Root Ripper

Root Ripper

If the bolt doesn't pin your foe in place, the roots surging up from the ground surely will.
Type	Crossbow
Damage	220 Pierce 10 Poison
Stamina	1 primary
Block	0 block force
Weight	-
Durability	50
Crafting Station	Black forge
Station Level	4
Crafting Materials	1x Ripper 8x Flametal 1x Jade
Biome	Ashlands
Spawn ID	`spawn CrossbowRipperNature`

The bolt does the damage and the jade does the rest: Root Ripper is the crossbow that leaves its Ashlands target stuck on the spot where you shot it. It deals 220 pierce and 10 poison, for 230 damage across all types, the same total as the Storm Ripper. In the Ashlands, Fader and Morgen both resist pierce but not poison, so the poison reaches them in full, though it is a small share of the damage. Pierce and poison also hurt the Cultist, the Tick and the Troll more than most mobs.

How to Craft

You craft it at a level 4 Black Forge from:

1x Ripper: crafted at a Black Forge.
8x Flametal: smelted from Flametal Ore in a Blast Furnace.
1x Jade: found in the charred fortresses of the Ashlands.

Name	Biome	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Ripper	Ashlands	Black Forge	`spawn CrossbowRipper`
Flametal	Ashlands	Blast Furnace	`spawn FlametalNew`
Jade	Ashlands	-	`spawn GemstoneGreen`

When to Use It

Late game. You find Flametal in the Ashlands, as far south as the map goes.

Upgrades

You can upgrade it 3 times after crafting, and each level needs the station built one step further than the last. Every other figure on this page is for quality 1, so this table shows the ladder your own copy sits on:

Quality	Crafting Station	Pierce	Poison	Durability	Resources
1	Black forge (Level 4)	220	10	50	1x Ripper 8x Flametal 1x Jade
2	Black forge (Level 5)	223	10	100	8x Flametal 1x Jade
3	Black forge (Level 6)	226	10	150	16x Flametal 2x Jade
4	Black forge (Level 7)	229	10	200	32x Flametal 4x Jade

Variants

Weapon	Damage	Elemental Damage	Gemstone	Spawn ID
Ripper	220 Pierce	-	Base weapon	`spawn CrossbowRipper`
Root Ripper	220 Pierce	10 Poison	Jade	`spawn CrossbowRipperNature`
Storm Ripper	220 Pierce	10 Lightning	Iolite	`spawn CrossbowRipperLightning`
Wound Ripper	220 Pierce	-	Bloodstone	`spawn CrossbowRipperBlood`

Properties

Immobilise from outside the fight. The Jade adds 10 poison and a 20% chance to immobilise the target for 10 seconds, which stops it moving and turning. 10 seconds is longer than a full reload, so a successful proc buys back the one real weakness of crossbows.

The poison adds little. Many creatures are immune to it, and the rest mostly live outside the Ashlands.

Notes

Loading takes 3.5 seconds and 4 stamina. With the ready and firing animations on top, you can only fire once every 6 seconds.
Jumping or sprinting resets your loading progress, and you cannot load a bolt while sprinting.
Switching weapons throws away a loaded bolt, so the crossbow starts empty and reloads every time you equip it again.
Poison stays flat through the upgrades: 10 at quality 1 and 10 at quality 4. The upgrades raise pierce from 220 to 229.

All Weapon Categories

All Crossbows

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

Name	Pierce	Elemental Damage	Stamina	Durability	Crafting Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Arbalest	200	-	1	50	10x Wood 8x Iron 4x Root (item)	Black forge	`spawn CrossbowArbalest`
Ripper	220	-	1	50	10x Ashwood 8x Flametal 2x Morgen sinew 4x Bonemaw tooth	Black forge	`spawn CrossbowRipper`
Wound Ripper	220	-	1	50	1x Ripper 8x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	`spawn CrossbowRipperBlood`
Root Ripper	220	10 Poison	1	50	1x Ripper 8x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	`spawn CrossbowRipperNature`
Storm Ripper	220	10 Lightning	1	50	1x Ripper 8x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	`spawn CrossbowRipperLightning`
Frostfire Crossbow	232	12 Fire, 88 Frost	-	300	1x Nord Crossbow 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	`spawn CrossbowGold_FrostFire`
Nord Crossbow	264	-	-	300	1x Cast: Nord Crossbow 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	`spawn CrossbowGold`
Thunderblood Crossbow	274	45 Lightning	-	300	1x Nord Crossbow 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	`spawn CrossbowGold_BloodLightning`