Zaryte bow

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Zaryte bow



Release																				10 January 2011 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No

Properties

Tradeable																				Yes
Stacks in bank																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				A powerful bow imbued with the fury of Zaros.

Options ^[?]

Backpack																				Wield, Check-charges
Equipped																				Check-charges

Values

Value																				900,000 coins
High alch																				540,000 coins
Low alch																				360,000 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 10,852,800 Reclaim: 10,852
Weight																				1.814 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange																				10,852,800 coins (info)
Buy limit																				2
Volume																				27
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Advanced data

Item ID																				20171
Links																				MRID • recipe

The Zaryte bow is an enchanted Zarosian shortbow that requires 80 Ranged to wield. It is dropped by Nex, the Zarosian leader of the Ancient Prison in the God Wars Dungeon, as well as the four nihil in The Pit of Freneskae. The Zaryte bow is a tier 80 Ranged weapon, with accuracy equal to the royal crossbow, attuned crystal bow, or dual-wielded chaotic crossbows with royal bolts. Like the crystal bow, the Zaryte bow supplies its own ammunition, removing the need for players to use and manage their own arrows while using it. The bow can benefit from the effects of bane arrows, black stone arrows, splintering arrows, and elder god arrows, with the damage capped at either its ammunition's tier or the bow's tier, whichever is lower.

After firing 60,000 shots (auto-attacks only), the Zaryte bow degrades and requires repair before it can be used again. Bob the Smith in Lumbridge can repair the bow at a price of 20,000 coins per percent of charge or 2,000,000 coins for a full repair, thus pricing each arrow/shot at approximately 33 coins (if using Bob for repairs). Players with an armour stand in their player-owned house can repair the bow themselves for a decreased cost according to their Smithing level (up to a 50% discount for a player with 99 Smithing and utilising the boost provided by a Smithing cape).

Wielding a Zaryte bow, as with any Zaros-affiliated item, will cause all factions of monsters in the God Wars Dungeon (aside from the monsters in the generals' rooms and Zarosian monsters in the Ancient Prison) to become unaggressive.

When received with CoinShare active, the Zaryte bow will be dropped as 120 Zaryte bow shards split evenly among the players and sent directly to their banks. 120 shards can be combined to create this item.

Combat stats[edit | edit source]

Class		Slot
Requirements		Degrades
80		60,000 charges
Ranged
Tier		Type
80		Chargebow
	Auto		Ability
Damage	1470.0		1152
Accuracy	1924
Style	Arrows
Range	7
Speed	5 ticks (3.0s)
Attributes				Damage reduction
Armour			0.0	PvM: 0%		PvP: 0%
Life points			0	Style bonuses
Prayer			2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Repair cost[edit | edit source]

This item costs at most 2,000,000 coins to repair completely. The repair cost is calculated by the degradation percentage rounded down (e.g. with 75.5% charge remaining, a full repair would only cost 500,000 coins). It may be repaired through a variety of methods.

Non-player characters[edit source]

These methods cost more as they do not consider the player's Smithing level for a repair discount.

Bob—the axe seller in Lumbridge
Tindel Marchant—the weapon and armour repairman at Port Khazard
Dunstan—the smith in Burthorpe
Squire—in the workshop area of the Void Knights' Outpost

Improved methods[edit source]

These methods provide a repair cost discount of 0.5% per Smithing level (including boosts):

An armour stand in a player-owned house
A whetstone, which can be used anywhere
The Item Repair ability of a legendary pet, which can be used once per hour

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Usage cost[edit | edit source]

Combat charges	60,000
Method	Repair NPC, armour stand, whetstone
Item(s) consumed	2,000,000 x Coins^{[uc 1]}
Total GE price	2,000,000
Degrade mechanics	Only degrades from auto-attacks.

^ Cost at armour stand and whetstone is reduced by 0.5% per Smithing level (Reductions of 50% at 99 Smithing, 55.5% at 110 Smithing).

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Analysis[edit | edit source]

Because all weapons of the same tier deal equal damage (setting aside the 50% increase from two-handed weaponry or dual-wielding, which all the below weapons share), the Zaryte bow deals the same damage as the royal crossbow and dual-wielded chaotic crossbows (both with royal bolts). Thus, if it does not matter whether you use arrows or bolts, any of the three weapons will be equally effective.

The royal crossbow is the weapon of choice for many high-level rangers. Because its components only cost 441,645 coins, as opposed to the Zaryte bow's 10,852,800 coins, the crossbow is typically the best choice for players who meet the requirements and do not have a lot of money. (The actual forging of the crossbow, it should be noted, is not considered to be easy). Alternatively, players who find themselves dungeoneering frequently may prefer buying the main and off-hand chaotic crossbows for 300,000 (200,000 main hand + 100,000 off-hand) tokens which, for many players, could be considered easier than earning the cash for a Zaryte bow or withstanding the Queen Black Dragon's intense fire-breath. The attuned crystal bow is also comparable to the Zaryte bow. At level 90 Smithing, an attuned crystal weapon seed is granted to the player after completion of Plague's End, which means that if a player has 90 Smithing beforehand, the attuned crystal bow costs nothing to obtain. At level 99 Agility, the attuned crystal bow is roughly 3% better than the Zaryte bow, though it does not provide a prayer bonus. A player who has the requirements, or can easily get the requirements, would save the entire cost of the Zaryte bow by obtaining an attuned crystal bow instead, making it significantly cheaper.

The bow does not require ammunition, as it generates its own arrows. It can be wielded in the God Wars Dungeon for complete protection from all factions outside the boss rooms and the Ancient Prison - the Shard of Zaros has the same functionality. Also, the Zaryte bow will typically last much longer in combat than the royal crossbow and chaotic crossbows. It will last for approximately 50 hours of auto-attacks, compared to only 10 for the royal and chaotic crossbows. If the player is using abilities, the Zaryte bow will only use one of its 60,000 charges per kill. This enables it to last an extremely long time, making it ideal for long trips. Because the Zaryte bow degrades very slowly, it will rarely require recharging. Thus, while it may have a high initial purchase price, it will be cheaper to use in the long run compared to the royal and chaotic crossbows.

Comparison with other Ranged weapons[edit | edit source]

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

Zaryte bow

Disassembly category

Shortbows

Disassembly XP

24.0

Item quantity required

1

Material count

12

Base junk chance

2.3%

Special materials

4 ×

Zaros components

Always

Common materials

Stave parts

35/100

Tensile parts

30/100

Flexible parts

30/100

Rare materials

Precise components

3/100

Dextrous components

2/100

Graphical updates[edit | edit source]

Inventory[edit | edit source]

Zaryte bow after 10 January 2011 (update)
Zaryte bow after 5 September 2012 (update)

Detailed[edit | edit source]

Zaryte bow after 10 January 2011 (update)
Zaryte bow after 5 September 2012 (update)

Equipped[edit | edit source]

Zaryte bow after 10 January 2011 (update)
Zaryte bow after 5 September 2012 (update)

Update history[edit | edit source]

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patch 23 April 2019 (Update):
- Chargebows will now only consume equipped arrows that have an effect, such as bane, broad and blackstone.

patch 4 March 2019 (Update):
- Chargebows now take into account arrows equipped or held in an equipped quiver, so special effects like those of dragonbane and black stone arrows can be used with them. Damage will be reduced to the lowest tier of the arrow or chargebow. Chargebows will work as usual when no arrows or another type of ammunition is held in the ammo slot.

patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
- Made a slight change to the appearance of the zaryte bow while worn sheathed on back to correct differences with the held version.

patch 21 February 2011 (Update):
- The Zaryte bow's string no longer looks detached.

update 10 January 2011 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The Zaryte bow is the only God Wars Dungeon affiliated-item that is not unique to one location.

[smithing-1] Cost at armour stand and whetstone is reduced by 0.5% per Smithing level (Reductions of 50% at 99 Smithing, 55.5% at 110 Smithing).

[uc 1]

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Blood nihil	160	1	1/1,000,000
Ice nihil	160	1	1/1,000,000
Nex	1,001	1	1/384
Shadow nihil	160	1	1/1,000,000
Smoke nihil	160	1	1/1,000,000

Zaryte bow

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Combat stats[edit | edit source]

Products[edit | edit source]

Repair cost[edit | edit source]

Non-player characters[edit source]

Improved methods[edit source]

Usage cost[edit | edit source]

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

Analysis[edit | edit source]

Comparison with other Ranged weapons[edit | edit source]

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

Graphical updates[edit | edit source]

Inventory[edit | edit source]

Detailed[edit | edit source]

Equipped[edit | edit source]

Update history[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

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