Fletching darts for profit

Buy dart tips and feathers, attach a feather to each tip 10 at a time, and sell the darts. Bronze dart is the best right now at -320 gp per set of 10 darts, about -1,920,000 gp an hour after GE tax. At an assumed 6,000 sets of 10 darts an hour (source below), 0 of the 8 options on this page make a profit after tax at current prices. Inputs are priced at instant buy and outputs at instant sell.

Data age: the oldest price used here is from a trade 26m ago. Prices refresh every minute.

Every option, priced now

Option	Levels	Cost / action	Kept / action	Profit / action	Profit / hour (est.)	Per 4h buy limit	Output vol / 24h
Bronze dart	Fletching 10	610	290	-320	-1,920,000	-416,000 on 1,300	494,169
Iron dart	Fletching 22	650	80	-570	-3,420,000	-741,000 on 1,300	813,818
Steel dart	Fletching 37	950	30	-920	-5,520,000	-1,196,000 on 1,300	1,840,404
Mithril dart	Fletching 52	1,110	80	-1,030	-6,180,000	-2,060,000 on 2,000	8,108,411
Adamant dart	Fletching 67	1,990	250	-1,740	-10,440,000	-3,480,000 on 2,000	13,046,147
Amethyst dart	Fletching 90	3,700	1,820	-1,880	-11,280,000	-2,068,000 on 1,100	7,764,659
Dragon dart	Fletching 95	12,360	10,010	-2,350	-14,100,000	-2,585,000 on 1,100	3,450,169
Rune dart	Fletching 81	11,440	2,180	-9,260	-55,560,000	-10,186,000 on 1,100	2,759,599

Options whose prices are more than 6 hours old are left out. Cost per action is the inputs at instant-buy plus any NPC fee. Kept per action is the outputs at instant-sell minus the 2% GE tax. The 4h column is how many actions the tightest input buy limit allows every 4 hours, and what that many earn.

Assumptions

6,000 sets of 10 per hour, one set per game tick. The OSRS Wiki Fletching training guide says 2 to 4 sets per tick are possible, so this is conservative; the buy limit runs out long before the hour does.

Source: OSRS Wiki: Fletching training, darts. Per-hour figures are estimates: real rates depend on your clicks, banking and connection.

Requirements: None to fletch darts (The Tourist Trap is only needed to smith dart tips).

Inputs and outputs, with live prices

Bronze dart

Bronze dart tip	10 × 57	-570
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Bronze dart	10 × (29 - 0 tax)	+290
Profit per set of 10 darts		-320

Needs Fletching 10. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Bronze dart tip buy limit allows 1,300 per 4h, about 13 minutes of work.

Iron dart

Iron dart tip	10 × 61	-610
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Iron dart	10 × (8 - 0 tax)	+80
Profit per set of 10 darts		-570

Needs Fletching 22. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Iron dart tip buy limit allows 1,300 per 4h, about 13 minutes of work.

Steel dart

Steel dart tip	10 × 91	-910
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Steel dart	10 × (3 - 0 tax)	+30
Profit per set of 10 darts		-920

Needs Fletching 37. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Steel dart tip buy limit allows 1,300 per 4h, about 13 minutes of work.

Mithril dart

Mithril dart tip	10 × 107	-1,070
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Mithril dart	10 × (8 - 0 tax)	+80
Profit per set of 10 darts		-1,030

Needs Fletching 52. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Mithril dart tip buy limit allows 2,000 per 4h, about 20 minutes of work.

Adamant dart

Adamant dart tip	10 × 195	-1,950
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Adamant dart	10 × (25 - 0 tax)	+250
Profit per set of 10 darts		-1,740

Needs Fletching 67. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Adamant dart tip buy limit allows 2,000 per 4h, about 20 minutes of work.

Amethyst dart

Amethyst dart tip	10 × 366	-3,660
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Amethyst dart	10 × (185 - 3 tax)	+1,820
Profit per set of 10 darts		-1,880

Needs Fletching 90. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Amethyst dart tip buy limit allows 1,100 per 4h, about 11 minutes of work.

Dragon dart

Dragon dart tip	10 × 1,232	-12,320
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Dragon dart	10 × (1,021 - 20 tax)	+10,010
Profit per set of 10 darts		-2,350

Needs Fletching 95. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Dragon dart tip buy limit allows 1,100 per 4h, about 11 minutes of work.

Rune dart

Rune dart tip	10 × 1,140	-11,400
Feather	10 × 4	-40
Rune dart	10 × (222 - 4 tax)	+2,180
Profit per set of 10 darts		-9,260

Needs Fletching 81. Rate assumed: 6,000 per hour. Rune dart tip buy limit allows 1,100 per 4h, about 11 minutes of work.

Questions

Is fletching darts profitable right now?

Not right now. The best option, Bronze dart, is -320 gp per set of 10 darts after GE tax.

How much gp per hour does fletching darts make?

About -1,920,000 gp an hour with Bronze dart, assuming 6,000 sets of 10 darts an hour. 6,000 sets of 10 per hour, one set per game tick. The OSRS Wiki Fletching training guide says 2 to 4 sets per tick are possible, so this is conservative; the buy limit runs out long before the hour does. This is an estimate at current prices, not a promise.

What levels do you need for fletching darts?

From Fletching 10 up to Fletching 81, depending on the option. None to fletch darts (The Tourist Trap is only needed to smith dart tips).

How many sets of 10 darts does the GE buy limit allow?

For Bronze dart, the tightest input buy limit allows 1,300 sets of 10 darts every 4 hours, worth -416,000 gp at current prices.

Offerbook prices methods from live Grand Exchange data; it never plays the game for you. gp only, and no promise of income: prices move, and bronze dart at -320 gp per set of 10 darts can change within minutes. See all methods.