246gp
240gp
6gp
+2gp
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Price history
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Volume · units traded
- 30D low
- 240
- 30D high
- 246
- Volatility
- 2.5%
Flip calculator
Includes the 2% Grand Exchange tax
+2gp
+2 per item · +0.83% ROI
- Capital required
- 240 gp
- Gross revenue
- 246 gp
- GE tax (2%, 4/item)
- − 4 gp
- Break-even sell
- 244 gp
Item data
- High alchemy
- 6 gp97.6% below market
- Low alchemy
- 4 gp
- Shop value
- 10 gp
- Weight
- 0.014 kg
- Skill / type
- Crafting
- Requires
- Crafting 61, Magic 76
- Stack / note
- Not stackable · noteable
- Released
- Mar 25, 2002
About Bow string
The Bow string is a members-only item in Old School RuneScape.
"I need a bow stave to attach this to"
Over the last 30 days it traded between 173 and 284 gp on the Grand Exchange, averaging 221 gp. About 2,884,491 units changed hands per day. The price is down 8.9% across that window. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 13,000 every 4 hours. Selling one at the average price costs 4 gp in Grand Exchange tax.
Casting High Level Alchemy returns 6 gp, which is 97.3% below the 30-day average price, so alching a bought one loses money.
How to get Bow string
8 monsters drop Bow string, most commonly Reward token (Always), Spiritual ranger (18/128) and Young impling (1/10). Only ~ Uglug's stuffsies ~ sells it. It can be made from Flax.
Dropped by
| Monster | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Reward token | Always | 100–200 (noted) |
| Spiritual ranger | 18/128 | 7 |
| Young impling | 1/10 | 1 |
| Young impling jar | 1/10 | 1 |
| Zamorak ranger | 2/50 | 10 (noted) |
| Insatiable mutated Bloodveld | 4/128 | 1 |
| Mutated Bloodveld | 4/128 | 1 |
| Barrel (Shaman Caves) | Uncommon | 1 |
Sold in shops
| Shop | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| ~ Uglug's stuffsies ~ | 10 gp | 10 |
Recipes
Where this item appears in crafting and processing.
Made from
- 1× Flax
- 5× Flax, 2× Nature rune, 1× Astral rune, 5× Air rune makes 5
Used to make
- 1× Bow-sword from 1× Bow string, 1× Slender blade
- 1× Comp ogre bow from 1× Unstrung comp bow, 1× Bow string
- 1× Longbow from 1× Longbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Magic longbow from 1× Magic longbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Magic shortbow from 1× Magic shortbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Maple longbow from 1× Maple longbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Maple shortbow from 1× Maple shortbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Oak longbow from 1× Oak longbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Oak shortbow from 1× Oak shortbow (u), 1× Bow string
- 1× Shortbow from 1× Shortbow (u), 1× Bow string
Bow string appears in 14 recipes in total.
Bow string price history
Daily averages rolled up per month, newest first.
| Month | Average | Low | High | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 202612d | 236 | 212 | 246 | 38,670,485 |
| September 2026 | 217 | 173 | 284 | 73,971,473 |
| August 2026 | 169 | 152 | 204 | 78,660,700 |
| July 2026 | 169 | 130 | 231 | 89,009,707 |
| June 202621d | 120 | 111 | 128 | 34,893,559 |
| May 20262d | 104 | 99 | 109 | 3,300,754 |
| April 20261d | 99 | 99 | 99 | 1,410,236 |
| March 2026 | 93 | 87 | 99 | 25,150,239 |
| February 2026 | 83 | 58 | 89 | 2,043,266 |
| January 2026 | 74 | 53 | 86 | 17,856 |
Across 10 months of recorded prices Bow string ranged from 53 gp in January 2026 to 284 gp in September 2026, measured over 218 trading days.
The 30-day average of 221 gp sits in the upper third of that range.
All prices in gp. Volume counts units traded across both sides of the Grand Exchange.
