Crystal Bow vs. Rune Crossbow

[mrrogers]

i have the money to fund a crystal bow, and more than enough to buy mith or addy bolts for my rune c bow. which is more effiecient at actually killing monsters, not training?

[bongo_man]

rune crosbow...hits harder...specel effects like poison on some bolts...crystal bow is gud if you dont wanna spend alot of money, that is, if youve already payed it off...

[360pwnage]

rune c bow is way better.

 

 

 

the bolt specials are way cool and strong. you cud hit a strong 18 with mith bolts even at 65 range with mith bolts

[compfreak847]

Depends what charge your bow is at and what kind of bolts you use. For mith and below bolts, crystal bow is better at any charge. For addy bolts, crystal bow is better until 3\10ths charge. For rune bolts, crystal bow is the same at full, but less at any other charge. EDIT: Never mind, there are no dragon bolts. My bad :oops:

[tryto]

Depends what charge your bow is at and what kind of bolts you use. For mith and below bolts, crystal bow is better at any charge. For addy bolts, crystal bow is better until 3\10ths charge. For rune bolts, crystal bow is the same at full, but less at any other charge. For dragon bolts, rune crossbow is better.

 

 

 

There are no dragon bolts, unless you mean dragonstone tipped runite crossbow bolts?

[Star_Fox]

the crystal bow loses range bonus so if it was below 8\10 then the rune c bow would slightly be better. of course it depends on what bolt you use. :P

[Inuashakent]

 

 

 

U. Rune crossbow

 

 

 

The rune crossbow is NOT faster than a crystal bow unless you use an uneconomical type of bolt.

 

 

 

Thank you Blood Boy 2 for the data

 

 

 

Quoted from his post:

 

 

 

"This was done at Nechryaels on a fairly full world (around 10 seconds per spawn). My Range level is 88.

 

 

 

-=! Addy Bolts + Rune Crossbow !=-

 

 

 

8.7k Slayer experience per hour

 

34.8k Range experience per hour

 

11.6k Hitpoints experience per hour

 

 

 

83 Kills Per Hour

 

 

 

Cost = *90k per hour

 

 

 

-=! Crystal Bow !=-

 

 

 

9.5k Slayer experience per hour

 

37.9k Range experience per hour

 

12.6k Hitpoints experience per hour

 

 

 

86 Kills Per Hour

 

 

 

Cost = *75k per hour

 

 

 

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So, the Crystal Bow comes out at around 9% faster Slayer experience per hour, and marginally cheaper. This was with Addy bolts, the best ones which are economically viable for training with. As they come out slower than the Crystal Bow, I didnt really see the need to test with Mithril as well.

 

 

 

There you have it, the Crystal Bow IS better than Rune Cbow. Hopefully that should clear up some issues. Its worth noting that the Crystal Bow was almost half as slow as when I did Nechryaels with melee (see my DFS v Defender data) so I really wouldn't recommend Ranging them unless you are already maxed melees." [i'd rephrase that to "unless you are projected to get 99 slayer before 99 range"]

[inoskedyou]

I rather use my Crystal bow as its cheaper. But i guess it all comes down to what you are fighting.