’s all about selecting the method that works for your current state of inventory and your current state in life. Do you currently have a pile of logs from some other activity and are trying to find an efficient way to process them before they lose too much value? Are you stressed out from the past week and just want to chill and don’t care about making money? That’s where the tool comes in. It will help measure those options.
It will remove the noise and leave you with data. Make it so you know what each input means and then it’ll become clear which path to take. No longer do you chase numbers that don’t matter; instead, you focus on the ones that do and make progress. You should of checked this earlier.
