This guide assumes you're already at a certain, established progression point, upgraded iron or further, for armor and food purposes.

This method will help you get Bow 100 in one evening/night, and all while catching up on backlogged videos/episodes/series/seasons.

Bosses? Nah. Big setup? Maybe for the arrows, but otherwise no.

For this you will also need an exorbitant amount of wood. Feel free to make a whole new world, then gut THAT world's forest, rather than waiting for one you replanted to regrow. In total you should need 4800 wood, just for the arrows, and a little extra for any needed storage, or portal shelter.

For this method you will be making trips like this into the barrows with the listed items. For clarity purposes, I decided for a verbose clip of an entire trip.

This is an updated video, so it should be the optimal load out you can achieve yourself at late iron age, and for demonstration purposes, I used iron age food.

-12,000 Wooden Arrows(4800 wood, crafting 600 instances of wooden arrow)
-Iron Armor, No Cape, No Belt
-8 Upgraded Finewood Bows
-2 Health Food Items
-1 Stamina Food Item
-1 Barrow with a Sheltered Portal and Intact Spawner
-1 Base Portal With Arrow Storage and Repair Stations
-Something to Watch

After you've acquired all the needed materials, find a barrow, encase the entrance in a small shelter this is 1.5 walls tall, make a portal in that shelter, then link it to a portal right beside your chest-fulls of arrows, and some repair stations for your armor and bows.



This portal is good if you want as little between you and getting that sweet XP as possible, though technically this is optional, but you'll save time hoofing it to a base unless you have already a base atop a barrow.

Though hey, it's better than falling repeatedly to your death from a tree, getting a free colonoscopy from a wraith, or a nose job from Bonemass if you flub it up.

Now, we prep just before the trip. Grab and equip your 3 armor pieces if they aren't already on, chuck your cape, ditch your belt, grab the 8 finewood bows, get two health food and one stamina food item, empty everything besides the previous stated items from your inventory, and shove in the arrows.


With inventory done right, you should have 1,800 arrows. Next, have your food, have a rest, and have a quick stroll through the portal.

You have arrived! The next step in this journey to 100 Bow is to find the treasure room, as in the treasure room, we needn't worry about damage to the spawner, or being knocked around while in its corners. There you will promptly be greeted by the first two of many skeletons to come.


After turning on your watching material, aim at a boogsely bones, and do just more than a click, but not too little for it to fire. Eventually, you'll get down the rhythm, and it will be like walking from then on. If you run out of stamina, just chill a bit, and the stamina food should shoot it right back up, especially if you're still rested.


It helps to have the sound on in the game, even if it might disrupt the watching material, and occasionally look over to check food, health, maybe collect some trophies. This also helps indicate when it's time to switch bows, as instead of an arrow hitting, you'll hear a louder punch.

It also helps to not use the Huntsman in this situation, as the lesser range of mob pull is a disadvantage here.

If you see a star or two on a boogsely bones, twang them down first, as if there's another starry-eyed one that comes around, it might outpace your regeneration by too much, and you might have to take a break.

CONGRATULATIONS! Eventually, you'll run out of arrows, and should have achieved multiple level-ups of Bow, even for somebody much further along in the skill.

By using this method in its most optimal form, you should be able to maximize your archery in 7 trips, allowing you to commit feats like one-shotting trolls, and decking entire fuling camps with a bow and wooden sticks.

It took a bit to devise this method, but it payed off! I have used it to level two characters to 100, and give a quick 47 Bow to the demonstration character. Use it, share it, flaunt it.

Have fun!

Also the thumbnail picture is by psdelux, feel free to check out his awesome YouTube sketchings!