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Getting Started with Archery

I just want to shoot!

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.

Why do I want lots of arrows?

Reloading your quiver is annoying. If you forget to reload, your damage drops in half. Even if you reload perfectly, it takes away from time spent shockwaving or healing. Having lots of arrows means reloading less. However, having lots of bad arrows means you'll do low damage. It's a balance between reloading often and using your best arrows. In a perfect world, everybody would have 20 fletching arrows :).

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. You need it. 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 * Archery Proficiency * Hit Rate

Arrow Average Damage

Object: an arrow of bone [arrow bone]
Item Type: MISSILE   Effects: NoBits
Equipable Location(s): TAKE 
Weight: 1     Value: 532     Level Restriction: 26
The object appears to be in perfect pristine condition.
Days Left: Infinity
Damage Dice of 5d8
Affects:
    +2 to DAMROLL

Bone arrow has an average damage of

Bow Multiplier

Object: Maleficence, the bow of the wicked [maleficence bow wicked]
Item Type: FIRE WEAPON   Effects: INVISIBLE BLESS ANTI-GOOD ANTI-NEUTRAL NO-DONATE NO-SACRIFICE  NO-DROP  NO-AUCTION 
Equipable Location(s): TAKE WIELD 
Weight: 15     Value: 1     Level Restriction: 30
The object appears to be in perfect pristine condition.
Days Left: 185
Class Restrictions: TWO_HANDED 
Damage Dice of 9d4 and modifies missile damage by 3.0
Affects:
    +30 to MANA
    +3 to HITROLL
Skill/Spell Modifiers:
    +5% to archery (proficiency)
    +3% to Shockwave (proficiency)

Breaking it down:

• modifies missile damage by 3.0 means the bow multiplier is 3.0. Arrow damage is multiplied by 3.0.
• Damage Dice of 9d4 means the bow functions as a 9d4 melee weapon when you aren't in the back row with a formie infront of you. 9d4 has no bearing whatsoever on the archery damage.

Archery Proficiency

Archery proficiency refers to any item with:

Skill/Spell Modifiers:
    +5% to archery (proficiency)

If you have multiple items, sum the proficiencies to get your total. Every 1% proficiency is a 1% increase in total archery damage.

Hit Rate

Just like melee weapons, you arrows can miss and do zero damage. You receive the "Your arrow misses" message. To avoid missing, increase your hitroll. Archery uses the hitroll on your "Score S" to determine if you hit or not. No amount of hitroll is too much - top bow modes usually run 60+ hitroll. Hitroll from all sources affects archery: your eq, the BLESS spell and the target's ac.

Always blind large mobs so you hit more. A blind mob is worth +40 hitroll. Faerie fire is worth +15 hitroll.

Archery success affects hit rate:

Skill/Spell Modifiers:
    +10% to archery (success)

We're not sure exactly how archery success stacks up, but it should be treated as a hitroll bonus.

Which stats have no effect on archery damage?

• The bow Damage Dice of 9d4 has no effect on archery damage. This is for when the bow is treated as a melee weapon, eg if you are unformed.
• Damroll from any equipment, including the bow. Only damroll on the arrow itself affects archery. Bone arrow is +2dr, this affects archery. Your bow has +10dr? It won't affect archery. You wearing a nemesis ring with +6dr? Won't affect archery.

Example Archery Mode

Say you're using:

• a quiver full of bone arrows. Each arrow has average damage 24.5
• a Maleficence bow, multiplier 3.0
• 2x slate wristguards, each giving +10% archery proficiency and success. Total +20% success, +20% prof

Then your average damage per arrow hit is:

So you'll do an average of 88.2 damage per hit. How often you miss is determined by your hitroll, and the +20% archery success will help too. (Archery proficiency affects damage, success affects hit rate.)

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

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

Advanced

Underwater Archery

• hip quiver from reef - TBD id it, and walkthrough on how to get it
• yew spears from underocean, they det in 24 hours but are the strongest weapons in the game - TBD id a yew spear
• relic on leviathan in lattyrna - TBD id the relic and weapon
• relic on naiad princess or something in ryvaera - TBD id the relic and weapon

Operating with very few arrows

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?