Early game
Ava's devices
The accumulator picks up your ammo and saves 72% of it. The assembler raises that to 80%.
Needs: Animal Magnetism · 50 Ranged
Bone bolts
Cheap bolts from Nardok's shop for the Dorgeshuun crossbow, a fast weapon for early Ranged.
Needs: The Lost Tribe · 28 Ranged
Ogre arrows
Rantz gives 25, 50, 100 or 150 a day by diary tier. They only fit ogre bows, so they suit chompy hunting.
Mid game
Broad arrows and bolts
Unlock Broader Fletching, then buy broad arrowheads or unfinished bolts from Slayer masters. You can also buy 250 broad bolts for 35 points.
Needs: 300 Slayer points · 52 / 55 Fletching
Sunlight antler bolts
Chisel a sunlight antelope antler into 12 bolts for the hunters' sunlight crossbow. They work with Ava's devices.
Needs: 62 Fletching · 66 Ranged
Atlatl darts
The Lunar Chest gives 72 to 120 at a time. You can also fletch them using antlers from custodian stalkers.
Needs: Perilous Moons · 74 Fletching
Late game
Amethyst
Mine it in the Mining Guild and chisel it into arrow, bolt, dart and javelin tips.
Needs: 92 Mining
Dragon dart tips
Doom of Mokhaiotl drops 30 to 90, and Vorkath, Vardorvis, the King Black Dragon and Tombs of Amascut drop them too.
Needs: 95 Fletching
Hardcore note
Larran's big chest pays 80 to 200 dragon dart tips, but its keys come from the Wilderness and drop on death.
Best monster drops
The monsters that drop the most per kill, from the wiki's drop data. Plenty of these are bosses you'd kill anyway, so the supplies come on top of the gear.
Rune arrow
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phosani's Nightmare | 1024 | 3/100 | 412–957 |
| Guardian Drake | 376 | 10/93 | 35–65 |
| Branda the Fire Queen | 350 | 2/55 | 100–300 |
| Eldric the Ice King | 350 | 2/56 | 100–300 |
| The Nightmare | 814 | 3/100 | 31–547 |
| Ancient Custodian | 239 | 12/124 | 20–35 |
| Tormented Demon | 450 | 4/51 | 65–125 |
| Orca | 205 | 10/92 | 50–75 |
Runite bolts
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporeal Beast | 785 | 24/512 | 250 |
| Demonic gorilla | 275 | 25/500 | 100–150 |
| Great white shark | 175 | 8/100 | 30–50 |
| Nuclear smoke devil | 280 | 5/128 | 15 |
| Kree'arra | 580 | 8/127 | 20–25 |
| Lava dragon | 252 | 6/128 | 30 |
| King Black Dragon | 276 | 10/128 | 10–20 |
| Skeletal Wyvern | 140 | 3/128 | 35–44 |
Dragon arrow
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy archaeologistWilderness | 204 | 1/128 | 75 |
| Deranged archaeologist | 276 | 1/131 | 60 |
Drop data from the Old School RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), fetched 2026-10-01.
Questions
- What ammo should an early Ironman use?
- Bone bolts with a Dorgeshuun crossbow, or arrows you fletch. Pair either with Ava's accumulator.
- How do Ironmen get dragon darts?
- Collect dragon dart tips from bosses such as Doom of Mokhaiotl and Vorkath, then add feathers at 95 Fletching.
- Are the free ogre arrows useful?
- Only with an ogre bow or composite ogre bow, mainly for chompy bird hunting.
See where you stand
Look yourself up to see which of these you can do now, and exactly what's missing for the rest.