Huntsman Bow
| Huntsman Bow | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Finely worked and strung. A huntsman's joy. | |
| Type | Bow |
| Damage |
42 Pierce |
| Stamina | 8 primary |
| Block |
- |
| Weight | - |
| Durability | 100 |
| Crafting Station | Forge |
| Station Level | 1 |
| Crafting Materials | |
| Biome | Swamp |
| Spawn ID | spawn BowHuntsman
|
Huntsman Bow is the bow for shots you would rather nobody heard. It is quieter than any other bow, and it is the first bow that iron from the Swamp lets you craft. It deals 42 pierce damage, and with 42 total damage it ranks 7th among bows, so it is a step on the ladder rather than the top of it. Pierce damage hurts a Troll more than most things do, and that is what to carry it for.
How to Craft
You craft it at a level 1 Forge from:
- 10x Finewood: Chopped from Birch and Oak trees with a Bronze Axe or better.
- 20x Iron: Smelted from Scrap Iron in a Smelter.
- 10x Feathers: Dropped by Crows and Gulls, and found in chests in the Meadows.
- 2x Deer Hide: Dropped by Deer.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finewood | 
|
Meadows | - | spawn FineWood
|
| Iron | 
|
Swamp | Smelter | spawn Iron
|
| Feathers | 
|
Black Forest | - | spawn Feathers
|
| Deer Hide | 
|
Meadows | - | spawn DeerHide
|
When to Use It
This is early game gear. Iron comes from Sunken Crypts in the Swamp, so you can make it once The Elder is dead.
Upgrades
You can upgrade it 3 times after crafting, and each level needs the station one level higher than the last. The stats quoted on this page are for quality 1, so the table below shows where your own copy sits:
| Quality | Crafting Station | Pierce | Durability | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge (Level 1) | 42 | 100 | |
| 2 | Forge (Level 2) | 45 | 150 | |
| 3 | Forge (Level 3) | 48 | 200 | |
| 4 | Forge (Level 4) | 51 | 250 |
Properties
This is the quietest bow in the game. Attacking and hitting make only 4 metres of noise, while every other bow carries much further, so a missed shot does not bring the rest of the camp down on you.
That makes it the stealth bow. Every weapon deals triple damage to an unaware target, so with this bow a quiet miss can mean a second shot instead of a fight.
The arrow does most of the work. Ammunition damage is added to the bow's own before every other multiplier, so switching arrows changes more than moving up a bow tier does. The arrow is also where a bow build gets its damage type.
Notes
- Holding the primary attack draws the bow, raising accuracy and damage until you let go. Blocking cancels the draw without using up the arrow.
- A full draw takes 2.5 seconds at Bows skill 0 and 0.5 seconds at skill 100, but a bow cannot shoot more than once every 0.8 seconds, so skill above about 85 no longer speeds up your shooting.
- An arrow's damage is added to the bow's own damage before anything else is worked out, so the arrow also grows with your Bows skill and the bow's upgrades.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.