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{{RSC page|Bow string}}
{{Infobox Item
|name = Bow string
|image = [[File:Bow string.png]]
|release = [[25 March]] [[2002]]
|update = Latest RuneScape News (25 March 2002)
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = Yes
|stackable = No
|equipable = No
|high = 6
|low = 4
|destroy = Drop
|store = No
|exchange = GEMW
|examine = I need a bow stave to attach this to.
|weight = 0
}}

[[File:Bow string detail.png|left|100px|A detailed image of a bow string.]]

'''Bow string''' is used in the [[Fletching]] skill to create bows. It is created by using [[flax]] with a [[spinning wheel]], which requires level 1 [[Crafting]] and grants a player 15 Crafting [[experience]].

In [[Dungeoneering]], bow strings are purchased from the smuggler.

A full load of 28 flax will generate 420 Crafting experience (15 x 28).
It takes about 50 seconds to spin a full inventory of flax. It takes approximately one minute and fifteen seconds (1:15) to do a load of flax in Lumbridge. So you can do 48 loads per hour, which means you can do about 20,160 xp per hour, if you stay at a constant rate.

[[File:SpinningFlax.gif|left|thumb|A player making a Bow string on a [[spinning wheel]].]]

Historically, the only reasonable place for anyone to spin flax into bowstrings was [[Seers' Village]], however with the addition of the bank at the top of [[Lumbridge Castle]], it became on par with, or slightly better than, Seers' Village, but only if you pre-picked the flax and placed it in your bank, otherwise it would be extremely counterproductive because [[Seers' Village]] is the most financially efficient place to pick and spin all at once. Later on, an even better spinning wheel was added, this time on [[Neitiznot]]. While technically further from a bank than Lumbridge, travelling to the bank in [[Neitiznot]] does not require passing through a stair, thus cutting down clicking times and increasing the efficiency of spinning. In order to use the spinning wheel, players must have started [[The Fremennik Isles]] [[quest]] and have reached the part where they are able to go to [[Neitiznot]].

For players who have not yet started [[The Fremennik Isles]], another option is to use the spinning wheel in [[Seers' Village]] while wearing a [[Seers' headband 2]], the reward from the [[Seers' Village Tasks]], which increases the rate at which you spin flax.

Spinning [[flax]] into bow strings is a good way for players with low skills to make [[money]]. Because of this, bow strings were commonly made by [[macro]]ers, as they can easily be sold in bulk and for fairly good profits. Therefore, it used to be common to see macros in [[Seers' Village]] picking [[flax]] in the field, and spinning them into bow strings at the [[spinning wheel]] at [[Seers' Village]].

== Dropping monsters ==
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{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Lesser reborn ranger|Combat=87|Quantity=2 (noted)|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Zamorak ranger|Combat=81|Quantity=10|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Elite dark ranger|Combat=79|Quantity=1 (noted)|Rarity=Uncommon}}
|}

==Calculator==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Method
! Profit/Bow string
! GP/XP
|-
! Picking Flax
|{{Coins|Amount={{:Exchange:Bow string|View=price}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount={{:Exchange:Bow string|View=price}}/15 round 1}}
|-
! Buying Flax
|{{Coins|Amount={{:Exchange:Bow string|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:flax|View=price}}}}
|{{Coins|Amount=({{:Exchange:Bow string|View=price}}-{{:Exchange:flax|View=price}})/15 round 1}}
|}
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[[Category:Crafting]]
[[Category:Fletching items]]