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Toxic blowpipe detail

The toxic blowpipe is a two-handed dart weapon that requires 75 Ranged to wield. It is made by using a chisel on a tanzanite fang, requiring 53 Fletching. Players using the blowpipe have a 25% chance of inflicting venom on their opponent. However, if the opponent is an NPC and the serpentine helm is worn in conjunction with the blowpipe, there is a 100% chance of envenoming them.

The base attack speed of the toxic blowpipe varies; in player versus monster encounters, its attack speed is 7, or equal to darts. During player versus player combat, its attack speed is 6, or equal to a shortbow. In addition, its attack range is +2 higher than that of throwing darts, at 5 by default.

If the blowpipe is not protected upon death, all scale and dart charges will appear on the floor alongside the blowpipe.

Players can dismantle an uncharged blowpipe to receive 20,000 Zulrah's scales, however, this will result in a loss of −347,019 coins.

Toxic blowpipe detail

The toxic blowpipe is a two-handed dart weapon that requires 75 Ranged to wield. It is made by using a chisel on a tanzanite fang, requiring 53 Fletching. Players using the blowpipe have a 25% chance of inflicting venom on their opponent. However, if the opponent is an NPC and the serpentine helm is worn in conjunction with the blowpipe, there is a 100% chance of envenoming them.

The base attack speed of the toxic blowpipe varies; in player versus monster encounters, its attack speed is 7, or equal to darts. During player versus player combat, its attack speed is 6, or equal to a shortbow. In addition, its attack range is +2 higher than that of throwing darts, at 5 by default.

If the blowpipe is not protected upon death, all scale and dart charges will appear on the floor alongside the blowpipe.

Players can dismantle an uncharged blowpipe to receive 20,000 Zulrah's scales, however, this will result in a loss of −347,019 coins.

























Charging[]

The toxic blowpipe is charged with Zulrah's scales; it cannot be wielded if it is uncharged, except when fully degraded while equipped. It uses unpoisoned darts as ammunition, and can hold up to 16,383 scales and 16,383 darts, costing 3,391,281 to fully charge. 2 scales are used for every 3 shots fired. A fully charged blowpipe lasts 8 hours and 12 minutes of non-stop combat with rapid attack style, or 12 hours and 17 minutes with accurate style. At the current price, it would cost 136.62 per shot, excluding the cost of darts. When charged with scales, the blowpipe has a Ranged attack of 60 and a Ranged strength of 40. These bonuses stack with the bonuses of its ammunition. For example, using dragon darts on the charged blowpipe will increase its Ranged attack to +78, and its Ranged strength to +60.

Special attack[]

The projectile from the special attack.
Toxic Siphon

A player performs the toxic blowpipe's special attack, Toxic Siphon.

The toxic blowpipe has a special attack, Toxic Siphon, which increases damage by 50%, while healing the user by half of the damage dealt (rounded down). This consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy.

Similar to the Saradomin godsword special attack, it will heal the player based on what they would have hit if the target dies from the special attack; for example, if the hit was calculated to deal 20 damage and the target only has 5 Hitpoints, it will heal the player by 10 Hitpoints. It also heals based on the damage dealt before calculating damage reduction for certain monsters, such as Vorkath during its acid phase (where it will take 50% reduced damage) or kurasks that have 100% damage resistance to most weaponry.

Combat styles[]

CombatStyles thrown Combat style Experience Boosts
Accurate Ranged and Hitpoints Accuracy and damage
Rapid Ranged and Hitpoints Attack speed by 1 tick
Longrange Ranged, Hitpoints and Defence Attack range by 2 squares

Comparison between other ranged weapons[]

Picture Name Levels to equip Ranged Attack bonus Notes
Twisted bow Twisted bow 75 Ranged icon +70
  • Has a passive effect where the higher the target's Magic level is, the more accurate and damaging the bow becomes
  • Uses arrows as ammunition up to and including dragon
  • Offers an attack speed of that of a longbow
Toxic blowpipe Toxic blowpipe 75 Ranged icon +60
  • Requires Zulrah's scales (up to 16,383) and any unpoisoned darts to charge.
  • Bonuses stack with the darts that are used to charge the blowpipe (up to +78 ranged attack and +60 ranged strength with dragon darts).
  • Has an attack speed of 7 (same as darts) in a non-pvp encounter or attack speed of 6 in a pvp encounter (same as shortbows).
  • Offers a special attack where damage is increased by 50% and heals the wielder by 50% of the damage dealt. Costs 50% special attack energy.
  • Has 25% chance to inflict venom on an opponent.
Heavy ballista Heavy ballista 75 Ranged icon +125
  • Has the highest ranged bonus of any ranged weapon, including a +15 Ranged Strength bonus.
  • The ballista is 2-handed, forfeiting your options to use any type of shield.
  • Requires completion of Monkey Madness II to equip.
  • Only accepts Javelins as ammunition
  • Ava's accumulator and device will not retrieve fired javelins, neither can they be picked up.
  • Offers a special attack which increases accuracy and damage by 25% each for one shot. Costs 65% special attack energy.
Armadyl crossbow Armadyl crossbow 70 Ranged icon +100
  • Has a slightly longer attack range than other crossbows.
  • It is the only crossbow that offers a prayer bonus.
  • Offers a special attack where the player's accuracy is increased by 100% (dependent on ranged level and gear used). Costs 40% special attack energy.
Crystal bow Crystal bow 70 Ranged icon +100
  • The bow must be imbued or fully charged to maintain its highest ranged bonuses.
  • Offers a ranged strength of +70 when imbued or in top condition.
  • Has the attack speed between that of a shortbow and crossbow.
  • Has the furthest attack range of any bow or crossbow in the game (tied with composite bows) of 10 squares.
Karil's crossbow Karil's crossbow 70 Ranged icon +84
  • It is the only two-handed crossbow in the game and is also the fastest crossbow.
  • Can only be fired with bolt racks.
  • If worn with the rest of Karil the Tainted's equipment, it offers a set effect which lowers the target's agility level (only works on players).
  • Like all Barrows equipment, it degrades and will fully degrade after 15 hours of combat. It is repairable.
Dragon hunter crossbow Dragon hunter crossbow 65 Ranged icon +95
Dragon crossbow Dragon crossbow 64 Ranged icon +94
  • Offers the third highest one-handed Ranged attack bonus in the game, outclassed only by the armadyl crossbow and dragon hunter crossbow
  • Offers a special attack where the player can hit any target in a 3x3 area, while in a multicombat area, making it one of three range weapons that can hit multiple targets. This costs 60% of special attack bar.
Rune crossbow Rune crossbow 61 Ranged icon +90
Dark bow Dark bow 60 Ranged icon +95
  • Offers the third highest Ranged attack bonus in the game, behind the Heavy ballista, which offers +125 ranged attack, and the crystal bow and armadyl crossbow, both offering +100 ranged attack.
  • It is the slowest weapon in the game, offering only an attack speed of 2.
  • Has the ability to shoot two arrows at a time.
  • Offers a powerful special attack, where if used with dragon arrows, it increases damage dealt by 50% with a minimum hit of 8 (30% with any other arrow with a minimum hit of 5). Costs 55% special attack energy.
Magic shortbow Magic shortbow 50 Ranged icon +69
  • It is the only shortbow to offer a special attack. The special attack fires 2 shots, but with reduced accuracy in rapid succession. Costs 55% special attack energy.
  • The bow can be imbued by using a magic shortbow scroll on a normal magic shortbow. The imbued version increases accuracy to +75 and lowers the special attack cost to 50%.
Chinchompa
Red chinchompa
Black chinchompa
Chinchompas 45 Ranged icon (Grey)

55 Ranged icon (Red)
65 Ranged icon (Black)

+45 (Grey)

+70 (Red)
+80 (Black)

  • It is the only one of three ranged weapons that offers the ability to hit more than one opponent at a time (similar to burst or barrage ancient spells), the others being the special attack of the dragon crossbow, with a similar attack, and Rune thrownaxe, with a ricochet type attack.
  • Regarded to be the best way of training Ranged at the cost of it being expensive.
  • Has the attack speed of 6 (same as scimitars or the abyssal whip).
  • If a player dies with chinchompas equipped or in their inventory, they will disappear as they are live animals. Dying with black chinchompas to a player in the wilderness does not make them disappear.


Concept art[]

Trivia[]

  • In PvP situations upon release, the toxic blowpipe's attack speed was 8 on rapid, meaning it was able to attack every 1.2 seconds, which made it easy to overpower another opponent in player-versus-player combat. This was fixed in an update the next day so that the blowpipe's speed on rapid would be equal to that of a shortbow only in PvP; player-versus-monster encounters remain unaffected.
  • Prior to an update on 16 November 2017, the blowpipe envenomed NPCs at the same rate as envenoming players at a rate of 1 in 4 (25%) regardless of whether a serpentine helm was worn.


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