Bow
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Bow | |
Durability | Crude: 180 Simple: 240 Longbow: 750 Recurve: 600 |
Attack | |
Power | Crude: 3 Simple: 3.25 Longbow: 3.75 Recurve: 4.0 hp |
Range | N/A m |
Weapons |
Bows are ranged weapons used for combat which consume arrows as ammunition.
Creation
Currently, there are four obtainable bows in the game. Bows can be acquired from either crafting or trading. However, crafting recipes for the Crude bow and the Recurve bow are limited to the hunter class.
Crude & Simple Bow
Longbow
Long bow can be crafted from dry long bow stave, flax twine, leather / hide pelts, fat / wax / resin.
Recurve Bow
Hunter can craft recurve bow from flax twine, leather, bone, raw bushmeat.
Combat
Attacking a mob (ranged combat): Place the bow in an active hotbar slot.
- Charging the Bow: Press and hold right mouse button to charge the bow (nock/draw).
- Aiming the Bow: Aim the white crosshairs at the selected target
- Firing an Arrow: Release the mouse button to fire (loose) the arrow.
Storage
Bows are tools and can be placed on a tool rack.
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