Archery

Description

• The Archery skill determines the player's chance to attack or avoid attacks while using an Archery-skill weapon. Archery weapons are typically lower than average damage, but make up for it with the safety provided by range. Archery weapons require ammunition in the form of arrows or bolts to fire. The Archery weapon special attack against creatures is Hinder, which temporarily incapacitates the target.

Summary

The Archery skill allows a player to fire arrows/bolts from afar with Bows and Crossbows

• Archery class weapons cannot be poisoned.
• Players must remain stationary for 0.5 seconds in order to shoot (regardless of their Dexterity)
  • Stationary delays scale in PvP based on a player's Dex, scaling from 1.0 seconds (25 Dex or lower) down to 0.5s (100 Dex or higher)
• Bows can fire at targets up to 10 tiles away from the archer
• Crossbows and great bow can fire at targets up to 8 tiles away from the archer
• The chance to hit with an archery class weapon is equal to (attacker's archery skill + 50) / ((defender's weapon or wrestling skill + 50) * 2) plus any relevant accuracy bonuses
• Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvM.
• Increases Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvP.

PvM Special Attack

• Only works against creatures, not other players
• Players have a 10% chance of inflicting an Archery Weapon Special Attack against creatures
• This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore Skill, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links
  • Increases damage dealt by the attack that generated the special by 50% (by 100% if the target is already hindered or immune to hinder)
  • Hinders the target (prevents all movement, casting, melee attacks) for 4-8 seconds
    • Hinder effect duration scales based on weapon speed (slower archery weapons have longer effect duration) and creature difficulty
    • Players also receive a +25% Accuracy bonus when using Archery Weapons against a creature that is hindered at the time of the attack
• Once a creature recovers from a Hinder effect caused by a Player Weapon, it will then become immune to further Hinder effects for a duration equal to 50% of the original Hinder duration
  • this immunity will cause the same Damage Bonuses that normally apply to attempting to apply Hinder to Hinder-immune targets
  • For example, a player uses Archery to deliver a 6 second Hinder effect to a creature. After the 6 second Hinder resolves, the creature now is immune to Hinder for the next 3 seconds, during this time any new Hinder effects attempting to be applied will instead result in a damage bonus

PvP Stationary Effects and Requirements

• Stationary Delays are the length of time that a player must remain on the same tile before a Ranged Weapon will fire

Weapon Swing Delay in PvP

• The Stationary Delay for Archery and Arcane Weapons scales in PvP based on a player's Dex, with delays scaling from 1.0 seconds (25 Dex or lower) down to 0.5 seconds (100 Dex or higher) [previously was flat 0.5 seconds]
• Examples
  • A player with 25 Dex must remain stationary for 1.0 seconds before they may fire an Archery/Arcane Weapon
  • A player with 63 Dex must remain stationary for 0.75 seconds before they may fire an Archery/Arcane Weapon
  • A player with 100 Dex must remain stationary for 0.5 seconds before they may fire an Archery/Arcane Weapon

Damage Delays in PvP

• When attacking with a Ranged Weapon in PvP, the damage on hits will now have a delay that randomizes and scales based on Dex, with max delay ranging from between 0 seconds (100 Dex or higher) up to 0.5 seconds (25 Dex or lower)
• Examples
  • A player with 25 Dex will have a randomized delay of 0 to 0.5 seconds for Ranged Weapon damage
  • A player with 63 Dex will have a randomized delay of 0 to 0.25 seconds for Ranged Weapon damage
  • A player with 100 Dex will have no delay for Ranged Weapon damage

Weapon Types

Main article: Armor & Weapons

Archery weapons are crafted with carpentry, or bought from NPCs

Grinding (Light)						Grind (Medium)						Burst
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Ammo Type	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Ammo Type	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Ammo Type	Speed
Bow	2H	No	Arrows	34		Crossbow	1H	No	Bolts	28		Heavy Crossbow	2H	No	Bolts	20
Hunting Bow	2H	No	Arrows	34		Balestra	1H	No	Bolts	28		Rampart Crossbow	2H	No	Bolts	20
Recurve Bow	2H	No	Arrows	34		Pistol Crossbow	1H	No	Bolts	28		Great Bow	2H	No	Arrows	20

Quivers

• Players can use Quivers to reduce the Ammunition Weight and Ammunition Consumption Rate

Beneficial Skills

Some of the skills below benefit Archery.

*Table only includes passive skill bonuses and does not include temporary or toggle-able effects*

Skill	Benefit	Weapons
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))	All
Chivalry	Increases PvP Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100))	All
Tactics	0-100 Skill: Increases Base Weapon Damage by (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) 100+ Skill: Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage by (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))	All
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Ability fill meter by an additional (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))	All
Lumberjacking	Increases the Base Weapon Damage of axes by (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Axes (Swordsmanship)
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Mace Fighting
Blacksmithy	Increases the damage of blacksmith-crafted weapons by (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Carpentry	Increases the damage of carpentry-crafted weapons by (25% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP.	All
Archery, Fencing, Macing, Swordsmanship, Arcane, Fishing	When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP	All
Wrestling	When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.	All
Inscription	Increases the damage of scribe-crafted weapons by (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Wrestling
Focus	Increases Swing Speed and Accuracy by (15% * (Focus Skill / 100)) in PvM Increases Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Focus Skill / 100)) in PvP	All
Tailoring	Increases the damage of tailor-crafted weapons by (25% * (Tailoring Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Tailoring Skill / 100) in PvP (Not confirmed)	Wrestling
Item Identification	Increases the Accuracy property of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the Damage property of magical weapons by (100% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the Slayer propery of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100))	Magical Weapons

Codex

Main article: Weapon and Parry Codex

• Archery weapons benefit from Ammo and Finishers provided by a Codex of Archery.

Archery Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Arcane	Accuracy and Damage increased by 3% per rank
Stance	Fowling	Weapon shots increase Damage Resistance towards target by 6% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Incendiary	Deals an additional 8% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random target within 2 tiles
Stance	Longshot	Increases Range by (Rank / 2) rounded up, and Damage by 3% per rank
Stance	Maiming	Hinder effects last 10% longer per rank and Overpowered Hinder effects deal 10% more Damage per rank
Finisher	Ricochet	Deals 300% of Damage towards target and up to 2 additional random enemies within 6 tiles of target
Finisher	Pincushion	Makes 8 attacks against the target, with each having a 66% hit chance to inflict 100% Damage
Weapon Ability	Skirmish	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 25% and can fire while moving
Weapon Ability	Full Draw	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 35%, but must be stationary for 5 seconds to fire
Weapon Ability	Repeater	If not currently stealthed, immediately makes 3 additional hit attempts, each with a 66% chance to inflict 100% of weapon damage (scaled by weapon speed)

Training

Use a good Quiver to reduce the amount of arrows and bolts consumed! Using a heavy x-bow for training will reduce the ammo need further.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively in Combat in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively in Combat, in the Prevalia Zoo or at a Battletrainer.