It’s a local tradition to leave Vale Totems inspired by the local wildlife for your peaceful ent neighbours and decorate them with all those leftover shields and bows you have in your Bank.
The totems come in six wood types, and your chosen decorations will need to match. Got an oak totem? Stick to oak bows, oak shields, and oak stocks.
Here’s what you can work with:
- Oak: 20 Fletching
- Willow: 35 Fletching
- Maple: 50 Fletching
- Yew: 65 Fletching
- Magic: 80 Fletching
- Redwood: 90 Fletching
Once you’ve built your totem, the local ent population will inspect it on their way through the woods. Impress them, and they’ll reward you with some delightful skilling goodies…
That’s not a knife… THIS is a knife!
Say hello to the Fletching Knife – a slick new untradeable tool you’ll earn from this activity. It’s just like your old knife, but with some clever upgrades.
What makes it special?
- Shaves off 1 game tick from certain Fletching actions after the first item in a batch. This keeps tick manipulation in check and Reddit comments civil. It applies to:
- Unstrung bows
- Shields
- Stocks
- Arrow shafts
- Atlatl dart shafts
- Javelin shafts
- Battlestaves
- Hunter’s Spears
- Vale Totems
- Bruma roots (Wintertodt)
- On top of all that, it still works as a regular knife. Slash webs. Cut fruit. Go full Gordon Ramsay on that leaping Salmon.
- Equipped in your off-hand.
- Left-click is “Use”, so you don’t accidentally equip it mid-Fletch. You can still right-click “Wield” if you want.
It’s the perfect sidekick for long Fletching sessions. A minor time-saver with some major long-term gains!
The Bow String Spool
Tired of trudging back and forth to the Bank with a backpack full of Bow Strings? The Bow String Spool is here to help. This handy little gizmo stores between 250 and 100,000 Bow Strings in one slot.
The Spool starts with a base capacity of 250 Bow Strings, which can be increased by adding more Spools. At six Spools you’ll have the maximum capacity of 100,000 Bow Strings. Weird flax, but okay.
| Number of Spools | Strings Stored |
| 1 | 250 |
| 2 | 500 |
| 3 | 2,000 |
| 4 | 5,000 |
| 5 | 10,000 |
| 6 | 100,000 |
- Automatically fills itself as you spin flax – just keep it in your Inventory and let it do its thing.
- Or, manually fill it with bowstrings (even noted ones) by right-clicking near a Bank.
- Withdrawing strings is flexible – take out any amount, unnoted, or noted as long as you’re near a Bank.
- Acts just like your Inventory when stringing bows – use it on Unstrung Bows (or vice versa) to access the regular interface.
The Spool is untradeable and can be found in reward offerings during the minigame.
Death Mechanics:
- Safe death (normal or PvP protected): You keep the Spool and all its strings.
- PvP unprotected death: You lose the Spool and all stored strings as noted items.
- Died above level 20 Wilderness? The Spool turns into coins, and the PKer still gets the strings.
- The storage capacity you unlocked remains tied to your account. Once you reacquire a Bow String Spool, your storage unlocks immediately reflect your previous progress.
Player-Owned House Decorations
Bring a little woodland charm into your home with two new decorative pieces, inspired by the spirit of Auburnvale. Crafted using Ent Branches and the mystical Greenman Mask, these tradable pieces are perfect whether you’re decking out your garden or adding some leafy flair to your throne room.
The Greenman Statue: A serene garden statue of the woodland spirit – perfect for any garden looking a little too civilised. Buildable in both large plant and centrepiece spots in the Garden and Formal Garden rooms.
The Greenman Carving: This wall-mounted carving will add a dash of wild mystique to your PoH interior. Buildable in wall decoration spots in the Combat room, Dining room, and Throne room.
Both rewards require a Construction level of 1 and will grant no XP when built – it’s all about the style with these ones!
Research Points and Dry Protection
Each time you rummage through Ent offerings (the loot pile they leave behind), you’ll earn a Research Point. These can be traded in for the new rewards, including:
- Fletching Knife
- Mask
- Spool
- Ent Branches
If luck isn’t on your side, research points offer a guaranteed path to progression. Unwanted untradeables (or any item if you’re an Ironman) can also be converted into research points, making every offering count.
Atlatl Darts
A fresh way to craft Atlatl Darts has arrived – perfect for high-level Fletchers looking to take a more hands-on approach. While these darts have previously been obtainable through content like Perilous Moons, this update introduces the materials required for a fully craftable method, offering greater flexibility in how you stock up.
Unlocked at 74 Fletching, this new four-step process fits neatly into the existing arrow-making flow, but with a distinctly Varlamorean twist!
Let’s take a look at how they’re made:
1) Atlatl Dart Shafts
- Created by using a knife on Ent Branches (from the Fletching activity)
- Yields 100 shafts per branch
- Grants 30 XP
2) Atlatl Dart Tips
- Made by using a chisel on Broken Antlers (dropped by Custodians)
- Produces 100 tips per antler
- Grants 10 XP
3) Headless Atlatl Darts
- Add feathers to the shafts
- Grants 1 XP per dart
- Requires 74 Fletching
4) Atlatl Darts
- Attach the tips to the headless darts
- Grants 9.5 XP per dart
- Also requires 74 Fletching
Both the Ent branches and Broken Antlers are tradeable, so whether you gather them yourself or grab them off the market, you’ve got options!
Greenman Mask
A whimsical, woodland-inspired cosmetic headpiece you can customise by offering 300 leaves of any one type (Oak, Willow, Maple, Yew, or Magic).
- The base mask is tradeable.
- Transmogged versions are not.
- Unlock them once and swap freely via the “Change Style” interface.
Perfect for those who want to roleplay as a druid, tree-hugger, or accursed forest spirit!
The Redwood Hiking Staff
We’ve also included a new addition to your FashionScape kit: the Redwood Hiking Staff!
Made with jus 1 Redwood Log and 90 Fletching, this decorative staff gives you a fancy new FashionScape option and a practical totem decoration.
- Tradeable and equipable as a weak crush weapon (on par with your earliest RuneScape memories).
- Can be used as a decoration on Redwood Totems – much easier than making a shield, which needs 92 Fletching and two logs.
XP rates
Number time! These are rough estimates, and your results may vary depending on your route, Inventory management, and whether or not you brought your shiny new knife:
- Oak: 20,000 – 25,000
- Willow: 50,000 – 60,000
- Maple: 80,000 – 95,000
- Yew: 130,000 – 150,000
- Magic: 245,000 – 285,000
- Redwood: 300,000 – 350,000
There’s more detail in the full blog post, but the takeaway is simple: chill vibes, decent XP, cool rewards, and a lot of love for Fletching.
