Why do people fletch/alch so much?

[Umega]

Now I'm not a fan of fletching and I'll tell you why. I have tried fletching yew longs and hi-alching them but it takes to long and I only get around 700K. I collect all my materials for it: Logs, flax > bowstrings and nature runes. Although this method does take longer I make 100% profit. I don't want to buy the materials from other players because it will make me very little money in the end.

 

 

 

I have 75 magic and 77 fletching (not to mention they are my lowest ranking skills in the highscores), compare that to other players my level and time of playing RuneScape thats actually quite low. I will have 89 fishing very soon today. I have made the bulk of my money by fishing sharks. It's quicker, a lot less hassle, way less clicking AND I get more money from it than I do from fletching/alching yew longs. I would love to know why most players think fletching is a good money maker?

[Masterd99]

I know I used to alch a ton before the Nat prices went up, but I did it for the fletching and magic XP, the cash was just a side benefit.

[Burningbman]

Cuz they can buy it.

[pauloino]

Because it works for them, some people like to be clicking the whole time, while others find it tedious.

 

 

 

Its also quick free exp (if you make bows instead of buying) even if you buy everything: Bow Strings, Logs, and Natures.

 

 

 

Find what works for you and stick too it.

 

 

 

Of course this is totaly my own opinion and many others will disagree

[WaeLDreegia]

Cuz they can buy it.

Exactly.

[Umega]

 

Its also quick free exp (if you make bows instead of buying) even if you buy everything: Bow Strings, Logs, and Natures.

 

 

 

Yes, I forgot to mention that both skills are easy to level, but thats only if you have tons of money. I like buying things that are more permenant, like wearable items.

[SirHartlar]

Well at the moment I am in the process of making and alching 4.5k yew longs. Why may you ask?

 

 

 

Because it will give me a ton of exp, levels and cash.

 

 

 

Woodcutting will go from 75 - 80

 

Fletching will go from 70 - 75

 

Crafting will go from 49 - 54

 

Runecrafting will go from 46 - 50

 

Magic will go from 60 - 67

 

 

 

And I will end up with a few mill to splash out on some decent combat gear. Worth the time and effort in my opinion.

[genju24]

I like to value cash in RS in terms of time. With your approach you're just valuing liquid profit, which is kind of hard for me to understand, as all activities in RS CAN be profitable, only some are faster than others.

 

 

 

I see fletching as very profitable because, for me, it is one of the fastest ways to make money. I just buy unstrung longs and bowstring and string away. Then I sell the finished longs. It is a fast way to make money and second only (in my opinion) to runecrafting nats through the abbyss. Both are much faster profit than fishing, although both require some investment.

 

 

 

And what you call "hassle" I call fun. Fishing is very boring for me. I don't just play this game to level skills and make money. I play it to have fun. And for me, the thrill of rcing through the abbyss is good. Even stringing, with it's loads of clicking, is more fun than fishing.

 

 

 

I personnally dislike high alching, so I don't do it often.

[B_50_2]

Fletching + Rc are good skills right?

 

 

 

Lets take a l00k:

 

 

 

natures - 44 rc. - 100gp for pure ess = 200 profit? They haven't dropped since i started playing.

 

 

 

Bows - Yew longs? 550-600? Ever since i'm had 70 i've sold them between them lines.

[Sy_Accursed]

I wouldn't say its a badf money maker just not the best. I personal used fishing to get the bulk of my wealth and found it relatively easy

 

 

 

But now I am working on fletching and wc so am doing yew longs, though it is partally slower for money making, with the xp boon it is useful

 

 

 

I bought the nats I needed at 330ea

 

 

 

I pick flax make bow strings and cut my onw logs

 

 

 

The combination of all this results in per bow:

 

+ wc xp

 

+ flecth xp

 

+ craft xp

 

+ mage xp

 

+ 768gp

 

- 330gp

 

 

 

So overall aside the gp I am making a profit of around 430gp per bow, which is relatively good comapred to the majority of money makers.

 

 

 

But I would agree it is largely used by people hu wish to buy a high lvl yet still make money as with pruchasing everything u can still make around 10gp per bow, measly as tht is

[Umega]

I just buy unstrung longs and bowstring and string away. Then I sell the finished longs.

 

I bet your fingers get tired from clicking to much?

 

Wouldn't buying logs then fletching them into unstrung bows be better for your fingers?

[genju24]

I wouldn't say its a badf money maker just not the best. I personal used fishing to get the bulk of my wealth and found it relatively easy

 

 

 

But now I am working on fletching and wc so am doing yew longs, though it is partally slower for money making, with the xp boon it is useful

 

 

 

I bought the nats I needed at 330ea

 

 

 

I pick flax make bow strings and cut my onw logs

 

 

 

The combination of all this results in per bow:

 

+ wc xp

 

+ flecth xp

 

+ craft xp

 

+ mage xp

 

+ 768gp

 

- 330gp

 

 

 

So overall aside the gp I am making a profit of around 430gp per bow, which is relatively good comapred to the majority of money makers.

 

 

 

But I would agree it is largely used by people hu wish to buy a high lvl yet still make money as with pruchasing everything u can still make around 10gp per bow, measly as tht is

 

 

 

I don't get this kind of reasoning, i really don't. If you make 430 gp per bow but it takes you 5 minutes to make it (hypotethical, for the sake of argument), and I only make 100 gp per bow, but it takes me 1 minute to make it, do you think you had a bigger profit than me?

 

 

 

I just buy unstrung longs and bowstring and string away. Then I sell the finished longs.

 

I bet your fingers get tired from clicking to much?

 

Wouldn't buying logs then fletching them into unstrung bows be better for your fingers?

 

 

 

It would cut my profit in terms of time in half, as cutting logs into unstrungs is slow.

 

 

 

About my fingers, well... they're fine. If they hurt I go do something else, lots of skills on RS, thankfully.

 

Also, if I bought the logs I'd still have to string them, or not?

[darkmage099]

BECAUSE it's FREE mage XP!!!!! Mage is very hard to level without spending tons of money. Alching is an effective way raise mage without spending millions if any

[Ero]

I just buy unstrung longs and bowstring and string away. Then I sell the finished longs.

 

I bet your fingers get tired from clicking to much?

 

Wouldn't buying logs then fletching them into unstrung bows be better for your fingers?

 

 

 

I've just started doing this and i done 8.2k yew longs from logs to strung in 2 days, and my fingers didn't hurt at all.

 

Anyway there is less profit in cutting the logs to unstrungs i think.

 

 

 

Mystical.

[ugafan_2009]

It makes a ton of money. I buy yew longs(u) and bow strings. I can string 1k in 22 mins. Stringing and selling 1k makes me 150k gp. That's about 300k an hour(counting time to buy/sell)

[Umega]

I can string 1k in 22 mins.

 

Omg! I can string 1k in like 2 hours!! :shock:

 

Please tell me how you do that so fast! :o

[piman1053]

they are one of the few skills you can buy the materials for and still make profit, and fletching is wonderfully quick xp if you buy the stuff

[CampbellMC]

back when the materials werent all messedu p price wise i made 11k yew longs and 31k mage longs to get 85 mage... i made like no money but i also lost none and because of my mage (mostly my range tho) i have gotten quite a few whip pks and a couple ahrims pks

[LordSoultar]

I like buying things that are more permenant, like wearable items.

 

How is an item more permenant than a skill? If you were to get hacked they can and would take your items, but they can't take your skills.

[Umega]

I like buying things that are more permenant, like wearable items.

 

How is an item more permenant than a skill? If you were to get hacked they can and would take your items, but they can't take your skills.

 

 

 

I've never been hacked, therefore I have no perception of losing items through being hacked.

 

Buying a million gps worth of resources just to get some xp and or a level doesn't mean much to me, but I've always found an item does. Don't flame me or anyhting, I'm just like that. :roll:

[Shaddd]

It's simple, and eaysin some ways. This is why everyone does it. I'm surprised they don't RC. \

[navyplaya]

back when i first went for 99 fletching, i made 14mil in less than 2 weeks, so thats reason enough to do it. (i bought logs at 300 each, bstrings at 150 each, then sold finished bow at 600 each)

 

 

 

now the alching part. if you buy yew logs at 250 each (some ppl are selling at 200-230 now) then buy string at 150 each, that 400 a bow. now i make my nats my self, so throw in the cost of the ess at 100 each, it takes 500gp to fletch and alch a bow. then you alch them for 768 each... thats 268 profit. if you make and alch say 5k bow you just made 1.3mil, which could be done in 1 day if you have the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

someone asked above how to string bows quickly, its easy:

 

 

 

1. first withdraw 14 of each (unstrung bow and string)

 

2. now if you withdrew bows first, take a bow and move it to the space right above the bottom right corner

 

3. now just click on the bow, double click on the string, double click on the bow, double click on the string back and forth 14 times

 

4. now bank, dont put up your strung bows yet, withdraw "all" strings or bows, then bank the strung bows, then withdrawl the other item

 

5. repeat 2-4

[dudeguy409]

I don't want to buy the materials from other players because it will make me very little money in the end.

 

 

 

actually, you still make tons of money. sure, for 1k nats you get only 220k, but you make it much faster than the other steps. bowstringing and fletching is noob work and is inefficient for higher levels.

[m4tty]

i made nats, then bought yews + bs and fletched and alch for basically all of 66-79 mage and can honestly say im never alching again, all mage xp from now on will be done with pest control, and if i make money by fletching/runecrafting its by one of them only. (currently making 100k nats lol, itll take along while and im going to take breaks from runecrafting every 20k i think)

[Jimmyd17]

I just find the combo of fletching and alching to convenient to pass up. I fletch because I like seeing levels, experience, and a little bit of money on the side. I alch what I fletch because I like seeing levels, experience, and a little bit of money on the side. even if I do what I'm doing now (buying yew logs 235 each and strings 170 each and natures 330 each) I'm making a little bit of profit, 33 per bow alched. But If I keep doing it like I'm doing (5k bows per round) I'll make about 150k per round and the experince is amazing, even enough to satisfy me. :thumbsup: