Ammunition

26 pieces of ammunition: 12 arrows, 5 bolts, 4 bombs, 3 missiles and the catapult's 2. Their damage is added to the bow or crossbow before every other multiplier, which makes the arrow the cheapest real upgrade a ranged build can buy.

Combat

Pros

• Ammunition damage lands before skill, quality and the sneak multiplier are applied, so a better arrow scales with all of them rather than being added at the end.
• It is where a ranged build gets its damage type. A bow is pierce; a Fire Arrow is the answer to the 14 creatures that fold to fire.
• Cheap and craftable in bulk from materials you already gather, and a stack weighs little enough that 2 types can be carried at once.
• Bombs and missiles are area damage with no weapon at all, which is the only ranged option available before a bow is worth carrying.

Cons

• Consumed on use, and arrows and bolts cannot be recovered from the ground the way a thrown spear can.
• 20 of the 26 deal pierce, the most resisted type in the game, so the default ammunition is the worst type against most armoured things.
• Running out mid-fight turns a ranged build into an unarmoured melee one, which is the failure mode the class is known for.
• Weight adds up: a serious raid means several stacks, and that competes with the ore you came to carry home.

Builds

Carry 2 types, not one. Right-click the kind you want in the inventory. The standard pair is a cheap pierce arrow for ordinary work and an elemental one held back for whatever resists it.

Match the type, not the tier. Because the damage is added before the multipliers, the right element out of a mediocre bow beats the wrong one out of a good bow. Fire for the Draugr and the Greydwarves, frost and lightning for what resists that.

Bombs are a separate build. They need no weapon and do area damage, which makes them the mining and crowd option rather than a shooting one.

Craft in hundreds. The cost of levelling Bows is arrows, and the skill is worth more than any bow in the list, so the stack you fire into a Boar is an investment rather than waste.

There are 26 in the class: 13 at Workbench, then 7 at Black forge, then 3 at Artisan table, then 3 at Forge.

Best Ammunition

Build	Weapon	Image	Key Figure
Hardest hitter	Explosive Payload		500 damage across all types
Cheapest to swing	Basalt Bomb		8 stamina a swing
Most knockback	Black Metal Missile		60 knockback

Notes

• Ammunition damage is added to the weapon's base damage before any other calculation, which is why the arrow and not the bow decides a shot's damage type.
• Arrows are fired by bows and bolts by crossbows; the 2 are not interchangeable.
• With more than one kind in the inventory, right-clicking the stack selects which is used.

All Ammunition

*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.

Name	Image	Blunt	Pierce	Chop	Pickaxe	Fire	Frost	Poison	Spirit	Stamina	Block	Weight	Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Basalt Bomb		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	0.3	1x Asksvin hide 1x Asksvin bladder 3x Proustite powder	Workbench	spawn BombLava
Bile Bomb		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	0.3	1x Sap 1x Bilebag 3x Resin	Workbench	spawn BombBile
Ooze Bomb		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	0.3	5x Leather scraps 5x Ooze 3x Resin	Workbench	spawn BombOoze
Smoke Bomb		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	0.3	1x Smoke puff 1x Asksvin bladder	Workbench	spawn BombSmoke
Wood Arrow		-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood	Workbench	spawn ArrowWood
Flinthead Arrow		-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 2x Flint 2x Feathers	Workbench	spawn ArrowFlint
Bone Bolt		-	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Bone fragments 2x Feathers	Black forge	spawn BoltBone
Bronzehead Arrow		-	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 1x Bronze 2x Feathers	Forge	spawn ArrowBronze
Fire Arrow		-	11	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 8x Resin 2x Feathers	Workbench	spawn ArrowFire
Grausten Payload		25	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	10x Grausten	Workbench	spawn Catapult_Ammo
Iron Bolt		-	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 1x Iron 2x Feathers	Black forge	spawn BoltIron
Ironhead Arrow		-	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 1x Iron 2x Feathers	Forge	spawn ArrowIron
Obsidian Arrow		-	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 4x Obsidian 2x Feathers	Workbench	spawn ArrowObsidian
Black Metal Bolt		-	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 2x Black metal 2x Feathers	Black forge	spawn BoltBlackmetal
Needle Arrow		-	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4x Needle 2x Feathers	Workbench	spawn ArrowNeedle
Carapace Arrow		-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4x Carapace 2x Feathers 8x Wood	Black forge	spawn ArrowCarapace
Carapace Bolt		-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 2x Carapace 2x Feathers	Black forge	spawn BoltCarapace
Silver Arrow		-	52	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	8x Wood 1x Silver 2x Feathers	Forge	spawn ArrowSilver
Wooden Missile		-	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5x Corewood 2x Feathers	Artisan table	spawn TurretBoltWood
Frost Arrow		-	26	-	-	-	52	-	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 4x Obsidian 2x Feathers 1x Freeze gland	Workbench	spawn ArrowFrost
Poison Arrow		-	26	-	-	-	-	52	-	-	-	-	8x Wood 4x Obsidian 2x Feathers 2x Ooze	Workbench	spawn ArrowPoison
Charred Arrow		-	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4x Charred bone 2x Feathers 8x Ashwood	Black forge	spawn ArrowCharred
Charred Bolt		-	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8x Ashwood 2x Charred bone 2x Feathers	Black forge	spawn BoltCharred
Black Metal Missile		-	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10x Wood 1x Black metal	Artisan table	spawn TurretBolt
Flametal Missile		-	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10x Ashwood 1x Flametal	Artisan table	spawn TurretBoltFlametal
Explosive Payload		-	-	100	400	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	2x Sulfur 3x Proustite powder 2x Asksvin hide	Workbench	spawn BombSiege

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