Archery

Archery is used with bows and crossbows. Every shot uses one arrow, hit or miss.

Weapons

Weapon	Damage	Speed	Range	Weight (stones)	Strength needed
Short bow	6–26	28	10 m	4	15
Bow	9–41	20	20 m	6	20
Crossbow	8–43	18	16 m	7	30

All three are two-handed. Tobin the fletcher sells the short bow for 30 gold and arrows for 2 gold each. The bow and crossbow aren’t sold yet.

Shooting

• You shoot automatically while your target is in range, in war mode.
• You need a clear line to the target on the same level.
• You can shoot while moving. The draw happens with your upper body.
• A short bow at full stamina fires about every 4.3 seconds.

Getting arrows back

An arrow that hits a creature stays in it. When the creature dies, each of those arrows has a 40% chance to be in its corpse.

Short bow abilities

Only the short bow has abilities today. Learn them from Tobin, then use them with keys 1, 2 and 3 in war mode. An ability replaces your next shot. Its stamina and cooldown are spent whether it hits or not.

Ability	Needs	Cost to learn	Stamina	Cooldown	Effect
Aimed Shot	Archery 30	250	5	6 s	Stand still for a 1.5 s draw, then shoot for 150% damage with +20% to hit
Crippling Shot	Archery 60	1,000	8	12 s	Slows the target by 40% for 6 s
Double Shot	Archery 90	3,000	10	15 s	Two arrows in one shot. The second is skipped if the first kills.

Training

Tobin the fletcher trains Archery up to 30. After that it rises by use. See Skills overview.