Headless shaft
Headless shaft is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 1 coins. 4 monsters drop it. The easiest is Ice warrior (level 40, 8/128); the best rate is Glacor (level 112), at 7/96, about 22 per kill.
“A wooden arrow shaft with flights attached.”
Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 1 gp
Updated . Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.
Ironman verdict
You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Fletching and gives 15 Fletching XP, using 15 × Shaft and 15 × Feather. There are 2 other recipes below. Other sources include Broken arrow, Robust Chest, Small totem reward bundle and Totem reward bundle, plus 1 more listed below. Where the materials come from: Shaft (sold by Dargaud's Bows and Arrows for 12 coins); Feather (sold by Gerrant's Fishy Business for 6 coins). Making ten takes 150 × Shaft and 150 × Feather and gives 150 Fletching XP. 13 recipes use Headless shaft, including Adamant arrow, Bane arrow and Broad arrow. Headless shaft is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 1 coins.
At a glance
- Members
- No (free-to-play)
- Tradeable
- Yes, but not for Ironmen
- High alch
- 1 coins
- Monster drops
- 4
- Shops
- None
- Recipes
- 3
- Used in
- 13 recipes
Monster drops
| Dropped by | Level | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacor | 112 | 250–350 | 7/96 |
| King Black Dragon | 276 | 300 | 7/100 |
| Ghost (Spirit of Summer) | 50 | 100–200 | 5/128 |
| Ice warriorEasiest | 40 | 6 | 8/128 |
Best rates first, plus the lowest-level monsters that drop it. Every monster links to its full drop table in the bestiary.
Make it yourself
Needs 1 Fletching · 15 Fletching XP
Needs 1 Fletching · 15 Fletching XP
Needs 1 Fletching · 15 Fletching XP
Other sources
Minigames, reward chests, clues, skilling and other non-combat sources.
What you make with Headless shaft
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