arrow calculation for ranging

[donutjunkie]

okay i want level 60 ranging i currently have level 30 ranging

 

You need to kill 1,290

 

50 HP Monsters to gain 257,912 XP

 

for level 60 Ranged

 

i want to kill rock crabs

 

 

 

i have 3800 iron arrows and will be using accurate

 

once i use my iron arrows i will use a cannon, i will be picking up my arrows

 

what level will i be once i use my arrows

 

how many cannon balls will i need to get to 60 once i have used up my arrows?

[dogfever]

Its impossible to say exactly because hits are not of constant value, therefore xp per arrow is not constant, likewise if you pick up your arrows the number you will lose will vary.

 

 

 

If you make some approximations then Goobore's method will give you a reasonable answer:

 

 

 

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=434814

 

 

 

df

[henk333]

Its impossible to say exactly because hits are not of constant value, therefore xp per arrow is not constant, likewise if you pick up your arrows the number you will lose will vary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I disagree with the bold part because I allways watch how much arrows I shoot and pick up, over longer periods at a time. For example when I range Firegiants I bring 5k iron knives and pick them up for the entire duration of my slayer task, but keep them in my inventory. So at the end of my task I check how many knives I threw (5000-the number I have wielded) and how many are in my inventory.

 

 

 

I've done this for both arrows and knives and find that both have an 80% return rate. So when you shoot 1000 of them you get 800 back.

 

 

 

As a rough estimate for xp per arrow I did a similar thing when I was 56 range. I measured my xp gain while shooting 1000 iron arrows, picking them up, shooting, untill the whole 1k was gone. That got me 54k xp, which is 54 xp per arrow or an average damage of 12.5. That is quite a high number, but it makes sense since you use your arrows more then once.

 

Theoretically your 3800 iron arrows should give you 205k range xp (3800*54=205200)

[dogfever]

I agree with you, my statement was misleading.

 

 

 

I don't know exactly how JaGex calculates arrow loss, I would imagine, like most of these things there is a discrete probability of losing an arrow when it is shot, e.g. 0.2 as suggested by your experience. It is however unlikely that you will lose every fifth arrow, more that you stand a 20% chance of losing any arrow shot. Therefore for smaller numbers of arrows shot the actual number lost is likely to deviate significantly from the mean. However, over larger numbers of shots (like your 5000) the number lost will eventually stabalise at the mean.

 

 

 

Although I do concede your point given the number of shots donut was talking about.

 

 

 

I stand corrected :D

 

 

 

df