1 def hcim - Should I still do hard clues for magic shortbow or get it some other way?

[radiant narwhal]

I'm about 15 hours into my 1 def hcim. Got overheads, 50 magic and now training ranged. I want to avoid melee in general because I started with melee in my last hardcore and this time I wanna go for a heavy ranged/melee 1 def ironman.

I got a rune crossbow already but I would like to get magic shortbow asap.

However since I'm 1 def, it's gonna be a pain in the ass grinding hard clues, and also there's an element of risk since many hard clues are in the wildy and I'm hcim.

If you were me, would still still grind hard clues for the magic shortbow, or would you take a another path? E.g. fletching or slayer to get it?

The other option is to kill the angry barbarian spirits in the mithril dragon dungeon for a yew shortbow and use that instead, but Idk the yew shortbow looks so ugly and nooby I really want to get the magic shortbow instead.

[static turret]

I wouldn't do clues for it on any acc type personally

Clues suck and you'll want fletching anyway, just get fletching up

[radiant narwhal]

Ok so for fletching I need to get 75 fletch and boost it. But how long or how expensive will 75 fletching be? According to the wiki it's gonna be expensive as fuck.

Another consideration about clues is I want blessed dhide vambs and chaps as well, which are gonna be BiS for this 1 def account