By Jynon Xantheothis - Paladin of Tarew Marr
The following is my guide to fletching. It gives a guide on the cheapest and fastest way to start mastery in Fletching. I hope you find it useful.
Here are the recipes for the 13 arrows.
| |
Requirements |
Cost/5 |
Trivial |
DMG |
| #1 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Round Fletch, Large Nock |
24 cp |
16 |
1 |
| #2 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Round Fletch, Medium Nock |
37 cp |
36 |
1 |
| #3 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Parabolic Fletch, Large Nock |
49 cp |
46 |
1 |
| #4 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Round Fletch, Small Nock |
68 cp |
?? |
1 |
| #5 |
Field Point, Bone Shaft, Round Fletch, Large Nock |
112 cp |
?? |
2 |
| #6 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Shield Fletch, Large Nock |
243 cp |
?? |
2 |
| #7 |
Hooked Point, Wooden Shaft, Round Fletch, Large Nock |
393 cp |
?? |
2 |
| #8 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Wooden Vane(fletch), Large Nock |
831 cp |
?? |
2 |
| #9 |
Field Point, Ceramic Shaft, Round Fletch, Large Nock |
1394 cp |
?? |
3 |
| #10 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Bone Vane (Fletch), Large Nock |
1644 cp |
?? |
2 |
| #11 |
Field Point, Wooden Shaft, Ceramic Vane (Fletch), Large Nock |
3333 cp |
?? |
3 |
| #12 |
Field Point, Steel Shaft, Round Fletch, Large Nock |
3396 cp |
?? |
4 |
| #13 |
Bladed Point, Wooden Shaft, Round Fletch, Large Nock |
4772 cp |
?? |
3 |
I will refer to these arrow types as #1 through #13 in the data below.
Here is my actual level experience. I have not included the data for the 6 out of 8 bows I have made, although I am sure they also had an effect on my skill. I have seen my skill increase while making a bow just once, at 36 making a Hickory/silk.
| Level |
Success / Tries |
% Success |
Buy / Resale |
| 1-10 |
44/93 |
47.3% |
2232/1572 cp |
| 11-20 |
21/42 |
50.0% |
1455/882 cp |
| 21-30 |
45/80 |
56.3% |
2960/1835 cp |
| 31-40 |
22/52 |
42.3% |
2380/1830 cp |
| 41-50 |
30/51 |
58.8% |
2993/2243 cp |
| 51-51 |
15/28 |
53.6% |
1904/1529 cp |
So as I am currently at level 51 fletching, it has cost me 13924 cp, or 14 platinum to achieve. Also, add in the cost of the fletching kit, 1250 cp for a total cost of 15.1 platinum. Early, I sold the arrows back for a loss to offset costs. Now, as arrows are more expensive to make and the same buyback price, I just keep them for myself and to give away with sold bows. I am half way to Mastery for only 15 plat. Please keep in mind though that the arrow roughly double in cost each step from here on. This will severely increase the cost to gain levels of course.
You can see that I have had a nearly 50% success ratio straight through. Things seem to get a lot worse as you triv out #2. You have to pay more for the arrows, but the resale to merchants stays the same! #2 cost 37 cp. #3 cost 49 that is a 32.4% increase in costs. The resale continues at the same level at least through #4, which suggests that you should just use the arrows that you make, rather than selling them back.
Now, as for bows, I have had the following trials :
At skill 36 I made a trivial hickory/hemp, a trivial hickory/linen and made 2/3 on hickory/silk. At 37 I made 1/1 on hickory/silk. At 40 I made 0/1 on hickory/silk. At 48 I made 1/1 on Elm/hemp
I was able to sell off the extra bows for an average of 5 gold apiece, regardless of which type they were. I suspect that the Hickory/Linen bow was first trivial at 36 and that if I try a hickory/silk after 46 it will be trivial. I will need to research this, but it seems that when the next arrow becomes trivial, so does the next bow.
I used to think that having the various books was useless, but I now feel that holding the appropriate book in one of your main 8 inventory slots actually may help the skill increase faster, and possibly help with success %.
There also seems to be a correlation between success and skill increase. While it is possible to become better at a skill while failing, only 9 of my 51 increases have happened on failed attempts. That means 82% of my skill increases happened on a successful attempt. While the cost factor is the main motivator here, this would seem to indicate that you should do the EASIEST non-trivial thing you can, so that you get more success. Fortunately, easiest also seems to be cheapest for fletchers.
If you have any questions you can e-mail them to me at or give me a tell on the Tarew Marr my chars. name is Jynon.
Good Luck,
Jynon Xantheothis
23rd Paladin
Tarew Marr Seekers of Lore
