Archery

Archery

Getting Started with Archery

1. wield a nemesis crossbow
2. wear a quiver
3. put 1 bolt in the quiver
4. be in the back row of your formation
5. have somebody in the front row of your form, directly ahead of you, and in the same room

You will now shoot bolts from your nemesis crossbow, up to twice per round.

Arrowhelper script

See Arrowhelper.mm in Scripts to help reload your quiver.

How Archery Works

Who should use Archery?

Every cleric and mage should have an archery mode. The best thieves will have archery too. Warriors never use archery (despite having the archery skill.)

How do arrows (and bolts) work?

Bows use arrows. Crossbows use bolts. When you shoot an arrow (or bolt), it stays in your inventory. If the arrow was in a quiver, it gets moved to your inventory.

Why do I need a quiver?

If you have no quiver (or no arrows/bolts in your quiver), you will only shoot once per round. You need a quiver with arrows/bolts to shoot twice per round. Bows that magically create arrows, such as the nemesis crossbow or valentines day quest bow, still need a quiver containing one arrow (or bolt) to shoot twice per round.

What's reloading and why do I need to do it?

As you shoot twice per round, arrows (or bolts) are moved from your quiver into your inventory. When your quiver is empty, you only shoot once per round. See Arrowhelper Script to help you reload.

What if I only have a few arrows?

If you have less than four arrows (or bolts) total in your inventory + quiver, you will often receive the message "You find no projectiles to use." and get zero attacks that round.

What if I'm blind?

Unlike melee weapons, you always get zero attacks with a bow when blind. When blind, you receive this message: "Cannot see your weapon to load it".

What's the ARCHERY skill?

Warrior skill. Help ARCHERY. This skill provides a massive bonus to hitroll for all missile attacks. If you're not a warrior, you can practice at the multiclass warrior trainer on Bloodstone island.

Archery Damage

What's the formula for archery damage?

$Arrow_Average_Damage * Bow_Multiplier * Hitroll * Archery_Proficiency * Archery_Success$

TBD formula for archery damage

Your arrow misses

TBD - how to avoid missing. Arrows cannot be parried

Stats that have no effect on archery

TBD. Damroll has no effect on archery, except damroll on the arrow. (Bow damroll has no effect on archery.)

Bows

• starter bow: pallens bow (!T !W)

• neut align: arcus
• evil align: mal
• good align: fid

Arrows

• wittermark
• black arrow from caverns
• black metal arrow from fgs
• bone
• fletching

Crossbows

• nemesis
• lyr

Quarrels

• dummy quarrel
• lyr quarrel

Quivers

• lunar quiver
• a quiver crafted of electrum - Lev(26) Loc(about) nodrop no-auction hr(4) Cond(pristine - Infinity Days)
• fgs quiver

Underwater Archery

• hip quiver from reef
• yew spears from underocean
• relic on leviathan in lattyrna
• relic on naiad princess or something in ryvaera

Archery Eq

Hitroll, mana, archery proficiencies.

• a sparkling emerald gemstone - Lev(27) Loc(light) AE nodrop mana(47) hr(4) Cond(pristine - 185 Days) - mystical on green dragon
• a dead rat carcass - Lev(15) Loc(light) nodrop no-auction mana(18) hr(3) Cond(pristine - 185 Days) - pirate ship on swashbucklers
• taurus eye - Thanos on shadow dragon
• a pair of masterfully woven mittens of green and red wool - Lev(20) Loc(hands) nostore mana(20) hr(4) Cond(scratched - 90 Days) - Shadmire on Samrah
• serpent armband 4hr/45mana - tharhalas / fgs master mage ???
• a dark ebony spinneret - Lev(24) Loc(hold) AG nodrop hr(8) SKL/SPL: Poison (proficiency +3%) Poison (susceptibility -5%) Cond(pristine - 185 Days) - E'urdin
• a black onyx tiara - Lev(24) Loc(head) AC-ap(1) AG nodrop mana(46) hr(4) SKL/SPL: archery (success +9%) bash (susceptibility +7%) Cond(pristine - Infinity Days) - Thanos on Widow Queen
• a slate wristguard - Lev(25) Loc(wrist) AC-ap(2) noegg nodrop fragile no-auction mana(30) hr(3) SKL/SPL: archery (proficiency success +10%) Cond(pristine - 365 Days) - Elnissa shop

Details for the Obsessed

TBD - chart showing where arrows are shot from with quiver

TBD - guide on "how to use specialty arrows properly". Eg if you have only 2 undeath arrows, how do you maximize chances of plaguing Count Van'Kyln?