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Q: What Ranged level do you need for the Toxic blowpipe?

You need 75 Ranged to wield it. Making one from a tanzanite fang also needs 78 Fletching.

Q: How do you make a Toxic blowpipe?

Use a chisel on a tanzanite fang (a Zulrah drop) with 78 Fletching. That gives an empty blowpipe, which you then charge with Zulrah's scales and load with darts.

Q: What ammunition does the Toxic blowpipe use?

It uses ordinary darts as ammunition and Zulrah's scales as charges. The dart's Ranged strength stacks with the blowpipe's own +20, so better darts mean more damage.

Q: Does the Toxic blowpipe have a special attack?

Yes — Toxic Siphon, costing 50% special energy. It gives +100% accuracy and +50% damage and heals you for half the damage dealt.

Q: Is the Toxic blowpipe tradeable?

Only when it is empty (uncharged). Once it holds scales or darts it becomes untradeable until you uncharge it.

Q: What is the best dart for the blowpipe?

Dragon darts give the most Ranged strength (+35); amethyst, rune and adamant darts are cheaper alternatives that trade some damage for cost.

The Toxic blowpipe (usually just “blowpipe” or “bp”) is a two-handed Ranged weapon that requires 75 Ranged to wield. It is made by using a chisel on a tanzanite fang — a drop from Zulrah — which needs 78 Fletching. The blowpipe fires darts charged with Zulrah's scales, has a fast attack speed, and is one of the most popular training and PvM Ranged weapons in Old School RuneScape.

Equipment bonuses

Charged, the blowpipe gives +30 Ranged attack and +20 Ranged strength, and that Ranged strength stacks with the dart loaded inside — so your real damage depends on the dart used (for example dragon darts add another +35 Ranged strength). Empty, it has no bonuses and cannot be wielded.

Attack bonuses

+30

Defence bonuses

Other bonuses

+20

+0%

Requires 75 Ranged · two-handed · attack speed 3t / 1.8s on rapid versus monsters (4t in PvP) · attack range 5. Uses Zulrah's scales as charges and darts as ammunition.

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How the Toxic blowpipe works

The blowpipe is charged with Zulrah's scales and loaded with unpoisoned darts as ammunition. It can hold up to 16,383 scales and 16,383 darts at once, and has a 1 in 3 chance not to consume a scale per shot — so on average two scales are used for every three darts fired. A fully charged blowpipe lasts about 8 hours 12 minutes of non-stop combat on the rapid attack style.

Attacks (and manually-cast combat spells) have a 25% chance to envenom the target. If you are fighting an NPC and wear a serpentine helm alongside the blowpipe, that becomes a 100% envenom chance. The blowpipe is only tradeable when uncharged (empty); uncharging it returns all remaining scales and darts.

Comparing darts or weighing the blowpipe against another Ranged weapon? Plug your levels into the OSRS DPS calculator to see its real damage output.

Special attack — Toxic Siphon

The blowpipe's special attack, Toxic Siphon, costs 50% special-attack energy and gives +100% accuracy and +50% damage for the shot, while healing you for half the damage dealt (rounded down). Like the Saradomin godsword, it heals based on the full calculated hit even if the target had fewer Hitpoints left — so it stays a strong self-heal against low-HP targets.

How to get the Toxic blowpipe

The blowpipe is made, not dropped directly. Use a chisel on a tanzanite fang — a drop from Zulrah — to create a Toxic blowpipe (empty); this requires 78 Fletching (boostable) and gives 120 Fletching experience. You then charge the empty blowpipe with Zulrah's scales (also from Zulrah) and load it with darts.

If you'd rather buy one, the empty (uncharged) blowpipe is tradeable on the Grand Exchange — the live price and history are shown above — and you charge it yourself afterwards.

Toxic blowpipe FAQ

What Ranged level do you need for the Toxic blowpipe?

You need 75 Ranged to wield it. Making one from a tanzanite fang also needs 78 Fletching.

How do you make a Toxic blowpipe?

Use a chisel on a tanzanite fang (a Zulrah drop) with 78 Fletching. That gives an empty blowpipe, which you then charge with Zulrah's scales and load with darts.

What ammunition does the Toxic blowpipe use?

It uses ordinary darts as ammunition and Zulrah's scales as charges. The dart's Ranged strength stacks with the blowpipe's own +20, so better darts mean more damage.

Does the Toxic blowpipe have a special attack?

Yes — Toxic Siphon, costing 50% special energy. It gives +100% accuracy and +50% damage and heals you for half the damage dealt.

Is the Toxic blowpipe tradeable?

Only when it is empty (uncharged). Once it holds scales or darts it becomes untradeable until you uncharge it.

How long does a fully charged blowpipe last?

It holds up to 16,383 scales and 16,383 darts, and lasts roughly 8 hours 12 minutes of non-stop combat on the rapid attack style.

What is the best dart for the blowpipe?

Dragon darts give the most Ranged strength (+35); amethyst, rune and adamant darts are cheaper alternatives that trade some damage for cost.

Update history

5 March 2025Added a bank option to change the blowpipe's charges (Game Jam: Charges QoL).

8 May 2024Creating a Toxic blowpipe now requires 78 Fletching, up from 53 (Project Rebalance).

30 June 2021Ranged Attack cut from +60 to +30 and Ranged Strength from +40 to +20; the special attack gained a 100% accuracy boost on top of its 50% damage boost (Phosani's Nightmare).

16 November 2017The blowpipe can envenom NPCs at a 100% rate when a serpentine helm is worn.

18 February 2016An uncharged blowpipe can be dismantled for 20,000 Zulrah's scales.

Source: OSRS Wiki — Toxic blowpipe (Changes).

Toxic blowpipe