Bowcraft & Fletching

The art of bowcraft and fletching allows bowyers to rely on the forests of Britannia for their weaponry. One who truly lives off the land, a bowyer may carve his bows, crossbows, arrows and bolts from the very trees around him, thus avoiding the need to ever venture to town.

Fletchers create bows and arrows for use by Archers, using Wood and Feathers as working materials. Because they also deal with Boards, the Lumberjacking and Carpentry skills complement Fletching well.

Quite a few bows require special Recipes in order to craft, some of which are quite rare. It's recommended to train your skill in Heartwood so as to obtain them prior to requiring them. Runic Fletching Kits can also be earnt there on occasion.

Quivers are useful items that are also of interest to Archers, however these are created by Tailors instead of Fletchers.

Training

In order to practise Fletching, you will require a set of Fletcher's Tools.

• 0 - 30: Buy it from an NPC Fletcher
• 30 - 35: Shafts
• 35 - 55: Bows
• 55 - 60: Fukiya Darts
• 60 - 70: Crossbows
• 70 - 80: Composite Bows
• 80 - 90: Heavy Crossbows
• 90 - 100: Repeating Crossbows

For a power gaming technique to train this skill see Satyr Trick

Wood

A Bowyer's standard working material consists of boards harvested by Lumberjacks. Of these, there are various different types which provide different bonuses (and colours) to crafted items.

The skill levels a Bowyer requires to work with each type of board are:

Plain: 0	Oak: 65	Ash: 75	Yew: 85
Bloodwood: 95	Heartwood: 95	Frostwood: 95

Note that the skill levels required to harvest logs and/or convert them to boards differ from those listed here (refer to the boards page).

Craftables

• Properties of Magical items (but not Artifacts) stack with properties from Runic Fletching Kits.

Catogory	Picture	Item Name	Resources Needed	Retains Color	Makers Mark	Requires Recipe	Min Skill Required
Ammunition		Arrow	1 Feather 1 Shaft	-	-	-	0
Ammunition		Bolt	1 Feather 1 Shaft	-	-	-	0
Ammunition		Fukiya Dart	1 Boards or Logs	-	-	-	50
Materials		Elven Fletching	1 Faery Dust 20 Feather	-	-	-	90
Materials		Kindling	1 Boards or Logs	-	-	-	0
Materials		Shaft	1 Boards or Logs	-	-	-	0
Weapons (Magical)		Assassin's Shortbow	15 Boards or Logs 1 Dark Sapphire	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Magical)		Barbed Longbow	20 Boards or Logs 1 Fire Ruby	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Artifact)		Blight Gripped Longbow	20 Boards or Logs 10 Blight 10 Corruption 1 Lard of Paroxysmus	-	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Standard)		Bow	7 Boards or Logs	-	Yes	-	30
Weapons (Standard)		Composite Bow	7 Boards or Logs	-	Yes	-	70
Weapons (Standard)		Crossbow	7 Boards or Logs	-	Yes	-	60
Weapons (Standard)		Elven Composite Longbow	20 Boards or Logs	Yes	Yes	-	95
Weapons (Artifact)		Faerie Fire	20 Boards or Logs 1 Lard of Paroxysmus 10 Putrefaction 10 Taint	-	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Magical)		Frozen Longbow	20 Boards or Logs 1 Turquoise	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Standard)		Heavy Crossbow	10 Boards or Logs	-	Yes	-	80
Weapons (Magical)		Lightweight Shortbow	15 Boards or Logs 1 White Pearl	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Magical)		Longbow of Might	10 Boards or Logs 1 Blue Diamond	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Standard)		Magical Shortbow	15 Boards or Logs	Yes	Yes	-	85
Weapons (Artifact)		Mischief Maker	15 Boards or Logs 10 Corruption 10 Putrefaction 1 Dread Horn Mane	-	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Magical)		Mystical Shortbow	15 Boards or Logs 1 Ecru Citrine	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Magical)		Ranger's Shortbow	15 Boards or Logs 1 Perfect Emerald	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Standard)		Repeating Crossbow	10 Boards or Logs	-	Yes	-	90
Weapons (Artifact)		Silvani's Feywood Bow	20 Boards or Logs 1 Lard of Paroxysmus 10 Muculent 10 Scourge	-	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Magical)		Slayer Longbow	20 Boards or Logs 1 Brilliant Amber	Yes	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Artifact)		The Night Reaper	10 Boards or Logs 10 Blight 10 Scourge 1 Dread Horn Mane	-	-	Yes	75
Weapons (Standard)		Yumi	10 Boards or Logs	Yes	Yes	-	90

See Also

• Bowcraft/Fletching page on UO.com