Tracking bolt

Tracking bolt

Type	Bolt
Rarity	Master
Level	1
Damage	5-7 Piercing +5 Silver
Effects	+100 Armor piercing 100% chance to cause bleeding, 120 s
Slots	-
School	-
Tier	-
DLC	Base game
Location	Merchant
Crafting	Amateur blacksmith 2x Timber 1x Steel ingot 1x Silver ore 2x Monster feather 1x Monster saliva

The Tracking bolt and the Bolt with bait are the best bolts for armor piercing. Both add +100 armor piercing and deal 5-7 piercing damage. The Tracking bolt is the better of the two: every hit also bleeds for 120 seconds. It is a level 1 Master bolt with +5 silver damage. It is crafted in stacks of 20 from a diagram sold in Silverton and on Hindarsfjall.

Why Players Pick It

Its 120 second bleed lasts 8 times as long as the Broadhead bolt's bleed. It shares its +100 armor piercing with the Bolt with bait. The bleed suits a bleeding hybrid build, because the Wolven grandmaster 3-piece bonus raises sword damage for each Bleeding effect on an enemy.

When to Use It

It is level 1, so it fits the early game.

How to Get Tracking bolt

Buy Diagram: Tracking bolt from the blacksmith in Silverton or the Isolated Hut merchant on Hindarsfjall, and craft stacks of 20.
Buy the bolts from the blacksmith in Oxenfurt, Zoltan Chivay or the epilogue smith.
Some arbalists drop them. Soldier corpses carry up to 10 at the same spots as Exploding bolts.

Notes

Zoltan sells them during The Battle of Kaer Morhen if he was recruited. The epilogue smith sells them if Redania wins.

All Weapon Categories

All Bolts

Name	Rarity	Level	Damage	Effects	Location
Bolts	Common	1	4-6 Piercing +4 Silver	Infinite default ammunition Cannot be sold or dropped	-
Bolts (underwater)	Common	1	9-11 Piercing +400 Silver	Infinite Auto-equipped whenever Geralt is submerged (harpoon bolts) Hidden from the inventory	-
Blunt crossbow bolt	Master (crafted)	1	7-9 Bludgeoning +8 Silver	-	Crafted Merchant Loot
Blunt crossbow bolt	Master (basic)	1	9-11 Bludgeoning +10 Silver	-	Merchant Loot
Bolt with bait	Master	1	5-7 Piercing +5 Silver	+100 Armor piercing	Crafted Merchant Loot
Broadhead bolt	Master (crafted)	9	+8 Piercing +8 Silver	100% chance to cause bleeding, 15 s	Crafted Merchant Loot
Broadhead bolt	Master (basic)	19	+12 Piercing +12 Silver	100% chance to cause bleeding, 15 s	Merchant Loot
Exploding bolt	Magic (crafted)	13	11-13 Fire +12 Silver +12 Piercing	-	Crafted Merchant Loot
Exploding bolt	Relic	15	18-22 Fire +15 Silver +20 Piercing	-	Merchant Loot
Precision bolt	Master (crafted)	4	+12 Piercing +12 Silver	+7 Armor piercing	Crafted Merchant Loot
Precision bolt	Master (basic)	-	+20 Piercing +20 Silver	+15 Armor piercing	Merchant
Split bolt	Magic (crafted)	8	9-11 Piercing +10 Silver	-	Crafted Merchant
Split bolt	Relic	13	13-15 Piercing +14 Silver	-	Merchant Loot
Tracking bolt	Master	1	5-7 Piercing +5 Silver	+100 Armor piercing 100% chance to cause bleeding, 120 s	Crafted Merchant Loot