OSRS Complete 1 - 99 Ranged Guide - OSRS Guide (2024)

This is a comprehensive 1-99 Ranged Guide for OSRS.

In this guide, you will get a glance at every single method to get 99 Ranged in Old School Runescape.

Here are the training methods covered in this guide:

• Fastest way to 99 ranged
• Recommended way to 99 ranged
• Cheapest way to 99 ranged
• AFK Ranged Training Guide
• Ranged Guide for Pures
• F2P Ranged Guide

We’ll also cover some Ranged Gear & Training Spots at the end.

But first, let’s go over some helpful basics.

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Useful Ranged Gear

Dwarf Cannon

The Dwarf Cannon offers the fastest way to train ranged at lower levels. This cannon, which can be set up in a multi-combat area, will attack monsters for you and give you ranged experience for each attack.

Dwarf Cannons are often used to fly through levels 1 – 40 ranged. They are also used for fast-leveling at higher levels and speeding up slayer tasks.

Requirements: Dwarf Multicannon quest (easy and no requirements)

Ava’s Attractor/Ava’s accumulator/Ava’s Assembler

Ava’s Attractor, Accumulator and Assembler are cape-slot items that pick up your darts, arrows, bolts and knives for you. This makes them a must-have for ranged training. They also give great ranged bonuses.

Requirements: Animal Magnetism quest

Necklace of Anguish

The Necklace of Anguish is a must-have for ranged training. Those who can afford it (it costs 10M), should use it as it will definitely increase your experience rates and speed up your leveling. This amulet, which is best in slot for ranged, gives you 5+ Ranged Strength bonus and 15 Ranged Attack bonus.

Archers ring (i)

The Archers Ring gives 4 Ranged Attack and 4 Ranged Defense bonus. This makes it a must-have for ranged training to those who can afford it (it costs 3M).

Players with enough Nightmarezone points can Imbue the ring which will double its power: 8 Ranged Attack & 8 Ranged Defence. This is the best-in-slot ring for ranged training.

Rigour Prayer

Rigour Prayer is the best ranged prayer in the game and useful for ranged training.

Rigour Prayer requires 74 prayer and 70 defence. It boosts Ranged Attack by 20%, Ranged Strength by 23% and Defence by 25%.

To use Rigour, you need to consume a Dexterous Prayer Scroll which you can buy from the Grand Exchange for 16M (yes, it’s expensive!)

We have a Ranged Gear Guide at the bottom of this page for your reference so you always know which gear you can wear at which level. [Click Here] to navigate to the Ranged Armour Guide.

Quests that give Ranged Experience

Useful Quests to increase EXP Rates

Every Training Method to get 99 Ranged in OSRS

Choose your preferred path to 99 ranged.

Ranged Gear Guide

The bottom of this article is dedicated towards informing you about the best possible gear options for Ranged.

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Ranged Training Spots

At the bottom of this article you will also find a ranged training spot guide. Please use this as a reference to get to certain training locations.

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Fastest Method to 99 Ranged in OSRS (Expensive)

This Ranged training method is expensive. [Click here] to skip to the next method or [Click Here] to go back to the navigation.

Ranged levels 1 – 45 Dwarf Multicannon at Crabs

This method requires completion of the Dwarf Cannon quest (easy quest with no requirements).

The fastest way to train Ranged in the early levels is to use the dwarf cannon in a multi-combat area.

Some great examples of such areas are sand crabs, rock crabs and ogres.

Using the Dwarf Multicannon, you will see experience rates of 50 to 60k per hour.

	Ranged Levels	Type	EXP Rate	Total Time	Total Cost
	1 – 45	Dwarf Cannon in multicombat	50 – 60k/hr	1 hour	470k

Ranged levels 45 – 99 Chinning at Maniacal Monkeys

This method requires completion of the Monkey Madness and partial completion of Monkey Madness II.

Once you reach level 45, you get access to regular chinchompas which can be used in multi-combat to achieve amazing experience rates.

The absolute best location for this is the Maniacal Monkey dungeon from the Monkey Madness 2 quest.

	Ranged Levels	Type	EXP Rate	Total Time	Total Cost
	45 – 55	Chinchompa	250k/hr	25 min	3M (EST)
	55 – 65	Red Chinchompa	400k/hr	30 min	2M (EST)
	65 – 99	Black Chinchompa	600 – 900k/hr	21 hours	136M (EST)

👉 Check out our Complete Chinning Guide for more info on Chinning in osrs.

That guide will cover:

• How to get to Kruk’s dungeon
• Gear setup for chinning
• Cost for chinning
• And more

👉 Complete Chinning Guide

Recommended Method to 99 Ranged in OSRS

This is the recommended training method to 99 Ranged. [Click Here] for the fastest way to 99 Ranged, [Click Here] for the AFK method or [Click Here] to go back to the navigation.

Ranged levels 1 – 75 Sand Crabs with Darts

To fly through levels 1 – 40 (or beyond) you can use the Dwarf canon method listed in our expensive route which will only set you back about 470k.

	Ranged Levels	Type	EXP Rate	Total Time	Total Cost
	1 – 5	Iron Darts	N/A	less than 5 min	less than 2k
	5 – 20	Steel Darts	15k/hr	15 min	less than 2k
	20 – 30	Mithril Darts	20k/hr	25 min	2k
	30 – 75	Adamant Darts	35k/hr – 45k/hr	3.5 hours	80K

Notes:
Once you reach level 30, get the Ava’s Attractor which will pick up your darts for you. Also switch your ranged armour to snakeskin.
Once you reach level 40, turn your Ava’s Attractor into an Ava’s Accumulator. Also switch to Green D’hide.
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Ranged levels 75 – 99 Cannoning Dagannoths

This method requires completion of Horrror from the Deep quest

Dagannoths, while often crowded, are by far the best place to get ranged experience with a cannon.

Doing this, you are able to get up to 150k experience per hour in an empty world with a cannon and blowpipe setup.

The best part? The loot from Dagannoths are good and will help off-set the price of cannonballs and toxic blowpipe.

These guys are located in the dungeon under the lighthouse of the Horror from the Deep quest and require completion of the quest to access.

Image	Ranged Levels	Type	EXP Rate	Total Time	Total Cost
	75 – 99	Cannon + mithril darts (no blowpipe)	90k/hr	130 hours	480k/hr cball cost 6k/hr darts cost 400k/hr loot Cost: 86k/hr Total: 11M
	75 – 99	Cannon + adamant darts (no blowpipe)	100k/hr	120 hours	480k/hr cball cost 46k/hr darts cost 400k/hr loot Cost: 126k/hr Total: 15M
	75 – 99	Cannon + Blowpipe (addy darts)	150k/hr	80 hours	400k/hr loot 480k/hr cball cost 250k/hr blowpipe Cost: 330k/hr Total: 26M

Alternative: levels 75 – 99 Slayer Training with Toxic Blowpipe and Cannon

From levels 75 ranged you should combine training ranged together with slayer for the most efficient experience.

For many slayer tasks, you’ll be able to set up a cannon to speed through the tasks.

The best part? The loot will off-set the cost of cannonballs and toxic blowpipe in many cases.

Be sure to wear a slayer helmet (i) for the 15% increased ranged damage and accuracy while training slayer with ranged.

Cheapest Method to Train Ranged in OSRS

This is the Cheapest Ranged Training method. [Click here] to skip to the next method or [Click Here] to go back to the navigation.

This is the cheapest way to train ranged in OSRS while still receiving decent experience rates.

From levels 1 – 99 you’ll want to train at Sand Crabs or Ammonite Crabs using Mithril Darts.

Due to the cost of Mithril Darts, taking this method all the way to 99 will only cost you a grand total of around 1M gp.

If you’re okay with spending a little more on Adamant darts, you can shave off about 17 hours but it will cost you 6M more.

Below is a chart showing the cost and exp rates in detail.

Image	Ranged Levels	Type	EXP Rate	Total Time	Total Cost
	75 – 99	Mithril Darts	57k/hr (at 75 ranged) 70k/hr (at 90 ranged)	240 crabs/hr (75 ranged) 294 crabs/hr (90 ranged) 240 exp/crab Total: 184 hours	6k/hr Total: 1.1M
	75 – 99	Adamant Darts	64k/hr (at 75 ranged) 76k/hr (at 90 ranged)	270 crabs/hr(at 75 ranged) 318 crabs/hr(at 90 ranged) Total: 167 hours	46k/hr Total: 7.6M

Ironman and Group Ironman Players should use the Dorgeshuun Crossbow (Death to the Dorgeshuun Quest) to train ranged at Sand Crabs/Ammonite Crabs all the way to 99.

AFK Method to 99 Ranged in OSRS: The Nightmare Zone

This is the AFK Ranged Method. [Click Here] to go back to the navigation. Or [Click Here] to read our Ranged Gear Guide.

This is how you can train ranged COMPLETELY AFK for UP TO 6 HOURS.

Ammonite, Sand and Rock Crabs are great for AFKing but they go unaggressive every 10 minutes and sometimes they can get crowded.

They are definitely not perfect.

Luckily, there is one way to train ranged completely AFK.

And this training method utilises the Nightmare Zone.

If you’re completely unfamiliar with the Nightmare Zone, I suggest you check our our Complete Nightmare Zone Guide first.

You can teleport to the Nightmare Zone using the mini-game teleport menu. Easy!

Nightmare Zone Ranged Requirements

Since the Nightmare Zone features Quest bosses, you will need to complete some Quests before you can start a dream at this minigame.

You will need to have completed at least 5 quests to access the minigame.

Some examples of easy quests are:

• Fight Arena
• Lost City
• Vampire Slayer
• The Grand Tree
• Mountain Daughter
• The Ascent of Arceuus

It is also recommended that you have a decent Ranged level before starting to train here. (70+) before that, you can train at Sand Crabs, Rock Crabs or Ammonite Crabs.

Nightmare Zone Ranged Monsters

You need to select at least 5 monsters to start a dream at the Nightmare Zone.

The following 5 monsters will give you the most AFKable experinece:

• The Kendal (Mountain Daughter)
• King Roald (What Lies Below)
• Sand Snake (The Depths of Despair)
• Count Draynor (Vampire Slayer)
• Trapped Soul (The Ascent of Arceuus)

If you are missing a quest from the above list you can replace them with monsters from the list below:

• Tree Sprit (Lost City)
• Khazard Warlord (Tree Gnome Village)
• Bouncer (Fight Arena)

Nightmare Zone Ranged Gear

You should bring your highest possible range equipment and whatever weapon you are comfortable using.

A blowpipe is recommended but it will be costly so you can also use a Magic Shortbow (i) instead.

Use a Locator Orb or Dwarven Rock Cake to Lower your Hitpoints

You should also bring a Dwarven Rock Cake (Recipe from Disaster) or a Locator Orb (Dragon Slayer II).
Those are important, because they will help bring down your hitpoints.

The reason you bring down your hitpoints is so that the monsters can only hit 1’s on you, making your Absorption potions last A LOT longer.

The Locator Orb is more effective that the Dwarven Rock Cake because the latter only hits 1s.

How to stay AFK

The goal is to stay inside the Nightmare Zone for up to 6 hours.

To do this, you need to start a NORMAL rumble. (costs 12K each)

Normal rumbles have easier bosses and thus will help you stay AFK for longer.

You should bring 6 ranging potions and the rest of your inventory should consist out of absorption potions and a Locator Orb (or Dwarven Rock Cake).

You should pot up every 15 minutes and keep your hitpoints as low as possible. And make sure you are at full absorption as well of course.

Using this method, you should only be checking your screen every 5-10 minutes for a split second.

TIP: Do this on a phone using OSRS Mobile.

OSRS Ranged Guide for Pures

This is the Ranged Guide for Pures. [Click Here] to go back to the navigation. Or [Click Here] to read our Ranged Gear Guide.

Ranged Levels 1 – 75 Sand Crabs/Rock Crabs

As a Ranged Pure, you should start off your training at Rock or Sand Crabs and stay there until at least level 75.

You can use a dwarf cannon simultanously to fly through the early levels if you have the funds (costs about 450k/hr).

You can also stick here until 99 Ranged as a pure if you don’t plan on using a cannon to train.

Ranged Levels 75 – 99 Cannoning Dagonnaths

Once you’ve reached level 75 ranged, you should train at Dagonnaths underneath the Horror from the Deep Lighthouse (quest completion is requires).

Cannoning Dagonnaths are preferred because they offer higher experience rates than Cannoning Sand or Rock Crabs and thus are more cost-efficient.

Dagonnaths also drop a lot of seeds which can help pay for the cost of cannonballs.

Alternative: Levels 75 – 99 AFKing at the Nightmare Zone

As an alternative, you can also utilize the Nightmare Zone as a Ranged Pure.

This way you can train ranged while being AFK.

You should bring a Dwarven Rock Cake while training Ranged to keep your Hitpoints as low as possible so that your absorption potions last longer.

You should use a MSB(i) or Blowpipe as your weapon.

Check out our Nightmare Zone Ranged Section for more info.

Pure Ranged Guide Wrap Up

As a Ranged Pure, you don’t have that many training options. What we’ve listed above will give you the highest experience rates currently in the game.

If you prefer fast leveling and don’t mind spending money, you should use a cannon. (keep in mind you don’t gain hitpoints!)

If you prefer AFK training, train at crabs without a cannon and choose the Nightmare Zone at higher levels.

You should also make sure you are using the best weaponry and wearing the highest-level gear at all times. Check out our Pure Ranged Gear Guide to know exactly what gear you can use at which level.

OSRS F2P Ranged Guide

This is the Ranged Guide for F2P Players. [Click Here] to go back to the navigation. Or [Click Here] to read our Ranged Gear Guide.

As an F2P player, you don’t have many options when it comes to training ranged.

Below are the training spots which are best for each ranged level.

You should basically stick around Lumbridge for the first 20 levels, move on to Barbarian Village for levels 20-40 and then move on to Hill Giants.

Once you reach level 60, you can start training at Moss Giants which offer the highest experience per hour for F2P Ranged training. They have nice drops as well.

Check out our F2P Ranged Gear Guide to know exactly which level gear you can wear at which point.

Ranged Gear By Level

Use this table to figure out just which gear you can wear at which ranged level. Be sure to always wear the highest gear you possibly can.

The info section will contain the requirements for the gear.

All Best in slot items are highlighted in green.

Note: This table only includes ranged gear that is useful for ranged training.
Gear such as Karils, Armadyl and so forth which is used for bossing is not useful for most ranged training (slayer excluded) because it has lower ranged attack bonusses than the armour listed here.

Image	Ranged Lvl	Ranged Gear	Bonus	Info
	1	Archers ring (i)	Regular: +4 Imbued: +8	Imbue your Archers Ring at The Nightmare Zone to get double the stats. Best in slot
	1	Archers helm	+ 6	Requires Fremmenik Trails quest Requires 45 defence to wield
	1	Necklace of Anguish	+ 15	Requires 75 hitpoints to wield Best in slot
	1	Book of Law	+10 (+5 prayer)	Requires completion of Horror From the Deep
	1	Barrows Gloves	+12	Requires completion of Recipe from Disaster Best in slot
	1	STARTER KIT: Leather Chaps, Leather Cowl, (hard) Leather Body, Leather Vambraces,	+11	Wear a hard leather body instead of the leather body if you have 10 defense.
	20	Studded Armour Kit Studded Chaps, Studded Coif, Studded body	+ 16	Studded body requires 20 defense
	30	Snakeskin armour kit Snakeskin bandana, Snakeskin body, snakeskin chaps, snakeskin boots, snakeskin vambraces	+ 31	Requires 30 Defence
	30	Ava’s Attractor	+ 2	Requires completion of Animal Magnetism quest Picks up ammunition for you
	40	Green D’Hide Armour kit Green D’hide body, Green D’hide chaps, Green D’hide vambraces	+ 31	Requires 40 Defence body requires completion of dragon slayer quest.
	40	Robin Hood Hat, Rangers Boots, Rangers Gloves	+ 27	If you can afford it, these items should be worn in combination with D’hide armour to increase your Ranged Attack.
	40	Ava’s Accumulator	+4	Requires completion of Animal Magnetism quest Picks up ammunition for you
	42	Void Knight Equipment	+ 0	Requires 22 prayer and 42 Attack, Strength, Defence and Ranged + 10% ranged damage bonus + 10% ranged accuracy bonus Recommended for fastest path more info
	42	Elite Void Knight Equipment	+0	Requires 100 cb, 22 prayer and 42 Attack, Strength, Defence and Ranged + High-level quest requirements + 12.5% ranged damage bonus + 12.5% ranged accuracy bonus Recommended for fastest path more info on Elite Void Best in slot
	50	Blue D’Hide Armour kit Blue D’hide body, Blue D’hide chaps, Blue D’hide vambraces	+ 40	Requires 40 Defence
	60	Red D’Hide Armour kit Red D’hide body, Blue D’hide chaps,Red D’hide vambraces	+ 49	Requires 40 Defence
	70	Black D’Hide Armour kit Black D’hide body, Black D’hide chaps, Black D’hide vambraces	+ 58	Requires 40 Defence
	70	Blessed D’hide Armour Blessed D’hide body, Blessed D’hide chaps, Blessed D’hide vambraces Blessed D’hide boots, Blessed D’hide coif	+ 72 (full set) + 58 (without boots/coif)	Requires 40 Defence Blessed D’hide has the same stats as Black D’hide but comes with prayer bonus and extra pieces (coif, boots, shield) Guthix is cheapest
	70	Ava’s Assembler	+ 8 (+2 Ranged Str)	Requires completion of Animal Magnetism quest and Dragon Slayer II. Picks up ammunition for you Best in slot
	75	Twisted Buckler	+ 18	Requires 75 defence Best in slot
	75	Pegasian Boots	+ 12	Requires 75 defence Best in slot

1 Defence Pure Ranged Gear

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Image	Ranged Lvl	Ranged Gear	Bonus	Info
	1	Archers ring (i)	Regular: +4 Imbued: +8	Imbue your Archers Ring at The Nightmare Zone to get double the stats. Best in slot
	1	Necklace of Anguish	+ 15	Requires 75 hitpoints to wield Best in slot
	1	Book of Law	+10 (+5 prayer)	Requires completion of Horror From the Deep
	1	STARTER KIT: Leather Chaps, Leather Cowl, (hard) Leather Body, Leather Vambraces,	+11	Wear a hard leather body instead of the leather body if you have 10 defense.
	20	Studded Chaps & Coif	+ 16	Studded body requires 20 defense
	30	Ava’s Attractor	+ 2	Requires completion of Animal Magnetism quest Picks up ammunition for you
	40	Green D’Hide Chaps & Vambraces	+ 31	You can’t wear the body as a Ranged Pure
	40	Robin Hood Hat, Rangers Boots, Rangers Gloves, Rangers’ Tunic	+ 27	If you can afford it, these items should be worn in combination with D’hide armour to increase your Ranged Attack.
	40	Ava’s Accumulator	+4	Requires completion of Animal Magnetism quest Picks up ammunition for you
	50	Blue D’Hide Chaps & Vambraces	+ 40	You can’t wear the body as a Ranged Pure
	60	Red D’Hide Chaps & Vambraces	+ 49	You can’t wear the body as a Ranged Pure
	70	Black D’Hide Chaps & Vambraces	+ 58	You can’t wear the body as a Ranged Pure

F2P Ranged Gear

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As an F2P player, you have limited options in terms of gear and weapons.

Make sure you are always wearing the best gear for your level while training f2p ranged.

Here’s a list of everything in order.

Image	Lvl	F2P Ranged Gear
	1	Amulet of Power
	1	Shortbow + Iron Arrows
	1	Leather Vambraces, Chaps, body & Cowl
	5	Oak Shortbow + Steel Arrows
	10	Hardleather body
	20	Studded Chaps, body & coif
	20	Willow Shortbow + mithril Arrows
	30	Maple Shortbow + Adamant Arrows
	40	Green D’hide Vambraces, Chaps & body

Low Level Ranged Training Spots

Low Level players want to train at crab locations because crabs have low defence and attack meaning they are easy to kill and won’t hit you very much either. On top of that they are aggressive and multi-combat which makes them prime locations for AFK-training and cannoning.

Most early-level ranged training is done at crabs. Ammonite and Sand Crabs are preferred over Rock Crabs as they have more hitpoints (especially ammonite) but they are often more crowded and more difficult to reach.

Rock Crabs

Rock Crabs are located in Relekka and can be easily accessed by anyone.

If you don’t have a teleportation method directly to Relekka, you can teleport to Camelot and run over there instead. If you don’t have the required magic level, you can use a Camelot Teleport tablet which you can from the Grand Exchange.

Read also: OSRS Rock Crabs Guide

Sand Crabs

Sand Crabs are located on Hosidius and require no favour to access so they are 100% noob friendly.

To get to Hosidius, you can use a Xeric’s Talisman, spirit tree or if you’re a new player you can use the Skill Necklace and teleport to the Woodcutting Guild. (skills necklaces can be bought from the grand exchange)

Read also: OSRS Sand Crabs Guide

Ammonite Crabs

Ammonite Crabs are located on Fossil Island and are the preferred crabs to train at because of their high hitpoints level.

However, to get access to Ammonite Crabs you need to complete the following two quests:

• The Dig Site
• Bone Voyage

To get to Fossil Island, use a Digsite Pendant to teleport. If you don’t have a digsite pendant, you can also run to the digsite in Varrock and Teleport there by talking to Barge Guard. (Remember, you need to complete the Dig Site Quest first!)

Read also: OSRS Ammonite Crabs Guide

Wrap Up

Hopefully, this OSRS Ranged Guide has been helpful to you.

If you’ve made it this far in the guide, you should have a pretty good idea of how to train ranged in your preferred way.

Here are the training methods once more:

• Fastest way to 99 ranged
• Recommended way to 99 ranged
• Cheapest way to 99 ranged
• AFK Ranged Training Guide
• Ranged Guide for Pures
• F2P Ranged Guide

If you have the money, the fastest way to 99 Ranged will get you there in under 24 hours.

The recommended way is to train slayer at the same time as ranged.

Ironman and Group Ironman accounts should refer to the Cheapest Route and use the Dorgeshuun Cbow.

Please refer to our Training Spot Guide if you’re unaware of the best Ranged Training locations in OSRS.

And finally, use our Ranged Gear Guide to make sure you are wearing the best possible gear at all times to increase your experience rates.

Best of luck!

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