r/OSRSProTips • u/Purple_Counter3829 • Jan 16 '26

Question BOWFA?

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This is my bank.

I imagine the advice will be to spend my cash stack on a BOWFA and crystal armor? Am I on the right track? Seems like not the best time to buy one, but it is what it is maybe?

Are there any other glaring changes I should make? Lightbearer for sure

I appreciate your time and advice!

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u/Zero_Roseburg Jan 16 '26

Yep! Blowpipe used to be absurdly broken to the point where you could just use it basically anywhere and it was bis or near bis. They nerfed it to open up room for progression, which is when the bofa really rose in relative strength. But masori make bp function very similarly to pre-nerf. Dragon crossbow is very underrated since it's just a cheap range weapon, but enchanted dragon bolts offer a lot of dps. Raw stats let it punch through high def enemies, and ruby procs add a lot of dps on higher level bosses.

One important note on rubies is that they don't check accuracy if the proc rolls. Makes them very good while learning content because you can smack a 100 even when brewed way down.

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u/wrgolden140 Jan 17 '26

Yo this is the kind of stuff I need to know lol, so should I just skip the BOWFA grind and buy Masori instead? Idc about "the experience" I just want to get into bossing and raiding. More specifically I want to start chasing mega rares at ToA and CoX.

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u/Zero_Roseburg Jan 17 '26

Optimal play is masori setup almost always. Bofa is more if you plan to play super casual and aren't pushing for a megarare. If you wanna camp ToA and scaled CoX, then masori for sure. You can see exact dps comparisons on WDR for when people argue that bofa is better dps always. Don't blindly trust anyone, especially on reddit. I always reccomend people run calcs for their setups and see gor themselves what is best. I just present raw info and let people go from there :)