Nord Bow
| Nord Bow | |
|---|---|
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| This bow shall find its target with a golden precision. | |
| Type | Bow |
| Damage | |
| Stamina | 14/s draw |
| Block |
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| Weight | 1.5 |
| Durability | 400 |
| Crafting Station | Frost Foundry |
| Station Level | 4 (Black Forge) |
| Crafting Materials |
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| Biome | Deep North |
| Spawn ID | spawn BowGold
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Nord Bow is the bow of the Deep North. It deals 100 pierce and 10 spirit before the arrow is counted, and the spirit grows fastest with upgrades, reaching 34 at quality 3. Instead of crafting it outright at a forge, you pour a cast around a mould found in the biome and then harden it in a Frost Foundry.
How to Craft
You make it in a Frost Foundry from:
- 1x Cast: Nord Bow: poured at a level 4 Black Forge from Bloodgold, Timberwood and its mould.
- 5x Liquid Frost: frozen down from Ice in a Frigid Kiln.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast: Nord Bow | 
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Deep North | Black Forge | spawn BowGoldUncooked
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| Liquid Frost | 
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Deep North | Frigid Kiln | spawn FrozenFuel
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Mould
You find the Mould: Nord Bow in the Deep North:
- It drops from the trash piles you smash in the Winding Tunnels.
- It lies in the buried chests at Memorial Sites.
- It sits on the weapon stands on the last floor of Mörkhalla.
- It turns up in the barrels of Abandoned Villages.
When to Use It
This is an end-game weapon: you can only progress through the Deep North once Fader is dead.
Upgrades
You can upgrade it twice at the Black Forge. Each step needs the station one level higher than the last: the first costs the per-level amount and the second costs twice that. Quality 4 would cost four times the per-level amount, but it needs a level 7 Black Forge, above the forge's current maximum of 6, so that row is not yet available.
| Quality | Crafting Station | Pierce | Spirit | Durability | Resources |
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| 1 | Frost Foundry | 100 | 10 | 400 |
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| 2 | Black Forge (Level 5) | 108 | 22 | 450 |
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| 3 | Black Forge (Level 6) | 116 | 34 | 500 |
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| 4 | Black Forge (Level 7, not yet available) | 124 | 46 | 550 |
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Variants
| Weapon | Image | Damage | Elemental Damage | Essence | Spawn ID |
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| Nord Bow | 
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100 Pierce | 10 Spirit | Base weapon | spawn BowGold
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| Frostfire Bow | 
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68 Pierce | 12 Fire, 88 Frost, 10 Spirit | Frostfire Essence | spawn BowGold_FrostFire
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| Thunderblood Bow | 
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110 Pierce | 45 Lightning, 10 Spirit | Thunderblood Essence | spawn BowGold_BloodLightning
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Properties
You draw the bow to aim, and the longer you hold the draw, the more accurate, faster and harder-hitting the arrow becomes. It has no secondary attack.
It gives -5% movement speed while it is in your hands.
At quality 1 it deals 100 pierce and 10 spirit, 110 in all. Root Fang and Storm Fang, jointly the hardest-hitting weapons of their kind before the Deep North, deal 92 at quality 1, so the Nord Bow hits 20% harder. Each upgrade adds 8 pierce and 12 spirit, which takes it to 116 pierce and 34 spirit, 150 in all, at quality 3.
Its hits knock enemies back with a force of 25.
It weighs 1.5 and has 400 durability, rising to 500 at quality 3.
Against the creatures of the Deep North, pierce deals full damage to Elakings, the Eyeless One, Deep North Greydwarves and their Shamans, Hexen, Captive Fulings, Imprisoned Dvergr and Moose. It deals reduced damage to Barka, Fallen Warriors, Gammeltrolls, Skeletons, Krigen, Shapeless and Tiny Pulps and Kall Fimbulbringer. Spirit deals extra damage to Fallen Warriors and full damage to Deep North Greydwarves, Skeletons and Shapeless and Tiny Pulps. It does nothing at all to Barka, Elakings, the Eyeless One, Gammeltrolls, Greydwarf Shamans, Hexen, Krigen, Captive Fulings, Imprisoned Dvergr, Moose and Kall Fimbulbringer.
Because quality 4 needs a level 7 Black Forge, above the forge's current maximum of 6, the weapon stops at quality 3 in practice.
Crafting it from scratch and taking it to quality 3 costs 50 Bloodgold and 25 Timberwood, plus a mould and 5 Liquid Frost.
Notes
- Reforging it into the Frostfire Bow or Thunderblood Bow resets it to quality 1, so add the essence first and spend upgrade materials afterwards.
- Once it is fully upgraded, the Forge of Potential can upgrade it further with a Bloodgold Battle Idol.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.