Fletching is the skill of making bows and arrows from their raw materials. It combines aspects of Smithing, Crafting, and Woodcutting 
and once you're past the lower levels, Fletching is an easy way to earn money when you can make Yew bows, Magic bows, or Rune arrows. You can get as much as 2,000 gold coins for each one of these items.
To fletch bows you need to have a certain type of log depending on what kind of bow you want to make. You will "use" (by right-clicking) your 
hand ax (hatchet) to cut the wood, and then use a knife on a log and select either Short bow or Long bow. When you
have that, you need to string your bow. To string a bow you will need Flax and must be at least Level 10 in Crafting. "Use" Flax on a spinning wheel to make the string. Use the World Map to find a spinning wheel location. Note: You get 10 Experience Points in Crafting for making each string. "Use" the string on a bow to complete the process.
Type
of Bow |
Level to
Fletch |
Fletching
Experienced
Gained |
Woodcutting
Level Needed |
Woodcutting Experience
Gained |
Ranging Level
To Wield |
Short Bow
 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
25 |
1 and up |
Long bow
 |
10 |
20 |
1 |
25 |
1 and up |
Oak Short Bow
 |
20 |
33 |
15 |
38 |
5 and up |
Oak Long Bow
 |
25 |
50 |
15 |
38 |
10 and up |
Willow Short Bow
 |
35 |
67 |
30 |
63 |
15 and up |
Willow Long Bow
 |
40 |
83 |
30 |
63 |
20 and up |
Maple Short Bow
 |
50 |
100 |
45 |
100 |
25 and up |
Maple Long Bow
 |
55 |
117 |
45 |
100 |
30 and up |
Yew Short Bow
 |
65 |
133 |
60 |
175 |
35 and up |
Yew Long Bow
 |
70 |
150 |
60 |
175 |
40 and up |
Magic Short Bow
 |
80 |
167 |
75 |
250 |
45 and up |
Magic Long Bow
 |
85 |
183 |
75 |
250 |
50 and up |
To fletch arrows, you need to have arrow heads, feathers, and arrow shafts. Arrow heads can me made by smithing Bronze, Iron, Steel, Mithril, Adamantite, or Runeite bars into arrow heads. Note: you get 10 arrow heads per bar. See Guide to Smithing for any help. Feathers can be obtained from killing chickens or buying them from a fishing shop for 3-5 gold coins each, depending on stock. Arrow shafts are made by "using" regular logs with a knife and then clicking arrow shafts. Note: you get 10 arrow shafts for each log.
"Use" feathers on arrow shafts to make headless arrows. Then "use" arrow heads on headless arrows to make your arrows.
