Bow

Bows are ranged weapons used for combat which consume arrows as ammunition.

Creation

Bow

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.

Long bow can be crafted from long dry bow stave, flax twine, leather / hide pelts, fat / wax / resin.

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.

Tutorial Video: How to Craft a Bow and Arrows

Thanks to Ashantin for creating and sharing with the VS community.

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