Magic shortbow

The magic shortbow is a bow that requires level 50 Ranged in order to use, and is one of the few shortbows in the game with a Special attack. Because of this, it is often used for player killing and is usually the primary weapon of people training their Ranged level after level 50. The bow has an attack range of 7. Longrange increases attack range by 2.

To make this bow, players must use a magic shortbow (u) on a bow string. This requires 80 Fletching, and grants 83 experience. They can also be received from hard clue scrolls, or as a rare drop from Spiritual rangers.

The magic shortbow can be imbued by using a magic shortbow scroll on it to make a magic shortbow (i). The imbue increases its ranged attack bonus to +75 and lowers the special attack cost to 50%.

Special attack
This weapon also has a special attack, Snapshot, which will shoot two arrows in rapid succession but with lowered accuracy, using 55% of a player's special attack energy. With perfect timing, this bow can hit three times in one game tick.

However, damage inflicted by Snapshot is unaffected by ranged prayers (such as Eagle Eye) and the slayer helmet (i).

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